Spell Your Name Challenge (February 2019)

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

This is a monthly challenge and as the name implies, you have to spell your name. You can use your full name, first name, middle name or last name for this. You have to find a book that matches an alphabet of your name. It could be the book’s title (in which case the first word of the title counts) or the author’s name (it could be the first or last name).
You have to mention how the book matches to your name. once all the alphabets of your name are done, you win!

A book can only be used once and you can have several books for a single alphabet too. The books used must be read in this time period. Enjoy!



Template:
A-A Gathering of Shadows (book title)
Q-The Silver Linings Playbook by Mathew Quick (author’s last name)
S-Summer’s End (Book Title)
A-The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (author’s first name)

Status: Complete/Incomplete

Any Questions?
Come on here.

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

Participants:
(in alphabetical order)

Amina (msg 17) ❗ 0/5
Aqsa (msg 4) ❗ 3/4
Candela (msg 9) ❗ 4/7
Cyn (msg 39) ❗ 5/7
Darce (msg 8) ❗ 3/5
Deepthi (msg 19) ✔ 7/7
Em (msg 5) ❗ 0/4
Karen (msg 7) ✔ 5/5
Laura (msg 12) ❗ 0/5
Molly (msg 16) ✔ 5/5
Saarah (msg 6) ✔ 6/6
Shannara (msg 18)❗ 0/4
Starr (msg 13) ✔ 5/5
Vivian (msg 14) ❗ 3/6
Wiktoria (msg 11) ❗ 0/8



Participants who have completed their challenge are pinned as ✔ while those still completing are pinned with ❗

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

Participants will only be added when they copy the templates according to their own names.

Please only add one comment for yourself. You can edit it as you read the books. Only make another comment to let us know that you have completed your challenge by referring us to your msg number.

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

A- The Stranger by Albert Camus (Author's first name)

Q-

S- Sawkill Girls (book title)

A-We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Author's last name)

Status: Incomplete

[Emma]

E-
M-
M-
A-
Status: Incomplete.

I’ll update one I finish reading the books. :-)

[Saarah]

[Message 6]
S-The Rosie Result By Graeme Simsion
A- The Woman in the Window By A.J. Finn
A-Don’t Turn Around By Amanda Brooke
R-The Travelling Companion By Ian Rankin
A- An Anonymous Girl By Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
H-Heather, the Totality By Matthew Weiner

Status: Complete! 6/6. [I read 5 books in Jan so this shouldn't be too tricky. Aiming for at least half. ]
Began: Feb 2nd. Finished: Feb 26th

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Msg 7


K - Mist of Power by Sarah K.L. Wilson - (Author's Middle Name)

A - A Torch Against the Night (Book Title)

R - Rescuing The Prince (Book Title)

E - Dragon Chameleon: Silver Eyes (Book Title)

N - Okami: A Little Red Riding Hood Retelling by Nicolette Andrews (Author's name)

Status: Complete!

[Darcey]

D - Drowning Mermaids (book title)

A - Wolf's Bane by Aimee Easterling (author first name)

R -

C - Darkangel by Christine Pope (author first name)

E -

Status: Incomplete

[Candela]

C- Todos los fuegos el fuego by Julio Cortázar (author's last name)
A- The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett (author's first name)
N- Night by Elie Wiesel (book title)
D-
E-
L-
A- A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf (book title)

Status: Incomplete

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

@Candela Kindly add your status too :)

[Wiktoria]

W
I
K
T
O
R
I
A

status: incomplete

[Laura]

L -

A -

U -

R -

A -

Status: incomplete

[Starr]

Msg 14

S- Legendary by Stephanie Garber (authors first name)
T- The Loveliest Chocolate Shop In Paris by Jenny Colgan
A- All The Rage by Courtney Summers
R- Crucible by James Rollins (authors last name)
R- Rise The Dark by Michael Koryta

Status: Complete

[Lantian]

msg 15

V- Vicious by V.E. Schwab
I-
V- Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
I-
A- To Kill A Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
N-

Status: Incomplete

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

I just read one book. I think it's gonna be a real task to find something with Q.

[Amina]

A-
M-
I-
N-
A-
Status= Incomplete

[Shannara]

S. - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas - Author
K - Battle Angel Alita, Volume 03: Killing Angel by Yukito Kishiro - Author
I -
M - Escaping from Houdini by Kerri Maniscalco - Author

Status: 3/4 incomplete

[Deepthi]

D - Digital Fortress by Dan Brown (book title)
E - The Duck and the Kangaroo by Edward Lear (Author)
E - Macavity: The Mystery Cat by T.S. Eliot (Author)
P - PRALAY: The Great Deluge by Vineet Bajpai (book title)
T - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin (book title)
H - Sweet Home by Youngchan Hwang (Author)
I - Ivanhoe by Walter Scott (book title)

Status: Complete

[Saarah]

It's already been updated above. When you do update though, just edit that first one you made (saves a lot of time.)

At the end of the month, everyone's will be updated at the top.

Or when you have completed it/ when status changes- that's when you make a new comment saying so. I hope this makes sense.

[Deepthi]

ah, okay
Thanks :)

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

Thanks for explaining, Saarah :)

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

How's it going, everyone? Did you complete somewhat?

[Saarah]

I'm finding it ok... Not sure I'll read 6 books this month but used the February read-Woman In The Window- as one of my letters! Just going to see how it goes. Not too hard to find titles for my letters though. But I definitely understand your Q problem!

