Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

                                              JD Robb & Nora Roberts

Every now and then an author will write under a pseudonym. Sometimes they don't start out using their true name, but later do. Sometimes they do it because they switch to a new genre. Sometimes we may never know the real reason behind it. For this challenge you'll need to read books by authors who write books under at least 2 different names. You need to read at least 2 books, one written under each of the author's assumed writing names.

Rules of Play
To complete this challenge you need to do the following:
1) Set a date by which you intend to complete the challenge.
2) Set the amount of books you intend to read.
3) Select which author(s) and books you'll read.
4) Read the books.

Levels of Play
Novice - Read 2 - 5 books
Amateur - Read 6 - 9 books
Junior - Read 10 - 13 Books
Detective - Read 14+ Books

How many will you find and read? Have fun!

List of some secret identities:

Stephen King = Richard Bachman

William Kennedy = Diana Diamond

Bernard Taylor = Jess Foley

Donald E. Westlake = Richard Stark = Tucker Coe = Allan Marshall = Samuel Holt = Timothy Clover = Curt Clark = Morgan J Cunningham

Christopher Nicole = Alan Savage = Robin Cade = Nicholas Grant = Caroline Gray = Max Marlow = C R Nicholson = Robin Nicholson = Andrew York

Gerald Hammond = Arthur Douglas = Dalby Holden

Hilary Norman = Alexandra Henry

Logan Swanson = Richard Matheson

Tyler Knox = William Lashner

Evan Hunter = Ed McBain = Curt Cannon = Hunt Collins = Ezra Hannon = Richard Marsten

Lawrence Block = Jill Emerson = Chip Harrison = Paul Kavanagh = Sheldon Lord

J.A. Konrath = Jack Kilborn

Tim Cockey = Richard Hawke

Spencer Quinn = Peter Abrahams

Dean Koontz = W H Allan = David Axton = Brian Coffey = Deanne Dwyer = K R Dwyer = John Hill = Leigh Nichols = Anthony North = Richard Paige = Owen West = Aaron Wolfe

Jeffrey Deaver = William Jeffries

Stephen Gallagher = Stephen Couper = John Lydecker

Anne Rice = A N Roquelaure = Anne Rampling

Peter Chambers = Simon Challis = Peter Chester = Philip Daniels = Dennis Phillips

Jayne Ann Krentz = Amanda Quick = Jayne Bentley = Jayne Castle = Jayne Taylor = Amanda Glass = Stephanie James

JR Ward = Jessica Bird

Elizabeth Hoyt = Julia Harper

Julie Garwood = Emily Chase

Amelia Grey = Gloria Dale Skinner.

Sandra Brown = Laura Jordan = Rachel Ryan = Erin St. Claire

Emily Bryan = Diana Groe

Sabrina Jeffries = Deborah Martin = Deborah Nicholas

Hannah Howell = Sandra Dustin = Sarah Dustin = Anna Jennett

Suzanne Brockmann = Anne Brock.

W.E.B. Griffin =Alex Baldwin = Webb Beech = Walter Blake = Jack McM. Douglas = John Kevin Dugan = Eden Hughes = Edmund O. Scholefield

Michael Crichton = John Lange

Isaac Asimov = Paul French

A. A. Fair = Earl Stanley Gardner.

Barry Malzberg = K.M. O'Donnell

Meghan Lindholm = Robin Hobb

Dawn Cook = Kim Harrison

Seanan McGuire = Mira Grant

M.L.N. Hanover = Daniel Abraham

Sophie Kinsella = Madeleine Wickham

Alisa Craig = Charlotte MacLeod

J.K. Rowling = Robert Galbraith

Kathryn Smith = Kady Cross = Kate Locke

Philippa Carr/Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy

Daniel Handler/Lemony Snickett

Will join Novice level. Thanks, Lisarenee!

Edit: I'm starting over next year.
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015

1. Nora Roberts
2. J.D. Robb
3.
4.

Sounds neat, off the top of my head I can only think of the JD Robb/Nora Roberts "duo" but will have to look into it. Will also join at the Novice level.

