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A-Z Author Challenge 2019
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I like to try this one every year. I don't always finish the challenge, but enjoy it all the same.
A: Katherine Arden -- The Bear and the Nightingale
B: Gwendolyn Brooks -- The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks
C: Ari Seth Cohen -- Advanced Style
D: R.F. Delderfield -- To Serve Them All My Days
E: David Eddings -- Pawn of Prophecy
F: Edna Ferber -- So Big
G: Jessica Day George -- The Rose Legacy
H: Eleanor B. Heady -- Sage Smoke: Tales of the Shoshoni-Bannock Indians
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K: Ben Kramarz -- A Guide to Songleading and Communal Singing
L: John le Carré -- Call for the Dead
M: Caroline Miller -- Lamb in His Bosom
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P: Louise Penny -- Still Life
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S: Paul Scott -- Staying On
T: Amor Towles -- A Gentleman in Moscow
U: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich -- A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
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X: Gao Xingjian -- Soul Mountain (DNF)
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I like the A-Zs too, Katy :DMK's 2019 A-Z Author Challenge*
A: Isaac Asimov
B: Kindle (12/04/16) - Kelly Barnhill
C: Paperback, library Mainecat - Kevin Crossley-Holland (1999)
Hardcover, library - Kevin Crossley-Holland (1968)
D: Kindle, free (11/13/18) - Charles Dickens
Kindle Unlimited, free - B.C. Dee
Audio CD, re-read, library - Daniel Defoe
Hardback, library - Daniel Defoe (Heritage Press)
Paperback, library - Daniel Defoe (Signet Classics)
Paperback, library - Daniel Defoe (Penguin Classics)
E: Paperback, library - T.S. Eliot
F: Kindle (07/18/17) - Ken Follett
Graphic novel, paperback, library Mainecat - Alexis E. Fajardo
G: Hardcover, library - John Guy
Paperback, library - John Gardner
Hardcover, library - Joe Gores
H: Graphic novel, paperback, library - Gareth Hinds
Audible (03/16/19) - Mary Mann Hamilton
Paperback, library - Dashiell Hammett
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M: Kindle (02/25/19) - Colum McCann
John McGahern
Hardback, library - Michael Morpurgo
N: Kindle (03/09/18) - Margaret Nagel
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Kindle (02/26/18) - Ellis Peters
Kindle, re-read (12/19/17) - Ellis Peters
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S: Audio CD, re-read, library - Robert Louis Stevenson
Kindle (09/07/18) - Neal Stephenson
Hardback, library - Rosemary Sutcliff
Hardback, library - Ian Serraillier
Kindle Unlimited, free - Sara Steger
T: Paperback, library, re-read - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Kindle (12/08/18) - J.R.R. Tolkien
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W: Kindle (11/01/18) - Andy Weir
Hardcover, library - Jack Whyte
Hardcover, library, Mainecat - Virginia Woolf
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MKs 2019 Authors Read, chronological order
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MK's 2019 Challenge Threads (or Posts) ...
• A-Z Author Challenge
• A-Z Title Challenge
• Classic Bingo Challenge
• Old & New Classic Challenge
• Reading George Eliot 2019 Challenge
• Quest for Women Authors Challenge
MK's Other Challenge Threads (or Posts) ...
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Anetq's A-Z of Authors 2019Read 26/26 (Finished 30/12!)
A: Anja C. Andersen Marie Curie - Et lys i mørket
B: Jacob Bøtter Fuck It, Ship It
C: Johnny Cash Forever Words: The Unknown Poems
D: Ananda Devi Eve out of Her Ruins
E: Charlie English The Storied City: The Quest for Timbuktu and the Fantastic Mission to Save Its Past
F: Anita Furu Mit halve liv
G: Nanna Goul Erle perle
H: Judith Hermann Sommerhus, senere
I: Uzodinma Iweala Speak No Evil
J: Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen Ø
K: Kurt Kara Den rationelle investor
L: Anne Mette Kærulf Lorentzen Skamlebben
M: Makuchi Your Madness, Not Mine: Stories of Cameroon
N: D.T, Niane Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali
O: Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir Ar
P: Birgitte Possing Argumenter imod kvinder
Q: Flemming Quist Møller Snuden
R: Olga Ravn De ansatte
S: Liv Strömquist Einsteins fru
T: Olga Tokarczuk Rejsende (Nobel 2018)
U: Fred Uhlman Gitterporten
V: Yanis Varoufakis Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works - and How It Fails
W: Wole Soyinka: Death and the King's Horseman: A Play (Nobel)
X: Qiu Xiaolong Death of a Red Heroine
Y: S. Yizhar Khirbet Khizeh
Z: Juli Zeh Corpus delicti: en proces
It looks like you're going to have a lot of fun with this challenge! Enjoy :)
Traveling Diva's 2019 A-Z Author Challenge(Tentative planning...)
