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message 1: by Pink (new)
Dec 02, 2016 11:52AM

Pink | 5491 comments A-Z Author Challenge 2017

The challenge is to read 26 books, by 26 different authors, one for each letter of the alphabet.

The books can be any genre or publication date and you may use the author's first name or surname (and I guess middle name if you're really struggling!)

Only books read between January 1st - December 31st 2017 can be included.

This challenge can be used in conjunction with all of our other challenges. So you can double up and use the same book for as many as you like! I hope you'll all join us for another year of A-Z!

NOTE: When posting advancements on your challenge, please copy and re-post your original selections with your changes or post the original message number so interested members can follow your progress.


message 4: by Angie (last edited Nov 11, 2017 07:27PM) (new)
Dec 02, 2016 12:08PM

Angie | 496 comments This will be my first full year with the group, so I'm excited for all of these challenges. I have a Word doc full of A to Z titles and authors, but I can't wait to get some ideas from others!

A-Z Author Challenge
Jan 1- Dec 31, 2017
16/26 Completed

A - Sherwood Anderson - Winesburg, Ohio (06/01/2017)
B - Ray Bradbury - The Martian Chronicles
C - Agatha Christie by And Then There Were None (06/20/2017)
D - Charles Dickens - Great Expectations (06/15/2017)
E - Ernest Cline by Ready Player One (06/26/2017)
F - Robert Frost by The Road Not Taken and Other Poems (06/22/2017)
G - Wilhelm Grimm - Dear Mili (07/10/2017)
H - Henrik Ibsen - A Doll's House (11/04/2017)
I - Kazuo Ishiguro - The Remains of the Day (01/11/2017)
J - Joy Harjo - The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: Poems (06/17/2017)
K - Stephen King - Carrie (07/01/2017)
L - Dennis Lehane - Gone, Baby, Gone (09/02.2017)
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P - Beatrix Potter - The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (07/02/2017)
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R - Robert Louis Stevenson - Kidnapped (01/13/3017)
S - Dorothy L. Sayers - Whose Body? (01/08/2017)
T - Truman Capote - In Cold Blood (01/17/2017)
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W - William Shakespeare - Twelfth Night (07/02/2017)
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message 6: by Hailee (last edited Dec 02, 2016 05:41PM) (new)
Dec 02, 2016 05:41PM

Hailee | 277 comments A-Z Author Challenge
Jan 1- Dec 31, 2017
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message 9: by Symone (last edited Oct 02, 2017 02:42PM) (new)
Dec 09, 2016 06:04PM

Symone Lewis | 41 comments 2017 A-Z Author Challenge

Start Date: January 1, 2017
End Date: December 31, 2017
Books Completed: 14/26

A: Audrey Niffenegger- The Time Traveler's Wife (Finished: 4/17/2017)
B: Billie Letts- Where the Heart Is (Finished: 2/15/2017)
C: Chuck Palahniuk- Fight Club (Finished: 5/20/2017)
D: Diana Gabaldon- A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Finished: 1/24/2017)
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G: Gillian Flynn- Gone Girl (Finished: 3/22/2017)
H: Harper Lee- Go Set A Watchman (Finished: 6/10/2017)
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J: Joyce Carol Oates- The Gravedigger's Daughter (Finished: 3/15/2017)
K: Kim Edwards- The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Finished: 3/8/2017)
L: Lisa See- China Dolls (Finished: 8/27/2017)
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N: Nora Roberts- Vision in White (Finished: 10/2/2017)
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S: Sara Gruen- Water for Elephants (Finished: 3/26/2017)
T: Toni Morrison- Paradise (Finished: 3/29/2017)
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W: William Golding- Lord of the Flies (Finished: 5/27/2017)
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Y: Yann Martel- Life of Pi (Finished: 4/19/2017)
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message 10: by Hayley (last edited Jul 16, 2017 10:08PM) (new)
Dec 09, 2016 09:08PM

Hayley Shaver | 161 comments A To Z Author Challenge 2017- finished

A- Lady Susan- Jane Austen*
B- Jackson: A Novel- Max Byrd*
C- The Witch-Burning- Mary Elizabeth Counselman*
D- A Change of Heart- Sonali Dev*
E- The Ace of Spies � Don Von Elsner*
F- Cimarron- Edna Ferber*
G- The Firm- John Grisham*
H- Truth Restored: Gospel Principles- Gordon B. Hinckley *
I- Pioneer Humor- International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers*
J- Dubliners-James Joyce*
K- Princess Daisy- Judith Krantz*
L- Tempest- contributed to/edited by Mercedes Lackey*
M- Joseph Smith the Prophet- Truman G. Madsen*
N- The Witches� Dream Book; and Fortune Teller- AH Noe*
O- My Friend Flicka- Mary O’Hara*
P- The Raven, Illustrated Edition- Edgar Allen Poe*
Q-With This Ring- Amanda Quick*
R- Loose Ends- Terri Reid*
S- The Wentworth Letter- Joseph Smith, Jr.*
T- The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain*
U- Poems That Touch The Heart- Clarence Urmy(contributor)*
V- Tempest- Various*
W- Native Son- Richard Wright*
X- Inspirational Quotations from Latter-Day Saint Women-Xanthe K. Farnsworth(contributor)*
Y- Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist- Sunil Yapa*
Z- Free Within Poetry- Alma Zaidi(contributing)*
* is read

