Reflection on A – Z Challenge 2026 & Thank You to organizers *

March 9, 2026

A to Z Challenge 2026.

My theme is book reviews and miscellaneous. I have read some authors whose surnames/ first names start from letters A to Z. Sometimes, I may post on poems whose topic starts with the required alphabet, if I lack my preparation in reading an author whose name is required in my alphabetical list.

Examples of the books and authors:

On The Calculation Of Volume Book 1, by Solvej Balle

Solvej Balle, On The Calculation Of Volume

C is for Cartarescu, ie Mircea Cartarescu.

Fan art on Mircea Cartarescu

I return all valid comments.

#AtoZChallenge
http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/2025/03/theme-reveal-atozchallenge2025.html
2026
The THEME REVEAL (optional bonus hop) : March 9- 14
Official Challenge Sign-ups : March 23- April 4 at http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/2026/03/sign-up-2026-atozchallenge.html
Reflections (optional bonus hop) : May 4 -9
Road-trip (sign up to keep visiting others all year _ optional bonus) : Opens May 11

https://artmater.com/blogging-from-a-to-z-april-challenge-2025/
http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/2026/03/theme-reveal-blog-hop-atozchallenge.html
Please join our Ten Things of Thankfulness (TToT) bloghop at https://artmater.com/write-poetry-for-ten-things-of-thankfulness-mar-12-17-2026/

The list of blogs participating in 2026’s A – Z Challenge.

Updated list of blogs – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16zMNki9_WHQ7Y0QJCluUZKCOKe1kbtxZaMM0qF4mnME/edit?pli=1&gid=412496110#gid=412496110

In the final list, there are 144 blogs.

I realise some bloggers could not find my April A to Z Challenge posts so I’ve decided to list them in this post.

Here are my #AtoZChallenge2026 posts:

(1) A is for Atwood (Margaret Atwood) https://booksreviewsandmore.com/book-of-lives-m-atwood/

(2) B is for Balle (Solvej Balle) https://booksreviewsandmore.com/on-the-calculation-of-volume-series-by-solvej-balle-book-reviews/

(3) C is for Cartarescu, ie Mircea Cartarescu at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/summary-of-dreams-in-blinding-the-left-wing-mircea-cartarescu/

(4) D is for Dostoyevsky – https://booksreviewsandmore.com/the-dream-of-a-ridiculous-man-by-fyodor-dostoyevsky/

If you’re interested to dreams, you should read this post.

(5) E is a haiku at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/?p=1882

(6) F is for the Father of Psychology, Freud, at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/is-freuds-interpretation-of-dreams-ethos-and-logos/

(7) G is for Stephen Grosz, at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/loves-labour-involves-gaslighting-too/

(8) H is for Helen Garner, at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/helen-garners-diaries-1978/

(9) I is for Indrapramit Das, at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/was-lokhi-afraid-when-her-sisters-ghost-came-for-her/

(10) J is for Shirley Jackson, at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/the-haunting-of-hill-house-is-creepiest/

(11) K is for Stephen King, at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/the-shinings-danny-said-mr-hallorann-also-had-the-shine/

(12) L is for Clarice Lispector, on Tuesday, April 14, at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/complete-stories-by-clarice-lispector/

(13) M is for L. M. Montgomery, on Wed April 15, at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/anne-of-green-gables-author-did-not-have-a-happy-life/

(14) N is Julian of Norwich at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/what-did-julian-of-norwich-see-meditate-on/

(15) O is for George Orwell, at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/animal-farm-2026-spoilers/

(16) P on Saturday, April 18, 2026, is for Paul Tremblay at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/haunted-house-tour-1-per-person-by-paul-tremblay/

(17) Q on Monday, April 20, 2026.

(18) R is for Olga Ravn, for Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/olga-ravns-the-wax-child-contains-witchcraft-gaslighting/

(19) Wednesday, Apr 22, 2026 features letter S, for Anne Serre, at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/a-leopard-skin-hat/

(20) Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 has alphabet T. T is for Sandi Tan at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/sandi-tan/

(21) Friday, Apr 24, 2026 has alphabet U. U is for a haiku on letter U at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/u-for-unicorn-a-z-april-challenge-post/

(22) Saturday, April 25, 2026, shows the turn of letter V, as Esther Vincent, in https://booksreviewsandmore.com/meditative-poems-womb-song-by-esther-vincent-xueming/

(23) Monday, April 27 2026 is the turn of letter W, for Virginia Woolf, in https://booksreviewsandmore.com/why-does-peter-walsh-have-an-axe-to-grind-with-clarissa-dalloway/

(24)X is on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/x-for-x-mas-tree/

(25) Y for Yaya Gyasi, is on Wednesday, April 29 2026, at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/why-did-gifty-give-her-family-members-nicknames/

(26) Z for Zadie Smith, is on Thursday, April 30, 2026, at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/serve-canapes-like-kiki-simmonds-belsey-in-zadie-smiths-book-on-beauty/

Thank You to organizers of A to Z Challenge 2026

Thank you to http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com , for their work, dedication, time, and everything involved in conducting this exercise annually, year after year.

I have already written my reflection at https://booksreviewsandmore.com/reflection-atozchallenge2026/

Here is a reprint:

Thank You A to Z Challenge2026, I enjoyed this annual April series.

I love a working bloghop. During my first one month long bloghop for #AtoZChallenge 2025, I exhausted myself and neglected to participate in the reflection and road tour. However, I feel I’m the one doing the hopping. I visited many bloggers but they didn’t have the time to return visits so I stopped.

I saw the list of registered participants in A to Z Challenge at the beginning of April 2026. In April itself, more signed up because they didn’t know registration started in March.

Even without reciprocal visits, a month long blog challenge is also good. It provides the valid reason to post for a month on a consistent Challenge and do internal linking.

Feedback

I have a suggestion which may or might not facilitate reciprocal bloghop visits. Participants may benefit more if they were paired to visit their partner’s blog posts. They would be accountable to visit their assigned partner’s posts. If any participant wants to visit extra posts which belong to other bloggers, they are welcome to share their time with them.