A: Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
B: Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight
C: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
D: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
E: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
F: The Witch Elm by Tana French
G: A Long Island Story by Rick Gekoski
H: Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday
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K: Immigrant, Montana by Amitava Kumar
L: So Much Life Left Over by Louis de Bernières
M: Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
N: Macbeth by Jo Nesbø
O: There There by Tommy Orange
P: How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan
Q: The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life by David Quammen
R: Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts
S: Paris Echo by Sebastian Faulks
T: Last Stories by William Trevor
U: The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea
V: The Neighbourhood by Mario Vargas Llosa
W: Cherry by Nico Walker
X: Sky Burial by Xinran
Y: The Souls of Yellow Folk by Wesley Yang
Z: Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
A-Z Author Challenge 2019Finished October 19th 2019
26/26 (+0/3)
A Elizabeth von Arnim - The Enchanted April
B Sara Blaedel - Den tredje søster
C Colette - Chéri
D Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe
E Janet Evanovich - Twelve Sharp
F E.M. Forster - Howards End
G Michael Grant - Gone
H Paul von Heyse - Children of the World
I John Irving - The Hotel New Hampshire
J Dennis Jürgensen - Eksploderende skadedyr
K Erik Axel Karlfeldt - Flora och Bellona: dikter
L Primo Levi - Tøbruddet
M George R.R. Martin - Fire & Blood
N Hildur Grauslund Nielsen - Jeg er autist: En kat i en verden af hunde
O Daniel José Older - Shadowshaper
P Orhan Pamuk - Dette fremmede i mig
Q Matthew Quick - The Reason You're Alive
R Carlos Ruiz Zafón - Himlens Fange
S Nina von Staffeldt - Skibet fra isfjorden - en Sika Haslund krimi
T Joanna Trollope - Sense & Sensibility
U Kelly Utt - Her Deepest Fear
V Jules Verne - From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moon
W Mary Wollstonecraft - A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
X Xinran - Kinas døtre
Y Anzia Yezierska - Bread Givers
Z Stefan Zweig - Skaknovelle - Praterforår
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I love this challenge!A Katherine Arden - The Winter of the Witch. Finished 23rd February. 4 stars.
B Margaret Campbell Barnes - Isabel The Fair. Finished 10th January. 3 stars.
C Ivan Cloulas -The Borgias. Finished 20th January. 5 stars.
D Charles Dickens - Bleak House Finished 12th January. 4 stars.
E Elizabeth Eyre - Death of a Duchess. Finished 4th January. 3 stars.
F Linda Ferri - Cecilia. Finished 25th January. 3 stars.
G Robert Galbraith - The Cuckoo's Calling. Finished 6th February. 4 stars.
H Laurell K. Hamilton - A Kiss Of Shadows. Finished 12th February. 4 stars.
I Patricia Ingham - The Brontës. Finished 4th September. 4 stars.
J Shelina Janmohamed - Generation M: Young Muslims Changing the World. Finished 2 July. 2 stars.
K Paul Murray Kendall - The Yorkist Age: Daily Life During the Wars of the Roses. Finished 31st January. 4 stars.
L Amara Lakhous - Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet. Finished 11th April. 4 stars.
M George R.R. Martin - A Storm of Swords: Part 1 Steel and Snow. Finished 8th January. 5 stars.
N David Nicholls - One Day. Finished 22nd February. 4 stars.
O Beth O'Leary - The Flatshare. Finished 25th May. 3 stars.
P Emilia Pardo Bazán - The House of Ulloa. Finished 16th January. 4 stars.
