An additional Annual Challenge for 2017 - A-Z

[Marianne]

finished my 4th
M. Set in Multiple Countries Coming Home in England and Greece 3★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Bree]

Not listed in the list of people doing this challenge somehow :-(

But, here is my list:

A - Award Winning - These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman (Aurealis Award for Best YA Novel 2013)
B - Best Selling The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
C - Read a book with a Colourful Cover TBA
D - Dog The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
E - Escape - I Know My First Name Is Steven by Mike Echols
F - Fight and make up - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
G- Gifted Book Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty AA
H - Horror Greythorne by L.M. Merrington
I - Read a book by an author with the same Initials as you TBA
J - Name starts with J Whispers at Wongan Creek by Juanita Kees AA
K - Read a book where people are Kissing on the front cover TBA
L - Friends TBR List - A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean
M - Read a book that is set in Multiple countries TBA
N - Neglected to read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
O - Orange cover - Outback Blaze by Rachael Johns AA
P - Paranormal Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Q - Question in the title Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
R - Goodreads Rating higher than 4 The Three Miss Allens by Victoria Purman AA
S - Series Baron by Joanna Shupe
T - Time Travel The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
U - Uncomfortable Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
V - Violet Desert Flame by Janine Grey AA
W - Witch The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
X - Read a book with an X in the title TBA
Y - Read a book by an author who is Younger than you TBA
Z - Zoo Zoo by James Patterson

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You are now Bree! And what a great list! Well done :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Authors with your initials Bree -
Barbara Vine
Boris Vian
Brian K. Vaughan

[Bree]

Brenda wrote: "Authors with your initials Bree -
Barbara Vine
Boris Vian
Brian K. Vaughan"

Thank you for this! I was trying to find some - in vain... :-)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You're welcome :) Barbara Vine has heaps of titles!

[Mary]

Brenda do you have any suggestions for me as to authors with my initials? My legal initials are MD and birth initials are MT. I selected Mark Twain but admit I'm not very enthusiastic.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Leave it with me :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Mary wrote: "Brenda do you have any suggestions for me as to authors with my initials? My legal initials are MD and birth initials are MT. I selected Mark Twain but admit I'm not very enthusiastic."

Brenda wrote: "Leave it with me :)"

Don't know your preference of genre but...

Michelle Dalton
Michelle Dare
Michelle Douglas (lives here in my home town!)
Melissa Darnell
Melissa Delport
Michael Dobbs has some good ones :)
Michael Duffy

Michael Talbot
Mary Treadgold
Maya Tyler
Michele Torrey
Michele Tucker

There's a few to check out :)

[Kathryn]

Brenda wrote: "Mary wrote: "Brenda do you have any suggestions for me as to authors with my initials? My legal initials are MD and birth initials are MT. I selected Mark Twain but admit I'm not very enthusiastic...."

Also Matthew Dicks, Monica Dickens, and Michael Thomas - none of which I've read, so can't recommend them, but they're on my TBR list!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

There are so many when you search aren't there!

[Mary]

Goodness. Is that the Monica Dickens that has been around forever? I followed your links but I knew that she wrote about the horses. I remember her Follyfoot Farm books from my childhood. That link took me straight into my school library. Funnily enough, I have moved back to the suburb where I went to primary school and took my sister on a tour the other day, in particular taking her to see where our old library was. It has sadly closed down now.

Back on subject - I have books 3& 4 of Michael Dobb's Winston Churchill series. So I could continue using books that I own. A shame to not read the beginning of the series but I am familiar with the history so maybe it won't be an issue.

And thank you so much for your help. I very much appreciate it. And the trip down memory lane which was lovely. :)

[Bree]

Brenda wrote: "You're welcome :) Barbara Vine has heaps of titles!"

And some that I can borrow from the local library - even more of a win!!

[Kathryn]

Mary wrote: "Goodness. Is that the Monica Dickens that has been around forever? I followed your links but I knew that she wrote about the horses. I remember her Follyfoot Farm books from my childhood. That link..."

Well, if you change your mind and don't want to read Michael Dobbs, I also looked at the Aussie Readers' bookshelf and found Maria Tumarkin, Mark Tredinnick, Mel Teshco, Mark Tedeschi, Margaret Tanner, Matthew Tait, and Mark Dapin, Marjorie Mcardell Davey, Marele Day, Marianne Delacourt, Mark Dodd, Michael Duffy, Mary Durack!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Mary wrote: "Goodness. Is that the Monica Dickens that has been around forever? I followed your links but I knew that she wrote about the horses. I remember her Follyfoot Farm books from my childhood. That link..."

How lovely! And glad we could help :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Bree wrote: "Brenda wrote: "You're welcome :) Barbara Vine has heaps of titles!"

And some that I can borrow from the local library - even more of a win!!"

Excellent :) Even better!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 20th - "U" Uncomfortable to read - The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd 5★s

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kathryn wrote: "Mary wrote: "Goodness. Is that the Monica Dickens that has been around forever? I followed your links but I knew that she wrote about the horses. I remember her Follyfoot Farm books from my childho..."

So many Kathryn! Well done :)

[Kathryn]

Brenda wrote: "So many Kathryn! Well done :)..."

