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2023 - The Alphabet Challenge
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Progress: 12/26
A - An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan (finished 12th February)
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C - The Comfort Book by Matt Haig (finished 2nd January)
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F - The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig (finished 13th January)
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I - I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys (finished 6th January)
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K - The Key by Jennifer Anne Davis (finished 27th January)
L - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (finished 25th January)
M - Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami (finished 27th January)
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R - The Rose Code by Kate Quinn (finished 22nd February)
S - Spare by Prince Harry (finished 18th January)
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V - Verity by Colleen Hoover (finished 18th February)
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Y - Yoga for Witches by Sarah Robinson (finished 19th January)
Z - Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien (finished 20th January)
Challenge OneA - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
B - The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
C - The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
D - Divergent by Veronica Roth
E - Eight Will Fall by Sarah Harian
F - The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
G - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
H - Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola
I - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park
J - Just One Day by Gail Forman
K - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
L - The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory
M - Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
N - Nine Lives by Peter Swanson
O - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
P - Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Q - The Quiet American by Graham Greene
R - The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
S - Spare by Prince Harry
T - The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
U - The Unheard by Nicci French
V - Verity by Colleen Hoover
W - Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco
X - X-It by Jane George
Y - Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
Z - Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler
Kathy McC's Yearly Challenge Entry:(I fudged a bit on a couple of the letters. I only read books from my TBR list and didn't read a book just to fit into the list.)
COMPLETED!
A - The Air Raid Book Club by Annie Lyons
B - Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Kawaguchi, Toshikazu
C - Carmen and Grace by Aquino, Melissa Coss
D - The Dog of the North by Mckenzie, Elizabeth
E -The Edge of Summer by Viola Shipman
F - Famous in a Small Town, Shipman, Viola
G- Good Night, Irene by Urrea, Luis Alberto
H- Hula by Hakes, Jasmin Iolani
I - In the Beautiful Country, Kuo, Jane
J - The Journey of Little Charlie, Christopher Paul Curtis
K - Kitchens of the Great Midwest by Stradal, Ryan J.
L - Letters from Skye by Brockmole, Jessica
M - Marmee by Sarah Miller
N -No Two Persons by Bauermeister, Erica
O- The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
P -The Push, by Ashley Audrain
Q - The Queen of Dirt Island by Ryan, Donal
R -Remarkably Bright Creatures, Van Pelt, Shelby
S -The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Henry, Patti Callahan
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by Stradal, Ryan J.
T - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
U - Under the Magnolias, T.I. Lowe
V - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Sutanto, Jesse Q
W -Where the Watermelons Grow by Baldwin, Cindy
Watch Us Shine by Marisa de los Santos
