UK Book Club discussion

Keeping this simple just A-Z authors
22 September 2015 -

# = new author

#A - Kate Allan - Oscar: The Bionic Cat
B - Maya Banks - Darkest Before Dawn
#C - Michael Cargill - Shelter from Thunder
D - Dianne Duvall - Shadows Strike
#E - Nawal El-Saadawi - Women At Point Zero
F - Christine Feehan - Viper Game
#G - Adèle Geras - Out of the dark
#H - Nathaniel Hawthorne - Young Goodman Brown
#I - Alyssa Rose Ivy - Soar
J - Lorelei James - 1001 Dark Nights: Roped In
#K - Brian Kimberling - Snapper
L - Lora Leigh - Secret Pleasure
#M - David McCullough - The Johnstown Flood
#N - Leopold Nayabagabo - How a Boy Survived Genocide: Living with Hope
#O - Nick Oldham - Onslaught
#P - Susan Power - The Grass Dancer
#Q - Cari Quinn - Going Long
#R - Rebecca Raisin - Christmas at the Gingerbread Cafe
S - Lynsay Sands - The Highlander Takes a Bride
T - J.R.R. Tolkien - Letters from Father Christmas
#U - D.W. Ulsterman - MAC WALKER'S 40,000 FEET
#V - Brian K. Vaughan - Saga, Volume 1
#W - Alec Wilkinson - The Ice Balloon: S. A. Andree and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration
#X - Xinran - Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
#Y - Mark Geoffrey Young - The Best Ever Book of Nauruan Jokes
Z


Thought I would add another A-Z for the hell of it and I like the twist of this so am steeling Sue and others idea of

A-Z character challenge
10 February 2016 - 23 February 2017

# = new author

#A - Alex - Torrent by Lisa Tawn Bergren
#B - Eric Bader (Dog) - Jokers: War, Love & Helicopter Pilots...What Could go Wrong? by Vern Hammill
#C - Casey - Soar by Alyssa Rose Ivy
D - Deacon McConell - Caged by Lorelei James
E - Eoin - The Striker by Monica McCarty
#F - Benjamin Franklin Pierce (Hawkeye) - MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker
#G - Gunnar Huttunen - The Howling Miller by Arto Paasilinna
#H - Hugh Thomson - Two Men and a Mule: The Last City of the Incas
I - Isabel “Izzie” Stewart - The Rogue by Monica McCarty
#J - Johannes Brandt - The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
#K - Kiss Bad Boy's Baby by Sosie Frost
#L - Liz - Saved by the Blizzard by Adele Huxley
M - Mack Mckinley - Street Game by Christine Feehan
N - Nick Stone - Last Light by Andy McNab
#O - Summer Olivers - Never Have an Outlaw's Baby by Nicole Snow
#P - Parker - All Fired Up by Vivian Arend
#Q - Thomas Quidell - Thomas's Muse by -Kris Austen Radcliffe
#R - Rebecca Rule - Refuge: Night of the Blood Sky by Jeremy Bishop
#S - Antonio SpinelliSpin by C.D. Reiss
#T - Taiar - The Train of Salt and Sugar by Licinio de Azevedo
#U - Utz - Utz by Bruce Chatwin
#V - Victoria - Addicted by Lauren Landish
W - Mary Winslow -Runaway Vampire by Lynsay Sands
X - Xander Darder - Sinful Encounter: Alpha Billionaire Romance by L.N. Pearl
#Y - Yerzhan -The Dead Lake by Hamid Ismailov
#Z - Zeb - The Warrior by Ty Patterson


This time any place name will work, not just countries. You can use cities, counties, states, provinces, continents, islands, etc

Town/County/Country etc names
14 June 2016 - 27 June 2018

# - new author

#A - Alabama - US state - Falling for the Wingman - Crista McHugh
#B - Benin - Country- Why Monkeys Live in Trees and Other Stories from Benin by Raouf Mama
C - Colorado - US state - My Kind of Wonderful by Jill Shalvis
D - Dominican Republic -country - Immortal Nights by Lynsay Sands
#E - England - The Wayward Apprentice by Jason Vail
#F - Falkland Isles - The Yompers: With 45 Commando in the Falklands War
G - Gibralta - On The Rock: Quick Read - Andy McNab
H - Houston, US city - Texas Bad Boy: The Gallaghers of Morning Star by Jean Brashear
I - Illinois - US State - Death Masks by Jim Butcher
#J - Jacksonville - City USA - Sky Diamond by Anna Brockton
K - Kentucky -US State - A Buckhorn Bachelor by Lori Foster
L - Louisiana - USA state - Spider Game by Christine Feehan
M - Manitoba - Canadian state - Brian's Hunt
N - New York - USA City - Dividing Zero
O - Ontario - Canada county - Brian's Return by Gary Paulsen
P - Philippi - South African town - The Watcher: Action Suspense Thrriller by Ty Patterson
# Q - Kuwait - Yasmeena's Choice: A True Story of War, Rape, Courage and Survival by Jean Sasson
#R - Rhone - France county- Double Dealing: A Menage Romance by Lauren Landish
S - Scotland - Highland Soldiers 1: The Enemy
T - Tennessee - US State - Owned by the Billionaire: Alpha Billionaire Romance by L.N. Pearl
U - USA Country - Survival: A Military Stepbrother Romance
V - Vietnam - country - I Am Missing by Ty Patterson
#W - Wyoming - US state - Close Range
#X - Xibalba city - Guatemala country - The Lords of Xibalba by Bill Thesken
#Y - Yemen - A Land without Jasmine by Wajdi Al-Ahdal
#Z - Zambia - Into Africa: 3 Kids, 13 Crates and a Husband by Ann Patras


