 A - Z Author Challenge, Blatantly stealing an idea |
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 Strange Biller
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 Dec 8 2009, 08:45 AM
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 Second last to know anything around here Group: Shuttlequack  |
I saw this at goodreads and thought it might be fun for Brunchers who may want to play. It’s pretty simple, actually. Just read an author from every letter of the alphabet over the course of the next year, for example, Isaac Asimov, Charlotte Bronte, Joseph Campbell, etc. It doesn’t matter what order you read the books in as long as you hit all the letters of the alphabet in the next year.
Then periodically post in this thread to update your progress. Maybe people will post their lists so others can see what they have read (helps if you might be stuck for an author on a certain letter). Last year I was able to read more than a book a week for the whole year, so this year I wanted a different kind of challenge to encourage me to read authors I might not otherwise look at, so this seemed cool. Starts January 1, 2010 and I will bump this thread then if needed. Any takers? -------------------- All right, brain. You don't like me and I don't like you, but let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer. - HJS
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Hallam
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Dec 8 2009, 09:19 AM
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 the delicious taste of egg Group: Shuttlequack |
I like this idea!
-------------------- Fast and Bulbous!
brunchma is like a internet Christmas everyday!! - Sleepy McButterpants All marmalade tests you - mockney fauxteur and ludicrous bell-end Guy Ritchie |
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Slow Motion Walter
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Dec 8 2009, 10:23 AM
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 Aruban Solicitor General Taco Stein Group: Cereal Subunit |
I think this is a great idea and I'll give it a try, though I'm not really much on the follow thru with this sort of thing. Then again, if I just read from A-F that's still an improvement.
-------------------- Suit yourself, lady. I'm telling you right now, you made the rules, but you're playing with fire here. I've got some rules, too, and rule number one is, don't tease the panther.
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aliisyourfriend
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Dec 8 2009, 01:26 PM
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 Endearing, scattered genius Group: Cereal Subunit |
I'm game!
-------------------- I'm unsure whether to kiss Ali or punch her in the arm. - Roup
:: el-jay :: |
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Emlin Thanatos
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Dec 8 2009, 01:56 PM
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 Self-Made Addict Group: Bruncher |
My life will vary greatly from quarter to quarter of next year, but I will give this a shot. Sounds fun!
-------------------- Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction is limited to possibilities, truth is not. - Mark Twain
Bardic Oath of Truth: Whatever is, Is. Whatever was, Was. But anything that may be, may be anything... |
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Strange Biller
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Dec 8 2009, 03:30 PM
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First book: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I don't know if I am going to go through in order, but I'm starting with A.
-------------------- All right, brain. You don't like me and I don't like you, but let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer. - HJS
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Treasure
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Dec 8 2009, 03:45 PM
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 Threatens Barbie's masculinity Group: Cereal Subunit |
Sounds like a cool idea. I tend to forget to record things by halfway through the year (see this year's LJ book list for proof), and free time for reading is going to be a bit harder to come by after January, but I may give it a shot. X is the hard one, the easiest way to find an author is a Chinese author, and I find translated Chinese literature really quite slow reading.
-------------------- AND IF YOU EVER FORGET WHAT A COW SOUNDS LIKE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TAKE IT OUT AND TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN AND WHOA YOU REMEMBERED - Cat Town Returns
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hatgirlstargazer
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Dec 8 2009, 06:13 PM
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 hat-name pedant Group: Bruncher |
Sounds like fun. I wish I had more time to read these days.
-------------------- "In Space, nobody can hear you Cha-Cha-Cha" --Red Dwarf
"Hatgirlstargazer fools people into thinking she has a superpower related to hats and astronomy, whereas in fact she's just super strong and has the power to control people's minds at short distance, which is a pretty bog standard set of super powers. She is, though, a really natty dresser." --McDuff |
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MrBawn
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Dec 8 2009, 06:17 PM
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 MrSkybird Group: Bruncher |
I just want to know what you're all planning on doing for X.
-------------------- "I find it disturbing that mothers approved Kix without even testing it." --Lore
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JohnnyCanuck
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Dec 8 2009, 06:38 PM
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 Ace Dick Group: Cereal Subunit |
I'm in!
-------------------- <Esme> I just got home from Sam's.
