AlphaKIT: YEARLONG X and Z

Welcome to a bright shiny new year! As usual, X and Z are yearlong letters to help you excavate those TBRs or read other books you've been meaning to get to. Good luck!

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I'm planning to read Zodiac by Neal Stephenson in January.

With the whole year to get to them, these plans are likely to change, but currently planning to read Qiu Xiaolong's The Shadow of the Empire and Zenna Henderson's Believing.

Starting "The Zero Stone" by Andre Norton

COMPLETED The Zero Stone by Andre Norton

I've finished The Wife You Know by Chad Zunker for my "Z" book.

And I've finished Aunt Bessie Enjoys by Diana Xarissa for my "X" book.

I read The Photographer by Mieke Zierogel for my "Z" book.

I read Towards Zero by Agatha Christie for Z.

Read X's for Eyes this week as my X book. It was an entertaining diversion, but probably one I'll remember for style/concept more than anything. Full review written.

I finished a Z: River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta.

Starting Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin.

I finished The Truth About Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers by Zeke Hernandez (2024).

COMPLETED Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

I finished Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez.

Starting The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho.

I almost never get X, but here is my Z:

I have finished a book for Z: Pot-Bouille by Émile Zola

I have finished two Zs recently:
Germinal by Emile Zola
The Courts of Chaos by Roger Zelazny

Finished an X: Memoirs of a Peasant Boy by Xosé Neira Vilas.

Just a heads-up that I have created the 2026 Category Challenge group: https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/24919/2026-Category-Challenge. Stop by to get a head start on planning next year's challenge!

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I have finished The thousand autumns of Jacob de Zoet for Z, and it has been a pageturner. Absolutely fabulous.

I finished two more Zs in October:
Dial P for Poison by Zara Keane
Zomromcom by Olivia Dade

And one more Émile Zola: Au Bonheur des Dames for Z.

Ended up with a second X book for this year. Finally made it to X by Sue Grafton.