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A - Z Author Challenge
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Sue's 2016 One Word title challenge
Yay! We can pinch ideas from each other :)
Caroline wrote: "Yay! We can pinch ideas from each other :)"are you doing it?
Sue wrote: "Caroline wrote: "Yay! We can pinch ideas from each other :)"
are you doing it?"
Starting Jan 1st :)
are you doing it?"
Starting Jan 1st :)
Brill. Me too. Having a day trying to sort my 2016 reading out - leaving my current brilliant read festering on the settee (Orhan's Inheritance)!
I have ideas for most of the easy letters - still looking for X, Y, Z and a few others. When I get time I'll list a few of my ideas for you to look at and see if they appeal at all.
My challenge is here
My challenge is here
That sounds pretty good - I might have to pinch that one!
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Kate (Trojanhorse) wrote: "Good luck both of you. Feel free to check my completed list for ideas. :)"Thank you. Are you doing it again, Kate?
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Go on Kate, you know you want to! The more people doing it, the more ideas floating around :)
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We'll get through it together! :)
Glad you're in Kate! I've got unfinished challenges too. 3 more for USA and 2 to complete English counties, then there is Wales, N Ireland and Scotland!
I also have unfinished challenges - still doing USA, UK and ATW . I can't resist a challenge!
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Still travelling and doing the olympic challenge - countries that took part in the olympic games. Completionn for games in 2016. Will be lucky to get a bronze medal (countries that got gold) at the rate Im going.
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A.L. wrote: "Not sure if this will help https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6..."Thank you. Are you going to join in?
I'm on my phone so can't add proper reference but have a look for a book called Y for letter Y (obviously!). By Marjorie Celonia (sp?) - reasonable read set in Canada
Ellie wrote: "I'm on my phone so can't add proper reference but have a look for a book called Y for letter Y (obviously!). By Marjorie Celonia (sp?) - reasonable read set in Canada"Thank you. List is shaping up nicely!
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Caroline wrote: "Just seen an ad for Disclaimer which looks pretty interesting."Already read it! Thanks anyway - D is one of the letters I haven't got anything lined up for.
Caroline wrote: "I think I might go for Divergent. Have you read Daughter? I read it last year, was fairly good."Yes :)
Dourado and Pawnbroker are free for kindle on Amazon today. Don't know if they're any good or if they're your sort of thing but they're free so thought I'd let you know :)
Caroline wrote: "Dourado and Pawnbroker are free for kindle on Amazon today. Don't know if they're any good or if they're your sort of thing but they're free so thought I'd let you kn..."Thank you. Downloaded both.
Requiem is free for kindle on Amazon today. I've read a couple of books by the writer before. Not bad :)
H.
. Read for the genre challenge. Enjoyed the story of gunman v. Apache. And the love interest!
I'm starting a general A-Z (to clear paperback TBR) but it does involve Divergent, Juliet, Kitchen,Transition, and Wool.
Mercia wrote: "I'm starting a general A-Z (to clear paperback TBR) but it does involve Divergent, Juliet, Kitchen,Transition, and Wool."Sounds like you should join in with this one, Mercia!
Sue wrote: "Sounds like you should join in with this one, Mercia!"I could do. It would help me get down the TBR better if I freed up those slots in the general A-Z.
Mercia wrote: "Sue wrote: "Sounds like you should join in with this one, Mercia!"I could do. It would help me get down the TBR better if I freed up those slots in the general A-Z."
Sorted ☺
D.
. Good story. First of the William Wisting series set in northern Norway. Not so cold in this one but plenty of murders (not too violent). Nice father/daughter relationship.
T.
. Southern semi gothic apparantly. Good, but overlong with tiny print. Got me a USA state too!
G.
. Also got me Belarus. The last part was really good. Interesting story and history.
P.
Difficult story about Anne, who at 15 leaves home and goes to live in the woods. There follows the encroachment of the town on the natural environment and how Anne copes with it.
F.
Verity is found at the bottom of a cliff near Beachy Head. Her childhood friend Harry is determined to find out what happened. The story of their childhood is interwoven with the present. Enjoyed it.
I.
. Going home from exile presents a number of problems. In this case returning to the Czech Republic after the wzll comes down. Loved it!
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Wall!! Not the cider ,,, the heat! And probably no glasses!
Z.
. Story of Zoli, a Slovak Roma. Tells the story of her life against the changes in eastern Europe. Interesting.
U.
. Enjoyed this! Story of a collector of china living in Prague during a time of upheavals.
Sounds like an interesting book so have ordered it plus it would give me Prague as i have nothing for their.
Tania wrote: "Sounds like an interesting book so have ordered it plus it would give me Prague as i have nothing for their."Take that back got Utz, Zoli and Everything in This Country Must
S.
. Really enjoyed this book about a retired anthropologist who starts a new life in the Mendip hills in Somerset. Lots of flashbacks as well as contemporary events.
I had a hard time of it too, and the way it ended? Am reading Utz at the moment for U its not as bad only 130 pages but it feels like 300 for some reason.
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are you doing it?"
Starting Jan 1st :)"
This is it! Aim to complete by the end of the year. Think it will be a nice change from the author challenge. Hopefully joining Caroline and Kate - pinching their idea - hope you don't mind!
A.
B. Beasts - Joyce Carol Oates
C.
D. Dregs - Jørn Lier Horst
E. Exposure - Helen Dunmore
F. Frozen - Richard Burke
G. Gingerbread - Robert Dinsdale
H. Hondo -Louis L'Amour
I. Ignorance - Milan Kundera
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K.
L.
M.
N
O.
P. Pollard - Laura Beatty
Q. Queer - William S. Burroughs
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S. Spiderweb - Penelope Lively
T. Twilight - William Gay
U. Utz -. Bruce Chatwin
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W.
X.
Y.
Z. Zoli - Colum McCann