Anything Goes discussion

this is like the book challenge but you will have to with the first letter of the author's surname.

does anyone want to take part in this challenge??

This is tougher than the Book A-Z challenge, but I'll give it a go if I can use some of the authors in that other challenge! I see I'm going to have to find a copy of Xenophon's Anabasis!
(*These are ones I've read this year so far. ** And these are ones I've read up to June 11th.)
*** These since midsummer.

A- Asimov, Isaac (Forward the Foundation)**
B- Bye, Clayton (The Sorcerer's Key)***
C- Cox, Brian (The Wonders of the Universe)
D- Dickens, Charles (Great Expectations)*
E-
F- Fritze, Ronald H. (Invented Knowledge)*
G- Gaiman, Neil (Neverwhere)**
H- [Highsmith, Patricia] (The Talented Mr Ripley)***
I-
J- Jones, Diana Wynne (Mixed Magics)***
K-
L- Le Guin, Ursula K. (Orsinian Tales)**
M- Morris, Jan (Hav)*
N- Nesbit, E. (The Phoenix and the Carpet)
O- O'Brien, Robert (Z for Zachariah)***
P- Pretor-Pinney, Gavin (The Cloudspotter's Guide)
Q-
R- Reeve, Philip (No Such Thing As Dragons)*
S- Stevenson, Robert (Treasure Island)*
T-
U- Tatar, Maria (The Classic Fairy Tales)
V-
W-
X-
Y-
Z-

I'll have a go at this, but I've decided that I want to read more classics, so I am going to try to read classic authors who I've wanted to get around to but haven't. I'm not planning to complete this in 2012 though! I might miss out U and Y because at the moment I haven't thought of any suitable authors for those letters. Any ideas (surname or first name)?

Edited 24/10/12 - finished 1 of 26 (and found authors for "U" and "X")

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H - James Hogg: The Private Memoirs and confessions of a justified sinner (will add link when Goodreads lets me)
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Here are a few that should now be listed as classics:

When Mermaids Sing
Zvonkovic, Zvonkovic Mark

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Non-Fiction
Zinsser, William Knowlton

Neverness
Zindell, David

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Zindel, Paul

Damnation Alley
Zelazny, Roger

Roadmarks
Zelazny, Roger

The Man of Shadows
Zapata, Angel

Revolutionary Road
Yates, Richard

Puff, the Magic Dragon
Yarrow, Peter

The Gettysburg Approach to Writing & Speaking Like a Professional
Yaffe, Philip A.

Clayton wrote: "Here are a few that should now be listed as classics:

When Mermaids Sing
Zvonkovic, Zvonkovic Mark

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Non-Fiction
Zinsser, William Knowlton

Nevernes..."

Thanks for this. Richard Yates is definitely going to be my "Y" author, but that doesn't mean I won't read the others on your list too.

Hmm, Ys...

Frances Yates is a non-fiction author I read a couple of years ago (The Art of Memory and The Rosicrucian Enlightenment, but they're quire heavy historical studies so I'm not sure I'm ready to revisit them yet!

W B Yeats also springs to mind: I've an old hardback of his somewhere around, but can't remember if it's poetry or drama, it's that long ago (and obviously barely made an impression!). I've too much else to read now in the light fiction department, so that's going to stay on the shelf.

Okay, I'll give it a go. These are what I've read in 2012.

A - Atherton, Nancy - Aunt Dimity's Death (An Aunt Dimity Mystery #1)
B - Brontë, Charlotte - Jane Eyre
C - Christie, Agatha - The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
D - Donoghue, Emma - Room
E - Evanovich, Janet - One for the money
F - Fielding, Helen - Bridget Jones' Diary (Bridget Jones #1)
G - Golden, Arthur - Memoirs of a Geisha
H - Harris, Charlaine -Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
I - Indrison, Arnulder - Jar City aka Tainted Blood
J - Jacobs, Kate - Comfort Food
K - King, Stephen - The Stand
L - Lore, Pittacus - I am number 4
M - Meadows, Jodi - Incarnate (Newsoul, #1)
N - Norton, Mary - The Borrowers (The Borrowers, #1)
O - O'Malley, Daniel - The Rook
P - Price, Lissa - Starters (Starters, #1)
Q - Quick, Amanda - Affair
R - Reichs, Kathy - Virals (Virals #1)
S - Sebold, Alice - The Lovely Bones
T - Thorn, J. - The Seventh Seal
U - Unger, Lisa - Beautiful Lies
V -Vaughn, Carrie - Kitty and the midnight hour
W - Watson, S.J. - Before I Go To Sleep
X - Xiran - China Witness
Y - Yancey, Rick - The extraordinary adeventures of Alfred Kropp
Z - Zane, Cora - My zombie ex-boyfriend

I've finished!!! Yipee!!

I'm in, and just to make it more of a challenge for myself it has to be a completely different list from the a to z book challenge, no overlapping books but there are two overlapping authors.