X - The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre, Natasha Lester
Y -You Were Always Mine by Christine Pride
Z -The Friend Zone, by Abby Jimenez
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COMPLETEDA - Anne of Green Gables Stories *READ* 14.10.2023 ✔️
B - Beatrix Potter Ultimate Collection *READ* 05.02.2023 ✔️
C - Carmilla *READ* 19.10.2023 ✔️
D - Dark Places *READ* 21.11.2023 ✔️
E - Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything *READ* 16.08.2023 ✔️
F - Fight Club *READ* 09.05.2023 ✔️
G - The Great Gatsby *READ* 04.07.2023 ✔️
H - The Hypnotist *READ* 18.12.2023 ✔️
I - I Know What You've Done *READ* 22.01.2023 ✔️
J - Jennifer Juniper: A Journey Beyond the Muse *READ* 12.04.2023 ✔️
K - King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table *READ* 19.11.2023 ✔️
L - Lessons in Chemistry *READ* 04.12.2023 ✔️
M - Manson in His Own Words *READ* 10.04.2023 ✔️
N - New York Vertical Portable Format Edition *READ* 14.01.2023 ✔️
O - Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats *READ* 27.02.2023 ✔️
P - Put On By Cunning *READ* 05.12.2023 ✔️
Q - The Quarry Girls *READ* 03 07.2023 ✔️
R - Rock Dreams *READ* 02.04.2023 ✔️
S - Shall We Tell The President *READ* 06.11.2023 ✔️
T - The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane *READ* 14.01.2023 ✔️
U - Unlonely: How to Feel Less Isolated, Make Connections and Live a Life You Love *READ* 24.02.2023 ✔️
V - The Virgin and the Gipsy *READ* 10.02.2023 ✔️
W - Women Don't Owe You Pretty *READ* 01.01.2023 ✔️
X - Xingu *READ* 28.02.2023 ✔️
Y - The Yellow Wallpaper *READ* 01.04.2023 ✔️
Z - Zonal *READ* 26.02.2023 ✔️
26/26
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A Sara Durantini Annie Ernaux. Ritratto di una vita
B Natalie Jenner Bloomsbury Girls
C Agatha Christie A Caribbean Mystery
D Alessandro Robecchi Dove sei stanotte
E Benjamin Stevenson Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
F Alessandro Robecchi Follia maggiore
G Holly Jackson A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
H Audrey Niffenegger Her Fearful Symmetry
I Francis Fukuyama Identità: La ricerca della dignità e i nuovi populismi
J Winston Graham Jeremy Poldark
K Shirley Ann Grau The Keepers of the House
L Pearl S. Buck Letter from Peking
M Satoshi Yagisawa I miei giorni alla libreria Morisaki
N Arno Saar/Alessandro Perissinotto La neve sotto la neve
O Elizabeth Jane Howard Odd Girl Out
P Christopher Morley Parnassus on Wheels
Q Rhiannon Ward The Quickening
R Winston Graham Ross Poldark
S Jonathan Gottschall The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human
T Arno Saar/Alessandro Perissinotto Il treno per Tallinn
U Satoshi Yagisawa Una sera tra amici a Jinbōchō
V Irene Nemirowsky Il vino della solitudine
W Nadine Gordimer World of Strangers
X Qiu Xiaolong A Loyal Character Dancer
Y Tove Ditlevsen Youth
Z Gavino Zucca Doppio mistero sotto la rocca (Le indagini del tenente Roversi Vol. 7)
DONE!!!
Definitely up for this one but wondered what your 'rule' is about 'X'?Some challenges I do in other groups accept 'hard' letters such as 'X' anywhere in title/author name!
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Some challenges I do in other groups accept 'hard' letters such as 'X' anywhere in title/author name!"
Completely up to you. There's no rules around that.
Alannah wrote: "Kim wrote: "Definitely up for this one but wondered what your 'rule' is about 'X'?Some challenges I do in other groups accept 'hard' letters such as 'X' anywhere in title/author name!"
Completely..."
Thanks Alannah.
A - Anno DraculaB - Breakaway
C - Crocodile on the Sandbank
D - Desire or Defense
E - Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion
F - Four Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses
G - Game of Hearts
H - Hell Bent
I - Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born: How Buffy Staked Our Hearts
J - Jana, 39, ungeküsst: Eine wahre, mutmachende Geschichte
K - Kindred
L - Lost In Tarotland: A Dark Alice In Wonderland Retelling
M - Midnight Kisses
N - #Nerd
O - Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
