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2015 Alphabet Soup Challenge
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Melissa's 2015 Alphabet Soup MixA- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Spain - Egypt); READ 2/26/15
B- Botchan by Soseki Natsume (Japan); READ 1/4/15
C- The Christmas Pony by Melody Carlson; READ 1/10/15
D- Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley; READ 4/4/15
E- The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim; READ 4/22/15
F- The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Arthur Ransome; READ 4/10/15
G- Good Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian; READ 1/26/15
H- The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende; READ 1/27/15
I- The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde; READ 4/5/15
J- Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman; John Newbery Medal; READ 4/1/15
K- Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig; Boxall's 1001; READ 8/30/15
L- A Light in the Attic Special Edition by Shel Silverstein; READ 2/6/15
M- March by Geraldine Brooks (Pulitzer); READ 1/16/15
N- The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco; Boxall's 1001; OWN
O- Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout; READ 3/6/15
P- Paper Towns by John Green; READ 2/18/15
Q- Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym; Boxall's 1001; READ IN SEPT.
R- The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion; READ 2/4/15
S- Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill; READ 2/21/15
T- The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas; READ 1/17/15
U- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand; READ 1/31/15
V- Voss by Patrick White; Boxall's 1001; OWN
W- Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
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Kassandra's Soup RecipeA- A Bend in the Road
B -A Bend in the Road
C- Child of the Ghosts
D-Dear John
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F-Flesh and Blood
G- Gray Mountain
H- The Hypnotist's Love Story
I- I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks
J- Jack the Giant Killer
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M -Message in a Bottle
N-The Notebook
O- Orange Is the New Black
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S- Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
T- The Time Traveler's Wife
U- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
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Looks like a lot of fun,Alphabet Soup Template
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Looks like a lot of fun,Alphabet Soup Template
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Abigail's Alphabet Soup
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Srividya's Alphabet Soup Mix 2015Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Books Read: 21/26
✔ A: Animal Magnetism - 16/3/15
✔ B: Barefoot Season - 21/1/15
✔ C: Crocodile on the Sandbank - 6/1/15
✔ D: Darkly Dreaming Dexter - 28/2/15
✔ E: Eragon - 12/1/15
✔ F: The Fellowship of the Ring - 11/1/15
✔ G: The Graveyard Book - Read 1/1/15
✔ H: Howards End - 17/4/15
✔ I: The Invention of Wings - 29/3/15
✔ J: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - 31/3/15
✔ K: Kiss of the Night - 14/5/15
✔ L: Lost in a Good Book - 19/5/15
✔ M: The Martian - Read 3/1/15
✔ N: The Name of the Rose - 9/3/15
✔ O: Of Human Bondage - 13/1/15
✔ P: The Poet - 22/4/15
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✔ R: The Rosie Effect - 19/3/15
✔ S: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Read 4/1/15
✔ T: The Thirteenth Tale - 5/4/15
✔ U: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption - 20/1/15
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Dora's Alphabet Soup26/26 FINISHED
A- Anna Karenina 19. 03. 2015
B- Birds 10. 04. 2015
C- The Canterville Ghost 04. 02. 2015
D- Doña Bárbara 12. 01. 2015
E- An Enemy of the People 28. 04. 2015
F- Frogs 30. 03. 2015
G- The Great Gatsby 27. 01. 2015
H- His Last Bow 25. 03. 2015
I- The Importance of Being Earnest 10. 04. 2015
J- Jonathan Livingston Seagull 04.04. 2015
K- King Lear 4. 10. 2015
L- Lysistrata 14. 04. 2015
M- The Marquise of O 28. 02. 2015
N- No Exit 09. 04. 2015
O- Out of the Silent Planet 08. 03. 2015
P- The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for? 29. 03. 2015
Q- Queen Margot, or Marguerite de Valois 31. 10. 2015
R- Richard III 01. 05. 2015
S- A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies 18. 01. 2015
T- The Three Musketeers 29. 01. 2015
U- Utopia 26. 04. 2015
V- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 15. 04. 2015
W- The Wasps 20. 04. 2015
X- X Campus 21. 03. 2015
Y- Young Törless 29. 10. 2015
Z- Zalacain the Adventurer 07. 05. 2015
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A- Aleph**
B- Beloved**
C- The Cuckoo's Calling**
D- Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim**
E- Elizabeth Is Missing**
F- Fever 1793**
G- Gathering Blue**
H- The Haunted Hotel**
I- It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership**
J- A Journal of the Plague Year**
K- Kim **
L- Little Dorrit**
M- The Machine Stops**
N- No Thoroughfare**
O- One Hundred Years of Solitude**
P- Paradise Lost**
Q- Queen Lucia**
R- The Return of the Soldier**
S- The Swiss Family Robinson**
T- Tales from Shakespeare**
U- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption**
V- The Vicar of Wakefield**
W- The Warden**
X- X Minus One Project**
Y- You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation**
Z- Zip: The Adventures of a Frisky Fox Terrier (Illustrated Edition)**
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(I've started another batch on the side for all those books that start with the same letters.)
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So what is making you procrastinate? I'm getting off to a slow start, really only into my 2nd book. I feel like daydreaming more than anything else.
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Melissa I'm having the exact same problem! Daydreaming has been taking up my entire week. My second book is interesting but still not enough to pull m away from the dreams. Renee, shovelling snow is a great way to procrastinate from grading papers.
