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Post by windysisters on Jan 1, 2018 8:56:26 GMT
Are you hoping to complete any kind of Alphabet Challenge this year? Tell us about your progress here!
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Post by elliej84 on Jan 1, 2018 9:00:27 GMT
I'm going to again do this albeit loosely, as I want to try to not buy any books for challenges - hmmm
A - Rivers of London Body Work - Ben Aaronovitch
B - Then. Now. Always - Isabelle Broom
C - Blow Fly - Patricia Cornwell
D - Your Mouth Drives Me Crazy - Helen Kay Dimon
E - Notorious Nineteen - Janet Evanovich
F - Hell Gate - Linda Fairstein
G - One Hundred Nights of Hero - Isabel Greenberg
H - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman
I - Lobsters - Tom Ellen / Lucy Ivison
J - Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson
K - Obsidio - Jay Kristof / Amie Kaufman
L - The Stranger in this House - Shari Lapena
M - My Lady Jane - Cynthia Hand / Brodie Ashton / Jodi Meadows
N - A Monster Calls - Patrick Ness
O - The Housekeeper and The Professor - Yoko Ogawa
P - Thin Air - Michelle Paver
Q - Dog On It - Spencer Quinn
R - The Tales of Beedle the Bard - J K Rowling
S - Breathless In Love - Jennifer Skully / Bella Andre
T - Just One Damned Thing After Another - Jodi Taylor
U - Big Guns Out of Uniform - Various
V - Anatomy of a Scandal - Sarah Vaughan
W - Who Is Tom Ditto? - Danny Wallace
X - The Mirror World of Melody Black - Gavin Extence
Y - Everything, Everything - Nicola Yoon
Z - The Storied Life of A J Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin
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Post by aileen11 on Jan 1, 2018 12:41:33 GMT
Author first names:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q W S T U V Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway W X Y Z |
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Post by rosemary3 on Jan 1, 2018 15:15:23 GMT
I thought I'd do titles this year. I'll go easy on the difficult letters, though.
A - Abide With Me by Elizabeth Strout, 14/4/18
B - Baby Love by Emmanuelle de Maupassant, 26/4/18
C - City Sister Silver by Jachym Topol, 26/1/18
D - Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann, 21/6/18
E - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, 20/1/18
F - Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco, 10/4/18
G - Guard Your Daughters by Diana Tutton, 23/6/18
H - Homer and Langley by E.L. Doctorow, 9/2/18
I - Imperium by Robert Harris, 27/3/18
J - Journey's End by R.C. Sherriff, 9/5/18
K - Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin, 26/5/18
L - Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, 7/2/18
M - Memories of Rain by Sunetra Gupta, 6/1/18
N - Nemesis by Agatha Christie, 24/4/18
O - Ordeal By Innocence by Agatha Christie, 20/4/18
P - Palladian by Elizabeth Taylor, 19/9/18
Q- A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell, 31/12/18
R - Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, 22/4/18
S - Some Buried Caesar by Rex Stout, 10/3/18
T - Thin Air by Michelle Paver, 7/1/18
U - An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine, 31/1/18
V - Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys, 7/7/18
W - World's End by T. Coraghessan Boyle, 24/1/18
X - eXperiences of an Irish RM by E OE Somerville & Martin Ross, 29/12/18
Y - The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon, 13/7/18
Z - Zenka by Alison Brodie, 17/3/18
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Post by shanzi on Jan 1, 2018 19:34:31 GMT
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Post by peppercricket on Jan 2, 2018 9:23:37 GMT
Yep, I'm in.
A. The Fatal Tree by Jake Arnott
B. JtR Case Closed by Gyles Brandreth
C. The Pocket Wife by Susan Crawford
D. The Haunted Book by Jeremy Dyson
E. The Fourteenth Letter by Claire Evans
F. That Summer at Hill Farm by Miranda France
G. The Flight of the Maidens by Jane Gardam
H. The Wake by Anna Hope
I. Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
J. The Hunt for the 60s Ripper by Robin Jarossi
K. Joyland by Stephen King
L. The House by Simon Lelic
M. À bientôt by Roger Moore
N. The Phoenix & The Carpet by E Nesbit
O. Baby Doll by Hollie Overton
P. The Unforgotten by Laura Powell
Q. Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
R. Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys
S. The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler
T. The Voices by FR Tallis
U. The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike
V. The Haunted Library by Various
W. The Last Hangman by Shashi Warrier
X. As X is SUCH a bugger, Mr P came up with this idea... What Lies Within by Tom Vowler & Past Mortems by Carla Valentine - V+V = X
Y. Cause for Concern by Margaret Yorke
Z. The Never List by Koethi Zan
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Post by geminii on Jan 2, 2018 15:48:48 GMT
Count me in again .. 