<JohnnyCanuck> What's a Sam's? <Esme> It's like if Walmart fucked Costco. |
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Strange Biller
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Dec 8 2009, 07:13 PM
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By Any Means Necessary, by Malcom X. Alternately, Malcom X's autobiography with Alex Haley.
-------------------- All right, brain. You don't like me and I don't like you, but let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer. - HJS
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Laissez Faire
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Dec 8 2009, 11:57 PM
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 Takes it up the wazoo at the lights Group: Bruncher |
I'm game, and up for the challenge.
Gah... Austen... -------------------- |
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mr911
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Dec 9 2009, 03:21 AM
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 Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Subunit Group: Cereal Subunit |
Maybe Xuxa wrote a book?
-------------------- "They also make a Winchester load that fires ketchup from a shotgun at 900 miles per hour.
It is great for catching your lazy fries unawares." - Sleepy McButterpants |
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Angel Fish
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Dec 9 2009, 03:29 AM
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 a terrifying thing Group: Shuttlequack |
I managed about 20 novels so far this year, so this sounds like a more achievable goal than 50 in 2010 anyway.
(for X we may have to be generous about reading non-fiction or consider the mighty canon of Chinese writers, such as Qui Xiaolong) -------------------- Hemlock Martini: Boy, these chainsaws are hard to juggle. It's a good thing they're not OH JESUS GOD THE CHAINSAWS ARE BECOMING ON FIRE SOMEHOW
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Trumpton
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Dec 9 2009, 03:36 AM
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 I was bored of my title. Group: Cereal Subunit |
If you don't like Chinese Authors, there's always Gregorios Xenopoulos.
-------------------- You're only young once. After that you have to find other excuses for acting like an idiot.
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Strange Biller
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Dec 9 2009, 07:26 AM
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QUOTE (Angel Fish @ Dec 9 2009, 04:29 AM)  I managed about 20 novels so far this year, so this sounds like a more achievable goal than 50 in 2010 anyway. (for X we may have to be generous about reading non-fiction or consider the mighty canon of Chinese writers, such as Qui Xiaolong) Well, I don't think it has to be fiction, anyway, but that's just the way I am rolling. I like to play fast and loose with rules and since I made this game up (read: stole) I can play even faster and looser than usual. -------------------- All right, brain. You don't like me and I don't like you, but let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer. - HJS
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LumieXL
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Dec 9 2009, 01:03 PM
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 Lives to annoy Netflix Group: Bruncher |
I'm in, since I'm not able to focus on my reading right now I'm pretty sure my first two books of 2010 will cover H and A for me (Hunters of Dune and Sandworms of Dune, both by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. I'm counting Anderson for one and herbert for the other.)
-------------------- "While it is possible to turn off supernode functionality, instructions to do so are not included in Skype's documentation, and require a search on the Internets, which is a series of tubes, and not like a truck." -- Wil Wheaton
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Treasure
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Dec 9 2009, 01:53 PM
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Threatens Barbie's masculinity Group: Cereal Subunit |
One more question, do they have to be "new reads" - i.e. 26 books I've not read before, or can I throw in the odd re-read?
-------------------- AND IF YOU EVER FORGET WHAT A COW SOUNDS LIKE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TAKE IT OUT AND TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN AND WHOA YOU REMEMBERED - Cat Town Returns
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Strange Biller
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Dec 9 2009, 03:30 PM
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Second last to know anything around here Group: Shuttlequack |
Official Judge's Ruling: Re-reads are perfectly acceptable.
-------------------- All right, brain. You don't like me and I don't like you, but let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer. - HJS
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JohnnyCanuck
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Dec 9 2009, 06:44 PM
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Ace Dick Group: Cereal Subunit |
Does The Talisman count for K(ing) or S(traub)?
-------------------- <Esme> I just got home from Sam's.
<JohnnyCanuck> What's a Sam's? <Esme> It's like if Walmart fucked Costco. |
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mr911
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Dec 9 2009, 07:42 PM
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Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Subunit Group: Cereal Subunit |
I vote that in the case of multiple authors, the reader can pick one letter to assign it to.
-------------------- "They also make a Winchester load that fires ketchup from a shotgun at 900 miles per hour.
It is great for catching your lazy fries unawares." - Sleepy McButterpants |
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