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This is more of a how I am getting on rather than an actual challenge cos I don't want to start making reading a chore rather than a pleasure.
I have spent ages today working out what books/stories I have read this year and here it is up to now... I guess at some point I will update them here proper but for now a list will do...

Bang - David Wailing
Gently Does It - Alan Hunter
Gently By the Shore - Alan Hunter
Found Wanting - Robert Goddard (DTB)
Tollesbury Time Forever - Stuart Ayris
A Cleansing of Souls - Stuart Ayris
Lipstick & Knickers - Rosen Trevithick (SS)
The Other Daughter - Rosen Trevithick (SS)
Small Steps - Louis Sachar
The Last Ride - Randy McKown (SS)
Beyond Recall - Robert Goddard (DTB)
Days Without Number - Robert Goddard (DTB)
The Art of Living Dangerously - Andrew Duff
Hearts and Arrows - KUF
The Unburied Dead - Douglas Lindsay
Blood Money - Laura Rizio
His Wrath is Come - Tim Ellis
Gently Down the Stream - Alan Hunter
Landed Gently - Alan Hunter
Abide With Me - Ian Ayris
The Gestalt Man - Anthony Cardenas
Gray Justice - Alan McDermott
Recidivist - Alan McDermott (SS)
Only the Innocent - Rachel Abbott
Death in Spiggs Wood - Linda Gruchy
Gray Resurrection - Alan McDermott
Gently Through the Mill - Alan Hunter
Gently In the Sun - Alan Hunter
Black December - Scott Hunter
The Trespass - Scott Hunter
All the Fun of the Fair - Jamie Sinclair
Playground Cool - Jamie Sinclair
Gently with the Painters - Alan Hunter
Gently to the Summit - Alan Hunter
Schism - Andrew Biss (SS)
The End of the World - Andrew Biss (SS)
Murder She Knit - Vivienne Fagan (SS)
The Death of Bro Cosmonaut - Julius Harlande (SS)
The Suicide Effect - LJ Sellers
Dirty Jobs - LJ Sellers (SS)
Gently Go Man - Alan Hunter
Deadworld - Shaun Jeffrey (SS)
The Baby Thief - LJ Sellers
The Seventh Island - Gregory Stenson
Maybe - John Locke
Call Me! - John Locke & Dani Ripper

...bowing in front of all this greatness... RES-PECT !

^^ HERE HERE LORRAINEEEEE!


Girrrrrrrrrrrl!


And yes, this shouldn't be about challenges that get us down - it should be about stuff to track our goals and how much fun we are having ;)

thanks hun... it's a lot of books innit!

and mostly Indies, and mostly GR/KUF authors too...

apart from the Gently books (got them in one of the sales) and the paperback Goddards (cheaper from the charity shop lol)...

quite proud of that - didn't realise i had read so many!

There aren't that many pleasures in life when you think of it (well those that are not beyond our reach)... so no, reading should never ever feel like a chore indeed !

very true xx

I've only read 6 of them

4 for me Joo :)

I have only read 5 of them. Although I'll be 6 once I have finished dead world by our Shaun!

I've just done a quick count on my new spreadsheet and of the 110 authors I've read AK (anno Kindle) 50 of them are kuf/gr authors (a few more are on gr) to a certain extent and I'm sure I'd be able to contact and actually get replies from just about all of them if I wanted to.

yea it's definitely a different reading experience, we're really blessed to have wonderful writers who happen to be lovely people too :)

Wow, that certainly shows the diversity of everyone's reading habits! I think if I listed last years books (which I am sort of working on) there will be way more in common...

I did a spreadsheet of all the books I have paid for and which of them I have actually read, so I then went on a mission to read some of them, hence the Gently books and the Sellers and Locke ones I have just finished.
I have a tentative plan of which other "paid for" books I am going to read next, but as we all know, anything can happen with a TBR list and my reading is VERY mood dependent!

I'm trying to read only paid books atm - hence my challenge. Doing good so well!

I keep my gr library as up to date as possible - although I have come across a few books not on there.
I did a cut n paste of my read books into excel to get my list. I am going to see if there's an export button to make it a bit easier.

There is an export button Joo although not sure which format it goes into!

Wow, I wish I'd looked for and found that button earlier. It goes to excel and has loads of good columns
Thanks

Well done Lorraine!!

I bought the whole Gently series on impulse in the sale but haven't read any of them yet. How did you like them?

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I like the Gently books. One of them was a previous GR book of the month read.

I'm glad that I bought them then - I got a bit carried away in that sale, bought loads of MC Beaton as well! I had to be much more restrained in this last sale as I couldn't really afford the amount I'd spent last time and I need to spend the rest of my life reading to catch up with my TBR list as it is!

