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A-Z Challenge: Character Edition - 2021
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12/16 completed.
12/16 completed.

6/26
Q-Queenie Everything After
V-Virginia People Like Her
W- Wrigley The Burning Girls

21/26 completed
✔ A: Adam from The Prince and the Troll
B:
✔ C: Callum Pederson from The Princess Game
✔ D: Dean Winchester from Nevermore
✔ E: Elsie Camden from Spellbreaker
✔ F: Artemis Fowl from Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel
✔ G: Gui from The Cleaners
✔ H: Hazel from Hazel and Gray
✔ I: Ingrid Thompson from Renegades
✔ J: Percy Jackson from The Demigod Files
✔ K: Katara from Avatar: The Last Airbender - Relics
✔ L: Luke Castellan from The Demigod Diaries
✔ M: Meg McCaffrey from The Burning Maze
N:
✔ O: Opal Kobai from The Arctic Incident: The Graphic Novel
✔ P: Sejanus Plinth from The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Q:
✔ R: Roarke from Naked in Death
✔ S: Sokka from Shells
✔ T: Toph from FCBD 2015 #6
✔ U: Ursa from Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search
V:
✔ W: Jamie Watson from A Study in Charlotte
X:
✔ Y: Ymir from For Magnus Chase: Hotel Valhalla, Guide to the Norse Worlds
✔ Z: Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Promise

Progress: 16/26
A -
B - Bodhi in Radiance
C - Charlie McGee in Firestarter
D - Darrin Keene in Strange Sudbury Stories
E - Esme in Midnight Sun
F -
G - Gabriel in The Home for Unwanted Girls
H - Hilly in The Help
I -
J - Jaycee Dugard in Freedom: My Book of Firsts
K - Kya in Where the Crawdads Sing
L - Luc in The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
M - Maudene in Little Mercies
N -
O - Oona in The Cousins
P - Peter Houghton in Nineteen Minutes
Q -
R - Riley in Shimmer
S -
T -
U -
V - Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two
W - Wayne Carmody in N0S 4A2
X -
Y -
Z - Zo Atelle in Magic Hour

I completed this fun challenge. I had planned to use Xanthe Westlake from The Garden of Promises and Lies for X, but while holding out for an audio e..."
Congrats :D Well done!

49/52
Y -Yardley Devereaux from The Rebound 4-6/Jessica Yardley from Crimson Lake Road (Desert Plains #2) 2-24

A –
B – Bea/Bertha/Blanch from The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins (2/27/21)
C –
D – Dobby from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (llustrated) by JK Rowling and Jim Kay (2/6/21)
E – Ernt from The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (2/13/21)
F – Francis from The Secret History by Donna Tartt (1/23/21)
G – Glory from Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore (1/20/21)
H – Huckleberry Finn from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (2/7/21)
I – Iris from Red at the Bone (2/17/21)
J – Julian from The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley (3/4/21)
K – Khushal from I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (3/13/21)
L – Lale from The Tattooist of Auschwitz (1/24/21)
M – Miranda from The Hunting Party
N –
O – Orsul from The Priory of the Orange Tree (3/21/21)
P – Paul from The Shadows by Alex North (3/5/21)
Q – Professor Quirrell from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling (1/16/21)
R – Roland from Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (3/9/21)
S – Starr from The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas; posted 1/3/21
T –
U
V – Viv from The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James (1/3/21)
W – Wyatt from The Removed by Brandon Hobson
X-
Y – Yaw from Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (4/7/21)
Z – Z from Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (1/17/21)
20/26

✓R: Randy Briggs in Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich (finished 4/7), my review is here

I have been keeping track all year. Progress: 26/26.
My A-Z progress

Progress: 26/26!
What now? Focus on all my other challenges? Try to do it a second time with all new books?

Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
I would like to join for 26 books
Progress 23/26
Armand Gamache The Madness of Crowds
Blanchard, Ursula Queen of Ambition
Charlotte Holmes A Conspiracy in Belgravia
Delaware, Alex When the Bough Breaks
Ellacott, Robin Troubled Blood
Flavia Deluce The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Guido Brunetti The Temptation of Forgiveness
Hercule Poirot One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Ibrahim Arif The Thursday Murder Club
James Compton Leaving Everything Most Loved
Jacques Rouleau Butterfly Kills
Kayla Stonechild Cold Mourning
Lila Macapagal Arsenic and Adobo
Maisie Dobbs Elegy for Eddie
Nicki Vance The Innocent
Oliver Marks If We Were Villains
Perveen Mistray The Widows of Malabar Hill
Quinn Carr Puzzling Ink
Roderick Allyn Died in the Wool
Susan Ryland Moonflower Murders
Tabitha Hardy House of Correction
Ursula Blanchard The Reluctant Assassin
Veronica Speedwell A Perilous Undertaking
Wells, Heather Size 12 Is Not Fat
X
Y
Z

Progress: 25/26
Isabel Allende from The Soul of a Woman (it's a memoir)
Walsh Evans from Shipped

