A-Z Challenge: Authors - 2022

[Mario]

Update message #463

Mario - 4 / 10

4 - (K) Ken Follett

[Zita]

Update msg. 46 - 16/26 :)

[Craig]

Update to Message 65

15/26

O - George Orwell

[Roop]

Update to message #92: 18/23

Roop wrote: "I am in for 23 books:

A - Andy Weir (Project Hail Mary)
B - Byrne Kerrigan (The Highwayman)
C - Blake Crouch (Dark Matter)
D - Evie Dunmore ( The portrait of a scotsman)
E - Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Kiss an Angel)
F
G - Bonnie Garmus ( Lessons in Chemistry)
H - Colleen Hoover (It Ends with us, Reminders of Him, Regretting you)
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J - Julia Quinn ( The viscount who loved me)
K - Lisa Kleypas(Chasing Cassandra)
L - Lucy Score ( Things we never got over)
M - Mhairi McFarlane ( Just Last Night)
N
O - Octavia E. Butler (Parable of the Sower)
P - Penelope Ward (The Day he came back)
R - Sally Rooney (Beautiful World, Where are you)
S - Sarah Maclean ( The Day of the Duchess)
T - Toshikazhu Kawaguchi (Before the Coffee Gets Cold)
U
V - Kurt Vonnegut Jr (Cat's Cradle)
W - Sariah Wilson (The Paid Bridesmaid)
Y -

[Chrissie]

Update on message #41 - 21/26

[Patty]

Update Message 50. 15/26

[Julie]

updated message 47
8/26

[Bookspective]

Message 22 updated
20/20
Challenge completed

[Alyana]

update to message 33.
Progress: 26/26

📚 COMPLETED 📚

[TerryJane, Challenges]

September Month-End Update posted through here.

Congrats to Bookspective on finishing the challenge! That brings our Victorious Alphabetizer roster up to 12. Great job, folks! 👏

EDIT: Oops! Alyana and I were updating at the same time. Congrats to her for finishing as well! 🙌 That actually brings us to 13 completions. I will update the participant list accordingly.

[Alyana]

TerryJane wrote: "September Month-End Update posted through here.

Congrats to Bookspective on finishing the challenge! That brings our Victorious Alphabetizer roster up to 12. Great job, folks! 👏

EDIT: Oops! Alyan..."

Thank you TerryJane! 🙏😊

[Carmen]

Update to message #9

PROGRESS: 46/52

[Veena]

Update Message #224

26/26 COMPLETE :)

[Mary]

I am in
A-Z CHALLENGE: AUTHORS
Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

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[Echo]

Message 60 updated: 22 of 26 completed

[Craig]

Update to message 65

16/26

Vince Flynn

[Kristina]

Update to message 90 - 26/26 authors, challenge complete! ✌

[Rachael]

Update to message 94.... 9/26 read

[Gwen]

26 out of 26
A: Anderson, Laurie Halse Laurie Halse Anderson
B: Bridges, Robin Robin Bridges
C: Colleen Gleason Gleason Colleen
D: DeStefano, Lauren Lauren DeStefano
E: Evelyn Skye Evelyn Skye
F: Forrest, Bella The Gender Game *in progress*
G: Gong, Chloe Chloe Gong
H: Haddix, Margaret Peterson Margaret Peterson Haddix
I: Isabel Ibanez Isabel Ibañez
J: Jean Craighead George Jean Craighead George
K: Kerri Maniscalco Kerri Maniscalco
L: Laura Sebastian Laura Sebastian
M: Maggie Stiefvater Maggie Stiefvater
N: Nicholson, William William Nicholson
O: Oseman, Alice Alice Oseman
P: Putney, M.J. M.J. Putney
Q: Quinn, Julia Julia Quinn
R: Roshani Chokshi Roshani Chokshi
S: Stacey Lee Stacey Lee
T: Tahereh Mafi Tahereh Mafi
U: Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula K. Le Guin
V: V.C. Andrews V.C. Andrews
X: Xiran Jay Zhao Xiran Jay Zhao
Y: Young, Adrienne Adrienne Young
Z: Zac Brewer Zac Brewer

[Julie]

updated message 47

[Chrissie]

Update on message #41 - 22/26

[Chalmation]

Updated message #25

21/26

[Maria]

Update msg 28

49/52

z - Zoe Blake- Sweet Cruelty (Ruthless Obsession #1) 10-9

[Maria]

Update msg 28

50/52

X:Xander Gray-Prison of Souls 10-11

[Carri Carey, TBR Twins]

Update to message #5 - 26/26 books read!
COMPLETED!

[Patty]

Update message 50. 16/26

[Chalmation]

Updated message #25

22/26

[Chalmation]

Updated message #25

23/26

[Maria]

Update msg 28

51/52

Y:Yolanda Olson-Love, Not War 6-2 /Debbie Young-Dastardly Deeds at St. Brides (Gemma Lamb Cozy Mystery #1 ) 10-17

[Kendra]

Update to msg # 55:


A-Z Challenge: Authors
Goal: 24/26

Still need U and V!

[Kendra]

update to msg #55

UPDATE - FINISHED!! 26/26

[Allie]

Update to Message #31

Progress 47/52

Other 23/26
O Maggie O'Farrell The Marriage Portrait
Y Yuval Noah Harari 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Mystery 24/26
O Richard Osman The Bullet That Missed
U Lisa Unger Fragile
X Qiu Xiaolong Death of a Red Heroine

[Chalmation]

Updated message #25

24/26

[Amy]

Update message 11: 18/20 authors

[NuNu]

Aunt Bessie Assumes
26/26

X = Diana Xarissa

Challenge Completed

[Allie]

Update to Message #31
Progress 49/52

Other Progress 24/26

U Ursula K. Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness

Mystery Progress 25/26

V Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell) Gallowglass

[Echo]

Message 60 updated: 23 of 26 completed

[TerryJane, Challenges]

October Month-End Update

Welcome to our new participant, Mary! You can count any books you've read this year, even though you've just signed up. 🙂

Congratulations to Veena, Kristina, Carri Carey, Kendra, and NuNu, all of whom completed their challenge! That makes 18 of us! 👏

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Gwen wrote: "19 out of 26
A: Anderson, Laurie Halse Laurie Halse Anderson
B: Bridges, Robin Robin Bridges
C: Colleen Gleason Gleason Colleen
D: DeStefano, Lauren..."

Hi, Gwen. I can't find your record in our spreadsheet to update your progress. Is this your sign-up post? Or did you maybe change your profile name? If you originally signed up under a different name, please tell me which name or, better yet, your sign-up post number.

Thanks!

[Carmen]

Update to message #9

PROGRESS: 49/52

[Chalmation]

Updated message #25

25/26

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Hey there! If you haven't voted for next year's theme yet, here's your chance. The 2023 Theme Poll is open until Nov. 10. Don't miss this opportunity to help determine the group's direction for 2023.

[Stephanie]

Updated message #13: 17/26

[Ariail]

26/26 complete! Surprisingly my most difficult letter was 'Y'

A: Alexis Daria, You Had Me at Hola
B: Bill Shapiro, Other People's Love Letters: 150 Letters You Were Never Meant to See
C: Catherine Ryan Howard, 56 Days
D: Jude Deveraux, Met Her Match
E: Emma Straub, The Vacationers
F: Francine Rivers, Redeeming Love
G: Grady Hendrix, The Final Girl Support Group
H: Helena Dea Bala, Craigslist Confessional: A Collection of Secrets from Anonymous Strangers
I: Isabel Canas, The Hacienda
J: JP Delaney, Playing Nice
K: Kelly Mustian, The Girls in the Stilt House
L: Liv Constantine, The Stranger in the Mirror
M: Melanie Gideon, Did I Say You Could Go
N: Haley Newlin, Take Your Turn, Teddy
O: Andi Osho, Asking for a Friend
P: Caroline Peckham, The Awakening
Q: Kate Quinn, The Diamond Eye
R: Roslyn Sinclair, The X Ingredient
S: Sarah Waters, The Paying Guests
T: AR Torre, The Ghostwriter
U: Lisa Unger, Confessions on the 7:45
V: Shelby Van PeltRemarkably Bright Creatures
W: Sarah Weinman, Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit, and Obsession
X: Xochitl Gonzalez, Olga Dies Dreaming
Y: Adrienne Young, Spells for Forgetting
Z: Zoje Stage, Baby Teeth

[Jenn]

Update to message #251- 47/78

First name
A. Anna Kendrick Scrappy Little Nobody
B. Becca Fitzpatrick Hush, Hush
F. Francine Rivers The Lady's Mine
L. Laura Frantz The Lacemaker
P. Pepper Basham The Mistletoe Countess
T. Teri Wilson Once Upon a Royal Summer

Middle Name/Initial
A. Kristi Ann Hunter Vying for the Viscount
N. C.N. Holmberg You're My IT

Last Name
B. Laura Barnholdt Two-Way Street
C. Kiera Cass The Selection
G. Abbi Glines Until Friday Night
H. Deborah Harkness A Discovery of Witches
I. Kara Isaac Then There Was You
J. Jenni James Not Cinderella's Type
L. Gail Carson Levine Princess Academy
N. Ashtyn Newbold A Convenient Engagement
O. Cookie O'Gorman Adorkable
Q. Michelle Quach Not Here to Be Liked
R. Rick Riordan The Lightning Thief
W. Abigail Wilson Masquerade at Middlecrest Abbey

[Barb]

Update to #76- Took on a couple challenges too many this year. I need to change my goal to 20; currently at 15/20.

[Echo]

Message 60 updated: 24 of 26 completed

[Maria]

Update msg 28

52/52

X:Xander Gray-Prison of Souls 10-11 /Tianna Xander-The Golden Dragon:Dragon Bound #1 11-6

[Chalmation]

Updated message #25

26/26

Challenge complete

[Heather]

Message #102 updated
A-Z Challenge: Authors
Progress: 26/26 COMPLETED!

A: Kim Anderson - Alena
B: Brendan Slocumb - The Violin Conspiracy
C: Kat Cho - Once Upon a K-Prom
D: Aminder Dhaliwal - Cyclopedia Exotica
E: Elena Armas - The Spanish Love Deception
F: Huda Fahmy - Huda F Are You?
G: Claudia Gray - The Murder of Mr. Wickham
H: Han Kang - The Vegetarian
I: Junji Ito - Frankenstein
J: Bella James - Blind Date
K: Patrick Radden Keefe – Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
L: Lori Nelson Spielman - The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany
M: Sayaka Murata - Convenience Store Woman
N: Sylvain Neuvel - Until the Last of Me
O: Hiroya Oku - Gantz Omnibus Volume 1
P: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai - The Mountains Sing
Q: Qiu Miaojin - Notes of a Crocodile
R: Rachel Reid - Game Changer
S: Stella Starling - All I Want
T: Koushun Takami - Battle Royale
U: Rin Usami - Idol, Burning
V: Cotton Valent - Creepy Cat, Vol. 1
W: Tia Williams - Seven Days in June
X: Mo Xiang Tong Xiu – Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 1
Y: Yeok-Sik Hong - Umma's Table
Z: Zoraida Córdova - The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina