Do the A-Z author challenge

A: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
B: The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
C: The Stranger by Albert Camus
D: Sinner by Sara Douglass
E: Silence by Shusaku Endo
F: Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
G: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
H: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
I: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
J: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
K: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
L: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
M: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
N: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
O: Starbook by Ben Okri
P: The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
Q: Mistress of Rome by Julia Quinn
R: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
S: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
T: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
U: Morality Play by Barry Unsworth
V: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
W: The Once and Future King by T.H. White
X: Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian
Y: Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Z: The Book Thief by Mark Zusak

Finally finished the final book! When I started this goal I limited myself with two rules:
1. I had to choose authors I had never read before
2. I had to go in alphabetical order.
Going in order made it much more difficult, but I read enough books that going out of order would have made the challenge a little pointless. Anyway, the best of the bunch (in no particular order): The Book Thief
The Blind Assassin
The Joy Luck Club
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Once and Future King

The worst: Starbook
Morality Play

Overall, more good books than bad ones. I loved this challenge! I might do another one with book titles. I read so many authors that I now want to read more from! :)

A: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
B: The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
C: The Stranger by Albert Camus
D: Sinner by Sara Douglass
E: Silence by Shusaku Endo
F: Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
G: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
H: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
I: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
J: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
K: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
L: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
M: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
N: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
O: Starbook by Ben Okri
P: The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
Q: Mistress of Rome by Julia Quinn
R: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
S: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
T: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
U: Morality Play by Barry Unsworth
V: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
W: The Once and Future King by T.H. White

X: Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian
Y: Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

Soul Mountain was an interesting read. I read a review that described it as “a textual landscape”—and that’s exactly what I thought it was. Too bad I don’t appreciate landscapes as much as I should =P. It took me a while to get through, and I doubt I’d ever be able to read it again.
Kitchen was really pretty- a story about dealing with loss. Loved it.

Onto the last book!! Z!! WOoo!!!

A: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
B: The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
C: The Stranger by Albert Camus
D: Sinner by Sara Douglass
E: Silence by Shusaku Endo
F: Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
G: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
H: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
I: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
J: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
K: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
L: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
M: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
N: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
O: Starbook by Ben Okri
P: The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
Q: Mistress of Rome by Julia Quinn
R: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
S: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
T: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
U: Morality Play by Barry Unsworth
V: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
W: The Once and Future King by T.H. White

5 Stars. I absolutely loved it. Only 3 books till I’m finished with this goal!!

A: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
B: The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
C: The Stranger by Albert Camus
D: Sinner by Sara Douglass
E: Silence by Shusaku Endo
F: Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
G: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
H: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
I: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
J: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
K: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
L: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
M: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
N: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
O: Starbook by Ben Okri
P: The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
Q: Mistress of Rome by Julia Quinn
R: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
S: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
T: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
U: Morality Play by Barry Unsworth
V: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

This book was as good as I thouht it would be. Definitely gonna read more Vonnegut!

A: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
B: The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
C: The Stranger by Albert Camus
D: Sinner by Sara Douglass
E: Silence by Shusaku Endo
F: Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
G: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
H: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
I: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
J: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
K: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
L: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
M: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
N: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
O: Starbook by Ben Okri
P: The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
Q: Mistress of Rome by Julia Quinn
R: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
S: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
T: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
U: Morality Play by Barry Unsworth

One of my least favorites so far. I didn’t want to read Updike, mostly cause he was half of what I found with the U authors. This book got high reviews on Amazon and sounded interesting, but I couldn’t really get into it and was really bored by the time I finished. =(

A: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
B: The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
C: The Stranger by Albert Camus
D: Sinner by Sara Douglass
E: Silence by Shusaku Endo
F: Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
G: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
H: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
I: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
J: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
K: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
L: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
M: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
N: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
O: Starbook by Ben Okri
P: The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
Q: Mistress of Rome by Julia Quinn
R: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
S: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
T: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

A favorite from this list next to The Blind Assassin by Atwood.

A: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
B: The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
C: The Stranger by Albert Camus
D: Sinner by Sara Douglass
E: Silence by Shusaku Endo
F: Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
G: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
H: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
I: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
J: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
K: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
L: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
M: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
N: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
O: Starbook by Ben Okri
P: The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
Q: Mistress of Rome by Julia Quinn
R: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
S: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

I had so many books by an S author that I wanted to read—but Sanderson’s my boyfriend’s favorite author so I decided to give it a try. The story is a bit too stereotypical cheesy fantasy so I wasn’t a big fan, but I’d probably give Sanderson another go. Trying to decide if I wanna read another S right now or go to T…

A: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
B: The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
C: The Stranger by Albert Camus
D: Sinner by Sara Douglass
E: Silence by Shusaku Endo
F: Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
G: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
H: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
I: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
J: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
K: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
L: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
M: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
N: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
O: Starbook by Ben Okri
P: The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
Q: Mistress of Rome by Julia Quinn
R: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

<3 the pictures in this book! Not as scary as the pics would make it seem, and the ending was terrible. Still... good read!

A: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
B: The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
C: The Stranger by Albert Camus
D: Sinner by Sara Douglass
E: Silence by Shusaku Endo
F: Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
G: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
H: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
I: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
J: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
K: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
L: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
M: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
N: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
O: Starbook by Ben Okri
P: The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
Q: Mistress of Rome by Julia Quinn

I thought I was going to HATE this book- after all, all the Q authors I could find were romance novels and I don’t read romance novels often. Yet, I really loved this book—this book is another reason for why I am so happy to be doing this challenge!

A: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
B: The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
C: The Stranger by Albert Camus
D: Sinner by Sara Douglass
E: Silence by Shusaku Endo
F: Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
G: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
H: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
I: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
J: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
K: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
L: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
M: Wicked by Gregory Maguire
N: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
O: Starbook by Ben Okri
P: The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl

Originally was gonna read a Palahniuk book for P, but found the Pearl book more interesting.
Anybody else have any trouble with Q? All the Q books I’ve found are romance novels…