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A to Z Author's Name Challenge 2.0
Thanks, Laura! :)CHALLENGE : A TO Z AUTHOR'S NAME CHALLENGE
DURATION: August 24, 2014 - August 24, 2015
A
B
C Charles Dickens - The Haunted Man and the Ghosts Bargain
D Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe
E Halide Edib Adivar - Turk'un Atesle Imtihani
F Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Notes from Underground
G
H Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
I Iris Murdoch - The Sea, the Sea
J Jane Austen - The Watsons
K J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
L
M Ian McEwan - Saturday
N
O
P Pat Barker - The Eye in the Door
Q
R Raddcylffe Hall - The Well of Loneliness
S Samuel Richardson - Clarissa
T J. R. R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings (#1 The Fellowship of the Ring
U
V
W Oscar Wilde - An Ideal Husband
X
Y
Z
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Yes, I'm in! This year I missed 3: Q, U & X. Let's see if I can get all 26 this year!CHALLENGE : A TO Z AUTHOR'S NAME CHALLENGE
DURATION: August 24, 2014 - August 24, 2014
24/26
A - Melanie Abed - Anni Moon and the Elemental Artifact
B - Becky Doughty - April Shadows, May Enchantment, June Melody
C - Craig Emmel - Six Degrees of Isolation
D - Becky Doughty - January Breeze, February Embers, March Whispers
E - Ebony Kent - Where Secrets Lie
F - Katie Fforde - De kers op de taart
G - DelSheree Gladden - Wicked Hunger
H - T.L. Howard - The Crystal Key
I - Iny Lorentz - Die Goldhändlerin
J - Jen Minkman - The Island: A Dystopian Novella
K - Kristen S. Walker - Witch Hunt
L - Drew Lane - Somewhere To Fight For
M - Melanie Schulz - Erron
N - Neil James MacRaild - Voyeur
O - Abigail Owen - Blue Violet
P - Kristen Pham - The Society of Imaginary Friends
Q
R - Ransom Riggs - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
S - Sharon Short - Angel's Bidding
T - Charity Tahmaseb - The Fine Art of Keeping Quiet
U - Miranda A. Uyeh - To Die Once
V - V. A. Jeffrey - Mission: Flight To Mars
W - Jennie Wood - A Boy Like Me
X
Y - Katherine Mary Young - Tigress
Z - Brandon Zenner - Wine With Charlie
I'm in! Got started late last time so I didn't quite finish it. I'll post my progress every couple of months.
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Mission: Flight To Mars by V. A. Jeffrey."
nice work, Elsbeth!
Thanks, Laura! Well, I really want to make the A-Z full, this year! ;)
Shelf all set up. Though I'll take suggestions for the letters E, Q,U, V, X, Y, and Z.
Here are some suggestions of authors or books I've read or are planning to read:V: Vladimir Nabokov (for example: Lolita)
Kurt Vonnegut (for example: Cat's Cradle)
E: Emily Brontë (Wuthering Heights)
Elizabeth Gaskell
Z:Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)
I'm in! I'll be keeping track in my challenge folder.
Holly wrote: "Shelf all set up. Though I'll take suggestions for the letters E, Q,U, V, X, Y, and Z."Elizabeth Strout hasn't been a miss for me yet. (haven't read The Burgess Boys yet, but all of her others have been great.
CHALLENGE : A TO Z AUTHOR'S NAME CHALLENGEDURATION: September 1, 2014 - September 1, 2015
F Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl
I
K
L Marie Lu - Legend
O
Q
T Tymber Dalton - The Reluctant Dom
U
V
W J.R. Ward - Lover Avenged
X
Y
Z
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Updated message #3: I just finished one of the books I wanted to use for this challenge (the one who is just finished...).So one of the letters I didn't make last time, is now one of my first ;)
2/26
LaLaLa Laura wrote: "good strategy, Elsbeth!"Just coincidence - I had already planned to read this...
;)
Another update, this time for M: The Island: A Dystopian Novella by Jen Minkman. Nice story, but a bit too fast to my taste.
Laura am I too late to sign up for this challenge? I've broken my foot once again so I am having more time to read now.
