A-Z Challenge: Authors - 2022

[Sheila]

Sheila from eastern North Carolina signing up really late for one more challenge. I’m going to try for all 26 letters by the end of the year.

[Roop]

Update to message #92: 19/23

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)
I
J - Abby Jimenez ( Part of your world)
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)
Q - Julia Quinn ( The viscount who loved me)
R - Sally Rooney (Beautiful World, Where are you)
S - Sarah Maclean ( The Day of the Duchess)
T - Toshikazhu Kawaguchi (Before the Coffee Gets Cold)
V - Kurt Vonnegut Jr (Cat's Cradle)
W - Sariah Wilson (The Paid Bridesmaid)
Y -

[Shari]

Update msg #10

Progress: 24/26

[Allie]

Update to Message #31
52/52 Completed!!!!

Other 26/26
V Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Slaughterhouse-Five

X Xiran Jay Zhao Iron Widow

Mystery 26/26

Z Anne Zouroudi The Messenger of Athens

[Echo]

Message 60 updated: 25 of 26 completed!!

[Patty]

Update message 50. 17/26

[Ashleigh]

Update to #35

18/20

I - Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka

[Mary Ellen]

Update message #109: completed 6/12

[Sheila]

Sheila from eastern North Carolina signing up for all 26 letters. I sure thought I had signed up for this one early in the fall, but apparently never did.
At any rate, I’ve completed the first five, so 5/26.

1. A-Tasha Alexander, A Fatal Waltz. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
2. B-Marie Benedict, the Personal Librarian, https://www.goodreads.com/work/714180...
3. C- David Casarette -https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... , murder at the house of rooster happiness
4. D-Melanie Dickerson-https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7..., the Healer’s Apprentice
5. E-Jonathan Evison, Small World, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

[Bev]

Update msg #187
12/26

A: Anne Malcolm
B: James Scott Bell
C: Janie Crouch
D:
E: Emma Creed
F:
G: Geri Glenn
H: Rachael Herron
I:
J: Jenifer Ruff
K: Dean Koontz
L: Lori Matthews
M: Jack Mars
N:
O:
P:
Q:
R: R.L. Matthewson
S:
T:
U:
V:
W: Winter Travers
X:
Y:
Z:

[Echo]

Message 60 updated: 26 of 26 done, making my challenge completed!!

[TerryJane, Challenges]

November Update

Congratulations to Allie, Ariail, Chalmation, Echo, Heather, and Maria, all of whom reached their challenge goals this month! You're moving to the VICTORIOUS ALPHABETIZERS list. 🙌👏😄

Mary Ellen, you're moving up to the ACTIVELY ALPHABETIZING list. Go, you! 😊

Barb, you'll find you goal change reflected on the roster. Thanks for letting us know. 👍

Sheila, you were correct in thinking you'd already signed up. You joined in posts 808 and 816. I'll use #808 as your original sign up post, so include that number in your updates. Thanks, and welcome to the challenge! 😀👋

Gwen, I posted this question to you last month. Reposting here in case you missed it.

Christene Paula, I left a question for you as well, back in August.

I'm trying to determine whether either of you had a name change since I couldn't find you two in the records that I took over mid-year.

Happy reading to all as we move into December. Watch for the 2023 yearly challenges being added over the next couple of weeks.

[Carmen]

Update to message #9

PROGRESS: 50/52

[Patty]

Update to message 50. 19/26

[Ashleigh]

Update to #35

19/20

I read While the Baby Sleeps by Stephanie Hazeltine for H

[Marissa]

Update to Message #7

Progress: 26/26

[Lindey]

Update Message 710
26/26 (Round 1) COMPLETED!!
21/26 (Round 2)
Round 1
A: Simon vs. the Homosapiens by Becky Albertalli
B: The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
C: Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
D: Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? By Frans de Waal
E: American War by Omar El Akkad
F: Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
G: Tempting Fate by Jane Green
H: Force of Nature by Jane Harper
I: Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
J: Invisible by James Patterson and David Ellis
K: Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
L: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
M: Classroom Instruction that Works by Robert Marzano
N:Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
O: Bloom by Kenneth Oppel
P: Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
Q: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
R: The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport
S: Footloose The Musical by Tom Snow
T: On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
U: Crazy Love You by Lisa Unger
V: The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
W: The Brain from Planet X by David Wechter
X: The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
Y: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
Z: Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

