A-Z Male Characters Challenge 2023

[JoAnne]

Awesome Susan!

[Ariel]

FINISHED!

A-Z Male Characters Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Completed: October 27, 2023

26/26

List:
A: Antron Wilson, Luvin’ An Atlanta Boss, Unique. - 3/15
B: Roman Brathwaite, Just For Tonight, Rilzy Adams - 3/10
C: Samuel 'Cal' Callaghan, The Brightest Light of Sunshine, Lisina Coney - 3/7
D: Jackson Dean, Jackson, LaQuette - 3/15
E: Eros Ambrosia, Electric Idol, Katee Robert - 1/24
F: Francisco Carvalho, Awakened by Her Brooding Brazilian, Ann McIntosh - 8/29
G: Duncan Gilmore, Make a Scene, Mimi Grace - 4/11
H: Henry Mortimer, In Which Margo Halifax Earns Her Shocking Reputation, Alexandra Vasti - 4/4
I: Ian Donnelly, Plus One, Brighton Walsh - 9/23
J: Javier Meza, White Whiskey Bargain, Jodie Slaughter - 3/8
K: Mason Knight, To Her Rescue, Dria Andersen - 6/7
L: Luca Windsor, The Temporary Wife, Catharina Maura - 3/1
M: Romulan Montargo, Sung in Shadow, Tanith Lee - 1/6
N: Nickel Kobald, Nickel's Story, Cate C. Wells - 3/28
O: Liam O'Connell, The Guy For Me, Marzy Opal - 4/2
P: Jacob Price, What Was Meant to Be, Q. B. Tyler - 3/30
Q: Quasar Al Mansur, Her Desert Knight, Jennifer Lewis - 8/30
R: Roarke, Faithless in Death, J. D. Robb - 1/3
S: Steve Blair, Hawaii Magic, Beverly Jenkins - 1/3
T: Talon Rede, Code Black, Tina Moss - 2/4
U: Jackson Dumont, Not My Prince Charming, Hailey Shore - 10/23
V: Vektal, Ice Planet Barbarians, Ruby Dixon - 3/20
W: Wrath, Dark Lover, J. R. Ward - 2/9
X: Maxim 'Max' Freeman, Once Bitten, Heather Guerre - 10/10
Y: Trystan Maverine, Assistant to the Villain, Hannah Nicole Maehrer - 9/27
Z: Zafir 'Zaf' Ansari, Take a Hint, Dani Brown, Talia Hibbert - 1/5

[JoAnne]

Well done Ariel!

[Ferenc]

Completed!

A-Z Male Characters Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Goal: 26/26

*For Q, U, X, Y and Z, the character only needs to have that letter somewhere in their name.

List:
A - Richárd Ambrózy - A hullaházi skandalum - Gyula Böszörményi - 04/23/23
B - Ben Morgan - Emma's Dream - M. Lee Prescott - 01/05/23
C - Cameron Hamilton - Red Wine and Roses - S.J. McCoy - 04/08/23
D - Dream - The Sandman: Act II - Dirk Maggs & Neil Gaiman - 05/04/23
E - Eric Henderson - Quantum and Woody Vol. 2: In Security (Quantum and Woody - James Asmus - 01/06/23
F - Whit Filmore - Dead On Time - W.L. Knightly - 05/06/23
G - Lucas Goodgame - We Are the Light - Matthew Quick - 05/19/23
H - Fritz Hagedorn - Három ember a hóban - Erich Kästner - 03/04/23
I - Imre Veszelka - Sömmi - András Cserna-Szabó - 09/22/23
J - John - In Love & Pajamas: A Collection of Comics about Being Yourself Together - Catana Chetwynd - 04/30/23
K - Roland King - King Of Spies - Mark Millar - 04/26/23
L - Lucas Bennett - One Last Risk - Nancy Stopper - 02/17/23
M - Morpheus - The Sandman: Act I - Dirk Maggs & Neil Gaiman - 04/05/23
N - Nikolai Lantsov - King of Scars - Leigh Bardugo - 04/17/23
O - Orion - Orion by Walt Simonson Book One - Walter Simonson - 02/28/23
P - Edgar Allan Poe - A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe - Mark Dawidziak - 04/28/23
*Q - Quantum - Quantum and Woody Vol. 3: Crooked Pasts, Present Tense (Quantum and Woody - James Asmus - 01/12/23
R - Reymundo Montoya - The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina - Zoraida Córdova - 01/17/23
S - Newt Scamander - Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – The Complete Screenplay - J.K. Rowling & Steve Kloves - 04/09/23
T - Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood - Trevor Noah - 05/25/23
*U - Scott Summers - Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 4: Unstoppable - Joss Whedon - 03/26/23
V - Rhett Valentine - It Happened on Love Street - Lia Riley - 08/16/23
W - Bruce Wayne - Batman '89 - Sam Hamm - 01/30/23
X - Xander Michaels - Alabama Admirer - Ann Omasta - 07/30/23
*Y - Bill Bryson - In a Sunburned Country - Bill Bryson - 05/22/23
*Z - Richard Chizmar (as MC) - Chasing the Boogeyman - Richard Chizmar - 10/15/23

