Sunday, November 15, 2009

Challenge: The Alphabet in Historical Fiction


HT is going to host its first challenge! Based in Mysteries in Paradise's community challenge we now present you The Alphabet in Historical Fiction. To participate, just follow the rules:

Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.

You have several possibilities:

- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place

You just have to choose one of them and participate.

Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.

You have until the end of each fortnight to complete your mission.

Now presenting the first letter of this challenge:


















26 comments:

  1. I'm excited! Already planning my first post.

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  2. I can't wait to see what everyone does!

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  3. I'm Anne Gilbert, and I have a blog, The Writer's Daily Grind. It's at:

    http://www.writersdailygrind.blogspot.com

    And I'm going to rise to the challenge, hee, hee, hee!
    anne G

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  4. Oh this sounds like fun! Putting on my thinking cap right now!

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  5. Sounds like fun!

    One more added to challenge list. :D Hmm, I wonder what I can find in my TBR pit....

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  6. I love the idea of this challenge but am pretty sure I wouldn't be able to keep up. I will be checking out everyone's posts though!

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  7. Melissa, we would love to see you post even if it was just for some letters! I am pretty sure that there are some letters that everyone is going to struggle with!

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  8. This sounds like so much fun! Thanks for organising a new challenge girls, I'm now going to check my shelves for candidates for your first letter. ;-)

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  9. just can wait to see the next challange. thanks anyway

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  10. Oooohhhhh......love this challenge! What a great idea ladies!!!

    I've just posted about it also!

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  11. Great challenge and I look forward to participating. The book I'm reading now will be perfect for A.

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  12. I've just posted! A is for Angelique. Click on link number 8.

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  13. Have been looking for inspiration for my blog--perfect! Now to scour my shelves for A's...

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  14. Just posted mine and have been enjoying reading through the others!

    I wonder if it could be suggested that participants add permalinks (the ones leading to the exact post) to Mr Linky, rather than the main blog URL? Because after a while the relevant post will scroll off the main page.

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  15. We will add something to the next explanation Sarah.

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  16. Fun! This is my first challenge and I'm excited to play it through. I'm looking forward to the next letter!

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  17. I am excited to participate in this challenge for I love historial fiction, especially mysteries written during the Victorian and/or historial times. I've read my first book that meets the requirement; my book starts with the letter A as well as the author's first name starts with the letter A.

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  18. I'd like to join in on this challenge, but could I have some clarification before I decide? Are you looking for actual book reviews or is spotlighting a book or author acceptable? The 2-week time frame is kind of tight for me, but if I'm free to mix things up, I could take this on. Thanks!

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  19. Gwendolyn, spotlighting is fine.

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  20. O.K., then. I'm in! I'll do up a post and link up.

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  21. I might try to participate in this one. I like historical fiction and I seem to have a lot of that genre in my TBR pile, so...

    I'll see what I can do.

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  22. Joining in a little late - here's my entry for A.

    http://scarletsletters.blogspot.com/2010/01/sunday-salon-angels-game.html

    (Although, I'm now wondering if I should have held onto Zafon for Z?)

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  23. I actually forgot to come back and post this, but I did finish "An Echo In The Bone" by Diana Gabaldon on January 13th and I do have a post about it here:

    http://bookendcrossing.blogspot.com/2010/01/echo-in-bone-by-diana-gabaldon.html

    Posted in the nick of time! On to the next letter.

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