SCAM artist alert

Apparently there is someone calling himself "Luigi Calloway" out there who is claiming to be associated with the Mount TBR Reading Challenge. He is contacting authors and telling them if they pay him, then their books will be used for the challenge. It's possible he's also telling people they must pay to participate in any way. Please know that there is absolutely no charge associated in any way with this reading challenge and that this person does NOT represent me or anything associated with my blog. I DO NOT endorse anything that he claims.There will NEVER be a reason for anyone to have to pay for participation in any way for any of my challenges. If only people who exert this much time and effort on scamming people would put it into something worthwhile....like reading their own books! A message to Luigi: Please cease and desist contacting authors (or anyone) in my name or claiming to represent this reading challenge. You absolutely DO NOT.

Saturday, January 10, 2026

2026 Alphabet Soup Author Edition

 


The Alphabet Soup Challenge--Author Edition is a companion challenge for Lori's Alphabet Soup Challenge. The goal is to read books by authors whose first, middle, or last name will allow us to read one book for every letter of the alphabet. If you'd like to join in, please click on the link above for full details. X & Z keep getting trickier for me--especially since I'm trying to read primarily from my own shelves. So--my declared personal goal is 13 books (half the alphabet). I will try to do all 26, but if I meet 13, I can count the challenge complete on my challenge tracker page.

A: An Affair to Remember by Christopher Andersen (3/5/26)
B: Shadows Before by Dorothy Bowers (1/18/26)
C: A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie (1/24/26)
D: Aristotle, Detective by Margaret Doody (2/3/26)
E: Harriet Farewell by Margaret Erskine (4/8/26)
F: Who Killed Alfred Snowe? by J. S. Fletcher (5/8/26)
G: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Great War by Simon Guerrier (2/7/26)
H: Frederica by Georgette Heyer (2/22/26)
I:
J: A Conspiracy of Poisons by J. G. Jeffreys (6/28/26)
K: High Marks for Murder by Rebecca Kent (1/22/26)
L: Consequences of Sin by Clare Langley-Hawthorne (3/21/26)
M: Escape While I Can by Melba Marlett (2/19/26)
N: The Methods of Sergeant Cluff by Gil North (4/13/26)
O: The Property of a Lady by Anthony Oliver (9/12/26)
P: Old Bones by Herman Petersen (1/20/26)
Q: Masterpieces of Mystery: Amateurs & Professionals by Ellery Queen, ed (1/31/26)
R: Dangerous Crossing by Rachel Rhys (2/4/26)
S: Death on the Slopes by Norma Schier (1/9/26)
T:
U: Winds of Evil by Arthur W. Upfield (7/7/26)
V: Don Among the Dead Men by C. E. Vulliamy (1/7/26)
W: The Division Bell Mystery by Ellen Wilkinson (1/12/26)
X: Death for a Double by E. X. Giroux (2/7/26)
Y: A Stitch in Crime by Ann Yost (9/7/26)
Z:

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