2015 A-Z Book Title Reading Challenge - 1/1/15 - 12/31/15

[Jenny, Always smiling! :-D]

Great job Madison!

[Victoria]

Great job, Madison!

[Karen’s Library]

Oh gosh Madison! Only 2 left!!

[Madison]

Karen wrote: "Oh gosh Madison! Only 2 left!!"

Thanks everyone! And I know! I just have a few left on my author one too :)

[Tommy]

Madison wrote: "Karen wrote: "Oh gosh Madison! Only 2 left!!"

Thanks everyone! And I know! I just have a few left on my author one too :)"

Oh, man, I haven't been keeping up with my author one at all haha. zoops

[Karen’s Library]

I haven't done the author one yet, but maybe I'll do that one this weekend and see where I'm at.

[Victoria]

I didn't do the author one either. But, no, I'm not going to do it.

[Nancy]

Ok, so I have three books left. I have a V and Q book in mind. I just need to read them. I am having trouble coming up with an X book that I might enjoy. Any suggestions?

A: Alexandria 5/24
B: Black Feathers 1/27
C: Croak 2/15
D: The Dog Stars 4/30
E: Eerie 5/28
F: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August 3/25
G: Grip 01/13
H: H10N1 1/16
I: The Infinite Sea 4/14
J: Joyland 06/15
K: Killing Katie 07/13
L: The Last Policeman 08/30
M: The Man in the High Castle 02/25
N: No Country for Old Men
O: Oryx and Crake 03/30
P: Parasite 06/29
Q:
R: Red Rising 01/06
S: Scorch 02/19
T: The Book of the Crowman 02/02
U: Unwind 07/06
V:
W: Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse 08/15
X:
Y: The Year of the Flood 5/19
Z: Zone One 7/20

[Nancy]

I found an X book.



Apparently this author has a character series and there is one book for each letter of the alphabet. X is the latest book and it just came out 8/25. So if you need a letter you can check Sue Grafton.

[Victoria]

Great job, Nancy!

I've read one of her books... The N one, I think it was... A few years ago though.

[Sherrie]

A-Always Watching
B- Brown Girl Dreaming
C-Curse of the Night Wolf
D-Dirty Rotten Rulers: History's Villains & Their Dastardly Deeds
E-Every Ugly Word
F- Fatal Puzzle
G-The Graham Cracker Plot
H- The Houdini Box
I-The Isobel Journal
J Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: a Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix
K- Kiss Me Kill Me
L The Long Haul
M-The Mischievians: with audio recording
N-Nickel Bay Nick
O Odd Duck
P The Pigeon Needs a Bath!
Q-Red Queen
R Rooms
S-Six Feet Over It
T-Things Half in Shadow
U
VVanishing Girls
W-The Wee Hours
X-X:A Novel
Y-You Have Seven Messages
Z

24/26-Almost there! :)

[Victoria]

Great job, Sherrie!

[Karen’s Library]

Nancy wrote: "I found an X book.



Apparently this author has a character series and there is one book for each letter of the alphabet. X is the latest book and it just came out 8/25. So ..."

Great suggestion Nancy!!

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

I'm signing up for this. Have to go find my letter now! ^-^

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

A -
B -
C -
D -
E -
F -
G -
H -
I -
J -
K -
L -
M -
N -
O -
P -
Q -
R -
S -
T -
U -
V -
W -
x - To be completed
Y -
Z - To be completed

[Victoria]

Well done, Bookbuyer!

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Victoria wrote: "Well done, Bookbuyer!"

TY. My books for the year just happened to work well. ^-^

[Jenny, Always smiling! :-D]

Everyone is doing SO WELL at this challenge :)

[Laura]

Read 19/26 - Still need 1 more suggested books (N)

A ~ Article 5 (Article 5,#1) - Simmons, Kristen - 01/19/2015
B ~ Broken Symmetry - Rix, Dan - 07/29/2015
C ~ Champion (Legend, #3) - Lu, Marie - 08/07/2015
D ~ Drawing Down the Moon - Faust, Joe Clifford - 04/29/2015
E ~ Ensnared (Splintered,#3) - Howard, A.G. - 04/07/2015
F ~ Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles,#3.5) - Meyer, Marissa - 01/31/2015
G ~ Glitch (Glitch#1) - Anastaiu, Heather - 01/21/2015
H ~ The Heart of Betrayal (The Remnant Chronicles, #2) - Pearson, Mary E. - 07/15/2015
I ~ Ignite (Defy,#2) - Larson, Sara B. - 01/05/2015
J ~ The Jewel - Ewing, Amy - 05/21/2015
K ~ Keeper (Mindjack Origins #4) - Quinn, Susan Kaye - To Read
L ~ Legend (Legend, #1) - Lu, Marie - 07/31/2015
M ~ Manners & Mutiny (Finishing School, #4) - Carringer, Gail - To Read
N ~
O ~ Once in A Lifetime - Hahn, Chandra - To Read
P ~ Prodigy (Legend, #3) - Lu, Marie - 08/05/2015

