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New 2U Authors Challenge 2023
IN! I've managed over 150 in 2022. I very much doubt I can top that, but I'll give it a whirl, lol.1. Rebecca Gablé - The Waringham Chronicles, Volume 1: The Runaway
2. Yaa Gyasi - Homegoing
3. Jack Dee - What Is Your Problem?
4. Georgette St. Clair - The Alpha Claims A Mate
5. Stephen R. Lawhead - Taliesin
6. Ben Fogle - Up: My Life’s Journey to the Top of Everest
7. Ruth Ozeki - A Tale for the Time Being
8. Delos W. Lovelace - King Kong
♥9. Blake Crouch - Recursion ♥
♥10. Sara Gruen - Water for Elephants ♥
11. Margaret Weis - Dragons of Autumn Twilight
12. Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm
13. Claire Keegan - Small Things Like These
14. Vincent Price - The Price of Fear
15. Frances Hardinge - A Face Like Glass
16. Shelby Mahurin - Serpent & Dove
17. C.J. Sansom - Dissolution
18. Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
19. Richard Armitage - Geneva
♥20. Gabriel Byrne - Walking with Ghosts♥
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154 actually so far, lol.I'm trying to get to 160, but I may not make it. I'm running out of authors, lol.
Sammy wrote: "154 actually so far, lol.I'm trying to get to 160, but I may not make it. I'm running out of authors, lol."
Sammy, I will start to think you are a robot. 🧐😁
NEW 2 U AUTHORS 2023Duration: January - December
Level: Come what may
End result:
January (1)
1. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer - Michelle McNamara
February (2)
2. Dark Lover - J.R. Ward
3. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis
March (4)
4. In the Woods - Tana French
5. The Winter People - Jennifer McMahon
6. Ancestral Night - Elizabeth Bear
7. My Sister, the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite
April (2)
8. We Should All Be Feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
9. There There - Tommy Orange
May (1)
10. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
June (2)
11. The Murders of Molly Southbourne - Tade Thompson
12. Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness - Susannah Cahalan
July ()
13. Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer
14. All the Missing Girls - Megan Miranda
15. L'Empire de l'or rouge - Jean-Baptiste Malet
Crazy Rich Asians - Kevin Kwan
Traitor's Blade - Sebastien de Castell
Sunspot Jungle, Vol. 1 - Bill Campbell
I don't do too many individual challenges, but Sammy, if you want to playfully turn this into another monster hunt, I'm in. (Although perhaps slaying new authors is rude.)
New authors on my 2023 TBR- (✔ when finished)
1- Khadija Abdalla Bajaber The House of Rust
2- Bisi Adjapon The Teller of Secrets
3- Chris Whitaker We Begin at the End
4- Christine Mangan Palace of the Drowned
5- Marissa Levien The World Gives Way
6- Lucinda Roy The Freedom Race
7- Una Mannion A Crooked Tree
8- Sahar Mustafah The Beauty of Your Face
9- Abi Daré The Girl with the Louding Voice
10- Charles Soule Anyone
11- Fletcher Knebel Night of Camp David
12- Katelyn Monroe Howes The Awoken
13- Emery Robin The Stars Undying
14- S.E. Boyd The Lemon
15- Adrienne Celt End of the World House
16- ✔Megan Giddings The Women Could Fly
17- Kristín Ómarsdóttir Swanfolk
18- James Hannaham Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta
19- Becky Smethurst A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong
20- Dolen Perkins-Valdez Take My Hand
21- Jo Harkin Tell Me an Ending
22- Erin Kate Ryan :Quantum Girl Theory
23- Alex Segura :Secret Identity
24- Vaishnavi Patel Kaikeyi
25- Lucy Kissick :Plutoshine
26- Veronica G. Henry The Quarter Storm
27- Rob Hart The Paradox Hotel
28- Jabari Asim Yonder
29- Sequoia Nagamatsu How High We Go in the Dark
30- Cadwell Turnbull :No Gods, No Monsters
31- Suyi Davies Okungbowa :David Mogo Godhunter
32- James Islington The Shadow of What Was Lost
33- Douglas Stuart Young Mungo
34- Percival Everett Telephone]
35- Jayne Ann Krentz The Vanishing
36- Will Once Love, Death and Tea
37- Tim Curran Dead Sea
38- Dee Garretson Station Fosaan
39- Scott Westerfeld Uglies
40- Chuma Nwokolo The Extinction of Menai|
41- Charles Palliser The Quincunx
42- Alena Graedon The Word Exchange
43- ✔ Damyanti Biswas The Blue Bar
44- Sloane Crosley Cult Classic
45- Jenn Lyons The Ruin of Kings
46- Shehan Karunatilaka The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
47- Aimee Pokwatka Self-Portrait with Nothing
48- NoViolet Bulawayo Glory
49- David Wellington The Last Astronaut
50- Kanae Minato Confessions
51- ✔ Tom Alan Robbins Twits in Love: A Steampunk Distraction
52- ✔Honoré de Balzac Cousin Bette
53- ✔Sara Ney
54- ✔Michele Hauf
55- ✔Daniel Young
56- ✔Susan Aylworth
57- ✔Jean Webster
58- ✔John Burroughs
69- ✔Kathe Koja
70- ✔Sylvia Day
71- ✔Adamina Young
72- ✔Daniel Young
73- ✔Caroline Lee
74- ✔Ella Goode
75- ✔Olga Ravn
Jenny wrote: "I don't do too many individual challenges, but Sammy, if you want to playfully turn this into another monster hunt, I'm in. (Although perhaps slaying new authors is rude.)"
