PaperbackPirate - ABC! It's easy as 123!

Simple as do re mi! ABC, 123, baby, you and me!

Once I get started I can't stop! Anyway, hopefully it's as simple as that. I will probably end up bending the rules a little!

A - Sarah Addison Allen: Garden Spells finished 3/21/10
B - Ellen Broadhurst: The Chronicles of the $700 Pony finished 3/27/10
C - A.C. Crispin: V finished 4/17/10
D - E. L. Doctorow: City of God finished 3/17/10
E - Margaret Erhart: The Butterflies of Grand Canyon finished 7/12/10
F - Fannie Flagg: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe finished 9/8/10
G - Carol Goodman: Arcadia Falls finished 4/6/10
H - Joanne Harris: Chocolat finished 2/28/10
I - Susan Isaacs: Lily White finished 12/19/10
J - Catherine Johnson and Temple Grandin: Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior finished 4/26/10
K - Marian Keyes: The Brightest Star in the Sky finished 1/3/10
L - Vyvyane Loh: Breaking the Tongue finished 6/23/10
M - Haruki Murakami: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle finished 2/20/10
N - Laurie Notaro: Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood by Laurie Notaro finished 6/17/10
O - Robert Olmstead: Coal Black Horse finished 9/4/10
P - Philip Pullman: The Subtle Knife finished 1/25/10
Q - Barbara Quick: Vivaldi's Virgins finished 7/8/11
R - Arundhati Roy: The God of Small Things finished 1/17/10
S - Lemony Snicket: The Slippery Slope finished 5/23/10
T - Abigail Thomas: A Three Dog Life finished 1/12/11
U - Brady Udall: The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint finished 5/18/11
V - Susan Vreeland: Luncheon of the Boating Party finished 2/3/11
W - Jeannette Walls: The Glass Castle finished 5/29/10
X - Antoine de Saint-Exupery: The Little Prince finished 6/27/11
Y - Christy Yorke: Summer of Glorious Madness finished 6/25/11
Z - Markus Zusak: The Book Thief finished 6/10/11

Welcome aboard PaperbackPirate, it is a fun challenge. I am just finishing up but I just might do it again later this year.

What did you think of The Brightest Star in the Sky? I love her books, Rachel's Holiday is one of my favorites, but her last one, The Other Side of the Story fell flat to me.

I liked it ok. It was too hard for me to keep track of all the characters! The Other Side of the Story is actually my favorite of hers that I've read so far.

Do I get extra points for double Ps?!

>5 PaperbackPirate:
If you want them :)

After reading The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle I have to add Murakami to my favorite author list!

With Sarah Addison Allen I have double As! I'll think back on this and Philip Pullman when I may have to bend the rules a little later...;-)

I just finished Arcadia Falls and have found a new author I think I'm going to love! I will definitely read more books by Carol Goodman.

I feel So Satisfied that I read a book by Lemony Snicket which has a Set of S's in the title: The Slippery Slope!

Double As, Double Ps, Double Ss, and now Double Fs! I just Finished Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg. I thought it was a Fun story about Family and Friendship!

Well I'm clearly not going to complete this challenge this year. Do you think I should just keep going until I do, or do you think I should start fresh in 2011?

If it is any consolation, I have only one more book to read - "Q" title - and I will be done this challenge but I somehow don't see that happening by year end, even though it is the only book I have needed since April to complete this challenge. Now, that is embarrassing! I think you will still finish before I do, whatever you choose to do ;-)

Yes, it's pretty tough to find a "Q" author! I'm going to a book sale next weekend and I plan to keep my eyes peeled for a book by Q------. Wish me luck.

Have you found one yet lkernagh?

You get a few Q options listed here.

Thanks! That was nice. And helpful.

I used Antoine de Saint-Exupery as my X author. There is an X in there!

And now I only have my Q author left!

Done at last! Done at last! It only took 7 months longer than I planned. ;-)

Maybe now I'll try an ABC challenge by title...

Congrats on finishing your author challenge.

Congrats :) And good luck with the new one when you start it :)

Thank you both for your support!

7/9/11 New challenge! This time I'll do a title challenge...

A - Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals by Temple Grandin - finished 5/7/12
B - Bag of Bones by Stephen King - finished 6/29/12
C - Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese - finished 1/19/12
D - Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King - finished 7/18/11
E - The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation by Elizabeth Letts - finished 9/2/11
F - First to Die by James Patterson - finished 8/18/11
G - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - finished 12/21/11
H - Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts by David Baggett (Editor) - finished 10/21/11
I - I, Robot by Isaac Asimov - finished 8/25/12
J - Joy School by Elizabeth Berg - finished 12/29/12
K - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini - finished 12/31/12
L - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - finished 10/10/11
M - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson - finished 12/1/11
N - No Rest for the Witches by MarJanice Davidson et al. - finished 11/5/12
O - On the Road by Jack Kerouac - finished 7/15/11
P - Prophet's Prey: My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints by Sam Brower - finished 2/5/12
Q - The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen - finished 12/28/11
R - Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier - finished 8/6/11
S - Signature Styles: 20 Stitchers Craft Their Look by Jenny Doh - finished 7/9/11
T - The Train of Small Mercies by David Rowell - finished 9/5/11
U - Underwater Dogs by Seth Casteel - finished 12/24/13
V - The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf - finished 12/1/12
W - War Horse by Michael Morpugo - finished 12/23/11
X - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - finished 7/30/11
Y - Ya-Yas in Bloom: A Novel by Rebecca Wells - finished 7/5/12
Z - Zarafa by Michael Allin - finished 3/30/13

:) Good luck!

Only 7 to go!

So glad I finished before the year's end! I think I'm ready to try the authors again now.

