You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

Challenge One - 26 authors in alphabetical order by surname 8,803 pages

A - Apuleius - The Golden Ass 1/1/13 - 1/5/13
B - Geraldine Brooks - March Pulitzer 2006 1/4/13 - 1/7/13
C - Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games 1/5/13 - 1/8/13
D - Richard Dawkins - The God Delusion 1/7/13 - 1/10/13
E - Nathan Englander - The Ministry of Special Cases 1/10/13 - 1/14/13
F - William Faulkner - The Reivers Southern Lit Book Club, Pulitzer Prize 1963 1/12/13 - 1/19/13
G - Goulston Mark - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder For Dummies® (For Dummies 1/13/13 - 1/20/13
H - Gabrielle Hamilton - Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef 1/18/13 - 1/21/13
I - Christopher Isherwood - Goodbye to Berlin 1/20/13 - 1/26/13
J - Gish Jen - World and Town Massachusetts Book Award 2012 1/22/13 - 1/26/13
K - Rachel Kushner - Telex from Cuba 1/26/13 - 1/29/13
L - James W Loewen - Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong 1/30/13 - 2/5/13
M - N. Scott Momaday - House Made of Dawn Pulitzer Prize 1969, Rollins' Winter with Writers 2/2/13 - 2/7/13
N - Azar Nafisi - Reading Lolita in Tehran Rollins' Winter Writers Series 2/3/13 - 2/11/13
O - John O'Hara - Collected Stories of John O'Hara 2/9/13 - 2/11/13
P - Marcel Proust - Swann's Way Year of Proust Book Club 2/9/13 - 2/16/13
Q - Anna Quindlen - Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake 2/11/13 - 2/16/13
R - Karen Russell - St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves Rollins' Winter with Writers 2/14/13 - 2/18/13
S - Karl Sabbagh - Remembering Our Childhood: How Memory Betrays Us 2/16/13 - 2/22/13
T - Colm Tóibín - The Master Int'l IMPAC Award 2006, 21st Century Book Club 2/22/13 - 3/3/13
U - Chika Unigwe - On Black Sisters Street: A Novel 2/25/13 - 3/4/13
V - Jean Valentine - Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003 2/26/13 - 3/5/13
W - Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse 2/27/13 - 3/6/2013
X - Xinran - Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love 3/4/13 - 3/8/13
Y - Mo Yan - The Garlic Ballads 3/7/13 - 3/10/13
Z - Howard Zinn - You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times 3/8/13 - 3/14/13

FINISHED 3/14/13

Another Geraldine Brooks reader! I think Ms Brooks should be paying YLTO commission for the amount of reading her books will get this alphabet challenge!

Great list, Thing Two. :)

Challenge Two - 26 books in alphabetical order by title 8,464 pages

A - The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream 3/10/13 - 3/19/13
B - Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories National Book Critics Circle Award 2012 3/14/13 - 3/22/13
C - Cool Water Gov. General's Award 2010 3/16/13 - 3/23/13
D - A Different Drummer Pen/Rosenthal Award 1963 3/18/13 - 3/23/13
E - 11/22/63 Goodreads Choice Award 2011 3/20/13 - 4/2/13
F - Fahrenheit 451 3/26/23 - 4/3/13
G - Gone Girl Goodreads Choice Award 2012 3/29/13 - 4/7/13
H - HHhH: A Novel 21st Century Book Club 4/2/13 - 4/12/13
I - In Other Rooms, Other Wonders Pen/Rosenthal Award 2010 4/4/13 - 4/13/13
J - The Jane Austen Book Club 4/5/13 - 4/14/13
K - The Kitchen House Book Club 4/7/13 - 4/15/13
L - The Lotus Eaters James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2010 4/12/13 - 4/22/13
M - The Map and the Territory Prix Goncourt Award 2010 4/14/13 - 4/26/13
N - Narcopolis 21st Century Book Club 4/26/13 - 5/1/13
O - One Continuous Mistake: Four Noble Truths for Writers 4/27/13 - 5/2/13
P - Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words 4/28/13 - 5/3/13
Q - Quattrocento 4/29/13 - 5/4/13
R - Raney Southern Lit Book Club 4/30/13 - 5/5/13
S - Swamplandia! 21st Century Book Club 5/1/13 - 5/11/13
T - Them: A Memoir of Parents 5/4/13 - 5/13/13
U - Up from Slavery 5/11/13 - 5/17/13
V - The Virgin Suicides 5/15/13 - 5/21/13
W - What Goes On: Selected and New Poems, 1995-2009 5/16/13 - 5/21/13
X - The X in Sex: How the X Chromosome Controls Our Lives 5/17/13 - 5/22/13
Y - The Yellow Birds Pen/Hemingway Award 2013, 21st Century Book Club 5/19/13 - 5/22/13
Z - Zeitoun 5/22/13 - 5/22/13