Current Update for May
A To Z Author Challenge 2017
Planned books
A- Lady Susan- Jane Austen*
B- Jackson: A Novel- Max Byrd*
C- The Witch-Burning- Mary Elizabeth Counselman*
D- A Change of Heart- Sonali Dev*
E- The Ace of Spies � Don Von Elsner*
F- Cimarron- Edna Ferber*
G- The Firm- John Grisham
H- Truth Restored: Gospel Principles- Gordon B. Hinckley *
I- Pioneer Humor- International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers*
J- Dubliners-James Joyce*
K- Princess Daisy- Judith Krantz*
L- Tempest- contributed to/edited by Mercedes Lackey*
M- Joseph Smith the Prophet- Truman G. Madsen*
N- The Witches� Dream Book; and Fortune Teller- AH Noe*
O- My Friend Flicka- Mary O’Hara*
P- The Raven, Illustrated Edition- Edgar Allen Poe*
Q-Seduction- Amanda Quick
R- Loose Ends- Terri Reid*
S- The Wentworth Letter- Joseph Smith, Jr.*
T- The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain*
U- Poems That Touch The Heart- Clarence Urmy(contributor)*
V- Tempest- Various*
W- Native Son- Richard Wright*
X- Inspirational Quotations from Latter-Day Saint Women-Xanthe K. Farnsworth(contributor)*
Y- Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist- Sunil Yapa*
Z- Free Within Poetry- Alma Zaidi(contributing)*
* is read
On occasion, a book will be changed or added to on this list.



Planned books (entered early December)
A- Infidel- Ayaan Hirsi Ali
B- Library of World Poetry- (edited by) Willam Cullen Bryant
C- The Rag Nymph- Catherine Cookson
D- Great Expectations- Charles Dickens
E- The Ace of Spies � Don Von Elsner
F- Howard’s End- E.M.Forster
G- The Firm- John Grisham
H- Kill the Messenger- Tami Hoag
I- By my Own Hands- Jude Idada
J- The Perfect Storm- Sebastian Junger
K- Self- Defense- Jonathan Kellerman
L- How the West was Won- Louis L’Amour
M- The Works of Maupassant- Guy de Maupassant
N- Jo Nesbo- The Snowman
O- Daughter of Prophecy- Miles Owens
P- Sisi Empress on Her Own- Allison Pataki
Q-Seduction- Amanda Quick
R- Jonathan Unleashed- Meg Rosoff
S- Gulliver’s Travels- Jonathan Swift
T- The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain
U- The Visionist- Rachel Urquhart
V- Poison Study- Maria V. Snyder
W- Fatal Impressions- Reba White Williams
X- The Autobiography of Malcolm X- Malcolm X, Alex Haley
Y- Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist- Sunil Yapa
Z- Zelda, An Illustrated Life: The Private world of Zelda Fitzgerald- Zelda Fitzgerald, Peter Kurth