[JoAnne]

Wonderful Ferenc!

[Genevieve]

FINISHED

A-Z Male Characters Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Goal: Read 26 books, each one with a male main character whose first or last name begins with a different letter of the alphabet.
*For Q, U, X, Y and Z, the character only needs to have that letter somewhere in their name.


List:
A = Mallory Armstrong Warm Heart by Amy Lane 2/16/2023
B = Bobby Ray Bond Deserts, Driving, & Derelicts by Tonya Kappes 3/11/2023
C = Hank Calder Turkey in the Snow by Amy Lane 1/25/2023
D = Dirk A Few Drops of Bitters by G.A. McKevett 1/30/2023
E = Ernie Hiding the Moon by Amy Lane 1/23/2023
F = Finn Hard Hart by E. Davies 7/15/2023
G = Grant Hughes Classified by Brooke Blaine 10/16/2023
H = Harry Dresden Fool Moon by Jim Butcher 4/22/2023
I = Ira Doyle Subway Slayings by C.S. Poe 9/30/2023
J = Joe Banana Slit by Angela K. Ryan 1/9/2023
K = Erza Kellerman Lollipop by Amy Lane 1/28/2023
L = Everett Larkin Madison Square Murders by C.S. Poe 7/1/2023
M = Ricardo Carlos Manoso Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich 1/21/2023
N = Nate Booked 4 Murder by J.C. Eaton 1/25/2023
O = Kip O'Connor Last Gasp by S.C. Wynne 5/3/2023
P = Ellery Page Body at Buccaneer's Bay by Josh Lanyon 5/14/2023
Q = Kevin Quinn Trouble in Spades by Heather Webber 3/6/2023
R = Ranger Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich 1/2/2023
S = Sebastian Snow The Mystery of Nevermore by C.S. Poe 6/6/2023
T = Tobias Slay Bells Ring by Karen MacInerney 1/30/2023
U = Hunter Black Rose by Kate Prada 1/12/2023
V = Quaid Valor Temporary Partner by Nicky James 7/20/2023
W = Russel Ward Shrimply Sublime Murder by Patti Benning 1/8/2023
X = Felix Hampden Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams 3/2/2023
Y = Harry Dresden Storm Front by Jim Butcher 3/15/2023
Z = Ricardo Gonzalves-Macias Bitter Taffy by Amy Lane 1/5/2023

[JoAnne]

Marvelous Genevieve!

[Grace]

A-Z Male Characters Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Goal: Read 26 books, each one by an author whose first or last name begins with a different letter of the alphabet. Middle initials/names do not count.

*For Q, U, X, Y and Z, the author only needs to have that letter somewhere in their name.
FINISHED

List:
A: Abbott- Guardian-Leigh Kelsey 1/6
B: Bam- Tower of God-SIU 1/3
C: Cain, Ander- Andorra Sector-Lexi C. Foss 3/6
D: Dash- The Gathering-Dan Poblocki 2/21
E: Elias- The Experiment-Lexi C. Foss 6/21
F: Francis- Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 9-Kafka Asagiri 9/8
G: Gold- Pokémon Adventures: Gold & Silver, Vol. 8-Hidenori Kusaka 1/29
H: Henry- The Canoe Trip Mystery-Gertrude Chandler Warner 1/19
I: Igarashi, Ganta- Deadman Wonderland Volume 4-Jinsei Kataoka 2/25
J: Jeremy- Kenzie And The Guy Next Door-R. Linda 7/16
K: Keiran- Blood Sector-Lexi C. Foss 1/3
L: Luke Cage- New Avengers, Vol. 2-Brian Michael Bendis 1/7
M: Mayson, Talon- Until Talon-Aurora Rose Reynolds 3/8
N: Nick Stevenson- Until Rayne-Elle Christensen 3/22
O: Osamu- World Trigger, Vol. 22-Daisuke Ashihara 2/24
P: Prescott, Clay- Always You-Kirsty Moseley 1/5
*Q: Enrique- I Married a Mob Boss-Shandi Boyes 6/25
R: Ryohei- Alice in Borderland, Vol. 3-Haro Aso 6/11
S: Saitama- One-Punch Man, Vol. 26-ONE 5/3
T: Tenma- Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1: Herr Dr. Tenma-Naoki Urasawa 4/1
*U: Soma Yukihira- Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 34-Yuto Tsukuda 2/4
V: Victor- Fantastic Four: Books of Doom-Ed Brubaker 11/4
W: Winner- Winner-Leigh Kelsey 1/6
*X: Maxim- Until April-Aurora Rose Reynolds 3/11
Y: Yuji Itadori- Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 9-Gege Akutami 6/11
*Z: Kazek- Winter's Arrow-Lexi C. Foss 7/4

[JoAnne]

Well done Grace!

[Frankie]

A-Z Male Characters Challenge (Second Round)
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

*For Q, U, X, Y and Z, the character only needs to have that letter somewhere in their name.

26/26 Completed. Finished

List:
Aodhan McBanks:The Voices Are Back-Lani Lynn Vale 7/24/23
Brody Winchester:No Escape-Mary Burton 8/25/23
Callum Duquette:Duke: Faking the Play-Kayley Loring 7/12/23
David Kane:Break the Silence-D.K. Hood 9/08/23
Evan Bolton:The First Death-Kendra Elliot 8/11/23
Finn Cavanaugh:All the Way-Kristen Proby 10/06/23
Grady Malone:Combust-K. Bromberg 8/23/23
Hendrix Bateman:Hendrix-Sawyer Bennett 8/19/23
Isaac Lunden:Move the Sun-Susan Fanetti 11/10/23
Justice Hall:Blood on the Badge-Mary Stone 9/17/23
Kobe Sano:I'll Just Date Myself-Lani Lynn Vale 8/09/23
Lee Callaway:The Dead Daughter-Thomas Fincham 7/29/23
Marek Okerlund:Dead White-M.K. Coker 10/07/23
Nash Morgan:Things We Hide from the Light-Lucy Score 7/15/23
Owen Brodie:Funny Business-Kayley Loring 10/13/23
Payne Novak:Cold Wicked Lies-Toni Anderson 8/17/23
Quinn Cavanaugh:All It Takes-Kristen Proby 11/04/23
Ronan Thatcher:The Brawl-Willa Nash 9/09/23
Sebastian Mackenzie:Lights To My Siren-Lani Lynn Vale 10/07/23
Tucker Beckett:Before We Fall-Aurora Rose Reynolds 10/18/23
Uriel Delgado:Dark Encounters of the Unexpected Kind-I.T. Lucas 9/25/23
Vance Sutter:Crimson River-Devney Perry 9/14/23
Wyatt Ramsey:White Knuckles-Autumn Jones Lake 10/08/23
Xander Buckley:Hideaway Heart-Melanie Harlow 10/20/23
Y:DYlan Brodie:Attachment Theory-Kayley Loring 10/26/23
Zeke Cross:Cherry Lane-Kristen Proby 11/04/23

[JoAnne]

Awesome Frankie!

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Completed!

A-Z Male Character
Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2023
*For Q, U, X, Y and Z, the title only needs to have that letter somewhere in it.

