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2021-A-Z Challenge!
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Elke wrote: "Sonja wrote: "YEAH! I totally failed all my challenges in 2020. I can't wait for 2021.A: Atwood, Margaret Cat's Eye
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No, I thought I would try to read them alphabetically. Just to make it interesting! Or I am a glutton for punishment...
I'm in!2021 A to Z Author Challenge
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Sonja wrote: "I thought I would try to read them alphabetically. Just to make it interesting! Or I am a glutton for punishment..Definitely the latter!! But I AM impressed!
I may well regret this, but I'll give it a go : )Alexander McCall Smith Buchholz Simone Buchholz
Catherine Cookson Diane Setterfield
Elizabeth Blackwell
Falk Peter Falk Godden Rumer Godden
Horowitz Anthony Horowitz Ingalls Laura Ingalls Wilder
Jamie Hoang King Stephen King
Louise Penny Merritt Jerry Merritt
Norton Graham Norton
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Tarttelin Abigail Tarttelin
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I get lazy and forget to up date my thread section. Then I lost leave it but still have it on the main page where anyone can look 😂🤣
Count Me In Too! A-Z Author Challenge
A: What Abigail Did That Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
B: Victor J Banis, Dead of Night
C: Clive Cussler, Fast Ice
D: Mike Ducheine The OBAMA Legacy
E: Nicholas Eames, Kings of the Wyld
F: Papa Lucy and the BonemanBy Jason Fischer
G: Edric Granger, Harry Potter Cocktails: 50 Cocktails Recipes for Harry Potter Lovers
H: Kit Hallows, A Game of Witches
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K: Coffin Shadows by Glen Krisch
L: Erica Lindquist The Dead Beat, vol. 1
M:Awakened by Steven C Manley
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P: Cindy Spencer Pape, Photographs & Phantoms
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26/26Archer, C.J. // The Medium
Burge, Rachel // The Twisted Tree
Caruso, Nick // Believe It or Snot: The Definitive Field Guide to Earth's Slimy Creatures
Denning, G.S. // A Study in Brimstone
Ehrman, Bart D. // Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
Freistetter, Florian // Eine Geschichte des Universums in 100 Sternen
Gomez, Sergio // Camp Slaughter
Hendrix, Grady // Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
Ibsen, Ambrose // The Haunting of Beacon Hill
Jenner, Greg // Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen
Katsu, Alma // The Deep
Laroux, Harley // Her Soul to Take
McDowell, Michael // The Elementals
Nevill, Adam // The Reddening
Ocker, J.W. // Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items
Paver, Michelle // Dark Matter
Quinton, D.S. // A Grimoire Dark: A Horror Thriller
Rosenbloom, Meghan // Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
Sager, Riley // Home Before Dark
Tremblay, Paul // The Cabin at the End of the World
Underdown, Jacquie // After Life
Verano, M. // Diary of a Haunting
Wells, Martha // Artificial Condition
Xingjian, Gao // Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather
Yokoyama, Hideo // 64
Zaires, Anna // Darker Than Love
I'm in! Hopefully, it forces me to diversify what I read. I've tried to make it more challenging with having both names starting with the alphabet if I can find them. Will update with links after finishing each book!A: Ayad Akhtar
B: Bolu Babalola
C: Caleb Carr
D: David Diop
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H: Helen Hoang - The Kiss Quotient
I: Ilya Ilf & Yevgeny Petrov
J: Joshilyn Jackson
K: Ken Kesey
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M: Madeline Miller - The Song of Achilles
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Is it too late to join?! I'd love to join! A: Arendt, Hannah - On Revolution
B: Butler, Octavia - Parable of the Sower
C: Chapman, Gary - The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
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Kyle wrote: "Is it too late to join?! I'd love to join! A: Arendt, Hannah - On Revolution
B: Butler, Octavia - Parable of the Sower
C: Chapman, Gary - [book:The 5 Love Languages: Th..."
It’s never too late to join!
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Alan wrote: "I've read 57 books so far this year, and somehow nearly all the authors' last names start with C, M, P or L. Like, what are the odds that every book I choose to read is by an author with those lett..."You can use first names.
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Same here--I think the last 8 books or so I've read were already "taken" initial wise.
Each year I think I'm going to do a challenge like this and then I, for one reason or another, back out; but, I've read 19 books so far this year and 14 of them already fit without even trying! So, I've decided I'm all in.Edited: June 27, 2021
A: Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
B: The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
C: The Toll by Cherie Priest
D: In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey
E: Wolf Winter: A Novel by Cecilia Ekbäck
F: Tomboyland: Essays by Melissa Faliveno
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Liz wrote: "Each year I think I'm going to do a challenge like this and then I, for one reason or another, back out; but, I've read 19 books so far this year and 14 of them already fit without even trying! So,..."Isn't it wonderful when it works out that way?
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All I have left to read on this challenge are E, N, Q, T, and X. I find it hard to believe that I have not read a book this year with an author's last name that starts with a T, but there you go!
I just need Q, W, and X.A-Alice Clayton- One More Round
B-Maeve Binchy-Full House
C-Agatha Christie- Evil Under the Sun
D-Jeffrey Deaver-Turning Point
E-Emma Cline-Rewards
F-Lucy Foley-The Guest List
G-Sue Grafton-Q is for Quarry
H-Julie Houston-A Village Affair
I-Ilona Andrews-Blood Heir
J-Lisa Jewell-Invisible Girl
K-Cathy Kelly-Someone Like You
L-Charlotte Lucas-Your Perfect Year
M-Mhairi McFarlane-Just Last Night
N-Nia Arthurs-Earn Me
O-Barack Obama-A Promised Land
P-Paula McLain-When the Stars Go Dark
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S- Silvia Moreno-Garcia-Mexican Gothic
T-Angie Thomas-Concrete Rose
U-Lisa Unger-Fog Descending (entire short story collection is very good).
V-Vivien Chien-Killer Kung Pao
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Z- Zoë Folbigg- The Night We Met
Ellery Queen (pseudonym for Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee), also wrote as Barnaby RossPatrick Quentin (pseudonym for Hugh Wheeler and Richard Wilson Webb), also wrote as Quentin Patrick and Jonathan Stagge
Donald Westlake (pseudonyms include Richard Stark) (1933–2008)
Collin Wilcox (1924–1996)
Margaret Wetherby Williams (pseudonym: Margaret Erskine) (1901–1984)
Anne Wingate (pseudonyms include Lee Martin) (born 1943)
Leslie Wolfe (born 1967)
L. R. Wright (1939–2001)
Willard Huntington Wright (pseudonym: S. S. Van Dine) (1888–1939)
Best of Luck with the ZZZZ's
17/26 - I need to update my list to show on the sign-up pageA - 6/02/21 - The Beast: A Werewolf Horror by Aleister
B - 06/13/21 - Savage Isle: Beautiful...Isolated...Deadly by Beverly Scherberg
C - 4/04/21 - Secrets in the Dark by Darcy Coates
D - 4/03/21 - Voices in the Snow by Darcy Coates
E - 6/06/21 - Hounded by Ellie Douglas
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K - 6/16/21 - Invasive Species by Karle Johnson
L - 5/31/21 - Shadow Beast by Luke Phillips
M - 6/23/21 - Razorbacks II by George S. Mahaffey Jr.
N - 7/03/21 - Red Creek by Nathan Hystad
O - 6/28/21 - Wolf Crossing by CE Osborn
P - 6/15/21 - The Daughters of the Darkness by Luke Phillips
Q - 7/19/21 - Down with the Shine by Kate Karyus Quinn
R - 3/13/21 - Bane County: Forgotten Moon by JR Rice
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Hurray! I finished my first A-Z Challenge yesterday. You can view the list of books at Message #25.However, I'm not finished. I challenged myself to complete an A-Z list twice - - I still have more to go on my second challenge (see Message #26). Wish me luck!
Nancy wrote: "Woo hoo! I finished!"Congratulations!
Michael wrote: "Hurray! I finished my first A-Z Challenge yesterday. You can view the list of books at Message #25.However, I'm not finished. I challenged myself to complete an A-Z list twice - - I still have mor..."
Congratulations!
I only have Q and X left. I'm getting very close!
Badseedgirl wrote: "I only have Q and X left. I'm getting very close!"Tough letters. But you'll get there! Great job.
So far ... [ ] A - Alice Hunter - the Serial Killers Wife
[ ] B - Belinda Bauer - from her first to her last.book.
[ ] C - Chris Sorensen - the Messy Man trilogy
[ ] D - Jeffrey Deaver - Date Night
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[ ] G - Graham Masterton - the Children God Forgot/ Ghost Virus/ the house of a hundred whispers
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[ ] K - T. Kingfisher - the Hollow Places/the Twisted ones
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[ ] S - Stephen King - Later/ Billy Summers/ Duma Key
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I am participating in this challenge and keeping track of my books read. This has been great, as I've been reading books by authors that are new to me.
