Self Challenge. Jay-me's second challenge - 2012 - Our Authors

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Copied from Lorraine's Self Challenge - so I can keep a track & update this list

**Books by "our authors" that I have read since January 1st 2012.**

1. Lexi Revellian


2. Catherine E. Chapman


3. Nicola Palmer


4. Lynette Sofras


5. Jamie Sinclair


6. Carl Ashmore


7. Linda M Priestley


8. Shelagh Watkins


9. Jerold Last


10. Philip Whiteland


11. Donna Fasano (Donna Clayton)


12. Linda Gruchy


13. Nell Grey


14. Rosen Trevithick


15. M A Comley


16. Darren Humphries


17. Katie W. Stewart


18. Virgin Student


19. Karl Jones


20. Michael Wallace


21. Talli Roland


22. Libby Malin (Istoria Books)


23. D.M. Andrews


24. Shaun Jeffrey


25. Beverley Carter


26. Jan Hurst-Nicholson


27. Libby Fischer Hellmann


28. Thea Atkinson


29. M.J. Webb


30. Sibel Hodge


31. Kristen James


32. A.K. Dawson


33. Amos Cassidy


34. Jay Howard


35. Simon Haynes


36. Libby Sternberg (Istoria Books)


37. Gavin Bell


38. David Wailing


39. Jerri Corgiat (Istoria Books)


40. Mary Fisherov (Istoria Books)


41. Faith Mortimer


42. Elle Amberley


43. Jaq D. Hawkins


44. Steve Robinson


45. Ellie Keaton


46. L.K. Jay


47. Joanna Gawn


48. Kate Rigby


49. Karen Aminadra


50. Anne Mitchell


104 books by 50 different authors updated 29th December.
List continues from author number 51 on post 51

[Lorraine]

yay!

[Elle]

woop!

[Elle]

It's ones she's read Jacquelynn. It's a reading challenge.

[Philip]

Nice to be in such distinguished company ;-)

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Jacquelynn wrote: "I don't understand this list. Can anyone join, or is it an exclusive club?"

As Elle said it is just me keeping track of which books I have read by "our authors" this year. I have one of yours on my TBR list & one that I read last year :)

Philip wrote: "Nice to be in such distinguished company ;-)"

I have another of yours in my TBR list :)



There are a few more authors on my TBR list & another couple that would be on a TBR list if they would hurry up and finish their next books!!

[Lorraine]

Jacquelynn, if you need any help setting your own thread, do let me know :) Challenge is open to anyone, but really it's just a way of keeping track of what we've read... it's just a bit more "official" on the forum (me putting pressure on anyone? Of course not!)

[Elle]

I'm so glad people are still using it :D!

[[deleted user]]

Yay, Janet - we really do have similar tastes in books!

This reminds me that I must update my challenge..

:0)

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Update 24th April 2012
32 books by 21 different authors

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Update 28th April 2012

36 books by 25 different authors


& I don't like how it has altered to show all the books in a long line - I preferred it with one line of books per author, but I can't change it back :(

[Jay-me (Janet)]

I lost all my collections on my kindle, I did try a reset to see if I could get them back. So I've spent time sorting the books on my kindle and have split the books that would have been in the old unread collection into three new collections -
Goodreads Authors TBR
To Read (Paid for)
To Read (Free)

Now all I need is to be able to put my books on this thread in neat blocks instead of the silly long line that they changed themselves into.

[Patti (baconater)]

Oh blast. I'm sorry Janet.

I think mine went when I did a reset while my kindle was indexing.

Of course I didn't know it was indexing at the time.
It did give me the push to get organised but it took ages!

[Elle]

Eep, Sorry to hear that Janet!


My Kindle last night decided to download every archived book. They have minds of their own don't they?!

[[deleted user]]

Louise-Lesley (Elle) wrote: "Eep, Sorry to hear that Janet!


My Kindle last night decided to download every archived book. They have minds of their own don't they?!"

I think that my kindle would explode if it ever tried to do that....

;0)

[Elle]

Ha luckily for me I had only about 50 or so in there as most of my books (378 only now) are on my Kindle.

[Patti (baconater)]

Louise-Lesley (Elle) wrote: "Eep, Sorry to hear that Janet!


My Kindle last night decided to download every archived book. They have minds of their own don't they?!"

That is seriously weird.

First I've ever heard of that happening!

Ghost in the machine, perhaps?

[Elle]

Ikr?! it didn't even reset or anything, it just kinda flashed and then started downloading everything. it turned the wifi on by itself too.

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Update -- 39 books by 26 different authors.

Now that I have re-arranged the books on here to my liking, I just need to finish sorting the collections on my kindle. I didn't realise how many of "our authors" there are.
Where are they all appearing from?