Q Kate Quinn - The Alice Network. Finished 2nd November. 4 stars.
R Uta Ranke-Heinemann - Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven: Women, Sexuality & the Catholic Church,. Finished 31st May. 3 stars.
S José Saramago - Death at Intervals. Finished 23rd March. 5 stars.
T Bodie Thoene - The Return to Zion. Finished 10th August. 1 star.
U Jean Ure - A Twist in Time. Finished 7th August. 4 stars.
V Bruno Vincent - Five on Brexit Island. Finished 7th September. 3 stars.
W Carol Wensby-Scott - Lion of Alnwick. Finished 3rd January. 5 stars.
X Xinran - The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices. Finished 2nd October. 4 stars.
Y Banana Yoshimoto - Kitchen. Finished 1st February. 5 stars.
Z Émile Zola - The Belly of Paris. Finished 26th September. 4 stars.
Finished 2nd November.
Lisa's A-Z of Authors 2019 - LAST NAMEI'm going to do two lists - one by only last name and one by only first name. Let's see how this goes.
Completed: 26 / 26 *** COMPLETED 12/14/19 ***
A: ADRIAN: Midnight Flame by Lara Adrian – 1/6/19
B: BROWN: Honor & ... by Sandra Brown – 1/2/19
C: CARR: The Best of Us by Robyn Carr – 1/29/19
D: DEMILLE: Getaway by Nelson Demille – 1/6/19
E: ELLWOOD: Gambling on a Secret by Sara Ellwood – 2/21/19
F: FROST - Packby Jeaniene Frost – 6/2/19G: GABALDON: Past Prologue by Diana Gabaldon – 1/3/19
H: HARRIS: Dig Here by Charlaine Harris – 1/5/19
I: ISAACSON: Christmas in Three Rivers by Liz Isaacson – 12/14/19
J: JACKSON: Deserves to be Dead by Lisa Jackson – 1/5/19
K: KNUTH: The Prayer List: ...and Other True Stories of How Families Pray by Jane Knuth – 4/13/19
L: LYNDS: Rambo on Their Minds by Gayle Lynds – 1/3/19
M: MCDERMID: Footloose by Val McDermid – 1/3/19
N: NOVAK: Unforgettable You by Brenda Novak – 3/4/19
O: O’DONNELL: TTank & Fizz: The Case of the Slime Stampede by Liam O’Donnell – 7/19/19
P: POTTER: The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter – 1/12/19
Q: QUINN - Disney by Rees Quinn – 6/19/19
R: REICHS: Faking a Murderer by Kathy Reichs – 1/3/19
S: SLAUGHTER: Short Story by Karin Slaughter – 1/5/19
T: THAYNE: A Cold Creek Holiday by RaeAnne Thayne – 1/4/19
U: URREA - The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea – 10/9/19
V: VIDLER: Haunting Refrain by Ellis Vidler – 6/30/19
W: WEST - The Things We Knew by Catherine West – 2/27/19
X: XINGJIAN – Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian – 12/5/19
Y: YOERG - True Places by Sonja Yoerg – 1/21/19
Z: ZINCZENKO – Zero Belly Diet: The Revolutionary New Plan to Turn Off Your Fat Genes and Keep You Lean for Life! by David Zinczenko – 5/16/19
Lisa's A-Z of Authors 2019 - FIRST NAME
Completed: 26 / 26 *** COMPLETED 12/12/19 ***
A: ALAFAIR - The Wife by Alafair Burke – 1/14/19
B: B.J. - The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak – 4/13/19
C: COLLEEN - Secrets at Cedar Cabin by Colleen Coble – 2/1/19
D: DEBBIE - My Forever Home by Debbie Burns – 1/19/19
E: ELIZABETH - The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg – 1/12/19
F: FRANCINE - Earth Psalms: Reflections on How God Speaks Through Nature by Francine Rivers – 10/18/19
G: GRACE - A Single Kiss by Grace Burrowes – 2/9/19
H: HEATHER - If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska by Heather Lende – 7/24/19
I: IRIS - IIf I Can't Have You by Iris Morland – 4/14/19
J: JUDITH - Taking the Veil by J.A. Vance – 1/6/19
K: KRISTIN - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah – 1/7/19
L: LAURA - Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand – 3/17/19
M: MITCH - The Next Person You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom – 1/27/19
N: NICOLA - The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty – 1/7/19