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

Saarah wrote: "I'm finding it ok... Not sure I'll read 6 books this month but used the February read-Woman In The Window- as one of my letters! Just going to see how it goes. Not too hard to find titles for my le..."

Well, at least you'll read some books :) Yes, I need someone good with Q lol. The A and S were pretty easy. And you have 3 A's!

[Lantian]

Aqsa wrote: "Saarah wrote: "I'm finding it ok... Not sure I'll read 6 books this month but used the February read-Woman In The Window- as one of my letters! Just going to see how it goes. Not too hard to find t..."

I've found most the rest of the books I need to read, aside from my second I... Dunno if I'll end up reading them though :V

[Candela]

So far so good. Made a lot of progress this week :D This challenge is actually harder than I thought.

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

Vivian wrote: "Aqsa wrote: "Saarah wrote: "I'm finding it ok... Not sure I'll read 6 books this month but used the February read-Woman In The Window- as one of my letters! Just going to see how it goes. Not too h..."

Lol V. I'm starting Vigilance. It's not that big. 200 pages I guess. I think you can find the lettet I in some books. Do you want help finding or do you not plan to read ?

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Candela wrote: "So far so good. Made a lot of progress this week :D This challenge is actually harder than I thought."

Yeah, it can be tricky to fill these letters. Our own names are betraying us, lol.

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

I think we can all help find books for some letters. You just gotta ask :)

[Lantian]

Aqsa wrote: "Vivian wrote: "Aqsa wrote: "Saarah wrote: "I'm finding it ok... Not sure I'll read 6 books this month but used the February read-Woman In The Window- as one of my letters! Just going to see how it ..."

I'm not sure. For the other letters, thankfully I found them in the books that I was already intending on reading. I do plan on reading, I'm just not sure if I can finish them all in time and I don't wanna rush myself. Or force myself to read something that I don't want to read. It doesn't really help that I'm also doing another reading challenge at the same time X'D So yeah. And I actually just thought of an I book that I can read that I had been intending on picking up for that other challenge I'm doing! I feel like an idiot now for just realizing that the book title started with an I.

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Updated msg 7

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Vivian wrote: "I'm not sure. For the other letters, thankfully I found them in the books that I was already intending on reading. I do plan on reading, I'm just not sure if I can finish them all in time and I don't wanna rush myself. Or force myself to read something that I don't want to read. It doesn't really help that I'm also doing another reading challenge at the same time X'D So yeah. And I actually just thought of an I book that I can read that I had been intending on picking up for that other challenge I'm doing! I feel like an idiot now for just realizing that the book title started with an I."

Just have fun Vivian, try not to read books just because you have to, enjoy it every way you can and if you don't finish this challenge, that's all goods too! As long as you had fun reading books, that's what counts!
These challenges are just to make the experience more enjoyable, but by all means enjoy your reading the way you want :)

Reading is all about finding peace, and relaxing in the journey, don't feel force to read something you don't want to :)

[Deepthi]

It's okay even if the Author's Surname starts with a letter of our name and we add it here, right?

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

Vivian wrote: "Aqsa wrote: "Vivian wrote: "Aqsa wrote: "Saarah wrote: "I'm finding it ok... Not sure I'll read 6 books this month but used the February read-Woman In The Window- as one of my letters! Just going t..."

Haha, alright, read it then :) I understand. Take it easy and enjoy :)

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

Deepthi wrote: "It's okay even if the Author's Surname starts with a letter of our name and we add it here, right?"

Sure, Deepthi :)

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

Karen wrote: "Updated msg 7"

You're close!

[Deepthi]

Aqsa wrote: "Deepthi wrote: "It's okay even if the Author's Surname starts with a letter of our name and we add it here, right?"

Sure, Deepthi :)"

Thanks :)

[Cyn]

Msg 39

C - Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
Y - Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young (author last name)
N - UnWholly by Neal Shusterman (author first name)
T - Song of the Current by Sarah Tolcser (author last name)
H - The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton (author last name)
I -
A - Ashen Winter by Mike Mullin (title)

Status: Incomplete 6/7

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

@ Cyn

Your message reference will be 39 :)

[Cyn]

Aqsa wrote: "@ Cyn

Your message reference will be 39 :)"

Ok :)

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

How is it going, guys?

I have officially given up on 'Q'

[Cyn]

Updated msg 39

4 letters done and 3 to go!

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

Cyn wrote: "Updated msg 39

4 letters done and 3 to go!"

Way to go! I wish I had used my last name. Also you only need to update when you finish :)

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

Molly wrote: "Argh I'm trying to find a Y but It's really hard! Is it okay if we use books we've already read?"

As long as you read them this month :)

[Deepthi]

Any books starting from I..?
That's the only letter left :/

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

Deepthi wrote: "Any books starting from I..?
That's the only letter left :/"

This might help:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

There are 9 pages in there.

[Deepthi]

Aqsa wrote: "Deepthi wrote: "Any books starting from I..?
That's the only letter left :/"

This might help:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

There are 9 pages in there."

Thanks!!! :D

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

Molly wrote: "I finished!! what happens now??"

Nothing ;) You've completed the challenge. You can add more books for each letter if you want.

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

P.S. Congrats Molly! You're the first to finish it!

[Aqsa, Dracarys!]

How's it going everyone? Only 10 days to go!

Have you done half/most of your challenge? What's left?