EDIT:
Novice: (0/4) to be completed by June 1, 2013
1. Creation in Death by J.D. Robb
2. The Search by Nora Roberts
3. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
4. (may change)40 Love: A Novel by Madeleine Wickham

I'll try to think of more but here's this one:

Kathryn Smith is Kady Cross

I also found this on Amazon:

I'm in will post this weekend...if I can :)

I will start at Amateur for now

Nora Roberts/ J.D. Robb
Philippa Carr/Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy
Sophie Kinsella/Madeleine Wickham
J.K. Rowling/Robert Galbraith


1. Nora Roberts..Chasing Fire
2. J.D. Robb..Naked in Death(book 1)
3. Nora Roberts..The Next Always(book 1)(9 Apr)
4. Nora Roberts..The Last Boyfriend(book 2)(read)
5. Nora Roberts..The Perfect Hope(book 3)(30 Apr)
6. 40, Love..Madeleine Wickham
7. Remember Me..Sophie Kinsella
8. A Causal Vacancy..J.K.Rowling(21 Jun)
9. The Cuckoo's Calling..Robert Galbraith

I'm in for Amatuer level
3/1/13 > 6/30/13

1/6 read

1) J.D. Robb
2) Nora Roberts
3) Jayne Castle
4)Amanda Quick OR Jayne Ann Krentz
5) Jill Myles Gentlemen Prefer Succubi 2/7/13 4♥
6)Jessica SimsBeauty Dates the Beast

I can't commit to this one right now, but I found these on amazon and a few other sites that might be useful:


Stephen King = Richard Bachman

William Kennedy = Diana Diamond

Bernard Taylor = Jess Foley

Donald E. Westlake = Richard Stark = Tucker Coe = Allan Marshall = Samuel Holt = Timothy Clover = Curt Clark = Morgan J Cunningham

Christopher Nicole = Alan Savage = Robin Cade = Nicholas Grant = Caroline Gray = Max Marlow = C R Nicholson = Robin Nicholson = Andrew York

Gerald Hammond = Arthur Douglas = Dalby Holden

Hilary Norman = Alexandra Henry

Logan Swanson = Richard Matheson

Tyler Knox = William Lashner

Evan Hunter = Ed McBain = Curt Cannon = Hunt Collins = Ezra Hannon = Richard Marsten

Lawrence Block = Jill Emerson = Chip Harrison = Paul Kavanagh = Sheldon Lord

J.A. Konrath = Jack Kilborn

Tim Cockey = Richard Hawke

Spencer Quinn = Peter Abrahams

Dean Koontz = W H Allan = David Axton = Brian Coffey = Deanne Dwyer = K R Dwyer = John Hill = Leigh Nichols = Anthony North = Richard Paige = Owen West = Aaron Wolfe

Jeffrey Deaver = William Jeffries

Stephen Gallagher = Stephen Couper = John Lydecker

Anne Rice = A N Roquelaure = Anne Rampling

Peter Chambers = Simon Challis = Peter Chester = Philip Daniels = Dennis Phillips

Jayne Ann Krentz = Amanda Quick = Jayne Bentley = Jayne Castle = Jayne Taylor = Amanda Glass = Stephanie James

JR Ward = Jessica Bird

Elizabeth Hoyt = Julia Harper

Julie Garwood = Emily Chase

Amelia Grey = Gloria Dale Skinner.

Sandra Brown = Laura Jordan = Rachel Ryan = Erin St. Claire

Emily Bryan = Diana Groe

Sabrina Jeffries = Deborah Martin = Deborah Nicholas

Hannah Howell = Sandra Dustin = Sarah Dustin = Anna Jennett

Suzanne Brockmann = Anne Brock.

W.E.B. Griffin =Alex Baldwin = Webb Beech = Walter Blake = Jack McM. Douglas = John Kevin Dugan = Eden Hughes = Edmund O. Scholefield

Michael Crichton = John Lange

Isaac Asimov = Paul French

A. A. Fair = Earl Stanley Gardner.

Barry Malzberg = K.M. O'Donnell

Meghan Lindholm = Robin Hobb

Barb wrote: "I can't commit to this one right now, but I found these on amazon and a few other sites that might be useful:


Stephen King = Richard Bachman

William Kennedy = Diana Diamond

Bernard Taylor = Jes..."


Thanks Barb. I posted them at the top. Wasn't sure a listopia would work for this one.

Yeah, that would be hard to set up LOL

Oh thanks! You would start this right AFTER I finish a Nora Roberts book. I'm going to do it but I have to plan some authors before I know what I want to commit to. Although, since I already have 6 other challenges going, maybe I should just be committed :-)

Apparently Nora Roberts also wrote under Sarah Hardesty and Jill March

Not sure how many I'm going to read. I'll start with Novice and see how it goes. Since my other challenges are throughout 2013, I'll have this one end Dec 31, 2013.

