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message 1: by Pink (last edited Dec 16, 2015 03:26PM) (new)
Dec 16, 2015 03:15PM

Pink | 6554 comments A-Z Author Challenge 2016

The challenge is to read 26 books, by 26 different authors, one for each letter of the alphabet.

The books can be any genre or publication date and you may use the author's first name or surname (and I guess middle name if you're really struggling!)

Only books read between January 1st - December 31st 2016 can be included.

This is our third year of A-Z challenges and I think they're great fun, so I hope you'll join us in 2016 whether you're old or new to them.

This challenge can be used in conjunction with all of our other challenges. So you can double up and use the same book for as many as you like!

NOTE: When posting advancements on your challenge, please copy and re-post your original selections with your changes or post the original message number so interested members can follow your progress.


message 6: by Duane (last edited May 05, 2016 06:42AM) (new)
Dec 16, 2015 04:57PM

Duane Parker (tduaneparkeryahoocom) A-Z Author Challenge
Jan.1-Dec.31, 2016
26/26 completed.

A. Louisa May Alcott, Flower Fables. Completed on 4/10/16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1603167988
B. Karen Blixen, Babette's Feast. Completed 1/10/16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1496354613
C. Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone. Completed 2/1/16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1002346005
D. Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking. Completed 4/28/16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1563270388
E. Eleanor Estes, The Hundred Dresses. Completed 4/6/16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1235906939
F. E.M. Forster, The Machine Stops. Completed 2/5/16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1518827829
G. Nikolai Gogol, Diary of a Madman and Other Stories. Completed 3-16-16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1580105839
H. S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders. Completed 3-11-16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1071086338
I. Henrik Ibsen, The Lady from the Sea. Completed 4/1/16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1578418810
J. Sarah Orne Jewett, The Country of the Pointed Firs. Completed 1-18-16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1486028700
K. Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible. Completed 3-1-16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1166164547
L. Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Completed 2-8-16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1470960231
M. Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez, Memories of My Melancholy Whores. Completed 2-25-16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1536323277
N. E. Nesbit, The Story of the Treasure Seekers. Completed on 5/5/16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1597924447
O. Eugene O'Neill, Anna Christie. Completed 3/22/16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1160145818
P. Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass. Completed 1/12/16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1384637179
Q. Arthur Quiller-Couch, The Ship Of Stars Completed 3/3/16. www.goodreads.com/review/showw/153462...
R. Marilynne Robinson, Gilead. Completed 1/11/16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1373286039
S. Muriel Spark, A Far Cry from Kensington. Completed 1/15/16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1231247329
T. Colm Tóibín, Brooklyn. Completed on 2/3/16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1442924231
U. Alfred Uhry, Driving Miss Daisy. Completed on 3/29/16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1586622777
V. Voltaire, Zadig Completed 1-3-16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1460722...
W. Edith Wharton, The Glimpses of the Moon Completed 1-5-16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1384363928
X. Xenophon, The Symposium Completed 1/30/16. 3 stars. No review.
Y. W.B. Yeats, The Tower. Completed on 3/31/16. goodreads.com/review/show/1594086882
Z. Malia Zaidi, A Poisonous Journey: A Lady Evelyn Mystery. Completed 2/17/16. www.goodreads.com/review/show/1461815899


message 9: by Giulia (last edited May 18, 2016 06:45AM) (new)
Dec 17, 2015 04:21AM

Giulia (giuguatteri) | 24 comments A-Z Author Challenge
Jan 1- Dec 31, 2016
11/26 Completed

A - Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn read: May 9, 2016
B - Katarina Bivald, The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend read: January 6, 2016
C
D
E
F
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H - Colleen Hoover, November 9 read: January 7, 2016
I
J - Jojo Moyes, Me Before You read: January 8, 2016
K - Kate Chopin, The Awakening read: January 1, 2016
L
M - Matthew FitzSimmons, The Short Drop read: January 3, 2016
N - Nayyirah Waheed, salt. read: January 4, 2016
O - Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall read: May 11, 2016
P
Q
R - Rainbow Rowell, Attachments read: January 8, 2016
S - Sandy Hall, Qualcosa di molto speciale read: February 27, 2016
T
U
V - V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic read: May 17, 2016
W - Virginia Woolf, Una stanza tutta per sé read: February 16, 2016
X
Y
Z


message 11: by Teanka (last edited Jan 13, 2016 03:15AM) (new)
Dec 17, 2015 06:41AM

Teanka | 124 comments A-Z Author Challenge
Jan.1-Dec.31, 2016
3/26 completed.

