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Use the name of a book you have read about between January 01, 2012 - December 31, 2012. The title must correspond to a certain letter.

You can use books you read for other challenges. So total books to be read is 26.

A - Azuri Fae
B - Blue Bloods
C - City of Bones
D - Deadly Little Secret
E - Everneath
F - Farro
G - Gone Girl
H - Heist Society
I - The Initiation
J -
K - The Kennaway Woman
L - Lies Beneath
M - Mort
N - New Girl
O - The Other Life
P - Pretty Crooked
Q - Quarantine: The Loners
R - Romeo and Juliet
S - Switched
T - Twilight
U - Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
V -
W - The Whisperer
X -
Y - Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Z -

19/25

☑A - A Clash of Kings
☑B - Bloodrose
☑C - Cross Bones
☑D - Dark Days
☑E - Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon
☑F - The Faceless Ones (Skulduggery Pleasant, #3).
☑G - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
☑H - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
☑I - Ink Exchange
☑J - Jellicoe Road
☑K - Kingdom of the Wicked
☑L - Leviathan
☑M - Mort
☑N - The Night Circus
☑O - The Omen Machine
☑P - Playing with Fire
☐Q -
☑R - Railsea
☑S - Scarlet
☑T - The Torment Of Others
☑U - Unwholly
☑V - The Virgin Suicides
☑W - When We Were Executioners
☐X -
☐Y -
☑Z - Zoo City

(23/26)

A - The Antithesis: Book Three Alpha by Terra Whiteman
B - Blonde Bomshell by Tom Holt
C - Cape of Slaves by Sam Roth
D - Dissolution by C.J. Sansom
E - Enormity by W.G. Marshall
F - Fantastic Women edited by Ron Spillman
G - God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
H - The Habitation of the Blessed by Catherynne M. Valente
I - Infidel Kameron Hurley
J - John Saturnall's Feast by Lawrence Norfolk
K - Kingdom of Strangers by Zoe Ferraris
L - Lords and Ladies Terry Pratchett
M - Mockingbird by Chuck Wendig
N - Nevermore by William Hjortsberg
O - Of Blood and Honey by Stina Leicht
P - Prador Moon by Neal Asher
Q - Quarantine: The Loners by Lex Thomas
R - Ragnarok by A.S. Byatt
S - The Spellcoats by Diana Wynne Jones
T - This Devil's Dice by Jackson Spence
U - Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
V - vN Madeline Ashby
W - The Whisperer by Donato Carrisi
X - The X Factor by Andre Norton
Y - Your House Is On Fire, Your Children All Gone by Stefan Kiesbye
Z -

Progress: 23/26

A - Angelfire
B - Before I Fall
C - The Capture
D - Demon Kissed
E - Entwined
F - From London With Love
G - Grave Mercy
H - Huntress
I - Immortal Beloved
J -
K -
L - Lost in Time
M - A Million Suns
N - Northanger Alibi
O - Out of Sight Out of Time
P - Perfect Chemistry
Q -
R - Rules of Attraction
S - The Sky is Everywhere
T - The Thief
U - The Underworld
V - The Vision
W - Warped
X -
Y -
Z -

Total 20

Eeep. Well, I'm going to put as many Diabolical Reading Challenge books on here as I can...

1/26

A - Alice I Have Been
B - A Bend in the River
C - Canal Dreams
D - DEAD ish
E - East of the Sun
F - A Feast for Crows
G - Gormenghast
H - The Hunger Games
I - Censoring an Iranian Love Story
J -
K - Kushiel's Dart
L - Living Dead in Dallas
M - The Man Who Ate the 747
N - Never Let Me Go
O -
P -
Q - 1Q84, #2

1/26



A -
B -
C -
D -
E -
F -
G -
H -
I -
J -
K -
L -
M - Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne **read 17.03.2012**
N -
O -
P -
Q -
R -
S -
T -
U -
V -
W -
X -
Y -
Z -

Earlier this year it was suggested that for the A-Z challenges, you get to make one letter optional or just leave it out (whichever one you can't complete). Should we go with that for 2012?

