Mirrani Reads the Alphabet

This is my second year doing this challenge, but it's the first year that I've really made an effort to actually record my progress here. This year I have planned out every letter, so by the end of December, this page should be completed. I record my notes for these books at the World Reading Circle book chat, here on LT, and I keep my own records on my livejournal, but it's much more fun to share, so here goes... Please feel free to comment or make suggestions!

I really wanted a nicely designed table or something, but I haven't a clue as to how I'd go about doing that, so I cave to this format. :p

Alphabet by Title

A ~ ELIMINATED 3/16/13 ~ Awakening ~ S. J. Bolton
Also Read: Angel of Vengeance - Abraham's Well - The Almond Tree - Acts of Faith
B ~ ELIMINATED 6/13/13 ~ Blood Done Sign My Name ~ Timothy B. Tyson
Also Read: The Book of Color - The Butterfly Mosque - Beowulf on Film - The Boy in the Suitcase
C ~ ELIMINATED 5/7/13 ~ Call It Courage ~ Armstrong Sperry
Also Read: The Cricket in Times Square
D ~ ELIMINATED 3/10/13 ~ Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz ~ L. Frank Baum
Also Read: Dragonwings - Dun Lady's Jess - The Diary of a Nobody
E ~ ELIMINATED 4/27/13 ~ Eveless Eden ~ Marianne Wiggins
Also Read: The Eigth Continent - The Elephant's Story - The Eleventh Floor
F ~ ELIMINATED 1/31/13 ~ The First Assassin ~ John J. Miller
Also Read: The Fourth Circle - The Fifth Column - Falcondance - The Forgiven
G ~ ELIMINATED 3/26/13 ~ The Galley Slave ~ Drago Jancar
H ~ ELIMINATED 2/16/13 ~ Honeymoon With Harry ~ Bart Baker
Also Read: Holes - Home
I ~ ELIMINATED 6/18/13 ~ I Was Amelia Earhart ~ Jane Mendelsohn
Also Read: The Iron Duke
J ~ ELIMINATED 10/30/13 ~ Johnny Tremain ~ Esther Forbes
K
L ~ ELIMINATED 3/6/13 ~ Land of Oz ~ L. Frank Baum
Also Read: Ladder of Years
M ~ ELIMINATED 4/16/13 ~ Mr. Popper's Penguins ~ Richard Atwater
Also Read: My Father's Dragon - Metal and Flesh
N ~ ELIMINATED 1/15/13 ~ No Buddy Left Behind ~ Terri Crisp
Also Read: Nine Fairy Tales - The Ninth Daughter
O ~ELIMINATED 3/7/13 ~ Ozma of Oz ~ L. Frank Baum
Also Read: On Gold Mountain
P ~ ELIMINATED 1/25/13 ~ Pornografia ~ Witold Gombrowicz
Also Read: Property - Public Garden Penny - Protector - Purple Hibiscus
Q
R ~ ELIMINATED 3/29/13 ~ Rifles for Watie ~ Harold Keith
Also Read: The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee - Repeaters - Rise of the Federation - Raziel's Shadow - Ravel - The Royal Physician's Visit - Rascal - Rough Passage to London
S ~ ELIMINATED 1/6/13 ~ Salvation on Sand Mountain ~ Dennis Covington
Also Read: A Spell of Winter - Snake - The Song of Achillies - Storm Front - Second Wind - Scots on the Rocks - Snake Skin - Scotland's Empire and the Shaping of the Americas, 1600-1815 - Sign of the Beaver - Snake Charmer - The Sixth Extinction - Strawberry Fields - Seventh Son - Snakecharm - The Short History of a Prince - Salt - Sinai - The Snake Charmer - Stolen World
T ~ ELIMINATED 1/15/13 ~ Throne of the Crescent Moon ~ Saladin Ahmed
Also Read: Tranquility - The Tenth Muse - The Twelfth Imam
U ~ ELIMINATED 10/23/13 ~ Unless ~ Carol Shields
V ~ ELIMINATED 7/12/13 ~ The Ventriloquist's Tale ~ Pauline Melville
W ~ ELIMINATED 1/11/13 ~ Whittington ~ Alan Armstrong
Also Read: A Week With Fiona Wonder - The Wizard of Oz - The White King - The Wall - Win, Place, or Die - Wolfcry - Wyvernhail
X
Y ~ ELIMINATED 2/28/13 ~ A Yellow Raft in Blue Water ~ Michael Dorris
Also Read: Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
Z

