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terrysews

From Salinas, California USA
Age 60
Joined Saturday, May 21, 2005
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I love to read, quilt and scrapbook, but not in big groups, so I don't belong to any book clubs, quilting bee's or go to "Scrap Nights". Does that make me reclusive? I love living on the Central Coast of California. We're close enough to the beach, big cities or snow to go to any or all of them on the same day! I found Book Crossing while reading a copy of Mental Floss magazine, and I hope it catches on in our area. I love the idea of seeing where my books have gone.

Stealing an idea from BC member vixenlibrarian, I decided to attempt the A-Z Author Challenge. I am reading one author for each letter of the alphabet whom I've never read before. And I'm doing my best to read them in order. My list is not yet complete, but I have enough to start off the alphabet that I have time to find the missing books. If anyone has suggestions, by all means, please send me a PM:

A-Z Author Challenge List
A~"How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents" Julia Alvarez - DONE
B~"Cold Sassy Tree" Olive Ann Burns - DONE
C~"The House on Mango Street" Sandra Cisneros - DONE
D~"Birth Marks" Sarah Dunant - DONE
E~"The Name of the Rose" Umberto Eco - DONE
F~"The Jane Austen Book Club" Karen Joy Fowler - DONE
G~"Sophie's World" Jostein Gaarder - DONE
H~"Out of the Dust" Karen Hesse - DONE
I~"Geisha, A Life" Mineko Iwasaki - DONE
J~"The Tooth Fairy" Graham Joyce - DONE
K~"Confessions of a Shopaholic" (God help me!) Sophie Kinsella - DONE
L~"Speak Softly, She Can Hear" Pam Lewis - DONE
M~"The Outside World" Tova Mirvis - DONE
N~"The Time Traveler's Wife" Audrey Niffeneger - DONE
O~"My Dream of You" Nuala O'Faoulain - DONE
P~"Eragon" Christopher Paolini - DONE
Q~"Diva's Don't Yield" Sofia Quintero - DONE
R~"Lily's Ghosts" Laura Ruby - DONE
S~"The Catcher in the Rye" J.D. Salinger - DONE
T~"Big Stone Gap" Adriana Trigiani - DONE
U~"The Hummingbird's Daughter" Luis Alberto Urrea - DONE
V~"Assassination Vacation" Sarah Vowell - DONE
W~"Homeless Bird" Gloria Whelan - DONE
X~"One Man's Bible" Gao Xangjian - DONE
Y~"Kitchen" Banana Yamamoto - DONE
Z~"Margarettown" Gabrielle Zevin - DONE

My deadline is August 2006. Some of the books I used to have listed are classics that I SHOULD have read years ago, but of course, I've replaced them with new books that I couldn't wait to read! August 2006 update: I have 2 1/2 books to go! The X book is long but I'm making my way through it! Looks like I won't finish till September, but hey 26 new authors in 13 months isn't bad!

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