MBS 2018 Alphabet Soup Reading and A to Z Reading Challenges

2018 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge

Hosted by: Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book

2018 A to Z Reading Challenge

Hosted by: Ginger Mom

It’s an alphabet challenge!!! The challenge is to read one book that has a title starting with every letter of the alphabet.

You can drop the A’s and The’s from the book titles but other than that, the First Main Word Needs To Be The Letter You Are Counting.

There is an exception for those pesky Q, X and Z titles so the word that starts with the challenge letter can be anywhere in the title.

The Challenge only requires one book per letter. However, I add a twist so My Goal (and level for completed successfully) is to read TWO books per letter: a TBR Audio and a TBR eBook or print book. (I try to pull form earlier than 2017 but there are Audible titles from 2017 I really want to listen to.)

As a bonus Third book I hope to read a NetGalley title for each letter.
I have 21 NetGalley titles already lined up that are TBR and a handful that have been received the first weeks of 2018 that will fit into my 2018 titles. (I still need to fill J, K U and X for NetGalley titles.)
The second bonus of a Fourth book is to be a 2018 book either purchased or free.

If I am successful with the bonus levels, I will read 104 total books associated with this challenge. I will read 73 TBRs (26 Audio, 26 ebook or print and 21 NetGalley) and I will read 31 books that are equivalent of 'read the books you buy' in 2018.

That seems like a good balance to me. I like the challenge of finding a title for each letter but I'll have to see if I find that restricting my choices of books as the year moves along.

I also realized I could almost read a series title entry for every letter and I might do that. I haven't decided if I would let them overlap with the 1-4 selections or make it a fifth book. I am missing a series title for the letters J and Y so if anyone knows of series titles for those please let me know and I might do a series bonus too. 😊

2018 Alphabet Chosen titles OR Possibilities:

Titles will be highlighted by color when read (reading) and reviews will be linked once posted.

A ATBR- After The Ending: The Ending Series (2014)
eTBR- Apocalypse (The Wasteland Chronicles, Book 1) by Kyle West (2013)
eNG- All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
2018-

B ATBR- Brothers in Valor, Book 3 (2016)
eTBR-
eNG- Battle Hymn (America Rising Book 3) by William C. Dietz
2018-

C ATBR- Confederacy of Dunces (free 2009), The Cold, Cold Ground (2015),
eTBR-
eNG- Consent of the Governed by Bernard LoPinto
2018e- Controlled Descent (A Story Of The Restoration) by K. M. Herkes

D ATBR- Dead Men Kill (SYNC 2012), Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse Novel, Book 13) (2015), [Devil's Due (Destroyermen, Book 12) 2017]
eTBR-
eNG- The Darling Dahlias and the Unlucky Clover by Susan Wittig Albert
2018-

E ATBR- The Emerald Atlas: Books of Beginning, Book 1, by John Stephens (2013)
eTBR-
eNG- The Edge of Memory by Maura Beth Brennan
2018-

F ATBR- The First Counsel (2002), Five Poems (free 2008), Forging Zero (2016)
eTBR-
eNG- The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip or Fade to Black by David Rosenfelt
2018-

G ATBR Grave Mercy (SYNC 2013), Great Expectations (SYNC 2015),
[The Girl Who Drank the Moon (2017), Gallagher's Pride (2017), The Gathering: Shadow House Book (SYNC 2017), Golden Son (2017) Geekerella (2017)]
eTBR-
eNG- A Gem of a Problem by Irene Sauman
2018-

H ATBR Heartless (2016), A Hymn Before Battle: Legacy of the Aldenata (2016), [Hell Divers (2017), Hunter 2017]
eTBR-
eNG- The Hills of Mare Imbrium by Carleton Chinner
2018-

I ATBR- Ice Blue (2012), Ice Limits (2012), Invisible Man (2016), In The Country We Love (2016), [In Our Back Yard (SYNC 2017), If I Run (2017), Invitation (Harbingers, Book #1) (2017), In The After 2017]
eTBR-
eNG- In Wolves' Clothing by Greg Levin
2018- Island by Aldous Huxley - Vintage

J ATBR- Joshua (2013), Jacob Marley (2017)
eTBR-
eNG-
2018-

K ATBR- Koban II (2017)
eTBR-
eNG-
2018-

L ATBR Life of Pi (2011), The Life Changing Magic of Tiding Up (2015), [The Life She Wants (2017)]
eTBR-
eNG- Let There Be Light by Dan Gordon and Sam Sorbo
2018-

M ATBR March to the Sea Prince Rogers Book Two (2009). Magyk: Septimus Heap, Book One (2009), Monster Hunter Nemesis (2016), The Most Wonderful Tales of the Year –(2016 Gift),
eTBR-
eNG- Mind Game by Iris Johansen
2018-

N ATBR- The Name of the Wind (2012), Nation (2012), The Never Hero (2015)
eTBR-
eNG- Nick Newton Is Not a Genius by S.E.M. Ishida
2018-

O ATBR One Year After (After (Forstchen), Book 2) by William R. Forstchen (2016)
eTBR-
eNG- Out of the Box by Jemma Westing
2018-

P ATBR Predator One (2014), Portrait In Death (2016)
eTBR-
eNG- Precisely at Midnight (Kinsman Book 2) by Joyce and Alexandra Swann
2018-

Q ATBR A Quiet Life in the Country (2016) OR Quarter Share (2016),
eTBT-
eNG- Queendom of the Seven Lakes by A B Endacott
2018-

R ATBR- Relic (2008), Rip Van Winkle (2009), The Raven Boys (SYNC 2013?), Roman Holiday (2015), The Reaper (2016),
eTBR-
eNG- Rise of the Fallen: Wars of the Realm, Book 2 by Chuck Black
2018-

S ATBR- Storm Front: The Dresden Files, Book 1 by Jim Butcher (2012)
PTBR- Seek and Destroy (America Rising Book 2) by William C. Dietz
eNG- Science Geek Sam by Cees Dekker, Corien Oranje
2018-

T ATBR- Time for the Stars by Robert A. Heinlein (Vintage)(2016)
eTBR-
eNG- Talon by Amanda Greenslade
2018-

U ATBR- Ubik by Philip K. Dick (2017 Vintage)
eTBR- Unexpected Gifts (Castle Mountain Lodge Book 1) by Elena Aitken (2012)
eNG-
2018-

V ATBR The Vanished Man (2004), A Voice in the Wind (2016),
eTBR-
eNG- The Voice Inside by Brian Freeman
2018-

W ATBR- Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher Audible 9/2003, The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks Audible July 2004, Widow’s Walk 4/07, WALDEN 2016, Warship: Black Fleet Trilogy, Book 1 by Joshua Dalzelle, SYNC 2014 WHILE THE WORLD WATCHED by Carolyn Maull McKinstry, Wild Montana Skies (Montana Rescue, Book #1)
eTBR-
eNG- What If God Wrote Your To-Do List? By Jay Payleitner
2018-

X ATBR- X: A Novel (SYNC 2015), Xenos: Warhammer 40,000 Eisenhorn, Book 1 by Dan Abnett (2017)
eTBR Xoe: Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, oh my! (Xoe Meyers Young Adult)
eNG-
2018-

Y ATBR You're Next (2017), The Year of the Hare A Novel by Arto Paasilinna (2017)
eTBR-
eNG- The Year of the Knife by G.D. Penman
2018- Year One by Nora Roberts

Z ATBR Zombie Fallout (2016)
eTBR-
eNG- Zen Pencils--Inspirational Quotes for Kids by Gavin Aung Than
2018-