My 2008 A-Z Author Book Challenge
Welcome Lists, Lists, and More Lists members and anyone who should happen across this list.
A friend at BookCrossing has challenged us to read a book by an author with each letter of the alphabet. In 2007 I came up short by two letters (not X or Z) so I'm going to see if I can do it this year. Here's my progress so far. I'll keep updating as I complete the challenge.
"The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent guilt-ridden one, or both. Usually both"
Susan Sontag
A - Just for Kicks by Susan Andersen
B - A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines by Anthony Bourdain
C - Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad
D -
E - Beka Lamb (Caribbean Writers Series) by Zee Edgell
F - Howards End by E.M. Forster
G - The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings by Charlotte Gilman
H - Gabriel's Lady by Charlotte Hubbard
I - The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
J -
K - Kim by Rudyard Kipling
L - The Taste of Innocence by Stephanie Laurens
M - Chaka by Thomas Mofolo
N - Enrique's Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother by Sonia Nazario
O - Dream Lucky by Roxane Orgill
P - Lessons From a Courtesan by Jenna Petersen
Q - Slightly Shady by Amanda Quick
R - Red Lily by Nora Roberts
S - Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck
T -
U -
V - Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
W - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
X -
Y -
Z -
© Susan K. Barton 2008


Comments: 23
I can't come up with U or X
(The cat is sitting on my arm and I keep dropping text - sorry.)
D The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble
J The Piano Teacher by Elfrieda Jelenik
T Summer in Baden-Baden by Leonid Tsypkin
U Rabbit Run by John Updike
X The Good Women of China by Xinran Xue
Y The Vixens by Frank Yerby
Z The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Thanks Diana
Here is mine:
My Own Little Reading Room
Good luck!
J--I heard Denis Johnson's TREE OF SMOKE is good. It's also on my to-read list.
Z-- I also heard that Richard Zacks' AN UNDERGROUND EDUCATION is good. It's on my to-read list.
Marilyn
Here are a few suggestions from my own wish list.
D- House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
J - Ulysses by James Joyce
T - The Secret History by Donna Tartt
U - The Space Between Us by Thrifty Umrigar
V - The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim
W - Some Things That Stay by Sarah Willis
Z - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak