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Tania's A-Z challenge
LLora Leigh
Start this off with something naughtie, 18 year old senators daughter affar with 2 men with someone out to kill her.
P Susan Power
A selection of stories that are connected about the Sioux Indians and how the looked at life.
M - David McCullough
This is about the lead up to and dam that breaks and takes out a number of small communities and a Johnstown a small town and tells how they coupled. It tells the story about the people evolved in this disaster.
C - Michael Cargill -
A short moving story about a young boy Sam being at school and being bombed during the WII
F - Christine Feehan -
Genetically altered soldiers go the bayou to help his grandma and end up rescuing a woman and 3 toddlers
T - J.R.R. Tolkien -
This was a lovely book. Tolkien writes letter to his kids as santa complete with drawings. we get to meet his friends and here what happensin his life.
Was looking at Sues challenge of A-Z character and thought I would add it to this after all am already sinking in challenges to finish.
Am starting a new A-Z. This is a little different from the A to Z country challenge we have been doing. This time any place name will work, not just countries. You can use cities, counties, states, provinces, continents, islands, etcThink I may need a doctor, can't seem to say no to challenges any more
Books mentioned in this topic
MAC WALKER'S 40,000 FEET (other topics)MAC WALKER'S 40,000 FEET (other topics)
Into Africa: 3 Kids, 13 Crates and a Husband (other topics)
Into Africa: 3 Kids, 13 Crates and a Husband (other topics)
A Land Without Jasmine (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
D.W. Ulsterman (other topics)D.W. Ulsterman (other topics)
Ann Patras (other topics)
Ann Patras (other topics)
Wajdi Al-Ahdal (other topics)
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22 September 2015 -
# = new author
#A - Kate Allan - Oscar: The Bionic Cat
B - Maya Banks - Darkest Before Dawn
#C - Michael Cargill - Shelter from Thunder
D - Dianne Duvall - Shadows Strike
#E - Nawal El-Saadawi - Women At Point Zero
F - Christine Feehan - Viper Game
#G - Adèle Geras - Out of the dark
#H - Nathaniel Hawthorne - Young Goodman Brown
#I - Alyssa Rose Ivy - Soar
J - Lorelei James - 1001 Dark Nights: Roped In
#K - Brian Kimberling - Snapper
L - Lora Leigh - Secret Pleasure
#M - David McCullough - The Johnstown Flood
#N - Leopold Nayabagabo - How a Boy Survived Genocide: Living with Hope
#O - Nick Oldham - Onslaught
#P - Susan Power - The Grass Dancer
#Q - Cari Quinn - Going Long
#R - Rebecca Raisin - Christmas at the Gingerbread Cafe
S - Lynsay Sands - The Highlander Takes a Bride
T - J.R.R. Tolkien - Letters from Father Christmas
#U - D.W. Ulsterman - MAC WALKER'S 40,000 FEET
#V - Brian K. Vaughan - Saga, Volume 1
#W - Alec Wilkinson - The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andree and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration
#X - Xinran - Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
#Y - Mark Geoffrey Young - The Best Ever Book of Nauruan Jokes
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Thought I would add another A-Z for the hell of it and I like the twist of this so am steeling Sue and others idea of
A-Z character challenge
10 February 2016 - 23 February 2017
# = new author
#A - Alex - Torrent by Lisa Tawn Bergren
#B - Eric Bader (Dog) - Jokers: War, Love & Helicopter Pilots...What Could go Wrong? by Vern Hammill
#C - Casey - Soar by Alyssa Rose Ivy
D - Deacon McConell - Caged by Lorelei James
E - Eoin - The Striker by Monica McCarty
#F - Benjamin Franklin Pierce (Hawkeye) - MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker
#G - Gunnar Huttunen - The Howling Miller by Arto Paasilinna
#H - Hugh Thomson - Two Men and a Mule: The Last City of the Incas
I - Isabel “Izzie” Stewart - The Rogue by Monica McCarty
#J - Johannes Brandt - The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
#K - Kiss Bad Boy's Baby by Sosie Frost
#L - Liz - Saved by the Blizzard by Adele Huxley