O: OLIVIA - Colors of Christmas: Two Contemporary Stories Celebrate the Hope of Christmas by Olivia Newport – 12/12/19
P: PRISCILLA - A Jewel in His Crown: Rediscovering Your Value as a Woman of Excellence by Priscilla Shirer – 3/31/19
Q: QUINN - Prince of Wolves by Quinn Loftis – 6/9/19
R: ROBYN - The View from Alameda Island by Robyn Carr – 5/29/19
S: SCOTT - The Itty-Bitty Knitty Committee by Scott Hilburn – 1/21/19
T: TED - Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang – 3/25/19
U: URSULA - Tales from Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin – 11/12/19
V: VIKKI – Stealthy Steps by Vikki Kestell – 11/8/19
W: WAYNE - The Firefly Quiz Book by Wayne Wheelwright – 7/6/19
X: XELLY – Blackbirds by Xelly – 12/6/19
Y: YARA: Health On Your Plate: Shop and Cook with Yara by Yara Shoemaker – 6/25/19
Z: ZORA: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston – 6/20/19
Elizabeth M.'s A-Z of Authors 2019A: ALCOTT - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 18/01
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H: HARDY - Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy 02/01
I: ISAK - Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen 07/01
J: JAMES - The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain 11/01
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M: MONTGOMERY - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 06/01
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My A-Z of Authors 2019
A: Richard Adams - Watership Down
B: Charlotte Brontë - Jane Eyre
C: Albert Camus - The Plague
D: Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo
E: George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss
F: William Faulkner - Intruder in the Dust
G: Gabriel García Márquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude
H: Victor Hugo - Les Misérables
I: Kazuo Ishiguro - The Remains of the Day
J: Henry James - The Portrait of a Lady
K: Yasunari Kawabata - Snow Country
L: D.H. Lawrence - Lady Chatterley's Lover
M: L.M. Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables
N: Vladimir Nabokov - Pale Fire
O: George Orwell - Animal Farm
P: Boris Pasternak - Doctor Zhivago
Q: Kate Quinn - The Serpent and the Pearl
R: Salman Rushdie - Midnight's Children
S: John Steinbeck - East of Eden
T: Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina
U: Lyudmila Ulitskaya - The Funeral Party
V: Abraham Verghese - Cutting for Stone
W: Edith Wharton - The Age of Innocence
X: Xinran - The Good Women Of China: Hidden Voices
Y: Eiji Yoshikawa - Musashi
Z: Stefan Zweig - Chess Story
I reserve the right to substitute authors since it's still killing me that I did not place Harper Lee on this list :)
Good luck!
Matt wrote: "Wow! Very impressive list Victor! Good luck!"Thanks, Matt. When compiling this list I wanted the titles to be predominantly classics and near-permanent residents on my TBR. Over 500 pages or a book that I own a physical copy of were pluses but not requirements. I ended up with more books than letters :) Always a good thing.
I didn't participate much in reading challenges this year, so I hope to make up for it by completing this one. Having said that, if Watership Down is the only book I read for this challenge, I would consider it a success as I have been trying to read this book for over 40 years. I've started this story many times never getting to page 100 (more like 50) :(
A question: Should the books be read in order from A to Z, or do you just try and fill in all of the letters in any order, by the end of the year? Thanks!
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I just try and fill in the letters as I read by the end of the year.
