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Thanks Vit for the reminder! 🍭

Here it is :


Mark Twain

Authors A-Z 2023 Challenge
1/1/23 - 31/12/23
0/26

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Happy New Year everyone! xx


Franz Kafka


Doris Lessing


J.D. Salinger

Armin
Annette
Cosmic
Deb
Jazzy
Kathy
Lynn
Pam
Rosemarie
Trisha
Vit

Oh yes, I'm in!
Finished 30/6/23

Anton Chekhov

✅Authors A-Z 2023 Challenge
1/1/23 - 31/12/23
26/26

✅ A : Elizabeth von Arnim - The Enchanted April (1922)
✅ B : Francis Beaumont - A King and No King (1619)
✅ C : Agatha Christie - The Secret Adversary (1922)
✅ D : Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1877) -
✅ E : Erasmus - Praise of Folly (1509)
✅ F : Robert Frost - New Hampshire (1923)
✅ G : Wanda Gág - Millions of Cats (1928)



Françoise Sagan

✅ H : Thea von Harbou - Metropolis (1925)
✅ I : Rex Ingamells - Gumtops (1935)
✅ J : Jules Laforgue Poems of Jules Laforgue (1860-1887)
✅ K : Jack Kerouac - Tristessa (1960)
✅ L : H.P. Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness (1931)
✅ M : Thomas Middleton - The Changeling (1622)
✅ N : R.K. Narayan - The Vendor of Sweets (1967)
✅ O : Octave Mirbeau - The Torture Garden (1899)


Rumer Godden

✅ P : Jacques Prévert (1900-1977) - Selections from Paroles (1965)
✅ Q : Raymond Queneau - Zazie in the Metro (1959)
✅ R : Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)
✅ S : Captain Blood (1922) - Rafael Sabatini
✅ T : Terence Rattigan - The Browning Version (1948)
✅ U : Leon Uris - QB VII (1970)


Charles Bukowski

✅ V : Jules Verne - The Begum's Millions (1879)
✅ W : Edith Wharton - Xingu, And Other Stories (1916)
✅ X : Xavier Herbert - Capricornia (1937)
✅ Y : F.E. Mills Young - The Bigamist
✅ Z : Louis Zangwill (Z Z) - The Beautiful Miss Brooke (1897)





Ernest Hemmingway

Count me in, too!

I'm in too!

Author's Challenge A to Z 2023
26/26

A-Margery Allingham: Coroner's Pidgin✅
B- Miles Burton: Death in the Tunnel ✅
C- Arthur C. Clarke: 2001: A Space Odyssey✅
D- Fyodor Dostoevsky: Der Doppelgänger✅
E - Eleanor Estes: The Moffats ✅
F - Bernard J. Farmer: Death of a Bookseller✅
G - Elizabeth Goudge: The Scent of Water✅
H- Thomas Hardy: A Group of Noble Dames✅
I- Italo Calvino: Il barone rampante✅
J- Jules Verne: Les Cinq Cents Millions de la Bégum✅
K- Harry Kemelman: Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry✅
L- Norah Lofts: Bless This House✅
M- Richard Marsh: The Beetle✅
N- Novalis: Heinrich von Ofterdingen✅
O - Sydney Owenson Morgan:The Wild Irish Girl: A National Tale✅
P- Bolesław Prus: The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt ✅
Q -Ellery Queen: The Roman Hat Mystery ✅
R- Ann Radcliffe: The Italian✅
S - Rex Stout: Some Buried Caesar ✅
T-J.R.R. Tolkien: The Fellowship of the Ring✅
U-Sigrid Undset: Happy Times in Norway✅
V-Virginia Woolf: Night and Day✅
W-Evelyn Waugh:When the Going Was Good✅
X - John Fox Jr.: Crittenden: A Kentucky Story of Love and War✅
Y-Marguerite Yourcenar: Mémoires d'Hadrien ✅
Z- Émile Zola: Contes à Ninon ✅

Completed on November 18, 2023.

Me! Me! I have leftover possibilities from 2022. (Don’t we all?)

