Inspired by “Thoughts of Joy”. No book overlaps both lists below.
My title A-Z List:
A. Angle of Repose - Stegner – Rating: 4
B. The Birds - Aristophanes Rating: 2.5
C. Coraline by Neil Gaiman Rating: 4.5
D. The Door in the Wall – de Angeli Rating: 4
E. The Echo Maker – Powers Rating: 4
F. Fahrenheit 451 - Bradbury Rating: 4.5
G. Gathering Blue - Lowry Rating: 4.5
H. The Handmaid’s Tale – Atwood Rating: 4.5
I. The Inheritance of Loss – Desai Rating: 3.5
J. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell – Clarke Rating: 4.5
K. The Kite Runner – Hosseini Rating: 4
L. The Little Prince - Saint-Exupery Rating: 4.5
M. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter – Edwards Rating: 4.5
N. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – Smith – Rating: 4.5
O. O Pioneers! – Willa Cather Rating: 4
P. The Princess and the Goblin – MacDonald Rating: 4.5
Q. Queen of the Tambourine – Jane Gardam Rating: 3.5
R. The Road- McCarthy Rating: 4.5
S. Silas Marner – Eliot – Rating: 4.5
T. To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee – Rating: 5
U. The Uncommon Reader – Bennett Rating: 4
V. Veronika Decides to Die – Coelho Rating: 4.5
W. The Woman in White - Collins Rating: 4.5
X. The Xanadu Adventure – Alexander Rating: 3.5
Y. Year of Wonders – Brooks Rating: 4
Z. Zia – O’Dell Rating: 4
And my author A-Z List:
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 Francaise – Nemirovsky
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
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January 7, 2008 at 8:39 pm
[...] was successful in this as a personal challenge last year, getting 52 unique books for titles and authors, so I hesitated in doing it again in 2008. How [...]
December 31, 2008 at 12:04 pm
[...] some reviews, but I finally finished this challenge with the completion of Zenzele. I was also successful in this as a personal challenge in 2007, so I’m not sure if I’ll do it again in 2009. I might actually attempt it one more [...]