Amanda's high octane alphabet challenge

[Amanda]

My attempt at the alphabet challenge...My Invented Country: A Memoir so annoying that you can't link in the iPad app :-(

[Amanda]

First book: My Invented Country by Isabel Allende

[Janice, Moderator]

Welcome to YLTO and the Alphabet Challenge, Amanda. Isabel Allende is a good start.

Could you link your books, please? Just click on "add book/author" above the comment box and it will take you too a search page.

[Ava Catherine]

Welcome to YLTO, Amanda! So glad you are participating in the Alphabet Challenge, too. I love Allende's writing. I have not read this book though. I hope it is wonderful. ; )

[Amanda]

Authors:
A: My Invented Country: A Memoir Isabel Allende 11/5/13
B: Windfall: 8.95 Desmond Bagley 23/5/13
C: A Land More Kind Than Home Wiley Cash 25/5/13
D: A Stolen Life: A MemoirJaycee Dugard 26/5/13
E: The Universe Versus Alex WoodsGavin Extence (E was a super hard one to pick - despite 140-ish real books on my shelf and a ton on kindle, i had none suitable so had to go searching...)2/6/13
F: Midnight Sun M.J. Fredrick 3/6/13
G: Evernight Claudia Gray 5/6/13
H: The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-SharifNajaf Mazari and Robert Hillman 8/6/13
I: The Quiet Game Greg Isles 20/6/13
J: The Trojan Dog Dorothy Johnston 21/6/13
K: Scar Tissue Anthony Kiedis 28/6/13
L: Left Behind Tim Lahaye 6/7/13
M: Forensic Detective: How I Cracked the World's Toughest Cases Robert Mann 9/7/13
N: Heresy Sharan Newman 25?/7/13
O: The Dead Saint Marilyn Brown Oden 3/8/13
P: The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography Sidney Poitier 3/8/13
Q: Whispers Erin Quinn 6/8/13
R: Justice Karen Robards 12/8/13
S: Dracula Bram Stoker 24/8/13
T: the new boy Harley Tat 22/8/13
U: The Space Between UsThrity Umrigar 25/8/13
V: Beach Boy 2/9/2013
W: Too Hurt to Stay: The True Story of a Troubled Boy’s Desperate Search for a Loving HomeCasey Watson 9/9/13
X: The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices Xinran 21/9/13
Y: Tab Bennett and the Inbetween Jes Young 23/9/13
Z: What's Left of Me Kat Zhang 28/9/13

[Amanda]

Will fix this and link later, but:
X: Xinran - the good women of china 21/9/13
Y: Jes Young - Tab Bennett and the Inbetween 23/9/13
Z: Kat Zhang - What's Left of Me

[Janice, Moderator]

Awesome... that last book is almost in the bag and well ahead of schedule! Good for you. :)

[jaxnsmom]

What did you think of The Space Between Us? It must have been my mood when I read it, but I think it emotionally scarred me.

I read Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love by Xinran for my X book. Now I'll have to read The Good Women.

[Amanda]

I found 'The Space Between us' quite disturbing also... they all had so much sadness, and very little positive in their lives. I think the non-happy ending also left me wondering how all their lives turned out also, and kept me thinking about it longer than i normally would.

I liked 'The Good Women of China' but again it left me feeling quite upset that so many women around the world still can't have dreams and ambitions...

[Amanda]

Second Alphabet: Titles

A: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain 28/9/13
B: Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape Jenna Miscavige Hill 30/9/13
C: City of Fallen Angels Cassandra Clare 4/10/13
D: Desire: Awakening God's Woman Carla Van Raay 10/10/13
E: Every You, Every Me David Levithan 10/10/13
F: False Profits Paul Bennett 21/10/13
G: A Game of Thrones George RR Martin 31/10/13
H:Heroes Of Tobruk David Mulligan 4/11/13
I: Impossible Danielle Steel 11/11/13
J: Jaguar Sun Martha Bourke 14/11/13
K: Killer In The Family 16/11/13
L: Lone Wolf Jodi Picoult 22/11/13
M: The Mayfair MoonJ.A. Redmerski 2/12/13
N: Never Smile at Strangers Jennifer Minnar-Jaynes 10/12/13
O: Once We Were, Kat Zhang . 14/12/12
P: The Patient: One Man's Journey Through the Australian Health-Care System, Mohamed Khadra 15/12/12
Q: Queen Of The Road Tricia Stiringer 20/12/13
R: Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare 16/12/13
S: Saving Fish from Drowning Amy Tan 25/12/13
T: ThrowawayHeather Huffman 25/12/13
U: Until Next Time Amy Lignor 27/12/13
V: Vada Faith Barbra A. Whittington 29/12/13
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[Janice, Moderator]

Good luck on your second alphabet, Amanda!

[Amanda]

Janice wrote: "Good luck on your second alphabet, Amanda!"

Thanks! School holidays are almost over, and this term is end of year reports (I'm a teacher) so I will read a heap while I procrastinate about what I have to get done, but then I will have to actually do some work. But our Christmas break starts in mid December so I may actually get through the second one too with some luck :-)

[Amanda]

Judy wrote: "I like all the memoirs and non-fiction on your lists."

My New Year's resolution was to read some more 'grown up' books and memoirs. I have liked most of them so far, although I also still like my easy reads.

[Amanda]

Woohoo! On my final book to make my goal of 45 since I joined Goodreads and this group in May :-). I picked a fairly long one though, so it's a good thing I just started my Summer holidays!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Yay for hols. I've got two days left so I won't shoot jealous daggers at you. Good luck!