22/26
✔ A: Adam from The Prince and the Troll
B:
✔ C: Callum Pederson from The Princess Game
✔ D: Dean Winchester from Nevermore
✔ E: Elsie Camden from Spellbreaker
✔ F: Artemis Fowl from Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel
✔ G: Gui from The Cleaners
✔ H: Hazel from Hazel and Gray
✔ I: Ingrid Thompson from Renegades
✔ J: Percy Jackson from The Demigod Files
✔ K: Katara from Avatar: The Last Airbender - Relics
✔ L: Luke Castellan from The Demigod Diaries
✔ M: Meg McCaffrey from The Burning Maze
N:
✔ O: Opal Kobai from The Arctic Incident: The Graphic Novel
✔ P: Sejanus Plinth from The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Q:
✔ R: Roarke from Naked in Death
✔ S: Sokka from Shells
✔ T: Toph from FCBD 2015 #6
✔ U: Ursa from Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search
✔ V: Elias Veturius from An Ember in the Ashes
✔ W: Jamie Watson from A Study in Charlotte
X:
✔ Y: Ymir from For Magnus Chase: Hotel Valhalla, Guide to the Norse Worlds
✔ Z: Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Promise

Progress: 26/26!
What now? Focus on all my other challenges? Try to do it a second time with all new books?"
Congrats :D Well done!!

Z- Zarathoustra from Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
Progress: 10/20

A – The Alchemist from The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho (4/17/21)
B – Bea/Bertha/Blanch from The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins (2/27/21)
C – Cecilia from The Push by Ashley Audrain (4/12/21)
D – Dobby from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (llustrated) by JK Rowling and Jim Kay (2/6/21)
E – Ernt from The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (2/13/21)
F – Francis from The Secret History by Donna Tartt (1/23/21)
G – Glory from Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore (1/20/21)
H – Huckleberry Finn from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (2/7/21)
I – Iris from Red at the Bone (2/17/21)
J – Julian from The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley (3/4/21)
K – Khushal from I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (3/13/21)
L – Lale from The Tattooist of Auschwitz (1/24/21)
M – Miranda from The Hunting Party
N-
O – Orsul from The Priory of the Orange Tree (3/21/21)
P – Paul from The Shadows by Alex North (3/5/21)
Q – Professor Quirrell from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling (1/16/21)
R – Roland from Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (3/9/21)
S – Starr from The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas; posted 1/3/21
T-
U-
V – Viv from The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James (1/3/21)
W – Wyatt from The Removed by Brandon Hobson
X – Xiomara from The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (4/20/21)
Y – Yaw from Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Z – Z from Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (1/17/21)
Progress: 23/26

Progress: 10/12
A: Anne Conti (The Couple Next Door)
B: Ben Alejo (What If It's Us)
C: Carlisle Cullen (The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner)
D:
E: Evan (Every You, Every Me)
F:
G:
H: Henry George Edward James Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor (Red, White & Royal Blue)
I:
J: James Harris (The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires)
K:
L:
M: Moshe (19 Love Songs)
N:
O:
P: Paul (Boy Meets Boy)
Q:
R:
S:
T:
U:
V: Violet Markey (All the Bright Places)
W: Wade Watts (Ready Player Two)
X:
Y:
Z:
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I completed this fun challenge. I had planned to use Xanthe Westlake from The Garden of Promises and Lies for X, but while holding out for an audio edition, I inadvertently completed the challenge with X-Ray from Holes (Best in Show: Newbery). This title and its sequel Small Steps both have shovels on the cover, too, so they'll work as a tool/wrench for Give Us a Clue. Thanks for the fun!
🙂 A - Anna Pigeon from High Country
🙂 B - Betsy Devonshire from A Murderous Yarn
🙂 C - Claire Sullivan from Burn
🙂 D - Paul Davidson from Borderline
🙂 E - Elizabeth Colton from Station Eleven
🙂 F - Meg Finn from The Wish List
🙂 G - Godwin DuLac from Hanging by a Thread
🙂 H - Hattie Brooks from Hattie Big Sky
🙂 I - Bernard Iverson from Destroyer Angel
🙂 J - Heath Jarrod from Hard Truth
🙂 K - Katherine Huff from Winter Study
🙂 L - Leslie Burke from Bridge to Terabithia
🙂 M - Marie van Goethem from The Painted Girls
🙂 N - Nikki Grewel from Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
🙂 O - Madame Olivier from The Big Four
🙂 P - Paulette Duffy from Boar Island
🙂 Q - Quintin Coffield from Death of a Cozy Writer
🙂 R - Rosie "Aunty" Lee from Aunty Lee's Delights
🙂 S - Steve Gluck from The Rope
🙂 T - Darby Thorne from No Exit
🙂 U - Anna Urbanova from A Gentleman in Moscow
🙂 V - Vianne Mauriac from The Nightingale
🙂 W - Brother Martin Walpole from Jade Dragon Mountain
🙂 X - X-Ray from Holes
🙂 Y - Kim Young-sook from The Island of Sea Women
🙂 Z - Zoe Havering from Poirot Investigates