that changed to:
A To Z Author Challenge 2017
Planned books
A- Infidel- Ayaan Hirsi Ali
B- Library of World Poetry- (edited by) Willam Cullen Bryant
C- The Rag Nymph- Catherine Cookson
D- Great Expectations- Charles Dickens
E- The Ace of Spies � Don Von Elsner
F- Howard’s End- E.M.Forster
G- The Firm- John Grisham
H- Kill the Messenger- Tami Hoag
I- By my Own Hands- Jude Idada
J- The Perfect Storm- Sebastian Junger
K- Self- Defense- Jonathan Kellerman
L- How the West was Won- Louis L’Amour
M- The Works of Maupassant- Guy de Maupassant
N- Jo Nesbo- The Snowman
O- Daughter of Prophecy- Miles Owens
P- Sisi Empress on Her Own- Allison Pataki
Q-Seduction- Amanda Quick
R- Jonathan Unleashed- Meg Rosoff
S- Gulliver’s Travels- Jonathan Swift
T- The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain
U- The Visionist- Rachel Urquhart
V- Poison Study- Maria V. Snyder
W- Native Son- Richard Wright
X- The Autobiography of Malcolm X- Malcolm X, Alex Haley
Y- Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist- Sunil Yapa
Z- Zelda, An Illustrated Life: The Private world of Zelda Fitzgerald- Zelda Fitzgerald, Peter Kurth
Jan. update
A To Z Author Challenge 2017
Planned books
A- Lady Susan- Jane Austen*
B- Jackson: A Novel- Max Byrd
C- The Rag Nymph- Catherine Cookson
D- Great Expectations- Charles Dickens
E- The Ace of Spies � Don Von Elsner
F- Howard’s End- E.M.Forster
G- The Firm- John Grisham
H- Truth Restored: Gospel Principles- Gordon B. Hinckley *
I- Pioneer Humor- International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers*
J- The Perfect Storm- Sebastian Junger
K- Princess Daisy- Judith Krantz*
L- How the West was Won- Louis L’Amour
M- The Works of Maupassant- Guy de Maupassant
N- Jo Nesbo- The Snowman
O- Daughter of Prophecy- Miles Owens
P- Sisi Empress on Her Own- Allison Pataki
Q-Seduction- Amanda Quick
R- Loose Ends- Terri Reid*
S- The Wentworth Letter- Joseph Smith, Jr.*
T- The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain
U- The Visionist- Rachel Urquhart
V- Poison Study- Maria V. Snyder
W- Native Son- Richard Wright*
X- The Autobiography of Malcolm X- Malcolm X, Alex Haley
Y- Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist- Sunil Yapa
Z- Zelda, An Illustrated Life: The Private world of Zelda Fitzgerald- Zelda Fitzgerald, Peter Kurth
* is read
On occasion, a book will be changed or added to on this list.
Update
A To Z Author Challenge 2017
Planned books
A- Lady Susan- Jane Austen*
B- Jackson: A Novel- Max Byrd*
C- The Witch-Burning- Mary Elizabeth Counselman*
D- Great Expectations- Charles Dickens
E- The Ace of Spies � Don Von Elsner
F- Cimarron- Edna Ferber*
G- The Firm- John Grisham
H- Truth Restored: Gospel Principles- Gordon B. Hinckley *
I- Pioneer Humor- International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers*
J- Dubliners-James Joyce*
K- Princess Daisy- Judith Krantz*
L- Tempest- contributed to/edited by Mercedes Lackey*
M- Joseph Smith the Prophet- Truman G. Madsen*
N- The Witches� Dream Book; and Fortune Teller- AH Noe*
O- My Friend Flicka- Mary O’Hara*
P- The Raven, Illustrated Edition- Edgar Allen Poe*
Q-Seduction- Amanda Quick
R- Loose Ends- Terri Reid*
S- The Wentworth Letter- Joseph Smith, Jr.*
T- The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain
U- The Visionist- Rachel Urquhart
V- Tempest- Various*
W- Native Son- Richard Wright*
X- Inspirational Quotations from Latter-Day Saint Women-Xanthe K. Farnworth(contributor)*
Y- Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist- Sunil Yapa
Z- Zelda, An Illustrated Life: The Private world of Zelda Fitzgerald- Zelda Fitzgerald, Peter Kurth
* is read
On occasion, a book will be changed or added to on this list.
March Update
A To Z Author Challenge 2017
Planned books
A- Lady Susan- Jane Austen*
B- Jackson: A Novel- Max Byrd*
C- The Witch-Burning- Mary Elizabeth Counselman*
D- A Change of Heart- Sonali Dev*
E- The Ace of Spies � Don Von Elsner
F- Cimarron- Edna Ferber*
G- The Firm- John Grisham
H- Truth Restored: Gospel Principles- Gordon B. Hinckley *
I- Pioneer Humor- International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers*
J- Dubliners-James Joyce*
K- Princess Daisy- Judith Krantz*
L- Tempest- contributed to/edited by Mercedes Lackey*
M- Joseph Smith the Prophet- Truman G. Madsen*
N- The Witches� Dream Book; and Fortune Teller- AH Noe*
O- My Friend Flicka- Mary O’Hara*
P- The Raven, Illustrated Edition- Edgar Allen Poe*
Q-Seduction- Amanda Quick
R- Loose Ends- Terri Reid*
S- The Wentworth Letter- Joseph Smith, Jr.*
T- The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain
U- Poems That Touch The Heart- Clarence Urmy(contributor)*
V- Tempest- Various*
W- Native Son- Richard Wright*
X- Inspirational Quotations from Latter-Day Saint Women-Xanthe K. Farnsworth(contributor)*
Y- Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist- Sunil Yapa
Z- Free Within Poetry- Alma Zaidi(contributing)*
* is read
On occasion, a book will be changed or added to on this list.


message 11: by Kathleen (last edited Dec 29, 2017 04:16AM) (new)
Dec 10, 2016 04:39AM

