A-Z Challenge - 2015 Showing 1,351-1,400 of 1,508

[✿ Alicia ✿]

Updating message 1112.
Just finished Interview with the Vampire
New total: 19/26

[Vanessa Gayle ⚔️]

I'd like to join please.

A-Z CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015

Progress: 13/26

A: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
B: The Bad Rescue of Devon Streeter by B C Johnson
C: Champion by Marie Lu
D: The Walking Dead, Vol. 01: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman
E: ***Enclave by Ann Aguirre
F: City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
G: City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
H: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J K Rowling
I: ***Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
J:
K:
L: Legend by Marie Lu
M: Life Before Legend by Marie Lu
N:
O: Batman, Vol. 1: The Court of Owls by Scott Snyder
P: Prodigy by Marie Lu
Q:
R: Reap by Casey L Bond
S: ***Batman, Vol. 2: The City of Owls by Scott Snyder
T:
U:
V:
W: The Walking Dead, Vol. 02: Miles Behind Us by Robert Kirkman
X:
Y:
Z:

[Sherry]

Updated: COMPLETED

26/26 Completed ✔

A - Awakened by a Kiss (Fiery Tales #1) by Lila DiPasqua [Read 2/3/2015]
B - Black Widow (Elemental Assassin #12) by Jennifer Estep [Read 1/13/2015]
C - Cinderella Dressed in Ashes (The Grimm Diaries #2) by Cameron Jace [Read 1/1/2015]
D - Die Again (Rizzoli & Isles #11) by Tess Gerritsen [Read 1/23/2015]
E - Shades of Earth (Across the Universe #3) by Beth Revis [Read 2/27/2015]
F - Frozen (Taken, #2) by Erin Bowman [Read 1/29/2015]
G - Glazed Murder (Donut Shop Mystery #1) by Jessica Beck [Read 1/2/2015]
H - How the Scoundrel Seduces (The Duke's Men, #3) by Sabrina Jeffries [Read 4/5/2015]
I - The Invitation: Gathering Bonus Short (Darkness Rising #1.6) by Kelley Armstrong [Read 3/4/2015]
J - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel [Read 6/15/2015]
K - Gaba Kawa by Rie Takada [Read 10/5/2015]
L - Little Lady, Big Apple (The Little Lady Agency #2) by Hester Browne [Read 3/4/2015]
M - Melting the Ice (Play by Play #7) by Jaci Burton [Read 1/10/2015]
N - Notes to My Future Husband: A Bitch's Guide to Our Happily Ever After by The Coquette [Read 1/1/2015]
O - Once Dead, Twice Shy (Madison Avery Trilogy #1) by Kim Harrison [Read 2/24/2015]
P - Paranoia (The Night Walkers #2) by J.R. Johansson [Read 1/20/2015]
Q - Garden of Lies by Amanda Quick [Read 5/12/2015]
R - The Rising (Darkness Rising #3) by Kelley Armstrong [Read 3/10/2015]
S - Scorched Eggs (Cackleberry Club #6) by Laura Childs [Read 1/7/2015]
T - Take Your Teddy to Work Day (Her Teddy Bear #2) by Mimi Strong [Read 3/16/2015]
U - Unhinged(Splintered #2) by A.G. Howard [Read 3/13/2015]
V - The Venetian Contract by Marina Fiorato [Read 1/6/2015]
W - Wayfarer (Tales of Beauty & Madness, #2) by Lili St. Crow [Read 1/17/2015]
X - Three Weeks With Lady X by Eloisa James [Read 8/6/2015]
Y - Bite Me If You Can(Argeneau #6) by Lynsay Sands [Read 2/17/2015]
Z - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston [Read 8/10/2015]

[Book Dragon 🐉 📚]

A-Z Challenge

(18/26)

A – An Amish Family Christmas – Marta Perry/Patricia Davids
B – Bedding the Wrong Brother –Virna Depaul
C – Out of Control – Mary Connealy
D – Dark Witch – Nora Roberts
E – Engaging the Boss – Noelle Adams
F - Fall in Sweetwater County - Ciara Knight
G
H – A Hidden Secret – Linda Castillo
I
J
K – Kodiak’s Claim – Eve Langlais
L – The Littlest Cowboy – Maggie Shayne
M – The Girls of Mischief Bay – Susan Mallery
N
O -- One Night with her Boss – Noelle Adams
P
Q
R – True Love at Silver Creek Ranch – Emma Cane
S – Texas Star – Jean Brashear
T – Texas Refuge – Jean Brashear
U—Unfinished Business – Nora Roberts
V – A Town Called Valentine – Emma Cane
W—A Wedding in Valentine – Emma Cane
X
Y – The Yuletide Rescue – Margaret Daley
Z

[Cassandra]

Welcome to the challenge, Vanessa!

Congratulations to Sherry for finishing the challenge.

