Sweetbriar Alphabet Challenge

I have already burdened myself with the 75 Book Challenge, the 14 Category Challenge, the Dewey Decimal Challenge , and the Adventure Time Challenge. (Oh who am I kidding, I love them!) I thought adding the alphabet challenge would only be right. I am going to do both versions: A book with a title beginning with each letter, and a book with an author's last name beginning with each letter. This means 52 books in all. Because I am attempting to read more books than I ever have before, I might choose which books I read based on page count, not going in order.

Unlike the rest of my challenges, I am going to go ahead and pick out the books for this. Once they are read, I will strike them out, and if I feel like it, I will add a review. I usually start reviews and then never finish them: either because I'm lazy or because I feel guilty about how much I didn't understand the book. ;)

Like the rest of my challenges, however, I hope this will help me branch out in my reading. As a heads up, I might use this challenge to knock out a bunch of Newberry Medal Award winners and honorees that I want to read or reread. This challenge starts in July and will end in July for me. (My 14 category, Adventure Time, and Dewey Decimal were all also started in July. I started the 75 book challenge in April. These also will be ended on the month they were begun.) Below are my book choices. Can't wait to see all of your lists!

Alphabet According to Title

In parentheses are other challenge categories the books fit into. (AT:) refers to the Adventure Time Challenge challenge and (14:) refers to my 14 Category Challenge. I might change the categories in parentheses a little bit as I read through.

A: Animal-Wise by Ted Andrews (AT: none) (14: Overlooked)
B: Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin (AT: BMO Story) (14: Food)
C: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (AT: Ice King Cover) (14: Classic)
D: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (AT: BMO Character) (14: Science Fiction/Fantasy)
E: Encyclopedia of Early Earth by Isabel Greenburg (AT: NEPTR Cover) (14: Folklore)
F: Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries by Kenneth L. Feder (AT: none) (14: AlphaCAT August)
G: Gone, Girl by Gillian Flynn (AT: Marceline's Dad Cover) (14: Contemporary)
H: Hotel World by Ali Smith (AT: Bubblegum Cover) (14: Contemporary)
I: In the Hands of the Great Spirit by Jake Page (AT: Jake Cover) (14: History)
J: Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy (AT: none) (14: Classic)
K: Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain (AT: none) (14: Food)
L: The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier (AT: Lady Rainicorn) (14: Historical Fiction)
M: The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy (AT: Marceline's Dad Character) (14: Classic)
N: Nicholas and Alexandria by Robert Massie (AT: Ice King Character) (14: History)
O: Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (AT: none) (14: Biography)
P: Possession by A.S. Byatt (AT: none) (14: Romance)
Q: The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory (AT: Marceline's Dad Story) (14: Historical Fiction)
R: Room by Emma Donoghue (AT: Flame Princess Story) (14: Contemporary)
S: Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward (AT: BMO cover) (14: Prize Winner)
T: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (AT: none) (14: Science Fiction/Fantasy)
U: Uncle Silas by J.S. LeFanu (AT: Lych Character) (14: TBA)
V: Villette by Charlotte Bronte (AT: Finn Character) (14: Overlooked)
W: War and Peace by Tolstoy (AT: none) (14: Tome)
X: X Stands for Unknown by Isaac Asimov (AT: none) (14: Science)
Y: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (AT: none) (14: Prize Winner)
Z: Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury (AT: none) (14: Practice)

Alphabet According to Author's Last Name

In parentheses are the books from these authors I will be reading. Also in parentheses are other challenge categories the books fit into. (AT:) refers to the Adventure Time Challenge challenge and (14:) refers to my 14 Category Challenge. I might change the categories in parentheses a little bit as I read through.

A: Allende, Isabel (The House of Spirits) (AT: none) (14: Romance)
B: Bishop, Elizabeth (The Complete Poems, 1927-1979) (AT: Flame Princess Cover) (14: Poetry)
C: Curie, Eve (Madame Curie) (AT: Bubblegum Character) (14: Biography)
D: Dumas, Alexandre (Vicomte of Bragelonne) (AT: none) (14: Historical Fiction)
E: Ellis, Bret (American Psycho) (AT: LSP Character) (14: Horror)
F: Freud (Interpretation of Dreams) (AT: none) (14: Theory)
G: Gaiman, Neil (Coraline) (AT: NEPTR Character) (14: Science Fiction/Fantasy)
H: Hemmingway, Ernest (A Moveable Feast) (AT: LSP Story) (14: Food)
I: Ives, Eric (Lady Jane Grey) (AT: Marceline Character) (14: History)
J: James, Henry (The Turn of the Screw) (AT: none) (14: Classics)
K: Kaku, Michio (Parallel Worlds) (AT: none) (14: Science)
L: Lahiri, Jhumpa (The Namesake) (AT: Lady Rainicorn Story) (14: Contemporary)
M: Martin, George R. R. (Clash of Kings) (AT: Lych Story) (14: Audiobook)
N: Nietzche (Beyond Good and Evil) (AT: none) (14: Fasting)
O: O'Keefe, Susan (Frankenstein's Monster) (AT: NEPTR story) (14: Science Fiction/Fantasy)
P: Pollock, Donald (The Devil All the Time) (AT: Flame Princess Character) (14: Horror)
Q: Quartey, Kwei (Wife of the Gods) (AT: Lady Rainicorn Character) (14: Crime)
R: Ross, Abbie (Hippy Dinners) (AT: Jake Character) (14: Food)
S: Skomsvold, Kjersti (The Faster I Walk, The Smaller I Am) (AT: LSP Cover) (14: Contemporary)
T: Theroux, Paul (The Great Railway Bazaar) (AT: none) (14: Travel)
U: Updike, John (Rabbit, Run) (AT: none) (14: TBA)
V: Vanderpool, Clare (Moon over Manifest) (AT: Marceline Story) (14: TBA)
W: Wells, H.G. (The Time Machine) (AT: Bubblegum Story) (14: Science Fiction/Fantasy)
X: Xinron, Julia (Sky Burial) (AT: none) (14: Travel)
Y: Yep, Laurence (Dragon's Gate) (AT: none) (14: Prize Winner)
Z: Zola, Emile (Fortune of the Rougons) (AT: Jake Story) (14: Historical Fiction)

Read Hotel World and Kitchen Confidential so far.