Kathleen | 5340 comments 2017 A-Z Author Challenge

Start Date: January 1, 2017
End Date: December 31, 2017
Books Completed: 23/26

A: Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey Read January 2017 ****
B: Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot Read January 2017 ***
C: James M. Cain, Mildred Pierce Read March 2017 ****
D: Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers Read March 2017 ****
E: George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss Read March 2017 ****
F: William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily Read August 2017 ****
G: Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton Read August 2017 ****
H: Joy Harjo, The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: Poems Read May 2017 ****
I: Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day Read January 2017
J: Cynan Jones, The Dig Read July 2017 ****
K: Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being Read April 2017
L: Penelope Lively, How It All Began Read March 2017 ****
M: Bharati Mukherjee, Jasmine Read September 2017 ****
N: Pablo Neruda, Selected Poems Read August 2017
O: Helen Oyeyemi, Mr. Fox Read January 2017 ***
P: Barbara Pym, Excellent Women Read March 2017 ****
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R: Arundhati Roy, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Read October 2017
S: Elinore Pruitt Stewart, Letters of a Woman Homesteader Read February 2017 ***
T: Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience Read January 2017
U: Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The Big Green Tent Read February 2017 ****
V: Mario Vargas Llosa, Letters to a Young Novelist Read June 2017 ****
W: Edith Wharton, Ethan FromeRead March 2017 ****
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message 12: by Patricia (last edited Jan 05, 2017 03:21AM) (new)
Dec 17, 2016 03:25PM

Patricia | 3 comments A-Z Author Challenge
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message 13: by Disha (new)
Dec 18, 2016 08:36PM

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message 17: by Si (books & coffee) (last edited Dec 07, 2017 11:56AM) (new)
Dec 27, 2016 05:01AM

Si (books & coffee) Guna give this a go.....

A-Z Author Challenge
Jan 1- Dec 31, 2017
26/26 Completed

A The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas - Completed 1st Feb
B Deception Point Dan Brown - Completed 18th Feb
C The Winter King Bernard Cornwell - Completed 27 Apr
D The Girl in the Spider's Web David Lagercrantz - Completed 12th May
E The Railway Children Edith Nesbit - Competed 27th Mar
F The Great Gatsby Scott Fitzgerald - Completed 8th Jan
G The Quiet American Graham Greene - Completed 15th Feb
H The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins - Completed 4th May
I Moonraker Ian Fleming - Completed 1st Aug
J Catch-22 Joseph Heller - Completed 19th July
K The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame - Completed 22nd Feb
L To Kill a Mocking Bird Harper Lee - Completed 29th May
M A Clash of Kings George RR Martin - Completed 1st July
N The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman - Completed 16th May
O The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde - Completed 24th Mar
P Reaper Man Terry Pratchett - Completed 4th Mar
Q The Good Traitor Ryan Quinn - Completed 11th Oct
R Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix JK Rowling - Completed 1st Mar
S Don Quixote Miguel de Cerventes Saavedra -
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T Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy - Completed 11th Aug
U The Stone Carvers Jane Urquhart - Completed 7th Apr
V Les Misérables Victor Hugo - Completed 7th Dec
W The Martian Andy Weir - Completed 17th Apr
X Anabasis 1-7 Xenophon - Completed 10th Sept
Y The 5th Wave Rick Yancey - Completed 29th Jan
Z The Angel's Game Carlos Ruiz Zafon - Completed 21st Feb


message 18: by Kelly_Hunsaker_reads (last edited Dec 02, 2017 10:50PM) (new)
Dec 31, 2016 08:15PM

Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... | 194 comments A-Z Author Challenge
Jan 1- Dec 31, 2017
15/26 Completed

A Andersen, Hans Christian The Little Mermaid completed 21 May
B Buck, Pearl S The Good Earth completed 2 April
C Cumming, Alan Not My Father's Son competed 10 Jan
D Defoe, Daniel - Robinson Crusoe - completed 20 Jan
E George Eliot The Mill on the Floss - completed 17 Nov
F Faulkner, William A Rose for Emily and Other Stories completed 14 Sep
G Grennan, Conor Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal completed 24 March
H - Hinton, SE The Outsiders completed 27 Jan
I - Kazuo Ishiguro - The Remains of the Day completed 1 Jan
J Jonas Jonasson Jonas Jonasson's The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared completed 1 Jan
K Kershaw, Alex The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice 1 Feb
L Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird completed 3 Apr
M Marquez, Gabriel Garcia - One Hundred Years of Solitude completed 5 Jan
N Noah, Trevor Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 21 Jan
O Orwell, George - 1984 completed 11 Jan
P Price, Richard The Whites completed 26 Apr
Q Quick, Matthew The Silver Linings Playbook completed 18 Nov
R Roberts, Sheila A Wedding on Primrose Street completed 25 Feb
S Stevenson, Robert Louis Kidnapped Read 2 Jan
T Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Read 25 Jan
U Updike, John Rabbit, Run Read 2 Dec
V Vance, JD Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis completed 4 Jan
W Woolf, Virginia A Room of One's Own Read 17 Jan
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Z Zola, Emile The Flood completed 18 Nov


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message 20: by Faouzia (new)
Jan 01, 2017 02:00AM

Faouzia | 34 comments A-Z Author Challenge
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message 22: by Anetq (last edited Dec 31, 2017 08:42AM) (new)
Jan 01, 2017 11:23AM

Anetq | 349 comments A-Z Author Challenge
Jan 1- Dec 31, 2017
26/26 Completed (31/12!)

