A-Z Challenge - Update - August

A – Ashes, Ashes - Jo Treggiari

B – Beautiful Darkness – Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

C – Chosen – Jeanne C. Stein

D – Desires of the Dead - Kimberly Derting

E – Enclave – Ann Aguirre

F – First Grave on the Right - Darynda Jones

G – Green-Eyed Demon – Jaye Wells

H – Halfway Hexed – Kimberly Frost

I – Iron King – Julie Kagawa

J – Jungle, The - Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul

K – King of Plagues, The - Jonathan Mayberry

L – Leviathan – Scott Westerfeld

M – Married With Zombies – Jesse Petersen

N – Nightfall – Ellen Connor

O – One of Our Thursdays Is Missing – Jasper Fforde

P – Paranormalcy – Kiersten White

Q - Question of Guilt, A - Carolyn Keene

R – Rot and Ruin – Jonathan Maberry

S – Shift -  Jeri Smith-Ready

T – Threshold – Jeremy Robinson

U – Unseen – Rachel Caine

V – The Violet Flash - Mike Mason

W – Working Stiff – Rachel Caine

X - Xibalba Murders - Lyn Hamilton

Y - Yellow House, The - Blake Morrison

Z  - Zoo City - Lauren Beukes 

A-Z Reading Challenge - Update - July

A – Ashes, Ashes - Jo Treggiari

B – Beautiful Darkness – Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

C – Chosen – Jeanne C. Stein

D – Desires of the Dead - Kimberly Derting

E – Enclave – Ann Aguirre

F – First Grave on the Right - Darynda Jones

G – Green-Eyed Demon – Jaye Wells

H – Halfway Hexed – Kimberly Frost

I – Iron King – Julie Kagawa

J – Jungle, The - Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul

K – King of Plagues, The - Jonathan Mayberry

L – Leviathan – Scott Westerfeld

M – Married With Zombies – Jesse Petersen

N – Nightfall – Ellen Connor

O – One of Our Thursdays Is Missing – Jasper Fforde

P – Paranormalcy – Kiersten White

Q - Question of Guilt, A - Carolyn Keene

R – Rot and Ruin – Jonathan Maberry

S – Shift -  Jeri Smith-Ready

T – Threshold – Jeremy Robinson

U – Unseen – Rachel Caine

V – The Violet Flash - Mike Mason

W – Working Stiff – Rachel Caine

X - Xibalba Murders - Lyn Hamilton

Y - Yellow House, The - Blake Morrison

Z  - Zoo City - Lauren Beukes 

A-Z Reading Challenge - Update - June

A – Ashes, Ashes - Jo Treggiari

B – Beautiful Darkness – Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

C – Chosen – Jeanne C. Stein

D – Desires of the Dead - Kimberly Derting

E – Enclave – Ann Aguirre

F – First Grave on the Right - Darynda Jones

G – Green-Eyed Demon – Jaye Wells

H – Halfway Hexed – Kimberly Frost

I – Iron King – Julie Kagawa

J – Jungle, The - Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul

K – King of Plagues, The - Jonathan Mayberry

L – Leviathan – Scott Westerfeld

M – Married With Zombies – Jesse Petersen

N – Nightfall – Ellen Connor

O – One of Our Thursdays Is Missing – Jasper Fforde

P – Paranormalcy – Kiersten White

Q - Question of Guilt, A - Carolyn Keene

R – Rot and Ruin – Jonathan Maberry

S – Shift -  Jeri Smith-Ready

T – Threshold – Jeremy Robinson

U – Unseen – Rachel Caine

V – The Violet Flash - Mike Mason

W – Working Stiff – Rachel Caine

X - Xibalba Murders - Lyn Hamilton

Y - Yellow House, The - Blake Morrison

Z  - Zoo City - Lauren Beukes

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I had to make a change to the list.  I started reading Aftertime by Sophie Littlefield, but I had to "break up" with it.  The book grossed me out and then didn't make me care enough to keep reading despite my discomfort. 

So, Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari takes its place.  Since they are both a post apocalyptic books, it seems like a fair trade.  

