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Finished reading The Barbed Coil by J.V. Jones for J in authors as well as for the TBR challengeAlpha Author: A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, N, O, Q, R, S, T, U, V, X, Y & Z = 22 out of 26
Alpha Title: B, C, D, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y & Z = 23 out of 26
Numbers (0-9): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 = 10 out of 10
Closer, closer and no, I didn't read it in one day (20 hours since my last post in this thread)- I was reading it for quite a while...
I think I will try this challenge as my very first. Medium (light) seems doable while I won't add the 4 extra German letters (especially considering there is no single word starting with 'ß').Update October: 9/23
x A - Prometheus Bd. 06: Arche (21.10.2021)
x B - Blue Beam Project (14.08.2021)
C -
D - Drachenbrut
x E - Exogenisis (Prometheus #3) (22.08.2021)
x F - Die Fehde der Magier (04.09.2021)
G - The Gospel of Loki (incredible exited for this one) (31.12.21: almost finished, only about 20 pages to go)
x H - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (7.11.2021)
I - Invasion
x J - James Joyce. Portrait eines Dubliners (13.08.2021)
K - Kielko's Tears
L - Das Labyrinth von London
x M - Miss Bengalore (23.08.2021)
N - Necromanteion
O - Odissey
x P - Prophezeiung (Prometheus #4) (08.09.2021)
Q -
x R - Ready Player One (18.10.2021)
x S - The Space Between Worlds (01.10.2021)
T - The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe (read half of it, but had to return it to the library before i got to finish)
x U - Schatten über Ulldart (22.12.2021)
V - Vorsehung (Prometheus #12)
x W - wake up (25.10.2021)
X - Raft (Xeelee #1, Hopefully i can find a place to buy it, it's on my TBR since way too long)
x Y - Yu-Gi-Oh!, Vol. 1: The Millenium Puzzle (20.10.2021) (wanted to re-read since a long time)
Z - Die Zitadelle (Prometheus #20)
(Goal: 23)
I hope I am doing this whole thing right haha. Now I have to add all those books two the shelf that I create while signing up for the challenge, right?
Yes, you can add the books now if you're sure these are the books you'll be reading, or add them as you start/finish reading them :)
Finished reading Adventures of a Dwergish Girl by Daniel Pinkwater for P in authors as well as for the TBR challengeAlpha Author: A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, X, Y & Z = 23 out of 26
Alpha Title: B, C, D, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y & Z = 23 out of 26
Numbers (0-9): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 = 10 out of 10
I'm currently working on Oath of Fealty by Elizabeth Moon for M in Authors and Apocalypse Nyx by Kameron Hurley for A in Titles
Adventures of a Dwergish Girl by Daniel Pinkwater was very, very YA but as it was free from Tor, I downloaded it and read it. It probably would absolutely enthrall a middle-schoolder
Finished reading Oath of Fealty by Elizabeth Moon for M in Authors Alpha Author: A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, X, Y & Z = 24 out of 26
Alpha Title: B, C, D, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y & Z = 23 out of 26
Numbers (0-9): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 = 10 out of 10
I'm currently working on Apocalypse Nyx by Kameron Hurley for A in Titles
Finished reading City of Stone and Silence by Django Wexlerfor W in Authors Alpha Author: A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y & Z = 25 out of 26
Alpha Title: B, C, D, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y & Z = 23 out of 26
Numbers (0-9): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 = 10 out of 10
I'm currently working on Apocalypse Nyx by Kameron Hurley for A in Titles
Update: Medium Mode Authors - A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, O, P, R, S, T, W
Medium Mode Titles - A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, S, T, U, V, X, W, Z
(Illuminae, Velocity Weapon, Six Crimson Cranes)
Numbers - 0, 1, 6, 7, 9 (Six Crimson Cranes)
Bonus Numbers: 32, 40
For X, I've decided to relax my own personal rules a bit so that the letter can be anywhere in the title or name, and doesn't have to be at the beginning. So I'm counting Six Crimson Cranes for my X-Title (otherwise it just becomes too contrived and would force me to buy and read stuff I've never actually wanted to read).
Am going to try this on medium mode, but will also try doing the Japanese alphabet (kana system) in author mode? Will have to make exceptions for certain letters (nothing starts with を or ん), but....will try!Edit: Bolding books I have finished reading so that I can list the books on my TBR list that I can use to fill these! :D
Medium mode:
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That's a really cool idea! I can actually think of some authors for
を: David Wong, Tao Wong, Meg Wolitzer
and
ん: Jeannette Ng, Natasha Ngan, Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, Marie NDiaye, Celeste Ng, Viet Thanh Nguyen
So there's no need to leave these out. :-)
Kai, nice to see some international action! 😊
Eva wrote: "That's a really cool idea! I can actually think of some authors for
を: David Wong, Tao Wong, Meg Wolitzer
and
ん: [author:Jeannette Ng|1488095..."