A
B Clive Barker, Galilee
C Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries
D
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H
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J
K
L Janna Levin,A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines
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message 12: by Kathleen (last edited Dec 31, 2016 03:13PM) (new)
Dec 17, 2015 08:16AM

Kathleen | 5092 comments A-Z Author Challenge
Jan 1- Dec 31, 2016
26/26 Completed

AMaya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter completed 1/26/16 ****
BCharlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre completed 8/3/16 *****
CAgatha Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, completed 5/7/16 **
DJoan Didion, Play It as It Lays, completed 9/7/16 ****
EGeorge Eliot, Middlemarch, completed 3/8/16 *****
FAnne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl, completed 2/6/16 *****
GCristina García, Dreaming in Cuban, completed 8/31/16 ***
HZora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, completed 5/31/16 *****
IIsabel Allende, The Japanese Lover, completed 12/31/16 ****
JShirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, 9/2/16 ****
KJoy Kogawa, Obasan, 10/21/16 **
LAudre Lorde, Undersong: Chosen Poems Old and New, completed 4/3/16 ****
MKatherine Mansfield, In a German Pension: 13 Stories completed 9/14/16 ****
N Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran Completed 2/28/16 ****
O Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard To Find Completed 1/16/16 ****
P Proulx, Annie, Brokeback Mountain Completed 1/2/16 ****
Q Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life Completed 2/20/16 *** AND Good Dog. Stay. Completed 2/13/16 ***
R Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea Completed 1/9/16 ****
SAnna Sewell, Black Beauty completed 5/16/16 ****
TClaudia Tate, Black Women Writers at Work, completed 11/22/16 ****
UJenny Uglow, George Eliot completed 5/2/16 ****
VVirginia Woolf, Night and Day completed 11/30/15 *****
WAlice Walker. The Color Purple completed 4/10/16 *****
X "Xariffa" AKA Mary Ashley Townsend, Down the Bayou and Other Poems completed 12/30/16 ***
Y Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen Completed 2/21/16 ***
ZCharlotte Zolotow, Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present Completed 1/23/16 ****


message 14: by Luisa (last edited Oct 07, 2016 07:16PM) (new)
Dec 18, 2015 06:54AM

Luisa (analureads) | 59 comments A-Z Author Challenge
Jan 1-Dec 31, 2016
14/26 completed

A. Douglas Adams: Até mais, e obrigado pelos peixes! (1984) - Read: 07/02/2016 ***
B. Becky Albertalli: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (2015) - Read: 21/04/2016 ****
C. Colm Tóibín: Brooklyn (2009) - Read: 15/02/2016 **
D. Arthur Conan Doyle: Um Estudo em Vermelho (1887) - Read: 07/10/2016 ****
E. Jennifer Egan: O Torreão (2006) - Read: 21/05/2016 ****
F. Maxence Fermine: Snow (1999) - Read: 05/03/2016 ***
G.
H. Kent Haruf: Our Souls at Night (2015) - Read: 09/03/2016 *****
I.
J.
K. Carolyn Keene: The Secret of the Old Clock (1930) - Read: 12/03/2016 ***
L.
M. Nelson Mandela (Org.): Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales (2002) - Read: 20/03/2016 ****
N.
O.
P. Alejandra Pizarnik: A Condessa Sangrenta (1971) - Read: 01/01/2016 ***
Q.
R. J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (2005) - Read: 08/02/2016 *****
S. Lemony Snicket: The Bad Beginning (1999) - Read: 31/01/2016 ****
T. P.L. Travers: Mary Poppins (1934) - Read: 26/01/2016 **
U.
V. Jules Verne: 20 Mil Léguas Submarinas (1870) - Read: 29/01/2016 ****
W.
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message 16: by Erin (last edited Dec 11, 2016 11:20PM) (new)
Dec 20, 2015 04:57AM

Erin Green | 215 comments A-Z Author Challenge Jan 1-Dec 31, 2016

26/26 completed - Done and dusted 12th December 2016!