FINISHED 5/22/13

Ahhh - so you are doing the high octane level?

Janice wrote: "Ahhh - so you are doing the high octane level?"

Or at least I'm making a list ... we'll see how far I actually get. It sure would be easier if we could throw in a few quick reads. I don't know if I have enough time to complete this challenge. I may have to quit work!

Challenge Three - 26 authors in alphabetical order by first name 8,038 pages

A - Andrew Miller - Pure Costa (Whitbred) Book Award 2012 5/23/13 - 5/28/13
B - Bella Pollen - The Summer of the Bear: A Novel Book Club 5/24/13 - 5/29/13
C - Charles Baxter - Gryphon: New and Selected Stories Rea Award 2012 5/26/13 - 6/2/13
D - Dylan Thomas - Collected Poems 5/28/13 - 6/7/13
E - Elizabeth Bowen - Eva Trout or Changing Scenes 5/29/13 - 6/8/13
F - Friedrich Nietzsche - On the Genealogy of Morals 6/2/13 - 6/8/13
G - Gerda Charles - A Slanting Light James Tait Black Memorial Prize 1963 6/8/13 - 6/10/13
H - Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies Man Booker Prize 2012 6/8/13 - 6/11/13
I - Isabel Allende - Island Beneath the Sea Book Club 6/10/13 - 6/14/13
J - J.F. Powers - Morte D'Urban National Book Award 1963 6/11/13 - 6/14/13
K - Kate Summerscale - The Suspicions Of Mr. Whicher: A Murder And The Undoing Of A Great Victorian Detective British National Book Award 2010 6/14/13 - 6/15/13
L - Louise Erdrich - The Round House US National Book Award 2012, Book Club 6/14/13 - 6/17/13
M - Mary Robison - Why Did I Ever 6/15/13 - 6/17/13
N - Nicole Krauss - The History of Love 21st Century Book Club 6/17/13 - 6/21/13
O - Orhan Pamuk - Silent House 6/18/13 - 6/24/13
P - Padgett Powell - You & I James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2012 6/21/13 - 6/24/13
Q - Quincy Troupe - James Baldwin: The Legacy 6/23/13 - 6/26/13
R - Richard Ford - The Sportswriter Southern Lit Book Club 6/25/13 - 6/29/13
S - Shehan Karunatilaka - Chinaman The legend of Pradeep Commonwealth Writer's Prize 2012 6/29/13 - 7/8/13
T - Thomas Foster - How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines 7/8/13 - 7/11/13
U - Uwe Timm - The Invention of Curried Sausage 7/11/13 - 7/13/13
V - C Vann Woodward - The Strange Career of Jim Crow 7/12/13 - 7/15/13
W - William Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet 7/13/13 - 7/16/13
X - Xinran Xue - The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices 7/15/13 - 7/18/13
Y - Yiyun Li - Gold Boy, Emerald Girl 7/16/13 - 7/19/13
Z - Z.Z. Packer - Drinking Coffee Elsewhere Pen/Faulkner Award 2004 7/18/13 - 7/19/13

FINISHED 7/19/13

oh - I love all of your lists! some many books and what a great mix. LOL about quitting work.