I guess some may frown upon such things, yes... ;)
I wouldn't be surprised if some of the authors I've come across were monsters... They certainly have some strange twisted brains.
New 2 U Authors 2023Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Level: Devil May Care
Read: 23/20+ 🌟
* Novellas permitted
1. Julie K. Brown -- Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story
2. Charles R. "Butch" Farabee Jr. -- Death, Daring, and Disaster
3. Paul Cornell -- London Falling
4. Matt Parker -- Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World
5. Kevin Grange -- Wild Rescues
6. Irina Shapiro -- Murder in the Crypt
7. Carey Gillam -- The Monsanto Papers
8. Jasper Fforde -- The Big Over Easy
9. Maya Dusenbery -- Doing Harm
10. Sheera Frenkel -- An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination
11. Lowell Cauffiel -- Eye of the Beholder
12. Norman Maclean -- Young Men and Fire
13. Jon Wilkman -- Floodpath
14. Becky Chambers -- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
15. Charlie Donlea -- The Suicide House
16. Drew Hayes -- The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant
17. Elizabeth Williamson -- Sandy Hook
18. Jia Tolentino -- Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
19. John Sweeney -- Killer in the Kremlin
20. Kim Cross -- What Stands in a Storm
21. Saad Z. Hossain -- The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday
22. Brantley Hargrove -- The Man Who Caught the Storm
23. Bree Loewen -- Found: A Life in Mountain Rescue
New to u Authors
Duration 01/01/23 - 31/12/23
level Devil May Care 6/20
read
1 Nora Phoenix 📚 Clean Start at Forty-Seven 01/01/23
2. Sarina Bowen 📚 Him 01/02/23
3. Jennifer Lynn Barnes 📚 The Inheritance Games 01/05/23
4. Alexis Hall 📚 Boyfriend Material 01/08/22
5. Jennette McCurdy 📚 I'm Glad My Mom Died 1/09/23
6. Jessamyn Kingley 📚 Dra'Kaedan's Coven
want to read
Kidnapped by the Pirate
Duration 01/01/23 - 31/12/23
level Devil May Care 6/20
read
1 Nora Phoenix 📚 Clean Start at Forty-Seven 01/01/23
2. Sarina Bowen 📚 Him 01/02/23
3. Jennifer Lynn Barnes 📚 The Inheritance Games 01/05/23
4. Alexis Hall 📚 Boyfriend Material 01/08/22
5. Jennette McCurdy 📚 I'm Glad My Mom Died 1/09/23
6. Jessamyn Kingley 📚 Dra'Kaedan's Coven
want to read
Kidnapped by the Pirate
New to u authors:Devil May Care = 20 or more!
Tuinieren voor de geest. Hoe we gelukkiger worden van zaaien, wieden en snoeien by Sue Stuart-Smith 01/04/23
Memoires van een ijsbeer by Yōko Tawada 01/04/23
New 2 U authors:Devil May Care 22/20 but this too can change...
1. Drew Hayes: The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant
2. Gregory McDonald: Fletch
3. Daniel Stashower: American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper
4. James Rollins: The Starless Crown
5. Travis Baldree: Légendes & Lattes
6. Deanna Raybourn: Killers of a Certain Age
7. Amy Bruni: Life with the Afterlife: 13 Truths I Learned about Ghosts
8. Shelby Van Pelt: Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel
9. James Spooner: The High Desert
10. Sally Andrew: Recipes for Love and Murder: A Tannie Maria Mystery
11. Emilia Hart: Weyward
12. Nicola Stow: The Real-Life Murder Clubs: Citizens Solving True Crimes
13. Rebecca Serle: In Five Years
14. Eric Ugland: Scamps & Scoundrels
15. Benjamin Stevenson: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
16. Christopher Hood: The Revivalists
17. Blake Crouch: Upgrade
18. Garth Nix: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
19. D.A. Holdsworth: How to Buy a Planet
20. Margarita Montimore: Oona Out of Order
21. Andrew Caldecott Rotherweird
22. Toshikazu Kawaguchi: Before the Coffee Gets Cold
New 2 U Authors:Devil May Care 26/21
1. Laura Dave (The Last Thing He Told Me)
2. Nikita Gill (Where Hope Comes From)
3. Axie Oh (The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea)
4. Emily Wibberley (Do I know you?)
5. Tessonja Odette (Heart of the Raven Prince)
6. Tahereh Mafi (Shatter Me)
7. Karen M. McManus (One of Us is Lying)
8. Kelley Armstrong (A Rip Through Time)
9. James Dashner (The Maze Runner)
10. Tillie Cole (A Thousand Boy Kisses)
11. Cassandra Clare (The Clockwork Angel)
12. Rebecca Yarros (The Fourth Wing)
13. Victoria Aveyard (Red Queen)
14. Ann Liang (This Time It's Real)
15. H.D. Carlton (Haunting Adeline)
16. Chloe Walsh (Binding 13)
17. Paula Hawkins (The Girl on the Train)
18. J.P. Pomare (Tell Me Lies)
19. Stephanie Garber (Once Upon a Broken Heart)
20. Ruth Ware (Snowflakes)
21. Dustin Thao (You've Reached Sam)
22. Sonora Reyes (The Luis Ortega Survival Club)
23. Freida McFadden (The Housemaid)
24. Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)
25. Emily Henry (Happy Place)
26. Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)
New 2 U Authors 2023Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Level: Devil May Care
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Definitely1. & 2. Marie Benedict/ Victoria Christopher Murray..The Personal Librarian (13/1)
3. Jenny Bayliss..Meet Me Under the Mistletoe (22/1)
4. Tessa Harris..Beneath a Starless Sky (3/2)
5. Poppy Alexander..The Littlest Library (15/2)
6. Tamim Ansary..The Invention of Yesterday (22/2)
7. Beth Reekles..Lockdown on London Lane (27/2)
8. Sara Nisha Adams..The Reading List (7/3)
9. Alexandre Dumas..The Count of Monte Cristo (12/3)
10. A.E. Rooks..The Black Joke (14/3)
11. Monica Hesse..They Went Left (25/3)
12. Ellen Alpsten..Tsarina (26/3)
13. Courtney Cole..The Christmas Dress (7/4)
14. Mario Escobar..Tha Librarian of Saint-Malo (8/4)
15. Candice Millard..River of the Gods..Genius, Courage, and Betrayal (14/4)
16. Mary-Rose MacColl..Lost Autumn (21/4)
17. Rachel Lynn Solomon..Weather Girl (26/4)
18. Renia Spiegel..Renia's Diary: A Holocaust Journal (28/4)
19. jackie Fraser..The Bookshop of Second Chances (13/5)
20. Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York..Her Heart for a Compass (book 1)(19/5)
21. Rachel Vincent..Red Wolf (21/5)
22. V. S. Alexander..The Irishman's Daughter (27/5)
23. Samantha Verant..The Secret Recepies of Sophie Valroux (book 1)(4/6)
24. Julia London..You Lucky Dog (book 1)(18/6)
25. Arlem Hawks..Beyond the Lavender FIelds (26/6)
26. Laura Morelli..The Stolen Lady (30/6)
27. Farrah Rochon..Almost There (book 13)(2/7)
28. Chris McGeorge..A Murder at Balmoral (4/7)
29. Julia Bryan Thomas..For Those Who Are Lost (6/7)
30. Katherine J. Chen..Joan (10/7)
31. Elizabeth Everett..A Lady's Formul for Love (book 1)(14/7)
32. Jennifer Saint..Atalanta (16/7)
33. Debbie Rix..The Secret Lettre (19/7)
34. Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau..French Kissing in New York (30/7)
