Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Alphabet soup?

Seeing as that I'm slightly behind pace to reach the thirty book goal, (Darn you Brothers Karamazov!) I need a new challenge to boost enthusiasm. Thus the alphabet list. My new goal is to read a book for every letter of the alphabet. The rules are simple. A-Z, no author repeats, titles beginning with A or The will count for the second word. (The Kalevala = K) Numbers will count as they are spelled. (1984 = N) I may decide to throw X a curve ball and just choose a title that has the letter in it. So here's my list so far:

A: As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
B: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patherson
C: Cats Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
D:
E:
Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, but Nobody Wants to Die: Or The Eschatology of Bluegrass by David Crowder
F: Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby
G: Guliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
H:
I Am Legend by Matheson Richardson
I:
J:
K:
L:
M:
Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw
N: 1984 by George Orwell
O: Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
P:
Q:
R:
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
S: The Shack by William Young
T: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
U:
V:
W:
The Watchmen by Alan Moore
X:
Y:
The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michal Chabon
Z: Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...brains by Ryan Mecham

8 comments:

Ted Jones said...

"King Solomon's Mines"- H. Rider Haggard....It kicks as. Thats your "K" you're reading "King Solomon's Mines." I've made the decision for you

Kevin said...

Ted....did you just misspell ass?

Kevin said...

TIM, I don't think I could do your game....I can't not repeat certain authors...there material is just to good sometimes. Unless it is a race, if it is a race I may consider.

Tim said...

It's a race.

Kevin said...

Okay...but I won't read something to get the list done. For me if it happens it happens. Which means I will lose.

Ted Jones said...

I did misspell ass...whats it to ya

Kevin said...

You see Ted, if you misspell any other word it is okay, but when you are making a point to use a word like A$$ it just ruins it if you goof that one up.

Ted Jones said...

How's this coming?