The Reading Challenge Group discussion

Updated with easier levels this year....

This challenge will run all year and have a leveled format, but mostly this is a place to discuss the new releases of this year.

Level One: Curious: read 1 new release
Level Two: Curiouser: read 2 new releases
Level Three: Most Curious: read 4 new releases
Level Four: You killed the cat: read 6 new releases

Reserved for Updates

Paula's New Release Challenge 2018 >

COMPLETED! 29th March 2018

Level One: Curious: read 1 new release:
1. Walking Wounded by Sheila Llewellyn (03/01/18)

Level Two: Curiouser: read 2 new releases:
2. Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday (09/01/18)
3. Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (14/01/18)

Level Three: Most Curious: read 4 new releases:
4. The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara (21/01/18)
5. The Word for Woman is Wilderness by Abi Andrews (29/01/18)
6. Estoril by Dejan Tiago-Stanković (08/02/18)
7. The Only Story by Julian Barnes (17/02/18)

Level Four: You killed the cat: read 6 new releases:
1. The Second Winter by Craig Larsen (24/02/18)
2. Great Polar Bear by Carolyn Lesser (25/02/18)
3. The Little Book of Feminist Saints by Julia Pierpont (04/03/18)
4. Turn a Blind Eye by Vicky Newham (10/03/18)
5. The End of Loneliness by Benedict Wells (21/03/18)
6. Sylvia Pankhurst: The Rebellious Suffragette by Shirley Harrison (29/03/18)

I'm in

I'm in...

I’m in
Level One: Curious: read 1 new release
Amish Sweethearts: Four Amish Novellas 01/09/18
Level Two: Curiouser: read 2 new releases
1. The Phantom Tree 09/01/2018
2. The Summer List 06/26/2018
Level Three: Most Curious: read 4 new releases
3. The Taster 01/30/18
4. A Steep Price 06/26/18
5. 3-Minute Devotions from the Psalms: Inspiration for Women 05/01/18
6. Into the Black Nowhere 01/30/18
Level Four: You killed the cat: read 6 new releases
7. Lake Silence 03/06/18
8. Platinum Magic 01/22/18
9. The Mayflower Bride 02/01/18
10. The Pirate Bride 04/01/18
11. Still Me 01/30/18
12. Legendary 05/29/18

Going to try for reading 6 'new releases,' although some may be 2017 since at my Barnes & Noble Café & Lending Library it's sometimes difficult, I mean, always difficult find the new releases.

Do the books I’m reviewing count as new releases ? All of them are due to be released this year.

Tiffany, yes they would count since they are due to be released this year. I wolkd say if you have any due even for next year they should count too, but Renee woukd be the final judge on that.

Jenny wrote: "Tiffany, yes they would count since they are due to be released this year. I wolkd say if you have any due even for next year they should count too, but Renee woukd be the final judge on that."

Awesome! Thank you!

Just finished level one and my 1st new release of 2018: The Cruel Prince

Level One: Curious
1. Now That You Mention It 1-14-18

Level Two: Curiouser
2. Truly Devious 1/26/18
3. The Woman in the Window 1/31/18

Level Three: Most Curious
4. The Girls in the Picture 2/10/18
5. Still Me 2/20/18
6. Surprise Me 3/8/18
7. The Wife Between Us 3/20/18

Level Four: You killed the cat
8. The Perfect Nanny 3/22/18
9. The Immortalists 3/29/18
10. I'll Be Your Blue Sky 4/2/18
11. Let Me Lie 4/22/18
12. The Flight Attendant 4/25/18
13. Every Note Played 4/28/18

This may be a dumb question but is there a way to use our Netgalley badges here on Goodreads?