A Margaret Atwood The Handmaid's Tale
B David Byrne How Music Works
C Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness
D Eva Dolan Tell No Tales
E Buchi Emecheta Andenrangs folk = Second Class Citizen
F Martin Ford Robotterne kommer: Om en fremtid uden arbejde
G Atul Gawande Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
H Bessie Head: Maru
I Jowhor Ile: And After Many Days
J Ken Jennings Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks
K Tété-Michel Kpomassie An African in Greenland
L David Lynch Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
M Naguib Mahfouz: Karnak Café
N Fabien Nury A morte de Stálin
O Helen Oyeyemi Mr. Fox
P Sylvia Plath The Bell Jar
Q Salvatore Quasimodo - 7 poems in Ord i tiden - 13 digtere i dansk gendigtning
R Ian Rankin Rather Be the Devil
S Patti Smith M Train
T Véronique Tadjo As the Crow Flies
U Maren Uthaug Og sådan blev det
V Brian K. Vaughan Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book One
W Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad
X Lu Xun åڱ
Y Ed Yong I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Z Gabrielle Zevin The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry


message 23: by Kelly_Hunsaker_reads (new)
Jan 01, 2017 11:07PM

Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... | 194 comments Can anyone tell me the best way to mark when a book is complete?


message 24: by Anetq (new)
Jan 03, 2017 06:20AM

Anetq | 349 comments Kelly wrote: "Can anyone tell me the best way to mark when a book is complete?"
Any way you like - some mark with bold, add the read date, or do a strike-through. I only add the books as I read them - as I don't have a plan beforehand.


message 25: by Katy, Quarterly Long Reads (new)
Jan 03, 2017 08:31AM

Katy (kathy_h) | 9475 comments Mod
Kelly wrote: "Can anyone tell me the best way to mark when a book is complete?"

Like Anetq said.


message 26: by RachelvlehcaR (new)
Jan 03, 2017 12:47PM

RachelvlehcaR (charminggirl) | 116 comments A-Z Author Challenge
Jan 1- Dec 31, 2017
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message 27: by Sarah (last edited Apr 21, 2017 04:32PM) (new)
Jan 03, 2017 05:11PM

Sarah (sasstel) | 335 comments A-Z Author Challenge
Jan 1- Dec 31, 2017

Alvarez, Julia: Before We Were Free (4/13)
Bryson, Bill: A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (4/5)
Cook, Blanche Wiesen: Eleanor Roosevelt: Vol 2, The Defining Years, 1933-38 (4/11)
Davis, Joshua: Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream (4/15)
Engel, Amy: The Roanoke Girls (4/9)
Flynn, Gillian: The Grownup (3/30)
Gaiman, Neil: Coraline (3/31)
Hamid, Mohsin: Exit West (4/12)
Ibsen, Henrik: A Doll's House (4/6)
Jahren, Hope: Lab Girl (4/18)
Krakauer, Jon: Into the Wild (3/22)
Lahiri, Jhumpa: In Other Words (4/10)
Maclean, Norman: A River Runs Through It (4/6)
Norris, Michele: The Grace of Silence: A Memoir (4/16)
Orenstein, Peggy: Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape (4/17)
Poe, Edgar Allan: The Murders in the Rue Morgue (4/17)
Quindlen, Anna: Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake (4/14)
Remarque, Erich Maria: All Quiet on the Western Front (4/13)
Stelson, Caren: Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story (4/7)
Thoreau, Henry David: Civil Disobedience (4/12)
Urrea, Luis Alberto: The Devil's Highway: A True Story (4/21)
Vance, J. D.: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (4/11)
Weiner, Jennifer: In Her Shoes (3/21)
Xenophon: The Apology (4/15)
Yolen, Jane: The Devil's Arithmetic (3/30)
Zakaria, Fareed: In Defense of a Liberal Education (3/18)

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DONE!


message 28: by Karen (last edited Jul 14, 2017 07:45AM) (new)
Jan 20, 2017 09:10AM

Karen Ireland (book-vixen) A-Z Author Challenge
Jan 1- Dec 31, 2017
I hope to finish the list this year with books from the Group Reads
15/26
Austen, Jane=Pride and Prejudice
Andersen Hans Christian=The Little Mermaid
Bronte, Anne=The Tenant of Wildfell HallRead 22-March-2017
Bronte Emily=Wuthering HeightsRead 29-March-2017
Bronte Charlotte=Jane Eyre Read 18th-April-2017
Bronte Charlotte=Villette Read 24-April-2017
Collins, Wilkie=The Woman in White Read 3- March -2017
Cross, Gillian=The IliadRead 07-April-2017
Dickens, Charles=Hard Times Read
Doyle, Conan Arthur=The Hound of the Baskervilles Read 10-April-2017
Exupery -Saint de Antoine=The Little PrinceRead May ***
Fanu Le Sheridan J=In a Glass Darkly Read
Golding, Williams=Lord of the Flies Read
Henry, James=The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories Read 11-March-2017
Huxley, Aldous =Brave New World
Hemingway, Ernest=The Old Man and the Sea
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Daphne du Maurier =Rebecca
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Shelly, Mary=Frankenstein Read
Stoker Bram=Dracula (Read- 09/03/2017) Read
Stevenson Louis Robert=The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Read 09-Jan-2017
Stevenson Louis Robert=Treasure Island Read
Tolkien, J.R.R= The Hobbit Read
Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Unknown=Beowulf: A Verse Translation Read 13-Feb-2017
Virginia WoolfTo the Lighthouse
Wilde,Oscar =An Ideal HusbandRead 22-Feb-2017
Wells, H.G.=The Invisible Man
Wells, H.G.=The Time Machine
Wells, H.G.=The War of the Worlds
X
Y
Z


message 29: by Matt (last edited Feb 15, 2017 04:04AM) (new)
Jan 27, 2017 04:01AM

Matt Carl (pressenter) Hello, going to give this challenge a try.

5/26 completed

A
B - We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo (finished 2/4/17)
C
D - Trainwreck by Sady Doyle (finished 2/13/17)
E - This is an Uprising by Mike and Paul Engler (finished 1/26/17)
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M - The PC Lie by Marissa Alexa McCool (finished 1/22/17)
N
O
P
Q
R - All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (finished 1/20/17)
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (finished 1/29/16)
Z


message 30: by Loretta (new)
Jan 27, 2017 06:19AM

Loretta | 2200 comments Best of luck Matt! :)


message 31: by Katy, Quarterly Long Reads (last edited Jan 31, 2017 07:18PM) (new)
Jan 31, 2017 07:17PM

Katy (kathy_h) | 9475 comments Mod
One month and 6 books finished for this challenge:

I even finished some of the harder letters already. Of course the first month is always the easiest.

A: Katherine Arden -- The Bear and the Nightingale
M: Juliet Marillier -- Daughter of the Forest
N: Naomi Novik -- His Majesty's Dragon
Q: Raymond Queneau -- Zazie in the Metro
S: Jane Smiley -- A Thousand Acres
X: Xinran -- The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices


message 32: by Pink (new)
Feb 01, 2017 07:21AM

Pink | 5491 comments And you've already checked off Q and X!! Great work!


message 33: by Yana (last edited Mar 26, 2017 11:14AM) (new)
Feb 24, 2017 12:20PM

Yana | 7 comments A-Z Author Challenge
Jan 1- Dec 31, 2017
Update 26.3.2017
7/26 Completed

A - Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale / completed
B - Julian Barnes - The Sense of an Ending
C - Jennifer Clements - Prayers for the Stolen / completed
D - Jeffery Deaver - Solitude Creek / completed
E - Jeffrey Eugenides - The Virgin Suicides
F - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
G - John Grisham - The Innocent Man / completed
D - Jeffery Deaver - Solitude Creek / completed
H - Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns / completed
I - John Irwing
J - Jonas Jonasson Jonas Jonasson's The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
K - Jack Kerouac - On the road
L - D.H. Lawrence - The Collected Short Stories / completed
M - Toni Morrison - Beloved
N - Silvia Nasar - A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics, 1994
O
P - Chuck Palahniuk- Fight Club
Q
R - Erich Maria Remarque
S - John Steinbeck - East of Eden
T - Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina
U
V
W - S.J.Watson - Before I Go to Sleep
X
Y - Richard Yates - Revolutionary Road
Z


message 35: by Yana (new)
Mar 27, 2017 03:05PM

Yana | 7 comments A-Z Author Challenge
Jan 1- Dec 31, 2017
Update 28.3.2017
9/26 Completed

A - Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale / completed on 26.3.2017
B - Julian Barnes - The Sense of an Ending
C - Jennifer Clements - Prayers for the Stolen / completed
D - Jeffery Deaver - Solitude Creek / completed
E - Jeffrey Eugenides - The Virgin Suicides
F - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
G - John Grisham - The Innocent Man / completed
D - Jeffery Deaver - Solitude Creek / completed
H - Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns / completed
I - John Irwing
J - Jonas Jonasson Jonas Jonasson's The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
K - Jack Kerouac - On the road
L - D.H. Lawrence - The Collected Short Stories / completed
M - Toni Morrison - Beloved
N - Silvia Nasar - A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics, 1994
O
P - Chuck Palahniuk- Fight Club / completed on 27.3.2017
Q
R - Erich Maria Remarque
S - John Steinbeck - East of Eden
T - Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina
U
V
W - S.J.Watson - Before I Go to Sleep / Completed
X
Y - Richard Yates - Revolutionary Road
Z


message 36: by Katy, Quarterly Long Reads (new)
Mar 27, 2017 03:37PM

Katy (kathy_h) | 9475 comments Mod
Nice, you are doing well with this challenge Janka.


message 38: by Katy, Quarterly Long Reads (new)
Mar 29, 2017 08:55PM

Katy (kathy_h) | 9475 comments Mod
Awesome! And you are Welcome. I hope you enjoy Xinran.


message 39: by Brina (new)
Mar 30, 2017 02:55AM

Brina Thank you, again. I hope so too so I can complete the challenge. It was not as hard to find authors as I thought it would be.


message 40: by Kathleen (new)
Mar 30, 2017 06:53PM

Kathleen | 5340 comments You are welcome, Brina, and I think you'll enjoy The Big Green Tent. What a fabulous list of ALL WOMEN writers you've got here! And you're going to read them all, I'm sure of it.