A-Z Reading Challenge

A – Aftertime - Sophie Littlefield

B – Beautiful Darkness – Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

C – Chosen – Jeanne C. Stein

D – Desires of the Dead - Kimberly Derting

E – Enclave – Ann Aguirre

F – First Grave on the Right - Darynda Jones

G – Green-Eyed Demon – Jaye Wells

H – Halfway Hexed – Kimberly Frost

I – Iron King – Julie Kagawa

J – Jungle, The - Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul

K – King of Plagues, The - Jonathan Mayberry

L – Leviathan – Scott Westerfeld

M – Married With Zombies – Jesse Petersen

N – Nightfall – Ellen Connor

O – One of Our Thursdays Is Missing – Jasper Fforde

P – Paranormalcy – Kiersten White

Q - Question of Guilt, A - Carolyn Keene

R – Rot and Ruin – Jonathan Maberry

S – Shift -  Jeri Smith-Ready

T – Threshold – Jeremy Robinson

U – Unseen – Rachel Caine

V – The Violet Flash - Mike Mason

W – Working Stiff – Rachel Caine

X - Xibalba Murders - Lyn Hamilton

Y - Yellow House, The - Blake Morrison

Z  - Zoo City - Lauren Beukes

A-Z Reading Challenge - Update

A – Aftertime - Sophie Littlefield

B – Beautiful Darkness – Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

C – Chosen – Jeanne C. Stein

D – Desires of the Dead - Kimberly Derting

E – Enclave – Ann Aguirre

F – First Grave on the Right - Darynda Jones

G – Green-Eyed Demon – Jaye Wells

H – Halfway Hexed – Kimberly Frost

I – Iron King – Julie Kagawa

J – Jungle, The - Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul

K – King of Plagues, The - Jonathan Mayberry

L – Leviathan – Scott Westerfeld

M – Married With Zombies – Jesse Petersen

N – Nightfall – Ellen Connor

O – One of Our Thursdays Is Missing – Jasper Fforde

P – Paranormalcy – Kiersten White

Q - Question of Guilt, A - Carolyn Keene

R – Rot and Ruin – Jonathan Maberry

S – Shift -  Jeri Smith-Ready

T – Threshold – Jeremy Robinson

U – Unseen – Rachel Caine

V – The Violet Flash - Mike Mason

W – Working Stiff – Rachel Caine

X - Xibalba Murders - Lyn Hamilton

Y - Yellow House, The - Blake Morrison

Z  - Zoo City - Lauren Beukes

A-Z Reading Challenge - Update - March

A – Aftertime - Sophie Littlefield

B – Beautiful Darkness – Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

C – Chosen – Jeanne C. Stein

D – Desires of the Dead - Kimberly Derting

E – Enclave – Ann Aguirre

F – First Grave on the Right - Darynda Jones

G – Green-Eyed Demon – Jaye Wells

H – Halfway Hexed – Kimberly Frost

I – Iron King – Julie Kagawa

J – Jungle, The - Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul

K – Kindling the Moon - Jenn Bennett

L – Leviathan – Scott Westerfeld

M – Married With Zombies – Jesse Petersen

N – Nightfall – Ellen Connor

O – One of Our Thursdays Is Missing – Jasper Fforde

P – Paranormalcy – Kiersten White

Q - Question of Guilt, A - Carolyn Keene

R – Rot and Ruin – Jonathan Maberry

S – Shift -  Jeri Smith-Ready

T – Threshold – Jeremy Robinson

U – Unseen – Rachel Caine

V – The Violet Flash - Mike Mason

W – Working Stiff – Rachel Caine

X - Xibalba Murders - Lyn Hamilton

Y - Yellow House, The - Blake Morrison

Z  - Zoo City - Lauren Beukes

50 Book Challenge

12.  Seismic Evil - Heather Long - 244 pages

Second book in the Chance Monroe series.  It was great to have Chance back and have her character grow. 

13.  River Marked - Patricia Briggs - 324 pages

Next book in the Mercy Thompson series.  It was a nice departure from the rest of the series.  River Marked featured Mercy and her finance, Adam, away from the pack and allowed the two characters to grow together.

14.  Spirit Storm - E.J. Stevens - 189 pages

The follow-up to She Smells the Dead.  Truthfully, She Smells the Dead and Spirit Storm should have been a single book, but were split into two.  Spirit Storm had a much more satisfying conclusion than She Smells the Dead, but both were good reads.

15.  47 Echo - Shawn Kupfer - 313 pages

47 Echo is one of the most unputdownable books I have read in a long time.  At first I was a little hesitant to start reading.  With a premise that convicts are given the option of death or being impressed into the armed forces to fill ranks being rapidly depleted by a war with China and Korea, I figured the book would be ultra violent and disturbing.  BUT 47 Echo wasn’t at all what I expected.  It ended up being a great military thriller about redemption in the face of sure death.