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A-Z Challenge - 2018
Added X book named appropriately "X" by Jack Crowall. A very short little number about a teen in the aftermath of a zombie invasion. Told through a diary. this was added to post numver 676 . Also total is 22/26. Four to go!!
I've read several books who's titles started with letters I already used. Finally, I have one. Give me O for Brother Odd.16/26
I'll go for all 26 lettersA- All the Bright Places
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Challenge Completed - 5/26
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C- Crown of Midnight
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E- Empire of Storms
F- The Final Empire
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K- Kit Learns a Lesson: A School Story
B- The Princess Bride
14/15 Wooohoo!
M- The Metamorphosis (Kindle edition)15/15 Wooohoo! Can I please change my number of books to 26? I didn't think I would get to 15 that fast :)
Thank you!!
Updated message 602L - The Long Stitch Good Night
P - Promise Not to Tell
Q - The Quick and the Thread
13/26
Please add me to the challenge. I am going to try to do all 26 -- and am starting with 15 that I have already read during early 2018. Update (April 23, 2018): I have added D, E, J, and K. 19 total. Only L, N, Q, V, X, Y, and Z to go!
Update (August 6, 2018): I have added L, Q, and V. Just 4 left (N, X, Y, and Z).
Update (October 29, 2018): Done!
A: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil de Grasse Tyson
B: The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey
C: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
D: Real Artists Have Day Jobs by Sara Benincasa
E: The Perfect Resume: Resumes That Work in the New Economy by Dan Quillen
F: The Forest by Edward Rutherfurd
G: The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson
H: How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
I: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
J: The Job-Search Navigator: Secrets of a Reluctant Career Expert by Matt Durfee
K: Moms for Hire: 8 Steps to Kickstart Your Next Career by Deborah Jelin Newmyer
L: Just a Geek: Unflinchingly Honest Tales of the Search for Life, Love, and Fulfillment Beyond the Starship Enterprise by Wil Wheaton
M: Ms Marvel: Mecca by G. Willow Wilson
N: Monthly girls' Nozaki-kun #1 by Izumi Tsubaki
O: One Station Away by Olaf Olafsson
P: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Q: Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen by Alison Weir
R: Bernie Sanders' Guide to Political Revolution by Bernie Sanders
S: Still Me by Jojo Moyes
T: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
U: United as One by Pittacus Lore
V: Queen Victoria's Matchmaking by Deborah Cadbury
W: White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht
X: Civil War X-Men: A Marvel Comics Event by David Hines, Aaron Lopresti, and Yanick Paquette
Y: The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
Z: Zodiac Starforce Volume 1: By the Power of Astra by Kevin Panetta and Paulina Ganucheau
Q --- I added A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Bernard *****24/26!!! Two more to go!!! Dastardly Z and J!!!
Update: 13/261 A
2 B Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance
3 C Cobalt Blue: A Novel
4 D Daughter of Smoke & Bone
5 E Every Day
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7 G Go
8 H Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
9 I in the absence of the sun
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11 K Kindred
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13 M Memoirs of a Geisha
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17 Q Hemingway Didn't Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations
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21 U Uncommon Type: Some Stories
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23 W The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
24 X Xingu
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update to post 653now 33/52
Nonfiction
Z - Zero Waste: Eliminate Your Trash, Simplify Your Life, and Heal the Earth by Shia Su
Edited message 94I finished 5 more books for the challenge which brings my total now to 19 out of 26.
Update to message #18915 - 20 of 26
J. A June Wedding, by Emily Murdoch
K. Kai (Shifters of Anubis, Bk. 1). By Sabrina Hunt
L. Lucky’s Lady (The Caversham Chronicles, Bk. 4), by Sandy Raven
N. Nearly a Lady (Haverston Family Trilogy, Bk. 1), by Alissa Johnson
T. Torment: Reckless Desires (Darke Wolves #1), by Elianne Adams
W. The Wand-Maker’s Debate (Osric’s Wand #1), by Jack D. Albrecht, Jr.
Please add me! You can put me down as Alison G.A. ...And then there were Cracks-April 4
B. Baby Bonanza- April 21
C. Cabin Heat- May 8
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L. Leo the Lop (reread)- May 11
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Please update10/26 completed
Q - "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" by Susan Cain (Finished: 1 April 2018)
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Update to post 653Now 34/52
Fiction
X - Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland
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24/26
A- Alanna: The First Adventure
B- The Bone Season
C- The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
D- The Darkest Part of the Forest
E- Ever the Hunted
F- Followed by Frost
G- Gone Rogue
H- Haven
I- In the Hand of the Goddess
J- Jane Eyre
K-Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 1
L- Lioness Rampant
M- Magic Bites
N- Northanger Abbey
O- One Foot in the Grave
P- Paranormalcy
Q- The Queen's Rising
R- Renegades
S- The Silver Linings Playbook
T- The Traitor and the Tunnel
U-Uprooted
V- Victoria
W- The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
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Z- Zodiac