"NEW-TO-ME" AUTHOR-BASED A ~ Z READS

WOO HOO!

I have completed my personal challenge of "New-to-Me" Author-Based A ~ Z Reads. I have read 26 new-to-me authors in the last three months and have several that I will be seeking out for seconds! Five books from this challenge made it to my BEST READS of 2006, which are indicated by the orange letter and bold title.

Collectively with my TITLE-BASED READS I have spent 6 months (and one week) with these personal challenges and really enjoyed the variety I encountered. I especially liked how both challenges stretched me in seeking genres that I normally wouldn't give the time of day. While there have been some definite "duds", there are many that I am so glad I read, even if they didn't make my BEST READS of 2006. I am very pleased with my accomplishment ("duds" included) and plan on doing another A ~ Z related challenge in the future.

My thanks, once again, go to Suziqoregon at Blogging My Books. She introduced me to the A ~ Z Reads and I adapted it to fit my personal desires. I appreciate Suzi sharing the idea because overall, it has been a great deal of fun...you should try it!

"A" ~ Abbott, Jeff ~ Panic

"B" ~ Burroughs, Augusten ~ Running with Scissors

"C" ~ Child, Lee ~ Killing Floor

"D" ~ DiCamillo, Kate ~ The Tale of Despereaux

"E" ~ Eugenides, Jeffrey ~ Middlesex

"F" ~ Franklin, Tom ~ Hell at the Breech

"G" ~ Guinn, Jeff ~ The Autobiography of Santa Claus

"H" ~ Hyland, M. J. ~ Carry Me Down

"I" ~ Ishiguro, Kazuo ~ Never Let Me Go

"J" ~ Jackson, Joshilyn ~ gods in Alabama

"K" ~ Kirino, Natsuo ~ Out

"L" ~ Laskas, Jeanne Marie ~ Fifty Acres and a Poodle

"M" ~ Montgomery, Sy ~ The Good Good Pig

"N" ~ Nabokov, Vladimir ~ Lolita

"O" ~ Otsuka, Julie ~ When the Emperor was Divine

"P" ~ Prose, Francine ~ Reading Like a Writer

"Q" ~ Quindlen, Anna ~ Being Perfect

"R" ~ Rash, Ron ~ One Foot in Eden

"S" ~ Schmoker, Michael ~ Results Now

"S" ~ Setterfield, Diane ~ The Thirteenth Tale

"T" ~ Tanner, Patricia Pomeroy ~ Mercy Triumphs

"U" ~ Updike, John ~ Rabbit, Run

"V" ~ Visman, Janni ~ Yellow

"W" ~ Walls, Jeannette ~ The Glass Castle

"X" ~ Xue ~ The Good Women of China

"Y" ~ Yarbrough, Steve ~ The End of California

"Z" ~ Zusak, Markus ~ The Book Thief

*Clicking on an author/title will link you to

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