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Alphabet Soup Challenge 2018
Current Score: 5/26
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E - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine - Honeyman, Gail (2nd Nov 2018)
F - Flow - Goodhart, Pippa (7th Nov 2018)
G - Go Ahead Secret Seven - Blyton, Enid(9th Nov 2018)
H - The House With No Name - Goodhart, Pippa (9th Nov 2018)
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O - The O'Sullivan Twins - Blyton, Enid (9th Nov 2018)
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I'm determined to at least finish halfway before the year's up!
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E - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine - Honeyman, Gail (2nd Nov 2018)
F - Flow - Goodhart, Pippa (7th Nov 2018)
G - Go Ahead Secret Seven - Blyton, Enid(9th Nov 2018)
H - The House With No Name - Goodhart, Pippa (9th Nov 2018)
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O - The O'Sullivan Twins - Blyton, Enid (9th Nov 2018)
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I'm determined to at least finish halfway before the year's up!
Welcome, Red! You can include any book read in 2018, not only from now on!
Ooh is that so? Thanks! That will definitely make it a lot easier. :3
In any case, I think this is going to be a good chance to cover books I wouldn't normally read, haha.
In any case, I think this is going to be a good chance to cover books I wouldn't normally read, haha.
I finished my second Alphabet Soup challenge today!!And I'm only five books from completing the third!!
Both are on message 252.
Starting a second- 26/26 - Completed 11/25A. Anybody Out There? 1/7
B. Behind the Beautiful Forevers 2/25
C. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 5/6
D. The Dinner 3/19
E. Eleanor and Park 10/6
F. The Fault in our Stars 5/7
G. Gilead 7/8
H. Heart of Darkness 6/27
I. The Invisible Library 7/28
J. Jennifer Government 11/25
K. Killer Librarian 11/6/2018
L. Lily and the Octopus 5/2
M. A Man called Ove 2/20
N. Neverwhere 1/12
O. One Hundred Years of Solitude 5/24
P. Pachinko 8/19
Q. The Queen's Accomplice
R. Red Queen 6/6
S.Sourdough 2/9
T. Turtles all the Way Down 8/2
U. Us against You 11/15
V. Vacationland 11/12
W. where the Red Fern Grows 8/4
X. X'ed - out X-Ray 11/18
Y. Year One 11/23
Z. Zombies of the Caribbean 11/16
Marcos wrote: "I finished my second Alphabet Soup challenge today!!And I'm only five books from completing the third!!
Both are on message 252."
Go Marcos! I'll keep mine going but I'm far from finishing them. Despite that I'll keep going!
I finally finished! Yay! This was not my main challenge of the year but I am glad I could pull it off :)
Well done, Kerri!!!!
Just finished number 2. I think I can get a third, if I can find another X book. The other missing letters are queued in my TBR. 26/26 - Complete!
A All the Light We Cannot See 2/19
B The Book Thief 4/2
C The Confederacy of Dunces 6/20
D Deep Blue 10/14
E Educated 8/12
F Foundation 7/11
G Goddess of Spring 12/4
H The House Of Secrets 5/20
I Invisble Man 7/15
J James and the Giant Peach 11/29
K Keeping the Castle 11/26
L Lolita 1/7
M MIdnight At the Bright Ideas Bookstore 6/13
N Now that You Mention It 7/1
O Otherwise Engaged 7/22
P A Prayer for Owen Meany 6/6
Q Queen of Hearts 12/9
R Radium Girls 10/22
S SIdhartha 5/25
T Things Fall Apart 9/21
U Uprooted 10/25
V The Viscount Who Loved Me 11/25
W When Breath Becomes Air 7/19
X Xena:Warrior Princess 11/30
Y You'll Be the Death of Me 11/30
Z Zombies Sold Seperately 12/15
Wow good job guys. Barbra, you may use a wild card book (starts with a number) in place of X.
I have many options for wild cards if only we can use them more than once XD
Challenge completed! Msg 189
I don't think I posted it but I finished a couple of weeks ago *goes back to check*Yep, I finished on November 9th
Well, just updated.Kerri and Satrina completed the challenge since last update.
And Barbara complete her first AND second challenges AND started a third!!!!!!
Excellent! Congrats to you all!
See message 268 on page 6 for lists of members who have completed the challenge and started (or finished) a second or third Alphabet Soup challenge!