26/26 completed

A: Aric Winters (Whispering by Amanda M. Lee) - 1/16/23
B: Bishop, Fenn (Rogue by Elle Kennedy) - 11/5/23
C: Cavalon Mercer (The Exiled Fleet by JS Dewes) - 6/4/23
D: Dalton, Eric (The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong) - 7/9/23
E: Ezra (Druid Vices and a Vodka by Annette Marie) - 2/19/23
F: Frederick Frankford Fletcher (Posthumous Education by Drew Hayes) - 3/31/23
G: Gunnar Stratton (Cast the First Crone by Amanda M. Lee) - 3/22/23
H: Henry (Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid) - 6/7/23
I: Ingerson, Gorm (Orconomics by Zachary J Pike) - 9/29/23
J: Jackson Tate (Sweet Dreams by Kristen Ashley) - 7/2/23
K: Kade Denton (Freaky Crush by Amanda M Lee) - 7/27/23
L: Lucas Cortez (Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong) - 8/11/23
M: Morris, Kit (Hellbound Guilds & Other Misdirections by Annette Marie) - 10/11/23
N: North, Jonah (The Cousins by Karen M McManus) - 6/22/23
O: Owen Mann (The Accomplice by Lisa Lutz) - 7/13/23
P: Percy, Desmond (Sugar Plum Spies by Jennifer Estep) - 4/8/23
Q: Quincy Cooper (A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones) - 1/3/23
R: Rigel (Crown of Shadows by K.M. Shea) - 1/21/23
S: Silas Wright (Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score) - 9/2/23
T: Tim O'Brien (Whacked by Adrienne Giordano) - 10/1/23
U: Ur'Mayan, Jynn (Son of a Liche by Zachary J Pike) - 11/3/23
V: Varek (Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder) - 3/1/23
W: Will Carmody (Selkies are a Girl's Best Friend by Molly Harper) - 4/2/23
X: Brady "Jax" Jackson (Death in the Park by London Lovette) - 4/4/23
Y: Mercury, Jax (Mercury Striking by Rebecca Zanetti) - 10/20/26
Z: Zylas Vh'alyir (Slaying Monsters for the Feeble by Annette Marie) - 2/14/23

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Diane!

[Sarah-Jane]

😁 All done 😉

A-Z Male Lead Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Goal: Read 26 books, each one with a male main character whose name begins with a different letter of the alphabet.

*For Q, U, X, Y and Z, the character only needs to have that letter somewhere in their name.

26/26

List:
A: Archie - White Teeth, Zadie Smith, Feb 18th
B: Buggy - One Piece, Volume 2: Buggy the Clown, Eiichiro Oda, Nov 29th
C: Christopher - Imaginary Friend, Stephen Chbosky, Feb 17th
D: Darrow - Red Rising, Pierce Brown, Mar 10th
E: Ernest - Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone, Benjamin Stevenson, Mar21st
F: Four - We Can Be Mended, Veronica Roth, Sep 16th
G: Gabriel - Where the Forest Meets the Stars, Glendy Vanderah, Feb 28th
H: Henry - The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas, James Patterson, May 8th
I: Invisible man - The Invisible Man, H.G. Wells, Dec 31st
J: Jacob Jankowski - Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen, May 4th
K: Kyle Kidd, Jefferson - News of the World, Paulette Jiles, Aug 10th
L: Leonard - The Cabin at the End of the World, Paul Tremblay, Sep 2nd
M: Monkey D Luffy - One Piece, Volume 1: Romance Dawn, Eiichiro Oda, Sep 20th
N: Newt Scamander - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, J.K. Rowling, Dec 20th
O: Ormerod, Michael - Triptych, Karin Slaughter, Dec 27th
P: Potter, James - James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing, G. Norman Lippert, Dec 31st
Q: Quint, Sam - Jaws, Peter Benchley, Nov 19th
R: Roronara Zoro - One Piece, Volume 3: Don't Get Fooled Again, Eiichiro Oda, Dec 21st
S: Santiago - The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho, May 13th
T: Tobias - The Traitor, Veronica Roth, Jun 23rd
U: Hans Huberman - The Book Thief, Markus Zusak, Sep 14th
V: Valentino - The First to Die at the End, Adam Silvera, Aug 2nd
W: Westley - The Princess Bride, William Goldman, Apr 25th
X: Alexander Rostov - A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles, Apr 1st
Y: Sammy Clay - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon, Sep 14th
Z: Zachary Ezra Rawlins - The Starless Sea, Erin Morgenstern, Apr 22

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Sarah-Jane!