8/26 (Updated 30 May)

A
B John Buchan: The 39 Steps,
Ludwig Bemelmans: Madeline
C Arthur C. Clarke: Earthlight, Rendezvous with Rama,
Truman Capote: Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories,
Walter Van Tilburg Clark: The OxBow Incident
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G Hamlin Garland The Eagle's Heart,
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust,
Kenneth Grahame: The Reluctant Dragon,
Wanda Gág: Millions of Cats
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I Kobayashi Issa: A Few Flies and I: Haiku by Issa
J Tove Jansson: The Summer Book
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M Vilhelm Moberg: The Emigrants,
Larry McMurtry: Lonesome Dove,
W. Somerset Maugham: Before the Party
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P Philippa Pearce: Tom's Midnight Garden
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S John Steinbeck: Breakfast
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Authors A-Z 2023 Challenge
1/1/23 - 31/12/23
26/26 Finished 12/7/23

A - Agatha Christie - Sad Cypress
B - Honoré de Balzac - The Ball At Sceaux
C - Carol Carnac - Crossed Skis
D - Dorothy Gilman - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
E - Elizabeth Goudge - A City of Bells: The Cathedral Trilogy
F - Carlos Fuentes - Aura
G - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - The Sorrows of Young Werther
H - Zora Neale Hurston - Dust Tracks on a Road
I - Isabella Lucy Bird - Six Months in the Sandwich Islands
J - Sébastien Japrisot - The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
K - Kate Douglas Wiggin - Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
L - L.M. Montgomery - Kilmeny of the Orchard
M - W. Somerset Maugham - Cakes and Ale
N - V.S. Naipaul - A House for Mr Biswas
O - George Orwell - Down and Out in Paris and London
P - Barbara Pym - Some Tame Gazelle
Q - Ellery Queen - The Egyptian Cross Mystery: An Ellery Queen Mystery
R - Ruth Rendell - From Doon With Death
S - Georges Simenon - My Friend Maigret
T - William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair
U - Sigrid Undset - The Axe
V - Vilhelm Moberg - Unto a Good Land
W - P.G. Wodehouse - Thank You, Jeeves
X - Max Beerbohm - Zuleika Dobson
Y - E.H. Young - Jenny Wren
Z - Honoré de Balzac - The Red Inn [Z in last name]

Another year, another challenge.
Alphabet is the same, stories are different:
A. ♦️Mark Aldanov - The Fifth Seal 1939
B. ♦️Michel Butor - Degrees 1960
C. Francesco Colonna - The Strife of Love in a Dream
D. ♦️Heimito von Doderer - The Strudlhof Steps 1951
E. ♦️E.R. Eddison - The Worm Ouroboros 1922
F. William Faulkner - Collected Stories
G. ♦️Carlo Emilio Gadda - The Experience of Pain 1963
H. ♦️Knut Hamsun - Mysteries 1892
I. ♦️Jorge Ibargüengoitia - Kill the Lion! 1969
J. ♦️James Joyce - Dubliners 1914
K. ♦️Frigyes Karinthy - A Journey Round My Skull 1936
L. Doris Lessing - The Golden Notebook
M. ♦️Charles Maturin - Melmoth the Wanderer 1820
N. ♦️Charles Nodier - La fée aux miettes 1832
O. ♦️John O'Hara - A Rage to Live 1949
P. ♦️John Cowper Powys - Porius 1951
Q. ♦️Horacio Quiroga - The Decapitated Chicken 1935
R. ♦️Erich Maria Remarque - Heaven Has No Favorites 1961
S. ♦️Nathalie Sarraute - The Planetarium 1959
T. ♦️William Trevor - Mrs Eckdorf in O’Neill’s Hotel 1969
U. ♦️Hermann Ungar - The Maimed 1922
V. ♦️Jack Vance - Eight Fantasms and Magics 1969
W. ♦️Thomas Wolfe - Of Time and the River 1935
X. Xavier Herbert - Capricornia
Y. ♦️W.B. Yeats - The Wind Among the Reeds 1899
Z. ♦️Boris Zaytsev - Путешествие Глеба 1953

Lovely to see you Deb, Annette, Rosemarie, Kathy, and Vit! Yes I have leftovers too :D

Here's my template for this year!

Authors A-Z 2023 Challenge
1 Jan 23 - 31 Dec 23
10/26

Ambler - Ambler, Eric - The Light of Day - 1962
Buchan - Buchan, John - The Thirty Nine Steps - 1915
C
Ditlevsen - Ditlevsen, Tove - The Trouble with Happiness - 1963
E
Franklin - Benjamin Franklin - The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - 1791
G
Hašlek - Hašlek, Jaroslav - The Good Soldier Sveijk - 1923
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Malamud - Bernard Malamud - The Fixer - 1966
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Remarque - Remarque, Erich Maria - All Quiet on the Western Front - 1929
Stout - Stout, Rex - The Red Box - 1937
Tolstoy - Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace - 1869
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Wharton - Edith Wharton - The House of Mirth - 1905
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Authors A-Z 2023 Challenge
1/1/23 - 31/12/23
0/26

