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This challenge is all about New To You books!

This challenge is simple~ you can read one, two or all of the following topics and read as many books for each as you want.

Categories
1. New to You Author
2. New to You Genre
3. New to You Series

Levels
1. New things are ok: 1-10 books
2. I like new things: 11-20
3. I LOVE new things!: 30+ books

Duration
January 1, 2014~ December 31, 2014

Have Fun!

Participants

Shelia
Lisa
Mave
Barbara ★
Kristen
TheButterflyEffect
Apoorv
Allie
Kimberly

New To You 2014
January 1~Dec 31, 2014
Level: I LOVE new things!

New To You Author
1. ~ 1/6/13
2. ~ 1/11/14
3. ~ 1/16/14
4. ~ 1/31/14
5. ~ 2/9/14
6. ~ pgs, 2/23/14
7. ~ 3/12/14
8. ~ by Justina Ireland~ 6/1/14
9. ~ by Amanda Maciel 6/7/14
10. ~ by Michael Northrop~ 6/12/14
11. ~ by Vicky Alvear Shecter~ 7/12/14
12. ~ by Atia Abawi~ 9/8/14
13. by Cameron Dokey ~ 9/30/14
14. by Tracy Lynn~ 10/4/14
15. ~ by Lucy Christopher, 10/11/14
16. ~ by Danielle Vega, 10/15/14
17. ~ by Micol Ostow, 11/2/14
18. ~ by Lisa Unger, 11/29/14

New To You Series
1. ~ 2/16/14
2. ~ 2/21/14
3. ~ 3/5/14
4. ~ by Cassandra Clare~ 6/8/14
5. ~ by Eva Vanrell~ 8/18/14
6. ~ by Amelia Atwater Rhodes~ 9/6/14
7. by Rick Yancey~ 9/18/14
8. by A.G. Howard~ 9/28/14
9. ~ by Brodi Ashton, 10/19/14
10. ~ by Elizabeth Wein, 11/13/14

New To You Genre
1. ~ 3/26/14~ Psychological thriller
2. by Robert T. Bakker~ 4/12/14~ Animal Sci-fi
3. ~ by Shay Savage, 10/13/14 erotic

New To You 2014
I like new things: 15/15 Completed

New To You Author
1. Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett ✔
2. One Day by David Nicholls ✔
3. Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin Finished 1/10/14 ✔
4. A Deeper Darkness by J.T. Ellison Finished 1/14/14 ✔
5. The Halo Effect by M.J. Rose ✔
6. Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates ✔
7. Mash: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker ✔
8. Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters ✔
9. - The Winter People by Jennifer Mahon ✔
10. - Unwanted by Kristina Ohlsson ✔
11. - Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight ✔
12. - The Bone House by Brian Freeman ✔
13. - Embryo by J.A. Schneider (Embryo #1) 4/19 ✔
14. - Snake Skin by C.J. Lyons (Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller #1) 4/19 ✔
15. - The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway #1) ✔

New To You Series
1. Booktown Mystery ✔
2. Mistress of the Art of Death ✔
3. Dr. Sam Owens ✔
4. Butterfield Institute ✔
5. Amanda Jaffe ✔
6. Embryo ✔
7. Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller ✔
8. Ruth Galloway ✔

New To You 2014
1/14-12/14
I Like New Things

Authors
1. Christopher Paul Curtis
2. Holly Black
3. Tracy Bilen
4. Koethi Zan
5. Holly Goldberg Sloan
6. Tahereh Mafi
7. Anne Ursu
8. Tammara Webb
9. Mary Pearson
10. Kirkpatrick Hill
11. Dorothy Sterling
12. Beth Kephart
13. Tommy Hays
14. Wendy Mass
15. David Bell
16. Todd Strausser
17. Sharon Hale
18. Francesco Marciuliano
19. N.H. Senzai
20. Melissa Wiley
Series
1. Persephone 1 1-10-14
2. Lux 1-16-14
3. Uglies 2-19-14
4. Breathless 3-16-14
5. Witch Song 3-17-14

New To You 2014
January 1~Dec 31, 2014
Level: I LOVE new things!

