#A to Z Reading Challenge

[mieczyhale]

for the second year in a row: yeehaw

[rosegardendeprofundis]

A to Z Reading Challenge (2024)

A - Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez

B - Beloved by Toni Morrison

C - A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

D - Dune by Frank Herbert

E - East of Eden by John Steinbeck

F - Flowers in the Attic by V. C. Andrews

G - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

H - Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

I - I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt by Madeline Pendleton

J - Jaws by Peter Benchley

K - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

L - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

M - Marriage of a Thousand Lies by S. J. Sindu

N - Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

O - Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

P - Pearl by Tim Waggoner

Q - 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

R - Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

S - The Stand by Stephen King

T - The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan

U - Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson

V - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis

W - Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me by Adrienne Brodeur

X - X by Tim Waggoner

Y -

Z -

[bigheartedbibliophile]

🎉 Happy New Year’s Eve! 🎉

I want to thank everyone who has joined my journey this year. Cheers to the next one! 🥂 One of my goals this year was to read a book that started with each letter of the alphabet. It was a challenge, but I did it! I found some of my favorite books of the year 💕 be safe tonight!

[lillidigest]

Books That Start with the Letter Q for the A to Z Reading Challenge

Finding books for certain letters in the A to Z Reading Challenge can be a struggle—especially “Q”! If you’re looking to check this tricky letter off your list, I’ve got some fantastic fiction recommendations spanning multiple genres like thrillers, romance, fantasy, and more. Let’s dive into these Q-titled gems! 1. A Quiet Retreat by Kiersten Modglin This gripping psychological thriller…

[bellasbookclub]

Reccer Spotlight: Shannon!

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

Station Eleven

House of Psychotic Women

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

The Scorpio Races

Shannon's recs are all about the apocalypse or the mentally ill... or murder horses. Full text available in her tab of the Bella’s Book Club Summer Reading ‘25 Reclist!

more info on BBC Summer Reading 2025

more Reccer Spotlights

[causeimanartist]

draw more of what you want, I had literally forgotten about my sister the vampire, you hit me in the nostalgia

Join me in the nostalgia!

[bookishfreedom]

A is for An Awful Lot of unread books

[sofipitch]

I will say, I don't understand the compulsion to claim anytime a writer used to write fanfic that they repurposed their fanfic. Like read like 3 things by the same author and you'll realize authors have their things, characters and plotlines they like, words or metaphors they prefer. It can often be an intimate experience where you start to get the sense of what is haunting that author. Yes their works may look similar but they are in fact written by the same person, enjoy getting to know them. And furthermore I hate the culture of artists having to pretend art doesn't inspire other art without fearing accusations of plagiarism

[zeb-z]

the sooner badboyhalo viewers realize he’s an unreliable narrator the sooner I’ll be able to sleep at night

[mieczyhale]

yeehaw i guess

[rainbow-arrow]

i'm gonna write and publish a book that begins with x just so people (me) have a good book to read for their alphabet challenges

[bekah-reading]

6/50

5/5

Once again- I decided to stay up all night reading. I couldn’t help it. I started this yesterday right after I finished my last book. And wow!

I love this book! This book is so interesting and creepy and it’s unsettling. I loved the formatting and the weirdness and the unique way this book is set up.

I got way into it; this is a big and challenging read. It’s all over the place but I really enjoyed it. It definitely was very atmospheric and immersive.

If you haven’t already read it and you love horror novels; I absolutely say you should pick this one up blind.

