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Here we are again, doing the same challenge because we like matching books to clues.

Mel and Niamh's 2025 A-Z Follow the Clues
01/01/25 - 31/12/25
23/26 (7/5 AA 🦘) (last updated 07/09/25)

✅A - Has ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT themes - Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao 4🌟 - finished 25/05/25
✅B - BEASTS (animals) feature in story - Lirael by Garth Nix 🦘 3🌟 - finished 24/05/25
C - Relates to CHILDHOOD (either in-text or to your own childhood) - The Mermaid's Daughter by Ann Claycomb (Re-telling of The Little Mermaid, my favourite childhood Disney movie)
✅D - DOG on cover - Wolfsong by T.J. Klune 5🌟 - finished 03/02/25
✅E - EGOTISTICAL character - Heiress on Fire by Kellie McCourt 🦘 3🌟 - finished 16/02/25
✅F - Involves FAMILY - The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley 4🌟 - finished 01/06/25
✅G - Related to a GAME (either about a game or connected to an existing game franchise) - What Doesn’t Break by Cassandra Khaw 4🌟 - finished 19/04/25
✅H - Involves a HOLIDAY - The Summer House in Santorini by Samantha Parks 3🌟 - finished 05/02/25
✅I - Read a book by an INTERNATIONAL author - The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren 4🌟 - finished 01/02/25
J - JUST GET IT OVER WITH - read a book that’s been on your TBR for a long time - This Savage Song by Victoria E. Schwab
✅K - Character is a KILLER - Artificial Condition by Martha Wells 4🌟 - finished 26/02/25
✅L - Classic LITERATURE - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 4🌟 - finished 05/07/25
✅M - MONOCHROME cover - Love Unleashed by Melanie Saward 🦘 4🌟 - finished 12/01/25
✅N - NAUTICAL - set on or near the ocean - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune 4🌟 - finished 15/04/25
✅O - ONE NIGHT STAND - A book you read in one day/sitting - Zac and Mia by A.J. Betts 🦘 4🌟 - finished 12/01/25
✅P - Someone experiences PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS (a character or the reader) - Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson 4🌟 - finished 03/08/25
✅Q - Character goes on a QUEST - Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson 4🌟 - finished 30/01/25
✅R - RECOMMENDED by a friend you trust - A Gathering of Shadows by Victoria E. Schwab 4🌟 - finished 13/05/25
✅S - STAND-ALONE - Wandering Wild by Lynette Noni 🦘 4🌟 - finished 15/05/25
✅T - Has a TV SHOW (or other filmed) adaptation - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 5🌟 - finished 15/01/25
✅U - URBAN FANTASY - The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston 5🌟 - finished 09/03/25
V - VAMPIRES in story - The Sweetness Between Us by Sarah Winifred Searle 🦘
✅W - Read a book that gives you a WARM fuzzy feeling - Teacher of the Year by M.A. Wardell 4🌟 - finished 28/07/25
✅X - Contains XENOPHOBIA - On the Come Up by Angie Thomas 4🌟 - finished 25/08/25
✅Y - YOUR NAME comes up (either in text or as the author) - The Break-Up Clause by Niamh Hargan 3.5🌟 - finished 13/07/25
✅Z - ZERO DOLLARS SPENT - a book that was a gift or a library loan - Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey 🦘 4🌟 - finished 11/01/25

Mel and Niamh's 2025 A-Z Follow the Clues
01/01/25 - 31/12/25
14/26 (5/5 AA 🦘) (last updated 16/9/25)

A - has ANTIESTABLISHMENT themes - Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan
B - BEASTS (animals) feature in story - Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson 11/8/25, 5 ⭐
C - relates to CHILDHOOD (either in-text or to your own childhood) - Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver 29/7/25, 5 ⭐
D - DOG on cover - Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden 22/2/25, 3 ⭐
E - EGOTISTICAL character - Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
F - involves FAMILY - Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb 30/4/25, 5 ⭐
G - related to a GAME (either about a game or connected to an existing game franchise) - What Doesn’t Break by Cassandra Khaw
H - involves a HOLIDAY - Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen by J.K. Rowling
I - Read a book by an INTERNATIONAL author - The Iron Ghost by Jen Williams 26/8/25, 4 ⭐
J - JUST GET IT OVER WITH - read a book that’s been on your TBR a long time - Clariel by Garth Nix 🦘 (Since 2017)
K - Character is a KILLER - Shadow's Edge by Brent Weeks
L - classic LITERATURE - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
M - MONOCHROME cover - Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch 4/7/25, 5 ⭐
N - NAUTICAL - set on or near the ocean - Cloudstreet by Tim Winton 🦘
O - ONE NIGHT STAND - A book you read in one day/sitting - The Voyage of the Basilisk by Marie Brennan 5/7/25, 5 ⭐
P - Someone experiences PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS (a character or the reader) - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 9/8/25, 2 ⭐
Q - Character goes on a QUEST - Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James 8/3/25, 2 ⭐
R - RECOMMENDED by a friend you trust - The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni 🦘 30/3/25, 4 ⭐
S - STAND-ALONE (not in a series) - 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
T - has a TV SHOW (or other filmed) adaptation - A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough
U - URBAN FANTASY - Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
V - VAMPIRES in story (please god no twilight) - Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice 8/9/25, 4 ⭐
W - Read a book that gives you a WARM fuzzy feeling - Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree 16/3/25, 5 ⭐
X - contains XENOPHOBIA (would include racism of any sort) - The Awakened Mage by Karen Miller 🦘 17/9/25, 4.5 ⭐
Y - YOUR NAME (first, last, middle, nicknames) comes up (either in text or as the author) - The Griffin's Flight by K.J. Taylor 🦘
Z - ZERO DOLLARS SPENT - a book that was a gift or a library loan - The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall 11/7/25, 5 ⭐