P - Playing for Keeps
Q - Quarterback Sneak
R - Radiant Sin
S - Spare
T - Things We Hide from the Light
U - Unfollow - Wie Instagram unser Leben zerstört
V - Very Bad Kings
W -Wüstenblume
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Z - Zeus and Hera
I never seem to finish these challenges, but I can't resist trying. Thanks for making it flexible, Alannah!A - The Awkward Black Man, Walter Mosley⭐⭐⭐⭐
B -The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, Brian Moore ⭐⭐⭐⭐
C - The Cricket on the Hearth, Charles Dickens ⭐⭐⭐⭐
D - Diary of a Provincial Lady, E.M. Delafield ⭐⭐⭐
E - The Custom of the Country, Edith Wharton ⭐⭐⭐⭐
F -Revelation, Flannery O'Connor ⭐⭐⭐⭐
G - Paradise, Abdulrazak Gurnah ⭐⭐⭐⭐
H - A Pair of Blue Eyes, Thomas Hardy ⭐⭐⭐⭐
I - The Sea, the Sea, Iris Murdoch ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
J - Navigate Your Stars, Jesmyn Ward ⭐⭐⭐⭐
K - The Vegetarian, Han Kang ⭐⭐⭐
L -Lady Windermere's Fan, Oscar Wilde ⭐⭐⭐⭐
M - Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books, Hilary Mantel ⭐⭐⭐⭐
N - The Nether World, George Gissing ⭐⭐⭐⭐
O - Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler ⭐⭐⭐⭐
P - Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Elizabeth Taylor ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Q - Quartet in Autumn, Barbara Pym ⭐⭐⭐⭐
R - Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature, Farah Jasmine Griffin ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
S - The South, Colm Tóibín ⭐⭐⭐⭐
T - Twelve Angry Men, Reginald Rose ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
U - Separating, John Updike ⭐⭐⭐⭐
V - A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, Gabriel García Márquez ⭐⭐⭐⭐
W - Why I Live at the P.O, Eudora Welty ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Y - The Memory Police, Yōko Ogawa ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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I'm in for this one - all first letters of book titles, ignoring 'The' (apart from 'X' and 'Z', which appear in the title!):-Progress: 26/26 - COMPLETED 19/11/23
- FINISHED 29/6/23 - 4* (9/10)
- FINISHED 27/5/23 - 4* (9/10)
- FINISHED 22/3/23 - 4* (9/10)
- FINISHED 6/1/23 - 4* (9/10)
- FINISHED 14/10/23 - 5* (10/10)
- FINISHED 24/2/23 - 5* (9.5/10)
- FINISHED 4/1/23 - 4* (8.5/10)
- FINISHED 12/6/23 - 4* (8.5/10)
- FINISHED 7/6/23 - 4+* (9+/10)
- FINISHED 14/1/23 - 4* (9/10)
- FINISHED 15/6/23 - 4* (9/10)
- FINISHED 9/4/23 - 4* (8.5/10)
- FINISHED 13/3/23 - 3* (6.5/10)
- FINISHED 3/4/23 - 4* (8/10)
- FINISHED 29/5/23 - 4* (9/10)
- FINISHED 16/7/23 - 5* (10/10)
- FINISHED 30/4/23 - 4* (9/10)
- FINISHED 19/11/23 - 4* (8.5/10)
- FINISHED 14/2/23 - 4* (9/10)
- FINISHED 20/7/23 - 4* (8.5/10)
- FINISHED 12/2/23 - 4* (9/10)
- FINISHED 24/3/23 - 4* (8.5/10)
- FINISHED 26/9/23 - 5* (9.5/10)
- FINISHED 27/6/23 - 4* (8.5/10)
- FINISHED 3/7/23 - 4* (8.5/10)
- FINISHED 10/8/23 - 4* (8/10)
Rhonda's 2023 Alphabet Challenge - Books and AuthorsAuthor Challenge
A - Ellery Adams - Murder in the Storybook Cottage
B - Lorna Barrett - A Deadly Deletion
C - Edmund Crispin - The Moving Toyshop
D - Paula Daly - Open Your Eyes
E - Barbara Early - Death of a Russian Doll
F - Kay Finch - The Black Cat Knocks on Wood
G- Melissa Glazer - A Fatal Slip
H - Matt Haig - The Midnight Library
I - Arnaldur - Indridason - The Shadow District
J - Miranda James - Cat Me If You Can
K - William Kienzle - Eminence
L - Margaret Loudon - Peril on the Page
M - Rett MacPherson - Blood Relations
N - Jo Nesbo - The Thirst
O - Robin Oliveira - My Name is Mary Sutter
P - Anne Perry - A Truth To Lie For
Q - Ellery Queen - The Chinese Orange Mystery
R - Marilynne Robinson - Housekeeping
S - Mary Stewart - Airs Above the Ground
T - Victoria Thompson - City of Fortune
U - Lisa Unger - The Stranger Inside
V - Donna Van Liere - The Good Dream
W - Phyllis A. Whitney - Window on the Square
X - Qiu Xiaolong - The Mao Case
Y - Margaret Yorke - The Scent of Fear
Z - Zoe Sharp - First Drop
Can I set up my own thread for this? In the 2023 personal reads and challenges?