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Elizabeth A.G's 2019 A-Z Author Challenge 26/26*CHALLENGE COMPLETED 12/11/19*
A: Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim - completed 3/24/19
B: John Boyne - A Ladder to the Sky - completed 2/19/19
C: John Carreyrou - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup - completed 1/8/19
D: Rebecca Deng - What They Meant for Evil: How a Lost Girl of Sudan Found Healing, Peace, and Purpose in the Midst of Suffering - completed 10/15/19
E: Edward Wilson-Lee - The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books - completed 4/4/19
F: Sebastian Faulks - Birdsong - completed 3/1/19
G: David Grann - The White Darkness - completed 7/2/19
H: Knut Hamsun - Hunger - completed 1/20/19
I: Kazuo Ishiguro - A Pale View of Hills - completed 12/11/19
J: Jonas Jonasson - The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared - completed 2/18/19
K: Maxwell King - The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers - completed 1/11/19
L: Jack London - The Call of the Wild - completed 3/19/19
M: George MacDonald - Phantastes - completed 1/2/19
N: Alex North - The Whisper Man - competed 10/5/19
O: Michelle Obama - Becoming - completed 7/14/19
P: Susan Page - The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty - completed 5/6/19
Q: David Quammen - The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life - completed 4/20/19
R: Melanie Rehak - Girl Sleuth - completed 2/8/19
S: Anna Sewell - Black Beauty - completed 1/13/19
T: Claire Tomalin - Jane Austen: A Life - completed 8/15/19
U: Craig Unger - House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia - completed 1/16/19
V: Vonnegut, Kurt - World's Fair - completed 11/27/19
W: Jacqueline Winspear - Maisie Dobbs - completed 2/11/2019
X: Diana Xarissa - Aunt Bessie Considers - completed 1/2/19
Y: Margaret Yorke - Dead in the Morning - completed 12/9/19
Z: Stefan Zweig - Chess Story - completed 12/1/19
CHALLENGE COMPLETED 12/11/19
Do you have to tell ahead of time who/what you will read for each letter or fill it in as you go?
No, you can fill as you go, whatever works for you.
I'm in! Symone's 2019 A-Z Author Challenge
Start Date: January 1, 2019
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Mandy's First A-Z Author ChallengeThis is my very first reading challenge! I've got a huge TBR list (400+) and I'm hoping this challenge will keep me accountable this year.
COMPLETED: 2/26
A: Louisa May Alcott Little Women
B: Honore de Balzac Cousin Bette
C: Carlo Collodi Pinocchio
D: Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities
E: Umberto Eco The Name of the Rose
F: Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary
G: Jacob Grimm Snow White and Rose Red
H: Nathaniel Hawthorn The Scarlet Letter
I: Kazuo Ishiguro The Remains of the Day
J: Henry James The Art of Fiction
K: Jack Kerouc On the Road
L: Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird
M: Ian McEwan Atonement
N: Friedrich Nietzsche The Portable Nietzsche
O: George Orwell Animal Farm
P: Marcel Proust Swann's Way
Q: Anna Quindlen One True Thing
R: Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac
S: John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men (Finished 8/3/19)
T: Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina
U: Jane Urquhart Sanctuary Line
V: Voltaire Candide
W: E.B. White Charlotte's Web (Finished 8/5/19)
X: Cao Xuequin Hung Lou Meng, Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber. Book II
Y: Nicola Yoon Everything, Everything
Z: Markus Zusak The Book Thief
Karen's A-Z Author Challenge:Have done this (outside of Goodreads, and only for library books) for years, tho never got from A-Z in 12 months!
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Michael's A-z ChallengeThis is pretty ambitious for me but I'll give it a shot!
