2021 Alphabet Soup Challenge

 

The Alphabet Soup Challenge means that by December 31, 2021 our bowls must be filled with one book (title) for each letter of the Alphabet. Each letter = one spoonful

Basic Details: you can join any time. For those pesky Q, X, and Z letters, the word that starts with the challenge letter may appear anywhere in the title. For full details and to sign up, click the link above.

A: The Adventure of the Peerless Peer by Philip Jose Farmer (2/28/21)

B: The Bookwanderers by Anna James (2/6/21)

C: Crimson Snow by Martin Edwards [ed] (1/12/21)

D: Death of a Millionaire by G.D.H. & Margaret Cole (1/4/21)

E: The Egyptian Cross Mystery by Ellery Queen (4/29/21)

F: The Floating Admiral by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, G. K. Chesterton & other members of the Detection Club (1/17/21)

G: Grand Central: Original Stories of Postwar Love & Reunion intro by Kristin Hannah (3/10/21)

H: Hallowed Murder by Ellen Hart (1/26/21)

I: The Ivory Snuff Box by Arnold Fredericks (4/27/21)

J: The Judge Is Reversed by Frances & Richard Lockridge (6/10/21)

K: The Kennel Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine (7/20/21)

L: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix (1/18/21)

M: Mr. President, Private Eye by Martin H. Greenberg & Francis M. Nevins, Jr. [eds] (1/22/21)

N: Naked Came the Manatee by Carl Hiassen, Dave Barry, et al (7/17/21)

O: One Lady, Two Cats by Richard Lockridge (1/31/21)

P: Princess Elizabeth's Spy by Susan Eliz MacNeal (1/2/21)

Q: Quaker Witness by Irene Allen (7/19/21)

R: The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang (1/9/21)

S: Sidney Chambers & the Shadow of Death by James Runcie (1/14/21)

T: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre (2/20/21)

U: Uncle Silas by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (2/22/21)

V: The Venetian Blonde by A. S. Fleischman (5/3/21)

W: When Maidens Mourn by C. S. Harris (1/20/21)

X: Malcolm X & the Fight for African American Unity by Gary Jeffrey (5/8/21)

Y: The Youth Hostel Murders by Glyn Carr (6/28/21)

Z: The Z Murders by J. Jefferson Farjeon (5/9/21)