35. India Holton..The Wiseris SOciety of Lady Scoundrels (book 1)(8/8)
36. Catherine Hokin..What Only We Know (15/8)
37. Kiran Millwood Hargrave..The Dance Tree (17/8)
38. Richard Osman..The Thursday Murder Club (book 1) (31/8)
39. Alexis Landau..Those Who Are Saved (8/9)
40. Kate McMurray..Like Cats and Dogs (nook 1) (11/9)
41. Liza Wieland..Paris 7AM (17/9)
42. Beth O'Leary..The Flatshare (15/10)
43. Lorna Cook..The Dressmaker's Secret (2/11)
44. J. C. Peterson..Being Mary Bennet (book 1)(7/11)
45. Janika Oza..A History of Burning (26/11)
56. Nisha Sharma..Dating Dr. Dill (book 1)(8/12)
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New 2 U Authors 202325/20+
1. Murdered in the Mall Mila Evans 1/4/2
2. Caribbean Escape Murder First L.A. Marie 1/9/23
3. Snuffed Out Valona Jones 1/10/23
4. The Case of the Cat Crazy Lady Debbie De Louise 1/15/23
5. Gossip Ghost Tabatha Gray 1/16/23
6. Macchiatos and Mystery Millie Briggs 1/19/23
7. A Homecoming to Dye For M.L. Landry 1/26/23
8. Cookie Calamity Cindy Stark 1/27/23
9. Cookies and Haunted Screams Ava Zuma 2/5/23
10. A Ghostly Beginning Ravyn Amara 2/7/23
11. Murder at the Festival Dani Simms 2/7/23
12. The Secret of Poppyridge Cove Rimmy London 2/23/23
13. Books & Bribes Lucinda Race 3/1/23
14. Bells & the Bandit Leona Fox 3/5/23
15. Drop Dead Bread Victoria Kazarian 3/9/23
16. Where There's a Witch, There's a Way Victoria DeLuis 3/13/23
17. Death of a Lonely Bachelor Tricia Simpson 3/16/23
18. The Wonderland Murders Millie Ravensworth 3/29/23
19. Little Shop of Murders J. New 4/1/23
20. Penthouse, Pools & Poison Louise Stevens 4/5/23
21. Murder in the Attic Dianne Harman 4/11/23
22. A Dead Ringer Joy Patrick 4/13/23
23. Mad As a Hatter Iris Leigh 4/18/23
24. Caramel Macchiato Murder Laura Pauling 4/18/23
25. Murder of Pearl Nellie H. Steele 4/21/23
Finished: 2023/04/30I'll start it off with 10 new authors.
Levels
Come What May = Let's see how many I read.
01 - Saša Stanišić - Vor dem Fest ✓
02 - Eva Björg Ægisdóttir - Verschwiegen ✓
03 - Alex Schulman - Die Überlebenden ✓
04 - J.M. Barrie - Peter Pan ✓
05 - Tanya Byrne Everlove - Bis übers Ende dieser Welt hinaus ✓
06 - Daniela Arnold - Die Nacht gehört den Schatten: Norwegen-Thriller ✓
07 - Dirk Gieselmann - Der Inselmann ✓
08 - Franzobel - Einsteins Hirn: Roman ✓
09 - Vladimir Nabokov - Lolita ✓
10 - Mechtild Borrmann - Feldpost ✓
11 - Homer - Ilias ✓
12 - Sarah Pearse - Das Sanatorium ✓
13 - Val McDermid - P.S. Ich töte dich: 13 Zehn-Minuten-Thriller, Sebastian Fitzek (Ed.) ✓
14 - Marcus Hünnebeck - Schreikind ✓
15 - Douglas Stuart - Young Mungo ✓
16 - Steve Cavanagh - Thirteen ✓
17 - Pascale Quiviger - Eckstein: Die Kunst des Schiffbruchs ✓
18 - Sarah Winman - Lichte Tage ✓
19 - Diana Wynne Jones - Das wandelnde Schloss ✓
20 - Robert Seethaler - Das Café ohne Namen ✓
Adventurer = 100/10
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New 2 U Authors 2023January 1 - December 31, 2023
Level: Devil May Care
Read : 20/20
1. Ana Huang | Twisted Hate - Jan 8
2. Quenby Olson | Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons - Jan 14
3. Yōko Ogawa | The Housekeeper and the Professor - Jan 24
4. Neil Bradbury | A Taste for Poison - Feb 6
5. Cari Thomas | Threadneedle - Feb 10
6. Lauren Asher | Terms and Conditions - Feb 12
7. Dodie Smith | I Capture the Castle - Feb 14
8. Joanne Harris | Runemarks - Feb 21
9. Keigo Higashino | The Devotion of Suspect X - Feb 25
10. Jaleigh Johnson | The Mark of the Dragonfly - Mar 3
11. Patrick Weekes | The Palace Job - Mar 10
12. Olivie Blake | Masters of Death - Mar 20
13. Ibram X. Kendi | Four Hundred Souls - Mar 28
14. Brittainy C. Cherry | The Air He Breathes - Apr 4
15. Julie James | Practice Makes Perfect - Apr 19
16. Thea Harrison | Dragon Bound - Apr 30
17. Liz Tomforde | The Right Move - May 10
18. Heather Fawcett | Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries - May 22
19. Frances Hardinge | Unraveller - Jun 9
20. Rebecca Yarros | Fourth Wing - Jun 18
Sammy wrote: "154 actually so far, lol.I'm trying to get to 160, but I may not make it. I'm running out of authors, lol."