Lots of options for some combinations of initials, and then precious few for others!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You're so right :)

[Loz]

Just finished my 7th book, K- Kissing on the cover... Her Backup Boyfriend by Ashlee Mallory

5★ An adorable fake-relationship-turned-real story. Review

[Marianne]

Brenda, where are you tracking down these authors with the same initials?
I looked at fantasticfiction.co.uk for some MVs but what's your source, o wise one?

[Marianne]

my 5th
L. Friend's TBR List I've Got Your Number on Suzanne's TBR 5★s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Marianne wrote: "Brenda, where are you tracking down these authors with the same initials?
I looked at fantasticfiction.co.uk for some MVs but what's your source, o wise one?"

Haha! Very easy Marianne :) I go to our members list first to get all the names I can starting with "M" for example. Then I do "add book/author" (here) and type in the M name eg. Marianne and the initial of the surname and then pick from the long drop down box - check them first to see if they are foreign (not in English) and what genre they write. If it seems OK I'll add them to this box then on I go to the next one :)

[Odette]

Finished my third book for this challenge:

Read a book by an author who is Younger than you: The Wonder by Emma Donoghue - 4★

[Kathryn]

I found this Listopia, Marianne: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4... - there are some MVs there (that's a tricky combo) but a lot of them sound Dutch - do you read Dutch...?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Marianne wrote: "Brenda, where are you tracking down these authors with the same initials?
I looked at fantasticfiction.co.uk for some MVs but what's your source, o wise one?"

Mary Victoria
Melissa Virtue
Michelle Visage
Michelle Valentine
Michael Ventura
Maryanne Vollers
Marianne Vicelich
Marianne Villanueva

[Cowboy]

Well, I'm late to the party. I'll have to get my list sorted!

[Karen]

Finally finished my first book from this list:
H - a Horror book The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories - H.P. Lovecraft ~4 stars

Review here (since I actually wrote more than 1 line for a change)

[Marianne]

Kathryn wrote: "I found this Listopia, Marianne: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4... - there are some MVs there (that's a tricky combo) but a lot of them sound Dutch - do you read Du..."

LOL, thanks, Kathryn, I do read some, but probably not well enough to appreciate a whole book....

[Marianne]

Brenda wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Brenda, where are you tracking down these authors with the same initials?
I looked at fantasticfiction.co.uk for some MVs but what's your source, o wise one?"

[author:Mary Victori..."

Thanks, Brenda, I'll pop some of those into the library search engine to see what comes up....

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good luck Marianne!

[Jenn]

Hi Brenda. Will The Juniper Game be OK for the time travel book?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Jennifer wrote: "Hi Brenda. Will The Juniper Game be OK for the time travel book?"

From the blurb Jennifer, it sounds like it fits the bill nicely :)

[Asa-Marie]

I am so enjoying Watership Down. Boy can Richard Adams write or what?! Love it. Love his sense of building suspense and climax and he is just so descriptive. I think he might have actually been to the downs, which I'm guessing helps the sense of place develop somewhat in the reader's mind. Aaaah a mere 77 pages to go!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sounds good Asa-Marie :) I haven't read that one, but I know others who have :)

[Odette]

Is Louisa Bennet author of Monty and Me counted as an Australian author. She was born in the UK and divides her time between London and Sydney.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Odette wrote: "Is Louisa Bennet author of Monty and Me counted as an Australian author. She was born in the UK and divides her time between London and Sydney."

I would think that would be okay but let Brenda have the last word. She will be around later:)

[Odette]

I could not resist the picture of the dog on the cover and will be reading this book for the challenge! Still have spaces left to fill for more Australian authors.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

She's definitely Aussie Odette :) Thanks Phrynne. I read that one and loved it, and she had the launch for it in Sydney. A great book in my opinion :)

[Odette]

Brenda wrote: "She's definitely Aussie Odette :) Thanks Phrynne. I read that one and loved it, and she had the launch for it in Sydney. A great book in my opinion :)"

Thanks, Brenda. Looking forward to reading this book.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I'm sure you'll enjoy it Odette!

[K]

I finished my 'B' American Queen by Sierra Simone
Here's my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Asa-Marie]

Finished my N - Read a book which you've neglected to read:

Watership Down

An absolutely EPIC read. Loved every single second of it, such a beautiful story. See my review here:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 21st - "H" Horror - The Man in the Picture by Susan Hill 4★s

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sarah]

Finished my 2nd last night:

V for violet-Wicked Lovely 4☆

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 22nd - "Q" - Question in title - Who Killed The Bride? by Lily Malone 4.5★s

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Asa-Marie]

Brenda wrote: "Finished my 22nd - "Q" - Question in title - Who Killed The Bride? by Lily Malone 4.5★s

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Do you mean to say you've read 22 books this year already?!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Asa-Marie wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Finished my 22nd - "Q" - Question in title - Who Killed The Bride? by Lily Malone 4.5★s

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

D..."

I've actually read 36 Asa-Marie :) And I think Phrynne has read more :)

[Zoey]

Finished my 3rd for this challenge

K - Kissing on the front cover - Ice Linda Howard 3.5★