1Carol420
I cannot. and will not take any credit for the idea of this. A very good friend on a couple of my other groups, "tealadytoo", (also known as Ellen), is entirely responsible for this. I thought that some of you might like to play along... and it lasts the entire year, so you can take your time. There are choices of levels of participation that you may choose from. If you finish before the year is out, you may choose a different level or redo the same level if you'd like. Whatever you choose...just have fun. If everyone likes it, I'll put it up again in 2023.
1. The Die-Hard Reader: For each letter of the alphabet, read a book whose title starts with that letter, and read a book whose author's last name begins with that letter. (You will need two lists of letters, one for titles and one for authors.
2 The Semi-Diehard Reader:- for each letter of the alphabet read a book whose title OR whose author's first OR last name begins with that letter. (You will only need 1 list of alphabet letters)
3. The Picker and Dabbler: - pick a list of letters meaningful to you. You can add another list of letters if you finish one before the 31st of December 2022. It could be the initials of your kids or grandkids, or the letters in your name, or the letters in the title of your favorite book, or the letters in your pet's name... a holiday or an event...whatever means something to you! Then read a book with a title and/or author (first OR last name), that starts with each letter on your personal list. However long or short you choose to make it!
If you have questions, please feel free to ask.
1. The Die-Hard Reader: For each letter of the alphabet, read a book whose title starts with that letter, and read a book whose author's last name begins with that letter. (You will need two lists of letters, one for titles and one for authors.
2 The Semi-Diehard Reader:- for each letter of the alphabet read a book whose title OR whose author's first OR last name begins with that letter. (You will only need 1 list of alphabet letters)
3. The Picker and Dabbler: - pick a list of letters meaningful to you. You can add another list of letters if you finish one before the 31st of December 2022. It could be the initials of your kids or grandkids, or the letters in your name, or the letters in the title of your favorite book, or the letters in your pet's name... a holiday or an event...whatever means something to you! Then read a book with a title and/or author (first OR last name), that starts with each letter on your personal list. However long or short you choose to make it!
If you have questions, please feel free to ask.
2Carol420
Carol Is Diffidently a Die-Hard or A Glutton for Punishment
Titles (Also in DTT)
26/26 - 8/5
Angel of Death, The - Alane Ferguson
Blade Between, The - Sam J. Miller
Cold, Cold Ground, The - Adrian McKinity
Dark Game, The - Jonatha Janz
Eugene and The Box of Nails - Jaime Samms
Featherbed - Annabeth Albert
Ghostly Paws - Leighann Dobbs
Hope on the Rocks - Annabeth Albert
Into The Wolves Den - Jon Athan
James Uncontrollable - Felice Stevens
Kings of The Mountain - Morgan Brice
London's Number One Dog-Walking Agency - Kate MacDougall
Murder House - Jordan Costello Price
Now and Then - Robert Parker
Open Mind - Luna David
Protecting Braden - Luna David
Queen and I- Sue Townsend
Reckless Girls - Rachel Hawkins
Summer Sons - Lee Mandelo
Tent,The - Kealan Patrick Burke
Untouchable - Robert Innes
Victim of A Delusional Mind - K.J. North
Winter Ball -Amy Lane
X It - Jane George
Year One - Nora Roberts
Zero At The Bone - Jane Seville
Authors
26/26 - 11/22
Albert, Annabeth
Burke, Kealan Patrick
Cassatta, Allison
Dobbs, Leighann
Edwards, Mark
Finley, Eden
Grey, Andrew
Hawkins, Rachel
Innes, Robert
Janz, Jonathan
Klune, T.J.
Lanyon, Josh
Mendalo, Lee
North, K.J.
Ozeki, Ruth
Price Jordan Castillo
Quinn, Julia
Roberts, Nora
Sorensen, Chris
Townsend, Sue
Urban, Madeline
VanLeer, Samantha
Walker, N.R.
Xander, Tianna
Yasmine Galenorn
Zabo, Anna
3LibraryCin
If I didn't already have so many challenges! I suppose I could try this IF I have extra time in a month...? :-)
I do a different alphabet challenge, though, and in the way of encouragement, I find this is a good way to get some books off the tbr that sometimes don't come to the forefront, otherwise. At least it works that way for me .
I do a different alphabet challenge, though, and in the way of encouragement, I find this is a good way to get some books off the tbr that sometimes don't come to the forefront, otherwise. At least it works that way for me .
4Carol420
>3 LibraryCin: I know we both do Heather's challenge On Dusty's site. Ellen came up with this variation with a choice of how much the participant wanted to do with different levels and I thought it might be an easy thing for this group since they have an entire year to finish. I have a lot of challenges also and sometimes forget to check them:)
5LibraryCin
>4 Carol420: Good point! This can be anything throughout the year... Much of it will just fit in, anyway. I'll set it up... Thanks for the push! :-)
ETA: Technically, I could do option #2 without any effort, as it pretty much mimics what I do for the other alphabet challenge (though that one chooses two letters/month with X and Z being ok for all year). But I'm going to try for option #1 and see how I do.
Let me tell you... X is the hardest one for me. I don't think I've done X at all the past couple of years!
ETA: Technically, I could do option #2 without any effort, as it pretty much mimics what I do for the other alphabet challenge (though that one chooses two letters/month with X and Z being ok for all year). But I'm going to try for option #1 and see how I do.
Let me tell you... X is the hardest one for me. I don't think I've done X at all the past couple of years!
6LibraryCin
ETA: This challenge is in both Dusty's group and Read It, Track It.
