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 Post subject: BOOKS: ABC 2012 Reading challenge
PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:49 am 
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Add your ABC readling lists here - whichever way you want to record your choices is up to you... :bigsmile:


ABC BY AUTHOR FIRST NAME
ABC BY AUTHOR LAST NAME
ABC BY BOOK TITLE

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 Post subject: Re: BOOKS: ABC 2012 Reading challenge
PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:57 am 
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By Author
C.Clark / Savage Lands
S. Collins / Hunger Games
D. Donati, Sara / Fire Along the Sky (finished reading 1-12)
D. Donati, Sara/ Queen of Swords
D. Donati, Sara / Endless Forest
D. Drake, Shannon / Come the Morning
R .Goolrick / A Reliable Wife
G. Gregory, Philippa / The Lady of the Rivers
S. Kearsley / Shadow Horses
S. Kearsley / Winter Sea
S. Kearsley / Rose Garden
S. Kearsley / Marianna
K. Kent, Kathleen / The Traitor's Wife
E. Newmark / The Sandlewood Tree
E. Newmark / The Book of Unholy Mischief

R. Rickman Phil / Bones of Avalon
R. Rickman Phil / The Man in The Moss
R. Rickman Phil / Wine of Angels
R.Rickman Phil / Curfew

A. Seton / Green Darkness
J. Shors / Beside a Burning Sea
J.Shors / Beneath a Marble Sky
P. Simmons / Bronze Horseman
P. Simmons / Tatiana and Alexander
P. Simmins / The Summer Garden
S. Smith, Anne / King's Grace
S. Stevenson, Robert L./ Kidnapped (finished reading 1-12)
L. Tuttle / Silver Bough
L. Willig /The Pink Carnation
W. Woolfolk-Cross, Donna / Pope Joan


By Title
A Reliable Wife / Goolrick
Beneath a Marble Sky
Beside a Burning Sea / Shors
Bones of Avalon / Rickman
Book of Unholy Mischief /Newmark
Bronze Horseman / Simmons
Come the Morning /Donati
Curfew / Rickman
Endless Forest / Donati
Fire Along the Sky / Donati
Green Darkness / Seton
Hunger Games / Collins
Kidnapped / Stevenson
King's Grace / Smith
Lady of the Rivers / Gregory
Man in The Moss / Rickman
Marianna / Kearnsley
Pink Carnation,The / Willig
Pope Joan / Woolfolk-Cross
Queen of Swords /Donati
Rose Garden / Kearsley
Sandalwood Tree / Newmark
Savage Lands / Clark
Shadow Horses / Kearsley
Silver Bough / Tuttle
Summer Garden / Simmons
Tatiana and Alexander / Simmons
The Traitors Wife / Kent
Wine of Angels / Rickman
Winter Sea / Kearsley


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 Post subject: Re: BOOKS: ABC 2012 Reading challenge
PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:28 pm 
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I did both titles and author last names last year and will go ahead and try those this year. I hadn't considered author first names, but I don't plan to focus on that at this point - though maybe I'll get inspired later. :bigsmile:

Titles:
A: Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
B: Bloody Halls by Carl Brookins
C: Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik
D: The Dressmaker of Khair Khana : Five sisters, one remarkable family, and the woman who risked everything to keep them safe by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
E: Emma by Jane Austen
F: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
G: Gaudy Night (a Lord Peter mystery) by Dorothy Sayers
H: Hexed by Kevin Hearne
I: Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
J:
K:
L: The Ledge: An Adventure Story of Friendship and Survival on Mount Rainier by Jim Davidson and Kevin Vaughan
M: Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
N: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
O: One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
P: Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett
Q:
R: The Radleys by Matt Haig
S: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
T: The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obeht
U: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
V: Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
W: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
X:
Y:
Z: The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From the Living Dead by Max Brooks


