2020 Alphabet Soup Author/Title Challenge

          Author       

Atlas, James  - Bellow     

Belfour, Charles - The Paris Architect

Cassandra Clare - Chain of Gold

Diane Mott Davidson - The Main Corpse

The Edmonds Writing Sisters - Writing in Place

Forsthoefel, Andrew - Walking to Listen

Groff, Lauren  - Florida

Honeyman, Kay - Interference 

Irving, John - Last Night in Twisted River

Joshilyn Jackson - Between, Georgia 

Kathryn Kenny - The Mystery off Old Telegraph Rd

Leonard, Elmore - Killshot

Middendorf Arruda, Suzanne – From Kansas to Cannibals

Norton, Mary – The Borrowers Afield 

O'Connor, Carlene – Murder at an Irish Wedding

Patterson, James - Max   

Queen Noor - Leap of Faith, Memoirs of an Unexpected Life

Rucker, Ivy – Night of the Twisters

Smith, S. E. – Indiana Wild      

Tyson, Timothy B. – The Blood of Emmett Till 

Ulmer, D. M.  – The Cold War Beneath 

Vijay, Madhuri – The Far Field     

Wingate, Lisa – Before We Were Yours 

Xingjian, Gao – The Case for Literature 

Yasuda, Anita – What’s Great about Maryland?

Zweig, Jason – The Devil’s Financial Dictionary     26/26 as of 11.16.20

Title
Asking for Truffle – Dorothy St. James
Body on the Bayou - Ellen Byron
California Fire and Life - DonWinslow
The Danish Girl - David Eberchoff
Educated - Tara Westover
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg

Giant Spider & Me, Volume III - Kikori Morino
Holy in Christ - Andrew Murray
Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer
Just Like Jesus - Max Lucado
Kentucky Sunrise - Fern Michaels
Little Heathens - Mildred Armstrong Kalish
My Bondage and My Freedom - Frederick Douglass
Now We Are Six - A. A. Milne
One Morning in Maine - Robert McCloskey
Prey - Michael Crichton
Queen of the Night - J. A. Jance
Reliance, Illinois - Mary Volmer

The Secrets We Kept - Lara Prescott
Treasures of the North - Traci Peterson
U is for Undertow - Sue Grafton
Viva Vermont! - Melody Carlson
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
Fancy Nancy, Poison Ivy EXpert - Jane O'Connor
Y is for Yesterday - Sue Grafton
Z. Raptor - Stephen Cole     26/26 as of 12.21.20

2020 Literary Escapes Challenge

AL/Alabama – Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café – Fannie Flagg  

