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The Anti-Alphabet Challenge 2019
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No A - Book of Mercy by Leonard Cohen
No B - The Colossus of Maroussi by Henry Miller
No C - I Will Bear Witness 1933-41 A Diary of the Nazi Years by Victor Klemperer
No D - Jerusalem by Selma Lagerlöf
No E - Flush by Virginia Woolf
No F - Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
No G - Common Sense by Thomas Paine
No H - A Confession by Leo Tolstoy
No I - The Best of Ogden Nash
No J - Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood by Judith Ortiz Cofer
No K - The Idylls by Theocritus
No L - Aminta by Torquato Tasso
No M -Wie Joggeli Eine Frau Sucht / Hans Joggeli Der Erbvetter by Jeremias Gotthelf
No N - The Uses of Literature by Italo Calvino
No O - The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope
No P- Wie fünf Mädchen im Branntwein jämmerlich umkommen by Jeremias Gotthelf
No Q - The Tale of Little Pig Robinson by Beatrix Potter
No R - Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
No S - Winterbound by Margery Williams Bianco
No T - Mr Pye by Mervyn Peake
No U - River Of Stone by Rudy Wiebe
No V - Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara
No W - Bürgersteig Aufsässiger Roman by Alexander Spoerl
No X - Complete Poetry by Oscar Wilde
No Y - Oh, wie klein ist Liechtenstein: Erzählungen by Armin Öhri
No Z - My Mother's Voice: Children, Literature, and the Holocaust by Adrienne Kertzer
I enjoyed this challenge in 2018, I'm in too.Mission: 26 books, each missing one letter of the alphabet
No A- The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (Jan, 2019)
No B-Sky Raiders by Brandon Mull (Jan, 2019)
No C-The Devil's Lady by Deborah Simmons (Feb, 2019)
No D- The Rogue Knight by Brandon Mull (March, 2019)
No E- Astronomy: Out of This World! by Dan Green (August, 2019)
No F-The Bhagawad Geeta Chapter I & II by Chinmayananda Saraswati (Feb, 2019)
No G- The Lost Heir by Tui T. Sutherland (March, 2019)
No H - Crystal Keepers by Brandon Mull (April, 2019)
No I- The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter (April, 2019)
No J-Shrimad Bhagawad Geeta - Chapter III by Chinmayananda Saraswati (March, 2019)
No K- Srimad Bhagavad Gita Chapter IV by Chinmayananda Saraswathi (April, 2019)
No L - Death Weavers by Brandon Mull (May, 2019)
No M-The Big Book of Dashboards: Visualizing Your Data Using Real-World Business Scenarios by Steve Wexler (March, 2019)
No N- William the Fourth by Richmal Crompton (June, 2019)
No O-Time Jumpers by Brandon Mull (June, 2019)
No P- MEDITATION AND LIFE by Swami Chinmayananda (June, 2019)
No Q- Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals by Cole Knaflic, May 2019
No R-The Odyssey by Geraldine MaCaughrean (July, 2019)
No S- Hindu Culture An Introduction by Swami Tejomayananda (June, 2019)
No T-Seeds of Rebellion by Brandon Mull (July, 2019)
No U-Travel Stories and Highlights: 2019 Edition by Robert Fear (July, 2019)
No V- A World Without Heroes by Brandon Mull (July, 2019)
No W- Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana by Devdutt Pattanaik (August, 2019)
No X- The Energy of Prayer: How to Deepen Your Spiritual Practice by Thich Nhat Hanh (July, 2019)
No Y- Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Gary Whitta (July, 2019)
No Z-Education Toward Inner Transformation by Tejomayananda (July, 2019)
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This looks challenging. I'm in!No A- Uprooted - Naomi Novik
No B- A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
No C- I Don't Want To Kill You - Dan Wells
No D- The Winter of the Witch - Katherine Arden
No E- Caraval - Stephanie Garber
No F- Dark Matter - Blake Crouch
No G- The Red Notebook - Antoine Laurain
No H- Over Your Dead Body - Dan Wells
No I- The Hunger - Alma Katsu
No J- The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
No K- The Garden of Evening Mists - Tan Twan Eng
No L- Finding Audrey - Sophie Kinsella
No M- The Devil's Only Friend - Dan Wells
No N- Lord of the Flies - William Golding
No O- The Girl in the Spider's Web - David Lagercrantz
No P- The Librarian - Salley Vickers
No Q- The Princess Bride - William Goldman
No R- Nothing Left To Lose - Dan Wells
No S- The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm - Christopher Paolini
No T- Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
No U- The Vegetarian - Han Kang
No V- Seraphina - Rachel Hartman
No W- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - N K Jemisin
No X- Salvation of a Saint - Keigo Higashino
No Y- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
No Z- The Broken Sword - Poul Anderson
Completed May 29th!