A - Alexander Pushkin - The Queen of Spades - Mar 08
B - Bram Stoker - Dracula Jan 11
C - Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express - jan 28
D - Philip K. Dick - Second Variety - Mar 02
E - Erich Maria Remarque - All Quiet on the Western Front - Mar 29
F - Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man - Mar 04
G - Nikolai Gogol - Petersburg Tales - Mar 10
H - Henryk Sienkiewicz With Fire and Sword - May 01
I - Isaac Asimov - The Naked Sun - May 30
J - Joseph Roth - The Radetzky March - Feb 18
K - Karel Čapek-R.U.R. - May 22
L - Mikhail Lermontov - A Hero of Our Time - Mar 20
M - Mikhail Bulgakov- Heart of a Dog - Apr 12
N - Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince - Aug 20
O
P - Alexander Pushkin - The Captain's Daughter - Feb 23
Q
R - Reginald Rose - Twelve Angry Men - Jan 26
S - Stanisław Lem - The Invincible - May 27
T - Leo Tolstoy - How Much Land Does a Man Need? - Jul 17
U
V - Vladimir Dedijer - Sarajevo 1914 - Mar 27
W - Shakespeare William - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Jun 04
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Authors A-Z 2023 Challenge
1/1/23 - 31/12/23
19/26

A Hans Christian Andersen "The Red Shoes" b(1845) 4* 6/7/2023
B John Buchan - The 39 Steps (1915) 2/19/2023 4*
C Wilkie Collins - The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice (1878) 1/15/2023 3*
D Daniel Defoe - A Journal of the Plague Year (1722) 2/12/2023 5*
E Joseph von Eichendorff - Life of a Good-for-nothing (1826) 4/26/2023 5*
F William Faulkner "The Bear" (1952) 4* 8/13/2023
G Elizabeth Gaskell - The Doom of the Griffiths (1858) 5/12/2023 5*
H Helene Hanff - 84, Charing Cross Road (1970) 4/9/2023 5*
I Yasushi Inoue - Life of a Counterfeiter (1949) 4/29/2023 4*
J Sarah Orne Jewett - The Town Poor (1890) 1/28/2023 5*
K Henry Kuttner "Two-handed Engine" by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore (1955) 3/31/2023 4*
L H.P. Lovecraft "The Outsider" (1926) 3* 3/25/2023
M Guy de Maupassant "The Apparition" (1883) 2/1/2023 3*
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P Beatrix Potter The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909) 3/18/2023 4*
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R Reginald Rose Twelve Angry Men (1957) 3* 7/11/2023
S John Steinbeck - The Moon Is Down (1942) 3/2/2023 4*
T Leo Tolstoy "How Much Land Does a Man Need" (1886) 4* 7/10/2023
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V Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) 12/29/2023 5*
W Edith Wharton - Summer (1917) 5/13/2023 4*
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Sorry it took so long, but everyone is linked to here. I love all the choices and see a lot of authors I'd like to read!


Langston Hughes


Toni Morrison

Authors A-Z 2023 Challenge Anyone that would like to twin read any of these books with me message me!
1/1/23 - 31/12/23
0/26

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B Pearl S. Buck The Good Earth Trilogy: The Good Earth, Sons, and A House Divided
C Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Don Quixote
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I Italo Calvino Italian Folktales
J Jacques Ellul Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes
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U Umberto EcoFoucault's Pendulum
V Vālmīki The Ramayana
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Hi hi Cosmic! I'm reading the Italian Folktales! I read just one so far, but they are very short. Thanks for offering read-a-longs ❤️

This is too tempting - I have to try the challenge!

🌸Authors A-Z 2023 Challenge🌸
1/1/23 - 31/12/23
26/26

🌸 A Jane Austen - Mansfield Park
🌸B Algernon Blackwood - The Occupant of the Room
🌸C John Dickson Carr - The Black Spectacles
🌸D Charles Dickens - The Chimes
🌸E Emily Brontë - Wuthering Heights
🌸F Theodor Fontane - Effie Briest
🌸G George MacDonald - At the Back of the North Wind
🌸H Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders
🌸I Michael Innes - Death at the President's Lodging
🌸J James Joyce - Dubliners
🌸 Kate Chopin - The Story of an Hour
🌸L Lewis Grassic Gibbon - Sunset Song
🌸M Alistair MacLean - Ice Station Zebra
🌸N Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Christmas Banquet
🌸O. O. Henry - The Gift of the Magi
🌸P Raymond W. Postgate - Verdict of Twelve
🌸Q Ellery Queen - The Roman Hat Mystery
🌸R Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings - The Sojourner
🌸S Stephen Crane - The Red Badge of Courage
🌸T Anthony Trollope - Barchester Towers
🌸U Ursula Bloom - Wonder Cruise
🌸V Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
🌸W Edith Wharton - The Glimpses of the Moon
🌸X Alexandre Dumas - The Black Tulip
🌸Y Fyodor Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment
🌸 Z Antal Szerb - Journey by Moonlight

