2023 A-Z Character Challenge

[Carolien]

The goal of this challenge is to use the the first or last name of a major character of a book you have read about between January 01, 2023 - December 31, 2023 and list it below. The first letter in the name or surname must correspond to a certain letter in the alphabet.

You may use books you read for other challenges. Any format is acceptable - paper, audio and ebooks.

Total books to be read is 25. You may not use the same book twice.

One letter can be excluded at your discretion. It can be any one of them.

Please remember that only books with 120 pages or more counts.

You can keep track of your challenge in this thread

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[Monique]

Completed: 6
H: Charlotte (Charlie) Holloway - The Last Necromancer
P: Caroline Parcewell - The Lost Apothecary
Q: A.J Quill - Murder on Black Swan Lane
R: Jonathan Roper - Going Underground
S: Lakshmi Shastri - The Henna Artist
W: Kate Warne - Girl in Disguise

[Nadine]

22/25

A - Ava Turner - Perfect Silence by Helen Fields
B - Ben : DI Ben Kitto series by Kate Rhodes
C - Cassie Raven, Life Sentence / Cassie Raven series by AK Turner
D - Jim Daley - DCI Daley series by Denzil Meyrick
E - Peter Everett - Corrupt Bodies by Kris Hollington, Peter Everett
F - Lachlan Fraser - The Winter Cottage by Rachel Lucas
G - Craig Gillard, DCI Gillard series by Nick Louth
H - Harbinder, Harbinder Kaur series by Elly Griffiths
I - Isabelle Firth - The Hemlock Cure by Joanne Burn
J - Joséphine, Joséphine Tey series by Nicola Upson
K - Kitty Harris - The Rebound by Leeanne Slade
L - Lydia Crow - The Night Raven by Sarah Painter
M - Max, The Chronicles of St Mary’s by Jodi Taylor
N - Sarah Noble - The Midnight Man by Caroline Mitchell
O - Oscar (the dog) - Murder in Tuscany
P - Washington Poe - The Puppet Show by MW Craven
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R - Rowan alias Red : Thirteen Treasures series by Michelle Harrison
S - Rita Sunday - Once Upon a River by Dianne Setterfield
T - Tea - The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco
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V - Virgilio Pisano - Murder in Tuscany
W - Wallace - Under the Whispering Door
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Z - Zoe Faust - The Accidental Alchemist series by Gigi Pandian

[Jennifer]

Total:

Male: 22/26 ; Female: 23/26

MALE
A - Adam (Her Daddy, Her Dom, and Her Doctor)
B - Maxim Bershaw (Diamonds in the Dust )
C - Bowie "Ruckus" Cooper (Ruckus)
D - Dallas( All I Want)
E - Bron Everhart (Her Werewolf Hero)
F - Fenwald (Unbaked Croakies)
G - Gabriel Hawke Owl's Silent Strike)
H - Hunter Bradshaw (Wanted: Outback Wife)
I - Ian McNeill (The Power Of Persuasion)
J - Jace Kaiser (Black List)
K - Ben Kaiser (Dating Dr. Notorious)
L - Levi Rhodes (Charming the Cowboy)
M - Michael Larsen (Created In Fire)
N - Noah Weston (Something to Talk About
O - Erik O'Neill (Chance of a Lifetime)
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R - Ryerson McKennon (A Magical Shift)
S - Silus Buck (Cowboy Wolf Christmas)
T - Ty Strickland (Montana Fire)
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V - Victor (Dealers' Choice)
W - Will Bradley (Blowing It Off)
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Y - Aaron Young (Saturday Night Special)
Z - Zachary Rothwell (Promising the Billionaire)

FEMALE

A - Audrey (All I Want)
B - Bubbles (Saturday Night Special)
C - Carrie Addison (Created In Fire)
D - Dani Singer (Owl's Silent Strike)
E - Evangeline Lewis (Out Like a Goddess)
F - Frey (Viking Unbound)
G - Nadia Griffith (Unbaked Croakies)
H - Heather Carver (Charming the Cowboy)
I - Isadora Berta (A Magical Shift)
J - Samantha Jones (Wizard's Chance)
K - Kizzy Lewis (Her Werewolf Hero)
L - Regina Logan (Dating Dr. Notorious)
M - Madelyn Cole (Black List)
N - Neeve (The Power Of Persuasion)
O - Olive Harper (Ten Days with a Duke)
P - Phoebe Masters (Blowing It Off)
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R - Rennie Davidson (Wanted: Outback Wife
S - Sandrina (The Guardian Angel of Farflung Station)
T - Teagan (Skinny Dipping Dare)
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V - Victoria Westernley (Gathering Tinder)
W - Jane West (Montana Fire)
X - Xoli Virness (Dealers' Choice)
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Z - Zoe Hart (Diamonds in the Dust)

[Carolien]

25/25

A - Anna Graham - Sankofa
B - Bobby Owen - Ten Star Clues
C - Caithleen Braby - The Lonely Girl
D - Frank Durack - Girls in Their Married Bliss
E - E.M Delafield - Diary of a Provincial Lady
F - Emma Flyte - Joe Country
G - Genevieve Masefield - Murder on the Minnesota
H - Holly Golightly - Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories
I - Ibrahim Asif - The Man Who Died Twice
J - Jason Coleman - Adoring Stacey
K - Kiswana Browne - The Women of Brewster Place
L - Lily Dale - The Last Chronicle of Barset
M - Mark Hodkinson - No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy: Memoirs of a Working-Class Reader
N - Neville Fletcher - A Blunt Instrument
O - Lauren Olamina - Parable of the Sower
P - Poppy Peterson - Love You, Love You Not
Q - Quintana Dunn - The Year of Magical Thinking
R - Ruth Dering - No Wind of Blame
S - Simon Serrailler - A Change of Circumstance
T - Jesse Todman - Death Walks the Woods
U - Denise Uppiton - By Book or By Crook
V - Vaughn Cupido - Donkerdrif
W - Francis Winn - An Oxford Tragedy
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Y - Nell Young - The Cartographers
Z - Zero - Mother for Dinner

[Carolien]

I'm done!

[Nadine]

WOW! Well Done!

[Diane]

Incredible, Carolien! Well done.

[Carolien]

I've been very lucky in being able to find a character in most books I've read so far this year.

[Diane]

Completed

A - Arthur - The Solar War - The Long Winter #2 by A.G. Riddle
B - Bowe Huntley - Carrie Soto is back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
C - Clare Mackay - See Them Run [D.I. Clare Mackay #1] by Marion Todd
D - Danny - Nicci French - The Favour
E - Edmond Dantes - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas translated by Robin Buss
F -Fiona Lawson - Our House by Louise Candlish
G - Gillard, Craig - The Body in the March [DCI Craig Gillard #1] by Nick Louth
H - Harry Holbeck - The Family Game by Catherine Steadman
I - Inge Lotz - Fruit of a Poisoned Tree: A True Story of Murder & the Miscarriage of Justice by Antony Altbeke
J - James - Winter World [The Long Winter #1] by A.G. Riddle
K - Kip - The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
L - Leah - Fairy Tale by Stephen King
M - Mei - Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
N - Nina - Suspects by Lesley Pearce
O - O'Leary - On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life by John O'Leary
P - Park Bender - It’s One Of Use by J.T. Ellison
Q - Queen Mary - The Queen's Rival by Brandy Purdy
R - Rachel - The Last Woman in the World by Ingrid Simpson by Ingrid Simpson
S - Sloan McPherson - Sea Storm [Underwater Investigation Unit #3]
T - Tyler - Long Shadows [Amos Decker #7] by David Baldaccci
U - Excluded
V - Valerie Ramirez - Biohack {Shadow Operatives # 1 } by J.D. Lasica
W -Warners - Lying Next to Me by Gregg Olsen
X - Xin Shin in The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
Y - Yelverton, The Romantic by William Boyd
Z - Zott, Elizabeth - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus