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A-Z Challenge: Character Edition - 2021
TerryJane wrote: "Update to Message #38. 26/26.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!
Update msg 4149/52
Y -Yardley Devereaux from The Rebound 4-6/Jessica Yardley from Crimson Lake Road (Desert Plains #2) 2-24
Update to Message. #86: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
Update message 37, 19/26✓R: Randy Briggs in Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich (finished 4/7), my review is here
I would like to officially join this challenge. My goal is 26 books. I have been keeping track all year. Progress: 26/26.
My A-Z progress
Updated message 378 with Ysabeau from A Discovery of WitchesProgress: 26/26!
What now? Focus on all my other challenges? Try to do it a second time with all new books?
A-Z Challenge: Character EditionDuration: 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
Update message #26Progress: 25/26
Isabel Allende from The Soul of a Woman (it's a memoir)
Walsh Evans from Shipped
Updating message #12722/26
✔ 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
Toni wrote: "Updated message 378 with Ysabeau from A Discovery of WitchesProgress: 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!!
Update Message # 86A – 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
Update msg #52Progress: 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:
Progress so far: 24/26Down to the last 2!
A - Ada (Outlawed)
B - Beatrice Belladonna (The Once and Future Witches)
C - Charlie St. Clair (The Alice Network)
D - David Starr Jordan (Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life)
E - Ethan Burke (Pines)
F - Fatima (The Lying Game)
G - Gregorovich (To Sleep in a Sea of Stars)
H - Hazel Riley (The Chelsea Girls)
I - Ivy Lovely (The Crowns of Croswald)
J - Jackson Oz (Zoo)
K - Kieran Elliott (The Survivors)
L - Lila Ridgefield (Pretty Little Wife)
M - Max + Mia (Forbidden Hawaiian Nights)
N - Nina Riva (Malibu Rising)
O - Owen Pick (Invisible Girl)
P - Peter Stanhope (Ask Again, Yes)
Q
R - Riley (Whisper Island)
S - Sam Statler (Goodnight Beautiful)
T - Tye Slocum (XOXO)
U
V - Vincent Alkaitis (The Glass Hotel)
W - Weston Charles Channing III (January, Calendar Girl #1)
X - Ximena (Memorial)
Y - Yuki Yamamoto (Honey Girl)
Z - Zara (Anxious People)
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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