A: Ausitn, Jane - Mansfield Park (8/10/19)
B: Ball, Jesse - Census (5/1/19)
C: Christie, Agatha - The Seven Dials Mystery (10/28/19)
D: David Feldshuh - Miss Evers' Boys (1/21/19)
E: E. M. Foster - Howards End (2/23/19)
F: Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden (4/08/19)
G: George R.R. Martin - A Dance with Dragons (1/19/19)
H: Heinlein, Robert A. - Revolt In 2100 (5/26/19)
I: Igne, William - Bus Stop (12/17/19)
J: Jerome Lawernce - Inherit the Wind (10/09/19)
K: Kramer, Larry - The Normal Heart (1/23/19)
L: Lucas Hnath - The Chrisitans (10/10/19)
M: Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (10/06/19)
N: Norris, Bruce - Clybourne Park (09/04/19)
O: O'Neill, Eugene - The Iceman Cometh (09/01/19)
P: Palahniuk, Chuck - Survivor (2/02/19)
Q: Quick, Matthew - The Silver Linings Playbook (09/19/19)
R: Ruhl, Sarah - Eurydice (08/15/19)
S: Sam Shepard - Fool for Love (10/11/19)
T: Tennessee Williams - Suddenly Last Summer (3/12/19)
U: Updike, John - Rabbit, Run (11/25/19)
V: VanderMeer, Jeff - Annihilation (12/28/19)
W: Wilde, Oscar - A Woman of No Importance (12/02/19)
X: Xinran - Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet (12/12/19)
Y: Yoko Ogawa - Revenge (3/16/19)
Z: Zusak, Markus - The Book Thief (3/03/19)
CHALLENGE COMPLETED 12/28/2019
A-Z Author Challenge Completion: 25/26A: Mitch Albom - The Next Person You Meet in Heaven - 13 Feb 19
B: Fredrik Backman - And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer - 05 Jul 19
C: Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None - 10 Jun 19
D: Carol Dweck - Mindset: The New Psychology of Success - 22 Apr 19
E: Cary Elwes - As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride - 25 Apr 19
F: Ken Follett - The Pillars of the Earth - 05 Feb 19
G: William Goldman - The Princess Bride - 13 Apr 19
H: Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns - 30 Jan 19
I: Ishiguro Kazuo - Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall - 29 Sep 19
J: Jung Yun - Shelter - 01 Mar 19
K: Margaret Killjoy - The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion - 19 Feb 19
L: Lois Lowry - The Giver - 30 Mar 19
M: Sarah J. Maas - Kingdom of Ash - 18 Jan 19
N: Natsume Soseki - Botchan - 13 Jan 19
O: Delia Owens - Where the Crawdads Sing - 11 Sep 19
P: Adam Podell - Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth - 09 Jan 19
Q: Anna Quindlen - Miller's Valley - 23 Dec 19
R: A.G. Roemmers - The Return of the Young Prince - 25 Apr 19
S: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Wind, Sand and Stars - 26 Mar 19
T: J.R.R. Tolkien - The Fall of Gondolin - 20 Jan 19
U: Unknown - The Story of Hong Gildong - 14 Jul 19
V: Elizabeth Vaughan - Warprize - 04 Sep 19
W: Andy Weir - Artemis - 23 Jan 19
X:
Y: Daryl Yam Qilin - Kappa Quartet - 22 Mar 19
Z: Stefan Zweig - Chess Story - 07 Mar 19
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Katy's A-Z of Authors 2019
A: Katherine Arden -- The Bear and the Nightingale
B: Gwendolyn Brooks -- The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks
E: David Eddings -- Pawn of Prophecy
F: Edna Ferber -- So Big
L: John le Carré -- Call for the Dead
O: Mary Pope Osborne -- Tales from the Odyssey, Part 1
S: Paul Scott -- Staying On
T: Amor Towles -- A Gentleman in Moscow
W: Virginia Woolf -- Mrs. Dalloway
Z: Stefan Zweig -- Chess Story
I updated today as well! 11/26 in message 4 - best read so far Hotel Silence by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir - recent winner of the nordic council's literature award - highly recommend it. (Nine is listed under A as I read the Danish version "Ar")
Catching Up On Classics: Challenges & Games: A-Z Author Challenge message 36
5/26
✅A: Lemon Pies and Little White Lies by Ellery Adams
B:
C: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
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✅F: The 4-Hour Workweek
✅G: Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls by Lauren Graham
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K:
✅L: Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren
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N:
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✅P: Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
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Updated message 29 - 6 books in, faster than I've ever got through an A-Z challenge!
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Letters still to read include: C, D, G, I, J, N, Q, R, V, X, and Y.
Katy's A-Z of Authors 2019
A: Katherine Arden -- The Bear and the Nightingale
B: Gwendolyn Brooks -- The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks
E: David Eddings -- Pawn of Prophecy
F: Edna Ferber -- So Big
H: Eleanor B. Heady -- Sage Smoke: Tales of the Shoshoni-Bannock Indians -- A Guide to Songleading and Communal Singing
L: John le Carré -- Call for the Dead
M: Caroline Miller -- Lamb in His Bosom
O: Mary Pope Osborne -- Tales from the Odyssey, Part 1
P: Louise Penny -- Still Life
S: Paul Scott -- Staying On
T: Amor Towles -- A Gentleman in Moscow
U: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich -- A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
W: Virginia Woolf -- Mrs. Dalloway
Z: Stefan Zweig -- Chess Story
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Letters still to complete: D, I, J, N, Q, V, X, Y.