Round 2
A: The Crucible by Arthur Miller
B: Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
C: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
D: Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory
E: Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich
F: Crescendo (Hush, Hush #2) by Becca Fitzpatrick
G : The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory
H: Tourist Season by Carl Hiassen
I: How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
J: Thirteen Reasons by Jay Asher
K: Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
L: Anastasia The New Broadway Musical by Lynn Ahrens
M: Barnum: A Musical Suggested by the Life of P.T. Barnum by Mark Bramble
N: We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
O: Heathers the Musical by Laurence O'Keefe
P: Three Sister, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory
Q: The Viscount Who Loves Me by Julia Quinn
R: The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
S: The Guernesy Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer
T:
U:
V: The Fates Divide by Veronica Roth
W: Bus Riley is Back in Town by William Inge
X:
Y:
Z:

[Gwen]

Updated message #776: 24/26

[Craig]

Update to Message 65

17/26

E: Ernest Hemingway

[Bev]

Update to msg#187 - 16/26

[Ashley]

update message #45
COMPLETED 26/26

[Sonal]

Updated Message # 141

[Sheila]

Sheila from eastern North Carolina updating although I don’t know my number. Formerly posted 3/26, and I have completed the alphabet since I last remembered to post an update, so 26/26.
1. A-Tasha Alexander, A Fatal Waltz. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
2. B-Marie Benedict, the Personal Librarian, https://www.goodreads.com/work/714180...
3. C- David Casarette -https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... , murder at the house of rooster happiness
4. D-Melanie Dickerson-https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7..., the Healer’s Apprentice
5. E-Jonathan Evison, Small World, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
6. F- Charles Finch, A Beautiful Blue Death, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
7. G-Jean Craighead George, My Side of the Mountain, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
8. H- Book Lovers, Emily Henry, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
9. I- Isabel Allende , Violeta, https://www.goodreads.com/work/907704...
10. J- a magic steeped in poison, Judy I Lin https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
11. K- Nettle and Bone, T. Kingfisher, https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_b...
12. L- Elizabeth Letts, The Eighty Dollar Champion, https://www.goodreads.com/work/152435...
13. M- Sea of Tranqility, Emily St. John Mandel, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
14. N- A man Lay Dead, Ngaio Marsh, https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_b...
15. O-Christmas Eve , 1914, Charles Olivier https://www.goodreads.com/work/435110...
16. P- Pip Williams, A Dictionary of Lost Words, https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_b...
17. Q- The Sleeping Beauty and other Fairy Tales from the Old French, A. T. Quiller-Couch, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
18. R- West with Giraffes, Lynda Rutledge, https://www.goodreads.com/work/832889...
19. S-Brendan Slocumb, the Violin Conspiracy, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
20. T- Sue Lyn Tan, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
21. U- A Traveler in Time, Leslie Uttley
22. V- Vaseem Khan, Disappearance of a Bollywood Star
23. W- Dorothy Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh , Thrones, Dominations
24. X, Olga Dies Dreaming, Xochitl Gonzales
25. Y- The Sun is Also a Star, Nicola Yoon
26. Z, Four Treasures of the Sky, https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

[Laureen]

Update to Message #44:
N: Celeste Ng: OUr Missing Hearts

21/26

[Zita]

Update msg. 46 - 17/26 :).

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Sonal wrote: "Updated Message # 141"

Sonal, what is your current progress? Your previous update was 12/50.

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Mid-December Update

Congratulations to Ashley, Marissa, and Sheila for completing the challenge, bringing us to twenty-seven completions for the year! 🎉👏🏻

Just two more weeks for the rest of us to wrap things up for this challenge. If you don't reach your goal, please post an update anyway, showing what progress you made. We all know how life can sometimes interfere with our best laid plans. 😉

Happy holidays to all!

[Ashleigh]

Update to #35

I'm going to finish this challenge on 19/20 unfortunately! I'm looking at the rest of the books I intend to finish before the year is out and none of the authors match the letters I have less, so I won't get to it. So, so close, but oh well! Always next year!

[Laureen]

Update to Message #44:
E: Erdrich, Louise: The Sentence

22/26

[=MYSTIQUE=]

Updated message #19

Progress: 26/26
✅Challenge Completed✅

Thanks for the reading adventure!!!

[Karen]

Update to Message #43 - Challenge completed!

[Carmen]

Update to message #9

PROGRESS: 52/52

Merry Christmas and Happy 2023! 🎄🎉🛍📚

[Greg]

Update to message 59:

T for Tom Tango Uniform by Tom Wilson

18/26

[Raluca]

Update to message #38

Finished 26/26 books

Challenge completed!!

[Jaida]

Message 309 update, 14/26. Didn't finish my goal but hopefully next year i'll get back on track!

[Shari]

Update msg #8:

Progress: 25/26 - I'm finished.

Sorry, I couldn't find any that started with an X this year.

[Barb]

20/26- goal completed for post 76!