I'll continue with Book Titles (I don't want to be buying books just to complete the Challenge ..)
A. The Alphabet Sisters by Monica McInerney (Feb)
B. The Blood House by Amy Cross (Jan)
C. Cinderella by Charles Perrault (Jan)
D. The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith (Feb)
E. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (Feb)
F. Five Children and It by E Nesbit (Jan)
G. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith (Feb)
H. A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf (Jan)
I. In The Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith (Jan)
J. Jumbo : The Unauthorised Biography of a Victorian Sensation by John Sutherland (Jan)
K. The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith (Jan)
L. Lysistrata by Aristophanes (Jan)
M. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (Jan)
N. The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (Jan)
O. One Dog and his Boy by Eva Ibbotson (Apl)
P. Persuasion by Jane Austen (Jan)
Q. Quickly In and Quickly Out by Mark Petersen (Jul)
R. The Rock Star & The Lifeguard by Jackie Collins (Jan)
S. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith (Feb)
T. Thin Air by Michelle Paver (Jan)
U. Under A Cornish Sky by Liz Fenwick (Jul)
V. Valentine's Day at the Cafe at the end of the Pier by Helen Rolff (Feb)
W. We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver (Feb)
X. X Sample by C. M. Sutton (May)
Y. Your Mouth Drives me Crazy by HelenKay Dimon (Apl)
Z. Z. Marcas by Honore De Balzac (Jul)
Progress : 26 / 26
Completed : 24th July 2018 !!
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Post by josette on Jan 10, 2018 13:16:29 GMT
I’m going to try this again as well; I’ve failed the past two years so here’s to third time lucky! I’m doing it by author surname.
A - Call Me by Your Name - André Aciman
B - The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau - Graeme Macrae Burnet
C - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - John le Carré
D - Clean - Juno Dawson
E - Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge
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H - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman
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K - This is Going to Hurt - Adam Kay
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M - Heft - Liz Moore
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O - I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death - Maggie O’Farrell
P - Animal - Sara Pascoe
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R - Voyage in the Dark - Jean Rhys
S - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary-Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
T - A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
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W - Fire & Fury: Inside the Trump White House - Michael Wolff
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Post by pennylane on Jan 15, 2018 12:02:17 GMT
Author names -
A - Hide & Seek by M. J. Arlidge
B - The Woman Who Ran by Sam Baker
C - Gallery of the Dead by Chris Carter
D - I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll
E - Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovitch
F - Under The Skin by Michel Faber
G - Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
H - How To Stop Time by Matt Haig
I - IQ by Joe Ide
J - l Found You by Lisa Jewell
K - The Killer on the Wall by Emma Kavanagh
L - Prodigy by Marie Lu
M - All Our Wrong Today's by Elan Mastai
N - The Good Girl by Fiona Neil
O - Jack of Spades by Joyce Carol Oates
P - Cross Her Heart by Sarah Pinborough
Q - Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
R - How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
S - Final Girls by Riley Sager
T - Nothing Stays Buried by P. J. Tracy
U - The Witchfinder's Sister by Beth Underdown
V - Up, Back and Away by K. Velk
W - Artemis by Andy Weir
X - Message From An Unknown Chinese Mother by Xinran
Y - Till the Dust Settles by Pat Young
Z - The Follower by Koethi Zan
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Post by elliej84 on May 7, 2018 19:56:26 GMT
Done with some creativity  |
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Post by geminii on May 7, 2018 20:30:21 GMT
Done with some creativity Well done, Ellie !! Super speedy yet again .. Is that first past the post for you in both challenges this year ??  |
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Post by peppercricket on May 8, 2018 7:42:22 GMT
Well done!
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Post by rosemary3 on May 8, 2018 16:50:25 GMT
Congrats, Ellie! Especially on doing it with authors. (Erm ... you know what I mean!)
I think titles is much easier.
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Post by peppercricket on May 22, 2018 13:19:22 GMT
That's me done (27/26) |
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Post by geminii on May 22, 2018 14:26:26 GMT
That's me done (27/26) Well done Janice .. Love how you completed X, Ha ha ! .. |
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