The 2018 Reading Challenge Group

Year-Long Challenges 2018 > New Release Challenge 2018

January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018

Completed 9/13

Level One: Curious: read 1 new release
√ 1) Digging In by Loretta Nyhan READ 3/3/2018



Level Two: Curiouser: read 2 new releases
√ 2) The Great Alone) by Kristin Hannah READ 9/18/2018
√ 3) Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff by Dana K. White READ 5/13/2018



Level Three: Most Curious: read 4 new releases
√ 4) The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook READ 11/13/2018
√ 5) Educated by Tara Westover READ 11/28/2018
√ 6) I Am Enough by Grace Byers READ 12/8/2018
√ 7) Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens READ 12/28/2018




Level Four: You killed the cat: read 6 new releases
√ 8) I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel READ 10/10/2018
√ 9) Do Not Disturb by Tilly Bagshawe READ 11/21/2018

New Release challenge
Level One: Curious: read 1 new release
1) The Leisure Seeker - January 2018

Level Two: Curiouser: read 2 new releases
2) Still Me - January 2018
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Level Three: Most Curious: read 4 new releases
Level Four: You killed the cat: read 6 new releases

I think I’m done? What now?

You can always do another round of the challenge. 🙂👏

Good idea! Thank you!

Level One: Curious: read 1 new release
1. A Most Noble Heir 03/06/18
Level Two: Curiouser: read 2 new releases
1. The Last Girl: A gripping psychological thriller with a killer twist 3/21/18
2. The Portrait of Molly Dean 03/01/18
Level Three: Most Curious: read 4 new releases
1. Harp on the Willow 02/06/18
2. Cinder: An Adult Fractured Fairy Tale 03/13/18
3. Beneath the Summer Sun 01/16/18
4. Rising Silver Mist 04/21/18
Level Four: You killed the cat: read 6 new releases
1. The Museum of Us 06/26/18
2. The View from Rainshadow Bay 01/23/18
3. Brave: An Adult Fractured Fairy Tale 04/17/18
4. The Accidental Guardian 04/03/18
5. Everless04/02/18
6. Stolen Enchantress: Beauty and the Beast meets The Pied Piper 04/10/18

Done! 😊

Fantastic job, Paula! 🎉

I'm finally ready to join this challenge. I'll shoot for level 3, and I'm starting out with a new release by one of my favorite authors, Simone St. James. *Completed*

Level One: Curious: read 1 new release
1. The Broken Girls

Level Two: Curiouser: read 2 new releases
2. Fleshers

Level Three: Most Curious: read 4 new releases
3. Voyager of the Crown
4. Lethal White

Level Four: You killed the cat: read 6 new releases
5. Bellewether
6. The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Completed

Allison wrote: "I'm finally ready to join this challenge. I'll shoot for level 3, and I'm starting out with a new release by one of my favorite authors, Simone St. James.

Level One: Curious: read 1 new release
1..."
Welcome to the challenge and good luck!

Glad to see you’re in for this one, Allison!

Tiffany-
You are the new release queen!

It’s all these review books, lol! I’m tanking on my Dust the shelf challenges.

Tiffany wrote: "It’s all these review books, lol! I’m tanking on my Dust the shelf challenges."

I can see how that could happen - they are very opposite goals, Tiffany!

Allison wrote: "Tiffany wrote: "It’s all these review books, lol! I’m tanking on my Dust the shelf challenges."

I can see how that could happen - they are very opposite goals, Tiffany!"
I’m sorry, I wasn’t ignoring you but I didn’t get a notification that you had replied, so I just saw this. Yes, they’re very much opposite goals. I’m thinking about starting to alternate, like read one ARC, and then one from my TBR list.

That's not a bad idea, Tiffany.

I'll do this one too! Done as of 12/28/18.

Level One: Curious
1. The Immortalists published Jan 2018, read 4/21/18

Level Two: Curiouser
2. Heart Berries: A Memoir published February 2018, read 7/9/18
3. The Other Woman published July 2018, read 8/5/18

Level Three: Most Curious
4. The Female Persuasion published April 2018, read 8/25/18
5. Vox published August 2018, read 9/8/18
6. I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life published September 2018, read 9/9/18
7. The Trinity Knot published April 2018, read 9/12/18

Level Four: You killed the cat
8. The High Tide Club published May 2018, read 9/25/18
9. The Queen: Aretha Franklin published October 2018, listened to on 10/14/18
10. The Ensemble published May 2018, read 10/24/18
12. Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less published August 2018, read 12/21/18
13. Girl Get it Right!: An I.M.P.A.C.T. guide to creating the life and work you dream of published October 2018, read 12/25/18

I read 9 books for this challenge. Completed Level 3 and 2 books into Level 4. Message 14.