A-Z Challenge: Character Edition - 2021

[Diane]

Update Msg #66. Progress 22/26. Thank you!

[Kristina]

update message 768
progress 14/26

Thank you!

[river ♥]

message 753 updated (letter 'q'):
23/26

[Ashleigh]

Update to #54

19/26

T - Thom of Trebond - The Woman Who Rides Like a Man

[river ♥]

message 753 updated (letters 'u', 'v' (original 'v' switched to 'y')):
25/26

[Ashleigh]

Update to #54

20/26

L - Lirael

[Shelly]

Please update msg. #683

24/26 completed!

[Rachel]

Update MSG #35 6/26

[Carol]

update to #21: 50/52 books completed

Still working on last names (24/26 complete).

26/26 First name or only name completed as follows:
* A- Alex Gray from Endless Evil by Amanda Feyerbend - finished 1/25/21
* B- Barry Sutton from Recursion by Blake Crouch - finished 4/15/21
* C- Corinna Chapman from Trick or Treat by Kerry Greenwood - finished 1/18/21
* D- Daisy Dalrymple from Death at Wentwater Court by Carola Dunn - finished 6/11/21
* E- Euphues from Euphues the Anatomy of Wit: Euphues & His England by John Lyly - finished 4/4/21
* F- Freddie from The Old Tobacco Shop: A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure by William Bowen - finished 1/16/21
* G- Genevieve Riley from Redneck Romeo by Randi Alexander - finished 4/6/21
* H- Hugh Austin from The House in the Mist by Anna Katharine Green - finished 1/23/21
* I- Isaac from Remedy For Treason by Caroline Roe - finished 6/10/21
* J- Jam from Pet by Akwaeke Emezi - finished 1/1/21
* K- Krista Carter from Winter Wonderland by Belinda Jones - finished 3/22/21
* L- Lituma from Death in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa - finished 1/29/21
* M- Mia Hall from If I Stay by Gayle Forman - finished 1/12/21
* N- Nick Adams from The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway - finished 4/13/21
* O- Oliver from The Honeymoon Cottage by Barbara Cool Lee - finished 1/22/21
* P- Parker - from The Hunter by Richard Stark - finished 5/13/21
* Q- Quentin Compson - The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner - finished 5/10/21
* R- Roger from Death and the Chapman by Kate Sedley - finished 6/22/21
* S- Serah from Ancestor Stones by Aminatta Forna - finished 4/8/21
* T- Theagenes from Aithiopika by Heliodorus of Emesa - finished 1/19/21
* U- Umar from Echoes by Jamilah Kolocotronis - finished 4/20/21
* V- Veronica Ventana from Murder on the Run by Gloria White - finished 6/30/21
* W- Willy Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl - finished 4/21/21
* X- Xerxes from Xerxes by Jacob Abbott - finished 7/25/21
* Y- Yogi Berra from Yogi: It Ain't Over by Yogi Berra - finished 4/23/21
* Z- Zephyr Zuckerman from Super in the City by Daphne Uviller - finished 6/30/21

[AurorainBookland]

Please update message #760

7/11

L - Lily from Breakaway

[Echo]

Message 67 updated: 26 of 26 read!!

[Snezana]

Update to msg #106
Progress: 21/20
Completed!

Thank you for hosting this challenge, it was a lot of fun! If I manage to find the rest of the letters I'll post another update at the end of the year.

[Allie]

Update to message #596
Progress 13/26
C Charlotte Holmes A Conspiracy in Belgravia
L Lila Macapagal Arsenic and Adobo

[Emma]

update msg 303
progress 24/26

[Ashley]

update message #69
20/26

[Irphen]

Updated message 72:
P- Piggy from Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Progress: 17/20

[Winter, Group Reads]

Echo wrote: "Message 67 updated: 26 of 26 read!!"

Congrats!!! :D

[Winter, Group Reads]

Snezana wrote: "Update to msg #106
Progress: 21/20
Completed!

Thank you for hosting this challenge, it was a lot of fun! If I manage to find the rest of the letters I'll post another update at the end of the year."

Congrats !! :D

[Winter, Group Reads]

Updated! :D

[Kristina]

Update message 768 - 17/26 done!

[Ashleigh]

Update to #54

21/26

Y - Yrael (Mogget) - Abhorsen

[D.L.]

23/26 now complete :)

[Nikki]

**Update to Msg. 18**

23/10 --- CHALLENGE COMPLETE!

[Amy]

Updated message 478

Getting there! 24/26

[D.L.]

25/26 now complete. Only 1 letter left to find! I think I can, I think I can lol

[Winter, Group Reads]

Nikki wrote: "**Update to Msg. 18**

23/10 --- CHALLENGE COMPLETE!"

Congratulations! :D

[Ashleigh]

Update to #54

22/26

C - Coram - Lioness Rampant

[Carol]

update to #21:

52/52 books completed -- Challenge complete! Thanks for leading the challenge, Winter -- it was fun!