(I read Kitchen last year, and I think I should have rated it higher cuz it has really stuck with me. I'll look forward to your thoughts.)


message 41: by Brina (new)
Mar 31, 2017 11:17AM

Brina Kathleen, thank you again. I made a list of books for the 4 challenges in this group plus 5 "wild cards". I have give or take 50 books left that lets me juggle around. I hope to finish them all. I keep hearing amazing things about Big Green Tent from others as well and I am really excited about it.


message 42: by Krystal (last edited Dec 10, 2017 01:22PM) (new)
Apr 04, 2017 04:39PM

Krystal | 20 comments A-Z Challenge 2017

Books

A. Alaskan Wolf- Linda O Johnston

B- Born to Bite-Lynsay Sands
Breaking Dawn(Twilight Series)-Stephanie Meyer
Blood Promise(The Vampire Academy)Richelle Mead

C

D- Dark Side of The Moon- Sherrilyn Kenyon

E

F - Fade (Lisa McMann)
Frostbite(Vampire Academy)

G - Guardian of The Night-Linda Thomas Sundstorm
Wicked Glory-DelSheree Gladden
Gone-Lisa McMann

H

I

J

K

L -Les Miserables- by Victor Hugo

M

N- Night Myst-Yasmine Galenorn

O

P -Passion Unleashed(Larissa Ione )
Wicked Power(Wicked Hunger Series)DelSheree Gladden



Q

R Rediscovering Jesus- Matthew Kelly
Wicked Revenge(Wicked Hunger Series)-Delsheree Gladden

S Shadow Kiss(Vampire Academy)
Spirit Bound(Vampire Academy)

T- The Short Second Life of Bree Turner(Stephenie Meyer)

U

V - Vampire Academy(Richelle Mead)

W Wicked Hunger-DelSheree Gladden
Wake(Lisa McMann)


X

Y

Z



Authors/Characters

A Adrian Ivashov(Frostbite)

B -Bree Tanner(The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner)

C - Cabel(Fade)

D DelSheree Gladden (author)

E -Eshe d� Auresus(Born to Bite)

F

G

H

I -Isabella Swan Cullen(Breaking Dawn)

J - Jean Valjean(Les Miserables)
Janie(Wake)
Jannie Hathaway(Shadow Kiss)

K - Ketchup (Wicked Glory)
Komisky(Gone)

L -Larissa Ione (Author)
Lynsay Sands(Author)
Linda Thomas Sundstrom(Author)
Linda O Johnston(Author)


M -Matthew Kelly(Author)
Mason LanVal(Guardian of The Night)
Lisa McMann(Author)

N

O - Oscar(Wicked Revenge)

P Patrick Worley(Alaskan Wolf)

Q

R- Ravyn Kontis(Dark Side of The Moon)
Richelle Mead(Author)
Rose Hathaway(The Vampire Academy)

S Sherrilyn Kenyon(Author)
Stephanie Meyer(Author)


T Tatiana(Blood Promise)

U - Ulean(Night Myst)

V- Victor Hugo(Author)
Vanessa/Van(Wicked Hunger)

W- Wraith (Passion Unleashed)
Wes(Spirt Bound)

X

Y-Yasmine Galenorn(author)

Z -Zander(Wicked Power)

Town/State
A- Alaska(Alaskan Wolf)
Albuquerque(Wicked Power)

B
C- Canada(Born to Bite)
D
E-Egypt (Passion Unleashed)

F- France(Les Miserables)
France(Guardian of The Light)
Fieldridge(Wake)
G
H
I- Idaho(Frostbite)
J
K
L- Las Vegas(Spirit Bound)
M-Michigan(Gone)
Montana(The Vampire Academy)

N- New York(Passion Unleashed)
New Mexico(Wicked Hunger)
O
P- Pennsylvania(Shadow Kiss)
Q
R- Russia(Blood Promise)
S- Seattle (Dark Side of The Moon)
Seattle(The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner)
T
U
V
W- Washington(Night Myst)
Washington(Breaking Dawn)
X
Y
Z


message 43: by Brina (new)
Apr 06, 2017 10:10AM

Brina Finished Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto for Y. I found it raw and inspiring.
Review for those interested:
/review/show...