OHHH I've never seen books by these authors in Japanese... But I'll keep that option in mind if I can't find anything!!
Finished reading Apocalypse Nyx by Kameron Hurley for A in Titles Alpha Author: A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y & Z = 25 out of 26
Alpha Title: A, B, C, D, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y & Z = 24 out of 26
Numbers (0-9): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 = 10 out of 10
I'm currently working on The Fire's Stone by Tanya Hufffor F in Titles
with only two more to go after that:
Eye of the Comet by Pamela Sargent for E in Titles which is book two in a series, so I actually should read book one first and then finish with book 3
and
The Nature of a Pirate by A.M. Dellamonica for D in Authors which will finish off a trilogy
Finished reading The Fire's Stone by Tanya Hufffor F in TitlesAlpha Author: A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y & Z = 25 out of 26
Alpha Title: A, B, C, D, f, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y & Z = 25 out of 26
Numbers (0-9): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 = 10 out of 10
only two more to go after that:
Eye of the Comet by Pamela Sargent for E in Titles which is book two in a series, so I actually should read book one first and then finish with book 3
and
The Nature of a Pirate by A.M. Dellamonica for D in Authors which will finish off a trilogy
Finished reading The Nature of a Pirate by A.M. Dellamonica for D in Authors which will finish off a trilogyAlpha Author: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y & Z = 26 out of 26
Alpha Title: A, B, C, D, f, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y & Z = 25 out of 26
Numbers (0-9): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 = 10 out of 10
only one more to go after that:
Eye of the Comet by Pamela Sargent for E in Titles which is book two in a series, so I actually should read book one first and then finish with book 3
The Alphabetical Authors list is now finished!!!
Finished reading [[book:Eye of the Comet|3015975] by Pamela Sargent for E in Titles Alpha Author: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y & Z = 26 out of 26
Alpha Title: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y & Z = 26 out of 26
Numbers (0-9): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 = 10 out of 10
The Alphabetical Titles list is now finished!!!
ans is the entire contest!!!!
Congrats CBRetriever, that's impressive!
I liked this challenge and the TBR one a lot
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Amazing, CBR! 🥳 Glad to hear you liked the challenge 😊
I'm only at 20/36 so I better get moving. Also still have a few really long books on my list (as well as a number of short ones) so I'll probably continue tweaking.
That’s amazing Chessie! Well done!
I'm starting to tally up my Scrabble mode titles - quite an undertaking as I'm trying not to do the books that have this sort of titleThe Year's Best Military SF & Space Opera (The Year's Best of Military and Adventure Science Fiction Stories Book 1)
or this one
The Dragonback Series Books 4-6: Dragon and Herdsman, Dragon and Judge, Dragon and Liberator
I’ve been meaning to ask if anyone is doing Scrabble! I have a spreadsheet, because of course I do, where I’ll copy paste all my read titles at the end of the year to see which ones have most of each letter.Actually, even people who haven’t partipated in ABC can still do Scrabble at the last minute! Maybe I’ll have to make a spreadsheet everyone can use to check their points. Unless someone has already made one and wants to share? 😊
That might be useful. I've made it to the point of determining which books I'll use for each letter, now I need to total the points per book and for that letter and create a:Letter = Count = Points = Title
listing. also did this for my Unread SF&F books and found a couple of books that will increase my score if I read them before then end of the year
Do we want to count a/an/the towards Scrabble? It only affects five letters, so I guess we could go either way? A, E, N, T are all just 1 point, so it really doesn't matter, but H is 4 points, so it might make a difference.I guess for the sake of simplicity/laziness, let's not care about that :D
as your example counts the a in and, I'm going for the entire title, minus the Book X in Series Y bit
Yeah I think it's easier to just keep it simple :)
I have know idea if that's a great amount of points, since you're the first one to do the math, but congrats all the same! :D
It took me forever to eye-read one of my number books, and then I needed to eye-read another number book, but I'm finally done with all modes! Challenge completed, woohoo!Titles 26/26
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Authors 26/26
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Numbers 11/11
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Scrabble: 367
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Wow! Congratulations, Anna! I admire your endurance. I miserably failed this year at every challenge I set myself.
