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30.2 -- Cheryl TX’s task -- Alphabetically Speaking
For this task you will need to read two books.
Book A. Read a book by an author who has two initials that are consecutive from A to Z. You must use the author's name as it appears on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. Examples: Ann Beattie -- consecutive initials AB, Lynn Morris -- consecutive initials LM, Linda Lael Miller -- consecutive initials LM, J.K. Rowling -- consecutive initials JK, Melissa Fay Greene -- consecutive initials FG.

Book B. Read a book by an author who has two initials that are consecutive from Z to A. You must use the author's name as it appears on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. Examples: Norman Mailer -- consecutive initials NM, Lisa Kleypas -- consecutive initials LK, Perri O'Shaughnessy -- consecutive initials PO, Laurell K. Hamilton -- consecutive initials LK, H.G. Wells -- consecutive initials HG, T.C. Boyle -- consecutive initials CB

NOTE: The alphabet wraps, so an author whose initials are ZA will work for Book A and an author whose initials are AZ will work for Book B. Authors with initials that are not consecutive will not work. Example: E.L. Doctorow -- initials ELD, will not work.

Approved authors:

If one of the authors of a co-authored book fits the task, the book will work. Ex. The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon would work for Book B.

Authors that will NOT work:

Melissa de la Cruz -- initials MDLC will not work

just double checking for my sanity:

A - Z. A. Maxfield

B - B. A. Tortuga

I'm thinking of a book co-authored by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey. Can that one squeeze in here for part B since one of the authors fits, or do I need to fit in a single-author book here?

Petty Magic: Being the Memoirs and Confessions of Miss Evelyn Harbinger, Temptress and Troublemaker, written by Camille Deangelis would fit this task and you can enter to win a free copy from

Somebody sent me a link to that site a couple months ago and I won both the drawings I've entered. Since it is run by a publisher, there are usually a lot more copies up for grabs than the firstreads contests done on GR. Pretty fun.

Also want to add that when you sign up they ask for your email address but they only emails I have received from them have been notifications that they have more books to give away. Um, yes please! :)

Some authors from my TBR shelf

A-Z
Alessandro Baricco, Aphra Behn, Arnold Bennett, Andre Breton, Anthony Burgess, Bruce Chatwin, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, David Ebershoff, Elena Ferrante, Esther Freud, Gert Hofmann, Kate Lauren, James Kelman, Jack Kerouac, John Knowles, Jon Krakauer, Jaan Kross, Luis Martin-Santos, Lisa McMann, Lorrie Moore, Orhan Pamuk, Octavio Paz, Rebecca Skloot, Shashi Tharoor, Hunter S. Thompson, Virginia Woolf, Yevgeny Zamyatin

Z-A
Bernardo Atxaga, Chris Bohjalian, T.C. Boyle, Charlotte Bronte, J.G. Farrell, Gustave Flaubert, Gayle Forman, Henry Green, John Irving, A.L. Kennedy, Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Margaret Laurence, Mikhail Lermontov, Malcolm Lowry, Naguib Mahfouz, Nancy Mitford, Raymond Queneau, Samuel Richardson, Salman Rushdie, Tayeb Salih, Uwe Timm, Arnold Zweig

Would Melissa Da La Cruz work for Z to A?

Delicious Dee Challenge Addict wrote: "just double checking for my sanity:

A - Z. A. Maxfield

B - B. A. Tortuga"

Yes Dee Those will work just fine

Stacey wrote: "I'm thinking of a book co-authored by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey. Can that one squeeze in here for part B since one of the authors fits, or do I need to fit in a single-auth..."

I believe that co-author's names can be used without having to use both authors

Jennifer N. wrote: "Some authors from my TBR shelf

A-Z
Alessandro Baricco, Aphra Behn, Arnold Bennett, Andre Breton, Anthony Burgess, [autho..."

Thank you very much Jennifer

Inez wrote: "Would Melissa Da La Cruz work for Z to A?"

I'm Sorry Inez but the names have to be consecutive. The de la in the middle throws this one out.

a few others that I found while looking:

Ally Blue - romance
Bryce courtenay - historical fiction

Also-

Ann Brashares
Bella Andre

Earlene Fowler also works

Here's a few more for Book A:

Anthony Bourdain, John Kennedy Toole, Rory Stewart, Rafael Sabatini, D.B.C. Pierre, Federico García Lorca, Amy Bloom, Alan Bradley, Augusten Burroughs, Alan Brennert, Anne Bronte, Olive Ann Burns, Breena Clarke, Brock Clarke, Bryce Courtenay, Dave Eggers, Elizabeth Flock, Viktor Emil Frankl, Henrik Ibsen, Janice Y.K. Lee, Ki Longfellow, Thrity Umrigar, Noelle Oxenhandler, Nuala O'Faolain, Robert Silverberg, Sarah Turnbull, Martha N. Beck

Here's a few more for Book B:

Sheri Reynolds, Norman Maclean, Niccolò Machiavelli, Boris Akunin, Jill Conner Browne, Diablo Cody, Edwidge Danticat, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Emma Donoghue, Heather Gudenkauf, Kate Jacobs, Madeleine L'Engle, Susan Richards, Patrick O'Brian, Nicole Mones, Drusilla Campbell, Stephen R. Donaldson, Sarah Rees BrennanCaroline B. Cooney, Carl Bernstein, Dave Cullen, Diane Chamberlain, Deborah Crombie, Kevin J. Anderson, Michael Lewis

Boy y'all have sure been busy over the Thanksgiving Break! Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. Enjoy your books.

Sharing some authors that work from my TBR!

A - Z
Aimee Bender, Beverly Cleary, John Kralik, Leslie Meier, Paul Quarrington, Rob Sheffield, Rebecca Stead

Z - A
Claudia Bishop, Cathie Beck, Dorian Cirrone, Gillian Flynn, John Irving, Lesley Kagen, Ngaio Marsh, Nico Medina

I just want to double-check - for part Z-A, David Clement-Davies works, right?

Casey wrote: "I just want to double-check - for part Z-A, David Clement-Davies works, right?"

Yes Casey that book fits

Just wanted to double check if you would accept The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows for Book A.