I enjoy doing this I'm in again No A- Crossed volume 4
No B- The Dinosaur's Packed Lunch
No C- Spider-Man Blue
No D- Cape Fear
No E- In A Dark Dark Wood
No F- Blame It On Bianca Del Rio
No G- The Last Days Of Archie Maxwell
No H- Before I Die
No I- The Poet X
No J- Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
No K- The Peculiar Peggs Of Riddling Woods
No L- The Tattooist Of Auschwitz
No M- Sheep Droppings
No N- Llive Llaugh Llove Like a Llama
No O- Glubbslyme
No P- The Woman In Cabin 10
No Q- The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster
No R- Being Miss Nobody
No S- Prophet
No T- Crossed Volume 5 Badlands
No U- The History Of Mary Prince A west Indian Slave
No V- Geekhood: Close Encounters Of The Girl Kind
No W- Me and Mr J
No X- Civil War
No Y- Spider-Man Coming Home
No Z- The Fixer
ROUND TWO
No A- Neverwhere
No B- A Stolen Life
No C- The Book Ninja
No D- Paper Towns
No E- Dumplin'
No F- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
No G- Crossed, Volume 6
No H- A Swift Pure Cry
No I- A Whole New World
No J- The Avengers: The Coming of the Avengers; Ultron Unlimited
No K- Children of Blood and Bone
No L- Chewing the Cud
No M- The Sky Is Everywhere
No N- The Twilight Wife
No O- Time Travelling with a Hamster
No P- The Smickle Smockle And Other Stories
No Q- Letters to Sarah - A Child Lost Forever, A Mother's Grief and a Love That Will Never Die
No R- Kisscut
No S- The Art Of Harry Potter
No T- Crossed Volume 7
No U- Alice In Winterland: A Fangirl Novel
No V-
No W-Crossed Volume 8
No X- Crossed Volume 9
No Y- Crossed Volume 10
No Z-
I'm in! Happy New Year!No A-Just-So Stories (1/1)
No B-Little Town on the Prairie (2/2)
No C-Paris for One and Other Stories (2/9)
No D-The First Four Years (3/9)
No E-Mary Poppins (1/3)
No F-The Secret Garden (3/7)
No G-The Island of Sea Women (5/25)
No H-Digging In (7/24)
No I-These Happy Golden Years (2/16)
No J-All the Light We Cannot See (4/28)
No K-The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (7/23)
No L-In the Dark (7/25)
No M-The Girl Who Played with Fire (9/30)
No N-Murder at the Breakers (8/14)
No O-
No P-My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (8/2)
No Q- Crimes Against a Book Club (8/20)
No R-
No S-The Elegance of the Hedgehog (3/24)
No T-
No U-Becoming (1/19)
No V-The Last Romantics (8/6)
No W-The Peacock Emporium (8/18)
No X-The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (10/13)
No Y-The Long Winter (1/23)
No Z-
I'm in on this one.No A- Emerge (5/12)
No B- If Winter Comes (7/4)
No C-The Fall Of Maggie Brown (7/7)
No D-Lincoln The Unknown (8/7)
No E-Burn (8/18)
No F-Diamond In The Rough (7/12)
No G- Possession (8/14)
No H- Melt (8/16)
No I- Strange Angels (9/4)
No J-Surrender (8/21)
No K- Charlie's Raven (8/26)
No L- The Graveyard Book (8/21)
No M- Obsession (8/13)
No N- Home Of The Brave(8/11)
No O- Cattleman's Pride (8/2)
No P-Renegade (7/30)
No Q-The Wedding In White (7/8)
No R- Lawman (7/7)
No S-Circle Of Gold (7/10)
No T- Dangerous (7/4)
No U- Heart Of Stone (6/30)
No V- Wishtree (6/2)
No W- Crazy Heart (5/28)
No X-The Wizenard Series Training Camp ( 5/ 22)
No Y- Maleficent ( 5/14)
No Z- The Mister (5/2)
Done
I'm in!No A- The Girl In The Spider's Web
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Sounds fun!No A-
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Mission: 26 books, each missing one letter of the alphabet
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No B- Tower of Dawn - Sarah J Maas
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I'm in again this year! Hope to get at least 2 rounds completed.26/26 as of 4/30/2019 - 1st round done!