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The Gently books are sometimes a little tough to read cos of the language and some colloquialisms the author uses, but the stories are good and I like the style of the detection and the attention to detail of Gently as a policeman. They are certainly different to modern day crime fiction cos they are very much "old school" detection. Well they were written in the 50s lol.
I also bought them in the sale on impulse. Glad I did cos I did enjoy them. I bought the first 9, which I have read all of. I am now looking in the charity shops / book exchange for more as I don't really think they are worth the full Kindle price to me.
I think they will be kinda like marmite, you will either like them or not...

Thanks Kath, I'll give the first one a go soon. So many good books, so little time..

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I got my Gentlys mixed up. I thought you were on about Dirk.

Joo The Grand Inquisitor wrote: "I got my Gentlys mixed up. I thought you were on about Dirk."

I wish the Dirk Gently books would go on sale! I have them in paperback but they are in a box somewhere in our attic!

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I listened to the Dirk books, and also H2G2, and a few others - I did wonder if I should list Audio Books too, but decided against that...

I have read 11 on your list Kath. I also bought the Gently series in the sale but not read any as yet.

Way to go Kath!! I've only read 5 of those

Where is the export button?

If you go into my books, on the left hand side under tools there is import/export :)!

Awesome thanks Elle :o)

Thanks Jud... ties in nicely with your thread about how many books read this year so far :)

Update:
Bad Doctor – John Locke
One One-Eyed Guru – Andrew Biss (SS)
Dead Man’s Justice – A Place of Evil – Gregory Stenson
Follow the Stone – John Locke
Don’t Poke the Bear – John Locke

I am trying to read the ones i bought ages ago and haven't read yet. I am also picking easy reads as it is what I feel I can best cope with atm...

John Locke is a nice easy silly read. I go to him when I need a break :)

Isn't he just - i had read most of his Creed books last year and was playing catchup with the latest Creed books and a few others he has written and then found the Emmett Love ones. Not a big fan of Westerns but i love his style of writing and they were cheap enough to take a punt on and i am glad i did :) half way through the third in that series now and then i am all caught up with his stuff !

I haven't tried any books by John Locke yet - I know that he's a kindle best seller! Must try one soon..

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I think you'll either like John Locke or you won't, he's a bit like marmite... when i first got my kindle I bought the first 7 Donovan Creed books for a total of £4.23 - bargain!
Actually the other 7 of his books only cost me an additional £5.31... that's 14 books for less than a tenner!
they aren't that cheap these days sadly, I think i got a great deal there :)

Update:
Emmett & Gentry - John Locke
Into the Darkest Corner - Elizabeth Haynes
The Virgin Student - Virgin Student
Straight Out of University - Rosen Trevithick
Footprints - Rosen Trevithick
London, the Doggy & Me - Rosen Trevithick (SS)
Hope Road - John Barlow

Update:
The 12 Murders of Christmas - Tim Ellis (SS)
The Skulls Beneath Eternity Wharf - Tim Ellis
Tick, Tick, Tick - G M Clark

Update:
Roulette / Players - David Wailing (SS)
The Red-haired Man (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes IV) - Andrew Delaplaine (SS)
The Reaper - Steven Dunne

Update:
A Mouth Full of Ashes - Andrew Biss (SS)
The Disciple – Steven Dunne
A Game of Proof - Tim Vicary

Getting on rightly Kath!!

Thanks Elle... I'm shocked at how much I actually read. I really catalogued it properly before. Would have been good to see pre and post Kindle numbers. Although I don't think I read this much before I got my K. I was certainly not as diverse in genre!!

Ye I only read books in series' I enjoyed pre-Kindle so I've definitely branched out.


Although in a way I think I read less frequently because of it.

I think part of the reason I read more is that I now take buses more cos i got rid of my car. I also use cloud reader at work and Kindle app on my phone for times when i don't have my kindle with me.
The series I used to read in paperback before I got my Kindle, I still read in paperback from charity shops and my book exchange cos I simply can't afford to pay 4 quid for a book in whatever format. I have about 20 DTBs on a shelf to be read as well as my TBR!

I certainly watch less TV these days... I just need to sort my internet addiction out now and there will be even more time for books!!!

That's the same problem as me. If I stopped frequenting kindle forums, I'd have more time to read :)

Also, I spotted JL's book prices had gone up. But they were the books I'd already got (luckily I bought the last 2 Creed ones about 2 weeks ago) so I bought his Emmett whatsit ones as they were just 70-odd pence.

I spend way too much on my laptop too Kath!!

And I can't read in a moving object - that is one thing I wish I could do as I do travel quite a bit in the car or on buses :(

I just bought another book yesterday, at least it was only 50p

Ooo but was it good?

I haven't bought any in a while actually. very proud.

I don't know I've not read it yet. It's The Interpretation of Murder

eep, i meant did it look good. that does actually *sends sample*

I did wonder Elle, I thought you were perhaps having a blonde moment and thinking I was a supersonic, highspeed, obsessive compulsive book reader.