Reading something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue
A-Z Challenge
Flipper friend Gege started the A-Z reading challenge this year (check out the full mechanics here), and I’m participating, because it’s a fun way to start reading authors I haven’t read before, and make a substantial dent in my TBR.
Basically, the objective is to read 26 authors with surnames from A to Z between January 1 to December 31, 2010. The more obsessive-compulsive participants are reading in alphabetical order, but I’ve always gone against the rules when it comes to reading so I’m striking off the names on my list as the mood strikes, until I finish the list off before the year ends.
Here’s my list, and my progress, so far (reviews to follow)
Atwood, Margaret
Bolano, Roberto
Camus, AlbertDunn, Mark
Eugenides, Jeffrey
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Gavin, Jamila
Hornby, Nick
Irving, John
Jin, Ha
Keyes, Daniel
Le Guin, Ursula
McEwan, Ian
Nix, Garth
Orwell, George, Ondaatje MichaelPeju, Pierre
Q
Rushdie, Salman Stewart, Trenton Lee
Tartt, Donna
Udry, Janice May
Vonnegut, Kurt Willingham, BillXiaolong, Qiu
Yoshimoto, Banana
Zola, Emile
As you can see I’m still missing a Q (not feeling Quindlen), a U and an X. Let me know if you have any suggestions!
*cover photo courtesy of sxc.hu
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Hey Blooey, this site might help:
http://www.allbookstores.com/browse_by_author
about 6 months ago
Cool, thanks Marie!
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