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Thanks alannah I want to try it and if it works for me I'm not too great at challenges
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I think I'll try only 14 :)12/14
✅A - Alta costura by Darío Fernández Flórez
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✅C - Ciudadana de segunda by Buchi Emecheta
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✅E - El río baja sucio by David Trueba
F - Far From the Madding Crowd
✅H - Harriet by Elizabeth Jenkins ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅I - Isadora Moon 6 - Isadora Moon en el castillo encantado: ¡Un libro mágico de Halloween con purpurina en cubierta! by Harriet Muncaster
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✅L - Las dos ancianas by Velma Wallis ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅M - Matilda by Roald Dahl
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✅P - Pesadilla antes de Navidad by Daphne Skinner
✅Q - Quienes se marchan de Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin
✅R - Romeo y Julieta: Edición Bilingüe by William Shakespeare
✅S - Siempre tendremos 20 años by Jaime Martín
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✅U - Una temporada en el purgatorio by Dominick Dunne
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Oooh! This sounds like fun!I'll use the book title 😉
A: Angels' Blood, The A.B.C. Murders
B: A Burning Obsession, Bring Them Home, Bitter Falls, Before the Storm, The Butterfly Collector
C: Christmas in Quincy, The Candles Are Burning, Cold Evidence, Catalyst, A Cryptic Clue, The Cabinet of Dr. Leng
D: A Deadly Influence, Damaged Intentions, Draw Your World, Don't Turn Back, Dodge, Deluge, The Days Before Us, Dark Age, The Dark, Dark Arts and a Daiquiri, A Damsel and a Demigod, Demon Magic and a Martini
E: Empty Smiles, Execution Day, Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
F: Find Her Alive, Find Me, Far Gone, Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun, For the Throne, Fairy Tale, The First Death, Four Shifters and a Stranger
G: The Garden, The Grumpy Player Next Door, Ghost 19, Golden Son, Garnet Flats, The Girls on the Shore
H: He Can Fall, Heartbreak Bay, House of Lies, Homicide and Halo-Halo, Heart-Shaped Box, Hide, A Hat Full of Sky, The House Across the Lake, Hell Bent, Hellbound Guilds & Other Misdirections
I: An Inquiry Into Love and Death, Into the Storm, Inside Information, Iron Gold
J: Juniper Hill
K: The Keepers of Metsan Valo, Kill Night, Killman Creek, Kindred, Killers of a Certain Age, The Knitting Pattern Writing Handbook: How to Write Great Patterns that Knitters Will Love to Make
L: Lie To Her, Lost in the Moment and Found, The Last House Guest, The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well, Light Bringer
M: Me Before You, The Magician, Mother Country, Morning Star
N: The Night Raven
O: Out of the Mirror, Darkness, On Cold Ground, The Once and Future Witches, The One
P: Persephone, Pigeon Tony's Last Stand, The Pain Hunter, Poppy's Story, A Planned Occasion
Q: The Quarry Girls
R: The Road Home, Rules of Prey, The Raging Storm, Red Rising
S: She Can Run, She Can Tell, She Can Scream, She Can Hide, She Can Kill, The Six Deaths of the Saint, The Silence of the Girls, Stillhouse Lake, Sixty-One Seconds, Sweet Dreams, The Silver Mark, Silken Prey, Sea of Tranquility, Sky in the Deep
T: These Cold Strangers, Trouble, Thank You for Listening, Tell Me, The Tale of Halcyon Crane, The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard, Trust Me, That Second Chance, That Forever Girl , That Secret Crush, Three Mages and a Margarita, Trust No One, Taming Demons for Beginners
U: Unknown Caller, Under the Whispering Door
V: Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool
W: What the Dead Know, Wolfhunter River, The Wrong One, Where Secrets Lie, What She Said, White Out, The Wee Free Men, The Woman in the Library, The Women of Troy, Warping Minds & Other Misdemeanors, What Lies in the Woods
X: X
Y: Yours Truly
Z: Zen to Done
🎉 Challenge completed on 08.30 💃🏻🕺🏼
Tweedledum’s Yearly Challenge 2023 An Alphabetical Author Challenge…
Let’s see… these are all books I have every intention of reading this year. To double up or not to double up…. That is the question …
A: Adams: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency 👍 April 2023
B:Bagniewska: The Modern Bestiary: A Curated Collection of Wondrous Creatures 👍 March 2023
C: Chapman : Date with Malice 👍April 2023
D: Dickens: Little Dorrit 👍 March 2023
E: Elton: Identity Crisis 👍 June 23
F: French: Losing You 👍 September 23
G: Greene: The Museum of Whales You Will Never See: Travels Among the Collectors of Iceland 👍 March 2023
G: Graves: I, Claudius 👍 April 2023
H: Haynes: Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths 👍 July 2023
I: Ishiguro : Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall👍 April 2023 .
J: Ji-young: Our Happy Time Read 14.01.23 👍
K: Kurkov: Grey Bees READ 16.01.23 👍
K: Kakutani: The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump Read 11.03.23 👍
L: Lively: The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories
M: Murata: Earthlings 👍 August 23
N: Newman: Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention
O: O’Sullivan: Twenty Years A-Growing 👍 November 2023
P: Palin: The Mirrorstone 👍November 2023
Q: Quick: Sheltering Saints: Living with the homeless
R: Ramati: While the Pope kept silent: Assisi and the Nazi occupation 👍 June 23
S: Soden : Jeoffry the Poet's Cat 👍 Jan 2023
T: Thorogood : The Marlow Murder Club 👍September 23
U: Urban: The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes : The Story of George Scovell
V: Vincent: Five Get Gran Online👍 July 23
W: Womack : Random Acts of Senseless Violence 👍 READ 9/1/23
X:Xenophon: The Persian Expedition
Y: Yalom: The Spinoza Problem 👍 READ 1/3/23
Z: Zelzany: Nine Princes in Amber 👍 July 2023 Zamyatin: We 👍 August 2023
Progress: 21 + 4/ 26
Alphabetical book name challenge :
A: Aquanaut: A Life Beneath The Surface – The Inside Story of the Thai Cave Rescue by Rick Stanton 👍 July 2023
B: The Wire in the Blood by Val McDermid 👍 August 23
C: Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison by Ben Macintyre 👍 September 23
D: The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump by Michiko Kakutani 👍 May 23
E: Eliot's Book of Bookish Lists: A Sparkling Miscellany of Literary Lists byHenry Eliot👍 June2023
F: The King's Fool by Mahi Binebine👍 July 2023
G:The Girls Who Disappeared by Claire Douglas 👍 March 2023
H: Holding the Line: Inside the Nation's Preeminent US Attorney's Office and Its Battle with the Trump Justice Department by Geoffrey S Berman finished : Jan 2023 👍
I:The Ice-Cream Sundae Guide to Autism: An Interactive Kid's Book for Understanding Autism by Debby Elley finished Jan 2023 👍
J: Geoffrey Gets the Jitters by Nadia Shireen 👍 September 23
K:The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hoganfinished Jan 2023 👍
L: Dock Leaves by Hugo Williams 👍 September 23
M:A Spoonful Of Murder by J.M. HallJan 2023👍
N:Nala's World: One Little Cat's Quest for Love and Adventure by Dean Nicholson👍
O: Osbert the Avenger by Christopher William Hill Jan 2023 👍
P: The Promise by Damon Galgut June 2023 👍
Q: The Question of the Missing Head by E.J. Copperman 👍 November 23
R: Real Tigers by Mick Herron Feb 2023 👍
R: Ravel Remembered by Roger Nichols 👍June 23
S: Michael Rosen's Sticky McStickstick: The Friend Who Helped Me Walk Again: 1 by Michael Rosen Jan 2023 👍
T: The Ticket Collector from Belarus: An Extraordinary True Story of Britain's Only War Crimes Trial by Mike Anderson Feb 2023 👍
U: An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals by Polly Toynbee 👍 October 2023
V: Codename Villanelle 👍 May 2023
W: Where the Wild Mums Are by Katie Blackman 👍May 2023
X: The Xenophobe's Guide to the Aussies by Ken Hunt 👍 November 2023
Y: The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna 👍 November 2023
Z: Zelensky:Zelensky: Ukraine's President and His Country by Steven Derix 👍 finished feb 2023
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A third Alphabet challenge for 2023… because I am in full bibliomaniac mode today 😂
Single Word Titles… (subtitles ignored and “the /a” do not count!!!)