No A - Less 2/3/2019
No B - The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle 1/5/2019
No C - Ready Player One 1/20/2019
No D - A Place for Us 1/24/2019
No E - Dog Songs 2/24/2019
No F - Harry's Trees 1/30/2019
No G - This Is the Year I Put My Financial Life in Order 1/18/2019
No H - My Man Jeeves 1/26/2019
No I - Beneath a Scarlet Sky 2/14/2019
No J - A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea 1/9/2019
No K - An American Marriage 2/3/2019
No L - Meet Me at the Museum 3/30/2019
No M - Station Eleven 2/8/2019
No N - The History of Love 3/4/2019
No O - The Nightingale 2/20/2019
No P - God Save Texas: A Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State 4/14/2019
No Q - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race 2/23/2019
No R - Becoming 4/30/2019
No S - My Brilliant Friend 3/8/2019
No T - Before We Were Yours 4/20/2019
No U - Herding Cats 4/20/2019
No V - Building A Story Brand 3/4/2019
No W - Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir 3/13/2019
No X - Rules of Civility 3/23/2019
No Y - Natchez Burning 4/11/2019
No Z - Where'd You Go, Bernadette 4/16/2019
No A-The Young ElitesNo B- The Caged Queen
No C- Smoke in the Sun
No D-The Rose Society
No E-Warcross
No F- Circe
No G-Children of Blood and Bone
No H-Dreams of Gods & Monsters
No I- The Dark Prophecy
No J- Champion
No K- The Fates Divide
No L- The Raven Boys
No M- Throne of Glass
No N-Caraval
No O-The Girl King
No P-Shadow and Bone
No Q-The Burning Maze
No R-A Thousand Beginnings and Endings
No S-The Cruel Prince
No T-Legendary
No U-The Poppy War
No V- A Map of Days
No W- Once Upon a River
No X- The Astonishing Color of After
No Y- Descendant of the Crane
No Z-Siege and Storm
A - Me Before You by Jojo MoyesB - Chocolate Covered Murder by Leslie Meier
C - Look Alive Twenty-five by Janet Evanovich
D - Buggy by John Clark
E - If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle
F - Can You Kick a Ghost in the Nuts By Steve Higgs
G - Verses For the Dead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
H - Just Plain Murder by Laura Bradford
I - Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semples
J - Her One Mistake by Heidi Perks
K - Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen
L - Murder by the Book by Lauren Elliott
M - The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
N - Assaulted Caramel by Amanda Flower
O - Key Lime Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
P - The Secret, Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams
Q - Vicious Circle by C. J. Box
R - The Julius House by Charlaine Harris
S - Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts
T - Saving Meghan by D. J. Palmer
U - Billionaire Blend by Cleo Coyle
V - The Bright Hour by Nina Riggs
W - An Anonymous Girl by Hendricks and Pekkanen
X - It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It by Robert Fulghum
Y - Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
Z - The 17th Suspect by James Patterson
COMPLETED 01/30/2019The Anti-Alphabet Challenge 2019
✓No A- Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
✓No B- The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne DuPrau
✓No C- Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward
✓No D- Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
✓No E- Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
✓No F- Gathering Prey by John Sandford
✓No G- Enchantress by James Maxwell
✓No H- Extreme Prey by John Sandford
✓No I- Golden Prey by John Sandford
✓No J- The Hidden Relic by James Maxwell
✓No K- A Lady at Willowgrove Hall by Sarah E. Ladd
✓No L- Dangerous Minds by Janet Evanovich
✓No M- The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
✓No N- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
✓No O- The Dry by Jane Harper
✓No P- The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain by Bill Bryson
✓No Q- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
