A-to-Z Reading Challenge

Dates: January 1st through December 31st, 2008

Host: Joy

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The Challenge (put simply): For each letter of the alphabet, read a book whose title starts with the letter and a book by an author whose last name begins with the letter. Total of 52 books.

My list (to be filled in as I go):

TITLES:

A-Adoration of Jenna Fox, The (Mary E. Pearson)

B-Bat-Poet, The (Randall Jarrell)

C-The Cobra Event (Richard Preston)

D-Death: The High Cost of Living (Neil Gaiman)

E-Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)

F-The Field Guide (Holly Black)

G-The Goose Girl (Shannon Hale)

H-Horns & Wrinkles (Joseph Helgerson)

I-I Was a Rat (Philip Pullman)

J-

K-

L-Life As We Knew It (Susan Beth Pfeffer)

M-

N-Notes from a Small Island (Bill Bryson)

O-

P-Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)

Q-Quickie, The (James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge)

R-Rose and the Beast, The (Francesca Lia Block)

S-The Stainless Steel Rat (Harry Harrison)

T-The Translator (Daoud Hari)

U-

V-

W-The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)

X-

Y-

Z-

AUTHOR:

A-Asher, Jay (Th1rteen R3asons Why)

B-Bradbury, Ray (Fahrenheit 451)

C-Cooper, Helene (The House at Sugar Beach)

D-Dahl, Roald (The Witches)

E-Edwards, Ali (Life Artist)

F-

G-Gaiman, Neil (The Graveyard Book)

H-Hale, Shannon (Enna Burning)

I-

J-

K-King, Stephen (The Stand)

L-Lowry, Lois (The Giver)

M-Madeley, John and Miles Litvinoff (50 Reasons to Buy Fair Trade)

N-

O-O'Brien, Robert C. (Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH)

P-Patterson, James (Double Cross)

Q-

R-

S-Stoker, Bram (Dracula)

T-Talbot, Bryan (Alice in Sunderland)

U-

V-

W-Wilson, N.D. (100 Cupboards)

X-Xinran (Sky Burial)

Y-

Z-