Challenge 4 26 books alphabetically by country setting 8047 pages

A - Argentina - The House on Garibaldi Street 7/19/13 - 7/21/13
B - British Guiana - Soul Clap Hands and Sing Pen/Rosenthal Award 1962 7/21/13 - 7/21/13
C - Canada - Best Stories Gov. General's Award 1963 7/21/13 - 7/23/13
D - Dominican Republic - Sirena Selena: A Novel Rollins' Winter with the Writers 7/22/13 - 7/24/13
E - England - The Accidental 21st Century Book Club 7/23/23 - 7/25/13
F - Finland - The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios 7/24/13 - 7/26/13
G - Greece - The Song of Achilles Orange Prize 2012 7/25/13 - 7/28/13
H - Hungary - Siege 13 Rogers Writers' Trust 2012 7/28/13 - 8/1/13
I - India - The Middleman and Other Stories NBCC Award 1988 8/1/13 - 8/4/13
J - Japan - An Artist of the Floating World Costa (Whitbred) Award 1986 8/4/13 - 8/6/13
K - Kenya - Out of Africa 8/6/13 - 8/16/13
L - Lithuania - Rabbis and Wives 8/14/13 - 8/22/13
M - Mexico - The Lacuna Orange Prize 2010, 21st Century Book Club 8/15/13 - 8/23/13
N - Nigeria - The Thing Around Your Neck 8/16/13 - 8/24/13
O - Oman - The Icarus Agenda 8/22/13 - 8/26/13
P - Poland - A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True Pen/Hemingway 2010 8/24/13 - 8/28/13
Q - Qatar - Kapitoil 8/28/13 - 8/30/13
R - Russia - Selected Stories 8/29/13 - 8/31/13
S - Senegal - Three Strong Women Prix Goncourt Award 2008 8/30/13 - 9/1/13
T - Turkey - My Name is Red Int'l IMPAC Award 2003 9/1/13 - 9/15/13
U - United States - A Death in the Family Pulitzer Prize 1958, Southern Lit Book Club 9/15/13 - 9/21/13
V - Vietnam - Dispatches 9/21/13 - 9/26/13
W - Wales - On The Black Hill James Tait Black Memorial Prize 1982, Costa (Whitbred) Award 1982 9/27/13 - 9/29/13
X - None
Y - Yemen - Salmon Fishing In The Yemen 9/28/13 - 9/29/13
Z - Zimbabwe - Tears of the Giraffe 9/29/13 - 9/30/13