✓No R- Hunted by P.C. Cast
✓No S- The Keeper by David Baldacci
✓No T- 11/22/63 by Stephen King
✓No U- The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly
✓No V- The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston
✓No W- Untamed by P.C. Cast
✓No X- The Ghost of Marlow House by Bobbi Holmes
✓No Y- Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly
✓No Z- The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz
�= Read COMPLETED 01/30/2019
No A-The Mercy of the Tide 2/2No B-Tales of a Chinese Grandmother: 30 Traditional Tales from China 1/27
No C-Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File 2/1
No D-The Searcher 1/27
No E-Varina 2/9
No F-The Accidental Empress 1/27
No G-Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties 1/12
No H-Lies My Teacher Told Me 1/26
No I-Dead Letters 1/25
No J-All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row 1/24
No K-Sword Song 1/21
No L-My Dead Parents: A Memoir 1/16
No M- The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War 1/16
No N-Let Me Go 1/20
No O- Here & There 1/26
No P-Behold the Dreamers 1/19
No Q-The Arabian Nights 1/13
No R- Yes Please 1/20
No S- Codename Villanelle 1/16
No T-Hangman Blind 1/14
No U-The Gendarme 1/11
No V-Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial 1/10
No W-Foxcatcher: The True Story of My Brother's Murder, John du Pont's Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold 1/9
No X-The Spy 1/8
No Y-Broken 1/10
No Z- The Beggar King 1/7
I'm in again and I hope to do this in order and randomly.A-I'll Never Tell by Catherine McKenzie 1/20/2019
B-Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb 1/8/2019
C-The Moment Keeper by Buffy Andrews 1/22/2019
D-The Panopticon by Jenni Fagam
E-A Brand of Christmas by Maggie Shayne 1/2/2019
F-Delicate Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan 1/25/2019
G-Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate 1/31/2019
H-Beast of Darkness by Lisa Renee Jones 2/15/2019
I-A Heart across the Ocean by Shelley Kassian 2/2/2019
J-Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson 1/15/2018
K-Long Way Home by Neve Cottrell]2/8/2019
L-The Red by Tiffany Reisz 2/19/2109
M-Kill the Queen by Jennifer Estep 2/9/2019
N-To the Duke, with Love by Amelia Grey 3/26/2019
O-Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg 3/3/2019
P-Holly and Mistletoe by Susan Mallery 2/11/2019
Q-Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Beby Rachel Hollis 1/24/2019
R-The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris 3/28/2019
S-Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser 2/23/2019
T-Gingerbread Cookie Murder by Fluke, Levine, and Meier 3/24/2019
U-Candidate - A Love Story by Tracy Ewens 2/23/2019
V-Spartan Promise by Jennifer Estep 3/3/2019
W-Shuttered Affections by Rene Folsom 3/8/2019
X-Bad Dogs Have More Fun: Selected Writings on Family, Animals, and Life from The Philadelphia Inquirer by John Grogan 3/16/2019
Y-Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford 3/9/2018
Z-Dirty-Talking Cowboy by Stacey Kennedy 3/21/2019
26/26 (titles in any order)
A-Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver 4/15/2019
B-Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb 4/20/2019
C-Wolfpointe by Rick Buda 4/23/2109
D-Picture Perfect Cowboy by Tiffany Reisz 4/24/2019
E-Living Proof by Kira Peikoff 5/3/2019
F-Runes by Ednah Walters 5/6/2019
G-Breathless by Maya Banks, Tiffany Reisz, and Alexa Riley 5/13/2019
H-Immortals by Ednah Walters 5/21/2019
I-Best Kept Secret by Jeffrey Archer 5/24/2019
J-Grimnirs by Ednah Walters 5/26/2019
K-The Rose by Tiffany Reisz 5/29/2019
L-Tempting Boundaries by Carrie Ann Ryan 6/7/2019
M-The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve 6/9/2019
N-Made of Steel by Ivy Smoak 6/12/2019
O-His Many Demands: A Bad Boy Billionaire Novel by Ali Parker 7/2/2019
P-Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb 7/7/2019