[Lindey]

Update to Message 710:
26/26 (Round 1) COMPLETED!!
A: Simon vs. the Homosapiens by Becky Albertalli
B: The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
C: Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
D: Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? By Frans de Waal
E: American War by Omar El Akkad
F: Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
G: Tempting Fate by Jane Green
H: Force of Nature by Jane Harper
I: Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
J: Invisible by James Patterson and David Ellis
K: Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
L: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
M: Classroom Instruction that Works by Robert Marzano
N:Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
O: Bloom by Kenneth Oppel
P: Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
Q: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
R: The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport
S: Footloose The Musical by Tom Snow
T: On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
U: Crazy Love You by Lisa Unger
V: The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
W: The Brain from Planet X by David Wechter
X: The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
Y: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
Z: Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

[Laureen]

Update to #44:
V: Vuong, Ocean: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

23/26
I'm not quite going to make the full alphabet. I'm missing Q, U, and X, but this was fun. I'll try again in 2023!

[Craig]

Update to Message 65

18/22

I: Ivan Turgenev

[Gwen]

Updated messaged 776.

Finished! Completed 26 out of 26

[Craig]

Update to message 65:

19/29

H: Kindra Hall

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Year-End Update

Congratulations to Barb, Carmen, Gwen, Karen, Mystique, and Raluca, all of whom completed the challenge since our last update. That brings us to 33 completions!

Several others came very close. No shame in that.

I will watch for new comments reporting people's progress up through January 7, and will update accordingly. Thanks for reading, everyone!

Happy new year to each and every one of you! 🎉🎆🍾

[Amanda]

Update #71

20/20

[Rina]

Update to message 142:

Progress: 23/26 (Incomplete)

[Suzanne]

Finished!

2022 Reading Challenge
A-Z Challenge: Authors - 2022
Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

Progress: 26 out of 26

This year’s A-Z challenge involves the names of authors. Read books by authors whose names fit a letter of the alphabet. You may count the first letter of an author’s given name, middle name, or family name, whether it be their nom de plume or birth name. Each book, however, may only be counted once within this challenge.

A: Andrew MacLean; Head Lopper, Vol. 3: Head Lopper & The Knights of Venora - ***** - 1/16/2022 - 224 Pages
B: Betty White; Betty and Friends: My Life at the Zoo - ***** - 1/20/2022 - 304 Pages
C: Colleen A.F. Venable; Kiss Number 8 - ***** - 1/16/2022 - 320 Pages
D: Diana Gabaldon; Drums of Autumn - ***** - 1/28/2022 - 880 Pages
E: Eve Epstein; X vs. Y: A Culture War, a Love Story - **** - 1/18/2022 - 191 Pages
F: Leah Franqui; Mother Land - ***** - 2/13/2022 - 384 Pages
G: William Gibson; Neuromancer - *** - 1/13/2022 - 271 Pages
H: Charlaine Harris; Shakespeare's Champion - ***** - 1/20/2022 - 214 Pages
I: Samantha Irby; We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. - ***** - 5/15/2022 - 288 Pages
J: Jen Wang; Stargazing - ***** - 1/3/2022 - 224 Pages
K: Kristen Callihan; Firelight - ***** - 1/8/2022 - 372 Pages
L: Hope Larson; All Summer Long - ***** - 1/3/2022 - 176 Pages
M: Kayla Miller; Act - ***** - 1/24/2022 - 224 Pages
N: Chloe Neill; Hard Bitten - **** - 2/16/2022 - 350 Pages
O: Alice Oseman; Heartstopper: Volume Four - ***** - 1/26/2022 - 353 Pages
P: David Petersen; Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 - ***** - 1/18/2022 - 192 Pages
Q - Julia Quinn; The Viscount Who Loved Me - ***** - 6/22/2022 - 480 Pages
R: Taylor Jenkins Reid; The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - ***** - 1/24/2022 - 389 Pages
S: Sarah MacLean; Bombshell - ***** - 1/25/2022 - 288 Pages
T: Laura Terry; Graveyard Shakes: A Graphic Novel - ***** - 1/1/2022 - 206 Pages
U: Ursula Hegi; Intrusions - *** - 6/19/2022 - 276 Pages
V: Victor Hugo; Les Misérables - * - 1/6/2022 - 928 Pages
W: Whitney Gardner; Fake Blood - ***** - 1/17/2022 - 336 Pages
X - Qiu Xiaolong; A Loyal Character Dancer - ***** - 12/31/2022
Y: Yasmine Galenorn; Ghost of a Chance - ***** - 3/7/2022 - 354 Pages
Z - Yara Zgheib; The Girls at 17 Swann Street - **** - 10/30/2022 - 373 Pages