FINISHED 9/30/13

Challenge 5 26 books alphabetically by author's origin 7,691 pages

A - Australia - M.L. Stedman - The Light Between Oceans Book Club 9/30/13 - 10/2/13
B - Bermuda - Jon McGregor - Even The Dogs Int'l IMPAC Award 2012 10/2/13 - 10/4/13
C - Canada - Johanna Skibsrud - The Sentimentalists Giller Prize 2010 10/3/13 - 10/5/13
D - Dominican Republic - Junot Díaz - This is How You Lose Her 10/4/13 - 10/6/13
E - Egypt - علاء الأسواني The Yacoubian Building 10/5/13 - 10/7/13
F - France - Alain de Botton - The Consolations of Philosophy 10/6/13 - 10/9/13
G - Germany - Charles Bukowski - Post Office 10/7/13 - 10/9/13
H - Hong Kong - Francis Chan - Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God 10/8/13 - 10/10/13
I - Ireland - Joseph O'Neill- Netherland Pen/Faulkner 2009 10/9/13 - 10/12/13
J - Japan - Haruki Murakami - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 10/10/13 - 10/16/13
K - Kenya - Wangari Maathai - Unbowed: One Woman's Story 10/12/13 - 10/17/13
L - Lebanon - Rawi Hage - Cockroach 10/13/13 - 10/18/13
M - Malaysia - Yangsze Choo - The Ghost Bride UVA Coursera 10/16/13 - 10/19/13
N - Netherlands - Gerbrand Bakker - The Twin Int'l Impac Award 2010 10/18/13 - 10/21/13
O - Oman - Laila Al Bellucci - Mirabella and the Pearl of Chulothe 10/19/13 - 10/21/13
P - Pakistan - Ahmed Rashid -Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan 10/20/13 - 10/21/13
Q - Qatar - Sophia al Maria - The Girl Who Fell to Earth 10/21/13 - 10/21/13
R - Russia - Vladimir Nabokov - Pale Fire 10/21/13 - 10/23/13
S - Sierre Leone - Aminatta Forna - The Memory of Love Book Club 10/22/13 - 10/24/13
T - Trinidad and Tobago - V.S. Naipaul - Magic Seeds 10/23/13 - 10/25/13
U - United Kingdom - Kate Atkinson - Life After Life 21st Century Book Club 10/24/13 - 10/28/13
V - Vietnam - Monique Truong - Bitter in the Mouth Pen/Rosenthal 2011 10/25/13 - 11/9/13
W - Wales - Kingsley Amis - The Old Devils Man Booker Prize 1986 11/4/13 - 11/15/13
X - None
Y - Yemen - Nujood Ali - I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced 11/9/13 - 11/16/13
Z - Zimbabwe - NoViolet Bulawayo - We Need New Names 11/16/13 - 11/17/13

FINISHED 11/17/13

Judy wrote: "Thing Two, I don't know if you realized that you have To the Lighthouse on both your first and third lists?

BTW, I didn't realize there were so many book awards out there until I read your list! ..."

Thanks, Judy! I meant to list Mrs. Dalloway that second time. And, as to the book awards, these are only the biggies. Everyone's got an award ... which is why I suggested it as a challenge. Still think a year long or half a year one would fit nicely. :)

Wow! Great lists, Thing Two! : )

Judy wrote: "I really can't wait to see what you think of My Name is Red."

But you must! That's not until challenge 4 and I'm already one book behind as it is! Oh, the pressure!!!!!

I like that you've indicated the awards the books have won.

Challenge 6 26 books alphabetically by main character 8401 pages

A - Anna - Year of Wonders UVA Coursera 11/17/13 - 11/19/13
B - Bernadette - Where'd You Go, Bernadette Book Club 11/19/13 - 11/20/13
C - Cessna - The Dog Stars Book Club 11/20/13 - 11/21/13
D - Deliverance Dane - The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane UVA Coursera 11/21/13 - 11/23/13
E - Esther - The Bell Jar 11/23/13 - 11/23/13
F - Fr. Flynn - Dubliners 11/23/13 - 11/24/13
G - Gentry - Deliverance Southern Lit Book Club 11/23/13 - 11/28/13
H - Husbands - The Buddha in the Attic PEN/Faulkner Award 2012 11/24/13 - 11/28/13
I - Ian - Saint Maybe 11/26/13 - 11/29/13
J - Jannon - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore 21st Century Book Club 11/27/13 - 11/30/13
K - Kay - The Best of It: New and Selected Poems 21st Century Book Club, Pulitzer Prize 2011 11/28/13 - 11/30/13
L - Laurie - Defending Jacob Book Club 11/29/13 - 12/1/13
M - Mary Mallon - Fever UVA Coursera 11/30/13 - 12/5/13
N - Neil - The Ocean at the End of the Lane 21st Century Book Club 11/30/13 - 12/14/13
O - Ovid - The Love-Artist UVA Coursera 12/1/13 - 12/15/13
P - Philip - The Big Sleep 12/15/13 - 12/20/13
Q - Quinton - Fools of Fortune Costa (Whitbred) Award 1983 12/20/13 - 12/21/13
R - Reilly - A Confederacy of Dunces Pulitzer Prize 1981, Southern Lit Book Club 12/21/13 - 12/24/13
S - Skrimshander - The Art of Fielding 21st Century Book Club 12/22/13 - 12/25/13
T - Tree - Children of the Jacaranda Tree 12/24/13 - 12/25/13
U - Upland - Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West 12/25/13 - 12/27/13
V - Vlasov - City of Thieves 21st Century Book Club 12/26/13 - 12/28/13
W - Willard - The Devil All the Time 21st Century Book Club 12/27/13 - 12/29/13
X - X - The Autobiography of Malcolm X 12/27/13 - 12/30/13
Y - Y-12 - The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II Southern Lit Book Club 12/29/13 - 12/31/13
Z - Zach - The Burgess Boys 12/30/13 - 12/31/13