A: Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body by Sara Pascoe
B: Backstories 👍 September 23
B: Bibliomaniac by Robin Ince B: Breathless by Amy McCulloch
C: The Chrysalids 👍 November 2023
C: Cicero A Turbulent Life by Everitt
C: Circulation: William Harvey’s Revolutionary Idea by Thomas Wright
D: Dostoevsky: Language, Faith, and Fiction by Rowan Williams
E: The Illustrated Eric by Terry Pratchett👍 July 2023
E: Estuary: Out from London to the Sea by Rachel Lichtenstein
F: The Flow: Rivers, Water and Wildness by Amy-Jane Beer
G: Galloway by Allan Wright👍 June 2023
G: Greenmantle by John Buchan
H: HHhH by Laurent Binet
I: The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
J: Janissaries by Jerry Pournelle 👍 November 2023
K: A Keeper by Graham Norton
L: The Lodger Shakespeare: His Life on Silver Street by Charles Nicholl
M: Moondial by Helen Cresswell👍 July 2023
M: The Mirrorstone by Michael Palin 👍 November 23
M: Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind by Peter Godfrey-Smith
N: Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro 👍May 2023
O: The Offing by Benjamin Myers 👍 July 2023
O: The Overstory by Richard Powers
P: Persuasion by Jane Austen 👍March 2023
Q: Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things by Richard Wiseman
Q: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
R: Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors by Tom Bower 👍March 2023
S: Shearwater: A Bird, an Ocean, and a Long Way Home
S: Sovereign by C.J. Sansom
T: The Trial by Rob Rinder 👍September 23
T: Thud! by Terry Pratchett
U: Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane 👍 March 2023
V: Villette by Charlotte Brontë
W: The Warehouse by Rob Hart 👍 May 2023
W: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin 👍 July 23
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X: Xenophobia by Peter Cawdron 👍May 2023
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So my reading goal for the year is not to set goals, but given how many books I read this shouldn’t be so hard, I’m just going to see how much of the alphabet I cover, starting with my fireside and bedside TBR piles and continuing (in italics) with books from my ‘recently acquired’ and ‘read soon’ shelves … and then I’m going to see how many of them I actually read!A 1. Almada, Selva The Wind that Lays Waste (Argentina/2012)
A 2. Arnhem, Rudolf Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye (Germany and USA/first pub. 1954, revised 1974)
B 1. Burnside, John Aurochs and Auks: Essays on Mortality and Extinction (2021)
B 2. Barker-Mawjee, Kate The Coldest Place on Earth (2022)
B 3. Blackie, Sharon Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life (2022)
C Cook, Corinna Leavetakings: Essays (Alaska/2018)
D 1. Dennys, Joyce Henrietta's War: News from the Home Front, 1939-1942 READ 1.1.23
D 2. Dennys, Joyce Henrietta Sees It Through: More News from the Home Front, 1942-1945
E Ely, Steve The European Eel (2021)
F 1. Flyn, Cal Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape (2021)
F 2. Farrier, David Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils (2020/Kindle)
G 1. George, Josie A Still Life: A Memoir (2021)
G 2. Grumbach, Doris Fifty Days of Solitude (USA/1994)
H 1. Hinton, David Hunger Mountain: A Field Guide to Mind and Landscape (USA/2012)
H 2. Hildyard, Daisy The Second Body (2017)
I 1. Ingold, Tim Correspondences (2021)
I 2. Ingold, Tim Lines: A Brief History (2007)
J 1. Jamie, Kathleen Sightlines (2012)
J 2. Jamie, Kathleen Surfacing (2019)
K Klinkenborg, Verlyn Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile (USA/2006)
L 1. Linford, Jenny The Missing Ingredient: The Curious Role of Time in Food and Flavour (2019)
L 2. Lawrence, Margaret The Stone Angel (Canada/1986)
M 1. Miller, Andrew H. On Not Being Someone Else: Tales of Our Unled Lives (USA/2020)
M 2. Miller, Lulu Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life (USA/2020)
N Newham C.B. Country Church Monuments (2022)
O Odell, Jenni How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (USA/2019)
P 1. Perec, George An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris (France/1975)
P. 2. Peters, John Durham The Marvelous Clouds: Toward a Philosophy of Elemental Media (USA/2015)
Q Quindlen, Anna Good Dog. Stay. (USA/2007)
R Roberts, Sophy The Lost Pianos of Siberia (2020)
S 1. Shadrick, Tanya The Cure for Sleep (2022)
S 2. Sarton, May Journal of a Solitude (USA/1973/Kindle)
