A-Z Author Challenge

This is the official blog entry for the A-Z Author Challenge, to be updated each time a book is completed. We're going out of the order now, because it'll take a lot longer, due to books for school and stuff like that.  These will be updated as they are read. Once we complete it, a new blog post will be posted with all the books. 

Kat:

A - I, Robot - Isaac Asimov

B - The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories - Tim Burton 

C - Breakfast At Tiffany's - Truman Capote 

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E - American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis 

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J - Suite Scarlett - Maureen Johnson

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M - Atonement - Ian McEwan 

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O - Black Water - Joyce Carol Oates 

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S - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark; Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

T - A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole 

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Gemma:

A - The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom

B - Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie 

C - All American Girl: Ready Or Not - Meg Cabot 

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J - Suite Scarlett - Maureen Johnson 

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[Categorised] Reading & Writing.

The following list of goals are those goals on the list that relate to reading or writing. Looking through the list earlier, I noticed a fair few of them. Therefore, they have to have their own list.
Once again, clicking on the links below will take you to www.43things.com, a goal oriented site which is lots of fun, and part of the inspiration behind this blog.

Read 10 Classic Novels
write a song
write a book
Spend a whole day reading a great novel.
Write a will
write a love letter
join a book club
find a bookcrossing book
make a list of 5 people who have positively influenced me and write them all letters
write a letter to Santa and send it
learn how to write my name in japanese
read a manga
read a marvel comic book
Leave a letter in a library book for someone else to find
Leave a letter in a book at a bookstore for someone to buy
write a poem
listen to an audio book
read Shakespeare
write a play/screenplay and attempt to have it produced
Leave a good book somewhere public
Do the A-Z author challenge
Read a cheesy romance novel
Get someone to read and enjoy your favourite book
have a conversation with a popular published author
Sit in a coffee shop and read
Visit the largest library in the world.
Visit the world's largest bookstore
Attend a reading of a book by a favourite author
attend a poetry reading

Find the whole list here: Kat & Gem's "1001 things to do before you die"

Do The A-Z Author Challenge: Update Number 1

Now incase you don't actually know what the A-Z Author Challenge is, it involves reading 26 books, each by an author who's last name begins with a different letter of the alphabet.

Now progress currently looks like this:

Katrina -

A: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
B: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (Currently Reading, up to page 30)

Gemma -

A: The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom


Not exactly the most amazing amount of progress, but it's definitely a start. I'm going to go ask if Gemma's currently got her B book lined up, and if not I will throw something at her head. No, I won't throw something at her head, but I will make her organise her B book, because we've got to get this show on the road.

I'm going to ask now, if I'm reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte for this goal, does it also count towards the goal 'Read 10 Classics', or should a different selection of classics be read? There's an awful lot of classics, so it's not like I'm stuck for choice.

Post a comment or twitter me (katofawesome) to tell me your opinion on that matter. I don't want people to tell me I'm cheating here.

I will keep you updated as we finish books, rather than post heaps of videos about this. We will however post one at completion of this goal, because every goal must have an associated video. That's the idea.


- Kat