A-Z Title Challenge - 2016

[Karen]

A-Z Title Challenge - 2016

A = And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie Animal Farm by George OrwellAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
B = Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
C= Cocaine Blues: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries by Kerry Greenwood
D=Dearest Mary Jane by Betty Neels
E = Emma by Jane Austen
F=Faust: First Part by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
G=Great Expectations byCharles Dickens
H=Hamlet byWilliam Shakespeare
I
J
K
L=Life Is a Dream byPedro Calderón de la Barcabook:Lady Susan|8130030]by Jane Austen
M
N=North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
O=Of Mice and Menby John Steinbeck
P
Q
R
S=Stuck-Up Suit by Vi Keeland
T=Terrifying Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
The 39 Steps byJohn BuchanThe Death of Ivan Ilych And Other StoriesbyLeo Tolstoy
The Wind in the WillowsbyKenneth Grahame
The Merchant Of Venice byWilliam Shakespeare
Tales from Watership Down byRichard Adams
The OdysseybyHomer
The Complete Stories of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1byArthur Conan Doyle
book:The Pearl|692220]The Red Ponyby John Steinbeckbook:The Yellow Wall-Paper|286957] by Charlotte Perkins GilmanTess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
U
V=Village Rumours by Rebecca Shaw
W We Have Always Lived in the Castle
X
Z
Y

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome to the challenge Karen & good luck.

[Karen]

thank you Kathy:-)

[Zoe]

A Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
B The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
C Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
D Desert Dawn by Waris Dire
E Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blain Harden
F The Fox by D. H Lawrence
G The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
H The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
I The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
J
K
L Laef Blong Mi: From Village to Nation by Sethy John Regenvanu
M The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
N Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
O Once Were Warriorsby Alan Duff
P Plumb by Maurice Gee
Q
R Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
S Sleepwalking Land by Mia Couto
T Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal
U
V The Vegetarian by Han Kang
W The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
X
Y The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Z

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Zoe wrote: "A Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
B The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
C Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
D The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robe..."

Good for you Zoe!

[Zoe]

Kathy wrote: "Zoe wrote: "A Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
B The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
C Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
D [book:The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde|51..."

Thanks :)

[Pink]

Three to go...Q, X and Z!

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

One to go, "X" if nothing comes up between now and the end of the year I may reread Xingu, it's a lot of fun.

[Loretta]

Excellent guys! Almost there! :)

[Sara, Old School Classics]

Wow. You guys are awesome. I don't think I will make this challenge. Just couldn't make myself choose books according to the first letter of the title or author.

[Wreade1872]

Sara wrote: "Wow. You guys are awesome. I don't think I will make this challenge. Just couldn't make myself choose books according to the first letter of the title or author."

Oh i don't do that i just like to see which letters i accidentally get. Like bingo :) .

[Pink]

Wreade1872 wrote: "Sara wrote: "Wow. You guys are awesome. I don't think I will make this challenge. Just couldn't make myself choose books according to the first letter of the title or author."

Oh i don't do that i..."

Same! Yet I always get stuck with the same pesky letters!

[Anetq]

Two months to go, I'm down to I K Y Z and Å.
Just discovered Zazie in the Metro by Queneau (double bonus as I'm doing the A-Z Author challenge as well!)

[Myst]

Yay, finally finished! I didn't list classics as I wasn't sure which I might read during the year when I planned out most of the letters, but here's my finished classics list so far (9/26 letters could be classics):

A, B, C, H, L, O, S, T, W

The Little Prince 1/7
Heidi 1/11
A Tale of Two Cities 1/19
Penny Dreadful Presents ... The Body Snatcher and The Strange Bed (Illustrated): A Penny Dreadful Double-Bill 2/4
Treasure Island 3/26
Of Mice and Men 2/21
The Woman in White 6/14
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame 4/23
Animal Farm 7/7
Oedipus Rex 7/8
Oedipus at Colonus 7/25
Antigone 7/25
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 8/21
The Call of the Wild 9/4
The Odyssey 10/27

[Pink]

Well done Myst!

[Sara, Old School Classics]

Bravo, Myst.

[Andrea AKA Catsos Person]

Way to go Annette and Myst!

I still haven't tried this challenge.

[Anetq]

Finished the Title Challenge: Did A- Å (so 29 this year) and finished off with national songs for the letter Å, the last letter of the danish alphabet - which I wouldn't have read, if not for this challenge, but they were great - so even though this might be just fun and games, it does make me read great stuff I wouldn't otherwise have.

Some of the best reads have been the nobel winners, and other ladies from the "Century of Women" Challenge:
Karin Michaëlis, Irène Némirovsky, Tove Ditlevsen, Selma Lagerlöf, Jeanette Winterson, Pearl S. Buck, Nella Larsen, Sofi Oksanen, Svetlana Alexievich, Grazia Deledda.