S 3. Street, Seán The Sound of a Room: Memory and the Auditory Presence of Place (2020)
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W Welty, Eudora The Ponder Heart (USA/1954)
X Xiques, Donez Margaret Laurence: The Making of a Writer (USA & Canada/2005/Kindle)
Y Young, Jeff Ghost Town: A Liverpool Shadowplay (2020)
Z 1. Zambra, Alejandro Not to Read (Chile/2010)
Z. 2. Zweig, Connie The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul (USA/2021)
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Tweedledum wrote: "That sounds like my sort of plan!" 😆
Finished my 1st of this Challenge with:-'G' -
The Girl Who Left by Jenny Blackhurst
Rated this one as 4* (8.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 2nd of this Challenge with:-'D':-
The Dark by Sharon J. Bolton
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 3rd of this Challenge with:-'J' -
The Jonah by James Herbert
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A - Amnesty by Aravind Adiga (triple A)
B - Blackbird by Anna Carey
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D - The Ghostly Term at Trebizon by Anne Digby
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F - A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter
G- The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson
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N - The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
P - The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths
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Alphabet Challenge 2023Books Read: 9/26
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B - By the Book by Julia Sonneborn (1/24/23) 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐
C - The Children's Train by Viola Ardone (1/13/23) 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐
D - The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn (1/10/23) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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F - Flight by Lynn Steger Strong 2/2/23 ⭐⭐⭐
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H - The Happy Camper by Melody Carlson (1/15/23) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (1/22/23) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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L - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (1/13/23) 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐
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R - Reckless Abandon by Stuart Woods (1/20/23) 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐
S - A Sunlit Weapon by Jacqueline Winspear (2/3/23) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Finished my 4th of this Challenge with:-'U' -
The Unheard by Nicci French
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 5th of this Challenge with:-'S' -
Safe House by Jo Jakeman
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hi all. Going through everyone's list looking for suggestions for O, and a lot of people have left O off their lists? Any reason why? Curious.
Finished my 6th of this Challenge with:-The Fireman by Joe Hill
Rated this one as 5* (9.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Ruth wrote: "Hi all. Going through everyone's list looking for suggestions for O, and a lot of people have left O off their lists? Any reason why? Curious."So funny--thanks for catching that. I copied a list that was missing the O. I guess others did too!
I'd love to join in. Do I just need to make an entry here and keep updating it, or is a separate shelf required?
Guess I will jump in on this too. Rosh, I am just posting and updating here, not making a special shelf, if that helps you at all.A - Appleby Talks (1/28/23), 4*
B - Buried for Pleasure (2/10/23) {reread}, 4*
C - Carrie Soto Is Back (1/10/23), 4*
D - The Doorbell Rang (1/1/23), 4.5* {reread}
E - Exit Strategy (3/8/23), 4*
F - The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1/12/23) {read in Reginald Perrin Omnibus}, 4*
G - Giovanni's Room (2/23/23), 5*
H - Hare Sitting Up (1/30/23), 3.5*
I - If Death Ever Slept (1/4/23), 4* {reread}
J - The Jungle Book (3/23/23), 4*
K - Kingdom of the Blind (2/17/23), 4* {reread}
L - The League of Frightened Men (1/9/23), 4* {reread}
M - Might As Well Be Dead (1/2/23), 3* {reread}
N - Not Quite Dead Enough (1/6/23), 3* {reread}
O - Ogre, Ogre (1/22/23), 3*
P - Plot It Yourself (1/4/23), 3.5* {reread}
Q - The Quarter Storm (3/31/23), 2.5*