Q ~ Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4) - Maas, Sarah J. - 09/25/2015
R ~ Rebel Spring (Falling Kingdoms, #2) - Rhodes, Morgan - 09/10/2015
S ~ Splintered (Splintered,#1) - Howard, A.G. - 04/02/2015
T ~ Three (Article 5,#1) - Simmons, Kristen - 02/17/2015
U ~ Unhinged (Splintered,#2) - Howard, A.G. - 04/06/2015
V ~ Vitro - Khoury, Jessica - 07/31/2015
W ~ Walk on Earth a Stranger (The Gold Seer Trilogy, #1) - Carson, Rae - 9/25/2015
X ~ Six of Crows (The Dregs, #1) - Bardugo, Leigh - To Read
Y ~ The Young Elites (The Young Elites, #1) - Lu, Marie - To Read
Z ~ Brazen

[Victoria]

Great job so far, Laura!

[Madison]

A. All Together Dead –Charlaine Harris
B. Breakable- Tammara Webber
C. Club Dead – Charlaine Harris
D. Dead Until Dark – Charlaine Harris
E. Endless Knight – Kresley Cole
F. From Dead to Worse – Charlaine Harris
G. Glass Houses – Rachel Caine
H. Halfway to the Grave - Jeaniene Frost
I. Illuminate – Aimee Agresti
J. Just for Now –Abbi Glines
K. Kissing Coffins - Ellen Schreiber
L. Living Dead in Dallas – Charlaine Harris
M. Morganville Vampires Volume 1 – Rachel Caine
N. Night Pleasures – Sherrilyn Kenyon
O. Old Magic - Marianne Curley
P. Poison Princess – Kresley Cole
Q. A Quick Bite - Lynsay Sands
R. Rome – Jay Crownover
S. Sweet Evil – Wendy Higgins
T. Touch – Jus Accardo
U. Up to Me - M. Leighton
V. Verity – Claire Farrell
W. While it Lasts – Abbi Glines
X. Elixir - Jennifer L. Armentrout
Y. .
Z. Zombiecorns – John Green

[Victoria]

Great job, Madison!

[Tommy]

Okay, so I only need 4 more letters to finish this thing: J, O, X, Y.

I'm picking up Jinx and probably Young Elites(pending other hold requests) at the library in a little over 2 weeks and have a ton of X-men(and other X titles) to read if need be.
So I'm looking for a recommendation for O. Right now I'm leaning towards Omega City but would really like more options. Preferably not a contemporary, definitely not a romance(romance being involved is perfectly fine, even being heavily involved, but not as the main point of the story. I just can't do it haha). Also, if you want to recommend for the other letter's that would be awesome, but I'm mostly worried about O.

Thanks in advance to anyone who helps a dude out :)

[Nancy]

Tommy, not sure if you would like this book but I read for my "O" book title.

[Tommy]

Nancy wrote: "Tommy, not sure if you would like this book but I read for my "O" book title."

Hey, thanks. I'll definitely look into it :)

[Melissa]

I'm done. :) The last book I read, If I stay. I've put myself of the waitlist for it around the end of march. Just got it a few days ago.


A All the Light We Cannot See 5/26
B The Book Of Unknown Americans 1/17
C Chomper (Dinotopia #11) 4/8
D The Dry Grass Of August 3/5
E Emergent 1/16
F Flashforward 2/11
G Golden Son (Red Rising Trilogy, #2) 4/28
H The Hobbit Or there and back again 1/12
I If I Stay (If I Stay #1) 10/9
J Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas 2/3
K Kindertransport 3/8
L Lost City (Dinotopia #4) 1/27
M Mother Earth Father Sky 2/4
N No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations 4/18
O Once Upon a Time in the North (His Dark Materials, #0.5) 7/10
P The Painted Girls 4/9
Q The Quantum Thief(Jean le Flambeur #1) 1/11
R Red Rising (Red Rising Trilogy #1) 1/29
S Sabertooth Mountain (Dinotopia #5) 2/3
T Thunder Falls (Dinotopia #6) 2/8
U Undivided (Unwind dystology #4) 1/19
V Violet Eyes (Violet Eyes, #1) 5/31
W Windchaser (Dinotopia #1) 1/12
X The Dangerous Days of Daniel X (Daniel X, #1) 4/12
Y Young God 1/13
Z We Bought a Zoo 3/17

Completed 26/26! :)

[Leigh]

Congrats Melissa!

[Karen’s Library]

Wow, Melissa!! Woot woot!! Congrats!! :)

[Karen’s Library]

Nancy wrote: "Tommy, not sure if you would like this book but I read for my "O" book title."

I have wondered if I should read that one, not because I need an O (I've read tons of O's lately!), but because I liked her The Handmaid's Tale.

Tommy, have you read Odd Thomas?