AK/Alaska – Julie of the Wolves – Jean Craighead George 

AZ/Arizona – Queen of the Night – J. A. Jance

AR/Arkansas – Deader Homes & Gardens – Joan Hess

California –  California Fire and Life – Don Winslow 

Colorado – The Main Corpse - Diane Mott Davidson

Connecticut – The Cold War Beneath - D. M. Ulmer

Delaware -

District of Columbia – The Coloring Crook – Krista Davis 

Florida – Florida – Lauren Groff 

Georgia – Between, Georgia – Joshilyn Jackson

Hawaii – Max – James Patterson

Idaho – Educated – Tara Westover  

Illinois- Reliance, Illinois – Mary Volmer

Indiana – A Cousin’s Promise – Wanda E.  Brunstetter

Iowa – Little Heathens – Mildred Armstrong Kalish

Kansas – Horse of a Different Color - Ralph Moody

Kentucky – Kentucky Sunrise – Fern Michaels

Louisiana – Body on the Bayou – Ellen Byron

ME/Maine – One Morning in Maine – Robert McCloskey

MD/Maryland – What’s Great about Maryland? – Anita Yasuda 

MA/Massachusetts- The Witches – Stacey Schiff

MI/Michigan – Lending a Paw – Laurie Cass 

MN/Minnesota – Plum Pudding Murder – Joanne Fluke 

MS/Mississippi – The Blood of Emmett Till – Timothy B. Tyson 

MO/Missouri – Killshot - Elmore Leonard 

MT/Montana – Indiana Wild – S. E.  Smith 

Nebraska – Night of the Twisters – Ivy Ruckman 

Nevada – Prey – Michael Crichton 

New Hampshire – Last Night in Twisted River – John Irving

New Jersey – Twisted Twenty Six – Janet Evanovich 

New Mexico – Cinco de Meyhem – Ann Myers 

New York – Trixie Belden & the Mystery Off Old Telegraph Road – Kathryn Kenny 

North Carolina – Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens

North Dakota – Peace Like a River – Leif Enger 

Ohio – Scent of Murder

Oklahoma – Ghost Gone Wild – Carolyn Hart  r – Kylie Logan 

Oregon – Murder in Christmas River – Meg Muldoon 

Pennsylvania - The Mermaid’s Sister – Carrie Anne Noble 

Rhode Island – Carter & Lovecraft – Jonathan L. Howard 

South Carolina – Asking for Truffle – Dorothy St. James   

South Dakota – Black Elk – Joe Jackson 

Tennessee – Before We Were Yours – Lisa Wingate 

Texas- Interference – Kay Honeyman 

Utah – To Helvetica and Back – Paige Shelton 

Vermont – Viva Vermont! – Melody Carlson 

Virginia - A Murder for the Books – Victoria Gilbert 

Washington – Writing in Place - The Edmonds Writing Sisters

West Virginia – Zero Day – David Baldacci   

Wisconsin – Survival of the Fritters – Ginger Bolton 

Wyoming – Blood Trail – C. J. Box    39/51 as of 12.27.20

GREECE - My Family and Other Animals - Gerald Durrell  
FRANCE - The Paris Architect - Charles Belfoure     
ENGLAND - King Lear - William Shakespeare        
DENMARK - Hamlet - William Shakespeare     
MALAY (MALAYSIA) - The Ghost Bride - Yangsze Choo

AUSTRALIA - The Lost Man - Jane Harper 
KENYA - From Kansas to Cannibals - Suzanne Middendorf Arruda   

