75 Books...More or Less! discussion

ABC Book Challenge:

A - Appaloosa by Robert B. Parker

B - The Book That Matters Most by Ann Hood; The Bourbon Thief by Reisz, Tiffany; Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain–for Life by David Perlmutter; Beekeeping for Beginners by Laurie R. King; The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson; Behind That Curtain (Charlie Chan, #3) by Biggers, Earl Derr; Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries by Helen Fielding; Breaking Point by C.J. Box; Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman; The Black Camel by Earl Derr Biggers; Blood and Circuses by Kerry Greenwood; Bow Wow by Spencer Quinn; Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

C - Cold Wind (Joe Pickett #11)by C.J. Box; Cover Her Face by P.D. James; A Cat was Involved by Spencer Quinn; Curious Minds by Janet Evanovich; A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold; The Cat Who Played Post Office by Lilian Jackson Braun; Club Dead by Charlaine Harris; The Cat who Knew Shakespeare by Lilian Jackson Braun; Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen #1) by Joanne Fluke; The Cat Who Sniffed Glue by Lilian Jackson Braun; CryoBurn by Lois McMaster Bujold; Cat on the Edge by Shirley Rousseau Murphy; Charlie Chan Carries On by Biggers, Earl Derr

D - Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #1) by Kinney, Jeff; Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) by Harris, Charlaine; Dragon of the Red Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne; Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede; Death Without Company by Craig Johnson; Deathless (Leningrad Diptych, #1) by Valente, Catherynne M.; A Crooked Kind of Perfect By Linda Urban; Dead to the World by Harris, Charlaine; Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton

E - Eruption by Harry Turtledove; Easy Go by John Lange(Michael Crichton); Endangered by C.J. Box

F - Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallender, #1) by Henning Mankell; The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien; Force Of Nature (Joe Pickett, #12) by C.J. Box - Someone is coming after Joe's friend Nate and it's serious! *** 3/2/2017

G - The Green Mill Murder (Phryne Fisher, #5) by Kerry Greenwood

H - Hyena's Tree by Thomas J. Larson; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien; Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Shetterly, Margot Lee

I - In the Year 2889 by Jules Verne

J - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

K - K is for Killer by Sue Grafton; Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold; Kindness Goes Unpunished by Craig Johnson

L - The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore; Living Dead in Dallas by Harris, Charlaine; L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton; Lonely Planet an Innocent Abroad compiled by Don George; The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann; The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan; The Lost Boy by Camilla Läckberg; The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking

M - Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold; Murder at Spirit Falls by Barbara Deese; A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder (Inspector Singh Investigates #1) by Flint, Shamini ; M is for Malice by Sue Grafton; A Moveable Feast by Earnest Hemingway; Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson; A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman; The Martian by Andy Weir; Mayor of the Universe by Lorna Landvik

N - The New Hunger (Warm Bodies, #1.5) by Isaac Marion; The Nanny Song by Misty Mount; Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny; Norse Mytholgy by Neil Gaiman

O - Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis; An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce; Off the Grid by C.J. Box

P - Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton; Perelandra by C.S. Lewis; The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

Q - Quest of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone

R - Reykjavík Nights: Murder in Reykjavík (Inspector Erlendur, #0) by Indriðason, Arnaldur; The Redeemer (Harry Hole, #6) by Nesbø, Jo; Ross Poldark by Winston Graham; The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien; Raven Black by Ann Cleeves; Rogue One: A Star Wars Story by Alexander Freed

S - Short & Tall Tales: Moose County Legends Collected By James Mackintosh Qwilleran by Lilian Jackson Braun; State of Wonder by Ann Patchett; The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen; Surprise Island (The Boxcar Children, #2) by Gertrude Chandler Warner; The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father by Kao Kalia Yang; The Snowman by Jo Nesbo; Starship Troopers By Heinlein, Robert A.; Silent Spring by Rachel Carson; Sophie: Dog Overboard by Emma Pearse; A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie; The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene; Summer of the Wolves by Polly Carlson-Voiles; The Saint Meets the Tiger (Simon Templar 'The Saint' #1) by Charteris, Leslie

T - The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien; The Turtle Catcher by Nicole Helget; That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis

U - Unstuffed: Decluttering Your Home, Mind, and Soul by Ruth Soukup; Up at the Villa by W. Somerset Maugham