finished the last name part of my challenge 8/22/21
Last name:
26/26
* A- Colonel Robert Lee Ashley from The Golf Course Mystery by Chester K. Steele - finished 1/10/21
* B- Temple Barr from Cat in an Orange Twist by Carole Nelson Douglas - finished 1/7/21
* C- Ambrose Chitterwick from The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley - finished 1/2/21
* D- Nancy Drew from Nancy's Mysterious Letter by Carolyn Keene - finished 7/16/21
* E- Evan Evans from Evans Above by Rhys Bowen - finished 6/12/21
* F- Detective Inspector Fox from A Wreath for Rivera by Ngaio Marsh - finished 4/24/21
* G- Stacy Graysin from Quickstep to Murder by Ella Barrick - finished 1/6/21
* H- Sally Hemings from The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed - finished 1/3/21
* I- John Ingram from Aground by Charles Williams - finished 6/22/21
* J- Mag Jacobs from The Covid Chronicles: Surviving the Upgrade by Skip Coryell - finished 5/4/21
* K- Kimmey Kruse from Funny as a Dead Comic by Susan Rogers Cooper - finished 7/9/21
* L- Captain Gabriel Lacey from Murder in St. Giles by Ashley Gardner - finished 8/15/21
* M- Eva McNabb from Broken by Don Winslow - finished 4/13/21
* N- Phyllis Newsom from A Peach of a Murder by Livia J. Washburn - finished 6/15/21
* O- Penny Osborn from Inside Voices by Sarah Davis - finished 1/11/21
* P- Thomas Pinckney from Pinckney's Treaty; America's Advantage From Europe's Distress, 1783 1800 by Samuel Flagg Bemis - finished 3/15/21
* Q- Jim Qwilleran from The Cat Who Played Brahms by Lilian Jackson Braun - finished 7/23/21
* R- Emily Ryder from The Secluded Village Murders by Shelly Frome - finished 1/13/21
* S- Jonas Salk from Polio: An American Story by David M. Oshinsky - finished 3/10/21
* T- Michaela Thompson from Fault Tree by Mickey Friedman - finished 1/15/21
* U- Harriet Unwin from The Governess by Evelyn Hervey - finished 6/16/21
* V- Kristin Van Dijk from Baby Shark's Beaumont Blues by Robert Fate - finished 8/22/21
* W- Brooklyn Wainwright from Peril in Paperback by Kate Carlisle - finished 1/21/21
* X- Francis Xavier from The Miracles of Francis Xavier by Ian Johnson - finished 5/2/21
* Y- Magdalena Yoder from Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth by Tamar Myers - finished 5/29/21
* Z- Dr. Peter Zak from Amnesia by G.H. Ephron - finished 7/14/21

[[deleted user]]

msg 47 updated - 11/26

[AurorainBookland]

Please update message # 789

8/11

8. T Tally from

[Winter, Group Reads]

Carol wrote: "update to #21:

52/52 books completed -- Challenge complete! Thanks for leading the challenge, Winter -- it was fun!

finished the last name part of my challenge 8/22/21
Last name:
26/26
* A- Colon..."

Congrats!! Well done! You're very welcome! :)

[May]

A bit late but would like to try this one
Will try for 15, may add as I go.

A-Z Challenge: Character Edition
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021

Read a book with a character to fit for each letter of the alphabet. You can use the first letters of a character's first or last name. You may only use one character per book, and you may use memoirs/biographies/autobiographies for this challenge.

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[Sean]

Update Msg #14

26/26 Complete!

Y - Shmuel Yosef Anon - A Tale of Love and Darkness - 8/29/21

Thank you Winter. Love this challenge.

[Irphen]

Updated message 72:

O - Orlando from Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Progress: 18/20

[river ♥]

message 753 updated (letter 'j' (original 'j' switched to 'x')):
26/26

challenge done!

[Irphen]

Updated message 72:
G - Gabriel from The Giver by Lois Lowry
Progress: 19/20

[Winter, Group Reads]

Sean wrote: "Update Msg #14

26/26 Complete!

Y - Shmuel Yosef Anon - A Tale of Love and Darkness - 8/29/21

Thank you Winter. Love this challenge."

Congrats Sean!! Well done :D I love it too, one of my favorites ^^

[Winter, Group Reads]

aya ♥ wrote: "message 753 updated (letter 'j' (original 'j' switched to 'x')):
26/26

challenge done!"

Congrats!! :D

[Winter, Group Reads]

Updated :)

[Irphen]

Updated message 72:
V- Vladimir from Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Progress: 20/20 Completed!!! I will try however if I can to do the 6 letters that are left as well but I don't think I will complete the 26 cause some letters are awfully hard to find XD

[.sunflower.]

Update to message 252

Progress: 9/26

[Emma]

update #303
progress 25/26

[Ariail]

Update for message 494.

Progress: 26/26 (100%, yay!)
Duration: January 1, 2021-September 8, 2021

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: Kiernan Elliott (The Survivors)
L: Lila Ridgefield (Pretty Little Wife)
M: Max and Mia (Forbidden Hawaiian Nights)
N: Nina Riva (Malibu Rising)
O: Owen Pick (Invisible Girl)
P: Peter Stanhope (Ask Again, Yes)
Q: Quinn Hamilton (This Time Next Year)
R: Riley (Whisper Island)
S: Sam Statler (Goodnight Beautiful)
T: Tye Slocum (XO)
U: Uriah Heep (The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep)
V: Vincent Alkaitis (The Glass Hotel
W: Weston Charles Channing III (January)
X: Ximena (Memorial)
Y: Yuki Yamamoto (Honey Girl)
Z: Zara (Anxious People)

[Julie]

updated message 68

5/26

[Winter, Group Reads]

Irphen wrote: "Updated message 72:
V- Vladimir from Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Progress: 20/20 Completed!!! I will try however if I can to do the 6 letters that are left as ..."

Congratulations!! Amazing!

[Winter, Group Reads]

Ariail wrote: "Update for message 494.

Progress: 26/26 (100%, yay!)
Duration: January 1, 2021-September 8, 2021

A: Ada (Outlawed)
B: Beatrice Belladonna ([book:The Once and Future Witches|495040..."

Congratulations!! :D

[Ashleigh]

Update to #54

23/26

I - Ivy Jacob - The Mask Falling

[Tania]

Update message 37, 23/26

✓W: Wiggins in The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond (finished 9/17), my review is here

✓Y: Yi Lui in A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (finished 9/15), my review is here

[Zita]

Update msg. 59 - 24/26 :).

[AurorainBookland]

Pleaee update message 809

9/11