Alphabet by Author

A ~ ELIMINATED 1/11/13 ~ Armstrong, Alan ~ Whittington
Also Read: Ahmed, Saladin - Atwater, Richard - Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia - Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
B ~ ELIMINATED 1/15/13 ~ Butcher, Jim ~ Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
Also Read - Bakar, Bart - Bartis, Attila - Baum, L. Frank - Bolton, S. J. - Blackburn, Julia - Bennett, Christopher L.
C ~ ELIMINATED 1/6/13 ~ Covington, Dennis ~ Salvation on Sand Mountain
Also Read: Crisp, Terri - Čapek, Karel - Card, Orson Scott - Corasanti, Michelle Cohen - Culver, Charles
D ~ ELIMINATED 2/13/13 ~ Dunmore, Helen ~ A Spell of Winter
Also Read: Dorris, Michael - Daheim, Mary - Diamond, Jared - Dragomán, György - Durgin, Doranna
E ~ ELIMINATED 10/18/13 ~ Echenoz, Jean ~ Ravel
Also Read: Enquist, Per Olov
F ~ ELIMINATED 2/19/13 ~ Francis, Dick ~ Second Wind
Also Read: Ferencik, Erica - Foster, Sharon Ewell - Forbes, Esther
G ~ ELIMINATED 8/10/2013 ~ Gannett, Ruth Stiles ~ My Father's Dragon
Also Read: Grossmith, George
H ~ ELIMINATED 3/2/13 ~ Huddleston, Kelly ~ A Week With Fiona Wonder
Also Read: Hamilton, Jane - Hubbard, L. Ron - Haushofer, Marlen - Hamilton, Barbara - Haydock, Nicholas
I
J ~ ELIMINATED 3/26/13 ~ Jancar, Drago ~ The Galley Slave
Also Read: James, Jamie - Jones, Judith
K ~ ELIMINATED 3/29/13 ~ Keith, Harold ~ Rifles For Watie
Also Read: Kelley, Daniel - Kaaberbol, Lene
L ~ ELIMINATED 5/2/13 ~ Lyons, C.J. ~ Snake Skin
Also Read: Leakey, Richard E. - Lewycka, Marina - Lewis, Elizabeth Foreman - Lewis, Joseph Robert - Lloyd, Robin
M ~ ELIMINATED 1/27/13 ~ Miller, Madeline ~ The Song of Achilles
Also Read - Miller, John J. - Munson, Trevor O. - Mendelsohn, Jane - Melville, Pauline - Marsall, Amy K. - Martin, Valerie
N ~ ELIMINATED 9/14/13 ~ Nigam, Sanjay ~ The Snake Charmer
Also Read: North, Sterling
O ~ ELIMINATED 11/3/13 ~ Osborne, Lawrence ~ The Forgiven
P ~ ELIMINATED 10/29/13 ~ Patel, Eboo ~ Acts of Faith
Q
R ~ ELIMINATED 10/17/13 ~ Roberts, Les ~ Win, Place, or Die
Also Read: Robinson, Marilynne - Risden, E.L. - Rosenberg, Joel C.
S ~ ELIMINATED 2/2/13 ~ Stone, Jeff ~ Snake (5 Ancestors, #3)
Also Read - Sachar, Louis - Sperry, Armstrong - Speare, Elizabeth George - See, Lisa - Smethurst, William - Saramago, Jose - Smythe, Vanna - Shields, Carol - Selden, George - Smith, Jennie Erin
T ~ ELIMINATED 4/6/13 ~ Tyler, Anne ~ Ladder of Years
Also Read: Tilton, JB - Devine, T.M. - Tyson, Timothy B. - Tyson, Peter
U
V
W ~ ELIMINATED 1/25/13 ~ Gombrowicz, Witold ~ Pornografia
Also Read: Wiggins, Marianne - Webb, Endi - Wilson, G. Willow
X
Y ~ ELIMINATED 9/11/13 ~ Yep, Laurence ~ Dragonwings
Z ~ ELIMINATED 4/21/13 ~ Živković, Zoran ~ The Fourth Circle

I didn't read the whole alphabet this past year, as had been the plan. I did have books for those missing letters planned, but I never got around to reading them because Early Reviewer books (and life in general) pushed them out of the picture. Can't complain, though. I did well enough for my first go. ;)

I plan to spend a little more time picking books to fill the gaps for 2014, since a bunch of my reading challenges overlap and I hope that will mean more time to pick "free choice" books.

