A-Z Challenge - 2015 Showing 1,001-1,050 of 1,508

[Katariina]

Now it's 20/29! (message 257)

[Cassandra]

Welcome to the challenge, Leisa!

[Leisa]

Thanks Cassandra!

[Charity]

Updated message 238.


17/26

[Clare L]

Finished another 3 during the month of April. Now at 12/26

I - In Cold Blood
P - Paper Towns
R - Room

Updated message 12

[Rachel W]

Hi! Two more to report for me, tricky letters too!:

Q - Raymond Queneau - Pierrot Mon Ami - read 5/3/2015

V - Voltaire - Candide - read 3/2/2015

New total: 13/26

I'm hoping to finish two or three more letters this month. We shall see.

[Sakina]

A-Ask Again Later by Liz Czukas.
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C-Coraline by Neil Gaiman.
D-Dreamfever by Karen Morning & Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken.
E-Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa.
F-Frederica by Georgette Heyer.
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L-Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephenie Perkins.
M-Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop.
N-Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken.
O-Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay.
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R-Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard.
S-Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, Silver Shadows by Richelle Mead and Seraphina by Rachel Hartman.
T-The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu.
U-Unearthly by Cynthia Hand.
V-Vicious by V.E Schwab.
W-Written in Red by Anne Bishop.
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15/26

[Carrie]

Updated my message #104 12 of 26 completed!

[Nurai]

I updated message #924.

4/26

[Charity]

Updated message 238.

18/26

[Erika]

Updated message 1018
Starting 2 of 26

[Paul Emily]

Updated message 149 with Q: Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb, which means I'm done! 26/26! :D

[Sophie]

Well done, Paul. I love the Farseer books. Have you read the others like the Liveship Traders series?

[Cassandra]

Congratulations, Paul! What did you think of Assassin's Quest?

[Mary Pat]

UPDATE:


Goal: 26 - Progress: 15 complete, 11 to go

A - God Bless America: Stories

B - Brisingr

D - For a Few Demons More

F - Fortune's Fool

H - 101 Things You Didn't Know about Irish History: The People, Places, Culture, and Tradition of the Emerald Isle

I - Inheritance

J - The Bell Jar

L - The Little Mermaid

M - Invisible Man

O - Outlander

Q - The Snow Queen

S - The Sleeping Beauty

T - Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

U - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

W - Walking

[Irene]

Updated message 963 with E. Ender's Shadow.

[Paul Emily]

Cassandra wrote: "Congratulations, Paul! What did you think of Assassin's Quest?"

Thanks Cassandra!

A lot actually! I know a lot of people don't like it (including at least one of my friends) but personally I thought it was great, which is strange because I didn't think that much of Royal Assassin at all. At the same time though, it was long, like probably way too long, and I don't know if I'd ever read it again. I'm also between unsure and positive as to whether I'll ever read any more Robin Hobb books any time soon, though seeing as I was between unsure and no when I finished Royal Assassin, that's easily an improvement. :)

But really, though it was too long, and at times it was definitely quite tedious and annoying, I liked it because on the whole it was fairly well-paced and genuinely quite introspective, almost a sort of examination on the nature of humanity and the spaces between things, and either improved on the problems I had with Royal, or made it seem that they weren't much to care about. So while I don't know if I could ever recommend the trilogy on good conscience to someone, this was definitely a book I liked, if nothing else.

[Adriana]

T - The Truth About Twinkie Pie 16/26 books read

[Cassandra]

That's good to know, Paul! Thanks for the review.

[Pat]

Fun challenge. Not much time for reading this year but I would like to participate in this challenge.

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[Cassandra]

Welcome to the challenge, Pat! Any books you've already read this year can count for the letters too.

[Jane]

Updated message 15.

15/26 Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys - 4 stars.

Well that was depressing :( Totally worth reading though. I don't normally like YA literature, being an adult and liking adult literature and all, but I'm always so happy when there's interesting, serious, and enlightening subject matter for youth to read about.

[Holli]

updated - 13/26

[Emma]

I'd like to join please

[Emma]

A- The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz: A True Story of World War II by denis avey
B Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress dai siije
C The Crooked House Christobel kent
D The Lie by Helen Dunmore
E Escaping Auschwitzby nigel alexander
F Things Fall Apart by chinua achebe
G The Greatcoat by Helen Dunmore
H Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
I The Invention of Wings by sue Monk Kidd
J The Bell Jar by Sylvia plath
K Mind of Winter by laura kasischke
L A Cold Season by alison littlewood
M Larkswood by valerie mendes
N Number the Stars lois lowrt
O The Haunted Dolls' House and Other Ghost Stories by m r james
P The Girl in the Photograph by kate rirodan
Q The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
R The Girl Who Couldn't Read by john harding
S The Mist in the Mirror by susan hill
T A Christmas Ghost Story by alan Toner
U The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia by esther hautzig
V The Violin of Auschwitz by maria angels anglada
W All the Light We Cannot See by anthony doerr
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Y Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Z The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

[Emma]

id like to join . thanks

[Cassandra]

Welcome, Emma! Are those your planned books or the ones you've already read this year?

[Mary Pat]

UPDATE:


0Goal: 26 - Progress: 16 complete, 10 to go

A - God Bless America: Stories

B - Brisingr

D - For a Few Demons More

F - Fortune's Fool

H - 101 Things You Didn't Know about Irish History: The People, Places, Culture, and Tradition of the Emerald Isle

I - Inheritance

J - The Bell Jar

K - My Sister's Keeper

L - The Little Mermaid

M - Invisible Man

O - Outlander

Q - The Snow Queen

S - The Sleeping Beauty

T - Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

U - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

W - Walking

[Kadijah Michelle]

Message 491 updated. 19/26 completed.

