50 Books Read

I'm steaming along quite well this year, and have reached one of those milestones: 50

I keep a full record of categories here
The main ones are

• 2018 Aussie Author Reading Challenge: aiming for 20: currently 11
• 2018 Australian Women Writers Challenge: aiming for 20. Currently 6
• British Books Challenge 2018 currently 24
• 2018 Ebook Reading Challenge currently 13
• New to me authors - a personal challenge currently 17
• Snagged at the Library currently: 24
• Audio books: currently: 8

Looking at the ratings I've given them, you may well note that they range only from 5.0 to 4.0
To be truthful I've had a few DNFs that I have not recorded, but actually I've finished and rated over  90% of the books that I've started. I think that is because so many of the books that I tackle, I do so as a result of recommendations in book groups and by friends on line. So, in a sense, a certain amount of pre-selection has already taken place.

Here are the books

• 5.0, FORCE OF NATURE, Jane Harper
• 5.0, THE GIRL BEFORE, J P Delaney
• 5.0, ON THE JAVA RIDGE, Jock Serong
• 5.0, THE WRITING BOOK, Kate Grenville
• 5.0, THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE, Roald Dahl
• 4.9, UNDER THE COLD BRIGHT LIGHTS, Garry Disher
• 4.8, THE RUIN, Dervla McTiernan
• 4.8, THE WILDLING SISTERS, Eve Chase
• 4.7, THE STRANGER, Melanie Raabe 
• 4.7, FRIDAY ON MY MIND, Nicci French 
• 4.7, DARKTOWN, Thomas Mullen 
• 4.7, COMPANY MAN, Joseph Finder
• 4.7, MATILDA, Roald Dahl  
• 4.6, IN THE DARK, Chris Patchell
• 4.6, A SPOT OF FOLLY, Ruth Rendell
• 4.6, A IS FOR ARSENIC: THE POISONS OF AGATHA CHRISTIE, Kathryn Harkup
• 4.5, SLEEP NO MORE, P. D. James 
• 4.5, RUSH OF BLOOD, Mark Billingham
• 4.5, ACT ONE, SCENE ONE ...MURDER, A.H. Richardson 
• 4.5, DRAWING CONCLUSIONS, Donna Leon
• 4.5, THE SWITCH, Joseph Finder
• 4.5, THE LITTLE BRETON BISTRO, Nina George
• 4.5, TRULY MADLY GUILTY, Liane Moriarty 
• 4.5, DEATH OF A LAKE, Arthur Upfield 
• 4.5, RUMPOLE: THE PENGE BUNGALOW MURDERS, John Mortimer
• 4.5, DOWNFALL, Margot Kinberg  
• 4.4, THE FIX, David Baldacci
• 4.4, THE VANISHING BOX, Elly Griffiths 
• 4.4, THE BONE IS POINTED, Arthur Upfield 
• 4.4, RECALLED TO LIFE, Reginald Hill
• 4.4, THE TANGO SCHOOL MYSTERY, Peter Bartram 
• 4.4, THE MARSH KING'S DAUGHTER, Karen Dionne
• 4.4, THE TAXIDERMIST'S DAUGHTER, Kate Mosse
• 4.4, THE MALICE OF THE WAVES, Mark Douglas-Home 
• 4.4, MIDNIGHT SUN: BLOOD ON THE SNOW 2, Jo Nesbo
• 4.4, FATTY O'LEARY'S DINNER PARTY, Alexander McCall Smith
• 4.4, THE MURDER AT SISSINGHAM HALL, ClaraBenson
• 4.4, 10 SHORT STORIES YOU MUST READ THIS YEAR
• 4.4, THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE FAIRVALE LADIES BOOK CLUB, Sophie Green
• 4.3, MACBETH, Jo Nesbo
• 4.3, THE WORD IS MURDER, Anthony Horowitz
• 4.3, THE DETECTION COLLECTION, by members of the Detection Club  
• 4.3, BORROWED TIME, Robert Goddard 
• 4.3, TALKING TO THE DEAD, Harry Bingham
• 4.3, DADDY'S GIRL, Lisa Scottoline
• 4.2, A ROYAL MURDER, Sandra Winter-Dewhirst
• 4.2, MURDER ISN'T EASY, Richard Hull 
• 4.0, BOOKSTORE CATS, Brandon Schultz 
• 4.0, THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB, David Lagercrantz