[Karen’s Library]

Progress:

A: The Ask and the Answer
B: Bring Up the Bodies
C: Contagious
D: Deeply Odd
E. In the End
F: Flesh and Bone
G: Golden Son
H: H2O
I: The Infinite Sea
J: The Jewel
K: The Kite Runner
L: Lockdown
M: Monsters of Men
N: Nil
O: Odd Apocalypse
P: Pandemic
Q:
R: Red Rising
S: Swan Song
T: The One
U: Until the End of the World
V: The Virgin Elizabeth: A Novel
W: Wolf Hall
X: Expelled
Y:
Z: Zero World

24/26

Eep, got my J!! I need a suggestion for a Y. I read The Young Elites in Dec of 2014 so can't use that one. I already checked. ;)

[Karen’s Library]

Laura, how about for your N? I loved it!

[Victoria]

Congratulations, Melissa!

Well done, Karen!

[Tommy]

Karen wrote: "Tommy, have you read Odd Thomas?"

I have and loved it. Then I read the next 2 books and for whatever reason never finished the series.

Excellent rec. though, because, again, absolutely loved it. I felt about Stormy the way Twilight fans feel about glittery vamps haha.

[Nancy]

Melissa wrote: "I'm done. :) The last book I read, If I stay. I've put myself of the waitlist for it around the end of march. Just got it a few days ago.


A All the Light We Cannot See 5/26
B The Book Of Unknown..."

Congrats on finishing!

I got derailed....still have three books left. {sigh} Hopefully I can get back on track and finish.

[Nancy]

Tommy wrote: "Karen wrote: "Tommy, have you read Odd Thomas?"

I have and loved it. Then I read the next 2 books and for whatever reason never finished the series.

Excellent rec. though, because, again, absolut..."

I haven't read all the Odd Thomas books either. I started out really like them but then lost interest. Maybe I will get back them at some point. Too many other books on my TBR!

[Nancy]

Karen wrote: "I need a suggestion for a Y..."


The only Y titles off the top of my head are:

The Yearling
Yellow Crocus
The Year of the Flood

[Tommy]

There's Y: The Last Man, if you're a comics reader. Quick read through the whole series, and very, very good. Jerked some tears out of me, truth be told. Not many novels even get me bawling like that.

[Karen’s Library]

Hmmm, Year of the Flood looks interesting and I've been wanting to read . Tommy there's another O. ;)

[Karen’s Library]

Nancy, I did the same thing, read the first 2 Odd Thomas books and then just stopped. And then decided to finish and binge read the rest years later. LOTS of O's. I think my O is one of them.

[Karen’s Library]

And Tommy, there's a chance you could get more Stormy if you keep going, especially in this one. And maybe in another one.

[Tommy]

Karen wrote: " And Tommy, there's a chance you could get more Stormy if you keep going, especially in this one. And maybe in another one."

All the more reason for me to get on with the dang series haha.

[Jenny, Always smiling! :-D]

Way to go Melissa!

And good job everyone else!

[Jenny, Always smiling! :-D]

Progress:

A All Fall Down by Ally Carter
B Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
C Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas
D Defiance by C.J. Redwine
E Eragon by Christopher Paolini
F Falls the Shadow by Stephanie Gaither
G Grim by Christine Johnson
H Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas
I The Isle of Blood by Rick Yancey
J The Jewel by Amy Ewing
K Keeping the Castle by Patrice Kindl
L Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block
M Michael Vey: Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
N Nikki Powergloves: A Hero is Born by David Estes
O The Originals by Cat Patrick
P The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
Q Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes
R Rooms by Lauren Oliver
S Splintered by AG Howard
T Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
U Uninvited by Sophie Jordan
V The Vault of Dreamers by Caragh M O'Brien
W The War of the Worlds by HG Wells
X Expelled by Emmy Laybourne
Y
Z Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry

Completed: 25/26

Added my Z!

[Victoria]

Great job, Jenny!

[Jenny, Always smiling! :-D]

Thank you :)

[Karen’s Library]

Wow, Jenny! One more!! Awesome!

[Nancy]

Congrats Jenny! One book to go...whoot whoot!!

[Jenny, Always smiling! :-D]

I know, hopefully I get to it soon! I know what book I'm reading for it, but my TBR is impossible right now!

[Sherrie]

A-Always Watching
B- Brown Girl Dreaming
C-Curse of the Night Wolf
D-Dirty Rotten Rulers: History's Villains & Their Dastardly Deeds
E-Every Ugly Word
F- Fatal Puzzle
G-The Graham Cracker Plot
H- The Houdini Box
I-The Isobel Journal
J Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: a Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix
K- Kiss Me Kill Me
L The Long Haul
M-The Mischievians: with audio recording
N-Nickel Bay Nick
O Odd Duck
P The Pigeon Needs a Bath!
Q-Red Queen
R Rooms
S-Six Feet Over It
T-Things Half in Shadow
U-Until Friday Night
V-Vanishing Girls
W-The Wee Hours
X-X:A Novel
Y-You Have Seven Messages
Z-Zorgamazoo

[Jenny, Always smiling! :-D]

Woot woot Sherrie!