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I'm going to work on new authors and new series since I already read every genre except the ones I refuse to read (non fiction and biography)

Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2014

New Authors
1. Degrees of Wrong - Anna Scarlett 1/4 ★★★★★
2. One Rainy Night - Kathye Quick 1/10 ★★★
3. Lizard World - Terry Richard Bazes 1/21 ★★
4. The Thief - Megan Whalen Turner 2/10 ★★
5. You're Next - Gregg Hurwitz 2/20 ★★★★★
6. Faceless Killers - Henning Mankell 3/19 ★★
7. City of the Sun - David Levien 5/13 ★★
8. Untraceable - S.R. Johannes 5/18 ★★★★
9. Unwind - Neal Shusterman 5/21 ★★★★
10. Renegade Most Wanted - Carol Arens 5/27 ★★★
11. The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum 6/2 ★★★
12. The Turtle-Girl from East Pukapuka - Cole Alpaugh 6/3 ★★
13. Sex and the Single Earl - Vanessa Kelly 6/20 ★★★
14. Ashfall - Mike Mullen 6/21 ★★★
15. Spirit and Dust - Rosemary Clement-Moore 6/30 ★★★★
16. The Ice Princess - Camilla Läckberg 7/17 ★★★
17. The Seductive Impostor - Janet Chapman 7/20 ★★★★
18. Blood Born - Linda Howard 7/27 ★★★
19. White Wedding - Ursula Sinclair 8/11 ★★
20. Tall, Dark & Lonely - R.L. Mathewson 8/13 ★★★★
21. Show and Tell - Jasmine Haynes 8/17 ★★
22. Can't Buy Me Love - Molly O'Keefe 8/21 ★★★★
23. Some Kind Of Fairy Tale - Graham Joyce 8/22 ★★
24. Redemption - Susannah Sandlin 8/24 ★★★★
25. Libriomancer - Jim C. Hines 9/10 ★★★
26. Wicked as They Come - Delilah Dawson 10/5 ★★★★★
27. Red - Jordan Summers 10/10 ★★★★
28. Who Do, Voodoo? - Rochelle Staab 10/13 ★★★
29. What Angels Fear - C.S. Harris 10/15 ★★★★
30. Finders-Seekers - Gayle Greeno 10/17 ★★★★
31. Bizarre Life of Sydney Sedrick - Mandi Casey 10/19 ★★
32. North of Need - Laura Kaye 10/24 ★★★★★
33. The Ghost and Mrs. McClure - Alice Kimberly 10/29 ★★
34. Letters from Skye: A Novel - Jessica Brockmole 10/30 ★★★★
35. Everywhere She Turns - Debra Webb 11/3 ★★
36. The Pyramid Of Doom - Andy McDermott 11/7 ★★
37. Twisted Things - Madge Swindells 11/9 ★★
38. Lost - Gary Devon 11/15 ★★★
39. The City and the City - China Miéville 11/21 ★★★
40. The Butterfly Farm - Diane Noble 11/25 ★★★
41. Just Desserts - Mary Daheim 12/7 ★
42. Flirting with Forever - Gwyn Cready 12/13 ★★★
43. Baby, I'm Yours - Susan Andersen 12/20 ★★
44. Maiden Rock - Mary Logue 12/28 ★★★
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New Series
1. Never Seduce a Scot - Maya Banks 1/10 ★★★★★
2. Instant Attraction - Jill Shalvis 1/24 ★★★★★
3. Partials - Dan Wells 1/27 ★★★★
4. Real - Katy Evans 3/29 ★★★★★
5. The Winter Sea - Susanna Kearsley 4/2 ★★★★★
6. Retribution - Jilliane Hoffman 4/15 ★★★★
7. Born To Darkness - Suzanne Brockmann 4/24 ★★★★★
8. Dragonflight - Anne McCaffrey 4/27 ★★★
9. Hounded - Kevin Hearne 4/28 ★★★
10. The Hero and the Crown - Robin McKinley 5/14 ★★★
11. Charmed Spirits - Carrie Ann Ryan 9/10 ★★★★
12. Down to You - M. Leighton 11/3 ★★★★
13. Nearly Departed in Deadwood - Ann Charles 11/9 ★★★★
14. Should've Known Better - Cassandra Carr 11/29 ★★★★★
15. The Crossing Places - Elly Griffiths 12/13 ★★★★
16. Devil Without a Cause - Terri Garey 12/14 ★★★★
17. Trick of the Light - Rob Thurman 12/21 ★★★★
18. One Dance with a Duke - Tessa Dare 12/27 ★★★★


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Ok, gonna give it a shot.. Update as I go :)
NEW THING ARE OK 1-10 BOOKS, going to focus on Author and Series


*****DONE 1/29/14*****


Thought about extending it out, but there are SO many OTHER challenges here that I want to try... may change my mind later, but for now I'm DONE! :)

Authors:
1. Nicole Williams 1/21
2. Nashoda Rose 1/21
3. Lyla Payne 1/22
4. M.L. Wiekel 1/22
5. Cassandra Clare 1/23
6. Caitlyn Duffy 1/23
7. Sarah Adams 1/24
8. Lauren Burd 1/26
9. Piper Shelly
10. Jen McLaughlin 1/26


Series:
1. Lost and Found Series by Nicole Williams Lost and Found
2. Tear Asunder Series by Nashoda Rose Torn from You
3. Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare City of Bones
4. Immortal Trilogy by Lauren Burd Immortal
5. Grover Beach Team by Shelly Piper Play With Me
6. Sweet Home Series by Tillie Cole Sweet Home
7. Out of Line Series Jen McLaughlin Out of Line
8. The Beaumont Series by Heidi McLaughlin Forever My Girl
9. Need Series by Carrie Jones Need
10. Reaper Series by Jennifer Snyder Touch

In!
Duration: 1/1/14-31/12/14
Level: I LOVE new things!