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E- Eminent Victorians
G- Gone with the Wind
K- Kim
O- One of Ours
Don't forget to update your recipes here occasionally. ;-)
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Current status:A- The Art Forger
C- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
D- Double Dare
E- Eleanor & Park
F- Flowers for Algernon
G- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
H- Hollow City
L- Love, Rosie
M- The Man in the Window
O- Orphan Train
R- Running Barefoot
S- Serena
U- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
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I'll post mine in this status.A-
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Alphabet Soup UpdateA- Anna and the French Kiss
B- Blood Promise
C- Crown of Midnight
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I- Into the Wild (Warriors, #1)
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W- When God was a Rabbit
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I'm planning to try for another before the end of 2015. :D
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Alphabet Soup TemplateThese are only books read:
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B- Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult
C- Cress by Marissa Meyer
D- Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
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G- The Green Dwarf by Charlotte Brontë
H- The Heir by Kiera Cass
I- I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
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Renee wrote: "Yes, by all means backfill anything you've read in 2015 for the Alphabet Soup challenge. It run January - December."Thanks!
Here's mine so far. Almost done.Alphabet Game
A- Apocalypse Weird: The Red King
B- Baby X: Britain's Child Abusers Brought To Justice
C- The Cutting Edge
D- Donor 23
E- Evangeline
F- Faerie After (Bones of Faerie #3)
G- Golden Boy
H- Hard Time: Banged Up Abroad Raving Arizona
I- Island of Fog (Island of Fog #1)
J- Just A Boy: The True Story of A Stolen Childhood
K- Karma Decay (Karma Trilogy #1)
L- Lunar
M- A Masque of Infamy
N- The Necromancer (Johannes Cabal #1)
O- Oddily (Oddily #1)
P- Peter and the Dead Men (Peter and the Monsters #1)
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S- Sweetie
T- The Takers (The Oz Chronicles #1)
U- Uglies (Uglies #1)
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I finally decided to get in on this challenge. I've been having a hard time balancing school and my extra reading, so I only set my yearly goal at 12 books this year, but this challenge sounds like so much fun I couldn't resist. I'll make a master list and check the books off as I go along (but the master list isn't done yet). A- The Alchemy of Happiness 9 July '15
B- The Black Poets 12 July '15
C- The Circle 10 Aug '15
D- Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom 2 July '15
E- The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
F- Fight Club
G- Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
H- Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
I- Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship 28 June 15
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L-Loving You Wasn't Enough
M-The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
N- No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam
O- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
P- Paris Noir: African-Americans in the City of Light
Q- The Holy Quran 16 July '15
R- Regiment of Women
S- Sourcebook in Indian Philosophy
T- Twelve Years a Slave
U- Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art 12 Aug '15
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W- Wuthering Heights
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update: OMG i totally forgot all about this post!! I'm updating right now A: Artisan Bread 麵包教室; Anthem; And We Stay;
B: Beat the Turtle Drum
C: Cheap & Easy: A Cookbook for Girls on the Go; The Candymakers; Cress;
D: Firefly Lane
E: Everything Leads to You;
F: Filmmaking for Teens: Pulling Off Your Shorts;Fashion Designer; Firefly Lane
G: Good Morning!; A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return
H: Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen; How to Make Money Using Etsy: A Guide to the Online Marketplace for Crafts and Handmade Products;
I: The Interestings; Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business—and Won!
J:Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
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L: Lost in the Sun, Liar & Spy
M: My Best Everything
N: Nightbird
O: Otto: The Story of a Mirror; The Odd Egg
P: Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek;
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S: Southern Teatime Pleasures: Simple Ideas and Recipes; The Scar Boys;
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I will say that since I didn't intentionally try to read books for this challenge, I'm pretty proud of what I achieved!
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I changed my recipe a bit- I'm now only using the freshest ingredients (meaning I'm not counting anything I read before June). That gives me half a year to read 26 books, which is insanely ambitious, given my reading habits. I'll see how it goes.
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A- Atonement**
B- Bel Ami**
C- The Call of the Wild**
D- Death Note**
E- Eminent Victorians**
F- Fingersmith
G- Good Omens**
H- Heart of Darkness**
I- I Capture the Castle or I am Pilgrim
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M- Minding Frankie**
N- The Namesake**
O- Of Human Bondage**
P- Pauline's Passion and Punishment**
Q- Quo Vadis
R- The Rosie Effect**
S- Splintered**
T- To Kill a Mockingbird**
U- Unhinged**
V- Valley of Vision or Villette
W- The Wind in the Willows**
X- XYZ Mystery (Librivox)
Y- Year of Magical Thinking
Z- Zuleika Dobson**
Way to go Renee! Your soup is cooking much faster than mine.
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How was Lathe of Heaven? I've been eyeing it.
Woo! Go Renee, you're a master chef! Congratulations, Caitlyn!
Yah! *Happy Dance for Caitlin* WOOT! WOOT!Are you going to try again?
Wow, Caitlin, you are an early planner. What do you have in mind?
Just put two more books under my belt, and I plan to start then next one in a few days. That makes 7 books for this challenge between July and August so far; it's been a productive summer! If I can keep up the momentum I'll cross at least two more off by the end of the month! I'm still looking for something for 'K', 'X', and 'Z'.
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Books mentioned in this topic
Wonder (other topics)Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business—and Won! (other topics)
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (other topics)
A Game for Swallows: To Die, To Leave, To Return (other topics)
Beat the Turtle Drum (other topics)
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For example:
A- And the Band Played on
B- Beautiful Day
C- The Call of the Wild
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You may use books that are from other mini-challenges, but not the Group Read titles. (Because then we'd all have the same soup.)
You may want to create a post with just the alphabet, then fill in books as you read them. Or create a "master list" of what you plan to read, then check them off as you finish each.