R - A Right to Die (1/7/23), 3.5* {reread}
S - The Second Confession (1/3/23), 3.5* {reread}
T - Three Doors to Death (1/2/23), 3* {reread}
U - Unspeakable Things (5/23/23), 3*
V - The Vanishing Half (3/16/23), 3.5*
W - The Weary Blues (2/7/23), 4*
X - Xenocide (6/9/23), 3.5*
Y - The Yellow Dog (3/7/23), 4*
Z - Zadig; Or, the Book of Fate (6/4/23), 3*
Leslie wrote: "Rosh, I am just posting and updating here, not making a special shelf, if that helps you at all."Thanks, Leslie. I'll do the same then! :)
Rosh's Alphabet Challenge 2023 (Will include only books with 3.5+ star ratings.)Book Count: 22/26
A - All That Is Mine I Carry with Me - William Landay - ★★★★.¼ - March 13, 2023
B - Backstories - Simon Van der Velde - ★★★★.¼ - February 01, 2023
C - The Clock in My Mother's House and other stories - Annalisa Crawford - ★★★★.¼ - February 10, 2023
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E - Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries - Heather Fawcett - ★★★★.¼ - January 16, 2023
F - The Faraway World: Stories - Patricia Engel - ★★★★.¼ - January 30, 2023
G - Girl Out of Time - Clyde Boyer - ★★★★.¼ - - March 11, 2023
H - The House of Eve - Sadeqa Johnson - ★★★.½ - February 11, 2023
I - In the Time of Our History - Susanne Pari - ★★★.¾ - February 07, 2023
J - Just Another Day - Piyusha Vir - ★★★★.½ - May 24, 2023
K - Knockout Beauty and Other Afflictions - Marina Rubin - ★★★★ - Jun 18, 2023
L - Love Stories - Trent Dalton - ★★★★.¼ - January 14, 2023
M - Maame- Jessica George - ★★★.½ - February 14, 2023
N - Nightjar - Katya Balen - ★★★★.½ - May 31, 2023
O - Old Babes in the Wood: Stories - Margaret Atwood - ★★★.½ - February 22, 2023
P - The Piano Tuner - Chiang-Sheng Kuo - ★★★.½ - January 18, 2023
Q - A Quiet Life - Ethan Joella - ★★★.¾ - January 29, 2023
R - The Road To Dalton - Shannon Bowring - ★★★★.¼ - Jun 03, 2023
S - The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka - ★★★★ - January 13, 2023
T - The Tamarind Tree - Sundara Ramaswamy - ★★★.¾ - January 05, 2023
U - The Unbreakable Heart of Oliva Denaro - Viola Ardone - ★★★★.½ - May 23, 2023
V - Violet Is Nowhere - Faith Gardner - ★★★★.¼ - February 18, 2023
W - What Lies in the Woods - Kate Alice Marshall - ★★★★ - February 10, 2023
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I have added my finished list to message 3. Might do another one.
Jade wrote: "I have added my finished list to message 3. Might do another one."Congratulations! You even found a book for X - that's a hard one! How did you like X-It?
Finished my 7th of this Challenge with:-'M' -
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
Rated this one as 3* (6.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Annie wrote: "So my reading goal for the year is not to set goals, but given how many books I read this shouldn’t be so hard, I’m just going to see how much of the alphabet I cover, starting with my fireside and..."What a fascinating selection of books. I think I will add some of these to my ever-growing WTR list.
Updated my list in post 38. I don't know what I will read for X but have ideas for all the other remaining letters...
Finished my 8th of this Challenge with:-'C' -
Crime on the Fens by Joy Ellis
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 9th of this Challenge with:-'V' -
The Visitor by K.L. Slater
Rated this one as 4* (8.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hi, everyone. Look at number 14. I have finished both Author and Book Alphabet Challenges in just 3 months.
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Instead of a name, we will use the English Language alphabet.
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This challenge can be as customisable as you want, you can make it as easy or as difficult as you like. You can use the book title, or authors' first or last names, for example:
C - Coraline by Neil Gaiman
N - Coraline by Neil Gaiman
G - Coraline by Neil Gaiman
You can also ignore the word 'The' or 'A' in a book title and use the second word for an entry to make it easier for you all, for example,
G - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by by Stieg Larsson or B - A Brief History of British Kings and Queens: British Royal History from Alfred the Great to the Present by Mike Ashley
You are welcome to be as creative as you like with this challenge.
Members can use this thread to update their progress or do the challenge in their challenge thread.