In early 2011 I began the ‘along the library shelf’ reading journey,
aiming to select and read a library book from 26 authors new to me whose
surnames began with each letter of the alphabet, in order from A to Z, and
after four years I have finally completed it; overall it has been successful in
introducing variety in my reading in terms of genre (venturing into historic /
period fiction, horror and biography), authors (in particular encompassing a
higher proportion than normal – 11 out of the 26 - of female writers), and
perhaps most telling, in geographical setting (going well beyond the staple of
the UK and USA to include West Africa, Argentina, China, Japan, the Middle
East, Hawaii, Mongolia and Iceland), so successful in fact that I may just
start over and do it again.
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