A - Alias Grace
B - Bloodlines
C - Crave
D - A Dance With Dragons
E - Eleven Minutes
F - Frankenstein
G - Gossip Girl #2
H - His Coldest Winter
I - The Ice Cream Girls
J - Jane Eyre
K - The Kite Runner
L - Little Vampire Women
M - Misguided Angel
N
O
P - Poison Study (Study Trilogy #1)
Q
R - The Russian Concubine
S - Spud
T - 10th Anniversary
U
V
W - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
X
Y
Z

A - Athena the Wise - Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams
B - Burning lamp - Amanda Quick
C - Cart and Cwidder - Diana Wynne Jones
D - Drowned Ammet - Diana Wynne Jones
E - Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett
F - Fired Up - Jayne Ann Krentz
G - Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett
H - A Highlander Christmas - Janet Chapman
I - Inheritance - Christopher Paolini
J - The Journals of Captain John Smith - John M. Thompson
K - The King's Secret Matter - Jean Plaidy
L - Lost tales of Ga'Hoole - Kathryn Lasky and Kathryn Huang Knight
M - Mort - Terry Pratchett
N - Een Nieuwer Testament - Hella S. Hasse
O - Only with a Highlander - Janet Chapman
P - Pyramids - Terry Pratchett
Q - Quicksilver - Amanda Quick
R - Running Hot - Jayne Ann Krentz
S - Sizzle and Burn - Jayne Ann Krentz
T - The Third Circle - Amanda Quick
U - Undead and Unwed - MaryJanice Davidson
V - De vlucht van de Wilde Zwaan - Celeste de Blasis
W - White Lies - Jayne Ann Krentz
X - XVI - Julia Karr
Y - Yesterday's Son - A.C. Crispin
Z - Zinnia - Jayne Castle

COMPLETED

A -
B -
C -
D -
E -
F -
G -
H - Hunger Games
I -
J -
K -
L -
M -
N -
O -
P -
Q -
R -
S -
T -
U -
V -
W -
X -
Y -
Z -The Hunger Games

☐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 -

20/26



A - Aftertime
B - Blackout
C - Chimera
D - Deadline
E - Envy
F - Five Flavors of Dumb
G - Gone
H - Hushed
I - Intertwined
J -
K - The Knife of Never Letting Go
L - Living Dead Girl
M - The Marbury Lens
N - Nightlife
O - Out of the Pocket
P - Peeps
Q -
R - Rotters
S - Sandman Slim
T - Tricked
U -
V - The Vampire's Assistant
W - When You Reach Me
X -
Y -
Z -

7/26




A-
B- The Burning Shore - Wilbur Smith
C-
D- Dreamcatcher - Stephen King
E- Eragon - Christopher Paolini
F- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
G-
H-
I- Insomnia - Stephen King
J-
K-
L- The Leopard Hunts in Darkness - Wilbur Smith
M-
N-
O-
P- Power of the Sword - Wilbur Smith
Q-
R-
S-
T-
U-
V-
W-
X-
Y-
Z-

Finished 15/26

A Weekend with Mr. Darcy
Breath of Air
Catching Fire
D
Every Secret thing and Entwined
Firefly Dance
Giver, The
Hunger Games
Ice Queen
J
K
Lovely Bones
Marriage Plot
N
O
Peach Keeper
Q
Room
Sugar Queen & Steve Jobs
The dance of connection
U
V
Wanderlove
X
Y
Z

At the moment I am reading a book that has been translated from English to Dutch. Which title do I use for this challenge? The original English one or the one that it has in the Dutch translation? I have used Dutch titles before but only if that was the original language in which the book was written and if of course I had read the book in Dutch. But now the book is translated and I am not sure what the rules are.

Barbara wrote: "At the moment I am reading a book that has been translated from English to Dutch. Which title do I use for this challenge? The original English one or the one that it has in the Dutch translation? ..."

That would be the title in the language you are actually reading it in.

Crusader wrote: "Barbara wrote: "At the moment I am reading a book that has been translated from English to Dutch. Which title do I use for this challenge? The original English one or the one that it has in the Dut..."

Yea agreed with Crusader

Cool, that means I can at least use one of the books. It is a trilogy and the original English titles won't work because I have those letters already covered, but in Dutch I know I can use one.

Thanks!

And that is 4! All A-Z challenges completed with the X in all 4 of them.

Well done Barbara, that is quite a feat!

Yea very nice!

Thanks!

congrats, that is impressive :)

Thanks!
I had to read some crappy books to finish all 4, but I did and I always like getting these 4 done. For some reason I don't feel like I have completed anything unless I do them all. :)

Barbara wrote: "Thanks!
I had to read some crappy books to finish all 4...."

lol, the things we do (or should I say the books we read) to complete challenges