FINISHED 12/31/13

Janice wrote: "I like that you've indicated the awards the books have won."

Thanks! These are just my notes so I won't remove the book from the list at a later date. I've only included recent award winners, or those that are 50 years old.

Maybe I'll go back and list them all while I'm listening to March. The version I have won't copy to my ipad; I'm stuck sitting at the computer!

When you get to Shantaram, I'll do a buddy read with you. It's around 900 pages long. You might need someone to hold your hand. :)

Janice wrote: "When you get to Shantaram, I'll do a buddy read with you. It's around 900 pages long. You might need someone to hold your hand. :)"

Most of those on the 6th list are here on my "real" shelves; yes, I know how thick Shantaram is. If I haven't replaced it, or gone all non-alphabetical on you, I'd be happy to do a buddy read.

Great lists Thing Two! Thinking about reading all those books makes me tired already. I'll be lucky to get through 2 rounds with all the group reads and challenges as well every month.

I have it on my Kindle app so I won't be getting carpal tunnel holding it. But it may take a long time to get that percentage number to show any progress!

It makes me feel so "un-read" when I see all of the lists with SO-MANY titles that I do not know and recognize. I am so in awe by the creative lists that all of you have been posting!

AmyK wrote: "Great lists Thing Two! Thinking about reading all those books makes me tired already. I'll be lucky to get through 2 rounds with all the group reads and challenges as well every month."

I figure I'll try to substitute the group reads if they interest me, and fit in a challenge (or not!) as I see fit. I'm not very good with the challenge rules. Just ask Meanie 1 or Meanie 2. :)

Janice wrote: "I have it on my Kindle app so I won't be getting carpal tunnel holding it. But it may take a long time to get that percentage number to show any progress!"

By the time I get to that one, I hope to have it lying face open in the sand.

Cherie wrote: "It makes me feel so "un-read" when I see all of the lists with SO-MANY titles that I do not know and recognize. I am so in awe by the creative lists that all of you have been posting!"

I make it my aim to read all of the top award winners each year - or at least, that's been my aim of late. I went years and years with just reading whatever Oprah said I should read. Don't be in awe. I've got OCD when it comes to books and lists. It's a curse!!!

Wow, Thing Two, I am just speechless. So many lists and books! I am hoping to get through at least two lists and even that seems daunting.

Challenge 7 26 books in my favorite genre from 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die alphabetically in order - in any way I can find!

A - Ackroyd - Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd
B - Beeblebrox - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
C - Clockwork - A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
D - Disgrace - Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
E - e.e. - The Enormous Room by E.E. Cummings
F - Faulkner - Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner Southern Lit Book Club
G - Gibson - Neuromancer by William Gibson
H - Hatter - Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
I - Ian - Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
J - Joseph - Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
K - Kingdom - The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
L - Loving - Loving by Henry Green
M - Mary - The Lambs of London by Peter Ackroyd
N - Northanger - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
O - Okonkwo - Things Fall Apart byChinua Achebe
P - Plague - The Plague by Albert Camus Book Club
Q - Quiet - The Quiet American by Graham Greene
R - Road - On the Road by Jack Kerouac
S - Sally - Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
T - Trevor - Felicia's Journey by William Trevor
U - Uncle Tom - Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
V - Villians - The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
W - White - The Beautiful Room is Empty by Edmund White
X - Xley - The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
Y - Year - The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis by José Saramago
Z - Znedna - The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera

What is your favorite genre? Classics?

