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A-Z Challenge - 2015
I updated Post 1398 with my last book:11/22 Update: 26/26 Challenge Completed!
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I'm so excited to finish my first yearly challenge! This was a lot of fun!
I updated post 561 with my last book, the book to satisfy letter "X". I read X by Sue Grafton. "X" was the final letter for me. 26/26 completed! I am relieved to have been able to finish this challenge for 2015. If this challenge is presented in 2016, I'll sign up to do it again. It was fun!
Congratulations to Kimberly and Renee for finishing their challenges!
Hi Casandra my total for this challenge hasn't been updated I have also completed 26/26 after finishing the letter X
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 - Kushiel's Dart, Jacqueline Carey
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.
23/26
Finished another one :)
Victoria - Sorry about that! Congratulations on finishing your challenge. :)
Cassandra wrote: "Victoria - Sorry about that! Congratulations on finishing your challenge. :)"No worries thank you for updating me
Hi,I have updated message 627.
I have now completed 24 of the 26 letters of the alphabet.
Thanks,
Dug
Completed the challenge today A The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie 3/3/15 *****
B Beloved by Toni Morrison2/3/15 ****
C A Confederacy of Duncesby John Kennedy Toole 7/1/15 ***
D Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler 3/17/15 *****
E East of Eden by John Steinbeck 8/9/15 *****
F Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham 1/23/15 ***
G The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 9/9/15 ****
H The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 7/17/15 ****
I Ironweed by William Kennedy 3/17/15 ****
J A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins 5/13/15 ***
K Katherine by Anya Seton 2/23/15 *****
L The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 4/14/15 ****
M Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert2/12/15 ****
N Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky3/1/15 ****
O One Lonely Night by Mickey Spillane1/26/2015 ***
P Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz8/17/15 ****
Q The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell 11/28/15 ****
R Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison 2/26/15 **
S Silas Marner by George Eliot1/18/15 *****
T Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald1/4/15 ****
U Under the Net by Iris Murdoch 9/15/15 ***
V Orlando by Virginia Woolf 7/25/15 ***
W Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor3/14/15 **
X Xingu by Edith Wharton 1/22/15 *****
Y Yarrow by Charles de Lint 9/25/15 ***
Z Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm 10/4/15 ***
26/26
Been awhile since I last updated. I have read 6 more leaving me with two more to finish. 24/26
E - Everlost
N - The Night Sister
V - Vampire Academy
W - Water for Elephants
Y - Yes Please
Z - Zeroes
Congratulations to Janet for finishing the challenge!
A- All the Truth That's in MeB- Blue Heaven
C- The Council of Mirrors
D- Daily Five, The (Second Edition): Fostering Literacy in the Elementary Grades
E- Ella Takes The Cake
F- Frogged
G- The Goose Girl
H- The Host
I- In Real Life
J- Judy Moody Predicts the Future
K- The Selection by Kiera Cass
L- Lumberjanes #1
M- Meet Your Baker
N- Never Never
O- Olive's Ocean
P- Pie
Q-
R- Rebel Belle
S- The Shadow Society
T- The Truth About Twinkie Pie
U- Unbreakable
V- The View from Saturday
W- White Cat
X-
Y- You Are Here
Z- Zita the Spacegirl
I finished this challenge:A: The Silent Angel by Heinrich Böll
B: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
C: The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill
D: Burmese Days by George Orwell
E: The Eyewitness by Ernst Weiss
F: Final Witness by Simon Tolkien
G: The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
H: Death in Holy Orders by P.D. James
I: Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
J: Child of the Jungle: The True Story of a Girl Caught Between Two Worlds by Sabine Kuegler
K: The Kept by James Scott
L: Every Living Thing by James Herriot
M: The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville by Clare Mulley
N: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
O: Orders from Berlin by Simon Tolkien
P: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Q: Martha Quest by Doris Lessing
R: Shadow of the Silk Road by Colin Thubron
S: The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing
T: Home of the Gentry by Ivan Turgenev
U: Morality Play by Barry Unsworth
V: A Demon in My View by Ruth Rendell
W: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
X: Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love by Xinran
Y: What the Day Owes the Night by Yasmina Khadra
Z: Journey Into the Past by Stefan Zweig
A book for the letter A - just finished All My Friends are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman. Recommended by my daughter - really unusual but thoroughly enjoyable.Making my total now 40/52
I have finished all 26 and completed the challenge.A: Yes Please by Amy Poehler ***
B: The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon ****
C: Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín **
D: Life Drawing ****
E: Men Explain Things to Me *****
F: Fire Shut Up in My Bones ****
G: Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir by Nicole J. Georges ****
H: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda ****
I: Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East ****
J: How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee ****
K: A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson ****
L: The Lions of Al-Rassan ****
M: Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father ****
N: Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson ****
O: The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories **
P: The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League ****
Q: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics ****
R: Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More ***
S: Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag by A.K. Summers ****
T: The Tusk That Did the Damage ****
U: Uprooted *****
V: The Vanishing of Katharina Linden ***
W: Blue is the Warmest Color ****
X: French Concession: A Novel by Bai Xiao ***
Y: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 ****
Z: The Ploughmen by Kim Zupan ***
Congratulations, Sibyl! You're doing a great job with finishing up your challenges.
Cassandra,Thank you so much for running this challenge this year. I didn't complete but really enjoyed it!
Thanks,
Leslie
Thank you, Leslie! I'm glad you had fun.
A book for letter Q - Something Quite Beautiful: No Greater Love by Amanda Prowse, I love her writing.43/52
Somewhere I have miscounted and have realised my book count is actually 45/52.... I am sorry, I'm not sure which books I have forgotten to update the thread with. I am on a mission to get to my 52 by then end of the year 7 to go.....
Updated message #58!Currently at 23/26, only missing Q, X and Z.
(Also, my account name changed from Renée to Renáta)
My progress is:.
A. Andy Weir The Martian
B. Bad Feminist: Essays Roxanne Gay
C.Jen Campbell Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
D. Sex Criminals, Vol. 2: Two Worlds, One Cop
E. Men Explain Things to Me
F. Fahrenheit 451
G. The Girl on the Train
H. Horns
I. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
J. Joseph Heller Catch-22
K. Kazuo IshiguroThe Buried Giant
L. The Lost Symbol
M. Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal (Ms. Marvel
N. Melissa Nathan The Learning Curve
O. Olive Kitteridge: Fiction
P. Purple Hibiscus
Q.What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
R. Restaurant Babylonby Imogen Edwards-Jones
S.Stephen King The Shining
T.Tokio blues Murakami
U.
V.V for Vendetta
W.Oscar WildeThe Happy Prince
X.
Y. Amy Poehler Yes Please
Z.
I am missing U, X and Z ... U for sure is finish this month with Tales of the Unexpected but for X and Z... mmm not sure if I make it
Thanks for letting me know, Renáta! Congratulations on finishing your challenge.Congratulations, Kelly!
Heather - no worries! I updated your progress.
Message 626 has been updated.I have now completed all letters of the alphabet! Bring on 2016.
Dug
I am determined to get to 52/52 by Dec 31st :)Just finished And Then She Killed Him by Robert Scott, true crime - my favourite genre, an OK book not up to Ann Rule though
46/52
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 - Kushiel's Dart, Jacqueline Carey
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 - The Young Elites, Marie Lu
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.
24/26
Did Not Finish
Officially retiring this one. Will hopefully be back stronger for Character edition! Loved this one!
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Just finished I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh, absolutely brilliant, best book I've read in the last few months, once I'd started I could not put it down. Twist and turns and so very well put together. Made for uncomfortable reading yet strangely making me want to read it more than ever. Very highly recommended.
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