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The A to Z Book Reading Challenge

http://gegeflipspages.blogspot.com/2009/12/a-to-z-challenge.html



CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHO COMPLETED THE 2012 A TO Z CHALLENGE! And congratulations even if you did not complete the challenge but have made a serious dent on your TBR pile.

Join me as I read 26 authors from A to Z in 2013.

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  • Awwwdrouch

    Audrey's A to Z Book Reading Challenge

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    PROJECTED LIST OF:

    AUTHORS

    - A - (8)
    Austen, Jane (Pride and Prejudice)
    Albom, Mitch (For One More Day , Five people you meet in heaven AND Tuesdays with Morrie)
    Allende, Isabelle (The House of the Spirits)
    Anglada, Maria Angels (The violin of Auschwitz)
    Aslam, Nadeem (The Wasted Vigil)
    Atwood, Margaret (The Blind Assassin)

    - B - (3)
    Boyne, John (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas)
    Baum, L. Frank (The Wizard of Oz)
    Bartlett, Allison Hoover (The Man Who Loved Books Too Much)

    - C - (7)
    Chandler, Elizabeth (Kissed by an Angel trilogy)
    Camus, Albert (La chute)
    Conrad, Joseph (Heart of Darkness)
    Cain, James M. (The Postman Always Rings Twice)
    Capote, Truman (Breakfast at Tiffany's)

    - D - (14)
    Downham, Jenny (Before I Die)
    Dumas, Alexandre (Le comte de Monte Cristo AND/OR Les trois mousquetaires)
    DeLillo, Don (White Noise)
    Dickens, Charles (Bleak House)
    Dostoïevski, Fyedor (Crime et châtiment, L'idiot AND Le Joueur)
    Dahl, Roald (The Magic Finger, George's Marvelous Medicine, Mathilda AND The BFG)
    DiCamillo, Kate (The Tale of Despereaux)
    Dr. Seuss (How the Grinch Stole Christmas)

    - E - (1)
    Ende, Michael (The Neverending Story)

    - F - (1)
    Flagg, Fannie (I Still Dream About You)

    - G - (6)
    Giffin, Emily (Something Borrowed AND Something Blue)
    Gruen, Sara (Water for Elephants)
    Golding, William (Lord of the Flies)
    Gilbert, Elizabeth (Eat, Pray, Love)
    Green, John (Looking for Alaska)

    - H - (4)
    Hugo, Victor (Notre-Dame de Paris AND Le dernier jour d'un condamné)
    Hawthrone, Nathaniel (The Scarlet Letter)
    Hilsenrath, Edgar (Le Nazi et le Barbier)

    - I - (6)
    Ishiguro, Kazuo (Never Let Me Go, Remains of the Day, Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall )
    Isherwood, Christopher (A Single Man AND Goodbye to Berlin)
    Irving, John (The Cider House Rules)

    - J - (1)
    Japrisot, Sébastien (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)

    - K - (6)
    Keller, Helen (The Story of my Life)
    Kundera, Milan (Le livre du rire et de l'oubli
    AND L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être)
    King, Stephen (The Shining)
    Kafka, Franz (La Métamorphose)
    Kesey, Ken (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)

    - L - (6)
    Laferrière, Dany (Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer)
    Laclos, Choderlos de, (Les Liaisons dangereuses)
    L’Engle, Madeleine (A Wrinkle in Time)
    Lowry, Lois (The Giver)
    Lindgren, Astrid (Fifi Brindacier : L'intégrale)
    Levithan, David (The Lover's Dictionary)

    - M - (7)
    Mitchell, Margaret (Gone with the Wind)
    Milne, A. A. (The World of Pooh: The Complete Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner)
    Moore, Alan and Dave Gibbons (Watchmen)
    Moore, Alan (V for Vendetta, From Hell)
    Maguire, Gregory (Wicked)
    Martel, Yann (What is Stephen Harper Reading?)

    - N - (2)
    Nicholls, Sally (Ways to Live Forever)
    Naylor, Gloria (The Women of Brewster Place)

    - O - (4)
    Ôe, Kenzaburô (Gibier d'élevage)
    Ondaatje, Michaël (In the Skin of a Lion AND The English Patient)
    Orwell, George (1984)

    - P - (3)
    Parker, Dorothy (The Portable Dorothy Parker)
    Picoult, Jodi (Change of Heart)
    Perrotta, Tom (Little Children)

    - Q - (1)
    Quinn, Julia (Romancing Mr. Bridgerton)

    - R - (11)
    Rushdie, Salman (Midnight's Children)
    Rice, Anne (Interview with a Vampire)
    Roy, Arundhati (The God of Small Things)
    Rowling, J.K. (Harry Potter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
    Rhodes, Dan (Little Hands Clapping)

    - S - (7)
    Stein, Garth (The Art of Racing in the Rain)
    Salinger, J.D. (Catcher in the Rye)
    Sénécal, Patrick (Hell.com)
    Steinbeck, John (Grapes of Wrath OR East of Eden)
    Schmitt, Éric-Emmanuel (Oscar et la dame rose)
    Spiegelman, Art (Maus)

    - T - (3)
    Twain, Mark (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer AND The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
    Thompson, Craig (Blankets)

    - U - (4)
    Ungerer, Tomi (Tomi: A Childhood Under the Nazis)
    Updike, John (Toward the End of Time OR Rabbit, Run)
    Uchida, Yoshiko (Journey Home)

    - V - (4)
    Van Draanen, Wendelin (Flipped)
    Verne, Jules (Voyage au centre de la terre OR 20 000 lieues sous les mers OR Le tour du monde en 80 jours)

    - W - (2)
    Walls, Jeannette (The Glass Castle)
    Waugh, Evelyn (Brideshead Revisited)