Full list:
A Antwerp Roberto Bolaño
B Bill Bryson's African Diary Bill Bryson
C Cold Granite Stuart MacBride
D The Dangerous Age Karin Michaëlis
E Even Dogs in the Wild Ian Rankin
F Fire in the Blood (aka Feber i Blodet) Irène Némirovsky
G Gift Tove Ditlevsen
H Hr. Arnes penge Selma Lagerlöf (aka The Treasure)
I In Her Absence Antonio Muñoz Molina
J The Jump Doug Johnstone
K Kometen kommer Tove Jansson
L Levende begravet (aka. Buried Alive) Sadeq Hedayat
M Macbeth William Shakespeare
N Not Dead Enough Peter James
O Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Jeanette Winterson
P Pavilion of Women: A Novel of Life in the Women's Quarters Pearl S. Buck
Q Quicksand Nella Larsen
R Renselse (aka. Purge) Sofi Oksanen
S Spejl, skulder, blink (Mirror, Shoulder, Signal) Dorthe Nors
T Tropismer Nathalie Sarraute
U Under Vejr med mig selv Klaus Rifbjerg
V Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster Svetlana Alexievich
W We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
X X'ed Out Charles Burns
Y Yoko Tsuno Djævelens orgel Roger LeLoup
Z Zazie in the Metro Raymond Queneau
Æ Ærlige Sjæle, aka. Honest Souls Grazia Deledda
Ø Øgledage (Lizard Days) Leif Panduro
Å Aakjær sange Jeppe Aakjær

[Sara, Old School Classics]

Congratulations, Anetq.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Congrats to the both of you, Myst & Anetq!

[Julie]

Congrats on finishing this as well Anetq :-)

I'm currently listening to my Æ-book, when done I only have Q to go.

[Pink]

Congrats on finishing your challenge, I'm glad you had such success with the Nobel winners and the women!

[Zoe]

Finished!! :)

A Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
B The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
C Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
D The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
E Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blain Harden
F The Fox by D. H Lawrence
G The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
H The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
I The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
J The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
K Kristen Lanvransdattar by Singrid Unset
L Laef Blong Mi: From Village to Nation by Sethy John Regenvanu
M The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
N Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
O Once Were Warriorsby Alan Duff
P Plumb by Maurice Gee
Q Quicksand and Passing by Nella Larsen
R Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
S Sleepwalking Land by Mia Couto
T Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal
U Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
V The Vegetarian by Han Kang
W The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
X Xingu by Edith Wharton
Y The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Z  Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maitenence by Robert M. Pirsig

[MKay]

Awesome! Congratulations, I didn't come close lol

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Well done.

[Pink]

Well done Zoe!

[Kathleen]

Yay Zoe! I recently read The Bluest Eye and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values is a long-time favorite of mine. You managed to finish this with some great titles.

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Finished just under the wire!!

[Kathleen]

Good for you Lois! Glad I'm not the only one closing down this challenge!

Even though I spent more time finding the last three than I did actually reading them, I really wanted to finish, so I could complete the whole thing with all female authors. The short stories may have been a bit of a cheat, but still I did it--yay!

The last three were Quicksilver Sue (dumb), Zeritsky's Law (okay), and Vandals (good).

Here's the final list. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

A A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor Completed 1/16/16 ****
B Brokeback Mountain completed 1/2/16 ****
C The Color Purple by Alice Walker completed 4/10/16 *****
DThe Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank completed 2/6/16 *****
E 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff completed 5/15/16 ****
FThe Fairy Tale Girl, Susan Branch completed 5/31/16 ****
GThe Golden Notebook, Doris Lessing completed 8/17/16 ****
HThe Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers completed 6/26/16 ****
IInterpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri, completed 10/1/16 *****
JJane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë completed 8/3/16 *****
K Kitchen, Banana Yoshimoto Completed 2/21/16 ***
LLetter to My Daughter, Maya Angelou completed 1/26/16 ****
MMiddlemarch, George Eliot completed 3/9/16 *****
NNight and Day, Virginia Woolf, completed 11/30/16 *****
OOroonoko, Aphra Behn completed 6/13/16 ****
PThe Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood completed 8/15/16 ****
QQuicksilver Sue, Laura E. Richards completed 12/31/16 *
R Reading Lolita in Tehran Completed 2/28/16 ****
SSonnets, Louise Labé completed 8/19/16 ***
TTheir Eyes Were Watching God Completed 5/31/16 *****
UUndersong: Chosen Poems Old and New, Audre Lorde completed 4/3/16 ****
VVandals, Alice Munro completed 12/31/16 ***
W Wide Sargasso Sea Completed 1/9/16 ****
X Xingu Completed 5/2/16 ****
YThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, completed 8/4/16 ****
ZZeritsky's Law, Ann Griffith, completed 12/23/16 ***

[Pink]

Well done to everyone who completed this challenge in 2016! I was 3 books short, so I'll be hoping to improve on this for 2017!

I'll leave this thread here for a few days, to give everyone a chance to update, then I'll move it to the archives folder (where it will still be open for comments)