Sue' A-Z character challenge

[Sue]

Ok. I'll admit it. I like A-Zs! So I thought this would make a change and be pretty challenging. I am not setting a time limit as I'm going to add as I read until I get near the end.

A. Angie. Hondo - Louis L'Amour
B, Benjamin Button. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - F. Scott Fitzgerald
C. Catrin. Little Black Lies - Sharon BoltonJoyce Carol Oates
D. Dimitri The Noise of Time - Julian Barnes
E. Elenya. Gingerbread - Robert Dinsdale
F. Francis Drake. A Year of Marvellous Ways -Sarah Winman
G. Genna. Black Girl/White Girl -
H, David Hunter The Calling of the Grave - Simon Beckett
I. Igor. Veronika Decides to Die - Paulo Coelho
J. Jo. The Bones of You - Debbie Howells
K, Kimmo. Ice Moon - Jan Costin Wagner
L. Lea. Midnight Sun - Jo Nesbø
M, Melody/Max. Hotel Juliet
N. Nastenka. White Nights
O. Odinn The Undesired - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
P. Pauline. An Unhallowed Grave - Kate Ellis
Q. Q - Michael Ridpath
R. Roy. The Good Liar - Nicholas Searle
S,. Simon. Exposure - Helen Dunmore
T. Tyler. Twilight
U. Ute. Our Endless Numbered Days
V. Vee. Crooked Heart - Lissa Evans
W. William Wisting. Dregs -Jørn Lier Horst
X. Xan Sweet Caress - William Boyd
Y. Yeong- hye. The Vegetarian -Han Kang
Z. Zarqa Nawaz in Laughing All The Way To The Mosque.

[Sue]

N. Nastenka. . Novella about two lonely people. Very intense.

[Kate, Moderator]

Wow, that's a new twist on the A-Z! Be interested to see how you get on! Good Luck. :)

[Sue]

Kate (Trojanhorse) wrote: "Wow, that's a new twist on the A-Z! Be interested to see how you get on! Good Luck. :)"

Thanks Kate! Beginning to wonder about my sanity!

[Sue]

Z. Zarqa. . So enjoyed this autobiography of a muslim woman living in Canada. Very funny but so much information about Islam ...... and families.

[Sue]

M. Melody/Max. unusual story about a girl who goes to Zambia to find out about her past. Didn't guess the story at all.

[Andrew]

that's a great idea sue, and a country I've not done as well. I've only read crime and punishment many years ago so I'm quite inspired to look up your choice as well.

[Sue]

H. David Hunter. Gave him H as he was rarely referred to by his first name. Third or forth in the series about a medical pathologist. Good murder mystery set on Dartmoor. Good on location.

[Sue]

U. Ute. . Girl is taken to a remote place in the mountains by her father, who believes its the end of the world. Good story but perhaps a bit overlong in the descriptions. Ute is her concert pianist mother.

[Sue]

C. Catrin. Mystery involving missing children and a friendship gone wrong. Good read.

[Sue]

B. Benjamin Button novella about a baby born an old man. He gets younger as time goes by which causes more than a few problems. Sparsley written which leaves the reader free to imagine.


A. Angie. . Angie is the frontier woman in this story of skirmishes between the Apache and the settlers. Interesting.

[Mercia]

I'm about to start an A-Z of authors primarily to whittle down my paperback TBR shelf. Unfortunately, I have an abundance of B and M authors, so maybe a character A-Z might help to mop up those in a year's time.

[Sue]

Mercia wrote: "I'm about to start an A-Z of authors primarily to whittle down my paperback TBR shelf. Unfortunately, I have an abundance of B and M authors, so maybe a character A-Z might help to mop up those in ..."

Thats whats really nice about this one - you can usually find one main character - at least in the early stages! Hope I've not spoken too soon.

[Sue]

L. Lea. . Reasonably short. Big cheese's after employee who has fled to the north. Lots of humour, good story and not too much violence (for scandicrime).

[Sue]

G. Genna. . Pennsylvania done! Ok story.

[Sue]

W. William Wisting. . Enjoyable Scandicrime. Left feet are being washed up. New to me author.

[Sue]

T. Tyler. lad with a sad upbringing is hunted by killer after he and his sister find out about the goings on of the local undertaker.

[Sue]

R. Roy.
S. Simon.
X. Xan.

2 left:. Q and Y. Looking for a Queenie or Quintin! Y???

[Kate, Moderator]

Moby Dick has Queequeg in it but I wouldn't wish that novel on anyone!

[Liz, Moderator]

Small Island byAngela Levy is very good and one of the key characters is called Queeny :)

[Liz, Moderator]

I've just thought of 'The Naked Civil Servant': Quentin Crisp. Although I've never read it!

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I just read She's Never Coming Back - Scandi-Crime with a main character called Ylva

[Sue]

Thank you for those. Love scandi crime and am old enough to remember quentin crisp!!!!

[Sue]

Y. Yeong-hye . Really didnt like this much. Should have stayed with scandi crime - although no idea of main character when started!
Cant believe a msin character Xeno in current book when just Q to go!

[Sue]

Q. Q by Michael Ridpath. A short story that dropped into my email box about financial traders.

And that completes the challenge!

[Tania]

Well done, what are you going to A-Z next?

[Mercia]

Well done. I hope you enjoyed your character based alphabet soup.

[Sue]

No more new a-z this year as finishing off 1 word titles and want to carry on with round UK and round the wotld. Trouble is that new books keep being recommended!!!
Yes I did enjoy it thank you - mostly the characters just appeared with useable names!! But I dont think I'd do this one again.