M - Mack Mckinley - Street Game by Christine Feehan
N - Nick Stone - Last Light by Andy McNab
#O - Summer Olivers - Never Have an Outlaw's Baby by Nicole Snow
#P - Parker - All Fired Up by Vivian Arend
#Q - Thomas Quidell - Thomas's Muse by -Kris Austen Radcliffe
#R - Rebecca Rule - Refuge: Night of the Blood Sky by Jeremy Bishop
#S - Antonio SpinelliSpin by C.D. Reiss
#T - Taiar - The Train of Salt and Sugar by Licinio de Azevedo
#U - Utz - Utz by Bruce Chatwin
#V - Victoria - Addicted by Lauren Landish
W - Mary Winslow -Runaway Vampire by Lynsay Sands
X - Xander Darder - Sinful Encounter: Alpha Billionaire Romance by L.N. Pearl
#Y - Yerzhan -The Dead Lake by Hamid Ismailov
#Z - Zeb - The Warrior by Ty Patterson
This time any place name will work, not just countries. You can use cities, counties, states, provinces, continents, islands, etc
Town/County/Country etc names
14 June 2016 - 27 June 2018
# - new author
#A - Alabama - US state - Falling for the Wingman - Crista McHugh
#B - Benin - Country- Why Monkeys Live in Trees and Other Stories from Benin by Raouf Mama
C - Colorado - US state - My Kind of Wonderful by Jill Shalvis
D - Dominican Republic -country - Immortal Nights by Lynsay Sands
#E - England - The Wayward Apprentice by Jason Vail
#F - Falkland Isles - The Yompers: With 45 Commando in the Falklands War
G - Gibralta - On The Rock: Quick Read - Andy McNab
H - Houston, US city - Texas Bad Boy: The Gallaghers of Morning Star by Jean Brashear
I - Illinois - US State - Death Masks by Jim Butcher
#J - Jacksonville - City USA - Sky Diamond by Anna Brockton
K - Kentucky -US State - A Buckhorn Bachelor by Lori Foster
L - Louisiana - USA state - Spider Game by Christine Feehan
M - Manitoba - Canadian state - Brian's Hunt
N - New York - USA City - Dividing Zero
O - Ontario - Canada county - Brian's Return by Gary Paulsen
P - Philippi - South African town - The Watcher: Action Suspense Thrriller by Ty Patterson
# Q - Kuwait - Yasmeena's Choice: A True Story of War, Rape, Courage and Survival by Jean Sasson
#R - Rhone - France county- Double Dealing: A Menage Romance by Lauren Landish
S - Scotland - Highland Soldiers 1: The Enemy
T - Tennessee - US State - Owned by the Billionaire: Alpha Billionaire Romance by L.N. Pearl
U - USA Country - Survival: A Military Stepbrother Romance
V - Vietnam - country - I Am Missing by Ty Patterson
#W - Wyoming - US state - Close Range
#X - Xibalba city - Guatemala country - The Lords of Xibalba by Bill Thesken
#Y - Yemen - A Land without Jasmine by Wajdi Al-Ahdal
#Z - Zambia - Into Africa: 3 Kids, 13 Crates and a Husband by Ann Patras
Am going to add another list to my A-Z thanks to Linda. Am going to list them first this time though.
My 26 Classic Books to read
12 July 2016 -
1 The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
2 Sons and Lovers - D.H. Lawrence
3 Ruined City - Nevil Shute
4 Dracula - Bram Stoker
5 Whisky Galore - Compton Mackenzie
6 Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
7 Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
8 Beowulf - Unknown
9 Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K. Jerome
10 Ivanhoe - Walter Scott
11 The White Guard - Mikhail Bulgakov
12 How Green Was My Valley - Richard Llewellyn
13 White Nights - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
14 Now in November - Josephine Winslow Johnson
15 At the Mountains of Madness - H.P. Lovecraft
16 The Scarlet Pimpernel - Emmuska Orczy
17 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum
18 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
19 King Soloman's Mines - H. Rider Haggard
20 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving - 21 Aug
21 The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
22 Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne
23 The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling - 17 Sept 2017
24 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad - 29 Nov 2016
25 The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
26 The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde - 19 July 2016