RUSSIA - The Secrets We Kept - Lara Prescott 

BRAZIL - The Charm School - Susan Wiggs 

INDIA - The Far Field - Madhuri Vijay

JORDAN - Leap of Faith, Memoirs of an Unexpected Life - Queen Noor

IRELAND - Murder at an Irish Wedding - Carlene O'Connor

12/12- INTERNATIONAL as of 11.11.20

2020 Challenge - 52 Books in 52 Weeks

Book

1.  With W in title-  Into the Wild - John Krakauer (8.27.20 - 8.31.20)

2.  A hardcover – Bellow – James Atlas(1.1.20 - 3.28.20)   

3.  Indigenous Author – Thunder Boy, Jr. - Sherman Alexie (5.1.20)

4.  Set in winter – Julie of the Wolves – Jean Craighead George   (1.1.20) abridged

5.  Senior character- My Bondage and My Freedom - Frederick Douglass (1.4.20 - 1.23.20)

6.  Written in ‘70s – Watership Down - Richard Adams(7.17.20 - 8.1.20)

7.  An Author Local to You – The Charm School - Susan Wiggs (10.1.20 - 10.11.20)

8.  Orange cover – The Paris Architect - Charles Belfoure (4.18.20 - 4.26.20)

9.  Set in space – Orphans of the Sky - Robert Heinlein (6.6.20 - 6.9.20)

10. A bestseller – Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens (2.2.20 - 2.21.20)

11. Leaves you thinking –Now we are Six - A. A.Milne (6.29.20 - 7.1.20)

12. A guilty pleasure- The Borrowers Afield – Mary Norton (4.1.20 - 4.11.20)              

13. Female author – From Kansas to Cannibals – Suzanne Middendorf Arruda  (8.19.20 - 8.23.20)

14. In a series – Trixie Belden & the Mystery off Old Telegraph Rd. - Kathryn Kenny(5.12.20 - 5.22.20)

15. With romance – Kentucky Sunrise - Fern Michaels (5.19.20 - 5.24.20)

16. Borrowed from a friend - What Jesus Says to You - Dene Cole (2.9.20)

17. Written by more than 1 author -Writing in Place – Edmonds Sisters (4.18.20 -4.21.20)

18. Pub. in 2020 – Chain of Gold – Cassandra Clare  (6.18.20 - 7.7.20)

19. Stephen King - Elevation (5.1.20 - 5.2.20)

20. Author's last name starts with same initial as mine  - Max – James Patterson (8.9.20 - 8.13.20)

21. Written by blogger or (journalist) – The Lost Man – Jane Harper (8.4.20 - 8.18.20)

22. Character that frustrates you - The Main Corpse - Diane Mott Davidson (9.14.20 - 9.29.20)

23. Title beginning with A – Asking for Truffle – Dorothy St. James        (8.13.20 - 8.19.20)

24. Title beginning with B – The Blood of Emmett Till - Timothy B. Tyson (8.25.20 - 9.22.20) 

25. Title beginning with C – California Fire & Life – Don Winslow       (5.12.20 -5.19.20) 

26. Strong friendship theme - Little Heathens – Mildred Armstrong Kalish   (9.10.20 - 10.1.20)

27. Comic book (manga) - Giant Spider and Me, Tale 3, Kikori Morino (6.18.20 - 6.29.20)

28. Literary Fiction - Treasures of the North - Tracie Peterson (12.21.19 - 1.6.20)

29. Award-winning novel  (Pulitzer Prize) – The Nickel Boys - Colin Whitehead (5.8.20 - 5.12.20)

30. With recipes – Body on the Bayou - Ellen Byron (8.20.20 - 8.27.20)

31. Featuring royalty- Good Queen Bess, The Story of Elizabeth I of England  - Diane Stanley & Peter Vennema (10.24.20)

32. Spy novel – The Secrets We Kept – Lara Prescott (9.18.20 - 9.26.20)

33. Containing poetry- Walking to Listen - Andrew Forsthoefer (12.28.19 - 1.17.20)

34. With illustrations – One Morning in Maine – Robert McCloskey (1.1.20)

35. Author’s debut – Educated – Tara Westover (3.9.20 - 3.31.20)

36. Written in first person – Fer de Lance - Rex Stout (2.7.20 - 2.27.20)
37. A book featuring the medical profession - Indiana Wild - S. E. Smith (1.18.20 - 1.24.20)

38. Set in the future – Z. Raptor – Steve Cole   (9.27.20 - 10.2.20)

39. Celebrity book club book  (Reese Witherspoon) – The Giver of Stars – Jojo Moyes (8.1.20 - 8.9.20)

40. Mensa grades 9-12 – King Lear - William Shakespeare (5.18.20 - 6.2.20) 

41. Published when I was 20 (1966) – Fantastic Voyage – Issac Asimov(10.8.20 - 10.15.20)

42. Past yr’s prompt – Holy in Christ – Andrew Murray (3.30.20 - 4.7.20)
(on Theology)

43. Country you’ve never visited (India) -   The Far Field – Madhuri Vijay (10.12.20 - 10.17.20)

44. Recommended by Amazon - The Danish Girl – David Ebershoff (1.9.20 - 1.17.20)

45. Cost less than $5 – My Family and Other Animals – Gerald Durrell  (2.18.20 - 2.20.20)

46. Author used in earlier category (Mensa) - William Shakespeare   (Hamlet) (6.2.20 - 6.10.20)

47. Takes place on a form of transportation (submarine) –The Cold War Beneath - D. M. Ulmer (4.21.20 - 5.12.20)
48. Character w/glasses –Killshot - Elmore Leonard (1.28.20 - 2.1.20)

49. About a World leader (King of Jordan)-  Leap of Faith – Queen Noor (10.19.20 - 10.28.20)

50. Genre you don’t normally care for - Breakthrough – Jack Andraka (5.3.20 - 5.4.20)

51. Book with a Foreward – Letters to a Young Poet - Rainer Maria Rilke (2.8.20 - 2.20.20)

52. Author you previously disliked - Murder at an Irish Wedding - Carlene O'Connor (10.28.20 - 11.10.20)

52/52 as of 11.10.20

Not Part of a Challenge in 2019

1.  Skipping Christmas - John Grisham
2.  The Compassion Code - Laura Jack
3.  The Overstory: A Novel - Richard Powers
4.  The Grief Recovery Handbook - John W. James & Russell Friedman

EVERETT (WASHINGTON, USA) PUBLIC LIBRARY - 2019 READING CHALLENGE

I read or listened to the following books:

August :  Read a book involving a heist - Heist! - Jeff Diamant (8.5.19 - 8.10.19)
Received a call on 9.24.19 that I'd won a $25.00 gift certificate from Amazon for completing this book!!!

September:  Read a book that was banned or challenged - Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes  (9.1.19 - 9.13.19)

October:  Read a book set in Washington State - East of the Mountains - David Guterson (10.1.19 - 10.20.19)

November:  Read a National Book Award winner - When Zachary Beaver Came to Town - Kimberly Willis Holt (10.29.19 - 11.5.19)

December:  Read the first book in a series  - Murder in an Irish Village - Carlene O'Connor (11.2.19 - 11.15.19)