Wow! I bow to your insanity!
New 2 U Authors 2023Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more
Read: 29 Books
Completed
1. Mallory Crowe - Finding Fire 10/1
2. Shirley Jackson - We Have Always Lived in the Castle 1/2
3. Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 14/2
4. Alexa Riley - Riding Red 24/2
5. Victoria Aveyard - Red Queen 15/3
6. Melissa Storm - The Loneliest Cottage 16/3
7. Jody Holford - More Than Friends 15/3
8. Tracy Cooper-Posey - Kiss Across Time 21/3
9. Arthur C. Clarke - 2001: A Space Odyssey 2/4
10. Bailey Cates- Brownies and Broomsticks 6/4
11. Kat French - The Bed and Breakfast on the Beach 14/4
12. Eve Langlais - Bunny and the Bear 19/4
13. Michelle Paver - Dark Matter: A Ghost Story 29/4
14. Brandon Sanderson - Elantris 11/5
15. Ken Follett - Eye of the Needle 12/5
16. Stephen Hawking - A Brief History of Time 14/6
17. Jessie Hilb - The Calculus of Change 3/6
18. Clive Cussler - Spartan Gold 7/6
19. Rachel Dunning - Finding North 26/6
20. Michael Morpurgo - Arthur High King of Britain 29/8
21. Fiona Leitch - Murder on the Menu 2/10
22. Kathleen E. Woodiwiss - Petals on the River 21/10
23. Ruth Park - The Harp in the South 26/10
24. Christopher Isherwood - The Berlin Stories 31/10
25. Irvin D. Yalom - When Nietzsche Wept 2/11
26. Victoria Schwab - This Savage Song 8/11
27. Terry Brooks - The Sword of Shannara 13/11
28. James Ellroy - American Tabloid 20/11
29. Ursula K. Le Guin - A Wizard of Earthsea 1/12
I managed 6 so far for 2022, might turn that into 8 before the year is out, which, when having read only 21 books in total (then 23) with 4 of them rereads, I still count as a win! (not counting all the new fanfic authors I read, haha!)So I want to try again in 2023! And I shall set the same goal:
Devil May Care in a perfect world, but in reality Come What May!
18/20
1). Jennette McCurdy (I'm Glad My Mom Died)
2). Gabrielle Kent (Alfie Bloom and the Secrets of Hexbridge Castle)
3). William Ritter (Changeling)
4). Fredrik Backman (A Man Called Ove)
5). Pat Barker (The Silence of the Girls)
6). Matthew Perry (Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing)
7). Tom Felton (Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard)
8). Nancy Ohlin (Alicia Alonso Takes the Stage)
9). Aaron Blabey (The Bad Guys: Episode 1)
10). Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Slaughterhouse-Five)
11). Jasmine Guillory (The Wedding Date)
12). Jesse Nolan Bailey (The Jealousy of Jalice)
13). Genevieve Gornichec (The Witch's Heart)
14). Herman Melville (Moby-Dick)
15). Anthony Rapp (Without You)
16.) Joseph Conrad (Heart of Darkness)
17.) Anna Fargher (The Umbrella Mouse)
18.) Pippa James (The Happiness Project)
19.) Annabel Pitcher (My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece)
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Levels
Come What May = Let's see how many I read.
Fresh Face = 5
Adventurer = 10
Risk Taker = 15
Devil May Care = 20 or more!
🥀📗📚📖New 2U Authors Challenge 2023📚📗
January 01 - December 31, 2023
(🥀 = task completed)
✅✅✅Challenge Completed✅✅✅
Levels
Come What May = Let's see how many I read.
Fresh Face = 5
Adventurer = 10
Risk Taker = 15
Devil May Care = 20 or more!
Progress: 8/?
🥀1- Michelle Frost A Hellhound Called Derek 1/5/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🥀2- Eliot Grayson The Alpha's Warlock 1/17/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🥀3- Nic Starr The Slow Death 1/24/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
🥀4- B.L. Maxwell The Slow Death 1/24/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
🥀5- H.J. Welch Safe Harbor 2/8/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🥀6- Katie Moore You're My Home 2/13/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🥀7- J.E. Birk Booklover 2/15/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🥀8- Marie Booth Flying Hard 2/26/23 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
January 01 - December 31, 2023
Devil May Care = 20 or more!
