Name your favourite author challenge

[Chris]

This is a new challenge suggested by Kat, and since all suggestions are welcome, maybe we could have a go;

1. Pick your favourite author
2. Use either first or second (or both) names
3. Use each letter of the name as the first letter of your chosen book title.

The example below from Kat illustrates this perfectly.

My favourite author is Jane Costello, so for every letter in Jane Costello I pick a title of a book beginning with that letter.

J: Jemima J - Jane Green
A: After the Fall - Charity Norman
N: Next Accident - Lisa Gardner
E: E-mailing Allie - Julie Lawson

We can try this as a quarterly challenge, starting April. OR if you choose a longer name, maybe make it a 2013 challenge, whatever fits with your reading schedule.

[Chris]

I'm going to try this one myself, I guess my current favouite author (I'm soooooo fickle) is Graham Joyce so it may take me a while to pick my books, but that's half the fun isn't it?

Please have a go yourself if you have some time, and share your picks with the rest of the group.

[Chris]

This was quite fun, planning books from the various piles and TBRs:


G: A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty - Joshilyn Jackson - Read 3 stars
R: Ruth - Elizabeth Gaskell - READ 4 STARS!
A: Armadale - Wilkie Collins - Read 2 (2.5) stars
H: Her Last Breath - Linda Castillo - Read 4 stars
A: All Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan - Elizabeth Warren- Read - 3 stars
M: Mantissa – John Fowles - READ 4 stars
J: Juliet - Anne Fortier - READ 2 stars
O: The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gainman - READ 4.5 stars
Y: Year of the Ladybird - Graham Joyce - 5 stars
C: Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins - READ 4 STARS!
E: The Ebony Tower - John Fowles - READ 4 STARS!

[Karen]

I'm in, today my favourite is Andrea Camilleri.

A: A is for Alibi - Sue Grafton
N: NYPD Red - James Patterson
D: The Dance of the Seagull - Andrea Camilleri - read 4 stars
R: Report For Murder- Val McDermid
E: Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne - David Starkey
A: The Affair of the Blood-Stained Egg Cosy - James Anderson - read 3 stars

C: The Case of the Missing Books - Ian Sansom
A: Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley - M.C.Beaton
M: The Moses Legacy - Adam Palmer
I: Ice Limit: La Barriere de Glace - Douglas Preston
L: The Land That Time Forgot - Edgar Rice Burroughs
L: Last Rituals - Yrsa Sigurdardottir - read 3 stars
E: The End of the Dream: The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up - Ann Rule
R: The Rome Prophecy - Jon Trace
I: Instruments of Darkness - Imogen Robertson - read 3 stars

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Chris wrote: "I'm going to try this one myself, I guess my current favouite author (I'm soooooo fickle) is Graham Joyce so it may take me a while to pick my books, but that's half the fun isn't it?

Please have ..."

I am prone to be fickle too! My favorite for about 25 years now is Norah Lofts. She recently got displaced by Stephenie Meyer and I now live in the Twilight Zone.
I have loved Daphne du Maurier for years.



Afternoon of an Autocrat

Rebecca

[Adrian]

M: Mama Ruby by Mary Monroe
A: A love Story by Denene Millner
R: Red Light Wives by Mary Monroe
Y: You and No Other by Francis Ray

M: My Daughter's Boyfriend by Cydney Rax
O: One Night With You by Francis Ray
N: Never Again Once More by Mary B Morrison
R: Risky Pleaseures by Brenda Jackson
O: Only Hers by Francis Ray
E: Ever After by Wendy Loggia

[Chris]

Since I only have one more book to complete my "Graham Joyce" challenge, I will have another go. I'm addicted to the Dresden files right now, so maybe I'll pick Jim Butcher this time and spend a few hours sorting over the TBR for appropriate books

[Chris]

I finally finished my "Graham Joyce" challenge with a book from the author himself. A great coming of age tale, set in the 70's, and thoroughly recommended.

I've picked an old favourite in Thomas Hardy for the next "Name your favourite author challenge". The initial fun is picking the books, so..............!

[Chris]

Here is my list for my Thomas hardy favourite author challenge;

T - TransAtlantic, BY Colum McCann
READ 4 STARS

H - Hammered, BY Kevin Hearne

O - The Once and Future King, BY T.H. White
READ 5 STARS

M - The Maid's Version, BY Daniel Woodrell
READ 3 STARS

A - Affinity, BY Sarah Waters
READ 3.5/4 STARS

S - The Siren. BY Alison Bruce
READ 4 STARS

H - The Harsh Cry of the Heron, BY Lian Hearn

A - Arcadia Falls, BY Carol Goodman

R - The Return of the Native, BY Thomas Hardy - YOU KNOW I HAD TO!

D - Dark Sister, BY Graham Joyce

Y - You Are Next, BY Katia Lief

Gosh - looking over that list, I think I need to seriously lighten up!