[lillidigest]

I Didn't Complete My 2023 Reading Goal (And I'm OK With That)

Introduction January 1st comes around every year and what do us bookworms do? If you guessed set a reading goal, you’d be spot on. It’s always exciting to see if you can top last year’s achievements. I’ve been setting reading goals on Goodreads account since 2016 and I’ve managed to hit the mark twice. In 2021, my goal was 5 books and I can proudly say I nailed it. Then in 2022, I aimed for 20…

[kelliealtogether]

[book-challenger]

Travel Destination: Bangladesh

Cyber Mage by Saad Z. Hossain

The mercenary Djibrel has to carry a machete wherever he goes. Only a swift beheading can ensure the job gets done anymore. Djibrel navigates the crowded streets, humans teeming with genetic mutations, looking for answers about what happened to the Djinn, a magical super race of genies who seem to have disappeared, or merged, with humans for survival. What Djibrel doesn't know is that his every move is being tracked by the infamous Cyber Mage – better known to his parents as Murzak, a privileged snarky teenager who regularly works for a Russian crime syndicate with a band of elite hackers.

And Murzak is about to embark on one of his biggest challenges: attending high school IRL. But when he discovers a brand new type of AI, operating on a dark web from the abandoned Kingdom of Bahrain that he thought was just an urban myth, Murzak and Djibrel will have to face the unimaginable in an already inconceivable world.

The Aunt who Wouldn’t Die by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

Somlata has just married into the dynastic but declining Mitra family. At eighteen, she expects to settle into her role as a devout wife in this traditional, multi-generational family. But then Somlata, wandering the halls of the grand, decaying Mitra mansion, stumbles upon the body of her great aunt-in-law, Pishima.

A child bride widowed at twelve, Pishima has finally passed away at the ripe old age of seventy. But she isn't letting go just yet. Pishima has long harbored a grudge against the Mitras for keeping her in perpetual widowhood, never allowed to fall in love. Now, her ghost intends to meddle in their lives, making as much mischief as possible. Pishima gives Somlata the keys to her mysterious box of gold to keep it out of the Mitras' hands. However, the selfless Somlata, witnessing her new family waste away their wealth to the brink of bankruptcy, has her own ideas.

The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan

Rukhsana is unable to come out to her conservative Muslim parents, she keeps that part of her identity hidden. And that means keeping her girlfriend, Ariana, a secret from them too. Luckily, only a few more months stand between her carefully monitored life at home and a fresh start at Caltech in the fall. But when Rukhsana's mom catches her and Ariana together, her future begins to collapse around her.

Devastated and confused, Rukhsana's parents whisk her off to stay with their extended family in Bangladesh where, along with the loving arms of her grandmother and cousins, she is met with a world of arranged marriages, religious tradition, and intolerance. Fortunately, Rukhsana finds allies along the way and, through reading her grandmother's old diary, but will it be enough to save her from what her family has planned.

Djinn City by Saad Z. Hossain

Indelbed is a lonely kid living in a crumbling mansion in the super dense, super chaotic capital Of Bangladesh. His father, Dr. Kaikobad, is the black sheep of their clan, the once illustrious Khan Rahman family. A drunken loutish widower, he refuses to allow Indelbed to go to school, and the only thing Indelbed knows about his mother is the official cause of her early demise: "Death by Indelbed."

But When Dr. Kaikobad falls into a supernatural coma, Indelbed and his older cousin, the wise-cracking slacker Rais, learn that Indelbed's dad was in fact a magician and a trusted emissary to the djinn world. And the Djinns, as it turns out, are displeased. A "hunt" has been announced, and ten year-old Indelbed is the prey. Still reeling from the fact that genies actually exist, Indelbed finds himself on the run. Soon, the boys are at the center of a great Diinn controversy, one tied to the continuing fallout from an ancient war, with ramifications for the future of life as we know it.

Revenge by Taslima Nasrin

In modern Bangladesh, Jhumur marries for love and imagines life with her husband, Haroon, will continue just as it did when they were dating. But once she crosses the threshold of Haroon's lavish family home, Jhumur is expected to play the role of a traditional Muslim wife: head covered, eyes averted, and unable to leave the house without an escort. When she becomes pregnant, Jhumur is shocked to discover that Haroon does not believe the baby is his, demanding an immediate termination of the pregnancy.

Overwhelmed by his distrust, Jhumur plots her payback in the arms of a handsome and artistic neighbor.

[kerrytriestoread]

My A-Z so far…