Progress: 22/20
1. Seth Grahame-Smith - How to Survive a Horror Movie: All the Skills to Dodge the Kills 🍇🍇🍇🍇 1/14/23
2. Andrew J. Morgan - Noah's Ark 🍇🍇 1/25/23
3. April Henry - Two Truths and a Lie 🍇🍇🍇 1/27/23
4. Isaac Asimov - I, Robot 🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇 2/3/23
5. Lamar Giles - The Getaway 🍇🍇🍇🍇 2/4/23
6. Alex Finlay - The Night Shift 🍇🍇🍇🍇 2/12/23
7. Darcy Coates - The Whispering Dead 🍇🍇🍇 2/20/23
8. Adrian McKinty - The Island 🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇 2/25/23
9. Erin Bowman - Contagion 🍇🍇🍇 3/5/23
10. Adam Cesare - Clown in a Cornfield 🍇🍇🍇 3/15/23
11. Jennette McCurdy - I'm Glad My Mom Died 🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇 4/2/23
12. Natasha Rhodes - Final Destination #1: Dead Reckoning 🍇🍇🍇 4/13/23
13. Benjamin Stevenson - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone 🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇 4/16/23
14. Lisa Unger - Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six 🍇🍇🍇 5/5/23
15. Craig DiLouie - Episode Thirteen 🍇🍇🍇🍇🍇 5/15/23
16. William H. Armstrong - Sounder 🍇🍇🍇 6/6/23
17. S.A. Chakraborty - The City of Brass 🍇🍇🍇 6/8/23
18. David Sakmyster - Jurassic Dead 🍇🍇 6/8/23
19. The Library Book - Susan Orlean 🍇🍇🍇 7/15/23
20. Howl’s Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones 🍇🍇🍇 7/19/23
21. Chocolate Raspberry Magic - Tena Stetler 🍇🍇🍇 7/20/23
22. On the Line - Fern Michaels 🍇🍇🍇 7/21/23
New 2 U Authors 2023Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Level: Devil May Care
Read: 23/20+
1. After Auschwitz by Eva Schloss, 03/29/23 ****
2. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, 04/03/23 *****
3. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, 05/16/23 ***
4. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier,05/26/23 *****
5. The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow,06/03/23 ****
6. The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach by Pam Jenoff, 06/13/23 ***
7. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, 06/26/23 ****
8. Count Luna by Alexander Lernet-Holenia, 06/30/23 ****
9. The Marriage Bargain by Jennifer Probst 07/09/23 ***
10. Plainsong by Kent Haruf, 07/16/23 ****
11. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, 08/02/23 ***
12. Monsters by Emerald Fennell, 08/09/23 ***
13. Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? by Eleanor Updale, 08/09/23 ***
14. The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan, 08/28/23 ****
15. The Housemaid by Freida McFadden, 08/31/23 ****
16. Yours Until Dawn by Teresa Medeiros, 09/18/23 ***
17. Dear Child by Romy Hausmann, 09/24/23 ****
18. Leo by Mia Sheridan, 10/05/23 ***
19. The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West 11/30/23 ****
20. Mistletoe Malice by Kathleen Farrell, 12/20/23 **
21. It Always Snows on Mistletoe Square: treat yourself to the most uplifting, escapist, festive romance of 2023! by Ali McNamara, 12/17/23 ****
22 A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig, 12/22/23 ****
23. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham 12/30/23 ***
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New 2 U Authors Challenge 2023Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Level: Devil May Care, 20+ new authors
20/20 - Completed 11/22/23
1. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood - 2/5/23
2. The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline - 3/7/23
3. The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells - 3/9/23
4. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai - 3/22/23
5. Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton - 3/26/23
6. Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski - 06/23
7. Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell - 7/6/23
8. The Doable Off-Grid Homestead: Cultivating a Simple Life by Hand . . . on a Budget by Shannon Stonger - 7/15/23
9. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer - 7/28/23
10. Zone One by Colson Whitehead - 8/7/23
11. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett - 8/11/23
12. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe - 8/23/23
13. Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn - 8/28/23
14. In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters - 9/4/23
15. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs - 9/4/23
16. milk and honey by Rupi Kaur - 10/5/23
17. Escape Room by Maren Stoffels - 10/14/23
18. The Lost Days by Rob Reger - 10/29/23
19. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent by Dipo Faloyin - 11/7/23
20. Nadia Knox and the Eye of Zinnia by Jessica McDougle - 11/22/23
New 2 U Authors Challenge 2023Duration: 1.1.2023 - 12.31.2023
Goal Level: Devil May Care (20+)
Progress: 20 / 20 (FINISHED 9.29.23)
1. Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow — 1.7.23
2. Sylvain Neuvel, Sleeping Giants — 1.16.23
3. Stephen Buchmann, The Reason for Flowers — 3.13.23
4. Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying — 4.8.23
5. Christopher J. Yates, Black Chalk — 4.19.23
6. Mark Prins, The Latinist — 5.29.23Adrian Tchaikovsky
7. Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors — 6.6.23
8. Lucy Ives, Cosmogony: Stories — 6.7.23
9. Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie, Phonogram, Vol. 1: Rue Britannia — 6.9.23
10. Samantha Irby, Meaty — 6.11.23
11. Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems — 6.18.23
12. Samuel Richardson, Pamela — 7.4.23
13. Julia Armfield, Our Wives Under the Sea — 7.13.23
14. Ling Ma, Severance — 7.19.23
15. Danya Kukafka, Notes on an Execution — 7.25.23
16. Kay Ulanday Barrett, When The Chant Comes — 8.29.23
17. H. Melt, There Are Trans People Here — 8.31.23
18. Adrian Tchaikovsky, Made Things — 9.1.23
19. Lee Edelman, No Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive — 9.24.23
20. Sara Ahmed, Queer Phenomenology: Orientations, Objects, Others — 9.29.23
New 2 U Authors Challenge 2023Duration: January 1-December 31, 2023
Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more!
Progress: 32/30
1. Matthew FitzSimmons - Constance (1/2)
2. Liana Liu - The Memory Key (1/9)
3. Vicky Skinner - We Are the Ghosts (1/12)
4. Julia Armfield - Our Wives Under the Sea (1/15)
5. Emma Mills - Lucky Caller (1/22)
6. Susanna Kearsley - A Desperate Fortune (1/29)
7. Drew Karpyshyn - Mass Effect: Revelation (2/3)
8. Laura Dave - The Last Thing He Told Me (2/6)
9. Jerry Spinelli - Stargirl (2/9)
10. Vanessa Savage - The Woman in the Dark (2/14)
10. Melissa de la Cruz - The Birthday Girl (2/19)
11. Sarah Everett - Everyone We've Been (2/23)
12. Moïra Fowley-Doyle - Spellbook of the Lost and Found (2/28)
13. Bailey Cates - Brownies and Broomsticks (3/4)
14. James Clear - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (3/10)
15. Charlotte Perkins Gilman - The Yellow Wallpaper (3/11)
16. Robyn Harding - The Swap (3/11)
17. Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (3/20)
18. Julia Dahl - The Missing Hours (3/23)
19. Katie Alender - The Companion (4/14)
20. Patrick Ness - A Monster Calls (4/23)
21. Zoje Stage - Baby Teeth (4/27)
22. L.J. Shen - The Kiss Thief (5/5)
23. Olivia Miles - A Memory So Sweet (5/9)
24. Malala Yousafzai - I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (5/17)
25. Travis Baldree - Legends & Lattes (5/21)
26. N.S. Perkins - The Infinity Between Us (6/3)
27. Michelle McNamara - I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (6/21)
28. Cara Reinard - Sweet Water (7/8)
29. Jenn McKinlay - Sprinkle with Murder (7/9)
30. Allison Winn Scotch - The Rewind (8/6)
31. Lara Avery - The Memory Book (8/19)
32. Stephanie Evanovich - Under the Table (8/31)
I'm really happy with my progress last year, so here I go again!New 2 U Authors 2023
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2023
Level: Devil May Care = 20 or more
1. Murder Most Festive by Ada Moncrieff 12/7
2. Dracula (Large Print, Annotated) by Bram Stoker 1/9 *****
3. The Unexpected Guest by Charles Osborne 12/10
4. On Thin Icing by Ellie Alexander 1/10
5. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 1/23 *****
6. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl 1/23
7. A Month In The Country by J.L. Carr 1/30 *****
8. Miss Mole by E.H. Young 2/1
9. Dissolution by C.J. Sansom 2/4 *****
10. Middlemarch by George Eliot 3/3
11. A Useful Woman by Darcie Wilde 3/5
12. The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 by James Shapiro 3/4 ****
13. The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978-2008 by Louise Erdrich 3/20
14. Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope 3/20 *****
15. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester 3/22
16. Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden by Reginald Arkell 3/26
17. Murder for Christmas by Francis Duncan 3/17
18. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark 4/1
19. Death in Captivity by Michael Gilbert 4/10 *****
