Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) discussion

Glad to have you in the challenge, Payten and Maarit!

Here is another possible X Title: X y Z: A Detective Story by Anna Katharine Green

Available free for Kindle.

Absalom, Absalom!
Bleak House
Crime and Punishment
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
East of Eden
Fury
Go Down Moses
Howard's End
Iliad
Jane Eyre
Kim
Lord Jim
Misery
National Velvet
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Postcards
Q
Room with a View
Sometimes a Great Notion
Tortilla Flats
Unbroken
Vanity Fair
Wind in the Willows
X I
Y give
Z up

Nancy wrote: "Absalom, Absalom!
Bleak House
Crime and Punishment
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
East of Eden

...

Wind in the Willows
X I
Y give
Z up "


LOL

Payten wrote: "This sounds so FUNNNNN! I'm going to fill in with what I've read so far this year:
"


Payten, it's wicked fun! Especially when you fill in the tricky letters, usually near the end of the year, for those, it seems like ;-).

Welcome to the challenge!
And welcome to Maarit as well!

:)

Six months of the year complete and I only have three letters left to finish.

Q-No selection yet
X-Plan on reading Xenocide

Currently reading Roads of Destiny to complete the letter R

I think this challenge is in the bag given I have 6 months left for 2 1/2 more books.

The Author Challenge that's where I am in big trouble.

Awesome, Bob! Yes, I think you're set to finish on time :D.

No worries on Author - you still have six months! :)

Fun challenge!
23/26

A: A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway
B: The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
C: The Color Purple - Alice Walker
D: The Speed of Dark - Elizabeth Moon
E: The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
F: The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett
G: The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
H: The Lathe of Heaven - Ursula K. Le Guin
I: The Invisible Man - H.G. Wells
J: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
K: To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
L: The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton
M: Mr. Mercedes - Stephen King
N: Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
O: A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
P: The Plague - Albert Camus
Q:
R: Mystic River - Dennis Lehane
S: The Signature of All Things - Elizabeth Gilbert
T: The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
U: The Last Unicorn -Peter S. Beagle
V: A Constellation of Vital Phenomena - Anthony Marra
W: The Sea Wolf - Jack London
X:
Y: One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
Z:

Welcome! It totally is :). You're almost done, too!!

Got my "V" book. Now only "U" left!

Kathy, that's awesome! wtg :D

Done!

Well done Kathy :)

Congrats Kathy :-)

I still have R, U and Z to do myself, but I've pretty much decided what I will read for those, so I should get it done pretty soon :-)

Kathy ... high five !!

only Z to go! Have a few options for that, will probably decide which I will read in September :-)

The X was proving to be difficult to me, but I came across this African book in the university library, which I will read: Xala. Z-letter I found by accident.

For other ABC's remaining, I've found a book to suit each one. Now it's just the matter of reading them :D.

I am coming late to the party, so I will count all the books I've read since January 2014.

A. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
B. The Book Thief
C. Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
D. Dust
E. Edge of Eternity
F. Fall of Giants
G. Gone Girl
H. The Husband's Secret
I. Inés of My Soul
J. The Golem and the Jinni
K.
L. The Lion and the Rose
M. Moloka'i
N. North and South
O. Orphan Train
P. The Poisonwood Bible
Q. Queenmaker: A Novel of King David's Queen
R. Reading Lolita in Tehran
S. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
T. Breakfast at Tiffany's
U. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
V.
W. The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great
X.
Y.
Z. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

At the moment I'm missing these following letters: G,I,J,W and X. I will nail J, W and X as soon as I finish the corresponding books from my currently-reafing shelf, so it still leaves me with letters G and I.

And with The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story I am DONE! :D

Julie wrote: "And with The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story I am DONE! :D"

Hoorah!

Julie wrote: "And with The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story I am DONE! :D"

Well done Julie :)

Julie wrote: "And with The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story I am DONE! :D"

Congrats on completing the challenge, Julie!!

I am joining this one late too, so I will count my start date as January 2014.

A: The Awakening
B: The Book Thief
C: Cassandra and Jane
D: Drunken Forest, the
E: Elizabeth Barrett Browning Complete Poems
F: Fever
G: The Green Mile
H: Hush, Hush
I: The Incredible Journey
J: Just So Stories
K: Kalona's Fall
L: Lady of Hay
M: Menagerie Manor
N: 1984
O: One for the Money
P: The Phantom of the Opera
Q: Quentins
R: The Raven's Bride
S: Secret of the Sirens
T: The Thirteenth Tale
U: Under Fishbone Clouds
V: Vanity Fair
W: The Whispering Land
X: Hex Hall
Y: Yes, My Darling Daughter
Z: The Zoo That Never Was

A: Apteekkari Melchior ja Olevisten kirkon arvoitus
B:
C:
D: Dora, Dora
E: Enkä ollut vanki
F:
G: Golfkentän murha
H: Hytti nro 6
I:
J:
K: Kellari
L: Lumikko ja yhdeksän muuta
M: Madame
N: Neito vanhassa linnassa
O: Oopperan kummitus
P: Punaisen talon arvoitus
Q:
R: Rautatie
S: Suuri illusioni
T: Totuus Virosta, Latviasta ja Liettuasta
U:
V: Vaarallista elämää
W:
X:
Y:
Z:

It seems I'm not even close... I guess I could try looking for names in original/other languages but that wouldn't really feel right. I have been thinking that I might try my own version of this next year and take the Finnish alphabet but remove all the non-native letters (B, C, D, F, G, Q, W, X, Z, Å). Then I might have a chance in completing it without resorting to other languages.

Finished last night with The Quiet American, a very good read by the way. Message #3 is my list.

Good work, Bob!!!!

Bob wrote: "Finished last night with The Quiet American, a very good read by the way. Message #3 is my list."

Congrats Bob! Nice list. :-)

I had to bow out for reasons explained in the edit of my first post here. I wish everyone the best of luck, and I'll do my best to help everyone find books for the elusive last few letters.

Just finished U but won't have time to get my V book read. I will save it for the 2015 challenge. I was so close!