Welcome to day twenty four of the A-Z Challenge and today’s letter is X.
The A-Z Challenge involves blogging every day except Sundays and each day corresponds to a letter of the alphabet. The daily posts most relate to that letter and can all have a theme or can be totally random. My theme this year is Recommended Reading, where I will share three to five books for each letter that I have really enjoyed and think more people should read.
I have tried to have a mix of authors and genres but you will notice some real favourites occurring more than once. The posts do contain affiliate links (don’t worry, they don’t affect you in any way but if you want to know more, check the end of the post).
You might notice I have kind of cheated today. There just aren’t that many books out there that have a title starting with the letter X. For that reason, for X, I have counted any book with an X somewhere in its title.
Below you will find today’s chosen books:
Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl
Who doesn’t love a good Roald Dahl book? Watching Mr Fox try to outwit the humans and save his family is both heart warming and at times hilarious, a combination Roald Dahl has no trouble bringing to life. To read the blurb or to buy the book, click here.
Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar
A mysterious stranger gives Gwendy a box with some buttons on it and warns her if she presses any of the button, then something bad will happen. A nice little reminder of why we don’t take gifts from strangers if every there was one. To read the blurb or to buy the book, clikc here.
Vox by Christina Dalcher
The concept behind this book is all too close for comfort. When a misogynistic president finds himself in charge, he brings in a rule that women may only speak a set number of words per day. Any more than that and they will receive an electric shock. A nice commentary on how women are loosing their voices and how, in a lot of cases, it is actually other women who are helping to silence them. To read the blurb or to buy the book, click here.
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With X you’ve got to be creative. I’ve been doing books as well and I had to stretch for my X entries.
I’ve only heard of the Dahl book, but the “Vox” title is a very good one for the letter of the day.
Lee
Thank you! It’s definitely a tricky letter
I always find X to be so hard in these A-Z challenges! Great job coming up with a few.