Q-First Impressions by Nora Roberts 7/8/2019
R-Witness in Death by J.D. Robb 7/31/2019
S-An American Marriage by Tayari Jones 8/9/2019
T-Simon Says by Lori Foster 8/19/2019
U-Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas 8/23/2019
V-The Snowman's Children by Glen Hirshberg 8/25/2019
W-Their First Noel by Annie Jones 8/26/2019
X-The Floating Feldmans by Elyssa Friedland 8/28/2019
Y-Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb 9/2/2019
Z-Final Target by Iris Johansen 9/4/2019
26 of 26 (titles in order A-Z)
COMPLETED ROUND TWO
Anti-Alphabet Challenge 2019Mission: 26 books, each missing one letter of the alphabet
12/26
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This looks fun (and potentially frustrating). Am adding it my challengesCOMPLETED 13/04/2019
No A- The Big Snow
No B- Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan’s Disaster Zone
No C- Need You Dead
No D- The Subterranean Railway
No E- Wil
No F- Le Joueur D'echecs
No G- Amba of de kleur van rood
No H- Beautiful Screaming of Pigs
No I- Half of a Yellow Sun
No J- The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales
No K- Requiem pour l'Est
No L- Your Madness, Not Mine: Stories of Cameroon
No M- Pulse Points
No N- Dorst
No O- Het gewicht van de haat
No P- La Saison de l'ombre
No Q- Pélléas en Mélisande
No R- Tales of liechtenstein Then and Now
No S- De Cock en een dodelijke dreiging
No T- Baudolino
No U- Death on the Cherwell
No V- The Fallen Curtain
No W- Pereira Maintains
No X- Life After Life
No Y- Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
No Z- Devil-Devil
This was fun the last year, so I'll go at it again this year.Started 2019/01/04
Finished - 2019/03/02
Round 1
No A-Vein Of Love
No B-Warrior Prince
No C-Ondine
No D-Crest
No E-Billow
No F-Archangel's Kiss
No G-Whirl
No H-Angels' Blood
No I-Archangel's Consort
No J-Alpha's Danger
No K-Bonds of Cupidity
No L-Signs of Cupidity
No M-Ropet från andra sidan
No N-Crimes of Cupidity
No O-Alpha's Temptation
No P-White Fire
No Q-A Vow of Thorns
No R-Sold
No S-After
No T-One Apocalypse
No U-To Crown A Beast
No V-When Sinners Kneel
No W-Body of The Crime
No X-Chevalier
No Y-Allison Shatters the Looking-Glass
No Z-Such Violent Delights: A Holiday Paranormal Romance Anthology
Started 2019/04/11
Finished 2019/04/20
Round 2
A-The Gift
B-Archangel's Storm
C-Enthralled
D-Archangel's Blade
E-Crow
F-Archangel's Legion
G-Alpha's Prize
H-Corrupt
I-Archangel's Shadows
J-Archangel's Enigma
K-For the Love of Cupidity: A Valentine's Day Novella
L-Good Time
N-Asher Black
O-Lust
P-Tears of Tess
Q-Awakened And Betrayed
R-The Lost and the Chosen
S-Nikolai
T-House of Darken
U-Sleeping with Monsters
V-House of Imperial
W-A Demon's Plaything: The Elite Guards
X-Becoming His Monster
Y-The Queen of All that Dies
Z-The Queen of Traitors
Completed!No A-The Mercy of the Tide 2/2
No B-Tales of a Chinese Grandmother: 30 Traditional Tales from China 1/27
No C-Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File 2/1
No D-The Searcher 1/27
No E-Varina 2/9
No F-The Accidental Empress 1/27
No G-Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties 1/12
No H-Lies My Teacher Told Me 1/26
No I-Dead Letters 1/25
No J-All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row 1/24
No K-Sword Song 1/21
No L-My Dead Parents: A Memoir 1/16
No M- The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War 1/16
No N-Let Me Go 1/20
No O- Here & There 1/26
No P-Behold the Dreamers 1/19
No Q-The Arabian Nights 1/13
No R- Yes Please 1/20
No S- Codename Villanelle 1/16
No T-Hangman Blind 1/14
No U-The Gendarme 1/11
No V-Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial 1/10
No W-Foxcatcher: The True Story of My Brother's Murder, John du Pont's Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold 1/9
No X-The Spy 1/8
No Y-Broken 1/10
No Z- The Beggar King 1/7
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Congratulations Abbie and anyone else who participating.
