I know it was ages ago that I talked about this, but its taken me some time to decide how I wanted this page to look. In the end, because I’m using a WordPress Theme, I am a little restricted, so I thought; ‘what the hell!’ 🙂

So, like I said at the beginning of the year, there are a load of books I want to read. And I have a little goal in that regard; 24 new authors and 24 new books, counted separately!

I would list my progress so far by month, but that runs the risk of getting tedious (and I’m already doing something similar with my word count goal) so I’ve decided to put them all into a table which I’ll add to as I continue reading and at the end of the year I’ll tot it all up. This table will include novels, novellas and short stories (since I read LOADS of each these days) but its mainly novels I’m interested in, so I’ll mark those with a * to make it plain. The rest you can assume are less than the traditional 50k words.

Also, its worth mentioning, its very tempting to use this table as a means to record more detail, like genre or ‘star rating’ but that’s not the purpose of this page, so I’m very strictly keeping myself to the bare details below. If you want more detail, I’ve linked the titles below to the book reviews I’ve done, so you can get an idea there of what I thought of it.
Seem fair? Fab!

Then, in no particular order (since that’s far too much effort), here we go:

Books I’ve Read (And Counting…!)
No.#	Author	Book Title	Physical/eBook?	New Read? Y/N
1	Kyell Gold	Gold Standard	eBook	Y
2	J L Merrow	Pricks And Pragmatism	eBook	Y
3	Shaun Hutson	*Assassin	Physical Book	N
4	Douglas Daniel	Diggers	eBook	Y
5	Armistead Maupin	*Tales Of The City	Physical Book	Y
6	Armistead Maupin	*More Tales Of The City	Physical Book	Y
7	Armistead Maupin	*Further Tales Of The City	Physical Book	Y
8	Armistead Maupin	*Babycakes	Physical Book	Y
9	Armistead Maupin	*Significant Others	Physical Book	Y
10	Armistead Maupin	*Sure Of You	Physical Book	Y
11	Armistead Maupin	*Michael Tolliver Lives	Physical Book	Y
12	Armistead Maupin	*Mary-Anne In Autumn	Physical Book	Y
13	D H Starr	*Wrestling With Love	eBook	Y
14	Joseph Lallo	*The Book of Deacon	eBook	Y
15	Jenna Byrnes And Jude Mason	Willing And Able	eBook	Y
16	Lorelei James	Slow Ride	eBook	Y
17	Taylor Tryst	Seduced By Blood	eBook	Y
18	Vivian Arend, Lexxie Couper & Jess Dee	Exotic Indulgence	eBook	Y
19	C B Ryder	Don’t Stop	eBook	Y
20	Darren G Burton	Sex Stalker	eBook	Y
21	Mark Billingham	*Bloodline	Physical Book	Y
22	Shaun Hutson	*Epitath	Physical Book	Y
23	Graham Joyce	*Indigo	Physical Book	Y
24	Kathryn Stockkett	*The Help	Physical Book	Y
25	PC Cast	*House Of Night 2: Betrayed	eBook	Y
26	PC Cast	*House Of Night 3: Chosen	eBook	Y
27	PC Cast	*House Of Night 4: Untamed	eBook	Y
28	PC Cast	*House Of Night 5: Hunted	eBook	Y
29	PC Cast	*House Of Night 6: Tempted	eBook	Y
30	PC Cast	*House Of Night 7: Burned	eBook	Y
31	Joseph Lallo	*The Great Convergence	eBook	Y
32	J.R. Rain	*Moon Dance (Vampire For Hire #1)	eBook	Y
33	Joseph Lallo	*The Battle Of Verril	eBook	Y
34	Daphne du Maurier	*Rebecca	eBook	Y
35	Joseph Lallo	*Jade	eBook	Y
36	E.L. James	*Fifty Shades Of Grey	eBook	Y
37	E.L. James	*Fifty Shades Darker	eBook	Y
38	E.L. James	*Fifty Shades Freed (unfinished)	eBook	Y
39	Graeme Reynolds	*High Moor	eBook	Y
40	Jack London	*Call Of The Wild	eBook	Y
41	George R R Martin	*A Game Of Thrones	Physical Book	Y
42	Roz Morris	Nail Your Novel	eBook	Y
43	George R R Martin	*A Clash Of Kings	Physical Book	Y
44	Richelle Mead	*Vampire Academy: Blood Promise	Physical Book	Y
45	Karin Slaughter	*Kisscut	Physical Book	Y
46	Elizabeth Haynes	*Into The Darkest Corner	Physical Book	Y
47	Roger Colby	*This Broken Earth: The U.S. of After	eBook	Y
48	William Golding	*The Lord Of The Flies	eBook	Y
49	S J Watson	*Before I Go To Sleep	Physical Book	Y
50	Suzanne Collins	*The Hunger Games	Physical Book	Y
51	Suzanne Collins	*Catching Fire	Physical Book	Y
52	Suzanne Collins	*Mockingjay	Physical Book	Y
53	Michael Kelly	The Woods	Physical Book	Y
54	Joe Hill & Stephen King	Throttle	Physical Book	Y
55	Barbara Roden	Out And Back	Physical Book	Y
56	Ramsey Campbell	Respects	Physical Book	Y
57	Simon Strantzas	Cold To The Touch	Physical Book	Y
58	M.R. James & Reggie Oliver	The Game Of Bear	Physical Book	Y
59	Chris Bell	Shem-el-Nessim An Inspiration In Perfume	Physical Book	Y
60	Michael Marshall Smith	What Happens When You Wake Up In The Night	Physical Book	Y
61	Nicholas Royle	The Reunion	Physical Book	Y
62	Simon Kurt Unsworth	Mami Wata	Physical Book	Y
63	Richard Christian Matheson	Venturi	Physical Book	Y
64	John Gaskin	Party Talk	Physical Book	Y
65	Terry Dowling	Two Steps Along The Road	Physical Book	Y
66	Mark Valentine	The Axholme Toll	Physical Book	Y
67	Robert Sherman	Granny’s Grinning	Physical Book	Y
68	Rosalie Parker	In The Garden	Physical Book	Y
69	Stephen Volk	After The Ape	Physical Book	Y
70	Briam Lumley	The Nonesuch	Physical Book	Y
71	Michael Kelly	Princess Of The Night	Physical Book	Y