Janice wrote: "What is your favorite genre? Classics?"

Yes, I guess that's what I'm claiming.

Thing Two wrote: "I'm not very good with the challenge rules. Just ask Meanie 1 or Meanie 2. :) "

Not at all. The best part about rules is to push them as far as you can. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But that's the fun ;)

Oh my, I'm impressed and depressed. I'll be happy if I get through two alphabets, let alone plan ahead :) I've read some of your books, some are on my tbr, and now others are being added. Great going with all the award winners!

jaxnsmom wrote: "Oh my, I'm impressed and depressed. I'll be happy if I get through two alphabets, let alone plan ahead :) I've read some of your books, some are on my tbr, and now others are being added. Great g..."

You scared me, Jaxnsmom! I'm so used to finding this list on the last page, and suddenly it wasn't there! I was afraid I'd deleted it.

Don't be too impressed/depressed with me. I'm currently 10 books behind pace to finish this within a year. As I said earlier, I either need to start calling in sick to work more often, or I'll need to drop one of these lists.

And who in the heck has time for the monthly challenges when they exclude ABC books? Rusalka's such a meanie!!!

Back to the books ... :)

Rusalka's shooting herself in the foot too.

Hehehe! *ducks behind Meany Rusalka*

Rusalka wrote: "Rusalka's shooting herself in the foot too."

Glad to see I'm not the only here suffering!

How come you're so fast?!!

Thing Two wrote: "jaxnsmom wrote: "Oh my, I'm impressed and depressed. I'll be happy if I get through two alphabets, let alone plan ahead :) I've read some of your books, some are on my tbr, and now others are bei..."

Sorry for the scare :)

You need something that will keep you out of work, but not hinder reading. Something a doctor would fill out FMLA paperwork for...hmmm, what body part can I spare for a month? LOL

Don't think I've mentioned, but I love your avatar!

Neenee wrote: "How come you're so fast?!!"

Practice. I've been doing this my whole life. Plus, it does help immensely that my husband enjoys making dinner. He cooks; I read.

jaxnsmom wrote: "Thing Two wrote: "jaxnsmom wrote: "Oh my, I'm impressed and depressed. I'll be happy if I get through two alphabets, let alone plan ahead :) I've read some of your books, some are on my tbr, and ..."

I'd say my eyes, but then I wouldn't be able to read!!!

Thanks for the avatar compliment. I had the opportunity to participate in a Broadway review in February. Here I'm dressed as a Beauty School Drop-out. Typecasting, perhaps?

Huh? I don't even have a boyfriend. I feel like a snail!!

One challenge completed, on to number two ...

Yeah! First task down and on to the next. :) Super job, Thing Two!

Judy wrote: "Congrats, on the first challenge in the books. How did you like the Xinran?"

Well written, but really, really sad. I guess I always assumed their daughters were given up for adoption; it never occurred to me they murder the new born girls.

You're reading her other one, right? I've got that on the third list, I believe. The next time I need an "x" author.

Two down, five to go. Not sure I'm going to make it all of the way, but here goes challenge #3.

Wow! You're doing great completing 2 tasks of the high octane. I'm not sure I'm going to get low octane done.

Whoo hoo! Great reading. All of those book awards, whew!

Janice wrote: "Wow! You're doing great completing 2 tasks of the high octane. I'm not sure I'm going to get low octane done."

Thanks, Janice. I'm sure you'll finish in time. You've got 26 weeks to go. :)

Three down, four to go. I'm slowly catching up. Very slowly.

Wow - that's amazing!

How did you like The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices? I'm thinking of reading it for my X book.

jaxnsmom wrote: "Wow - that's amazing!

How did you like The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices? I'm thinking of reading it for my X book."

Very similar in style to her Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love, and at least one of the stories was a repeat. I believe she wrote The Good Women first, once she was in London. The entire body of her work is harrowing.

T2, I am bowing down before you in amazement. ; ) Loving your lists!