1.Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb 2/23/13
2.Time Was by Nora Roberts 3/3/13

3.Times Change by Nora Roberts 3/4/13
4.Time of Death by J.D. Robb 3/10/13

5.The Colorado Kid by Stephen King 3/7/13
6. The Running Man by Richard Bachman 4/20/13

7. The Witness by Nora Roberts 4/1/13
8. Calculated in Death by J.D. Robb 5/1/13

9. Ever After By Kim Harrison 4/1/13
10.First Truth by Dawn Cook 4/28/13

11. The India Fan by Victoria Holt 4/26/13
12. Mary, Queen of France by Jean Plaidy 5/13/13

13. Holidays Are Hell by Kim Harrison 5/15/13
14. Hidden Truth by Dawn Cook 6/3/13

Nothing but Reading Challenges
Double Identity (Author) Reading Challenge
Duration: 4/1/2013 - 3/31/2014

Progress: 14 out of 14 (Detective)

Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb
1. Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts - - 4/8/2013
2. Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb - - 4/12/2013



Kim Harrison/Dawn Cook
3. A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison - - 5/1/2013
4. First Truth by Dawn Cook - - 3/31/2014



JR Ward = Jessica Bird
5. Covet by J.R. Ward - **** - 5/17/2013
6. Beauty and the Black Sheep by Jessica Bird - - 3/30/2014



Sophie Kinsella = Madeleine Wickham
7. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella - - 5/21/2013
8. The Gatecrasher by Madeleine Wickham - - 3/29/2014



Barabara O'Neal/Barbara Samuel
9. How to Bake a Perfect Life by Barbara O'Neal - - 8/22/2013
10. Madame Mirabou's School of Love: A Novel by Barbara Samuel - - 3/28/2014



Lili St. Crow/Lilith Saintcrow
11. Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow - **** - 10/21/2013
12. Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow - - 3/27/2014



Jayne Ann Krentz = Amanda Quick = Jayne Bentley = Jayne Castle = Jayne Taylor = Amanda Glass = Stephanie James
13. Second Sight by Amanda Quick - *** - 5/13/2013
14. White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz - - 3/26/2014

Irene wrote: "Apparently Nora Roberts also wrote under Sarah Hardesty and Jill March"

I didn't know this. Thanks, Irene!

2 more I haven't seen mentioned yet, for urban fantasy fans:
Dawn Cook = Kim Harrison
Seanan McGuire = Mira Grant

Janet wrote: "2 more I haven't seen mentioned yet, for urban fantasy fans:
Dawn Cook = Kim Harrison
Seanan McGuire = Mira Grant"

Thanks Janet

Janet wrote: "2 more I haven't seen mentioned yet, for urban fantasy fans:
Dawn Cook = Kim Harrison
Seanan McGuire = Mira Grant"

Thank you! I went and found some stuff on Amazon by Dawn Cook so that gives me another pairing.

updated post 13. I have 5 completed pairs so I'm officially at Junior level!

Grats Irene! Keep it up!

Updated post 13 with #13 so only 1 more to go for Detective!

Updated post 13. That's 14/14 and I'm declaring myself done! Detective Irene is retiring from this challenge :-)

Congrats Irene.

Congrats, Irene!

For mystery/cozy lovers:

Alisa Craig = Charlotte MacLeod

Thanks, Gabby.

I'm going to join in on this challenge but I'm not going to start until January 1. I'll be doing Junior level.

Jan. 1, 2014- Dec. 31, 2014

Stephen King Lisey's Story 01-24-14
Richard Bachman Blaze 05-01-14

JD Robb Glory In Death 11/19/14
Nora Roberts Blue Dahlia 11/10/14

Jayne Ann Krentz Eye of The Beholder 12/13/14
Amanda Quick Wicked Widow 11/15/14

J.K. Rowling The Casual Vacancy 12/09/14
Robert Galbraith The Silkworm 11/30/14

Dean Koontz Odd Apocalypse 6/13/14
Leigh Nichols Twilight Eyes 9/25/14

Welcome to the challenge, Renee!

Double Identity (Author) Reading Challenge
Duration: 12/20/13 -12/19/14
Levels of Play
Novice - Read 2 - 5 books (starting here)4/5
Amateur - Read 6 - 9 books
Junior - Read 10 - 13 Books
Detective - Read 14+ Books

Options:
Nora Roberts/JD Robb
1.Glory in Death ~ JD Robb 01/13/14
2.Sea Swept ~ Nora Roberts 06/07/14

J.R. Ward/Jessica Bird
Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle

Kathryn Smith/Kady Cross/Kate Locke
1.When Seducing a Duke ~ Kathryn Smith 02/10/14

Philippa Carr/Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy
Elizabeth Hoyt/Julia Harper
Julie Garwood/Emily Chase
Amelia Grey/Gloria Dale Skinner.
Sandra Brown/Laura Jordan/Rachel Ryan/Erin St. Claire
Sabrina Jeffries/Deborah Martin/Deborah Nicholas
Dawn Cook/Kim Harrison

Heather Graham/Shannon Drake
1.Ghost Shadow ~ Heather Graham 01/21/14
2.