Starting my second challenge:20/26
A - Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Feb 25
B - Beartown July 30
C - A Christmas Carol Nov 23
D - Dept of Speculation Oct 29
E - Everything I Never Told You Oct 8
F _ Fear: Trump in the White House Nov 21
G - The Good Daughter Oct 1
H - The Hellfire club - Oct 25
I - In Cold blood - Nov 22
J
K
L - Lady Susan - Oct 26
M - Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Dec 3
N - The Nix - July 12
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P - Persuasion - May 7
Q
R - The Radium Girls: THe Dark Story of America's Shining Women Nov 2
S - Sing Unburied Sing Nov 27
T - This Changes Everything June 28
U
V - Very good lIves: The fringe benefits of failure and the importance of imagination Nov 29
W - White Rage the unspoken truth of our racial divide April 22
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Y - Yes, 50 Scientifically Ways to be Persuasive Nov 16
Z - Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental Game Dec 2
Kerri, Satrina and Laura, a little help here, please: what is the number of your challenge message?I used to go through it all looking, but now it has become too lenghty! :-)
My first challenge is under 189. Thanks, Marcos!
I totally forgot that part! My message is #7. Thank you Marcos!
Current Score: 18/26A - Among the Hidden 1-14-18
B - Book Thief 6-18-18
C - Catching Fire 7-20-18
D - Daughter of the Pirate King 12-10-118
E - Elijah of Buxton 8-5-18
F - Fawkes 8-12-18
G - Geekerella 5-10-18
H - Hunger Games 7-18-18
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L - Love and Gelato 4-15-18
M - Mockingjay 12-07-18
N - A Night Divided 3-18-18
O - Olivia Twist 11-27-18
P - Parague Counterpoint 4-20-18
Q -
R - Ronald Reagen 5-21-18
S - Solo 12-03-18
T - A Tale of Two Cities 6-12-18
U - Unbroken 7-15-18
V -
W - Wonder 12-10-18
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Allegra is the 25th to complete the Alphabet Soup Challenge! Well done!We now have only the rest of December to complete this! Go, guys!
See message 268 on page 6 for lists of members who have completed the challenge and started (or finished) a second or third Alphabet Soup challenge!
Astrid also completed the challenge on Nov 26th! Excellent, Astrid!I had missed her because i'm not managing anymore to go through all the pages to check!
So, please, guys, if you complete the challenge, please post a note here! ;-)
And now 26 of us have completed the challenge so far! Still 15 days to go!
See message 268 on page 6 for lists of members who have completed the challenge and started (or finished) a second or third Alphabet Soup challenge!
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To anyone who hasn't completed their challenge, there are still 2 weeks left, you can do it!
As long as I'm reading at this pace- gonna try for 425/26
A Americanah 6/6
B Bless Me Ultima 6/23
C Crazy Rich Asians 5/26
D Dead Wake 9/17
E Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine 9/8
F The Four Doors 11/28
G Gregor the Overlander 12/17
H Hatchet 6/27
I I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1/7
J The Joy of Doing Things Badly 12/2
K Killing Rocks 12/18
L LIncoln in the Bardo 9/3
M The Martian 6/23
N The Night Circus 8/5
O The Ocean at the End of the Lane 8/9
P Poison Study 8/17
Q Quiet Murder 12/16
R The Real Real 10/14
S Stiletto 8/27
T The Tipping Point 1/7
U Underworld 12/16
V The View from Saturday 11/29
W Watership Down 10/27
X XO 11/30
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Z Zen and the Art of Faking It 12/19
Excellent, Tori! Cheers!Now for Barbara. I thought I'd be the absolute champion with three completed challenges, but this amazing player has completed her third before me - AND started her FOURTH challenge!!! WOW!
I'll have to go and try to beat her! :-) Starting a fourth challenge (252)!
Go Marcos and Barbara, chapeau to you because this year it would be amazing if I finish my second. Some drawbacks got the best of my reading but still trying!
Go Mariana! I am counting you in for the second! :-)
I won't finish a second, but just for fun I took a look at what I would need and I will be 2 books shy as I have a wildcard (Q, X, Z). Maybe if I end up reading a book that will count I will try for the last, but it isn't my main priority. Congratulations to everyone who finished, and awesome job to everyone who finished more than once!
With ten more days only before the year ends, I thought of having a look and encouraging those almost finishing their challenges to make a final sprint! It is not difficult! Here are some tips:
> Choose short books for your next days readings.
> Don't forget the WILDCARD!
>> That's a book with a title that starts with or is a number.
>> Examples: 1984, 1Q84, 2001: A Space Odyssey, etc. Also "The 1883 Eruption of Krakatoa", because, as you know, "The" doesn't count.
>> You can use that book for any letter in the alphabet.
> Go back to your 2018 read list. It is very possible that you forgot one or two that will fit.
> For difficult letters like X or Z , try to find a title like "The X - Files", "The Zimmermann Telegram". Or an eligible graphic novel or comics collection, like "X-Men: Age of X ".
And if any of you just can't find the right book for the last readings of the year, just ask for help! We could suggest short books for that hard letter!