[Erika]

Message 1018 edit. 2/26 starting 3

[JoJo]

Updated message #572 - completed 18/26



Moved A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow by George R. R. Martin from S to R

S = The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

[Erika]

Update. Message 1018 edit. 3/26, Starting D=

[Carrie]

Halfway! Finished The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson 5/14 :) Updated message 104

[Leah]

Update #587

7/26

[Carrie]

15/26 Finished The One and Only Ivan yesterday :) Updated message 104

[Cassandra]

Updated to here.

[Kadijah Michelle]

Got my Q and figured out my X (The Autobiography of Malcolm X). Reading that and my D (The Picture of Dorian Gray) next.

21/25 Completed!

[Sakina]

A-Ask Again Later by Liz Czukas.
B-The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart.
C-Coraline by Neil Gaiman.
D-Dreamfever by Karen Morning & Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken.
E-Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa.
F-Frederica by Georgette Heyer.
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L-Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephenie Perkins.
M-Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop.
N-Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken.
O-Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay.
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R-Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard.
S-Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, Silver Shadows by Richelle Mead and Seraphina by Rachel Hartman.
T-The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu.
U-Unearthly by Cynthia Hand.
V-Vicious by V.E Schwab.
W-Written in Red by Anne Bishop.
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Y-The Young Elites by Marie Lu.
Z-

17/26

[Leslie Ann]

A to Z

10/26

A.
2/23/2015

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03/35/2015
E.
Station Eleven 3/2/2015

G. 5/15/2015

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2/2/2015
L.
2/9/2015

M.
1/7/2015

N.
1/11/2015


P. 5/5/2015

W. 4/14/2015

[Marina]

Y - Jeffrey E. Young and Janet S. Klosko, Reinventing Your Life: The Breakthrough Program to End Negative Behavior...and Feel Great Again

18/26

[Isa]

COMPLETED AS OF 20/05/15
Yearly Challenge
A-Z challenge: read a book for every letter of the alphabet.
26/26

✓A: In The Afterlight
✓B: Bossypants
✓C: Clockwork Angel
✓D: The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
✓E: Ella Enchanted
✓F: Mistborn: The Final Empire
✓G: A.G. Howard's Splintered
✓H: The Ghosts of Heaven
✓I: In Time
✓J: J.K. Rowling's Quidditch Through the Ages
✓K: Kate Winter's The Happy Ever Afterlife of Rosie Potter
✓L: Landline
✓M: The Darkest Minds
✓N: Never Fade
✓O: The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
✓P: The Pirate's Wish
✓Q: The Queen's Army
✓R: Sparks Rise
✓S: Saga, Volume 1
✓T: This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You
✓U: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
✓V: The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
✓W: Where She Went
✓X: xkcd: volume 0
✓Y: Yes Please
✓Z: The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead

[Kelly]

I'd like to join this one.
23/26

A: Asunder 3/23
B: The Bone Clocks 4/1
C: Charm and Strange 4/7
D: Damia 4/27
E: Eon: Dragoneye Reborn 4/26
F: Fuzzy Nation 3/31
G: The Good Girl 3/3
H: The Heiress Effect 4/14
I: I Don't Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star 2/19
J: Jellicoe Road 5/15
K: The Kiss of Deception 4/18
L: Lyon's Pride 4/30
M: The Museum of Extraordinary Things 3/26
N: Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" 3/17
O: Oryx and Crake 2/10
P: Palimpsest 3/14
Q: Queen of Shadows
R: Red Queen 4/6
S: Shadow Scale 4/25
T: Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 3/24
U: Under a Painted Sky 5/19
V: Vision in Silver 4/18
W: Written in the Stars 4/11
X: Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My!
Y: Yes Please 3/24
Z: Zoo City

[Marina]

W - Winifred Watson, Un giorno di gloria per Miss Pettigrew (Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day)

19/26

[Amy]

I updated post 774. I am having a great time with this challenge and we have a lot of year left. I decided to try and get the first letter (excluding A, AN, The) for each book title. I have made some replacements on my list and hope to update some more.

Added:
H - Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
I - The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
Z - Zero Day by David Baldacci

Replaced:
J - Just Desserts by Mary Daheim
P - Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross

[Heather]

Update to post 261
Finished To Kill a Mockingbird book 19/26

Not one of my favourites, which I'm sure makes me out of sync with millions of other folk who adore it. Still it's done, I've read a classic!

[Anna]

I read another book

A: All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
B: Billy Elliot by Melvin Burgess
C: A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
D: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman*
E:
F:
G: Indias datter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
H:
I: I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
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K:
L: Leaves on the Wind by Zach Whedon*
M: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman*
N:
O: Odinsbarn by Siri Pettersen
P: The Crown of Ptolemy by Rick Riordan
Q:
R: The Returned by Seth Patrick
S: The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss
T: The Sheperd's Tale by Joss Whedon*
U:
V:
W: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
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*Graphic novel

[Cassandra]

Congratulations on finishing the challenge, Isa! What was your favorite book? Did you read some that you wouldn't have otherwise?

Welcome, Kelly! You've basically been doing the A-Z challenge all year without realizing it. Great job!

[Sarah c]

Update message 487 17/26

[Megan BG]

16/26!

U: Unlucky 13 (James Patterson)

[Erika]

Update post 1015. Finish D, starting E with Emma by Jane Austen. 4/26