Titles
A: As I Lay Dying / William Faulkner. 2 stars
B: The Bluebird Effect / Julie Zickefoose. 4 stars
C: Confessions of a Sociopath / M. E. Thomas. 3.5 stars
D: The Dutch House / Ann Patchett. 3.75 stars
E: Elizabeth of York / Alison Weir. 3.25 stars
F: Forgiveness / Mark Sakamoto. 4 stars
G: Ghost Stories of Saskatchewan 4 / Jo-Anne Christensen. 4 stars
H: The Heights / Louise Candlish. 4 stars
I: I'll Be Gone in the Dark / Michelle McNamara. 3.5 stars
J: Jonny Appleseed / Joshua Whitehead. 2 stars
K: The Keepers / Tan Van Huizen. 3.5 stars
L: Lab Girl / Hope Jahren. 3.25 stars
M: Maus I / Art Spiegelman. 4 stars
N: Not the Killing Type / Lorna Barrett. 3.5 stars
O: The Only Alien on the Planet / Kristen D. Randle. 3.5 stars
P: Penelope / Rebecca Harrington. 2.5 stars
Q: The Queen and Lord M / Jean Plaidy. 3.5 stars
R: Rose in Bloom / Louisa May Alcott. 2 stars
S: Small and Tall Tales of Extinct Animals / Helene Rajcak, Damien Laverdunt. 4 stars
T: A Tap on the Window / Linwood Barclay. 4.25 stars
U: Until Leaves Fall in Paris / Sarah Sundin. 3.5 stars
V: The Voyage of the Narwhal / Andrea Barrett. 3.5 stars
W: Wild Awake / Hilary T. Smith. 3 stars
X:
Y: You Take it From Here / Pamela Ribon. 3.5 stars
Z:
Authors (Last name)
A: Click Here for Murder / Donna Andrews. 4 stars
B: A Tap on the Window / Linwood Barclay. 4.25 stars
C: Ghost Stories of Saskatchewan 3 / Jo-Anne Christensen. 4 stars
D: Prayers for Sale / Sandra Dallas. 3.5 stars
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F: As I Lay Dying / William Faulkner. 2 stars
G: The Lady of the Rivers / Philippa Gregory. 4 stars
H: Penelope / Rebecca Harrington. 2.5 stars
I: In One Person / John Irving. 3 stars
J: Lab Girl / Hope Jahren. 3.25 stars
K: Shopaholic Ties the Knot / Sophie Kinsella. 4 stars
L: The Wife's Tale / Lori Lansens. 3.5 stars
M: I'll Be Gone in the Dark / Michelle McNamara. 3.5 star
N: Little Fires Everywhere / Celeste Ng. 3.25 stars
O: Becoming / Michelle Obama. 3.75 stars
P: Brian's Return / Gary Paulsen. 3 stars
Q:
R: Small and Tall Tales of Extinct Animals / Helene Rajcak, Damien Laverdunt. 4 stars
S: Forgiveness / Mark Sakamoto. 4 stars
T: Confessions of a Sociopath / M. E. Thomas. 3.5 stars
U: The Secrets Between Us / Thrity Umrigar. 3.5 stars
V: The Keepers / Tan Van Huizen. 3.5 stars
W: Jonny Appleseed / Joshua Whitehead. 2 stars
X:
Y: City Under One Roof / Iris Yamashita. 3.5 stars
Z: The Bluebird Effect / Julie Zickefoose. 4 stars
Titles
A: As I Lay Dying / William Faulkner. 2 stars
B: The Bluebird Effect / Julie Zickefoose. 4 stars
C: Confessions of a Sociopath / M. E. Thomas. 3.5 stars
D: The Dutch House / Ann Patchett. 3.75 stars
E: Elizabeth of York / Alison Weir. 3.25 stars
F: Forgiveness / Mark Sakamoto. 4 stars
G: Ghost Stories of Saskatchewan 4 / Jo-Anne Christensen. 4 stars
H: The Heights / Louise Candlish. 4 stars
I: I'll Be Gone in the Dark / Michelle McNamara. 3.5 stars
J: Jonny Appleseed / Joshua Whitehead. 2 stars
K: The Keepers / Tan Van Huizen. 3.5 stars
L: Lab Girl / Hope Jahren. 3.25 stars
M: Maus I / Art Spiegelman. 4 stars
N: Not the Killing Type / Lorna Barrett. 3.5 stars
O: The Only Alien on the Planet / Kristen D. Randle. 3.5 stars
P: Penelope / Rebecca Harrington. 2.5 stars
Q: The Queen and Lord M / Jean Plaidy. 3.5 stars
R: Rose in Bloom / Louisa May Alcott. 2 stars
S: Small and Tall Tales of Extinct Animals / Helene Rajcak, Damien Laverdunt. 4 stars
T: A Tap on the Window / Linwood Barclay. 4.25 stars
U: Until Leaves Fall in Paris / Sarah Sundin. 3.5 stars
V: The Voyage of the Narwhal / Andrea Barrett. 3.5 stars
W: Wild Awake / Hilary T. Smith. 3 stars
X:
Y: You Take it From Here / Pamela Ribon. 3.5 stars
Z:
Authors (Last name)
A: Click Here for Murder / Donna Andrews. 4 stars
B: A Tap on the Window / Linwood Barclay. 4.25 stars
C: Ghost Stories of Saskatchewan 3 / Jo-Anne Christensen. 4 stars
D: Prayers for Sale / Sandra Dallas. 3.5 stars
E:
F: As I Lay Dying / William Faulkner. 2 stars
G: The Lady of the Rivers / Philippa Gregory. 4 stars
H: Penelope / Rebecca Harrington. 2.5 stars
I: In One Person / John Irving. 3 stars
J: Lab Girl / Hope Jahren. 3.25 stars
K: Shopaholic Ties the Knot / Sophie Kinsella. 4 stars
L: The Wife's Tale / Lori Lansens. 3.5 stars
M: I'll Be Gone in the Dark / Michelle McNamara. 3.5 star
N: Little Fires Everywhere / Celeste Ng. 3.25 stars
O: Becoming / Michelle Obama. 3.75 stars
P: Brian's Return / Gary Paulsen. 3 stars
Q:
R: Small and Tall Tales of Extinct Animals / Helene Rajcak, Damien Laverdunt. 4 stars
S: Forgiveness / Mark Sakamoto. 4 stars
T: Confessions of a Sociopath / M. E. Thomas. 3.5 stars
U: The Secrets Between Us / Thrity Umrigar. 3.5 stars
V: The Keepers / Tan Van Huizen. 3.5 stars
W: Jonny Appleseed / Joshua Whitehead. 2 stars
X:
Y: City Under One Roof / Iris Yamashita. 3.5 stars
Z: The Bluebird Effect / Julie Zickefoose. 4 stars
7Carol420
>6 LibraryCin: Yeah! Welcome aboard. I used this one for X two or so years ago. it wasn't more than a 3 or 3.5-star book...but hey...it DID START WITH X. Feel free to use it if you think it's something you can read. it's a romance with some funny parts. Relax. It's not the type of romances I usually read:)
X-Treme Dating - Cathy McDavid
X-Treme Dating - Cathy McDavid
8LibraryCin
>7 Carol420: LOL! Thanks! We'll see. :-)
9Hope_H
I'll give it a shot! If I'm not teaching/subbing as much or babysitting grandchildren, I might get more reading done!
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>9 Hope_H: Glad to have you here, Hope. :)
11threadnsong
OK, this looks like a challenge I can do! It will fit in with my other challenges and may give form to some of my "general" reading as well.
Semi-die hard:
A: Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch
B: Elaine Bergstrom, The Door Through Washington Square
C: Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None
D: Diana L. Paxson, The Hallowed Isle
E: Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman
F: Felicity Savage, Humility Garden
G: Charlotte Perkins Gillman, Herland
H: Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
I: Kevin Ikenberry, Sleeper Protocol
J: Jojo Moyes, The Giver of Stars
K: Katherine May, Wintering
L: Joan Lingard, Across the Barricades
M: Patricia A. McKillip, Alphabet of Thorns
N: Katherine Neville, The Eight
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P: Elizabeth Peters, The Curse of the Pharaohs
Q:
R: Richard Adams, The Plague Dogs
S: Jennifer Shannon, Don't Feed the Monkey Mind
T: Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
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V: Victoria Christopher Murray, The Personal Librarian
W: Fred Willard, Down on Ponce
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Y: William Butler Yeats, Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland
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Semi-die hard:
A: Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch
B: Elaine Bergstrom, The Door Through Washington Square
C: Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None
D: Diana L. Paxson, The Hallowed Isle
E: Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman
F: Felicity Savage, Humility Garden
G: Charlotte Perkins Gillman, Herland
H: Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
I: Kevin Ikenberry, Sleeper Protocol
J: Jojo Moyes, The Giver of Stars
K: Katherine May, Wintering
L: Joan Lingard, Across the Barricades
M: Patricia A. McKillip, Alphabet of Thorns
N: Katherine Neville, The Eight
O:
P: Elizabeth Peters, The Curse of the Pharaohs
Q:
R: Richard Adams, The Plague Dogs
S: Jennifer Shannon, Don't Feed the Monkey Mind
T: Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
U:
V: Victoria Christopher Murray, The Personal Librarian
W: Fred Willard, Down on Ponce
X:
Y: William Butler Yeats, Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland
Z:
12Carol420
>11 threadnsong: So very happy to see you joining us.
13deaflower
Hey! I'm doing this challenge in StoryGraph. Maybe I could shift it to LibraryThing as well.
14deaflower
Yippee! I'm going to be one crazy reader this year. But it's one way to get my shelves empty.
Die-hard Crazy Reader
TITLES📚
A: A Spell Of Winter-Helen Dunmore 2.5⭐
B: Before You Knew My Name-Jacqueline Bublitz 5⭐
C: Chernobyl: The Final Warning- Robert Peter Gale 3⭐
D: Daylight-Max Allan Collins 3⭐
E: Elsewhere-Gabrielle Zevin 4⭐
F: Fractured-Dani Atkins 4.5⭐
G: Golden Bats And Pink Pigeons-Gerald Durrell 4⭐
H: Haunted-James Herbert 3⭐
I: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade-Rob MacGregor 4⭐
J: Jaws-Peter Benchley (My favorite movie😁 🦈) 3⭐
K: The Kachina Doll Mystery-Carolyn Keene 3.75⭐
L: Little House In The Ozarks-Laura Ingalls Wilder 3⭐
M: My Family And Other Animals-Gerald Durrell 4⭐
N: The Nightingale-Kristin Hannah 4⭐
O: Oz The Great And Powerful-Scott Peterson 3⭐
P: Put Out The Light-Terry Deary 3⭐
Q: The Quest Of The Missing Map-Carolyn Keene 3⭐
R: Rosy Is My Relative-Gerald Durrell 3⭐
S: Small Wonder-Mari Friend 3⭐
T: The Greatcoat-Helen Dunmore 4⭐
U: Under The Sea Wind-Rachel Carson 3⭐
V: Virgin River-Robyn Carr 4⭐
W: Words In The Dust-Trent Reedy 3⭐
X: X-Men-Dean Wesley Smith 3⭐
Y: The Yellow Feather Mystery-Franklin W. Dixon 3⭐
Z: Zathura-Chris Van Allsburg 3⭐
AUTHORS LAST NAME📚
Atkins, Dani-A Million Dreams 5⭐
Brown, Helen-Cleo 3⭐
Carr, Robyn-Shelter Mountain 4⭐
Donati, Sara-Where The Light Enters 5.5⭐
Eaton, John-Titanic: Destination Disaster 3⭐
Fisher, Carrie-Postcards From The Edge 3⭐
Gram, Dewey-Dante's Peak 4⭐
Herriot, James-If Only They Could Talk 4⭐
Ibbotson, Eva-A Company Of Swans 3⭐
Julian, Fellowes-Belgravia 3⭐
Koontz, Dean-The Taking 4⭐
Lewis, C. S.-The Dark Tower And Other Stories 3⭐
Monk, Connie-Something Old, Something New 3⭐
Nathaniel, Philbrick-In The Heart Of The Sea 4⭐
O'Brien, Edna-Girls In Their Married Bliss 2⭐
Pulley, Natasha-The Watchmaker of Filigree Street 2⭐
Quindlen, Anna-Good Dog, Stay 4.5⭐
Rollins, James-Innocent Blood 4.5⭐
Searles, Hank-Jaws 2 3⭐
Tolkien, J.R.R.-The Return Of The King 3⭐
Ure, Jean-Lemonade Sky 4⭐
Verne, Jules-Around The World In 80 Days 3⭐
Walker, Alice-The Complete Stories 2⭐
Xinran,-Sky Burial 3⭐
Yousafzai, Malala-I Am Malala 4⭐
Zindel, Paul-The Pigman 3⭐
~THE END~
Die-hard Crazy Reader
TITLES📚
A: A Spell Of Winter-Helen Dunmore 2.5⭐
B: Before You Knew My Name-Jacqueline Bublitz 5⭐
C: Chernobyl: The Final Warning- Robert Peter Gale 3⭐
D: Daylight-Max Allan Collins 3⭐
E: Elsewhere-Gabrielle Zevin 4⭐
F: Fractured-Dani Atkins 4.5⭐
G: Golden Bats And Pink Pigeons-Gerald Durrell 4⭐
H: Haunted-James Herbert 3⭐
I: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade-Rob MacGregor 4⭐
J: Jaws-Peter Benchley (My favorite movie😁 🦈) 3⭐
K: The Kachina Doll Mystery-Carolyn Keene 3.75⭐
L: Little House In The Ozarks-Laura Ingalls Wilder 3⭐
M: My Family And Other Animals-Gerald Durrell 4⭐
N: The Nightingale-Kristin Hannah 4⭐
O: Oz The Great And Powerful-Scott Peterson 3⭐
P: Put Out The Light-Terry Deary 3⭐
Q: The Quest Of The Missing Map-Carolyn Keene 3⭐
R: Rosy Is My Relative-Gerald Durrell 3⭐
S: Small Wonder-Mari Friend 3⭐
T: The Greatcoat-Helen Dunmore 4⭐
U: Under The Sea Wind-Rachel Carson 3⭐
V: Virgin River-Robyn Carr 4⭐
W: Words In The Dust-Trent Reedy 3⭐
X: X-Men-Dean Wesley Smith 3⭐
Y: The Yellow Feather Mystery-Franklin W. Dixon 3⭐
Z: Zathura-Chris Van Allsburg 3⭐
AUTHORS LAST NAME📚
Atkins, Dani-A Million Dreams 5⭐
Brown, Helen-Cleo 3⭐
Carr, Robyn-Shelter Mountain 4⭐
Donati, Sara-Where The Light Enters 5.5⭐
Eaton, John-Titanic: Destination Disaster 3⭐
Fisher, Carrie-Postcards From The Edge 3⭐
Gram, Dewey-Dante's Peak 4⭐
Herriot, James-If Only They Could Talk 4⭐
Ibbotson, Eva-A Company Of Swans 3⭐
Julian, Fellowes-Belgravia 3⭐
Koontz, Dean-The Taking 4⭐
Lewis, C. S.-The Dark Tower And Other Stories 3⭐
Monk, Connie-Something Old, Something New 3⭐
Nathaniel, Philbrick-In The Heart Of The Sea 4⭐
O'Brien, Edna-Girls In Their Married Bliss 2⭐
Pulley, Natasha-The Watchmaker of Filigree Street 2⭐
Quindlen, Anna-Good Dog, Stay 4.5⭐
Rollins, James-Innocent Blood 4.5⭐
Searles, Hank-Jaws 2 3⭐
Tolkien, J.R.R.-The Return Of The King 3⭐
Ure, Jean-Lemonade Sky 4⭐
Verne, Jules-Around The World In 80 Days 3⭐
Walker, Alice-The Complete Stories 2⭐
Xinran,-Sky Burial 3⭐
Yousafzai, Malala-I Am Malala 4⭐
Zindel, Paul-The Pigman 3⭐
~THE END~
15Carol420
>14 deaflower: Welcome aboard and good luck.
16LibraryCin
>14 deaflower: But it's one way to get my shelves empty.
This is what we ALWAYS think... until other people post reviews and more gets added to the tbr! ;-)
This is what we ALWAYS think... until other people post reviews and more gets added to the tbr! ;-)
17Carol420
>16 LibraryCin: Just close your eyes when you read them:))
19deaflower
>16 LibraryCin: Very true, but I'm going to try to not add too many more books in 2022. Famous last words I know:-)
20Sergeirocks
Don’t know how many I’ll get through, but here goes:
Book Titles
A: Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance - M. C. Beaton 3.5★
B: (The) Ballad of John MacLea - A.J. MacKenzie 5★s
C: (A) Castaway in Cornwall - Julie Klassen 4★s
D: (The) Day of the Serpent - Cassandra Clark 4★s
E: Enemies of the State: The Cato Street Conspiracy - M. J. Trow 4★s
F: (A) False Mirror - Charles Todd 5★s
G: (The) Green Pen Mystery & Other Stories - Donald Stuart 4★s
H: Hairpin Bridge - Taylor Adams 4★s
I: (The) Island - Adrian McKinty 4★s
J: (The) Judas Sheep - Stuart Pawson 5★s
K: (The) Keeper of Happy Endings - Barbara Davis 4.5★s
L: Lethal Frost - Danny Miller 4★s
M: Murder for Christmas - Francis Duncan 3.5★s
N: Never Greener - Ruth Jones 3★s
O: One Hundred Names - Cecelia Ahern 5★s
P: (The) Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens 4★s
Q: Queer Face - Gerald Verner 4★s
R: Resurrection Men - Ian Rankin 5★s
S: (A) Shetland Winter Mystery - Marsali Taylor 4★s
T: Treacherous is the Night - Anna Lee Huber 3.5★s
U: (The) Unheard - Nicci French 4★s
V: (The) Valley of Fear - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 4.5★s
W: White Horse - Joss Stirling 4★s
X: (The) Xanders Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s
Y: You Never Said Goodbye - Luca Veste 3★s
Z: (The) Zachery Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s
Authors:
A: Ahern, Cecelia (One Hundred Names 5★s)
B: Brett, Simon (A Comedian Dies 4★s)
C: Clark, Cassandra (The Day of the Serpent 4★s)
D: Duncan, Francis (Murder for Christmas 3.5★s)
E: Edwards, Martin (The Cipher Garden 4★s)
F: Forsyth, Frederick (The Day of the Jackal 4★s)
G: George, Elizabeth (Well-Schooled in Murder 4★s)
H: Hillerman, Anne (Song of the Lion 4★s)
I: Innes, Michael (Appleby and Honeybath) 3.5★s
J: Jones, Ruth (Never Greener 3★s)
K: Klassen, Julie (A Castaway in Cornwall 4★s)
L: Lloyd, Catherine (Death Comes to Bath 4★s)
M: MacKenzie, A.J. (The Ballad of John MacLea 5★s)
N: Norton, Sheila (Winter at Cliff’s End Cottage 3.75★s)
O: Organ, Emily (The Rookery 3.5★s)
P: Pawson, Stuart (The Judas Sheep 5★s)
Q: Quinn, Kate (The Diamond Eye 4★s)
R: Rankin, Ian (Resurrection Men 5★s)
S: Stuart, Donald (The Green Pen Mystery & Other Stories 4★s)
T: Taylor, Marsali (Shetland Winter Mystery 4★s)
U: Upson, Nicola (Sorry for the Dead 4★s)
V: Verner, Gerald (Queer Face 4★s)
W: Weaver, Ashley (A Most Novel Revenge 4★s)
X: Xarissa, Diana (Arrivals and Arrests 3.5★s)
Y: Young, Gavin (Slow Boats to China 3.5★s)
Z: Zusak, Markus (I Am the Messenger 4.5★s)
Book Titles
A: Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance - M. C. Beaton 3.5★
B: (The) Ballad of John MacLea - A.J. MacKenzie 5★s
C: (A) Castaway in Cornwall - Julie Klassen 4★s
D: (The) Day of the Serpent - Cassandra Clark 4★s
E: Enemies of the State: The Cato Street Conspiracy - M. J. Trow 4★s
F: (A) False Mirror - Charles Todd 5★s
G: (The) Green Pen Mystery & Other Stories - Donald Stuart 4★s
H: Hairpin Bridge - Taylor Adams 4★s
I: (The) Island - Adrian McKinty 4★s
J: (The) Judas Sheep - Stuart Pawson 5★s
K: (The) Keeper of Happy Endings - Barbara Davis 4.5★s
L: Lethal Frost - Danny Miller 4★s
M: Murder for Christmas - Francis Duncan 3.5★s
N: Never Greener - Ruth Jones 3★s
O: One Hundred Names - Cecelia Ahern 5★s
P: (The) Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens 4★s
Q: Queer Face - Gerald Verner 4★s
R: Resurrection Men - Ian Rankin 5★s
S: (A) Shetland Winter Mystery - Marsali Taylor 4★s
T: Treacherous is the Night - Anna Lee Huber 3.5★s
U: (The) Unheard - Nicci French 4★s
V: (The) Valley of Fear - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 4.5★s
W: White Horse - Joss Stirling 4★s
X: (The) Xanders Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s
Y: You Never Said Goodbye - Luca Veste 3★s
Z: (The) Zachery Case - Diana Xarissa 3★s
Authors:
A: Ahern, Cecelia (One Hundred Names 5★s)
B: Brett, Simon (A Comedian Dies 4★s)
C: Clark, Cassandra (The Day of the Serpent 4★s)
D: Duncan, Francis (Murder for Christmas 3.5★s)
E: Edwards, Martin (The Cipher Garden 4★s)
F: Forsyth, Frederick (The Day of the Jackal 4★s)
G: George, Elizabeth (Well-Schooled in Murder 4★s)
H: Hillerman, Anne (Song of the Lion 4★s)
I: Innes, Michael (Appleby and Honeybath) 3.5★s
J: Jones, Ruth (Never Greener 3★s)
K: Klassen, Julie (A Castaway in Cornwall 4★s)
L: Lloyd, Catherine (Death Comes to Bath 4★s)
M: MacKenzie, A.J. (The Ballad of John MacLea 5★s)
N: Norton, Sheila (Winter at Cliff’s End Cottage 3.75★s)
O: Organ, Emily (The Rookery 3.5★s)
P: Pawson, Stuart (The Judas Sheep 5★s)
Q: Quinn, Kate (The Diamond Eye 4★s)
R: Rankin, Ian (Resurrection Men 5★s)
S: Stuart, Donald (The Green Pen Mystery & Other Stories 4★s)
T: Taylor, Marsali (Shetland Winter Mystery 4★s)
U: Upson, Nicola (Sorry for the Dead 4★s)
V: Verner, Gerald (Queer Face 4★s)
W: Weaver, Ashley (A Most Novel Revenge 4★s)
X: Xarissa, Diana (Arrivals and Arrests 3.5★s)
Y: Young, Gavin (Slow Boats to China 3.5★s)
Z: Zusak, Markus (I Am the Messenger 4.5★s)
21Carol420
>20 Sergeirocks: YEAH!!! Glad you're going to join us. Have fun!
22Carol420
>20 Sergeirocks: >14 deaflower: >6 LibraryCin: You are all doing a fantastic job! Keep up the good work and good reading.
24deaflower
>22 Carol420: Thanks Carol😁🖐
25deaflower
I just finished reading Titanic: Destination Disaster by John Eaton. This was a very interesting, in depth account of the early beginnings of the ship, the voyage before the iceberg, after the disaster, and the two inquiries, by both the American, and British marine boards. I found it both fascinating, and full of interesting information that I never knew before.
26deaflower
I just this minute finished reading A Million Dreams by Dani Atkins. To say I loved it, would be an understatement. It was so beautifully written, and it just felt so real in the way the characters were written, the emotions, and everything that happened. I laughed with them, and tears came to my eyes in two scenes in the book. This happens very rarely with me, and that is one of the reasons why I gave it 5 stars.
27deaflower
I finished reading William Stuart Long's ninth book, in the Australians series, called The Empire Builders, and I totally enjoyed it. Just as the others enthralled me, this book did not leave me disappointed. Instead of being set in Australia the entire time, it covered the colonization of New Zealand (where I live), and I enjoyed learning more about my country's history. All the old characters from the eighth book were in it, plus some new ones, and it was so exciting, informative, and written so well. I would definitely recommend it to lovers of historical fiction, especially fans of naval battles, and nation's wars.
28EadieB
Titles
☊ Almost Dead by T. R. Ragan - 366 pgs. - ★★★★ - 1/9/2022
☊ The Book of Genesis by Gary A. Rendsburg - 375 pgs. - ★★★★★ - 1/3/2022
Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal - 384 Pages - ★★★ - 1/22/2022
Desolation Canyon by P. J. Tracy - 352 pgs. - ★★★ - 1/12/2022
☊ Evil Never Dies by T. R. Ragan - 352 pages - ★★★★ - 1/11/2022
Find The Girl by Helen Phifer - 265 pgs. - ★★★★ - 1/13/2022
☊ The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks - 336 Pages - ★★★★★ - 1/30/2022
The Harlech Beach Killings by Simon McCleave - 394 pgs. - ★★★★ - 1/8/2022
I
J
The Killer in the Snow by Alex Pine - 400 pgs. - ★★★★ - 1/23/2022
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward - 352 pgs. - ★★★★ - 2/13/2022
Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge -304 pgs. - ★★★★ - 1/2/2022
N
Over My Dead Body by Jeffrey Archer - 384 pgs. - ★★★★ - 1/3/2022
Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett - 402 pgs. - ★★★★ - 2/6/2022
Q
☊ Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney - 304 pgs. - ★★★★★ - 1/31/2022
☊ Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford - 353 pgs - ★★★★ - 2/2/22
Torch by Lin Anderson - 272 Pages - ★★★★ - 1/29/2022
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead - 367 pgs. ★★★★★ - 2/12/2022
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb - 352 pgs. - ★★★★★ - 1/15/2022
☊ We Hope For Better Things by Erin Bartels - 400 pages - ★★★★★ - 1/19/2022
X
Y
Z
Authors
Torch by Lin Anderson - 272 Pages - ★★★★ - 1/29/2022
☊ We Hope For Better Things by Erin Bartels - 400 pages - ★★★★★ - 1/19/2022
Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge -304 pgs. - ★★★★ - 1/2/2022
D
E
☊ Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney - 304 pgs. - ★★★★★ - 1/31/2022
G
☊ TheGolden Couple by Greer Hendricks - 336 Pages - ★★★★★ - 1/30/2022
I
J
K
L
Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal - 384 Pages - ★★★ - 1/22/2022
N
O
Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett - 402 pgs. - ★★★★ - 2/6/2022
Q
☊ Almost Dead by T. R. Ragan - 366 pgs. - ★★★★ - 1/9/2022
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb - 352 pgs. - ★★★★★ - 1/15/2022
Desolation Canyon by P. J. Tracy - 352 pgs. - ★★★ - 1/12/2022
U
V
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead - 367 pgs. ★★★★★ - 2/12/2022
X
Y
Z
☊ Almost Dead by T. R. Ragan - 366 pgs. - ★★★★ - 1/9/2022
☊ The Book of Genesis by Gary A. Rendsburg - 375 pgs. - ★★★★★ - 1/3/2022
Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal - 384 Pages - ★★★ - 1/22/2022
Desolation Canyon by P. J. Tracy - 352 pgs. - ★★★ - 1/12/2022
☊ Evil Never Dies by T. R. Ragan - 352 pages - ★★★★ - 1/11/2022
Find The Girl by Helen Phifer - 265 pgs. - ★★★★ - 1/13/2022
☊ The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks - 336 Pages - ★★★★★ - 1/30/2022
The Harlech Beach Killings by Simon McCleave - 394 pgs. - ★★★★ - 1/8/2022
I
J
The Killer in the Snow by Alex Pine - 400 pgs. - ★★★★ - 1/23/2022
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward - 352 pgs. - ★★★★ - 2/13/2022
Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge -304 pgs. - ★★★★ - 1/2/2022
N
Over My Dead Body by Jeffrey Archer - 384 pgs. - ★★★★ - 1/3/2022
Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett - 402 pgs. - ★★★★ - 2/6/2022
Q
☊ Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney - 304 pgs. - ★★★★★ - 1/31/2022
☊ Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford - 353 pgs - ★★★★ - 2/2/22
Torch by Lin Anderson - 272 Pages - ★★★★ - 1/29/2022
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead - 367 pgs. ★★★★★ - 2/12/2022
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb - 352 pgs. - ★★★★★ - 1/15/2022
☊ We Hope For Better Things by Erin Bartels - 400 pages - ★★★★★ - 1/19/2022
X
Y
Z
Authors
Torch by Lin Anderson - 272 Pages - ★★★★ - 1/29/2022
☊ We Hope For Better Things by Erin Bartels - 400 pages - ★★★★★ - 1/19/2022
Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge -304 pgs. - ★★★★ - 1/2/2022
D
E
☊ Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney - 304 pgs. - ★★★★★ - 1/31/2022
G
☊ TheGolden Couple by Greer Hendricks - 336 Pages - ★★★★★ - 1/30/2022
I
J
K
L
Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth Macneal - 384 Pages - ★★★ - 1/22/2022
N
O
Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett - 402 pgs. - ★★★★ - 2/6/2022
Q
☊ Almost Dead by T. R. Ragan - 366 pgs. - ★★★★ - 1/9/2022
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb - 352 pgs. - ★★★★★ - 1/15/2022
Desolation Canyon by P. J. Tracy - 352 pgs. - ★★★ - 1/12/2022
U
V
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead - 367 pgs. ★★★★★ - 2/12/2022
X
Y
Z
29deaflower
I have just finished reading 'Where The Light Enters' (Waverley Place #2) by Sara Donati, and in this second book, Sophie Savard loses her husband to consumption, and returns to Waverley Place after his death.
Once more both cousins, become embroiled in the affairs of one or more of their patient's lives.
Sara Donati has the ability to create such wonderful characters in her books, and I really enjoy immersing myself, in their respective worlds.
Once more both cousins, become embroiled in the affairs of one or more of their patient's lives.
Sara Donati has the ability to create such wonderful characters in her books, and I really enjoy immersing myself, in their respective worlds.
30deaflower
I finished "The Greatcoat' by Helen Dunmore yesterday, and it is the story of Izzy, who lives with her doctor husband, in a flat near an old World War 2 aerodrome. After discovering an old airforce greatcoat, in a large cupboard in the flat, and using it as a blanket, when she becomes cold at night, she starts hearing taps on the window late at night, and discovers that she is being visited by the ghost of an airforce officer, who is living between 2 time periods, and doesn't realize he is dead. I found it a nice read, and eventually a small romance ensues, when Izzy finds herself developing feelings, for the dead officer.
31Sergeirocks
>20 Sergeirocks: Thought I’d have big trouble finding an author for ‘X’, but I stumbled across the new-to-me Diana Xarissa - writer of cozy mysteries.
32Carol420
>31 Sergeirocks: Good job little meerkat! X, Z and Y are usually the hardest.
33Sergeirocks
>32 Carol420: Yeah, they’re my next headaches, 🙂.
34Andrew-theQM
Joining this challenge very late but going to give it a go.
ABC Challenge
Titles : 26/26 Complete
A: Agatha Raisin : Down the Hatch by M C Beaton / R W Green ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 25/5/22
B: The Belladonna Maze by Sinead Crowley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️ 29/4/22
C: Certain Prey by John Sandford ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 21/5/22
D: The Dying Game by Ruhi Choudhary ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 28/4/22
E: The Eleventh Commandment by Jeffrey Archer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 16/1/22
F: A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 15/5/22
G: The Good Turn by Sharna Jackson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 10/4/22
H: A Handful of Heaven by Kristin Hannah ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 16/5/22
I: Invasion : The War of 1812 by A. J Mackenzie ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 13/5/22
J: Joy at Moonglow by Deborah Garner ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 24/12/22
K: The Killer in the Snow by Alex Pine ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 26/3/22
L: The Lost Children by Michael Wood ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️ 19/5/22
M: Murder Unprompted by Simon Brett ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/3/22
N: A New Lease of Death by Ruth Randell ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 17/2/22
O: The Orchard of Lost Souls by Nadifa Mohamed ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 18/5/22
P: Pig Island by Mo Hayder ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 12/1/22
Q: A Question of Blood by Ian Rankin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 15/6/22
R: The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️ 22/5/22
S: Sharpe’s Prey by Bernard Cornwell ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 10/5/22
T: Three Sisters by Heather Morris ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 3/5/22
U: Underneath the Christmas Tree by Heidi Swain ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 15/9/22
V: The Visitor by K L Slater ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 14/3/22
W: When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 30/3/22
X: Xmas Marks the Spot by Kris Pearson ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 25/12/22
Y: You Never Said Goodbye by Luca Veste ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 16/2/22
Z: Zombie Town by R L Stine ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 28/10/22
Authors : 25/26 Complete
A: Anderson, Lin Torch ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 31/1/22
B: Beaton, M. C. Agatha Raisin : Down the Hatch ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 25/5/22
C: Cleeves, Ann The Rising Tide ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️ 22/5/22
D: Durrant, Helen H Last Victim ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 16/1/22
E: Ellis, Joy Beware the Past ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 28/5/22
F: Francis, Felix Front Runner ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 9/2/22
G: Godwin, Peter When a Crocodile Eats the Sun ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 30/3/22
H: Hannah, Kristin A Handful of Heaven ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 16/5/22
I: Iturbe, Vincent The Librarian of Auschwitz ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 19/6/22
J: Jones,Nick Shadows of London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 8/5/22
K: Koomson, Dorothy The Ice Cream Girls ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 11/5/22
L: Louth, Nick The Body Beneath the Willows ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/2/22
M: Mohamed, Nadifa The Orchard of Lost Souls ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 18/5/22
N: Noah, Trevor Born A Crime ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️ 11/2/22
O: O’Brien, Patrick Post Captain ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 7/6/22
P: Prior, Hazel Call of the Penguins ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 24/4/22
Q: Quinn,Kate The Rose Code ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️ 15/4/22
R: Reichs, Kathy Break No Bones ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 24/4/22
S: Sandford, John Certain Prey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 21/5/22
T: Thomas, Jo Retreat to the Spanish Sun ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 30/1/22
U: Upson, Nicola Dear Little Corpses ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 11/08/22
V: Vine, Barbara The Chimney Sweeper’s Boy ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 3/4/22
W: Wood, Michael The Lost Children ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ❤️ 19/5/22
X: Xarissa, Diana Arrivals and Arrests ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 12/6/22
Y: Young, Lex A Christmas Number One ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️ 25/12/22
Z: Zahn, Timothy Star Wars : Thrawn Ascendancy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 23/5/22
ABC Challenge
Titles : 26/26 Complete
A: Agatha Raisin : Down the Hatch by M C Beaton / R W Green ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 25/5/22
B: The Belladonna Maze by Sinead Crowley ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️ 29/4/22
C: Certain Prey by John Sandford ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 21/5/22
D: The Dying Game by Ruhi Choudhary ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 28/4/22
E: The Eleventh Commandment by Jeffrey Archer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 16/1/22
F: A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 15/5/22
G: The Good Turn by Sharna Jackson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 10/4/22
H: A Handful of Heaven by Kristin Hannah ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 16/5/22
I: Invasion : The War of 1812 by A. J Mackenzie ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 13/5/22
J: Joy at Moonglow by Deborah Garner ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 24/12/22
K: The Killer in the Snow by Alex Pine ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 26/3/22
L: The Lost Children by Michael Wood ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️ 19/5/22
M: Murder Unprompted by Simon Brett ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/3/22
N: A New Lease of Death by Ruth Randell ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 17/2/22
O: The Orchard of Lost Souls by Nadifa Mohamed ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 18/5/22
P: Pig Island by Mo Hayder ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 12/1/22
Q: A Question of Blood by Ian Rankin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 15/6/22
R: The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️ 22/5/22
S: Sharpe’s Prey by Bernard Cornwell ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 10/5/22
T: Three Sisters by Heather Morris ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 3/5/22
U: Underneath the Christmas Tree by Heidi Swain ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 15/9/22
V: The Visitor by K L Slater ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 14/3/22
W: When a Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 30/3/22
X: Xmas Marks the Spot by Kris Pearson ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 25/12/22
Y: You Never Said Goodbye by Luca Veste ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 16/2/22
Z: Zombie Town by R L Stine ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 28/10/22
Authors : 25/26 Complete
A: Anderson, Lin Torch ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 31/1/22
B: Beaton, M. C. Agatha Raisin : Down the Hatch ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 25/5/22
C: Cleeves, Ann The Rising Tide ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️ 22/5/22
D: Durrant, Helen H Last Victim ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 16/1/22
E: Ellis, Joy Beware the Past ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 28/5/22
F: Francis, Felix Front Runner ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 9/2/22
G: Godwin, Peter When a Crocodile Eats the Sun ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 30/3/22
H: Hannah, Kristin A Handful of Heaven ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 16/5/22
I: Iturbe, Vincent The Librarian of Auschwitz ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 19/6/22
J: Jones,Nick Shadows of London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 8/5/22
K: Koomson, Dorothy The Ice Cream Girls ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 11/5/22
L: Louth, Nick The Body Beneath the Willows ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/2/22
M: Mohamed, Nadifa The Orchard of Lost Souls ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 18/5/22
N: Noah, Trevor Born A Crime ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️ 11/2/22
O: O’Brien, Patrick Post Captain ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 7/6/22
P: Prior, Hazel Call of the Penguins ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 24/4/22
Q: Quinn,Kate The Rose Code ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️ 15/4/22
R: Reichs, Kathy Break No Bones ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 24/4/22
S: Sandford, John Certain Prey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 21/5/22
T: Thomas, Jo Retreat to the Spanish Sun ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 30/1/22
U: Upson, Nicola Dear Little Corpses ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 11/08/22
V: Vine, Barbara The Chimney Sweeper’s Boy ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 3/4/22
W: Wood, Michael The Lost Children ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ❤️ 19/5/22
X: Xarissa, Diana Arrivals and Arrests ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 12/6/22
Y: Young, Lex A Christmas Number One ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️ 25/12/22
Z: Zahn, Timothy Star Wars : Thrawn Ascendancy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 23/5/22
35Carol420
>34 Andrew-theQM: Welcome. You can count all the books that you've read this year.
36Andrew-theQM
>35 Carol420: Thanks Carol, and for that information. I will do some cross referencing.
37Carol420
>34 Andrew-theQM: Good job.
38Andrew-theQM
>20 Sergeirocks: Thanks for the idea for an X author. Stolen your author and downloaded the first book to read 😊
39Carol420
>20 Sergeirocks: >38 Andrew-theQM: I am vastly impressed!!! Few things impress me anymore:)
40threadnsong
>34 Andrew-theQM: Wow! What a lot you have read already, Andrew!
Not to mention >2 Carol420:, >6 LibraryCin:, >14 deaflower:, >20 Sergeirocks:. Kudos to your Reading Prowess!!
Not to mention >2 Carol420:, >6 LibraryCin:, >14 deaflower:, >20 Sergeirocks:. Kudos to your Reading Prowess!!
41Carol420
>49 threadnsong: Thank you. My book is permanently attached to my hand:)
42Andrew-theQM
>39 Carol420: Thanks Carol, amazed how many I had read without even really trying! Now to get to some of those harder letters to get to.
>40 threadnsong: Thanks 😊 I’ve read around 110 books this year so already had a lot of the letters covered for the the titles and authors.
>40 threadnsong: Thanks 😊 I’ve read around 110 books this year so already had a lot of the letters covered for the the titles and authors.
43Sergeirocks
>40 threadnsong: I gave up watching TV several years ago so that I could spend more time reading, threadnsong.
44Carol420
>40 threadnsong: Thank you for the recognition.
>43 Sergeirocks: YEAH! I'm glad I'm not the only person in the world that doesn't watch TV. I hate the commercials and most of the programs are designed to produce a brain freeze. Give me a book any day.
>42 Andrew-theQM: Just think how many books you can read now that you are retired.
>43 Sergeirocks: YEAH! I'm glad I'm not the only person in the world that doesn't watch TV. I hate the commercials and most of the programs are designed to produce a brain freeze. Give me a book any day.
>42 Andrew-theQM: Just think how many books you can read now that you are retired.
45LibraryCin
>43 Sergeirocks: i havent given up tv completely, but ive cut back a heck of a lot over the past 10 years or so.
46threadnsong
>43 Sergeirocks: Back when I was younger and broke, I also eschewed TV except for Sunday night's "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode followed by "Murder, She Wrote." And I had a phenomenal reading stack that I devoured.
I will say, though, that I've cut way, way back on my TV watching these days so that I can get back to reading. And working from home has helped immensely, too.
Thanks for being a leader in the return-to-books-from-TV, Meerkat!
I will say, though, that I've cut way, way back on my TV watching these days so that I can get back to reading. And working from home has helped immensely, too.
Thanks for being a leader in the return-to-books-from-TV, Meerkat!
47JBarringer
I've finished enough books so far this year that I am nearly done with the alphabet in both titles and authors now, but there are gaps.
Die-Hard- Titles:
A: Another World, by Pat Barker
B: Bug, by Giacomo Sartori
C: City of Orange, by David Yoon
D: Death of a Fool, by Ngaio Marsh
E: Evans Above, by Rhys Bowen
F: Full Moon, by P.G. Wodehouse
G: Gender Trouble, by Judith Butler
H: House of Suns, by Alastair Reynolds
I: In the Woods, by Tana French
J: Jupiter, by Ben Bova
K: (The King Is Always Above the People, by Daniel Alarcon)
L: Lisey's Story, by Stephen King
M: Midnight's Children, by Salman Rushdie
N: Night Boat to Tangier, by Kevin Berry
O: Octavia Gone, by Jack McDevitt
P: Powersat, by Ben Bova
Q: (The Quiet Girl, by Peter Hoeg)
R: Russka, by Edwars Rutherfurd
S: Ship of Magic, by Robin Hobb
T: Transient Desires, by Donna Leon
U: Use of Weapons, by Iain M. Banks
V: Valley of the Sun, by Louis L'Amour
W: Wildfire at Midnight, by Mary Stewart
X:
Y: You Exist Too Much, by Zaina Arafat
Z:
Authors:
A: The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga
B: The Sea, by John Banville
C: The Long Goodbye, by Raymond Chandler
D: A Winter's Promise, by Christelle Dabos
E: The Coming of the Third Reich, by Richard T. Evans
F: In the Woods, by Tana French
G: A Place of Hiding, by Elizabeth George
H: The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mohsin Hamid
I:
J: The Summer Book, by Tove Jansson
K: Before the Coffee Gets Cold, by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
L: Stories of Hawaii, by Jack London
M: The Eye of the Leopard, by Henning Mankell
N: Four Lost Cities, by Annalee Newitz
O:
P: Star Well, by Alexei Panshin
Q:
R: Antarctica, by Kin Stanley Robinson
S: The History of the Siege of Lisbon, by Jose Saramago
T: The Man in the Queue, by Josephine Tey
U:
V: The Far Field, by Madhury Vijay
W: The Ice House, by Minette Walters
X:
Y: City of Orange, by David Yoon
Z:
Die-Hard- Titles:
A: Another World, by Pat Barker
B: Bug, by Giacomo Sartori
C: City of Orange, by David Yoon
D: Death of a Fool, by Ngaio Marsh
E: Evans Above, by Rhys Bowen
F: Full Moon, by P.G. Wodehouse
G: Gender Trouble, by Judith Butler
H: House of Suns, by Alastair Reynolds
I: In the Woods, by Tana French
J: Jupiter, by Ben Bova
K: (The King Is Always Above the People, by Daniel Alarcon)
L: Lisey's Story, by Stephen King
M: Midnight's Children, by Salman Rushdie
N: Night Boat to Tangier, by Kevin Berry
O: Octavia Gone, by Jack McDevitt
P: Powersat, by Ben Bova
Q: (The Quiet Girl, by Peter Hoeg)
R: Russka, by Edwars Rutherfurd
S: Ship of Magic, by Robin Hobb
T: Transient Desires, by Donna Leon
U: Use of Weapons, by Iain M. Banks
V: Valley of the Sun, by Louis L'Amour
W: Wildfire at Midnight, by Mary Stewart
X:
Y: You Exist Too Much, by Zaina Arafat
Z:
Authors:
A: The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga
B: The Sea, by John Banville
C: The Long Goodbye, by Raymond Chandler
D: A Winter's Promise, by Christelle Dabos
E: The Coming of the Third Reich, by Richard T. Evans
F: In the Woods, by Tana French
G: A Place of Hiding, by Elizabeth George
H: The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mohsin Hamid
I:
J: The Summer Book, by Tove Jansson
K: Before the Coffee Gets Cold, by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
L: Stories of Hawaii, by Jack London
M: The Eye of the Leopard, by Henning Mankell
N: Four Lost Cities, by Annalee Newitz
O:
P: Star Well, by Alexei Panshin
Q:
R: Antarctica, by Kin Stanley Robinson
S: The History of the Siege of Lisbon, by Jose Saramago
T: The Man in the Queue, by Josephine Tey
U:
V: The Far Field, by Madhury Vijay
W: The Ice House, by Minette Walters
X:
Y: City of Orange, by David Yoon
Z:
48Carol420
>47 JBarringer: Good job thus far. I'm sure from your list that you'll finish in record time.
49threadnsong
I just counted, and I've got 17 out of 26. I keep finding the same initials in the authors that I'm reading! How very interesting that letters are so often repeated in names.
Maybe it's time to make a list of the letters I haven't read and look through my shelves for books for those particular authors.
Maybe it's time to make a list of the letters I haven't read and look through my shelves for books for those particular authors.
50Sergeirocks
>49 threadnsong: I’ve stalled on the letter ‘Y’, threadnsong, the only book I had on my shelves was a travelogue by an author named Young. Being a travelogue there’s no plot to keep me reeled in, so it’s taking me a long time to get through it…
After that, I just need an ‘I’ to finish the author’s list. I’m definitely getting back to a Mystery & Suspense book for that, 😉.
Good Luck on finding your last 9 authors, threadnsong.
After that, I just need an ‘I’ to finish the author’s list. I’m definitely getting back to a Mystery & Suspense book for that, 😉.
Good Luck on finding your last 9 authors, threadnsong.
51Andrew-theQM
>49 threadnsong: >50 Sergeirocks: I’ve only got Y to go for the author, and J, X and Z for the title.
If anyone needs a title for any letter Diana Xarissa has a series with a title for each letter, Markham Sisters Cozy Mystery and if part of Kindle Unlimited it looks like you can download these free, at least in UK. May be worth checking for US.
If anyone needs a title for any letter Diana Xarissa has a series with a title for each letter, Markham Sisters Cozy Mystery and if part of Kindle Unlimited it looks like you can download these free, at least in UK. May be worth checking for US.
52LibraryCin
This is what I have left:
Titles: XYZ
Authors: ELQUXY
I would have thought the E and L would have been easier, especially the L, but for some reason, I've made it this far into the year with neither as an author.
Titles: XYZ
Authors: ELQUXY
I would have thought the E and L would have been easier, especially the L, but for some reason, I've made it this far into the year with neither as an author.
53threadnsong
Wow! Thanks everyone for joining in!
Here's my list of missing author letters:
D, J, N, O, Q, R, U, X, Z
>50 Sergeirocks: Good luck on finishing the travelogue, Sergei. Your Meerkat self will be well-traveled!
Here's my list of missing author letters:
>50 Sergeirocks: Good luck on finishing the travelogue, Sergei. Your Meerkat self will be well-traveled!
54Sergeirocks
🎉 TA-DA!
Finished the travelogue at last (only took me 6 months, 2 weeks and 5 days - almost as long as it took the author to get from Piraeus to Canton, travelling only by sea… ☺️).
With the closing of the final page, I’ve finished the challenge - a full house!
Thanks for setting this ‘challenging’ challenge, Carol, 👏.
Finished the travelogue at last (only took me 6 months, 2 weeks and 5 days - almost as long as it took the author to get from Piraeus to Canton, travelling only by sea… ☺️).
With the closing of the final page, I’ve finished the challenge - a full house!
Thanks for setting this ‘challenging’ challenge, Carol, 👏.
55Andrew-theQM
Brilliant, well done Sergei. 🥳🥳🥳🙌👏👏👏
Just checked mine and still need three 🫣🥶 An X and J book and a Y author. I’m off to Mr Google.
That’s some Travelogue - perhaps you should have read it as a diary. 🤓
Just checked mine and still need three 🫣🥶 An X and J book and a Y author. I’m off to Mr Google.
That’s some Travelogue - perhaps you should have read it as a diary. 🤓
56Andrew-theQM
Put a spurt in and have now finished the Alphabet Challenge in the early hours of Christmas Morning. 🥳🥳🥳🤩🚀😍🎄🎅🏼
Merry Christmas everyone, and thanks Carol for taking the time to set up this challenge. 🎅🏼🎄☃️🎄🎅🏼
Merry Christmas everyone, and thanks Carol for taking the time to set up this challenge. 🎅🏼🎄☃️🎄🎅🏼
57Sergeirocks
>56 Andrew-theQM: Well Done, Andrew, 👍.
58Sergeirocks
🎄 MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE! 🎄
60Sergeirocks
>59 Carol420: Thank You, Carol, and Best Wishes to your good self, ☺️🎄.
61threadnsong
>54 Sergeirocks: Congratulations to you, Meerkat! That is quite an accomplishment, and my Christmas hat is off to you.
62Sergeirocks
>61 threadnsong: Thanks, threadnsong, I’m like the tortoise - slow and sure wins the race; got there in the end, ☺️.
How close are you to finishing?
How close are you to finishing?
63threadnsong
You're welcome, Meerkat Tortoise.
I'm ending the year without O, Q, U, X, or Z. Sad, but true. But it was a fun challenge to try to accomplish. Thank goodness for Yeats!
I'm ending the year without O, Q, U, X, or Z. Sad, but true. But it was a fun challenge to try to accomplish. Thank goodness for Yeats!
64Sergeirocks
>63 threadnsong: Who’d’ve thought ‘Y’ would turn out to be such a stumbling block? 🙂
65Andrew-theQM
>64 Sergeirocks: >63 threadnsong: Y was so tricky for authors.
66threadnsong
>63 threadnsong: Who indeed??
>65 Andrew-theQM: Since she made her way through the alphabet, what was Sue Grafton's "Y" mystery named? I read her early books and thought she was quite innovative.
>65 Andrew-theQM: Since she made her way through the alphabet, what was Sue Grafton's "Y" mystery named? I read her early books and thought she was quite innovative.
