Wheee! I'm telling you folks, once you start down that slippery slope of Reading Challenges, if you're not careful, you just keep picking them up and adding them on like a snowball rolling down a hill. That's right, you guessed it--I'm signing up for yet another: The A-Z Mystery Author Challenge sponsored by Michelle at Red Headed Book Child. I've missed the give-away, but that doesn't bother me...the challenge is the thing.
Here are the RULES:
*Challenge runs from January 1 -December 31, 2011. Sign up ends February 1, 2011.
*Read A-I, J-P or Q-Z. You choose. The letter group represents the last name of the author. (i.e. = S for John Sandford).
*Mystery genre can include Cozy, Suspense, Thriller or Noir. All Adult novels please.
*Leave a comment if you want to sign up.
*Write a post about the challenge and which group/s you pick. You can list the authors you choose or do it as you go.
I am officially signing up for letters A-I. Being the wild and crazy girl that I am, I will probably wind up doing the whole alphabet. Here's what I've got so far:
A: The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham (1/25/11)
B: A Flaw in the Blood by Stephanie Barron (1/30/11)
C: All Booked Up by Terrie Curran (2/5/11)
D: A Graveyard to Let by Carter Dickson (1/31/11)
E: Publish & Be Murdered by Ruth Dudley Edwards (1/19/11)
F: Flying Finish by Dick Francis (1/29/11)
G: The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green (2/8/11)
H: Why Shoot a Butler? by Georgette Heyer (2/2/11)
I: Death in the Garden by Elizabeth Ironside (2/4/11)
A-I Challenge Level Complete! (2/8/11)
A-I Challenge Level Complete! (2/8/11)
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Bonus:
J: Murder on Theatre Row by Micahel Jahn (12/24/11)
K: C. B. Greenfield: A Little Madness by Lucille Kallen (12/26/11)
L: Blood Upon the Snow by Hilda Lawrence (3/16/11)
M: Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh (2/28/11)
N: Death of an Englishman by Magdalen Nabb (9/25/11)
O: The Elberg Collection by Anthony Oliver (8/15/11)
P: The Caravaggio Books by Bernard Peterson (6/2/11)
Q: The New Adventures of Ellery Queen by Ellery Queen (4/15/11)
R: McKee of Centre Street by Helen Reilly (2/23/11)
S: Black Orchids by Rex Stout (1/21/11)
T: The Rim of the Pit by Hake Talbot (3/4/11)
U: An Author Bites the Dust by Arthur W. Upfield (4/27/11)
V: The Chinese Bell Murders by Robert Van Gulik (12/31/11)
W: The Blood Detective by Dan Waddell (9/8/11)
X: A Pair of Jade Frogs by Ye Xin (6/26/11)
Y: The Last Matryoshka by Joyce Yarrow (7/2/11)
Wowee! Look at you! What a fantastic list you have. Impressive! Thanks so much for signing up. I really look forward to reading your reviews. Some of those authors I have never heard of...HA! that's why I'm doing this challenge. To discover more !
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michelle
Have you read any of Ruth Dudley Edwards's Baroness Troutbeck books before? I was so excited when I saw it on your list - I love that series. I was just thinking the other day how much I'd like to read it again.
ReplyDelete@Michelle: A lot of these are older mysteries (which I adore).
ReplyDelete@Carol: I LOVE the Ruth Dudley Edwards books. I haven't read one in a while and just had to add her when I needed an "E."
*clearing throat noises*
ReplyDeleteYou seem to believe that just because I am in NYC for the weekend, I won't come back and pop you one for the *multiple* challenges you've joined. LOL.
Seriously, though, I'm glad you decided to give this one a go!
@Birdie: You missed your chance, girlie. I offered up the cheek and everything (admittedly after ducking, but still.)
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