[Vic]

Louise-Lesley (Elle) wrote: "Ikr?! it didn't even reset or anything, it just kinda flashed and then started downloading everything. it turned the wifi on by itself too."

Sounds like some of the things which happen in this house (which was built by a drum major in Napoleon's army). CD player switching on at 6 am, not having been used for weeks. Doorbells ringing in the middle of the night - nobody there. Guitar strings snapping when nobody touching them. Usually when somebody associated with the house has just passed away.

[Patti (baconater)]

That's freaky Vic.

[Emma]

Things like that happen all the time in my Dads house! We have had a lot of deaths on that side of the family who were connected in some way to the house!

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Now it is 44 by 29

[Vic]

Patti (Stir Crazy) wrote: "That's freaky Vic."

We had a friend staying with us for a week. We told her what I told you above, about the strange things happening. She was really spooked. Then we all went to bed. At 2 am the doorbell rang! Nobody there! Now she was really freaked out!

[Andrew]

Your reading rate puts me to shame - I'm so far behind on my reading after I spend the first two months of the year learning lines for Someone Who'll Watch Over Me...

[Jud]

That's really freaky, stuff like that scares me.

[[deleted user]]

I would be running away from that house so fast that you wouldn't see me for dust!!!!!!!

:0/

[Vic]

Karen (Kew) wrote: "I would be running away from that house so fast that you wouldn't see me for dust!!!!!!!

:0/"

It's a great house - just one of its little quirks.

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Latest update - 46 books by 31 different authors

[Nicola]

That is seriously impressive! And thanks for reading and rating one of mine :)

[Jay-me (Janet)]

I'm now up to 51 books by 34 different authors

[M.J.]

Wow ! That is seriously impressive and I'd like to thank you personally as one of my books is among them.

Well done. People like you make this site the best there is for authors and readers.

:-)

[Patti (baconater)]

Yeah, say that again after she names a fish after you. ;)

[M.J.]

Ha ha ha :-)

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Patti (Stir Crazy) wrote: "Yeah, say that again after she names a fish after you. ;)"




I'm wondering how to fit a couple of books on my list - when I have eventually read them. They are collections of short stories - some of them by "our" authors.

[Andrew]

I didn't realise Simon Haynes was in the group - I've been meaning to check out Hal Spacejock for years... one clicked that!

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Andrew wrote: "I didn't realise Simon Haynes was in the group - I've been meaning to check out Hal Spacejock for years... one clicked that!"

I'm amazed at the numbers of "our authors" - I'm sure my list isn't complete (I have a list on a spreadsheet trying to keep track of what books I might want to read)

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Today's update 53 books by 36 different authors
(although some of them are the same people with different names)

[Jud]

That smiley is how I feel right now. It's like life is moving too fast for my brain to keep up.

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Just brought this list up to date 68 books by 46 different authors

[[deleted user]]

Jay-me (Janet) ~plum chutney is best~ wrote: "Just brought this list up to date 68 books by 46 different authors "

Way to go, Janet!!

;0)

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Bringing this list up to date again

75 books by 49 different authors

[Andrew]

Wow, well done!

It's tragic that I always scroll up to see if you've read mine :D

I have to investigate Rosen's stuff at some point, I've read so many wonderful reviews. I think I downloaded some a while ago, but my TBR pile is now just insane...

[Jay-me (Janet)]

I've finally managed the 50 different authors. Now I would just like to continue the list from post number 51 so that it is at the top of the next page and easier to find. If Patti will let me.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Ok, you just need some nice person to post some momsense for 3 posts.

Like this for instance.

[Elle]

WOooooop! go janet!

[Elle]

*does a dance*

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Thanks GL & Elle.

Continuation of list


51. Louise Wise



52. Terri Reid


53. Tiffany Towers


54. Andrew Barrett


55. Andrew K. Lawston


56. Willie Wit


57. Jenny Shaw


58. Harriet Schultz


59. Robert Franks


60. Jacquelynn Luben


61. Nick Wastnage


62. Lynda Wilcox


63. Andrew Hinkinson-Hodnett


64. Karen Lowe


65. Lexie Conyngham


66. Ian Ellis


67. Various UKAKF authors not already listed.


68. Jonathan Hill




another 21 books by 18(ish) different authors on this continuation post making a total of
125 books by 68(or more) different authors
Plus 2 books with collections of stories by UKAKF authors & non-UKAKF-authors.

Total books read for my no pressure challenge 299
updated 29th December

[Philip (sarah)]

Congratulations on reaching 50 authors Janet.Well done!

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Latest update = 86 books by 56 different authors

although some of them are the same person writing under different names

I haven't added the book because it is a collection of both GR & non GR authors - plus I couldn't decide where I would add it anyway!!!