Jules' (bookwormjules) Alphabet Challenge 2013

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1bookwormjules
Jan 2, 2013, 6:12 am

And now that it is 2013, I'm going to be doing this challenge again! Since I completed this challenge last year, this year, I'm going to try and do two authors for every letter of the alphabet, with last name corresponding to each letter. Let's see what happens.

2bookwormjules
Edited: Jan 1, 2014, 11:47 am

Part One - Authors Last Name Starts With

A - Achebe, Chinua (Things Fall Apart) My Review
B - Binchy, Maeve (Whitethorn Woods) My Review
C - Castle, Richard - Heat Wave My Review
D - Dobson, Melanie - The Black Cloister My Review
E - Eng, Tan Twan The Garden of Evening Mists
F - Fitzgerald, Penelope - The Beginning of Spring My Review
G - Gailman, Neil - The Ocean at the End of the Lane My Review
H - Haddon, Mark - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time My Review ?
I - Ishiguro, Kazuo - Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall My Review
J - Jemisin, N.K. - The Broken Kingdoms My Review
K - Kearsley, Susanna (Sophia's Secret)
L - Lennox, Charlotte - The Female Quixote; or The Adventures of Arabella My Review
M - Mieville, China - The City & the City My Review
N - Nabokov, Vladimir - Lolita My Review
O - Otto, Whitney - Eight Girls Taking Pictures My Review
P - Parkin, Gaile - Baking Cakes in Kigali My Review
Q - Quarrington, Paul - King Leary My Review
R - Roth, Veronica - Divergent My Review
S - Spalding, Linda - The Purchase My Review
T - Tunnicliffe, Hannah - The Color of Tea My Review
U - Urquhart, Jane - Changing Heaven (Jane Urquhart) My Reviews
V - Vassanji, M. G. - The Book of Secrets My Review
W - Woolf, Virginia - Between the Acts My Review
X - Xiaolan, Teng - Beautiful Days My Review
Y - Yip, Mingmei - Skeleton Women My Review
Z - Zambrano, Mario Alberto - My Review

3bookwormjules
Edited: Dec 27, 2013, 11:33 am

Part Two - Authors Last Name Starts With (does not need part one to be completed to add authors)

A - Appignanesi, Lisa - The Memory Man My Review
B - Bonny, Sandy - The Sometimes Lake My Review
C - Cohen, Tish - The Truth About Delilah Blue My Review
D - Delany, Vicki - Gold Digger: A Klondike Mystery My Review
E - Elliott, George - The Kissing Man My Review
F - Fletcher, Crystal - Beauty Beneath the Banyan My Review
G - Gudgeon, Chris - Song of Kosovo My Review
H - Harvey, Alexandra
I - Itani, Francis - Missing My Review
J - Johnston, Wayne - The Son of a Certain Woman My Review
K - Kay, Guy Gavriel My Review
L - Laurence, Margaret - The Diviners My Review
M - Moore, Lisa - February My Review
N - Nawaz, Saleema - Bone and Bread My Review
O - Ostenso, Martha - Wild Geese My Review
P - Pelley, Chad - Away From Everywhere My Review
Q - Quiviger, Pascale - The Perfect Circle My Review
R - Richards, David Adams (Mercy Among the Children) My Review
S - Sun, Amanda - Ink
T - Tostevin, Lola Lemire - The Other Sister My Review
U - Urquhart, Jane - Away My Review
V - Vyleta, Dan - The Crooked Maid My Review
W - Wagamese, Richard My Review
X
Y - Yetman, Derek (The Beothuk Expedition) My Review
Z - Zhang, Ling - Gold Mountain Blues My Review

4heathn
Jan 2, 2013, 10:47 pm

Good luck!

5judylou
Jan 4, 2013, 3:53 am

Looking forward to following your reading again.

6bookwormjules
Jan 5, 2013, 5:42 pm

First Review Up!

H - Haddon, Mark - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - My Review

7judylou
Jan 5, 2013, 5:48 pm

Great review. Also one of my favourite books with a child as narrator. And I am sure you will love Room as well.

8bookwormjules
Jan 6, 2013, 9:48 am

I read Room a few years ago and adored it. It was disturbing, but a lovely read.

9bookwormjules
Jan 9, 2013, 8:57 pm

B - Binchy, Maeve = Whitethorn Woods My Review

10bookwormjules
Jan 11, 2013, 10:15 pm

A - Achebe, Chinua - Things Fall Apart My Review

I'm going to try to not use my favourite Author for the "A" options this year. We'll see if I can do it.

11bookwormjules
Jan 11, 2013, 10:41 pm

F - Fitzgerald, Penelope - The Beginning of Spring - My Review

12bookwormjules
Jan 12, 2013, 10:05 am

B - Bonny, Sandy - The Sometimes Lake My Review

January is not even over and I already crossed both of my B authors of the list!

13judylou
Jan 12, 2013, 7:39 pm

You are doing well!

14bookwormjules
Jan 13, 2013, 9:16 am

13 - Thanks! I think I'm going to try and make this challenge slightly harder, and for part two of the challenge try to focus on all Canadian authors. Part one can be anyone, but I want to see if I can get all or almost all Canadian authors. I think the X option will be difficult, and I won't require all Canadian authors to finish the second part, but I do want to see if I can do it.

15judylou
Jan 13, 2013, 6:28 pm

Good luck! Sounds like a really interesting challenge.

16lkernagh
Jan 13, 2013, 11:21 pm

for part two of the challenge try to focus on all Canadian authors.

Thanks for the advanced warning of potential book bullets! ;-)

17bookwormjules
Jan 14, 2013, 6:03 am

15 - Thanks

16 - I take no responsibility for book bullets, book lists enlarging and toppling over on you or anything in the related category. At least that's what I assume book bullets mean.

18lkernagh
Jan 14, 2013, 10:02 am

Yup, that is what a book bullet means. ;-)

23judylou
Jan 25, 2013, 7:39 pm

At this rate you'll be finished and have time to start a second round!

24bookwormjules
Jan 26, 2013, 11:52 am

The first quarter of the year I usually race through the challenge, but eventually I slow down, as there are less options. Although, this year I do have some ideas for some of the harder letters and I think I have two or three TBRs by authors for the "X" option.