Okay--looks fun. Bryan's A-Z Author Challenge
A: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
B: Samuel Johnson by Walter Jackson Bate
C: A Month in the Country by J L Carr
D: Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin
E: The Immense Journey by Loren Eiseley
F: Homo Faber by Max Frisch
G: The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene
H: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
I: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant
J: The Children of Men by P.D. James
K: Changó's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes by William Kennedy
L: Family Album by Penelope Lively
M: Amongst Women by John McGahern
N: Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
O: A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
P: A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement by Anthony Powell
Q:
R: Black Boy by Richard Wright
S: The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
T: Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
U: The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
V: The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut
W: The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
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Y:
Z:
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I had forgotten that I'd started this, so I went back and edited above to fill in three spots. Still looking for the tough ones--QXYZ--though I would have thought I'd have found something for the Y by now.
Finished another year of this :) Not all picks were great - sometimes when you just need to finish a letter you hit some poorer choices... (U...)
Katy wrote: "I've been trying to read Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian for several months. I am calling it quits -- I tried, but these rambling thoughts type of books are not for me. I ..."Technically nobel prizes are for the entire authorship, not a specific book - but I totally agree with you... I tried to get through his collection of stories Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather but I just couldn't - I was both bored and annoyed!
I ended up reading a Shanghai crime novel Qiu Xiaolong Death of a Red Heroine
Just checked up - I finished all the hard letters for this year, now I'm just missing N and W
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I won't be finishing this year either, Matt. But I agree, it has been fun.
Thanks for this fun challenge, Katy. Just finished my last book, A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro. (message 24)
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Congrats! And so glad you have enjoyed the challenge.
Post #13 COMPLETED, where I did two lists - one by only last name and one by only first name. Let's see how this goes
Way to go, Lisa! Congrarulations! 🎉👏🎊
doneA-Z Author Challenge 2019
A- Isis Orb- Piers Anthony*
B- He Bear She Bear-Stan Berentstein*
C-Chicken Soup for the Couple’s Soul- Diana Chapman*
D- Move Heaven and Earth-Christina Dodd*
E-She Who Loves a Garden- Mary Engelbreit*, Adam Bede- George Eliot *
F- Maurice- EM Forster*
G-Hattie Be Quiet, Hattie Be Good- Dick Gackenbach*
H- Savage Harvest- Carl Hoffman*
I-Summis Desiderantes- Pope Innocent VIII*
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Summis...
J- The Good Egg- Jory John*
K-The Deryni Archives- Katherine Kurtz*
L- Son of a Wanted Man- Louis L’Amour*
M-Miss Nelson is Missing!- James Marshall*
N- Romeo and/or Juliet- Ryan North*
O- Broken Wings- Mark Olshaker, John Douglas*, Becoming – Michelle Obama *
P-Willoughbyland:England’s Lost Colony- Matthew Parker*
Q-The Duke and I – Julia Quinn*
R- Cat Crazy- Heather Russell-Revesz (editor)*
S-Monologue of a Dog- Wislawa Szymborska*
T- The Valley of Amazement- Amy Tan*
U-The Queen’s Cabinet Opened – Unknown*
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A52...
V- The Arthurian Omen- G.G. Vandagriff*
W-Boris and the Monsters- Elaine Macmann Willoughby*
X- The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates- Xenophon (kindle cloud)*
Y- Phoenix Pillows and Peacock Feathers- Liu Yong*
Z- Chicken Soup for the Soul : From Lemons to Lemonade- Amy E. Zajac(contributor)*
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The challenge is to read 26 books, by 26 different authors, one for each letter of the alphabet.
The books can be any genre or publication date and you may use the author's first name or surname (and I guess middle name if you're really struggling!)
Only books read between January 1st - December 31st 2019 can be included.
This challenge can be used in conjunction with all of our other challenges. So you can double up and use the same book for as many as you like! I hope you'll all join us for another year of A-Z!
NOTE: When posting advancements on your challenge, please copy and re-post your original selections with your changes or post the original message number so interested members can follow your progress.