Still working on mine, though struggling with a few letters.A - Alma Katsu - The Deep
B - Brooks, Max - Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
C - Christopher Buehlman - Those Across the River
D - Dean Koontz - Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Volume 1: Prodigal Son
E - Edvardsson, M. T. - A Nearly Normal Family
F - Fanny Merkin - Fifty Shames of Earl Grey
G - Gaiman, Neil - The Sandman
H - Hogan, Chuck - The Hollow Ones
I - Iain Reid - I'm Thinking of Ending Things
J - Joe Hill - NOS4A2
K - Kingfisher, T. - The Hollow Places
L - Lovecraft, H. P. - At the Mountains of Madness
M - Matt Ruff - Lovecraft Country
N - Nathan W. Pyle - Strange Planet
O - Orwell, George - Nineteen Eighty-Four
P - Paver, Michelle - Dark Matter: A Ghost Story
Q - McQuiston, Casey - Red, White & Royal Blue
R - Rin Chupeco - The Girl from the Well
S - Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House
T - Thomas Harris - Red Dragon
U - Ursula K Le Guin - A Wizard of Earthsea
V - Vincent Bugliosi - Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
W - White, Kiersten - The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
X - Grady Hendrix - My Best Friend's Exorcism
Y - Yang, Jy - The Black Tides of Heaven (Currently Reading)
Z - Zoje Stage - Baby Teeth
I finished this challenge, hooray! It was my first reding challenge ever and I'm pretty proud. It was in fact so much fun that I already started making lists of authors and preparing for next year :DCongratulations to everyone who also finished!
Hurrah! I finished my second set of A-Z yesterday. You can view the lists at Message 25 and Message 26. Good luck to all the participants wrapping up their challenge this month and next. Big congrats to all the others who have finished. You all rock!
I recently started my last book for this challenge - The Left Hand of Darkness (by Ursula Le Guin)- so I hope to have it finished before the deadline on the 31st (fingers crossed!).
Greg wrote: "I recently started my last book for this challenge - The Left Hand of Darkness (by Ursula Le Guin)- so I hope to have it finished before the deadline on the 31st (fingers crossed!)."Rooting for you, Greg.
Dollie wrote: "Greg wrote: "I recently started my last book for this challenge - The Left Hand of Darkness (by Ursula Le Guin)- so I hope to have it finished before the deadline on the 31st (finge..."Thanks Dollie! :) Have you completed the challenge yet?
Greg wrote: "I recently started my last book for this challenge - The Left Hand of Darkness (by Ursula Le Guin)- so I hope to have it finished before the deadline on the 31st (fingers crossed!)."I know you can do it!
I just need Q and X.A-Alice Clayton- One More Round
B-Maeve Binchy-Full House
C-Agatha Christie- Evil Under the Sun
D-Jeffrey Deaver-Turning Point
E-Emma Cline-Rewards
F-Lucy Foley-The Guest List
G-Sue Grafton-Q is for Quarry
H-Julie Houston-A Village Affair
I-Ilona Andrews-Blood Heir
J-Lisa Jewell-Invisible Girl
K-Cathy Kelly-Someone Like You
L-Charlotte Lucas-Your Perfect Year
M-Mhairi McFarlane-Just Last Night
N-Nia Arthurs-Earn Me
O-Barack Obama-A Promised Land
P-Paula McLain-When the Stars Go Dark
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R-Roisin Meaney-The Street Where You Live
S- Silvia Moreno-Garcia-Mexican Gothic
T-Angie Thomas-Concrete Rose
U-Lisa Unger-Fog Descending (entire short story collection is very good).
V-Vivien Chien-Killer Kung Pao
W-Colson Whitehead-Harlem Shuffle
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Z- Zoë Folbigg- The Night We Met
Obsidian wrote: "I just need Q and X.A-Alice Clayton- One More Round
B-Maeve Binchy-Full House
C-Agatha Christie- Evil Under the Sun
D-Jeffrey Deaver-Turning Point
E-Emma Cline-Rewards
F-Lucy Foley-The Guest List..."
You could still go for Lisa Quigley and Grady Hendrix! Both are quick to read and Quigley has at least two small novellas.
inciminci wrote: "Obsidian wrote: "I just need Q and X.A-Alice Clayton- One More Round
B-Maeve Binchy-Full House
C-Agatha Christie- Evil Under the Sun
D-Jeffrey Deaver-Turning Point
E-Emma Cline-Rewards
F-Lucy Fol..."
Thanks! Let me see if I can find them via my library.
Badseedgirl wrote: "Greg wrote: "I recently started my last book for this challenge - The Left Hand of Darkness (by Ursula Le Guin)- so I hope to have it finished before the deadline on the 31st (finge..."Thanks, Badseedgirl! I'll do my best! :)
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