Brenda wrote: "Laura am I too late to sign up for this challenge? I've broken my foot once again so I am having more time to read now."Hi Brenda
Just saw your post. I'm sitting her with a broken foot, too. :) The only good thing is that you do knock out a lot of books from your TBR pile. Happy Reading & healing.
Happy reading & healing to you both, Jayme & Brenda!
I just finished the S! Update message 3.
Hi, everyone. I'm happy to see this challenge is back in action. I fell 5 authors short last year and I'm up for another try. Count me in.CHALLENGE : A TO Z AUTHOR'S NAME CHALLENGE
DURATION: September 1, 2014 - September 1, 2015
Austen, Jane - Northanger Abbey
Bardugo, Leigh - Siege and Storm
Camus, Albert - The Stranger
Dashiell Hammett -The Maltese Falcon
Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms
Funke, Cornelia - Inkheart
Gabriel García Márquez - Love in the Time of Cholera
Hussein, Mohammad Kamel - An Unjust Village/ قرية ظالمة
Ibrahim Eissa/إبراهيم عيسى - Mawlana/مولانا
Jacobs, Kate - The Friday Night Knitting Club
Karen Marie Moning - Bloodfever
Lasky, Kathryn - The Capture
Marissa Meyer - Cress
Neil Gaiman - The Graveyard Book
Orwell, George - 1984
Philippa Gregory - The Red Queen
Qandil, Mohamed Mansi - Breaking Soul/انكسار الروح
Rosamund Hodge - Cruel Beauty
Stroud, Jonathan - Ptolemy's Gate
Trenton Lee Stewart - The Mysterious Benedict Society
Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose
Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse
Wells, H.G. - The Time Machine
X
Yangsze Choo - The Ghost Bride>>> (Currently Reading)
Zola, Émile - Nana
Total: 24/26
I was 3 short last year, so maybe we'll both be able to make it complete this year, Marwa! Good luck and happy reading!
I hope so, Elsbeth. It'll be so much fun. Good luck to you too.
Thanks, Marwa! I like challenges like these, they are so much fun!
Update message #3: I just read the second book of the Elderberry Croft series by Becky Doughty. Wonderful books!
CHALLENGE: A TO Z AUTHOR'S NAME CHALLENGEDURATION: Sept 1, 2014 - Sept 1, 2015
A Hans Christian Andersen, Anne Lisbeth
B Bernard Cornwell, The Last Kingdom
C John Cleland, Memoirs of Fanny Hill
D Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
E George Eliot, Middlemarch
F F Scott Fitzgerald, The Ice Palace
G William Golding, Lord of the Flies
H Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd
I
J Jeff Shaara, Rise to Rebellion
K Thomas King, Green Grass, Running Water
L Lynn Cullen, Mrs. Poe
M Tom Milton, Leave of Absence
N Nishith Vasavada, Sakoon
O
P Molly Peacock, The Paper Garden
Q
R Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach
S John Steinbeck, East of Eden
T Timothy Findley, The Wars
U
V Guy Vanderhaeghe, Homesick
W Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie
X
Y
Z
I'm in. Missed this challenge last time by 1 book. I will update in my challenge folder.
In September I read All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr for A, Quentins by Maeve Binchy for B, The Book of My Lives by Aleksandar Hemon for H, The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin for N, and A Traveller In Time by Alison Uttley for U. Cast comes off on Thursday and there goes my reading time...
Jayme wrote: "Cast comes off on Thursday and there goes my reading time... "
I'm not sure if I should offer congrats or condolences Jayme.
I've used the same rule of the previous challenge for the tough letters. Marquez for Q until I find a real Q starter.So far, I'm on my way to 6 of 26.
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11/26: Just finished one for the K - update message #3!
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Objective: Read books by authors whose first or last names go from A to Z in any order. You may use the first or last name to fill in the letter.
Time Frame: August 24, 2014 to August 24, 2015
EX: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
You could use the name Jojo for the letter J or Moyes for the letter M.
You may make your thread in the Challenges folder or keep track of your progress here.
Have fun and keep us posted on how you are coming along!