Readers almost finishing the 2018 Alphabet Soup ChallengeONE book only to read:
Tara (28) - finished Dec 20!
Kathy (45) - finished Dec 23!
Linda (78) - finished Dec 28!
Cara (145)
Caraina (147)
Zainab (257 ) - finished Dec 28!
Madison (262) - finished Dec 31!!
Two books only to read:
Mary (59)
Markie (65) - finished Dec 19!
Brian (225)
Francisco (266)
Barbara (440) - finished Dec 22!!
Three books only to read:
Daniela (42)
Alison (58)
Monique (104) - finished Dec 31!!
Diana (123)
Joana (141)
Kristin (142)
Calypsa (350)
Astrid (368)
Four books only to read:
Dominique (4)
Quinty (22) - finished Dec 31!!
Joanna Loves Reading (53)
Debbie (61)
Maggie (69)
Adriana (103)
Line (146)- finished Dec 26!
Beca (172)
Sally (269) - finished Dec 25!
Kelly (406)
I have finished the challenge, message # 28. I'm very happy and relieved. This was fun and certainly not too easy. Interesting to see how many books begin with the same letters. Thank you for the fun challenge.
Excellent, Tara! Congrats!!I hope more of us go for the final sprint!
In the meantime, I have completed my third challenge as well.
See message 268 on page 6 for lists of members who have completed the challenge and started (or finished) a second or third Alphabet Soup challenge!
Thanks for the encouragement, Marcos, I'm working on it!
With about nine more days only before the year ends, I thought of having a look and encouraging those almost finishing their challenges to make a final sprint!See the list of people with only one book to read to finish the Alphabet Soup Challenge on the previous page, messages 446 and 447!
I also listed everyone with just two, three or four books to read! And included some tips!
We can do that!
Monique wrote: "Thanks for the encouragement, Marcos, I'm working on it!"Great news, Monique! :-)
finished number 4! Y is Young Mrs Cavendish and the Kaisers Men. 12/22. I don't think I will get to a computer for a few days to edit my post. this was quite fun. I possibly could finish a 5th, depending on family commitments but i don't think i will get there.
Good reading everyone and Happy Holidays!
A - The Anthill Murders: 24/10B- The Bear and the Nightingale: 2/12
C- Chameleon People: 16/10
D- The Death of the Heart: 20/12
E- The Elephant Vanishes: 03/06
F- Franny and Zooey: 6/12
G- The Girl in the Tower: 9/12
H- How to Heal Depression: 26/10
I- I Called Him Necktie: 19/06
J- Journeys with the Black Dog: 01/07
K- Kokoro: 8/10
L- The Lottery: 28/05
M- A Midsummer's Equation: 14/12
N- Notes on a Nervous Planet: 8/11
O- The Outsiders: 22/12
P- Pretend I'm Dead: 8/10
Q- Q.E.D.: 27/12
R- The Ruins: 18/11
S- Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord: 24/11
T- Tuesdays with Morrie: 13/08
U- Usotsuki Lily: 23/12
V- Vet on Call: 14/07
W- The World According to Bob: 11/11
X- XS Hybrid: 22/12
Y- The Yellow Wall-Paper: 26/11
Z- Zombie-Loan: 26/12
Total: 26/26
That's astounding, Barbara!! Really GREAT!And cheers to Hali as well, for starting this challenge on Dec 22! Great sportive spirit!
WOW Marcos and Barbara, way to go! I'm still working on my challenges, not letting go. I'm struggling with the current book but after that I have some audio books that make things easier.
Mariana, follow my tips, pick short or easy books just to make sure you finish in time! :-)
Current Score: 26/26I completed an ABC challenge last month using all mystery books. This was fun and I got a lot of TBR books read as well as some new ones too. I was thinking I may do one again next year with only sci-fi/fantasy books but might just do mystery again. I think it was fun to concentrate on only one particular genre.
A - As the Pig Turns
B - The Breakdown
C - Cockroaches
D - The Dry
E - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
F - A Fatal Grace
G - The Girls
H - Homegoing
I - Into the Water
J - A Just Clause
K - Killman Creek
L - Let Me Lie
M - Mistletoe Man
N - Naked in Death
O - Orphan Number Eight
P - The Power
Q - The Quiet American
R - The Ritual Bath
S - A Spoonful of Poison
T - Title Wave
U - Unnatural Death
V - Vanish
W - What's a Ghoul to Do?
X - The X-Files: Goblins
Y - Year Zero
Z - Zero Day
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Shelley, I added your second completed challenge to the list! You're the second to complete a second! :-)
See message 268 on page 6 for lists of members who have completed the challenge and started (or finished) a second or third Alphabet Soup challenge!