A - Anderson,Mark - Shakespeare by Another Name: The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the Man Who WasShakespeare
B - Birkegaard,Mikkel - Death Sentence
C - Canavan,Trudi - The Rogue
D - Dawkins,Richard - The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True - finished 15/06/12
E - Eco,Umberto - The Prague Cemetery - finished 16/06/12
F - Ferraris,Zoe - Finding Nouf
G - Gardner,Laurence - Bloodline of the Holy Grail: The Hidden Lineage of Jesus Revealed
H - Hannah,Sophie - Little Face
I - Indridason,Arnaldur - Outrage
J - Junstedt,Mari - Unknown - finished 06/07/12
K - Kepler,Lars - The Hypnotist
L - Leon,Donna - A Venetian Reckoning - finished 07/07/12
M - Miller,A.D. - Snowdrops
N - Nesser,Hakan - Borkmann's Point - finished 06/07/12
O - O'Shea,Stephen - The Perfect Heresy
P - Preston,Douglas - Ice Limit: La Barriere de Glace
Q - Quinn,Sherill - Dragonfire
R - Rollins,James - The Devil Colony: A Sigma Force Novel
S - Summerscale,Kate - Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady 19/06/12
T - Tallis,Frank - Mortal Mischief
U - Updike,John - The Witches of Eastwick
V - Vargas,Fred - The Chalk Circle Man
W - Walker,Peter - The Courier's Tale
X - Xenophon - Anabasis
Y - Young,Robyn - Brethren: An Epic Adventure of the Knights Templar
Z - Zafon,Carlos Ruiz - The Prince of Mist

Karen wrote: "I'm in, and just to make it more of a challenge for myself it has to be a completely different list from the a to z book challenge, no overlapping books but there are two overlapping authors ..."

Impressive! A fair range of genres, too.

I'm in! I'm going to try and get this done, but I've been getting such bad migraines lately that reading isn't as easy as it once was... most of this year I've spent in the hospital, so I have only read I think maybe one book since January...?

A-
B-
C-
D-
E-
F-
G-
H-
I-
J-
K-
L-
M-
N-
O-
P- Married With Zombies by Jesse Petersen
Q-
R-
S-
T-
U-
V-
W-
X-
Y-
Z-

Because I am unable to keep out of the library I'm making some changes to my list.


A - Arnott,Paul - Let Me Eat Cake - finished 14/07/12
B - Buchan,James - Crowded with Genius: The Scottish Enlightenment: Edinburgh's Moment of the Mind - finished 16/07/12
C - Canavan,Trudi - The Rogue
D - Dawkins,Richard - The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True - finished 15/06/12
E - Eco,Umberto - The Prague Cemetery - finished 16/06/12
F - Faye,Lyndsay - The Gods of Gotham - finished 20/09/12
G - Gardner,Laurence - Bloodline of the Holy Grail: The Hidden Lineage of Jesus Revealed
H - Holland,Tom - In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire - finished 03/09/12
I - Indridason,Arnaldur - Outrage - finished 21/08/12
J - Junstedt,Mari - Unknown - finished 06/07/12
K - Kepler,Lars - The Hypnotist
L - Leon,Donna - A Venetian Reckoning - finished 07/07/12
M - Moffat,Alistair - The Scots: A Genetic Journey - finished 19/07/12
N - Nesser,Hakan - Borkmann's Point - finished 06/07/12
O - O'Shea,Stephen - The Perfect Heresy
P - Preston,Douglas - Ice Limit: La Barriere de Glace
Q - Quinn,Sherill - Dragonfire
R - Rankin,Nicholas - Ian Fleming's Commandos: The Story of the Legendary 30 Assault Unit- finished 17/07/12
S - Summerscale,Kate - Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady - finished 19/06/12
T - Tallis,Frank - Mortal Mischief
U - Unger, Harlow Giles - American Tempest - finished 27/09/12
V - Vargas,Fred - The Chalk Circle Man - finished 01/08/12
W - Walker,Peter - The Courier's Tale
X - Xenophon - Anabasis
Y - Young,Robyn - Brethren: An Epic Adventure of the Knights Templar - finished 16/08/12
Z - Zafon,Carlos Ruiz - The Prince of Mist - finished 04/09/12

Ooh, I'd forgotten Carlos Ruiz Zafon was a Z, so I can add that one! And I must get hold of a copy of Xenophon. I was supposed to have studied it for Classical Greek O-level (a precursor of GCSE exams in the UK for 16-year-olds) but I was not a very good student and failed the exam. I'm more likely to go for a good translation now...

This is tougher than the Book A-Z challenge, but I'll give it a go if I can use some of the authors in that other challenge! I see I'm going to have to find a copy of Xenophon's Anabasis!
(*These are ones I've read this year so far. **And these are ones I've read up to June 11th.
***Since June 11th)

A- Asimov, Isaac (Forward the Foundation)**
B- Bye, Clayton (The Sorcerer's Key)***
C- Calvino, Italo (Invisible Cities)***
D- Dickens, Charles (Great Expectations)*
E-
F- Fritze, Ronald H. (Invented Knowledge)*
G- Gaiman, Neil (Neverwhere)**
H- Hoffman, Mary (City of Stars)***
I-
J- Jones, Diana Wynne (Reflections)***
K-
L- Le Guin, Ursula K. (Orsinian Tales)**
M- Morris, Jan (Hav)*
N- Nesbit, E. (The Phoenix and the Carpet)
O- O'Brien, Robert (Z for Zachariah)***
P- Philbrick, Nathaniel (In the Heart of the Sea)***
Q-
R- Reeve, Philip (No Such Thing As Dragons)*
S- Stevenson, Robert (Treasure Island)*
T- Thubron, Colin (To a Mountain in Tibet)***
U-
V-
W- Wood, Juliette (Eternal Chalice)
X-
Y-
Z- Zafon, Carlos Ruiz

Carol wrote: "Okay, I'll give it a go. These are what I've read in 2012.

A - Atherton, Nancy - Aunt Dimity's Death (An Aunt Dimity Mystery #1)
B - Brontë, Charlotte - Jane Eyre
C - Christie, Agatha - The Myst..."

Just noted that you've finished, so ditto your yippee!

Disappointed not to have got anywhere near completing this: blame authors who choose to have surnames beginning with letters in a limited range. Might just continue this Challenge into 2013!