A to Z Author's Name Challenge 2.0

[Elsbeth]

Thanks, Laura!

[MiA]

Elsbeth, I'm not envying or anything of the sort :D

My last update is 8/26 so far.

[Elsbeth]

Marwa wrote: "Elsbeth, I'm not envying or anything of the sort :D

My last update is 8/26 so far."

That's great!
Well, now I'm going fast, but after a while it will be a lot more difficult to find the letters I still miss (like last year...).

[MiA]

Yeah, I totally get that. Some letters are more challenging to find. I have in mind a writer or two for every letter except the X. Even in the book titles challenge I can't think of an author's name or a book title that starts with or contains an X. For the Q I had to use the one inside the name Marquez for I couldn't think of a name with Q either.

[Elsbeth]

I have one on my ereader for the Y: The Love Makers by Y.L. Cantrell.
For the X I found a book which is not even on Goodreads: The Fence by Xiezi Wangdong & John Adamson.
For the Q I also have one which is not on Goodreads: A Little North of Here by P.D. Quidson.

For the book title challenge I also found some (but I don't know if I have the time to read them before the year ends...).
The X: Xingu by Edith Wharton
The Q: Queen of America by Luis Alberto Urrea.
Or: Quiet as a Nun by Antonia Fraser.
For the Y I read: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
for the Z I plan to read: Zaira - A Girl Before Her Time by Patricia Borlenghi.

I hope this helps somewhat...

[Elsbeth]

I just updated message #3, with the E.

[MiA]

Great suggestions, Elsbeth. I'll see what I can find. I think I'll start with Xingu. It sounds like a good short read and both you and Laura recommend it.

[Elsbeth]

Finished the T; update message #3.

[Anil]

3 more letters (F, H, and M) added. 7 down 19 to go. :)

[MiA]

Just added my Currently Reading. That'll cross the H&R out of the list.

[LaLaLa Laura]

wonderful Jon Mawra!

[LaLaLa Laura]

job*

[Elsbeth]

I just finished one for the H. Update message #3.

[LaLaLa Laura]

Elsbeth wrote: "I just finished one for the H. Update message #3."

nice work!

[Anil]

I have just added "E", which is book #10. 16 letters to go.

[Elsbeth]

Update message #3; the C. 15 down...

[LaLaLa Laura]

nice work to both you Anil and Elsbeth!!! I like watching your progress!

[Elsbeth]

Thanks, Laura! Yes, we are both doing great, aren't we! ;)
When we keep this up, we'll be finished before January is over :D!

[Jayme]

Knocked out the letter E with Station Eleven by Emily ST John Mandel and the letter V with The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy 12/26 completed almost 1/2 way there.

[Elsbeth]

You're going fast as well, Jayme!

[Elsbeth]

16/26
I had to swap some authors to make room for Sharon Short (which of course can only be used for the S...). So I moved Melanie Schulz from S to M; Jen Minkman from M to J; and V.A. Jeffrey from J to V.
(see message #3)

[Diana S]

I can do this! :D

A TO Z AUTHOR'S NAME CHALLENGE
DURATION: December 1 2014 - August 24, 2015
Books Read: 5

A
Briggs, Patricia - Bone Crossed (12/6/14)
C
D
Elgin, Anthony - The Blue Rose: An English Garden Mystery (12/16/14)
F
G
H
I
J
Kinsella, Sophie - Twenties Girl (12/10/14)
L
Meier, Leslie - Christmas Cookie Murder (12/13/14)
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
Woodrell, Daniel - Winter's Bone (12/10/14)
X
Y
Z

Authors Directory

[LaLaLa Laura]

You still have time ! Yes you can, Diana!

[Elsbeth]

Good start, Diana! Have fun!

[MiA]

Just finished my 12th for the letter G and added my currently reading for the letters E&N.

[Anil]

I have just added 3 authors to my list, though I haven't finished Clarissa, yet. It is a long one despite being an abridged version. (I am reading Kindle version and I suspect some of the letters were not added in that version. Still, it is a nine-volume version. I have finished 8 volumes and almost one-fifth of the last volume.) So, I have completed more than half of the challenge. Only 12 letters to go!

[Elsbeth]

Way to go, Anil!

[Anil]

Thanks, Elsbeth. :-)

[Jessica]

3/26

A Arundhati Roy- The God of Small Things
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M Mary Shelley Frankenstein
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z Markus Zusak- The Book Thief

[Elsbeth]

Hi Jessica! Good luck with the challenge and have fun!

[Jayme]

I just finished Brown Girl Dreaming by Jaqueline Woodson for the letter W. It is written in free verse and is a beautiful read. It won the National Book Award this year for Young People's Literature and is really worth reading - can you hear me gushing? - loved this book.

17/26 Posted on my challenge page

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I'm in! A bit late, but we'll see how many I can get done.

CHALLENGE : A TO Z AUTHOR'S NAME CHALLENGE
DURATION: August 24, 2014 - August 24, 2015

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S: UnSouled by Neal Shusterman
T
U
V
W: The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
X
Y
Z

2/26

[LaLaLa Laura]

Welcome to the challenge, Abigail! Let us know how you come along :)

[Elsbeth]

17/26
Update message #3: Melanie Abed for the A.

