This was harder than I thought it was going to be! I think the hardest letters to find are ‘X’, ‘V’, ‘Z’, and ‘N’. Yes, ‘N’ is very difficult for some reason. My ‘Z’ author was easy this year. I read The Book Thief early in the year. It looks like Joy is having an A-Z Title and Author challenge for 2008. I’m going to think about it again, but since I just completed one this year, I don’t know if I’ll be able to fit it in. I’d like to, but there are just so many books and so little time!
A. The Translator by Leila Aboulela Rating: 4
B. March by Geraldine Brooks Rating: 3.5
C. Heart of Darkness – Conrad Rating: 5
D. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - DiCamillo – Rating: 4.5
E. Peace Like a River – Enger – Rating: 4.5
F. Inkheart - Funke Rating: 4
G. Grendel – Gardner Rating: 2
H. The Bone People – Hulme Rating: 4
I. Never Let Me Go - Ishiguro Rating: 3
J. The Known World – Jones Rating: 4
K. Broken for You – Kallos Rating: 4
L. The Giver – Lowry Rating: 4.5
M. Atonement – McEwan – Rating: 3.5
N. Suite Française – Nemirovsky Rating: 4.5
O. The Black Pearl - O’Dell Rating: 4.5
P. My Sister’s Keeper – Picoult Rating: 4
Q. Ishmael - Quinn Rating: 3.5
R. Everyman - Roth Rating: 1
S. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan – See – Rating: 5
T. The Amateur Marriage by Ann Tyler Rating: 4
U. The Wreath – Undset Rating: 4.5
V. A Severe Mercy- Vanauken Rating: 4
W. The Color Purple - Walker Rating: 4
X. Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather – Xingjian Rating: 4
Y. Amos Fortune, Free Man – Yates Rating: 4
Z. The Book Thief – Zusak Rating: 5
“N” was surprisingly hard to find. I ended up with Sara Nelson’s So Many Books, So Little Time, and I had Nabokov in reserve, but that was a big book.
I never did read a U or Y. I thought Y would be easier to find.
I received my book in the mail…thanks again! I can’t wait to read it!
Congrats! The 2008 challenge has proven to be so much easier for me because I already have so many books lined up. Also for the difficult letters to fill, I am able to use children’s and young adult authors/titles that I didn’t even consider before. I think I only had to add 4 books. Not bad, especially when I wanted to read them anyway. Well, 3 of them.
I hope you’ll reconsider and join us.
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