  

New Authors
Kyell Gold	JL Merrow	Douglas Daniel
Armistead Maupin	DH Starr	Joseph Lallo
Jenna Byrnes & Jude Mason	Lorelei James	Taylor Tryst
Vivian Arend, Lexxie Couper & Jess Dee	CB Ryder	Darren G Burton
Mark Billingham	Graham Joyce	Kathryn Stockett
J.R. Rain	Daphne du Maurier	E. L. James
Graeme Reynods	Jack London	George R R Martin
Roz Morris	Richelle Mead	Karin Slaughter
Elizabeth Haynes	Roger Colby	William Golding
S J Watson	Suzanne Collins	Michael Kelly
Joe Hill & Stephen King	Barbara Roden	Ramsey Campbell
Simon Strantzas	M.R. James & Reggie Oliver	Chris Bell
Michael Marshall Smith	Nicholas Royle	Simon Kurt Unsworth
Richard Christian Matheson	John Gaskin	Terry Dowling
Mark Valentine	Robert Sherman	Rosalie Parker
Stephen Volk	XXX	XXX
Total To Date: 46

Complete! Talk about a major year for reading!
Granted, the last section of the table are entries from an anthology, but it’s still a hell of a lot more than I thought I’d be able to read this year. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed myself and have every intention of continuing to expand my repertoire but reading in and around my favoured genre. Wish me luck! ^_^