    - X - (3)
    Xiaolu, Guo (Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth)
    X, Malcolm (By Any Means Necessary)
    Xingjian, Gao (Soul Mountain)

    - Y - (1)
    Yates, Richard (Revolutionary Road)

    - Z - (6)
    Zola, Émile (La Bête humaine OR Thérèse Raquin OR Nana)
    Zusak, Markus (The Book Thief AND I am the Messenger)
    Zafon, Carlos Ruiz (L'ombre du vent)

    TOTAL OF BOOKS : 120
    STILL TO GO: NOPQUVWXY

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    PROJECTED LIST OF:

    BOOK TITLES:

    - 0123456789 -
    1984
    20 000 lieues sous les mers

    - A -
    Art of Racing in the Rain, The
    Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The
    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    - B -
    Boy in the stiped pyjamas, the
    BFG, The
    Blankets

    Blind Assassin, the
    Before I Die
    Bleak House
    Brideshead Revisited
    By Any Means Necessary
    Book Thief, The
    Bête humaine, La
    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    - C -
    Catcher in the Rye, the
    Crime et Châtiment

    Chute, La
    Comte de Monte Cristo, Le
    Cider House Rules
    Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer
    Change of Heart

    - D -
    Dernier jour d'un condamné, Le

    - E -
    Étranger, L
    Eat, Pray, Love
    English Patient, The

    - F -
    For One More Day
    Fifi Brindacier

    Five People You Meet in Heaven
    From Hell
    Flipped

    - G -
    George's Marvelous Medicine
    Goodbye to Berlin
    Giver, The
    Gone with the Wind
    Gibier d'élevage
    Glass Castle, The
    Grapes of Wrath
    God of Small Things

    - H -
    Heart of Darkness
    Hell.com
    How the Grinch Stole Christmas
    HP 1
    HP 2
    HP 3
    HP 4
    HP 5
    HP 6
    HP 7

    - I -
    I Still Dream About You
    I am the Messenger

    Idiot, L'
    Insoutenable légèreté de l'être, L'
    In the Skin of a Lion
    Interview with a Vampire

    - J -
    Joueur, Le
    Journey Home

    - K -
    Kissed by an Angel triology

    - L -
    Long dimanche de fiançailles, un

    Lord of the Flies
    Livre du rire et de l'oubli, Le
    Liaisons dangereuses, Les
    Little Children
    Little Hands Clapping
    Looking for Alaska
    Lover's Dictionary, The

    - M -
    Magic Finger, The

    Maison des Esprits, la
    Man Who Loved Books Too Much, The
    Mathilda
    Métamorphose, La
    Midnight's Children
    Maus

    - N -
    Never Let Me Go
    Neverending Story, the
    Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall

    Notre-Dame de Paris
    Nana
    Nazi et le barbier, Le

    - O -
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    Ombre du vent, L'
    Oscar et la dame rose

    - P -
    Pride and Prejudice

    Portable Dorothy Parker, The
    Postman Always Rings Twice, The

    - Q -

    - R -
    Remains of the Day
    Romancing Mr. Bridgerton
    Revolutionary Road
    Rabbit, Run

    - S -
    Story of my life, the
    Something Borrowed
    Something Blue

    Scarlet Letter, The
    Single Man, A
    Shining, The
    Soul Mountain

    - T -
    Tuesdays with Morrie
    Trois Mousquetaires, Les
    Thérèse Raquin
    Toward the End of Time
    Tomi: A Childhood Under the Nazis
    Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth
    Tale of Despereaux, The

    - U -

    - V -
    Violon d'Auschwitz, Le
    V for Vendetta
    Voyage au centre de la terre

    - W -
    Watchmen

    Wasted Vigil, The
    Wizard of Oz, The
    White Noise
    Water for Elephants
    Wrinkle in Time
    World of Pooh: The Complete Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner
    Wicked
    Ways to Live Forever
    Women of Brewster Place, The
    What is Stephen Harper Reading?

    - X -

    - Y -

    - Z -

    STILL TO GO: ADEGJKQRUVXYZ

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    Awwwdrouch (edited)

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    So I don't run out of names that start with a Q, a U and an X. Thanks to the unsuspecting Shelfari members who helped me build that list! :)

    - Q -
    Quartey, Kwei - Wife of the Gods
    Quick, Barbara - Vivaldi's Virgins
    Quindlen, Anna - Rise and Shine / Blessings / Black & Blue
    Quinn, Julia - Romancing Mr. Bridgerton / What Happened in London
    Quinn, Susan - Marie Curie: A Life
    Quick, Amanda - The Perfect Poison / The Wicked Widow
    Queen, Ellery - King is Dead

    - U -
    Untermeyer, Bryna and Louis - Tall Tales
    Underwood, Lisa - Black Out
    Updike, John - Rabbit, Run / The Witches of Eastwick / Toward the End of Time
    Underhill, Paco
    Uchida, Yoshiko - Journey Home
    Ungerer, Tomi - Tomi: A Childhood Under the Nazi's
    Upton, Sinclair
    Unger, Lisa
    Urrea, Luis Alberto - Into the Beautiful North
    Uris, Leon - A God in Ruins

    - X -
    Xiaolu Guo - Village of Stone / Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth
    Xenephon - The Sea, the Sea / Anabasis
    Xingjian, Gao - Soul Mountain
    Xiaolong, Qiu - A Case of Two Cities / When Red is Black
    Xerri-L., Nadia - Just Julie
    X, Malcolm - By Any Means Necessary

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    Oh, thank you. Your Q list helps me a great deal. I thought I was going to have to keep alternating Amanda Quick and Anna Quinlan, not that this would be a horrible fate or anything, but it is nice to have options.

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