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Julie's Choices
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Hi all here are my choices for this contest. I have six completed to date. Blog is here to read


Classics

1 – Catch 22- Joseph Heller
2 – Great Gatsby – Scott. F. Fitzgerald
3 – Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky
4 - Girl with a Pearl Earning- Tracey Chevaller
5 – Great Expectations – Charles Dickons
6 – The Waves – Virginia Woolf
7 – Utopia – Sir Thomas Moore
8 – Breakfast of Champions- Kurt Vonnegut

19th Century Women Writers

1 - Frankenstein – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
2 - Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
3 - Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë
4 - Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
5 – Manesfield Park – Jane Austen
6 – The Yellow Wallpaper and other writings – Charlotte Perkins Gilman
7 - Final Harvest –Emily Dickenson
8 – The Awakening – Kate Chopin

European Authors

1 - Anybody Out There Marian Keyes
2 – Always and Forever – Cathy Kelley
3 – Les Miserables – Victor Hugo
4 –Louise de la Valliere – Alexander Dumas
5- Watermelon - Marian Keyes
6- Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson
7-The Phantom of the Opera – Gaston Leroux
8- Emma- Jane Austen

Historical Fiction

1 – Thread of Grace – Mary Doria Russell
2 – Captian Corelli’s Mandolin – Loius de Bernieres
3 – The Book Thief
4 - The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
5 – Pillars of the Earth
6 – Outlander – Diana Gabaldon
7 – Ship Fever – Andrea Barrett (Overlap with Short Stories)
8- Shadow Patriots: A Novel of the Revolution – Lucia St. Clair Robinson

Authors with the first/last name beginning with the letter J

1 - Shades of Grey – Jessica James
2 – Catcher in the Rye J.D Salinger
3 – The Wheel of Time: Crown of Swords Robert Jordan
4 – Ulyssess – James Joyce
5 – Comfort Food – Kate Jacobs
6 – Vanishing Acts - Jodi Picoult
7 – Children of Men – P.D James
8 - The Children of Hurin – J.R.R Tolkien

Fantasy

1 - Elemental Magic- Shannon Shin
2 – The Outstretched Shadow- Mercedes Lackey
3 – Elvenborn –Andre Norton
4 – Mistborn –Brandon Sanderson
5 – Wizards First Rule –Terry Goodkind
6 – Chronicles of Narnia – C.S Lewis
7 – The Wishsong of Shannara – Terry Brooks
8 – Interview with a Vampire – Anne Rice

Short Stories/Novella Collections

1 – Runaway – Alice Munro
2 - Winter Moon – Mercedes Lackey
3 – Sunday Night Book Club
4 –Moons of Jupiter
5 – Collected Ghost Stories
6 – Dubliners – James Joyce
7 –Further Under the Duvet - Marian Keyes
8- Ship Fever Overlap with Historical Fiction)

Revisiting the Past (Re-Reads)

1 – Harry Potter 1 & Harry Potter 2
2 – Harry Potter 3 & Harry Potter 4
3 – Harry Potter 5 & 6
4 – Harry Potter 7
5 – The Hobbit
6 –LOTR – The Fellowship of the Ring
7 – LOTR – Two Towers
8 – LOTR – Return of the King

Posted by Jules at 8/12/2008 10:16:00 PM 0 comments  

Labels: 19th Century Women Writers, Classics, European Writers, Fantasy, Historical fiction, Letter J for first/las name, re-reads, short story collections

Tammy's picks
Sunday, August 3, 2008

Hi, I'm Tammy

Posted by Tammy at 8/03/2008 01:50:00 AM 0 comments  

Labels: Fantasy, Historical fiction, In a series, Non-fiction, romances, Sci-fi, short story collections, TV/movie

J.C. Montgomery's List
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Books which are overlaps are in bold.
Books I have already read and reviewed show as links back to my blog.

Women Authors

1. The Gathering by Anne Enright
2. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
3. The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
4. The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
5. Pilgrim At Tinker Creek by Anne Dillard
6. What The Dead Know by Laura Lippmann
7. Katherine by Anya Seton
8. The Shadow Catcher by Marianne Wiggins

From My TBR Shelf

1. The Declaration by Gemma Malley
2. The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
3. Kept by D.J. Taylor
4. Exit Ghost by Philip Roth
5. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
6. Brother Odd by Dean Koontz
7. Forever Odd by Dean Koontz
8. The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld

Short Story Collections

1. Classic Ghost Stories - Ed. by John Grafton
2. The Ebony Tower by John Fowles
3. Collected Stories by Katherine Anne Porter
4. Later, At The Bar by Rebecca Barry
5. Sunstroke: And Other Stories by Tessa Hadley
6. 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
7. Dubliners by James Joyce
8. Into The Dreamlands - Various

Fantasy/Dark Fantasy (a whole new genre for me!)

1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
2. Unquiet Dreams by Mark Del Franco
3. Unshapely Things by Mark Del Franco
4. Stardust by Neil Gaiman
5. Into The Dreamlands - Various
6. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
7. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
8. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

Award Winners

1. Independence Day by Richard Ford
2. The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
3. The Gathering by Anne Enright
4. A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
5. The Known World by Edward Jones
6. Beloved by Toni Morrison
7. Collected Stories by Katherine Anne Porter
8. The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Banned Books

1. The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
2. Pillars Of The Earth by Ken Follett
3. The House Of Spirits by Isabel Allende
4. Foxfire by Joyce Carol Oates
5. Beloved by Toni Morrison
6. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
7. Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
8. Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck

Books with 'Book' Theme

1. The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
2. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
3. City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moer
4. The Yellow-Lighted Bookstore by Lewis Buzbee
5. An Alphabetical Life by Wendy Werris
6. The Name Of The Rose by Umberto Eco
7. The Rule Of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason
8. The Archivist's Story by Travis Holland

Historical Fiction

1. Katherine by Anya Seton
2. The Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton
3. Pillars Of The Earth by Ken Follett
4. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
5. Snow Flower And The Secret Fan by Lisa See
6. March by Geraldine Brooks
7. Soul Catcher by Michael C. White
8. The Commoner by John Burnham Scwartz

Posted by J.C. Montgomery at 2/12/2008 02:13:00 PM 0 comments  

Labels: Award Winners, Banned Books, Books about Books, Fantasy, Historical fiction, J.C. Montgomery, short story collections, TBR stacks, Women Writers