message 44: by Yana (new)
Apr 17, 2017 09:11AM

Yana | 7 comments 10/26 Completed

A - Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale / completed on 26.3.2017
B - Julian Barnes - The Sense of an Ending
C - Jennifer Clements - Prayers for the Stolen / completed
D - Jeffery Deaver - Solitude Creek / completed
E - Jeffrey Eugenides - The Virgin Suicides
F - F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
G - John Grisham - The Innocent Man / completed
D - Jeffery Deaver - Solitude Creek / completed
H - Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns / completed
I - John Irwing
J - Jonas Jonasson Jonas Jonasson's The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
K - Jack Kerouac - On the road
L - D.H. Lawrence - The Collected Short Stories / completed
M - Haruki Murakami - Kafka on the Shore / completed 17.4.2017 (originally Toni Morrison - Beloved)
N - Silvia Nasar - A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics, 1994
O
P - Chuck Palahniuk- Fight Club / completed on 27.3.2017
Q
R - Erich Maria Remarque
S - John Steinbeck - East of Eden
T - Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina
U
V
W - S.J.Watson - Before I Go to Sleep / Completed
X
Y - Richard Yates - Revolutionary Road
Z


message 45: by Christina (last edited May 02, 2017 07:27PM) (new)
May 02, 2017 07:17PM

Christina Nelson | 2 comments This is my first ŷ experience! I was doing this on my own, but decided to actually join in.

Here we go!

2/26 complete

A- Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
B- Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
C- The Stranger (Albert Camus) *5/2/17*
D- House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski) *4/24/17*
E- The Virgin Suicides (Jeffrey Eugenides)
F
G
H
I
J
K- The Trial (Franz Kafka)
L
M- Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z


message 46: by Katy, Quarterly Long Reads (new)
May 02, 2017 08:20PM

Katy (kathy_h) | 9475 comments Mod
Christina wrote: "This is my first ŷ experience! I was doing this on my own, but decided to actually join in.

Here we go!)..."

I hope you have fun with this. Welcome to the challenge Christina.


message 47: by Francisca (last edited Dec 06, 2017 08:23PM) (new)
May 10, 2017 06:29AM

Francisca | 281 comments Purely Fortuitous A-Z Author Challenge
Jan 1- Dec 31, 2017
22/26 Completed

A Richard Atwater: Mr. Popper's Penguins
B Jeanne Birdsall: The Penderwicks
C Wilkie Collins: The Law and the Lady
D Anthony Doerr: Memory Wall
E
F F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
G Nikolai Gogol: Dead Souls
H Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea
I Henrik Ibsen: A Doll's House
J Henry James: Washington Square
K Rudyard Kipling: The Jungle Book
L Andrew Lang: The Blue Fairy Book
M Siddhartha Mukherjee: The Gene: An Intimate History
N E. Nesbit: Five Children and It,
O
P Alexander Pushkin: The Captain's Daughter and Other Stories
Q Eça de Queiróz: O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra
R Marilynne Robinson: Gilead
S Brandon Sanderson: The Rithmatist, The Well of Ascension, The Hero of Ages
T Anthony Trollope: The Warden
U Fred Uhlman: O Reencontro
V J.D. Vance: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
W Oscar Wilde: The Canterville Ghost
X
Y
Z Zadie Smith: Swing Time

If it's not explicit from the list, I'm working my way through Brandon Sanderson's books with great enjoyment. :-)


message 48: by Brina (new)
May 13, 2017 07:27PM

Brina FInished letters E and V. 10 left.


message 49: by Karen (last edited Dec 14, 2017 05:48PM) (new)
May 22, 2017 03:38PM

Karen | 26 comments Looking forward to this.

A Jane Austen - Teenage Writings
B Mary Elizabeth Braddon - Lady Audley's Secret
C Raymond Chandler - The Big Sleep
D Marguerite Duras - The Lover
E Louise Erdrich - Love Medicine
F Ian Fleming - Thunderball
G Graham Greene - Monsignor Quixote
H Thomas Hardy - Far From the Madding Crowd
I Martin Israel - Doubt: The Way of Growth
J Neil Jordan - The Borgia Apocalypse
K Susanna Kaysen - Girl, Interrupted
L Richard Llewellyn - How Green Was My Valley
M Margaret Mitchell - Gone With the Wind
N Vladimir Nabokov - Lolita
O George Orwell - Keep the Aspidistra Flying
P Barbara Pym - No Fond Return of Love
Q Eça de Queirós - The Crime of Father Amaro (well part of the name has a Q).
R Veronica Roth - Divergent Trilogy
S J D Salinger - Franny and Zooey
T Bodie Thoene - The Gates of Zion
U Unknown - Beowulf
V António Vieira - The Sermon of Saint Anthony to the Fish
W Horace Walpole - Hieroglyphic Tales
X Xinran - Buy Me the Sky
Y Richard Yates - The Easter Parade
Z Émile Zola - The Fortune of the Rougons.
This was my last book to complete the list and I finished it on the 14th of December. Bring on next years challenge.


message 50: by Katy, Quarterly Long Reads (new)
May 22, 2017 05:59PM

Katy (kathy_h) | 9475 comments Mod
Nice start Karen. Glad you joined us in the challenge.


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