A. Cecilia Ahern - The Gift - 24th July 2016
B. Charlotte Bronte - Villette - 15th March 2016
C. Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Affair at Style - 9th Jan 2016
D. Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - 26th March
E. Eleanor Estes - The hundred dresses - 23rd November
F. Ian Fleming - Octopussy &The Living Daylights - 29th Aug 2016
G. William Golding - Lord of the Flies - 21st Jan 2016
H. Aldous Huxley - Brave New World - 24th Jan 2016
I. Washington Irving - The legend of sleepy Hollow - 3rd Sept 2016
J. Shirley Jackson - The Lottery - 10th August 2016
K. Stephen King - On Writing - 22nd March 2016
L. Ursula Le guin - A wizard of Earthsea - 31st July 2016
M. Clare Mackintosh - I let you go - 12th Jan 2016
N. David Nicholls - One day - 7th August 2016
O. George Orwell - Animal Farm - 8th July 2016
P. Philippa Pearce - A Dog So Small - 24th March 2016
Q. Anna Quindlen - Miller's Valley - 19th Nov 2016
R. Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea - 23rd March 2016
S. Muriel Spark - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - 19th March 2016
T. J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit - 11th Jan 2016
U. Alfred Uhry - Driving Miss Daisy - 27th November 2016
V. Chris Van Allsburg - The Polar Express - 11th December 2016
W. Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse - 15th August 2016
X. Xinran - Buy me the sky - 25th Oct 2016
Y. Luke Young - Friends with partial benefits - 4th Sept 2016
Z. Sara Zarr - Roomies - 31st August 2016


message 17: by Bob, Short Story Classics (new)
Dec 22, 2015 05:56AM

Bob | 5783 comments Mod
Original message #11

Since our first year 2014 I have failed to complete this challenge. At the end of 2014 I was short letters Q, U, X, & Y. This year I will be short the letters Q, X, & Y. So I have done some sleuthing into other challenges and have "borrowed" several ideas for the missing letters of the last two years. The following authors are the ones I plan on researching to see if I can find an interesting read.

"Q"
Karen Quinn
Daniel Quinn
mathew quick
Pascale Quiviger

"U"
John Updike
Leon Uris
Sigrid Undset

"X"
Xinran

"Y"
Bill Yancey
Jane Yolen

Still looking for others.


message 18: by Kathleen (new)
Dec 22, 2015 07:43AM

Kathleen | 5092 comments Here are a few that I found interesting while I was researching. (They didn't end up on my list because I'm looking for women authors for 2016)

"Q" Quinonez, Ernesto Bodega Dreams
"U" Upadhyay, Samrat Buddha's Orphans
"X" Xiaolong, Qiu Death of a Red Heroine
"Y" Yerby, Frank Goat Song

What I love about these challenges is they've helped me find books I would never have looked at otherwise!


message 19: by Gergana (new)
Dec 22, 2015 08:06AM

Gergana A-Z Author Challenge
Jan.1-Dec.31, 2016
0/26 completed.

A Dorothy Allison - Bastard Out of Carolina
B Elizabeth Bowen - The Death of The Heart
C
DDorothy Bussy - Olivia
E Elizabeth Taylor - A View of the Harbour
F
G
H
I
J Jacqueline Susann - The Valley of the Dolls
K
L
M Margaret Atwood - The Blind Assassin
N
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R Ray Bradbury - Dandelion Wine
S
T Anthony Trollope - The Barchester Towers
U
V Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse
W Mary Wollstonecraft- A Vindication to the Rights of Women
X
Y Yevgeny Zamyatin - We
Z Émile Zola - The Fortune of the Rougons


message 20: by Powder River Rose (last edited Dec 22, 2015 08:36AM) (new)
Dec 22, 2015 08:33AM

Powder River Rose (powderriverrose) | 152 comments Kathleen wrote: "Here are a few that I found interesting while I was researching. (They didn't end up on my list because I'm looking for women authors for 2016)

"Q" Quinonez, Ernesto Bodega Dreams
"U..."