I pretty much finished the challenge in July, it was just that one 550 page eye-book that was left, and then an easy 200 page kids' book after that, so I knew I could do it. Picking such a massive eye-read for a challenge when you're not eye-reading almost at all was not a good choice :D But on the other hand, I don't think I would've read it this year if it wasn't for the challenge, so maybe it wasn't so bad after all :)(Not looking forward to trying to finish RATB this year, December is going to be hellish.)
Gabi wrote: "Wow! Congratulations, Anna! I admire your endurance. I miserably failed this year at every challenge I set myself."Well I'll have to admit that I said a challenge to read 20 books and I'm already at 40 books read. Might be able to get 45 in. Happy ThanksGiving my friends here in the USA. As for all my friends have a Blessed day and Remember that God Is Good.
I'm doing Medium Mode/MM Light (but it's a bit moot, since I'm not going to finish the challenge to the point of getting to X anyway...). I've gotten through a few letters:A – The Awakening
B – The Book of Three
D – Dragonsbane
E – The Enchanted (Cecilia Dart-Thornton)
F – Fate of the Fallen
H – The Hail Mary Project
M – The Mortal Word
P – The Paris Library
S – Starsight
U – The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep
W – The Way of Kings (currently reading Part 1)
I might be able to add 'L', if I get The Last Graduate next. I've read a few same-letter books, of course. M, A, D, and S seem to be popular.
The author version of this challenge might be good to try.
Actually, I only get 9 letters if I do the Author version 😞 😄. But I do pick up C and N ✊
You can continue next year if you want to! :)
I gave up on this challenge half way through the year when I realized everything I was reading started with the same 7 or so letters! Had never noticed how popular certain letters are.
December is almost upon us and I've had a bit of a reckoning with this challenge. I have not been doing very well reading the books I chose for each letter (even though I chose several books for each!). So I went through the books I have read this year to see if there were any I could plug into the challenge and see how many I have left. So:F - Fate of the Fallen
P - Project Hail Mary
Q - The Quantum Magician
S - Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher (the City of Dreaming Books, which I read in German)
T - Trash Mountain
U - Under the Whispering Door
V - Vicky Finds a Valentine
That leaves me with just G, J, K, and Z for 22/26 for the Title challenge. A couple of the books are shorter ones, so I may make it, but I kind of doubt it.
For the Authors Challenge, it's a bit worse. I have B, F, G, J, M, Q, T, V, X and Z left.
Four letters doesn't sound too bad, if they're books you're actually interested in!
Done:Book: A, B, C, D, E, H,I, K, L, M, N, P, R S, U, V, W, Y
Neeed F, G, J, O, Q, T, X. Z
I have a J and a T done, but they were mysteries, so I will only count them if I have to. Currently reading both One of Our Thursdays Is Missing and The Zenith. After that is The Quiet Invasion and Xanadu
Authors:
Done: A, B, C, D, G, H, J, K, L, M, R, S, T, W, Z
Need: E, F, I, N, O, P, Q, U, V, X, Y....f and y will be done via the plan above
so, I dont thinkk I will quite it...maybe I will snaek in some short stories
dangit, I just wrote a really long update that apparently got sucked up into the infamous Goodreads vacuum!once I finiish what im reading I will have 6 left. That might be possible, but I will still have 8 authors left. I might need to tuck in a few shorts!
Maggie wrote: "dangit, I just wrote a really long update that apparently got sucked up into the infamous Goodreads vacuum!once I finiish what im reading I will have 6 left. That might be possible, but I will sti..."
I did a short story or two for my listings:
Zero Gee is a short story in The Best of Bova: Volume 1 by Ben Bova
Six from Atlantis in The Sword & Sorcery Anthology
Seven in the Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy Anthology
Xia Jia in Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume 2
Xingu by Edith Wharton <------------ Fiction
Maggie, I think the GR vacuum spat it back out :DI say count the mysteries, this isn't SFF only!
I'm missing the letters C, D, Q, K, Y, and Z. I could use books I've already read for C and D but I want to stick to my initial list if possible, so let's see... I've read more than one book for many letters too.
I’ve made it through all of my titles and have three left to finish for my numbers. This summer I had decided to throw in authors as well because, hey, why not!? I have 8 authors left to complete it in the next few weeks… Can she do it??!!
Anna wrote: "You can continue next year if you want to! :)"I think I will! I hadn't considered that.
I ended up reading less fiction this year than usual, thanks to the exciting new world of K-Dramas, which supplied my story fix for the first few months. 😄😏
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