[Clare]

Updated 441:
25 completed - just need something for V

[Kelly]

Can I join please?!

A-Z Yearly Challenge
Current Status: 26/26

A - Angelfall by Susan Ee
B - Dangerous Boys by Abigail Haas
C - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
D - Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn / David Levithan
E - Every Day by David Levithan
F - Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
G - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
H - Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas
I - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
J - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
K - An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
L - The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
M - A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin
N - Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn / David Levithan
O - A Clockwork Orange
P - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Q - Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
R - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
S - World After by Susan Ee
T - Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
U - Unspeakable by Abbie Rushton
V - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
W - The Color Purple by Alice Walker
X - Xingu
Y - Are We There Yet? by David Levithan
Z - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

COMPLETE!

[Renee]

I would like to join in as well! This challenge is a fun way to think some more about the books i've been reading this year... Here is where i am so far:

A-Z CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015

Progress: 23 / 26
10/24 update: 25/26
11/22 Update: 26/26 Challenge Completed!

Note: I'm going to try and only use the first letters of the main words in a title of a book, and only use author's initials if i run out of time in year... I may also replace some books, to try and have a little bit less overlap between the various challenges.

A: Act Of Terror
B: The Burgess Boys
C: Command Authority
D: Devil in a Blue Dress
E: Euphoria
F: Foundation
G: The Goldfinch
H: Heart-Shaped Box
I: I, Robot
J: Up Jumps the Devil
K: Our Kind of Traitor
L: Lies My Teacher Told Me
M: MaddAddam
N: Native Son
O: The One
P: How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
Q: The White Queen
R: Rosemary's Baby
S: Still Alice
T: The Time Keeper
U: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
V: The Serpent of Venice
W: Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
X: XO
Y: The Year of the Flood
Z: Zeroville

Thanks for organizing all this!

[Laurie]

Updated message 33

25/26

Added:
U Up at the Villa by W. Somerset Maugham
V The Valley of Heaven and Hell - Cycling in the Shadow of Marie-Antoinette by Susie Kelly

[Kelly]

Updated message 1397.

Added X - Xingu to take me to 24/26

[Heather]

Update on post 258

Just finished the brilliant The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes - could not put it down :)

35/52

[Sarah c]

Update 487 20/26

[Alison]

message 847(ish) I just finished Cinder for C!

[Beth]

I now have 69/78 completed.

Knocked off my "K" title with the excellent Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock.

[Kim]

I now have 25/26, as I just completed letter Y. After You by Jojo Moyes. All I have left to do is that dreaded letter "X".

[✿ Alicia ✿]

Updating post 1112.
Just finished The Color Purple
New total 10/26

[Laurie]

Updated message 33

26/26 Challenge complete!!!

[Jannene]

I updated message 110. 16/26

[Carrie]

Updated message 103 - 18/26 completed

[Cassandra]

Welcome to the challenge, Kelly and Renee!

Congratulations to Laurie for completing your challenge.

[Alisia]

26/26 Challenge Complete!

N. The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman
X. Xingu

[Clare]

26/26 Challenge Complete :)
Updated message 441

Thank you for leading this challenge Cassandra x

Taking part in this challenge has helped me achieve my personal goal of reading some different books this year - a few thrillers and a reread of some old favourites (Winston Graham) but I've also read some new books by authors I like (Susan Hill, Jeanette Winterson); finally read some authors I'd been meaning to try (Patrick Ness) and been introduced to some new authors.
Hoping to repeat next year!

[Jannene]

I updated my original message, 17/26. I finished Zero Day.

[Book Dragon 🐉 📚]

A-Z Challenge

(19/26)

A – An Amish Family Christmas – Marta Perry/Patricia Davids
B – Bedding the Wrong Brother –Virna Depaul
C – Out of Control – Mary Connealy
D – Dark Witch – Nora Roberts
E – Engaging the Boss – Noelle Adams
F - Fall in Sweetwater County - Ciara Knight
G
H – A Hidden Secret – Linda Castillo
I
J
K – Kodiak’s Claim – Eve Langlais
L – The Littlest Cowboy – Maggie Shayne
M – The Girls of Mischief Bay – Susan Mallery
N
O -- One Night with her Boss – Noelle Adams
P
Q -- The Rebel Cowboys Quadruplets -- Tina Leonard
R – True Love at Silver Creek Ranch – Emma Cane
S – Texas Star – Jean Brashear
T – Texas Refuge – Jean Brashear
U—Unfinished Business – Nora Roberts
V – A Town Called Valentine – Emma Cane
W—A Wedding in Valentine – Emma Cane
X --
Y – The Yuletide Rescue – Margaret Daley
Z --

[Jane]

Updated message 15.

24/26 For One More Day by Mitch Albom - 3 stars

25/26 Tomi: A Childhood Under the Nazis by Tomi Ungerer - 3 stars

26/26 Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran - 1 star

26/26 DONE! Woo hoo!