Did you look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

There's about 8 authors just un X whose works may also be found at www.gutenberg.org (I think that's the library website). There are also all letters of the alphabet listed on this webpage. You could possibly find them in audio too but I don't remember seeing them.

You can do the same search for men.


message 21: by Pink (new)
Dec 22, 2015 02:07PM

Pink | 6554 comments Great planning above, there's a few ideas I think I'll be borrowing myself...especially Zola!


message 23: by Symone (last edited Dec 09, 2016 05:49PM) (new)
Dec 24, 2015 10:31AM

Symone Lewis | 41 comments 2016 A-Z Author Challenge

Start Date: January 1, 2016
End Date: December 31, 2016
Books Completed: 15/26

A: Alice Sebold- The Lovely Bones (Finished: 1/16/2016)
B:
C: Charles Dickens- Oliver Twist (Finished: 7/10/2016)
D: David Baldacci- King and Maxwell (Finished: 12/9/2016)
E: Ernest Hemingway- The Sun Also Rises (Finished: 3/20/2016)
F:
G:
H: Harriet Beecher Stowe- Uncle Tom's Cabin (Finished: 9/22/2016)
I: Isabel Allende- Island Beneath the Sea (Finished: 11/23/2016)
J: Jodi Picoult- My Sister's Keeper (Finished: 2/8/2016)
K: Khaled Hosseini- A Thousand Splendid Suns (Finished: 2/29/2016)
L:
M: Margaret Atwood- The Handmaid's Tale (Finished: 5/3/2016)
N: Nicholas Sparks- A Walk to Remember (Finished: 5/16/2016)
O:
P: Pearl S. Buck-The Good Earth (Finished: 4/13/2016)
Q:
R: Ray Bradbury- Fahrenheit 451 (Finished: 5/7/2016)
S: Stephen Crane- The Red Badge of Courage (Finished: 9/27/2016)
T: Toni Morrison- Beloved (Finished: 1/6/2016)
U:
V:
W:
X:
Y:
Z: Zane Grey- Desert Gold (Finished: 6/10/2016)


message 25: by Kathy (last edited Apr 20, 2016 09:30PM) (new)
Dec 24, 2015 09:32PM

Kathy A-Z Author Challenge
Jan.1-Dec.31, 2016
15/26 completed.

A. Kate Atkinson, Life After Life. Read 3/11/16.
B. Charlotte Brontë, Villette. Read 2/21/16.
C. Blake Crouch, Abandon. Read 3/27/16.
D. Daphne du Maurier, Jamaica Inn. Read 4/20/16.
E. Jenny Erpenbeck, The End of Days. Read 4/2/16.
F.
G.
H. Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman. Read both 1/10/16.
I.
J. Jodi Picoult, The Storyteller. Read 1/20/16.
K. David I. Kertzer, The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe. Read 2/28/16.
L. Erik Larson, Thunderstruck. Read 4/13/16.
M. David Mitchell, Slade House. Read 3/1/16.
N.
O.
P. Richard Preston, The Cobra Event. Read 1/3/16.
Q.
R. Matthew Reilly, The Great Zoo of China. Read 2/2/16.
S. Salman Rushdie, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights. Read 2/1/16.
T. Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts. Read 3/13/16.
U.
V. Barbara Vine, A Dark-Adapted Eye. Read 3/18/16.
W.
X.
Y.
Z.


message 26: by Laurie (new)
Dec 25, 2015 07:49PM

Laurie | 1961 comments Bob wrote: "Original message #11

Since our first year 2014 I have failed to complete this challenge. At the end of 2014 I was short letters Q, U, X, & Y. This year I will be short the letters Q, X, & Y. So I ..."

I did some searching at various times this year on the same letters. The only others I found so far besides the ones you and Kathleen mentioned are:

Q
Paul Quarrington
Kwei Quartey
Anna Quindlen
Ellery Queen
Eça de Queirós
Quentin Crisp

X
Gao Xinjiang
Lu Xun

Y
Richard Yates
Mo Yan

Still looking for others as well.


message 28: by Fran (new)
Dec 26, 2015 08:58PM

Fran | 76 comments A-Z Author Challenge
Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2016
0/26 Completed

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message 29: by Myst (new)
Dec 27, 2015 06:59AM

Myst | 173 comments Bob wrote: "Original message #11

Since our first year 2014 I have failed to complete this challenge. At the end of 2014 I was short letters Q, U, X, & Y. This year I will be short the letters Q, X, & Y. So I ..."