New Series
1. Unwind
2. Under the Never Sky
3. Darkest Minds
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New Author
15. Michael Grant
16. Ernest Cline
17. Brandon Sanderson
18. Garth Nix
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New Genre
30. Autobiography

Its always exciting to read new or unread authors.. and this challenge gives you the full leisure to embark on that journey.

Challenge : New to You 2014
Duration : January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014
Task : I LOVE New Things - 30+ Books

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New to You - Author

1. Monica Seles - Getting a Grip: On My Body, My Mind, My Self (1/5/2014)
2. Robert James Waller - The Bridges of Madison County (1/11/2014)
3. David Levithan - Two Boys Kissing (1/21/2014)
4. Robert A. Heinlein - Between Planets (1/31/2014)
5. Julian Barnes - The Sense of an Ending (2/3/2014)
6. Haruki Murakami - Norwegian Wood (2/8/2014)
7. Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2/13/2014)
8. James M. Cain - Double Indemnity (2/28/2014)
9. George Orwell - Animal Farm (2/28/2014)
10. Rikki Ducornet - Netsuke (3/2/2014)
11. Mark Leyner - Why Do Men Have Nipples?: Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini (3/5/2014)
12. John Green - The Fault in Our Stars (3/12/2014)
13. Mary Higgins Clark - Loves Music, Loves to Dance (3/19/2014)
14. Sherman Alexie - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (3/24/2014)
15. Jamie Ford - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (3/27/2014)
16. John Knowles - A Separate Peace (3/31/2014)
17. Bill Maher - When You Ride Alone You Ride With Bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism (4/1/2014)
18. Naoki Higashida - The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism (4/4/2014)
19. Mitch Albom - The Five People You Meet in Heaven (4/8/2014)
20. Susan Cain - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (4/11/2014)
21. Albert Camus - The Stranger (4/15/2014)
22. Stephan King - Carrie (4/19/2014)
23. Sylvia Plath - Ariel (4/22/2014)
24. Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart (4/29/2014)
25. William Burroughs - The Cat Inside (4/30/2014)
26. Gemma Halliday - Spying in High Heels (5/17/2014)
27. Karen Walker Thompson - The Age of Miracles (5/25/2014)
28. Alan Brennert - Moloka'i (5/31/2014)
29. Nicolas Sparks - The Notebook (6/7/2014)
30. Craig Johnson - As The Crow Flies (6/8/2014)
31. Laurie Halse Anderson - Speak (6/13/2014)
32. Nevada Barr - Blood Lure (6/15/2014)
33. F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby (6/17/2014)
34. Karen Rose - I Can See You (6/22/2014)
35. Earnest Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea (6/23/2014)
36. Willa Cather - One of Ours (6/29/2014)
37. Ellen Raskin - The Westing Game (6/30/2014)

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Summary
Total Authors Read : 37 / 30

**** COMPLETED (6/8) ****

New to You Author


1.) Angie Sage - (Magyk) 3/13/14
2.) Robin Sloan - (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore) 3/26/14
3.) Kami Garcia - (Beautiful Creatures) 3/30/14
4.) Sarah Addison Allen - (Lost Lake) 4/13/14
5.) Helene Wecker - (The Golem and the Jinni) 4/9/14
6.) Kathleen Tessaro - (The Perfume Collector) 6/27/14
7.) Jill Barnett - (Bewitching) 7/11/14
8.) Jodi Lynn Anderson - (Tiger Lily) 8/6/14
9.) Audie Murphy - (To Hell and Back) 7/29/14
10.) Carolly Erickson - (The Favored Queen: A Novel of Henry VIII's Third Wife) 8/19/14
11.) Carolyn Arnold - (Ties That Bind) 8/25/14
12.) Susan Higginbotham - (The Queen of Last Hopes: The Story of Margaret of Anjou) 8/29/14
13.) Władysław Szpilman - (The Pianist) 8/30/14
14.) John Mullan - (What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved) 8/31/14
15.) Claire Ridgway - (The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown) 8/24/14


