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Looking forward to hopefully trying some wonderful new authors this year.Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
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Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
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Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
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Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
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I'm in! 😃Running Total: 6/10
Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1. Intimate Ties: Two Novellas by Robert Musil (24/01/19)
Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2. Barnhill: A Novel by Norman Bissell (15/04/19)
3. The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose (31/05/19)
Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (09/06/19)
5. A Nail, A Rose by Madeleine Bourdouxhe (12/07/19)
6. Starling Days by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (26/08/19)
Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7. Le Bal; And, Snow in Autumn by Irène Némirovsky (15/10/19)
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Me too!Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1. The Immortalists--Chloe Benjamin
Level Two:
2. Jar of HeartsJennifer Hillier (finished 1-4-19)
3. Dream Country--Shanon Gibney (finished 1-8-19)
Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4. Monday's Not Coming--Tiffany D. Jackson (finished 1-9-19)
5. The Second Course: A Novel--Kelly Killoren (finished 1-13-19)
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Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
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Yes please!Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
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Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
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Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
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Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
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Shooting for level 4:Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1. Don't Tell - Karen Rose
Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2. Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President - Candice Millard
3. A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention - Matt Richtel
Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4. Let Me Lie - Clare Mackintosh
5. Forgotten Bookmarks: A Bookseller's Collection of Odd Things Lost Between the Pages - Michael Popek
6. Love for Scale - Michaela Greene
Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7. The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope - Rhonda Riley
8. Where the Forest Meets the Stars - Glendy Vanderah
9. The End of the World Running Club - Adrian J. Walker
10. Jane Millionaire - Janice Lynn
New to You 2019Challenge yourself to read some authors that are new to you. Maybe there's an author or two you've been meaning to try for a long time. Don't let them linger on your TBR any longer!
Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1. Nic Sheff
Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines
Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2. John Green
Turtles All the Way Down
3. Seanan McGuire
Every Heart a Doorway
Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4. Gena Showalter
Firstlife
5. Emily Lloyd-Jones
Illusive
6. Anne Applegate
The Last Academy
Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7. Rick Riordan
The Maze of Bones
8. Gordon Korman
One False Note
9. Peter Lerangis
The Sword Thief
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Current Level: 3 Take A Swim
Chosing them on literary qualities not genreChallenge yourself to read some authors that are new to you. Maybe there's an author or two you've been meaning to try for a long time. Don't let them linger on your TBR any longer!
Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1.Crudo
Olivia Laing 1 january 2019 4 starsLevel Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2. Hunger
Knut Hamsun 134 p. 7 january 2019 4 stars 3.Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney 336 p. 9 january 2019 5 starsLevel Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4.Mooi doodliggen
A.F.Th. van der Heijden 358 p. 17 january 2019 4 stars 5.book:Ali and Nino|474078]
Kurban Said 288 p. 18 january 2019 4 stars6.
Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
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I'm in!!New to You
2019 - Maxi
Challenge yourself to read some authors that are new to you. Maybe there's an author or two you've been meaning to try for a long time. Don't let them linger on your TBR any longer!
Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1. Digger's Izy / Nancy Weston
Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2. The Storyteller's Secret / Sejal Badani
3. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / Tennessee Williams
Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4. The Indifferent Stars Above / Daniel James Brown
5. Storm Front (The Dresden Files) Jim Butcher
6. Casting Spells / Barbara Bretton
Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7. No Easy Answers / Brooks Brown
8. The Hot Zone / Richard Preston
9. The Woman in Cabin 10 / Ruth Ware
10. Brain Droppings / George Carlin
Yay!!! I really finished a Maxi Challenge!!
Completed all 4 levels! Yay! (see message 8 for list)
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I read your Book 2 last year. I was really impressed, since I usually not that interested in political biographies.
Challenge yourself to read some authors that are new to you. Maybe there's an author or two you've been meaning to try for a long time. Don't let them linger on your TBR any longer!Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1.The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2.The Color of Lies
3.The Sky Between You and Me
Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4.That's Not What Happened
5.The Handmaid's Tale
6.A Million Little Pieces
Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7.The Color Purple
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Challenge yourself to read some authors that are new to you. Maybe there's an author or two you've been meaning to try for a long time. Don't let them linger on your TBR any longer!Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1. Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2. Shift by Em Bailey
3. The Stranger by Harlan Coben
Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4. 1984 by George Orwell
5. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
6. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7. Explorations of a Cosmic Soul by Allie Michelle
8. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
9. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
10. La femme au carnet rouge by Antoine Laurain
I will give this a try.Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1. The Moment Keeper by Buffy Andrews
Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2. Delicate Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan
3. The Littlest Cowboy by Maggie Shayne
Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4. Long Way Home by Neve Cottrel
5. Shuttered Affections by Rene Folsom
6. A Heart Across the Ocean by Shelley Kassian
Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7. Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
8. Christmas with You by Tracey Alvarez
9. Unexpected Gifts by Elena Aitken
10. Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg
Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)1. Susan Meissner
Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
3. Richard Foster
Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4. Renate Bethge
5. Marjorie Thompson
6. Geoffrey B. Kelly
Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7. N.T Wright
8. Philip Yancey
9. Brittany Ann
10. John W Wright
Mod
I've forgotten to post my updates I've tweaked it a bit for a round two so i can track how many new authors i read this year
Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1. Rob Liefeld
Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2. Joe Sacco
3. Mark Millar
Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4. J. Micheal Straczynski
5. Garth Ennis
6. John D MacDonald
Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7. Elizabeth Acevedo
8. Jenny Downham
9. Heather Morris
10. Ruth Ware
ROUND TWO
Level One: (11 New Author)
11. Barry Knowles
Level Two: (13 New Authors)
12. Mary Prince
13. Andy Robb
Level Three: (16 New Authors)
14. Alena Tkach
15. Tamsin Winter
16. Sarah Krasnostein
Level Four: (20 New Authors)
17. Samuel J. Halpin
18. Ali Berg
19. Michelle Kalus
20. Jaycee Dugard
ROUND THREE
21. Neil Gaiman
22. Julie Murphy
23. Tomi Adeyemi
24. Henry Brewis
25. Ross Welford
26. Jandy Nelson
Liz Braswell
Siobhan Dowd
Sara Payne
A.J Banner
D.K.S Dhara
Marc Sumerak
Mod
I am in - here is my list so far.. just reached level 3.Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1. Change by Design - Tim Brown.
Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2. America for Beginners, by Leah Franqui
3. Squeezed, by Alissa Quart
Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4. Just Sit, by Surey and Elizabeth Novogatz
Round 1: COMPLETEDChallenge yourself to read some authors that are new to you. Maybe there's an author or two you've been meaning to try for a long time. Don't let them linger on your TBR any longer!
Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1. Sam Cabot - Blood of the Lamb: A Novel of Secrets - 1/6
Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2. James Renner - True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray - 1/12
3. Tom Rosenstiel - Shining City - 1/26
Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4. Anna Godbersen - Bright Young Things - 1/27
5. Amor Towles - Rules of Civility - 2/3
6. William Goldman - The Princess Bride - 2/17
Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7. Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White - 3/9
8. Tahereh Mafi - Shatter Me - 3/27
9. A. J. Finn - The Woman in the Window - 4/5
10. Catherine Ryan Howard - The Liar's Girl - 4/25
Round 2: COMPLETEDLevel One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1. Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind - 5/18
Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2. Terry Goodkind - Wizard's First Rule - 5/26
3. Phoebe Robinson - You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain - 5/31
Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4. Caz Frear - Sweet Little Lies - 6/23
5. Celina Grace - Hushabye - 7/25
6. Kris Lackey - Nail's Crossing - 7/27
Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7. Norton Juster - The Phantom Tollbooth - 7/30
8. Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse-Five - 8/10
9. I.A. Ashcroft - Raven Song - 9/2
10. Alice Walker - The Color Purple - 9/10
Mod
Rosemarie wrote: "Way to go, Brenda!"Thanks Rosemarie! On to round 3 :)
ROUND TWO11. Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
12. Your Name by Makoto Shinkai
13. Astronomy by Ian Ridpath
14. The Dry by Jane Harper
15. Everless by Sarah Holland
16. Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld
17. Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco
18. The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan
19. Don't Look Back by S.B. Hayes
20. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty
ROUND THREE21. Extraordinary Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
22. A Sudden Light by Garth Stein
23. Shine by Kate Maryon
24. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
25. A Work in Progress by Connor Franca
26. Youth in Revolt by C. D. Payne
27. Textos Cruéis Demais Para Serem Lidos Rapidamente by Igor Pires da Silva
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Round 3 - New to You in 2019: COMPLETEDChallenge yourself to read some authors that are new to you. Maybe there's an author or two you've been meaning to try for a long time. Don't let them linger on your TBR any longer!
Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1. Anna Lee Waldo - Sacajawea - 9/21
Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2. Delia Owens - Where the Crawdads Sing - 9/26
3. Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House in the Big Woods - 9/28
Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4. David Grann - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI - 10/4
5. Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House - 10/16
6. Paul Holes - Evil Has A Name: The Untold Story of the Golden State Killer Investigation - 10/21
Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7. Peter Graham - Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century - 10/24
8. Michelle McNamara - I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer - 10/28
9. Joan Wolf - Black Diamond - 11/2
10. Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray - 11/4
Round 4: COMPLETEDChallenge yourself to read some authors that are new to you. Maybe there's an author or two you've been meaning to try for a long time. Don't let them linger on your TBR any longer!
Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
1. Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient - 11/11
Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
2. Nikki Owen - Subject 375 - 11/24
3. Tracy Grant - The Darlington Letters - 11/26
Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
4. Patricia Highsmith - The Talented Mr. Ripley - 12/6
5. Markus Zusak - The Book Thief - 12/12
6. Richard Adams - Watership Down - 12/20
Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
7. Sharon Washington - Feeding the Dragon - 12/21
8. Claudia Gray - Evernight - 12/22
9. Danny Ben-Moshe - My Lost Family: An Audible Original - 12/23
10. Dervla McTiernan - The Sisters - 12/29
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The Book Thief (other topics)Subject 375 (The Project Trilogy, Book 1) (other topics)
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Level One: Test the Waters (1 New Author)
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Level Two: Wade in the Shallow End (3 New Authors)
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Level Three: Take a Swim (6 New Authors)
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Level Four: Dive Right In (10 New Authors)
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