Becky is hosting the A to Z Challenge; click on the link to read all the details and various options. I think this one will fill in with many of the books I plan to read anyway, although the geographic portion will be a true challenge. Around mid-year I’ll start to select books to specifically fill in holes in my list.
I’m taking Option C for 52 books (both A-Z authors and A-Z titles), plus option D for 26 (this is the real challenge for me, books representing 26 different countries). We’ll see how it plays out …
This is my list of A-Z authors, with links to my reviews:
- A
- B – A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father by Augusten Burroughs
- C – Breathing Out the Ghost by Kirk Curnutt
- D – Requiem, Mass. by John Dufresne
- E – The Painter from Shanghai by Jennifer Cody Epstein
- F – The Man’s Book by Thomas Fink
- G – Blog Blazers by Stephane Grenier
- H - The World in Half by Cristina Henriquez
- I
- J
- K – The Red Leather Diary by Lily Koppel
- L – Best Intentions by Emily Listfield
- M – Family Planning by Karan Mahajan
- N – Things I Want My Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Noble
- O – The Random House Book of Bible Stories retold by Mary Pope Osborne
- P – Tomato Girl by Jayne Pupek
- Q – Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey
- R – The End of the Alphabet by C. S. Richardson
- S – Testimony by Anita Shreve
- T – Free to Be … You and Me by Marlo Thomas and Friends
- U – Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wreath by Sigrid Undset
- V – The Game On! Diet by Krista Vernoff and Az Ferguson
- W – Fodor’s Walt Disney World with Kids 2009 by Kim Wright Wiley
- X
- Y – The Shack by William Paul Young
- Z
This is my list of A-Z titles, with links to my reviews:
- A – America’s White Table by Margot Theis Raven
- B – The Brightest Moon of the Century by Christopher Meeks
- C – The Crypto-Capers: The Case of the Missing Sock by Renee Hand
- D – Drawers & Booths by Ara 13
- E – Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy
- F – Fodor’s New York City 2009
- G – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- H – How Not to Look Old by Charla Krupp
- I – It’s Beginning to Hurt by James Lasdun
- J – J is for Jack-O’-Lantern: A Halloween Alphabet by Denise Brennan-Nelson
- K – Kids’ Kitchen by Fiona Bird
- L – Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel
- M – The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan
- N – Ned’s New Home by Kevin Tseng
- O – Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
- P – People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
- Q
- R – Resistance by Anita Shreve
- S – ShapeShifter: The Demo Tapes, Year 1 by Susan Helene Gottfried
- T – To The World of Men, Welcome by Nuala Ni Chonchuir
- U – The Usborne Book of Science Activities, Volume One
- V – The Vigorous Mind by Ingrid E. Cummings
- W – Writing Romance by Vanessa Grant
- X
- Y
- Z
This is my list of A-Z countries, with links to my reviews:
- A – Australia – Unpolished Gem: My Mother, My Grandmother, and Me by Alice Pung
- B – Bosnia – People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
- C – Canada – Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (author was born there)
- D
- E – England – The End of the Alphabet by C.S. Richardson
- F – France – Lopsided by Meredith Norton (author was living in Paris at beginning of book; husband is French)
- G – Ghana – Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey
- H – Hungary – Vera and the Ambassador by Vera and Donald Blinken
- I – India – Family Planning by Karan Mahajan
- J – Japan – The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (central character Ozu is Japanese)
- K – Korea – Everything Asian by Sung J. Woo (novel is Korean immigrant family’s first year in America)
- L – Lithuania – The Puzzle King by Betsy Carter (main character left family behind when he emigrated to US)
- M
- N – Norway – Kristin Lavransdatter: The Wreath by Sigrid Undset
- O
- P – Panama -The World in Half by Cristina Henriquez
- Q
- R
- S – Sweden - Benny & Shrimp by Katarina Mazetti
- T
- U – United States – Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
- V – Vietnam – America’s White Table by Margot Theis Raven
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
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