2018 ABC Challenge

Another new year.
 One of these years I'll complete this challenge. The last 4 years were not that year. I'm pretty optimistic that I won't get anywhere near completing it this year either, but it's kind of a habit to do it at this point. 
I like lists. Here's a list. 

Predetermined
Just a few choices for each letter going by my 2018 TBR list
(So I can cross things off, of course)

A - The Alchemist, Arabella of Mars, And I Darken, All the Crooked Saints, Age of War, All the Bright Places

B - Brooklyn, The Bone Season, The Book of Dust, The Borrowers, Black Beauty, Breath of Fire, Bunnicula

C - Caraval, The Cruel Prince, The Crims, The Carnivorous Carnival, Cilla Lee-Jenkins

D - The Dinner, Demelza

E - Ever the Brave, Emma in the Night, Everland, Everless, The Ersatz Elevator, The Emerald Circus

F - Fridays with the Wizards

G - The Glass Arrow, Godsgrave, The Giant Smugglers, Girls Made of Snow and Glass, The Girl in the Tower, The Glass Castle

H - Heap House, The Hostile Hospital, Heroine Complex, The Hammer of Thor

I - Into the Dim, I Capture the Castle

J - Jorie and the Gold Key

K

L - The Little White Horse

M - M is for Magic, Mask of Shadows, The Magic Misfits, My Sister's Bones

N - Night Film, The Novice

O - Obsidio

P - A Promise of Fire

Q - The Queen of Blood

R - Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, The Rebels of Gold, The Raven Boys, The Raven God, The Rosie Project

S - Song of the Dark Crystal, Strange the Dreamer, The Suffering Tree, Simon vs the HomoSapien Agenda, Salt to the Sea, Saturdays at Sea, The Smell of Other People's Houses

T - Tower of Dawn, Thursdays with the Crown

U - Unearthed

V - Voyager, The Vanishing Throne, The Valiant, The Vile Village

W - The Wolf's Boy, The Wonderling, The War I Finally Won, Whichwood, The Witch's Boy, Women in Science, The World's Greatest Adventure Machine

X

Y

Z - Zodiac, Zenith


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And...

What I've Read in 2018

A

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich
Anne Frank's Diary: Graphic Adaptation by Ari Folman

B
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (CR)
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
The Book of Dragons by E. Nesbit
The Body by Stephen King

C
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black 
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

D
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Demelza by Winston Graham 

E
Ever the Brave by Erin Summerill
Everless by Sara Holland
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket
Everland by Wendy Spinale

F
Friends and Foes by Eddie Pittman
Florida by Lauren Groff (CR)

G
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

H
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
Hadassah: The Girl Who Became Queen Esther by Tommy Tenney
How to Make A Wish by Ashley Herring Blake
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
Hell House by Richard Matheson
The House With A Clock In It's Walls by John Bellairs
The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

I

J
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach

K
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

L
The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun by J.R.R. Tolkien 
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

M
The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris
M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman
A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs

N
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
Night by Elie Wiesel

O
Obsidio by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman 
The Oddling Prince by Nancy Springer

P

Q

R
Ross Poldark by Winston Graham
Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz
A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir

S
Simon vs. the Homo Sapien Agenda by Becky Albertelli
Seeker of the Crown by Ruth Lauren
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini

T
Tales From the Arabian Nights by Donna Jo Napoli
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

U

V
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket

W
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Wizard in the Tree by Lloyd Alexander
The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
We Have Always Lived In the Castle by Shirley Jackson

X

Y
You by Caroline Kepnes

Z

The 26 Book Alphabet Challenge

I can't remember who introduced me to this book challenge but I did a little search to find the rules and came upon a group on Shelfari called 'Read the Alphabet'. The point is to read at least 26 books, one for each letter of the alphabet. For example, 'Alice In Wonderland' would work for 'A', 'Black Beauty' for 'B', and 'Call of the Wild' for 'C'. There are little additional rules such as 'The' cannot count for 'T','A Christmas Carol' should not be used for the letter 'A', and 'I Capture the Castle' shouldn't be used for the letter 'I'. The same goes with 'An', 'As', 'At', etc.

Anyway, here is my Alphabet Challenge so far. I'm not reading books solely for this challenge, though, so I've read more than one for some letters. I'm also not including short stories or graphic novels into this challenge.

A

B

  Burnout by Adrienne Maria Vrettos

C 

Changeling by Delia Sherman
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

D

  Divergent by Veronica Roth
     Delirium by Lauren Oliver

E

F 

 Fated by Benedict Jacka
   The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

G

H 

  How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
   The Host by Stephanie Meyer
    Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

I 

 Invisible Monsters Remix by Chuck Palahniuk
      Insurgent by Veronica Roth

J 

 James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
   Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

K

L

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
     Lark's Quest: The Search (The Deeds of the Ariane Novellas #1) by Barbara Cool Lee

M 

 Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Monster by Walter Dean Myers

N 

 The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The New Hunger (Warm Bodies 0.5) by Isaac Marion

O

P 

  Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau

Q

R

Requiem by Lauren Oliver

S 

 Slow Boat To Purgatory by Vernon Baker
   Song Of The Mountain by Michelle Isenhoff
Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce 

T

U

V

W

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
Wither by Lauren DeStefano
World War Z by Max Brooks

X 

Y

Z

This can also be done with author names and is a good way to keep the challenge going once you've read a book for each letter.