V - The Vintage Caper by Peter Mayle

W - Wulf's Tracks (Herschel Baker #4) by Dusty Richards; Wish You Well by David Baldacci; Winterfair Gifts by Lois McMaster Bujold

X - The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton

Y - Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Rhimes, Shonda; You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons - The World on One Cartoon a Day by Mo Willems

Z - Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis

ABC Author Challenge:

A - Andersen, Hans Christian; Allen, Conrad

B - Box, C.J.; Braun, Lilian Jackson; Bujold, Lois McMaster; Baldacci, David; Bierce, Ambrose; Biggers, Earl Derr; Backman, Frederik

C - Crichton, Michael; Cleeves, Ann; Carson, Rachel; Crombie, Deborah; Carlson-Voiles, Polly; Charteris, Leslie

D - Deese, Barbara

E - Evanovich, Janet

F - Flint, Shamini; Fielding, Helen; Freed, Alexander; Fluke, Joanne

G - Grafton, Sue; Greenwood, Kerry; Graham, Winston; Gaiman, Neil; George, Don; Grann, David, Gee, Darian

H - Hood, Ann; Harris, Charlaine; Helget, Nicole; Heinlein, Robert A.; Hamilton, Lyn; Hemingway, Earnest; Henson, Misty

I - Indriðason, Arnaldur

J - James, P.D.; Johnson, Craig; Johnstone, William W.

K - Kinney, Jeff; Kazantzakis, Nikos; King, Laurie R.; Keene, Caroylyn; Krueger, William Kent

L - Larson, Thomas J.; Lewis, C.S.; Lange, John (Michael Crichton); Läckberg, Camilla; Landvik, Lorna

M - Marion, Isaac; Mankell, Henning; Mount, Misty; Moore, Graham; Mayle, Peter; McLain, Paula; Martin, Ann M.; Maugham, W. Somerset; Moyes, Jojo

N - Nesbø, Jo

O - Osborne, Mary Pope

P - Patchett, Ann; Perlmutter, David; Pearse, Emma; Parker, Robert B.; Patterson, James

Q - Quinn, Spencer

R - Rhimes, Shonda; Reisz, Tiffany; Richards, Dusty; Rowling, J.K.; Riorden, Rick; Rosenfelt, David

S - Stevenson, Robert Louis; Soukup, Ruth; Shetterly, Margot Lee; Schwalbe, Will

T - Tolkien, J.R.R.; Turtledove, Harry

U - Urban, Linda

V - Verne, Jules; Valente, Catherynne M.

W - Warner, Gertrude Chandler; Wrede, Patricia C.; Willems, Mo; Watson, Winifred; Wiking, Meik; Weir, Andy

X - Xenophon

Y - Yang, Kao Kalia

Z - Zelazny, Roger

Wow, Carol! Just need A, Q for titles and X for authors and you're done before the year is even half over!

Elyse wrote: "Wow, Carol! Just need A, Q for titles and X for authors and you're done before the year is even half over!"

I was going to ask you Elyse, if you had any suggestions for X? For Q I am going to read Q is for ... by Sue Grafton within the next few months (am starting N is for..., but don't think I can make it to X this year. Also for the X authors. I read some Malcolm X last year and don't think I can do that again...

I suggested these to Marie a few months ago:
XVI (YA. It wasn't bad)
xxxHolic, Vol. 1 (graphic novel)
Xanadu
Xbestia: Book One Xenofreak Nation
Xerxes: A Persian Life
X Out Of Wonderland
Xenocide (Ender series book 3)
Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My! (But this was pretty terrible, read it for last year's)
The Xibalba Murders
X (Kinsey Millhone book 24)
Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century

And Shelby just read this for her X title:
X: A Short Story

As for authors...I'm reading Malcolm X this year. Last year I read Wide Open: My Adventures in Polyamory, Open Marriage, and Loving on My Own Terms by Gracie X, not a great read. Here's a Goodreads list https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...

Yahoo! I finished the ABC Book Challenge! Now, to finish the ABC Author Challenge...

Congrats Carol! With 5 months to spare!

Yahoo! Just finished the ABC Author Challenge! X was a hard one...

Congrats!

Wow Carol!! Amazing job this year!