Round 2A - The Sinister Signpost by Franklin W. Dixon
B - The Dog Master by W. Bruce Cameron
C- Steamed to Death by Peg Cochran
D - Crazy House by James Patterson
E - Parting Shot by Linwood Barclay
F - Saving Meghan by D. J. Palmer
G - Mother's Day Murder by Leslie Meier
H - Still Me by Jojo Moyes
I - The Ghost of Blackwood Hall by Carolyn Keene
J - Please Don't Feed The Mayor by Sue Pethick
K - How Zoe Made Her Dreams (mostly) Come True/Sarah Strohmeyer
L - The Carriage House by Carla Neggers
M - Since She Went Away by David Bell
N - The Shelter by SunHi Mistwalker
O - The Wife Between Us by Hendricks and Pekkanen
P - Codename Zero by Chris Rylander
Q - Lethal Licorice by Amanda Flower
R - Eggs on Ice by Laura Childs
S - Chocolate Cream Pie Mystery/Joanna Fluke
T - Bird Box by Josh Malerman
U - The Pharaoh Key by Preston and Childs
V - French Pastry Murder by Leslie Meier
W - The House Next Door by James Patterson
X - After You by Jojo Moyes
Y - Murder in the Reading Room by Ellery Adams
Z - English Tea Murder by Leslie Meier
It was definitely an interesting challenge, though easier than I thought it would be (since I went for all the vowel ones first).No A - The Forgetting (1/12)
No B - Famous Last Words (1/29)
No C - The Boy Who Dared (1/31)
No D - The Winner's Curse (2/13)
No E - Skyward (1/3)
No F - The Passion of Dolssa (2/7)
No G - Saint Death (2/10)
No H - Prisoner B-3087 (1/19)
No I - Thunderhead (1/10)
No J - Revolution 19 (2/15)
No K - Bless Me, Ultima (2/18)
No L - The Poet X (1/27)
No M - Jackaby (2/16)
No N - Bridge of Clay (2/24)
No O - The Girl I Used to Be (1/14)
No P - Children of Blood and Bone (3/1)
No Q - Guitar Boy (3/8)
No R - Sadie (1/21)
No S - Hooper (1/25)
No T - Code of Honor (1/17)
No U - A Very Large Expanse of Sea (1/23)
No V - On the Come Up (3/4)
No W - Chains (3/15)
No X - Forge (3/17)
No Y - Ashes (3/19)
No Z - Sad Perfect (3/ 20)
TOTAL: 26/26
This seems like a lot of fun! Mission: 26 books, each missing one letter of the alphabet
No A- Sweep: Volume 1 by Cate Tiernan
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This looks like fun. I'll try it as well :)Mission: 26 books, each missing one letter of the alphabet
No A- Fence, Vol. 1
No B- Alone
No C- The Wishing Spell
No D- The Hating Game
No E- What If It's Us
No F- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
No G- The Foxe & the Hound
No H-P.S. I Still Love You
No I- The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
No J- To All the Boys I've Loved Before
No K- Always and Forever, Lara Jean
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No M- The School for Good and Evil
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No O- The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
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Round 2 for me! See post 13 for first round. Updated 7/20/2019 and COMPLETE! On to Round 3.No A- Sing, Unburied, Sing 4/29/2019
No B- Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions 4/21/2019
No C- The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy and Women's Work 4/24/2019
No D- Bel Canto 5/6/2019
No E- Bossypants 5/16/2019
No F- Nature 5/8/2019
No G- The Overdue Life of Amy Byler 5/10/2019
No H- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 5/11/2019
No I- Mercy Falls 5/20/2019
No J- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 5/15/2019
No K- You do You: Proud to Be Fabulous 6/29/2019
No L- The Tennis Partner 6/18/2019
No M- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry 5/18/2019
No N- The Color Purple 5/31/2019
No O- Where the Crawdads Sing 7/6/2019
No P- Daisy Jones & The Six 6/9/2019
No Q- Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love 6/3/2019
No R- New and Selected Poems, Volume One 6/11/2019
No S- Commonwealth 6/25/2019
No T- A Very Large Expanse of Sea 6/14/2019
No U-Waiting for Godot 6/19/2019
No V- The Weight of Ink 7/5/2019
No W- Jukebox Joyride 7/9/2019
No X- Something Borrowed 6/19/2019
No Y- Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 7/3/2019
No Z- On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century 7/10/2019
Round 3A - Night of the Living Deed by E. J. Copperman
B - Premeditated Peppermint by Amanda Flower
C - You Owe Me One by Sophie Kinsella
D - Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewel
E - Shooting at Loons by Margaret Maron
F - Every Boy's Got One by Meg Cabot
G - Recursion by Blake Crouch
H - Love and Marriage by Bill Cosby
I - The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron
J - Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
K - Just Fine With Caroline by Annie England Noblin
L - Come and Get Us by James Patterson
M - The 100: Rebellion by Kass Morgan
N - Due or Die by Jenn McKinlay
O - Run Away by Harlan Coben
P - Sign of the Twisted Candle by Carolyn Keene
Q - Calm Before The Storm by Ryan Mullaney
R - Single White Psycopath Seeks Same by Jeff Strand
S - Bring Her Home by David Bell
T - Books Can Be deceiving by Jenn McKinlay
U - They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera
V - The Marriage Risk by Debbie Macomber
W - A Familiar Tail by Delia James
X - Cross the Line by James Patterson
Y - The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood
Z - Let's Play Make believe by James Patterson
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Round 3 - this time in sequence for a little more challenge. Updated 12/28/19. Complete!
