My list so far...

[Kerri]

Inspired by some of the 2008 groups, I created my author/title list. It's not finished, but it is well under way. I hope to be able to complete it while taking classes!

A: Laurie Halse Anderson--Speak 12/8
B: Anne Bronte--Agnes Grey 11/12
C: Suzanne Collins--The Hunger Games 10/26
D: Don DeLillo--White Noise 6/30
E: Joseph Ellis--Founding Brothers
F: F. Scott Fitzgerald--The Great Gatsby
G: Neil Gaiman--The Graveyard Book (2/4)
H: Shannon Hale--Austenland (1/11)
I: Kazuo Ishiguro--Never Let Me Go
J: Sarah Orne Jewett--The Country of the Pointed Firs (11/6)
K: Barbara Kingsolver--Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (12/15)
L: Elinor Lipman--The Pursuit of Alice Thrift (6/9)
M: Alice Munro--The Love of a Good Woman (11/21)
N: Vladimir Nabokov--Invitation to a Beheading
O: Maggie O’Farrell--The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox (1/14)
P: Tom Perrotta--Election 10/29
Q: Anna Quindlen--
R: Russell, Mary Doria--The Sparrow (6/2)
S: John Steinbeck--The Grapes of Wrath
T: Barbara Tuchman--The Guns of August OR
U: Anya Ulinich--Petropolis
V: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.--Mother Night
W: Jessamyn West--The Life I Really Lived
X: Xinran--Sky Burial
Y: Richard Yates--The Easter Parade (12/1)
Z: Marcus Zusak--I am the Messenger (7/10)

[Jennifer]

I really enjoyed the Joy Luck Club myself when I read it!

[Kerri]

I'm going to cheat a little bit and start my list now since I am on winter break from school. Hope nobody minds!

[Charles]

Are we supposed to read them in Alphabetical order?

[Kerri]

No, you can read them in any order you want!

[Lauren]

I would recommend by Anna Quindlen (if you're looking for suggestions), it's an amazing book!

[Kerri]

Lauren, which Anna Quindlen? I haven't read anything by her yet...

[Lauren]

Sorry Black and Blue...(I see somehow I omitted the title)

[Carrie]

I remember really liking Like Water for Chocolate when I read it in college.

[Gina]

Kerri,

I stole/borrowed some of your ideas. I am really excited about this. I talked to Tressa this morning a bit. Hopefully I can motivate her.

[Kerri]

I took ideas from others, too! There are only so many authors whose names start with "X!" I think it seems fun, too!

[Kerri]

Now that my classes are over, I'm going to re-evaluate my list to see what I think I can read before Fall classes start. I'm excited to have time to read!

[Kerri]

I'm still plugging away at my list! I have Easter Parade and an Alice Munro book from the library (as well as a bunch of other books). I'm going to try to work on the ones I own during the holidays.

[Kerri]

Well, with only 1 month left in the year and a stack of books from the library that are not these titles, I'm obviously not going to complete my list. But! I am still working on it.

[Sara]

Hi Kerri,
I am glad someone else is still plugging away at this challenge! How many more do you need to read to complete the A-Z author challenge?

Which Alice Monroe are you reading? Do you have any recommendations from her books? I was going to read one of her books for my "M" but I ended up reading something else instead.

[Charles]

Kerri wrote: "Well, with only 1 month left in the year and a stack of books from the library that are not these titles, I'm obviously not going to complete my list. But! I am still working on it."

Sounds about like me, I just finished my "Z" author but I have read quite a few duplicates this year.

[Kerri]

Sara--I read Munro's The Love of a Good Woman. It was the first collection of hers that I've read. I can't say that I loved it...the hopelessness of the stories was frustrating to me. I need to read 11 more books. I'm hoping to at least get a few more on my list crossed off.

Charlie--I may take my leftovers and start a list for next year.

[Carrie]

I want to do this again, but I might go mad finding another X author! I just have 7/8ths of my final book and a few weeks to get it finished!

[Kerri]

Awesome, Carrie! Surely there are other X authors...maybe an author whose first name starts with "X?"

[Carrie]

I'm thinking I might see if I can come up with a A-Z Titles list for 2010.