Trisha that Ursula might do well at U if you need to change it later! Good to see you here! Szerb might wiggle in at the Z :D

Jazzy wrote: "Trisha that Ursula might do well at U if you need to change it later! Good to see you here! Szerb might wiggle in at the Z :D"

Thanks Jazzy - I should probably plan these challenges better!

You can change them as you go as well... just slot them in where it best suits xx

Authors A-Z 2023 Challenge
1/1/23 - 12/31/23
17/26

A- Arthur C. Clarke - Rendezvous with Rama
B- María Luisa Bombal- House of Mist: A Novel
C - Arthur C. Clarke - Dolphin Island
D - Roald Dahl - James and the Giant Peach
E - Elizabeth Coatsworth - The Cat Who Went to Heaven
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G-Kenneth Grahame - The Reluctant Dragon
H- Richard Hughes - A High Wind in Jamaica
I- Ian Fleming - Moonraker
J- Jacques Roumain -Masters of the Dew
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M- Walter M. Miller Jr. - A Canticle for Leibowitz
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O- Rolvaag Ole Edvart - Giants in the Earth
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Q - Raymond Queneau - Zazie in the Metro
R - Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea
S - S.E. Hinton - The Outsiders
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V- V.S. Naipaul - Miguel Street
W- H.G. Wells - The Time Machine
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Y- Genzaburo Yoshino - How Do You Live?
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Hi Jazzy! Can you add me to your Post 1 Links please?

oh yes Pam! xx

Sorted!

Finished my challenge, hope the rest of you are rolling right along x

You are amazing, Jazzy! Congratulations on completing another difficult challenge with months to spare.

Tr1sha wrote: "You are amazing, Jazzy! Congratulations on completing another difficult challenge with months to spare."

Thanks Tr1sha! but there are so many challenges and so little time! xx

I finished the challenge! It was fun.

Rosemarie wrote: "I finished the challenge! It was fun."

Congratulations, Rosemarie!

Congratulations everyone.

Congrats, Rosemarie!

Thank you!

I finished my final book yesterday. Fun challenge!

Congrats, Kathy!

Thank you, Rosemarie.

I finished! (message #15)

Congrats, Trisha!

A year is left behind… 
The task is fulfilled.
A. 1939 Mark Aldanov - The Fifth Seal
B. 1960 Michel Butor - Degrees
C. 1498 Francesco Colonna - The Strife of Love in a Dream
D. 1951 Heimito von Doderer - The Strudlhof Steps
E. 1922 E.R. Eddison - The Worm Ouroboros
F. 1950 William Faulkner - Collected Stories
G. 1963 Carlo Emilio Gadda - The Experience of Pain
H. 1892 Knut Hamsun - Mysteries
I. 1969 Jorge Ibargüengoitia - Kill the Lion!
J. 1914 James Joyce - Dubliners
K. 1936 Frigyes Karinthy - A Journey Round My Skull
L. 1962 Doris Lessing - The Golden Notebook
M. 1820 Charles Maturin - Melmoth the Wanderer
N. 1832 Charles Nodier - La fée aux miettes
O. 1949 John O'Hara - A Rage to Live
P. 1951 John Cowper Powys - Porius
Q. 1935 Horacio Quiroga - The Decapitated Chicken
R. 1961 Erich Maria Remarque - Heaven Has No Favorites
S. 1959 Nathalie Sarraute - The Planetarium
T. 1969 William Trevor - Mrs Eckdorf in O’Neill’s Hotel
U. 1922 Hermann Ungar - The Maimed
V. 1969 Jack Vance - Eight Fantasms and Magics
W. 1935 Thomas Wolfe - Of Time and the River
X. 1938 Xavier Herbert - Capricornia
Y. 1899 W.B. Yeats - The Wind Among the Reeds
Z. 1953 Boris Zaytsev - Путешествие Глеба

Congrats, Vit!

Thanks Rosemarie

After putting in the final authors I read 19/26 classic authors' works. This challenge is one that I always list, but rarely intentionally work to finish. Those X, Y, Z authors don't come naturally.

I hope everyone had fun who participated. Congratulations to everyone to completed the challenge.