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COMPLETED: 8 out of 26 A: The Girl Who Chased the Moon - Sarah Addison Allen
C: The Midwife's Confession - Diane Chamberlain
E: Three to Get Deadly - Janet Evanovich
F: Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
H: The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
I: A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
J: The Outcast - sadie Jones
L: Mystic River - Dennis Lehane
M: The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
N: Understudy - David Nicholls
O: 1984 - George Orwell
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R: Virals - Kathy Reichs
T: Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
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W: Before I Go To Sleep - S.J. Watson
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Y: Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates
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I like this challenge.... except for X!
a chinese author might give you an X ;)Diane - for X - could we say an author who has X in their name maybe?
Dee wrote: "a chinese author might give you an X ;)Diane - for X - could we say an author who has X in their name maybe?"
That works for me.
can we use authors from atwi 80 and 50 states challenges?
Linda wrote: "can we use authors from atwi 80 and 50 states challenges?"Yes
If you've not visited Tibet,
by Xinran is very good and lots of Chinese authors. I find Y more difficult.
Ian wrote: "If you've not visited Tibet, [bookcover:Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet] by Xinran is very good and lots of Chinese authors. I find Y more difficult."I have her book, The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices, which I will probably end up reading now for my China selection (since one of the CDs for my Ha Jin book is permanently stuck in my car CD player!) :(
Made it just for fun, had nothing else to do this morning! I have used only the surnames. Perhaps I can add some other authors till 31th december, I hope it!A to Z Author Challenge 2012
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C – Chandra Vikram, Love and Longing in Bombay
D – Dasgupta Rana, Solo
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G – Guerri Giordano Bruno, Il sangue del sud
H – Hamsun Knut, Hunger
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L – Lagorio Gina, Tosca the Cat Lady
M – Moravia Alberto, Boredom
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P – Pushkin Alexander, Eugenij Oneghin
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S – Stevenson Robert Luis, An Apology for Idlers
T – Tabucchi Antonio, Pereira Manteins
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I just saw this challenge and thought I might check my shelves for authors. I was surprised how well I did! I only used last names (with one exception) and here are my results for 2012:A: Persuasion by Jane Austen
B: Hiss of Death by Rita Mae Brown
C: Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
D: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthus Conan Doyle
E: Old Possum's Book for Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot
F: Madame Mirabilis by Anne Fine
G: Un secret by Philippe Grimbert
H: Der Mann, der kein Möder war by Michael Hjorth
I: In one Person by John Irving
J: An unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James
K: Fatelessness by Imre Kertesz
L: Beastly Things by Donna Leon
M: Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
N: Kim Novak badete nie im See von Genezareth by Hakan Nesser
O: The Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea
P: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
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R: A Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
S: Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
T: Winnie the Witch by Valerie Thomas
U: Anna Amalia - Wegbegleiterin der Weimarer Klassik by Ursuly Salentin
V: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr
W: The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
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I am going to start this for 2013. I checked my shelves for last year, and had almost every letter without even trying so let's see if I can get them all this year!A
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The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices (other topics)Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet (other topics)
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