Mission: 26 books, each missing one letter of the alphabet
No A-Bluebird, Bluebird 7/10/2019
No B-Flatland 7/21/2019
No C-Dark Matter 7/24/2019
No D-The Patron Saint of Liars 8/3/2019
No E-Lot 8/26/2019
No F-Wide Sargasso Sea 8/29/2019
No G-The Double 9/2/2019
No H-Gilead 9/8/2019
No I-Educated 9/9/2019
No J- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 9/17/19
No K- Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything 9/19/19
No L- Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body 9/21/19
No M- The Sun Is Also a Star 10/3/19
No N- The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer 10/20/19 (not counting the subtitle)
No O- Black & White 10/22/19
No P- Our Souls at Night 10/24/19
No Q- The Zookeeper's Wife 10/31/19
No R- Tales of a Wayside Inn 11/14/19
No S- The River 11/15/19
No T- Silver Sparrow 11/24/19
No U- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet 11/30/19
No V- Grand Hotel 12/1/19
No W-The Murder at the Vicarage 12/15/19
No X- Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar 12/20/2019
No Y-The Water Knife 12/24/2019
No Z-Fahrenheit 451 12/28/2019
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Round 4A - Toxic Toffee by Amanda Flower
B - Wanted by Jo Ho
C - Texas Ranger by James Patterson
D - The Scarecrow of OZ by F. L. Baum
E - Witch Ways by Kirsty Tate
F - Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier
G - Book, Line and Sinker by Jenn McKinlay
H - Murder, Money and Marzipan by Leighann Dobbs
I - The Whole Cat and Caboodle by Sofie Ryan
J - A Wolf Called Romeo by Nick Jans
K - The Wendy by Erin Sky
L - An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena
M - An Uninvited Ghost by E. J. Copperman
N - Oracle by Clive Cussler
O - Apple Pies and Alibies by Christy Murphy
P - Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Q - Sofia, Princess Among Beasts by James Patterson
R - The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda
S - Tippy Toe Murder by Leslie Meier
T - Poisoned Pages by Lorna Barrett
U- Neighborly by Ellie Monago
V- Death by Suspenders by Laina Turner
W - Once Upon A Grind by Cleo Coyle
X - Murders and Metaphors by Amanda Flower
Y - Born Evil by Julia Derek
Z - The 18th Abduction by James Patterson
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On to Round 2:
No A: Blood: The Stuff of Life by Lawrence Hill
No B: Four Tragedies and Octavia by Seneca
No C: Phaedrus by Plato
No D: Meno by Plato
No E: Mugby Junction by Charles Dickens
No F: Time And The Conways by J.B. Priestley
No G: Twelve Stories and a Dream by H.G. Wells
No H: Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas
No I: John Donne: Collected Poetry
No J: Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories by Ambrose Bierce
No K: Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki
No L: The Curse of the Viking Grave by Farley Mowat
No M: The Quare Fellow by Brendan Behan
No N: Selected Poems by Thomas Hardy
No O: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
No P: At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald
No Q: Short Walks from Bogota: Journeys in the New Colombia by Tom Feiling
No R: The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville
No S: Le Mariage du Naif by Paul Guth
No T: Herself Surprised by Joyce Cary
No U: Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen
No V: Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim
No W: An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley
No X: Seneca in English by Seneca
No Y: Cuentos de la selva by Horacio Quiroga
No Z: Words with Power: Being a Second Study of the Bible and Literature by Northrop Frye
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I finally finished round 1 of this challenge! I would like to start Round 2 to see how far I can get. Round 2:
No A- Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (August, 2019)
No B- Chasing the Prophecy by Brandon Mull (August, 2019)