[Jill]

Finished!

I think I am up for this challenge. Here's what I have so far:


A - Andrew Gross Everything to Lose
B - Bob Harper The Skinny Rules
C - Chevy Stevens That Night
D - Louise Doughty Apple Tree Yard
E - Richard Paul Evans The Mistletoe Promise
F - Fern Michaels Kiss and Tell
G - Graeme Simpsion The Rosie Project
H - Elizabeth Heiter Hunter
I - Mona Ingram - The Shell Game
J - Rachel Joyce The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
K - Christina Baker Kline Orphan Train
L - Loreen Niewenhuis - A 1000 Mile Walk on the Beach
M - Susan Mallery Chasing Perfect
N - Nora Roberts Public Secrets
O - Janette Oke - The Red Geranium
P - Jodi Picoult Leaving Time
Q - Kathryn Quick - Tis the Season
R - Ann B Ross - Miss Julia Stirs Up Trouble
S -Nicholas Sparks At First Sight
T - Julie Lawson Timmer Five Days Left
U - Lisa Unger - Die for you
V -Donna VanLiere - The Christmas Soes
W - Jason Wright The James Miracle
X - Tianna Xander - A stranger in Paradise
Y -Yvonne Harris - A River to Cross
Z -Koethi Zorn - The Never List

[LaLaLa Laura]

nice work Jill!

[Tammy]

I'm in!
A Arthur Golden Memoirs of a Geisha
B Garry Baird To My Daughter, With Love
C Kelly Corrigan The Middle Place
D Deborah Epperson Breaking Twig
E Leanna Ellis Once in a Blue Moon
F
G Ellen Gable In Name Only
H Hans Christian Anderson The Snow Queen
I Kazuo Ishiguro The Remains of the Day
J James King Bill Warrington's Last Chance
K Kristian Anderson Days Like These
L Laurel Royal Amethyst
M Michael Cunningham The Hours
N
O
P
Q
R Helen Rappaport The Romanov Sisters
S
T Tedd Burpo Heaven is for Real
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

[Abcdarian]

Think I'll join in, since when I looked at my list in the dates allowed there's only the evil letters left to find. :-)

CHALLENGE: A TO Z AUTHOR'S NAME CHALLENGE
DURATION: August 24, 2014 - March 16, 2015

Atwood, Margaret. MaddAddam
Binchy, Maeve. Chestnut Street
Cunningham, Michael. The Hours
Domingue, Ronlyn. The Mapmaker's War
Engelbreit, Mary. 120 Slow Cooker Recipe Favorites
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book
Hornby, Nick. About a Boy
Ingelman-Sundberg, Catharina. The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules
James, P.D. The Murder Room
Kuhn, William. Mrs. Queen Takes the Train
Louv, Richard. The Nature Principle
Munro, Alice. Friend of My Youth
Nothomb, Amélie. Fear and Trembling
O'Carroll, Brendan. The Mammy
Peters, Elizabeth. Crocodile on the Sandbank
Quinn, Daniel. My Ishmael
Rushdie, Salman. Luka and the Fire of Life
Sooley, Jill. Baggage
Taubes, Gary. Why We Get Fat
Urquhart, Jane. Away
Vlautin, Willy. Lean on Pete
Wecker, Helene. The Golem and the Jinni
Xinran. Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
Yetman, Derek. The Beothuk Expedition
Zuk, Marlene. Riddled with Life

[LaLaLa Laura]

welcome to the challenge, Tammy and Abc

[Elsbeth]

Update message #3 - Only 5 more! (the most difficult ones...)

[Abcdarian]

I'm enjoying searching library shelves I seldom saw before. Z was in my own Mount TBR & turned out to be really worthwhile!

[LaLaLa Laura]

nice job guys!

[Jayme]

Abcdarian wrote: "Think I'll join in, since when I looked at my list in the dates allowed there's only the evil letters left to find. :-)

CHALLENGE: A TO Z AUTHOR'S NAME CHALLENGE
DURATION: August 24, 2014 - August..."

I was looking for a Q book and did not realize that Ishmael had a sequel. Thanks for my Q book :)

[Abcdarian]

Jayme wrote: "I was looking for a Q book and did not realize that Ishmael had a sequel. Thanks for my Q book :) "

You're welcome. I really enjoyed the first half of it; it kind of bogged down near the end, but the ideas are very interesting. I had not read Ishmael; just found this one on the Q shelf. ;-)

[Abcdarian]

Finished all the hard letters; now I'll look for replacements for the ones where I was using first names.

[Jayme]

If you are having a hard time finding a book for a letter X author, Xiaolu Guo has several and her books are on the Bailys/Orang prize shortlists. I just finished reading A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers which was very interesting.

[Jayme]

One more to go and this challenge is complete :)

[Elsbeth]

That's great, Jayme! :)

[Jayme]

Finished the challenge with The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors By Michele Young-Stone for the letter Y. Posted on my challenge page :)

[Elsbeth]

Yay! Well done, Jayme!!
I'm afraid I'm not gonna make it. I still have 2 to go and am reading lots of other books right now...