There is also Chelsea Quinn Yarbro which could be used for Q or Y.

There is also Yasmine Galenorn

Rebecca Zanetti

Author search isn't finding him, but I own a book by him so here's another Y (finding his books might be very difficult fyi):
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...


message 30: by [deleted user] (last edited Dec 31, 2016 11:32AM) (new)
Dec 31, 2015 11:27PM

I got 19 last year, going for the full 26 this year :)

16/26 Completed

A.
Aguirre, Ann - Enclave, Horde, Outpost
Auster, Paul - The Book of Illusions
B.
Banks, Iain M. - Use of Weapons
Barry, Max - Jennifer Government
Brontë, Emily - Wuthering Heights
Brown, Dan - The Da Vinci Code
C.
Carey, Peter - Theft: A Love Story
Castaneda, Carlos - The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
Cole, Teju - Open City
D.
Dahl, Roald - The BFG
Dick, Philip K. - Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said
Dickens, Charles - A Christmas Carol
Durrell, Gerald - A Zoo In My Luggage
E.
F.
G.
Gaiman, Neil - Coraline
Golding, William - Lord of the Flies
Gregory, Daryl - Afterparty
H.
Hawkins, Paula - The Girl On The Train
Highsmith, Patricia - The Price of Salt
Hornby, Nick - High Fidelity
I.
J.
K.
Karr, Julia - XVI
L.
Lee, Harper - To Kill A Mockingbird
Lynch, Scott - The Lies of Locke Lamora
M.
Mitchell, David - Cloud Atlas
N.
Nabokov, Vladimir - King, Queen, Knave
Nasar, Sylvia - A Beautiful Mind
O.
P.
Paolini, Christopher - Eragon
Pratchett, Terry and Gaiman, Neil - Good Omens
Q.
R.
Reid, Rob - Year Zero
Riggs, Ransom - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone
S.
Sacks, Oliver - The Island of the Colourblind
Schwab, V. E. - Vicious
T.
Tartt, Donna - The Secret History
Thorp, Roderick - Nothing Lasts Forever
U.
V.
Vinge, Vernor- Rainbows End
W.
Watson, Ian - Queenmagic, Kingmagic
Wyndham, John - Chocky
X.
Y.
Z.


message 31: by Giulia (new)
Jan 01, 2016 05:04PM

Giulia (giuguatteri) | 24 comments First read done! Have fun with the challenge! :)
Message 10 updated.


message 32: by Anetq (last edited Nov 18, 2016 10:51AM) (new)
Jan 02, 2016 06:52AM

Anetq | 360 comments A-Z Author Challenge
Jan 1- Dec 31, 2016
26/26 Completed!

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi We Should All Be Feminists
Bolaño, Roberto: Antwerp
Christensen, Inger Det malede værelse (The Painted Room)
Deledda, Grazia: Honest Souls
Enzensberger Hans Magnus: Den store vandring
Foer, Joshua: Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Gordon, Kim: Girl in a Band
Hedayat, Sadeq: Levende begravet
Ikstena, Nora Livets fest aka. Dzīves svinēšana
James, Peter Dead Simple
Knapp, Jake Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
Lagerlöf, Selma The Treasure aka Hr. Arnes penge
Michaëlis, Karen The Dangerous Age aka "Den farlige Alder"
Némirovsky, Irène: Fire in the Blood aka Feber i blodet
Oksanen, Sofi: Renselse aka Purge aka Puhdistus
Panduro, Leif: Øgledage aka "Lizard days"
Queneau, Raymond: Zazie in the Metro
Ramsay, Caro: Absolution
Saurraute, Natalie: Tropismer
Taubes, Gary: Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It
Ugrešić, Dubravka Thank You for Not Reading
Vincent Shanghajet
Winterson, Jeanette: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Xenophon: The Symposium
Yann: Den store hornugle
Zola, Émile: For en nats kærlighed (novellas: Pour une nuit de amour)


message 33: by Michael (new)
Jan 03, 2016 09:45AM

Michael | 5 comments A-Z author challenge
January 1 - December 31, 2016
0/26 completed
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message 34: by Sara, Old School Classics (new)
Jan 10, 2016 08:47AM

