A-Z Bookworm Challenge

jwil

clodagh_trubble wrote: »

Good to see everyone carrying on with this, I'm really enjoying it and think I will carry on each year as it makes me pick varied authors. My list so far is:

A [STRIKE]Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Kate Atkinson[/STRIKE]
B [STRIKE]The 39 Steps - John Buchan[/STRIKE]
C [STRIKE]The Big Four - Agatha Christie[/STRIKE]
D The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexander Dumas
E Dracula in Love - Karen Essex
F [STRIKE]One Week in December - Sebastian Faulks[/STRIKE]
G Long Time Coming - Robert Goddard
H Spring - William Horwood
I The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
J Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K Jerome
K The Beginners Guide to Acting English - Shappi Khorsandi
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V
W
X
Y
Z

Have chosen some of my books and will add the rest as and when, have picked some that I feel I ought to have read, and others that are a treat to me.

Still reading The Count of Monet Cristo, when I picked it off the Big Read list I didn't know it's over 1100 pages long:rotfl:, and it took me a while to get into it but am quite enjoying it now, but will still take me a good week or more from now to finish.

I really enjoyed The Count of Monte Cristo, but yes it is very long!

ionahenor2

Hi all. Had major computer troubles and had to format my hard drive in the end....lost all my bookmarks too as OH forgot to save them!!!

Anyway have read a few books

A Ceclia Ahern Book of Tomorrow
B Robin Baker Primal
C Bryce Courtenay Fortune Cookie (ON ORDER FROM LIBRARY)
D
E Kate Elliot Cold Magic
F Ken Follet Fall of Giants ( ON ORDER FROM LIBRARY)
G Noah Gordon The last Jew
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J Jane Johnson The tenth Gift

lala1974

Hi everyone!

I'm pleased to see the thread rolling out so well. Lots of very organised lists showing up and I love seeing everyones choice of author too. You are giving me some ideas.

Welcome Keggie :wave:
As you can see, some of us have a full list to go at, some of us are reading in an order that fits, basically, do whatever suits!
I assume you have read Harry Potter? My DD is 11 and is currently reading Treasure Island on schools instruction. She read Wind in the Willows before that. It really brought back some memories of books I read as a child. Did anyone read the "What Katie Did" series. I mentioned it to my daughter and she immediately said that she knew it was currently showing on ITV2 :eek: She was referring to Katie Price. I quickly put a ban on that one!

ionahenor2 wrote: »

Hi all. Had major computer troubles and had to format my hard drive in the end....lost all my bookmarks too as OH forgot to save them!!!

Anyway have read a few books

A Ceclia Ahern Book of Tomorrow

:eek: Computer troubles! Did you fix it yourself? I wouldn't know where to start! How did you get on with Book of Tomorrow? I enjoyed it. I've never read a Ceclia Ahern before. I though it would sit nicely in the Teen section of the library but glad it didn't because I'd have missed out!

clodagh_trubble wrote: »

Good to see everyone carrying on with this, I'm really enjoying it and think I will carry on each year as it makes me pick varied authors.

D The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexander Dumas

Think I'll have to join you in continuing the challenge over again so that I can read the Count of Monte Cristo....think I'm missing a good one in this.

Ploughing through Greg Isles, really enjoying it when I manage to get my head around the technical medical talk involved!

Right, need to clean the house and entertain the kids. Feet up later with my book I hope.

Happy reading and have a terrific weekend folks.

Lala x

Buffythedebtslayer

I am still here, just not had a chance to read anything or make my list. I am also part of the 101 things a 1000 days

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2648105

and one of my challenges on that is to read the Telegraph's 100 books list so I will take some of my a-z from that.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/4248401/100-novels-everyone-should-read.html


I should read a Jane Austen, havent read any for years.

so sleepy

happy reading xx

lala1974

Hi Everyone!

Quick update to list
[STRIKE]
"A" Ahern, Celia - Book of Tomorrow
"B"Battison, Patti - Love to Death
"B" Brandreth, Giles - Oliver Wilde and the Ring of Death (back up book I couldn't put down!)
"C" Corbett, Judy - Envy
"D" Davis, Will - Dream Machine
"E" Elton, Ben - Pastmortem
"F" Ferris, Joshua - Then we came to an end
"G" Gerritsen, Tess - Girl Missing
"H" Hutson, Shaun - Unmarked graves
"I" Isles, Gregg - True Evil. Loving this book!![/STRIKE]
"J" Jackson, L. M. - A most dangerous woman

I like the Telegraph list Buffythedebtslayer, some of those books appeal to me. I tried to read the Lord of the Rings when I was younger but couldn't get into it. Perhaps I should try again when I get to my T author.

Happy reading all

Lala x

Swinstie73

I'm still on Jane Austen, really can't get into it but it does make me sleepy so that's good, ha!

lala1974

Aww Swinstie, give it up and move onto you B book if you're really struggling with JA. Life is too short to be ploughing through a book that you're not enjoying! I take my hat off to you for sticking with it this far! One mans something is another mans something else....(can't remember how it goes) :rotfl:

I've learnt to quit while I'm ahead on books that don't grip me and make me want to keep turning the page!

La x

jwil

lala1974 wrote: »

I've learnt to quit while I'm ahead on books that don't grip me and make me want to keep turning the page!

La x

I can't do this :rotfl: I HAVE to finish a book once I've started it. I always have hope that it might get better.

jwil

[STRIKE] A. Kate Atkinson - One Good Turn[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]B. Harry Bowling - That Summer in Eagle Street[/STRIKE]
C. Justin Cartwright - The Promise of Happiness
D. Will Davenport - The Painter
E. Charles Elton - Mr Toppit
F. Fannie Flagg - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe
G. George Gissing - The Odd Women
H. Joanne Harris - Holy Fools
I. Kazuo Ishiguro - A Pale View of Hills
[STRIKE]J. Erica James - The Holiday[/STRIKE]
K. Jonathan Kellerman - The Murder Book
[STRIKE]L. Carlo Levi - Christ Stopped at Eboli[/STRIKE]
M. Sandar Marai - Embers
N. Audrey Niffenegger - Her Fearful Symmetry
O. Denis O'Connor - Paw Tracks in the Moonlight
P. David Pownall - The White Cutter
Q. Raymond Queneau - Exercises in Style
R. Phillip Roth - The Human Stain
S. Marcus Sedgwick - The Book of Dead Days
T. Sue Townsend - Number 10
U. Alison Uttley - The Country Child
V. Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast of Champions
W. Jeanette Winterson - Sexing the Cherry
X. TBC
Y. Marguerite Yourcenar - Memoirs of Hadrian
[STRIKE]Z. Stefan Zweig - Amok and Other Stories[/STRIKE].

I didn't overly enjoy Christ Stopped at Eboli, so I've now started The Country Child which is a children's book, so should be nice and light.

Swinstie73

I need to finish a book as well, so I will plough through it - as I said it's getting me to sleep at night, ha!

Sister gave me the fourth Stephanie Meyer's book which is huuuuuuuuggeeeee and she said it's rubbish but I might need to read it anyway as read the others.