[Renee]

I updated message 1398 with my 2 new books:

J: Up Jumps the Devil
Z: Zeroville

Only 1 left! Anyone have any good recommendations for a book with "X" in the title?

[Renee]

I updated message 1398 with my 2 new books:

J: Up Jumps the Devil
Z: Zeroville

Only 1 left! Anyone have any good recommendations for a book with "X" in the title?

[Merja]

Updated my original message. O is for Outlander.


15/29

[Heather]

Update on post 258
An outstanding read - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

36/52

[Merja]

Another update today: E is for "Et muuten tätäkään usko..." - Ville Haapasalon 2000-luku Venäjällä.


16/29

[Cassandra]

Congratulations to Alisia, Clare, and Jane for finishing their challenges!

[Clare]

Renee wrote: "I updated message 1398 with my 2 new books:

J: Up Jumps the Devil
Z: Zeroville

Only 1 left! Anyone have any good recommendations for a book with "X" in the title?"

If you like thrillers you could read XO by Jeffery Deaver

[Heather]

And another one Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain. Excellent historical based read - love this author.
37/52

[Canadian Dragon]

Read another- only need X and Y

Z Z Oct 24

[Leisa]

The latest in the Sue Grafton's Kinsey Milhone series is called 'X'.

[Renee]

Clare wrote: If you like thrillers you could read XO by Jeffery Deaver

Thanks for the recommendation... i'll have to check if the library has that one!

[Victoria]

October update completed 25/26

Z - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

Only one to go the dreaded X! (Luckily I have found one I like the sound of). Full list at page 1 message 8

[Michelle L.]

I would love to do this!!

A:American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
B:Between Friends
C:The Coal Tattoo
D:Darkfever
E:
F:Fahrenheit 451
G:
H:The Holy Thief
I:The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
J:
K:Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
L:
M:Me Talk Pretty One Day
N:
O:Owl Island: A Novel
P:Plum Island
Q:
R:
S:Snowflower and the Secret Fan
T:The Time Traveler's Wife
U:Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
V:
W:What Alice Forgot
X:
Y:
Z:

[Dug]

Hi,

I have updated message 627.
Completed 22 of 26.
Not long now!

Dug

[Cassandra]

Welcome to the challenge, Michelle! Glad to have you.

[Charity]

Updated message 237.

23/26

[Heather]

Update to 258
Finished The Christmas Train by David Baldacci - it was not my cup of tea, no depth, everything was too convenient!

38/52

[Winter, Group Reads]

A-Z Challenge 2015

Personal restrictions: Only use first letter in the title. The, a, an.. doesn't count.

A - Around the World in 80 Days, Jules Verne
B - The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe
C - Carrie, Stephen King
D - Doctor Sleep, Stephen King
E - Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
F - Fire-heart, C.S. Marks
G - The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
H - Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
I - The Iron Heel, Jack London
J - Jan van Huysums Blomsterstykke, Henrik Wergeland
K
L - The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes, Anonymous
M - Mistress Of The Ages, Michael R. Hicks
N
O - Outcaste, C.S. Marks
P - The Perfume Garden, Kate Lord Brown
Q - Quartet in Autumn, Barbara Pym
R - Ronja Røverdatter, Astrid Lindgren
S - The Skull Ring, Scott Nicholson
T - The Turn of the Screw, Henry James
U - The Unit, Ninni Holmqvist
V - Victoria, Knut Hamsun
W - A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
X
Y
Z - Once Upon a Zombie: Book One: The Color of Fear, Billy Phillips *

* One can argue that the title are The Color of Fear, not Once Upon a Zombie, but I though of that too late, so will cound it for now. And I didn't find a book with first letter for Z that I wanted to read.

22/26

[Carrie]

Updated message 103 21/26 not sure I'm going to make :( But I'll keep trying!

[Merja]

F is for friend in A Girl’s Best Friend
J is for initial J in J.K. Rowling's name (read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)


18/29

[ChrisP]

Message 239 Updated


X - The X-Files: Goblins

That's Numberwang!!!
26/26

[Victoria]

I have completed this challenge 26/26 after finishing

X - Irises by Francisco X. Stork

Full list at page 1 message 8

Thanks for hosting Cassandra

[Alison]

I just finished F. I read Fifty Shades Freed. Next is G!

[Mary Pat]

UPDATE:


25/26 - 1 to go

A - God Bless America: Stories
B - Brisingr
C - Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
D - For a Few Demons More
E - Elsewhere
F - Fortune's Fool
G - Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science
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
N - The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
O - Outlander
P - Three Plays
Q - The Snow Queen
R - Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
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
V - Voyager
W - Walking
X - Xingu
Z - Zoo

[Jannene]

Updated message 110; 19/26.