1/1/14 Author Challenge

A - Isaac Asimov: Foundation finished 11/28/15
B - Elizabeth Berg: The Dream Lover: A Novel finished 3/16/15
C - Claire Cook: Must Love Dogs finished 7/12/15
D - Matthew Dicks: Something Missing: A Novel finished 2/6/14
E - Laura Esquivel: Like Water for Chocolate finished 7/15/15
F - Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl: A Novel finished 9/18/14
G - Jaimy Gordon: Lord of Misrule finished 6/24/15
H - Jane Hamilton: When Madeline Was Young finished 1/8/14
I - Kazuo Ishiguro: When We Were Orphans: A Novel finished 1/8/15
J - Paul Johnson: Darwin: Portrait of a Genius finished 2/21/14
K - Jon Katz: The Second-Chance Dog: A Love Story finished 1/2/14
L - Stieg Larsson: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest finished 4/30/15
M - Diane E. Muldrow: Everything I Need To Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book finished 3/7/14
N - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: We Should All Be Feminists finished 10/20/16
O - Stacey O'Brien: Wesley the Owl finished 12/1/18
P - Michael Paterniti: Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain finished 2/5/15
Q - Anna Quindlen: Still Life with Bread Crumbs finished 7/29/17
R - Ransom Riggs: Hollow City finished 4/11/14
S - Graeme Simsion: The Rosie Project: A Novel finished 8/16/14
T - Angie Thomas: The Hate U Give finished 10/6/19
U - Brady Udall: The Lonely Polygamist finished 12/31/16
V - Sarah Vowell: The Wordy Shipmates finished 11/20/15
W - Meg Wolitzer: The Interestings finished 2/15/14
X - Dougal Dixon: The World of Dinosaurs: And Other Prehistoric Life finished 12/31/19
Y - Malala Yousafzai: I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban finished 3/7/14
Z - Carlos Ruiz Zafon: The Angel's Game finished 7/11/15

Good luck :)

10 down in 2014, 16 to go in 2015...

For real I'm going to tackle this in 2016!

10 done again in 2015, 6 to go...

Also surprising that T is one of the remaining letters?

I was starting to worry I wouldn't add any new titles this year!

2 done in 2016, 4 to go...for real I think I can do this in 2017!

I only got the Q done this year...for real I think I can get O, T, and X done in 2018!

I got O done today and I think I'll get X done before the end of the year too!

Finally got T done! I think I'll finish by the end of the year!

2014-2019 I finally completed the Author Alphabet Challenge!

Alright, let's go for a Title Alphabet Challenge again!

1/1/20 Title Challenge

A - All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy - finished 2/22/20
B - Blue Rodeo by Jo-Ann Mapson - finished 6/29/20
C - Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King - finished 1/23/20
D - Different Seasons by Stephen King - finished 7/17/20
E - Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind: Practical Strategies for Raising Achievement by Eric Jensen - finished 3/21/20
F - Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie - finished 9/25/21
G - The Grandest Ride by Tom Brownold - finished 2/8/20
H - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - finished 4/19/20
I - In the Heart of the Canyon by Elisabeth Hyde - finished 3/17/20
J - Just After Sunset: Stories by Stephen King - finished 11/13/23
K - Kill Joy by Holly Jackson - finished 1/4/24
L - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - finished 3/7/20
M - The Meaning of Freedom: And Other Difficult Dialogues by Angela Y. Davis - finished 7/11/20
N - Now & Then by Jacqueline Sheehan - finished 11/27/20
O - Overground Railroad: The Green Book & Roots of Black Travel in America by Candacy Taylor - finished 6/7/20
P - Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin - finished 1/10/20
Q - Quicksilver by Dean Koontz - finished 7/25/23
R - The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman - finished 8/7/20
S - The Seduction of Water by Carol Goodman - finished 1/23/20
T - Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon - finished 4/28/20
U - Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell - finished 7/4/22
V - Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter - finished 7/27/20
W - The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly - finished 2/28/20
X - Book of Extraordinary Tragedies by Joe Meno - finished 9/10/22
Y - Yellow Bird by Sierra Crane Murdoch - finished 4/23/21
Z - Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde - finished 12/13/23

I've had a good year so far, 17 done and 9 to go. I don't think I'll finish this year, but I'm happy with my progress.

The last books I want to squeeze in before the end of the year start with duplicate letters, so I think I'll finish the year with 18/26!

Nice job for a single year!

Thank you! There were some really good ones!

>37 PaperbackPirate: Planning to finish this one this year? :)

>42 AnnieMod: That's my hope! I don't want to take 5 years like the last time! :-)

I only added 2 more to the list this year. Not as many as I hoped, but I did complete 2 other reading challenges so I'm ok with it. There's always next year!

20/26

22/26

Let's do this, 2023!

>45 PaperbackPirate: Go, PaperbackPirate, Go!

I was looking at your X for ideas and I see you took an alternative route there. Which is absolutely fine of course. :)

>46 AnnieMod: Yes, I have a difficult time finding an X title that sounds interesting to me. LOL!

Finished my title challenge in 4 years! Better late than never, right?! LOL!

>48 PaperbackPirate: Congrats!

Starting a new one?

>49 AnnieMod: Thank you! Yes, I think I'll do an author one again.

2024 Author Challenge

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F - Lucy Foley: The Guest List - finished 3/13/24
G - Tod Goldberg: Gangsters Don't Die - finished 2/4/24
H -
I -
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K - Stephen King: Elevation - finished 1/26/24
L -
M - Megan Miranda: The Last House Guest - finished 1/13/24
N - Sosuke Natsukawa: The Cat Who Saved Books - finished 3/20/24
O -
P - Sarah Perry: The Essex Serpent - finished 3/1/24
Q -
R -
S - Mohammad Sabaaneh: Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine - finished 2/11/24
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