Trying again in 2014!

Alphabet by Title

A ~ ELIMINATED 1/30/14 ~ A Long Way Gone ~ Ishmael Beah
B ~ ELIMINATED 1/14/14 ~ Broken ~ Karin Fossum
C ~ ELIMINATED 3/25/14 ~ Carry On, Mr. Bowditch ~ Jean Lee Lotham
D ~ ELIMINATED 4/15/14 ~ Defy the Night ~ Heather Munn
E ~ ELIMINATED 9/7/14 ~ Eragon ~ Christopher Paolini
F ~ ELIMINATED 1/17/14 ~ Fugitive Pieces ~ Anne Michaels
G ~ ELIMINATED 7/1/14 ~ The Giver ~ Lois Lowry
H ~ ELIMINATED 2/21/14 ~ The Hundred Secret Senses ~ Amy Tan
I ~ ELIMINATED 3/11/14 ~ The Idea Factory ~ Jon Gertner
J ~ ELIMINATED 1/22/14 ~ Jacob Have I Loved ~ Katherine Paterson
K
L ~ ELIMINATED 4/26/14 ~ The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot ~ Bart D. Ehrman
M ~ ELIMINATED 2/13/14 ~ Maze ~ J. M. McDermott
N
O ~ ELIMINATED 6/22/14 ~ On the Map ~ Simon Garfield
P ~ ELIMINATED 2/8/14 ~ The Picture of Dorian Gray ~ Oscar Wilde
Q
R ~ ELIMINATED 8/7/14 ~ Red River ~ P. G. Nagle
S ~ ELIMINATED 1/24/14 ~ The Smithsonian ~ James Conaway
T ~ ELIMINATED 2/10/14 ~ Trapped Under the Sea ~ Neil Swidey
U ~ ELIMINATED 4/2/14 ~ The United States Cavalry ~ Gregory J. W. Urwin
V ~ ELIMINATED 5/8/14 ~ The View From Saturday ~ E. L. Konigsburg
W ~ ELIMINATED 2/11/14 ~ The White Stag ~ Kate Seredy
X
Y
Z

Alphabet by Author

A ~ ELIMINATED 3/23/14 ~ Atwood, Margaret ~ Alias Grace
B ~ ELIMINATED 1/30/14 ~ Beah, Ishmael ~ A Long Way Gone
C ~ ELIMINATED 1/24/14 ~ Conaway, James ~ The Smithsonian
D
E ~ ELIMINATED 4/26/14 ~ Ehrman, Bart D. ~ The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot
F ~ ELIMINATED 1/14/14 ~ Fossum, Karin ~ Broken
G ~ ELIMINATED 3/11/14 ~ Gertner, Jon ~ The Idea Factory
H ~ ELIMINATED 9/16/14 ~ Hesse, Karen ~ Out of the Dust
I
J ~ ELIMINATED 9/27/14 ~ Jurjevics, Juris ~ Red Flags
K ~ ELIMINATED 5/8/14 ~ Konigsburg, E. L. ~ The View From Saturday
L ~ ELIMINATED 2/26/14 ~ Lehtolainen, Leena ~ My First Murder
M ~ ELIMINATED 1/17/14 ~ Michaels, Anne ~ Fugitive Pieces
N ~ ELIMINATED 8/17/14 ~ Nagle, P. G. ~ Red River
O
P ~ ELIMINATED 1/22/14 ~ Paterson, Katherine ~ Jacob Have I Loved
Q
R ~ ELIMINATED 5/15/14 ~ Richard, Mark ~ House of Prayer No. 2
S ~ ELIMINATED 2/11/14 ~ Kate, Seredy ~ The White Stag
T ~ ELIMINATED 2/21/14 ~ Tan, Amy ~ The Hundred Secret Senses
U ~ ELIMINATED 4/2/14 ~ Urwin, Gregory ~ The Unites States Cavalry
V ~ ELIMINATED 8/30/14 ~ Vat, Dan van der ~ Stealth at Sea
W ~ ELIMINATED 2/8/14 ~ Wilde, Oscar ~ The Picture of Dorian Gray
X
Y
Z