Sara (phantomswife) | 7776 comments Mod
Message 4 updated


message 35: by Anetq (new)
Jan 10, 2016 02:05PM

Anetq | 360 comments Starting off with a difficult one: Z for Zola! (message 34)


message 36: by Sara, Old School Classics (new)
Jan 10, 2016 02:11PM

Sara (phantomswife) | 7776 comments Mod
Anetq wrote: "Starting off with a difficult one: Z for Zola! (message 34)"

Got my Z out of the way this month as well. Always nice when Z and X are gone.


message 37: by Katy, New School Classics (new)
Jan 10, 2016 04:00PM

Katy (kathy_h) | 10542 comments Mod
Yes, great job on getting your Zs.


message 38: by Katy, New School Classics (new)
Jan 10, 2016 06:52PM

Katy (kathy_h) | 10542 comments Mod
For the 1st third of January I picked up 3 letters for authors:

H: Amanda Hocking, Frostfire
J: N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season
S: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: Original and Unabridged

Good start for not really paying attention yet.


message 40: by Connie (last edited Jan 14, 2016 12:39PM) (new)
Jan 14, 2016 12:38PM

Connie Cote Message 16 updated


message 41: by Katrina (last edited Feb 04, 2016 12:06PM) (new)
Jan 16, 2016 01:35PM

Katrina (katrinasreads) I'm going to use this to push myself to read more from the 1001 btrbyd list. Going by surname.

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message 42: by Katy, New School Classics (new)
Jan 16, 2016 02:46PM

Katy (kathy_h) | 10542 comments Mod
This challenge always has me reading some books that otherwise I would not have found.


message 43: by Sara, Old School Classics (last edited Jan 18, 2016 01:13PM) (new)
Jan 18, 2016 01:13PM

Sara (phantomswife) | 7776 comments Mod
message 4 updated


message 44: by Duane (last edited Jan 18, 2016 01:30PM) (new)
Jan 18, 2016 01:29PM

Duane Parker (tduaneparkeryahoocom) Sara wrote: "message 4 updated"

A good start, and 3 excellent books.


message 45: by Bob, Short Story Classics (new)
Jan 18, 2016 01:40PM

Bob | 5783 comments Mod
I've finished my sixth book and already have two duplicates. "C" Willa Cather and Albert Camus. "M" Caroline Miller and Toni Morrison. It's the duplicating that makes these A-Z Challenges so difficult to complete.

My list


message 47: by Katy, New School Classics (new)
Jan 18, 2016 03:20PM

Katy (kathy_h) | 10542 comments Mod
Bob wrote: "I've finished my sixth book and already have two duplicates. "C" Willa Cather and Albert Camus. "M" Caroline Miller and Toni Morrison. It's the duplicating that makes these A-Z Challenges so diffic..."

So true.


message 48: by Dave (new)
Jan 18, 2016 03:54PM

Dave (adh3) | 988 comments Since I'm feeling my oats and in a risk-taking mood I'm putting more book chips on the pile, I'm starting up this and the AZ Title challenge.too. Are we allowed to use the same book on both challenges i,e PP in P on Title and Austin in A on Author?


message 49: by Sara, Old School Classics (new)
Jan 18, 2016 05:01PM

Sara (phantomswife) | 7776 comments Mod
Bob wrote: "I've finished my sixth book and already have two duplicates. "C" Willa Cather and Albert Camus. "M" Caroline Miller and Toni Morrison. It's the duplicating that makes these A-Z Challenges so diffic..."

Exactly...some letters are so easy to fill and others you have to be watching for all the time.


message 50: by Katy, New School Classics (new)
Jan 18, 2016 06:56PM

Katy (kathy_h) | 10542 comments Mod
Dave wrote: "Since I'm feeling my oats and in a risk-taking mood I'm putting more book chips on the pile, I'm starting up this and the AZ Title challenge.too. Are we allowed to use the same book on both challen..."

Yes -- absolutely.


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