JUST FOR FUN!
The Alphabet Soup Challenge means that by December 31, 2024
your bowls must be filled with one book for each letter of the Alphabet.
Each Letter Counts As 1 Spoonful
Details
This challenge will run from January 1st, 2024 until December 31st, 2024.
You can join anytime. You do not have to post a review of the book. Books can come from any genre.
Children’s Books and Novellas are acceptable but they need to be over 50 Pages.
You do not need to link up each spoonful.
Grab a notebook or make a page or a post or a GoodReads shelf where you will keep track of your spoonfuls. I keep track of mine on my Challenge Page.
Crossovers to other challenges are allowed and encouraged!
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 as shown below.
The First Main Word Needs To Be
The Letter You Are Counting
Except For that pesky Q, X, AND Z titles then the word that starts with the challenge letter can be anywhere in the title.
So there are two different ways you can set up your own A-Z Reading Challenge.
A – How I plan to do it: Make a list from A-Z. Throughout the year, as you go along, add the books you are reading to the list. Towards the end of the year, you can check and see which letters you are missing and find books to fit.
OR
B – Make a list now of 26 books, picking one for each letter of the alphabet, and check them off as you read them.
For example:
A – Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord: A Mystery (Lady Petra Inquires) by Celeste Connally
B – A Bean to Die For (A Coffee Lover’s Mystery) by Tara Lush
C – Camino Ghosts: A Novel by John Grisham
Books can be read in any order and all formats – print – e-book – and audio – are acceptable for this challenge!
Bloggers grab the image below and make a post about the challenge to encourage others to join!
Non-bloggers you can join too! Just keep track any way you wish. You can even set up a special shelf on Goodreads.com to help you keep track! It is super easy, Just click the MY BOOKS tab at the top of the page. When that page opens just click – ADD A SHELF in the left-hand sidebar. Title it Alphabet Soup Challenge and you are all set.
If you post about your books on Social Media please use this hashtag #AlphabetSoupChallenge
Follow Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book as there may be special announcements made about the challenge.
There is also a very active group on Facebook where you can share your books read and converse with others taking part in the challenge. Alphabet Soup Challenge
You can share your accomplishments throughout the year there. Right now they are finishing this year’s challenge but it will switch over to the new year on January 1.
I am asking everyone to sign up using Google Forms. Sign Up Here. This way I have your emails in case I need to contact you about any changes to the challenge or about special events.
In 2021 we added Monthly Mini-Challenges that have been a lot of fun!
If you would like to take part in these mini-challenges be sure to join the Facebook Group!
FILL OUT THIS FORM WHEN YOU COMPLETE THE CHALLENGE
My list
A. Always Yesterday by Jeri Odel
B. Before the Season Ends by Linore Rose Burkard
C. The Case of the Christmas Angel by Carmen Radtke
D. Deadly Mountain Escape by Mary Alford
E. Exercise is Murder by Bruce Hammack
F. Fatal Findings by Fern Cooper
G. A Ghostly Clue by Maryann Shanesy
H. Hammers and Homicide by Paula Charles
I. Inescapable by Nancy Mehl
J. Just Right Romance by Dana Mentink
K. Kibbles and Death by S.A. Kazlo
L. Love, Unscripted by Denise Hunter
M. Murder She Wrote: Fit for Murder by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran
N. Night Falls on Predicament Avenue by Jaime Jo Wright
O. Once Upon a Murder by Samantha Larsen
P. Pages of Promise by Jessica Ashley
Q. Queen of Hearts by Heather Day Gilbert
R. Rivers and Creaks by Marc Jedel
S. Shade Grown by Heather Day Gilbert
T. A Troubling Case of Murder on the Menu by Donna Doyle
U. Up in Smoke by Shannon VanBergen
V. A Very Special Delivery by Linda Goodnight
W. A Winter by the Sea by Julie Klassen
X. Brood X by Michael Phillip Cash
Y. Yesterday’s Treasures by Jessie Gussman
Z. Towards Zero by Agatha Christie