Welcome to the challenge, Shan!

I actually finished on time!!!

Jan. 1, 2014- Dec. 31, 2014

Stephen King Lisey's Story 01-24-14
Richard Bachman Blaze 05-01-14

JD Robb Glory In Death 11/19/14
Nora Roberts Blue Dahlia 11/10/14

Jayne Ann Krentz Eye of The Beholder 12/13/14
Amanda Quick Wicked Widow 11/15/14

J.K. Rowling The Casual Vacancy 12/09/14
Robert Galbraith The Silkworm 11/30/14

Dean Koontz Odd Apocalypse 6/13/14
Leigh Nichols Twilight Eyes 9/25/14

Well done Renee ☺

Double Identity Challenge
1/1/20-12/31/20
1/16

Stephen King = Richard Bachman
Misery 3/30/20 and The Bachman Books

Dean Koontz = Leigh Nichols
Odd Thomas and The Servants of Twilight

Jeffrey Deaver = William Jeffries
The Coffin Dancer 10/7/20 and Shallow Graves

Anne Rice = A N Roquelaure
Interview with the Vampire and The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty

JR Ward = Jessica Bird
The Shadows 9/23/20 and An Unforgettable Lady

Daniel Handler/Lemony Snickett
Why We Broke Up and The Austere Academy 8/23/20

Sherrilyn Kenyon - Kinley MacGregor
Son of No One (1/22/20) and Sword of Darkness

Nora Roberts - J.D. Robb
Morrigan's Cross and Naked in Death

Double Identity Challenge
1/1/20-12/31/20
Amateur - Read 6 - 9 books
Books read: 10

Jeffrey Allen = Jeff Shelby 2/2
1. Stay At Home Dead Jeffrey Allen 2/13/20
2. Bought the Farm Jeff Shelby 10/20/20

Avery Aames = Daryl Wood Gerber 2/2
1. Lost and Fondue Avery Aames 2/17/20
2. A Sprinkling of Murder Daryl Wood Gerber 6/14/20

Maria DiRico = Ellen Byron 2/2
1. Here Comes the Body Maria DiRico 2/26/20
2. Murder in the Bayou Boneyard Ellen Byron 9/17/20

Chris Cavender = Jessica Beck 2/2
1. Glazed Murder Jessica Beck 1/17/20
2. A Pizza to Die For Chris Cavender 6/25/20

Amanda Flower = Isabella Alan 2/2
1. Matchmaking Can Be Murder Amanda Flower 1/10/20
2. Murder, Plain and Simple Isabella Alan 3/21/20

Tari wrote: "Hoping I can use a list of my own?
Double Identity Challenge
1/1/20-12/31/20
Novice - Read 2 - 5 books

Miranda James = Dean James

Avery Aames = Daryl Wood Gerber

Maria DiRico = Ellen Byron

Chr..."

Absolutely, this list is a little dated and hasn't been updated recently. It's on the to do list!

Welcome Tari & Christina!

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Welcome Tari & Christina!." Thanks, and glad my list is ok!

Going novice for now and reading Stephen King = Richard Bachman and J.K. Rowling = Robert Galbraith for a start.

Starting Date: 04.01.2020

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling ✓ 2020/01/14
2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling ✓ 2020/01/16
3. Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith ✓ 2020/01/26
4. Lethal White by Robert Galbraith ✓ 2020/02/01
5. Misery by Stephen King ✓ 2020/02/10

6. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling ✓ 2020/03/24
7. Billy Summers by Stephen King ✓ 2021/11/07
8. Basar der bösen Träume by Stephen King ✓ 2022/08/14
9. Carrie by Stephen King ✓ 2023/01/29

10. Katzenauge. Filmerzählungen by Stephen King ✓ 2023/04/26
11. Böses Blut by Robert Galbraith ✓ 2023/07/16
12. Achterbahn by Stephen King ✓ 2024/10/27
13. Todesmarsch by Richard Bachmann ✓

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Welcome Chrissie!