New To You Series

1.) Cookie Cutter Shop Mysteries by Virginia Lowell All read April 2014
2.) A Bewitching Mystery Series by Madelyn Alt Started reading April 2014
3.) Sugar Maple Series by Barbara Bretton Started reading in April 2014
4.) John Shakespeare Series by Rory Clements Started reading in May 2014
5.) Stephanie Plum Series by Janet Evanovich Started reading in May 2014
6.) Faerie Tales Series by Jenni James Started reading June 2014
7.) Don Tillman Series by Graeme Simsion Started reading June 2014
8.) Grail Quest Series by Bernard Cornwell Started reading August 2014
9.) Pizza Lovers Mystery Series by Chris Cavender Started reading August 2014
10.) Jane Madison Series by Mindy Klasky Started reading August 2014
11.) Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth Started reading September 2014
12.) Larue Donovan Series by Rose Pressey Started reading September 2014
13.) Orchard Mysteries by Sheila Connolly Started reading September 2014
14.) County Cork Mysteries by Sheila Connolly Started reading October 2014
15.) Tuppence & Tommy Series by Agatha Christie Started reading October 2014

Finished!!!!
New To You 2014
1/14-12/14
I Like New Things

Authors
1. Christopher Paul Curtis
2. Holly Black
3. Tracy Bilen
4. Koethi Zan
5. Holly Goldberg Sloan
6. Tahereh Mafi
7. Anne Ursu
8. Tammara Webb
9. Mary Pearson
10. Kirkpatrick Hill
11. Dorothy Sterling
12. Beth Kephart
13. Tommy Hays
14. Wendy Mass
15. David Bell
16. Todd Strausser
17. Sharon Hale
18. Francesco Marciuliano
19. N.H. Senzai
20. Melissa Wiley
Series
1. Persephone 1 1-10-14
2. Lux 1-16-14
3. Uglies 2-19-14
4. Breathless 3-16-14
5. Witch Song 3-17-14

New To You 2014
I like new things: 15/15 Completed

New To You Author
1. Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett ✔
2. One Day by David Nicholls ✔
3. Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin Finished 1/10/14 ✔
4. A Deeper Darkness by J.T. Ellison Finished 1/14/14 ✔
5. The Halo Effect by M.J. Rose ✔
6. Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates ✔
7. Mash: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker ✔
8. Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters ✔
9. - The Winter People by Jennifer Mahon ✔
10. - Unwanted by Kristina Ohlsson ✔
11. - Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight ✔
12. - The Bone House by Brian Freeman ✔
13. - Embryo by J.A. Schneider (Embryo #1) 4/19 ✔
14. - Snake Skin by C.J. Lyons (Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller #1) 4/19 ✔
15. - The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths (Ruth Galloway #1) ✔

New To You Series
1. Booktown Mystery ✔
2. Mistress of the Art of Death ✔
3. Dr. Sam Owens ✔
4. Butterfield Institute ✔
5. Amanda Jaffe ✔
6. Embryo ✔
7. Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller ✔
8. Ruth Galloway ✔

Wow Congrats Sheila!

Hi...umm we can join in anytime during the year, right?

yes of course!

oh thanks :D

New To You 2014
Duration: 1/1/2014 - 12/31/2014
Level: I LOVE new things!: 30+ books

New To You Series:
1. Bran New Death by Victoria Hamilton Merry Muffin Mystery (1/18/14)
2. Hooked on Murder by Betty Hechtman Crochet Mystery (1/24/14)
3. A Sheetcake Named Desire by Jacklyn Brady A Piece of Cake Mystery (1/30/14)
4. The Trouble With Magic by Madelyn Alt A Bewitching Mystery (2/7/14)
5. Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris Lily Baird (2/11/14)
6. Hearse and Buggy by Laura Bradford An Amish Mystery (2/16/14)
7. Drizzled with Death by Jessie Crockett Sugar Grove Mystery (3/23/14)
8. Liver Let Die by Liz Lipperman A Clueless Cook Mystery (3/27/14)
9. Chili con Carnage by Kylie Logan A Chili Cookoff Mystery (4/12/14)
10. Murder at the PTA by Laura Alden Beth Kennedy (4/19/14)
11. Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay Hat Shop Mystery (5/2/14)
12. Gateway by Christina Garner The Gateway Trilogy (5/9/14)
13. If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell A Haunted Home Renovation Mystery (5/15/14)
14. How to Date a Werewolf by Rose Pressey Rylie Cruz (5/22/14)
15. Cookie Dough or Die by Virginia Lowell A Cookie Cutter Shop (5/29/14)
16. High Stakes by Erin McCarthy Vegas Vampires (5/31/14)
17. Diners, Dives & Dead Ends by Terri L. Austin Rose Strickland (6/26/14)
18. The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale The Books of Bayern (7/1/14)
19. A Plain Death by Amanda Flower Appleseed Creek (8/14/14)
20. Iced Chiffon by Duffy Brown A Consignment Shop Mystery (8/21/14)
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DONE! Updated message #11

Allie wrote: "DONE! Updated message #11"

congrats

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