Author's last name
A: Emma by Jane Austen
B: The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From the Living Dead by Max Brooks
C: Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
D: Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett
E: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
F: Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
G: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
H: Hexed by Kevin Hearne
I:
J: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
K: 11/22/63 by Stephen King
L: Rules by Cynthia Lord
M: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
N: Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik
O: The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obeht
P: Why Read Moby-Dick? by Nathaniel Philbrick
Q:
R: Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
S: Gaudy Night (a Lord Peter mystery) by Dorothy Sayers
T: The Dressmaker of Khair Khana : Five sisters, one remarkable family, and the woman who risked everything to keep them safe by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
U:
V: The Ledge: An Adventure Story of Friendship and Survival on Mount Rainier by Jim Davidson and Kevin Vaughan
W: The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield
X:
Y:
Z:

Just added books from March and was once again surprised at how many more title and author letters I got covered.
ETA: Just checked my April books and didn't add a single letter for title or author. Oh, well. Still have 8 months to go! :bigsmile:


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 Post subject: Re: BOOKS: ABC 2012 Reading challenge
PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:50 pm 
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A - Z by Author Last name


A - The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
B - Mutiny on the Bounty by John Boyne
C - The Mistress's Revenge by Tamara Cohen
D- The Ghost of Lily Painter by Caitlin Davies
E
F - The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
G-Nectar from a Stone by Jane Guill
H - A Gathering Storm by Rachel Hore
I
J - Across the Bridge by Morag Joss
K - The Taker by Alma Katsura
L - The Drowning Girl by Margaret Leroy
M - Season of Light by Katharie McMahon
N
O - The King's Concubine by Anne O'Brien
P - The Winter King by Thomas Penn
Q - The God Box by MaryLou Quinlan
R - The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan
S - Armistice by Nick Stafford
T - The Soldier' sWife by Joanna Trollope
U
V
W - Naming the Bones by Louise Welsh
X
Y
Z

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 Post subject: Re: BOOKS: ABC 2012 Reading challenge
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:17 pm 
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I had mentioned the Alphabet challenge to some of the young librarians and one told me they are planning to start a challenge, probably now that it's March. They may be trying to read the books in alphabetical order by title letter, though, which is more than I'm ready to try. :lol:


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 Post subject: Re: BOOKS: ABC 2012 Reading challenge
PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:56 pm 
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Oh goodness, another thing to obsess over! But I'll give it a try -- anything that involves making lists of books sounds okay to me! Not sure if I can handle too many ABC lists, so for now I'll just go with:

BY TITLE:
A - All Men of Genius - Lev AC Rosen
B - The Boggart - Susan Cooper
C - Cry Wolf - Patricia Briggs
D - The Death of King Arthur - Peter Ackroyd
E - Eye of the Tempest - Nicole Peeler
F - Flashback - Dan Simmons
G - The Gunslinger - Stephen King
H - Hunting Ground - Patricia Briggs
I - Inkheart - Cornelia Funke
J
K
L - Looking for Alaska - John Green
M - The Mystery of Grace - Charles de Lint
N - The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
O - Ocean's Touch - Denise Townsend
P - The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky
Q
R - The Rook - Daniel O'Malley
S - Somewhere In Time - Richard Matheson
T - Timeless - Gail Carriger
U
V - Voyager - Diana Gabaldon
W - Wonderstruck - Brian Selznick
X
Y
Z

AUTHOR LAST NAME
A - The Death of King Arthur - Peter Ackroyd
B - Hunting Ground - Patricia Briggs
C - Timeless - Gail Carriger
D - The Mystery of Grace - Charles de Lint
E
F - Inkheart - Cornelia Funke
G - The Fault In Our Stars - John Green
H - The Woman In Black - Susan Hill
I - The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey
J - Death Comes To Pemberley - P. D. James
K - The Drawing of the Three - Stephen King
L - The Flight of Gemma Hardy - Margot Livesy
M - Somewhere In Time - Richard Matheson
N
O - The Rook - Daniel O'Malley
P - Eye of the Tempest - Nicole Peeler
Q
R - There Is No Dog - Meg Rosoff
S - Wonderstruck - Brian Selznick
T - Ocean's Touch - Denise Townsend
U
V
W - Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson
X
Y
Z

Whew! This is fun! :yipee:


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