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message 1: by Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge (last edited Dec 03, 2015 12:35AM) (new)

Dec 21, 2014 05:26PM

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edited 12/2/15...

This is a one book challenge to finish the year.
Read a book by an author whose first or last name begins with x, y, or z.

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message 2: by Melissa (new)

Dec 21, 2014 05:48PM

Hope you have suggestions, but count me in!

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message 3: by Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge (new)

Dec 21, 2014 05:56PM

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Oh, um, not really. The idea came out of the planning discussion. I figure we'll have to help each other the way we did for Alphabet Soup. :D

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message 4: by Melissa (new)

Dec 21, 2014 05:59PM

Yes, that was fun and came up with some interesting reads, too. :D

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message 5: by Happy (new)

Dec 25, 2014 04:38AM

I'm in! I'm doing lots of international reading this year, so hopefully I'll run across some unusual (by Western standards) names to share, here and in the alphabet soup thread.

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message 6: by Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge (new)

Dec 25, 2014 06:31AM

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Suggested Z authors (These are others but these are authors I know something about)

Rodger Zelazny (scifi)
Yevgany Zamyatin (We)
Emile Zola
Markus Zusak
Charlotte Zolotow (children's)

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message 7: by Izavel (last edited Dec 29, 2014 12:08PM) (new)

Dec 29, 2014 11:20AM

Taking a quick look at my kindle, here's my options:

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

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message 8: by Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge (new)

Dec 30, 2014 03:24PM

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More Y possibilities...

Jane Yolen
Banana Yoshimoto
Rebecca York (romance)
Richard Yates (Revolutionary Road)

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message 9: by Happy (new)

Jan 04, 2015 06:39AM

I found this one, and got excited, but then came back to the thread and saw it was surnames! lol

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo

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message 10: by Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge (last edited Jan 04, 2015 12:41PM) (new)

Jan 04, 2015 12:40PM

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I had an entertaining time browsing the Libivox catalog by author, looking for potentials for this mini-challenge. Link below, starting with A...

https://librivox.org/search?primary_k...

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message 11: by Leo (new)

Jan 17, 2015 03:47AM

Timothy Zahn, if you're into the sci-fi genre.

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message 12: by Danielle (new)

Mar 28, 2015 07:22AM

Danielle (daniellecobbaertbe) | 17 comments

Some suggestions:

For X Xinran;
For Y Akira Yoshimura; Marguerite Yourcenar
For Z Rachel Zadok; Stefan Zweig

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message 13: by Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge (new)

Dec 03, 2015 12:32AM

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Hmm. This challenge never took off, so let's change it up.
New XYZ Mini...

Read one book by an author whose first or last name starts with x, y, or z.
End of the Alphabet for the End of the Year.

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A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (other topics)
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (other topics)
The Great Book of Amber (other topics)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (other topics)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic

Xinran (other topics)
Akira Yoshimura (other topics)
Marguerite Yourcenar (other topics)
Rachel Zadok (other topics)
Stefan Zweig (other topics)
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