No C- Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata by Devdutt Pattanaik (September, 2019)
No D- The Heretic's Apprentice by Ellis Peters (September, 2019)
No E- Kickoff! by Tiki Barber (December, 2019)
No F- Observe, Collect, Draw!: A Visual Journal by Giorgia Lupi (July, 2019)
No G- The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull (September, 2019)
No H- Meditation The Gateway to Freedom by Chinmayananda Saraswati (September, 2019)
No I- Cover Her Face by P. D. James (October, 2019)
No J-Geeta Chapter 5 by Chinmayananda Saraswathi (October, 2019)
No K- Arcade Catastrophe by Brandon Mull (November, 2019)
No L- Geeta Chapter 6 by Chinmayananda Saraswati (November, 2019)
No M- The Warden by Anthony Trollope (December, 2019)
No N- Shrimad Bhagavad Geeta Chapter 7 by Chinmayananda Saraswati (December, 2019)
No O- The Bhagawad Geeta Chapter VIII by Chinmayananda Saraswati (December, 2019)
No P- Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl (December, 2019)
No Q- Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More Stories to Stay Awake By by Alfred Hitchcock (November, 2019)
No R- Why Do We .. by Vimalananda (December, 2019)
No S- The Kidnapped King by Ron Roy (December, 2019)
No T- The Invisible Island by Ron Roy (December, 2019)
No U- The Hidden Kingdom by Tui T. Sutherland (November, 2019)
No V- Ye Olde Weird but True: 300 Outrageous Facts from History (December, 2019)
No W- Master of the Phantom Isle by Brandon Mull (December, 2019)
No X- Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears by Pema Chodron (December, 2019)
No Y- The Talking T. Rex by Ron Roy (December ,2019
No Z- The White Wolf by Ron Roy (December, 2019)
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Having completed two rounds (one in any order, the other in alphabetical order), I am going to attempt a third round using the author's name. The authors will be inserted in any order.A-Jesse Mills--Church of Spilled Blood 9/7/2019
B-Donna Andrews--Owl Be Home for Christmas 11/20/2019
C-Nina George--The Book of Dreams 11/22/2019
D-Chris Grabenstein--Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 11/6/2019
E-Ali Land--Good Me Bad Me 9/20/2019
F-Mallory Crowe--Teaching the Boss 11/21/2019
G-Salman Rushdie--Joseph Anton: A Memoir 11/202019
H-AnnaLisa Grant--The Lake 10/10/2019
I-S.C. Megale--This is Not a Love Scene 9/12/2019
J-Danielle Rose--Lies We Keep 11/25/2019
K-Jennifer Crusie--A Cinderella Deal 11/26/2019
L-Sierra Simone--Misadventures with a Professor 10/9/2019
M-J.D. Robb--Seduction in Death 10/22/2019
N-Tracy Garvis Graves--The Girl He Used to Know 9/25/2019
O-Jennifer Crusie--Anyone But You 9/9/2019
P-Ayn Rand--Atlas Shrugged 10/31/2019
Q-Camille Perri--When Katie Met Cassidy 11/29/2019
R-Paula McLain--Love and Ruin 10/10/2019
S-J.D. Robb--Betrayal in Death 9/29/2019
T-Priscille Sibley--The Promise of Stardust 9/15/2019
U-Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic--Indianapolis: The True Story 9/14/2019
V-Sara Paretsky--Bleeding Kansas 12/10/2019
W-Mitch Albom--The Time Keeper 11/24/2019
X-Meg Collette--Fakers 12/22/2019
Y-Jennifer Estep--The Sharpest Sting 11/4/2019
Z-Christi Caldwell--For the Love of the Duke 12/27/2019
26/26
Completion of the challenge using authors' names; three rounds completed.
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Rosemarie wrote: "Great idea, Nancy!"Thanks. Now to find an author without an E in his/her name.
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Will have to check that author out. I found one that works, but always enjoy discovering new authors like Saki. Thanks for the suggestion.
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This one is a twist on the Alphabet Soup challenge; however, for this one you are looking for books titles that are MISSING a particular letter.
Mission: 26 books, each missing one letter of the alphabet
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