Am going to add another list to my A-Z thanks to Linda. Am going to list them first this time though.

My 26 Classic Books to read
12 July 2016 -

1 The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
2 Sons and Lovers - D.H. Lawrence
3 Ruined City - Nevil Shute
4 Dracula - Bram Stoker
5 Whisky Galore - Compton Mackenzie
6 Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
7 Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
8 Beowulf - Unknown
9 Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K. Jerome
10 Ivanhoe - Walter Scott
11 The White Guard - Mikhail Bulgakov
12 How Green Was My Valley - Richard Llewellyn
13 White Nights - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
14 Now in November - Josephine Winslow Johnson
15 At the Mountains of Madness - H.P. Lovecraft
16 The Scarlet Pimpernel - Emmuska Orczy
17 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum
18 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
19 King Soloman's Mines - H. Rider Haggard
20 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving - 21 Aug
21 The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
22 Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne
23 The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling - 17 Sept 2017
24 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad - 29 Nov 2016
25 The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
26 The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde - 19 July 2016

LLora Leigh

Start this off with something naughtie, 18 year old senators daughter affar with 2 men with someone out to kill her.

P Susan Power

A selection of stories that are connected about the Sioux Indians and how the looked at life.

M - David McCullough

This is about the lead up to and dam that breaks and takes out a number of small communities and a Johnstown a small town and tells how they coupled. It tells the story about the people evolved in this disaster.

J - Lorelei James -

K - Brian Kimberling -

S - Lynsay Sands -

C - Michael Cargill -

A short moving story about a young boy Sam being at school and being bombed during the WII

F - Christine Feehan -

Genetically altered soldiers go the bayou to help his grandma and end up rescuing a woman and 3 toddlers

D - Dianne Duvall -

W - Alec Wilkinson -

B - Maya Banks -

E - Nawal El-Saadawi -

T - J.R.R. Tolkien -

This was a lovely book. Tolkien writes letter to his kids as santa complete with drawings. we get to meet his friends and here what happensin his life.

R - Rebecca Raisin -

H - Nathaniel Hawthorne -

A - Kate Allan -

Was looking at Sues challenge of A-Z character and thought I would add it to this after all am already sinking in challenges to finish.

O - Nick Oldham -

H name Hugh Thomson -

P name Parker - byVivian Arend

E name Eoin - The Striker by Monica McCarty

T name - Taiar - by Licinio de Azevedo

G name - Gunnar Huttunen - by Arto Paasilinna

C name - Casey - by Alyssa Rose Ivy

X - Xinran -

R name Rebecca Rule - Jeremy Bishop

N name - Nick Stone - by Andy McNab

J name -Johannes Brandt - by Jessie Burton

G - Adèle Geras -

D name - Deacon McConell - by Lorelei James

A name Alex - by Lisa Tawn Bergren

B name Eric Bader (Dog) - by Vern Hammill

Z name - Zeb - by Ty Patterson

K name - Kiss by Sosie Frost

L name - Liz by Adele Huxley

M name - Mack Mckinley - by Christine Feehan

I - Alyssa Rose Ivy -

W name Mary Winslow - by Lynsay Sands

I name - Isabel “Izzie” Stewart - by Monica McCarty

S name - Antonio Spinelli - by [author:C.D. Reiss|6896405

F name Benjamin Franklin Pierce (Hawkeye) - by Richard Hooker

O name - Summer Olivers - by Nicole Snow

Am starting a new A-Z. This is a little different from the A to Z country challenge we have been doing. This time any place name will work, not just countries. You can use cities, counties, states, provinces, continents, islands, etc

Think I may need a doctor, can't seem to say no to challenges any more

B - Benin country- Why Monkeys Live in Trees and Other Stories from Benin by Raouf Mama

O - Ontario province in Canada - Brian's Return by Gary Paulsen

R - Rhone area in France - Double Dealing: A Menage Romance by Lauren Landish

L - Louisiana - USA state - Spider Game by Christine Feehan

C - Colorado - US state - My Kind of Wonderful by Jill Shalvis

U - USA - Country - Survival: A Military Stepbrother Romance by Lauren Landish