20. Billy Boyle: A World War II Mystery by James R. Benn 4/14 *****
21. Quick Curtain by Alan Melville 4/23
22. Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson 4/24
23. The Face Of Deception by Iris Johansen 4/26
24. The Children of the New Forest by Frederick Marryat 5/6
25. The Undercover Book List by Colleen Nelson 5/7
26. In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honoré 5/12
27. The Magician's Daughter by H.G. Parry 5/14
28. The Spy's Wife by Reginald Hill 5/17
29. Next Level: Your Guide to Kicking Ass, Feeling Great, and Crushing Goals Through Menopause and Beyond by Stacy T. Sims 5/23 ****
30. Checkmate to Murder: A Second World War Mystery by E.C.R. Lorac 5/26 ****
31. Flowerheart by Catherine Bakewell 5/28
32. With a Bare Bodkin by Cyril Hare 5/31 ****
33. Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames 6/5 *****
34. Thirteen Guests by J. Jefferson Farjeon 6/22
35. Move: How the New Science of Body Movement Can Set Your Mind Free by Caroline Williams 7/2
36. Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick 7/6 ****
37. I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan by Katie Porter 7/20
38. The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison 7/25 ****
39. Troubled Waters by Sharon Shinn 7/24
40. The Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holton 7/24
41. Murder While You Work by Susan Scarlett 7/29
42. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 8/3
43. The Lady in the Silver Cloud by David Handler 8/9
44. Spy x Family, Vol. 2 by Tatsuya Endo 8/15
45. The Good Gut: Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-term Health by Justin Sonnenburg 8/20
46. The Shootout Solution by Michael R. Underwood 8/28
47. Murdle: Volume 1 by G.T Karber 8/28 *****
48. The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo 9/11
49. Never Let Me Go by Joan Smith 9/23
50. The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by William Doyle 10/6
51. Yarned and Dangerous by Sadie Hartwell 10/8
52. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 10/12
53. Innocence Unveiled by Blythe Gifford 10/20
54. Identical Threat by Tyler Anne Snell 10/21
55. Abigail by Magda Szabó 10/24 ****
56. Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 10/31
57. That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green 11/5 ****
58. No Room for Error by Julie Moffett 11/20
59. Quiltmaking by Hand: Simple Stitches, Exquisite Quilts by Jinny Beyer 11/27
60. The Penguin Classics Book by Henry Eliot 12/28
61. Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater 12/30
New 2U Authors Challenge 2023Total: 62
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1. Arkady Strugatsky Roadside Picnic
2. Cyril Hare Best Detective Stories
3. J C Masterman An Oxford Tragedy
4. Aldous Huxley Brave New World
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1. ✅Shelly Kagan - Death 01/01/23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. ✅John Brownlow - Seventeen: Last Man Standing 02/01/2023 ⭐⭐
3. ✅Olga Tokarczuk - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead 04/01/2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. ✅Catriona Ward - Sundial 05/01/2023 ⭐⭐⭐
5. ✅Darcy Coates - Gallows Hill 05/01/2023 ⭐⭐
6. ✅Charlie Donlea - Some Choose Darkness 08/01/2023 ⭐⭐
7. ✅Vera Kurian - Never Saw Me Coming 10/01/2023 ⭐⭐
8. Gilly Macmillan - The Long Weekend
9. Keigo Higashino - The Devotion of Suspect X
New 2 U Authors 2023January 1 - December 31, 2023
Level: Devil May Care
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1. Deepak Chopra - Living in the Light: Yoga for Self-Realization
2. Rachel Hawkins - The Villa
3. Mindee Arnett - Riven
4. Christina Lauren - Beautiful Bastard
5. Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
6. Gregg Andrew Hurwitz - Orphan X
7. Rachel Joyce - Maureen
8. Prince Harry - Spare
9. Annie Cathryn - The Friendship Breakup
10. Falon Ballard - Just My Type
11. J.C. Peterson - Lola at Last
12. Sylvain Neuvel - A History of What Comes Next
13. Michelle Min Sterling - Camp Zero
14. J.R. Ward - Dark Lover
15. Daniel James Brown - The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics
16. Dianne Bondy - Yoga Where You Are: Customize Your Practice for Your Body and Your Life
17. Val Emmich - Dear Evan Hansen
18. Annabel Monaghan - Same Time Next Summer
19. Emily Jane - On Earth as It Is on Television
20. Reginald Rose - Twelve Angry Men
1. Esad Kurtović - Veliki vojvoda bosanski Sandalj Hranić Kosača - Jan 032. Behija Zlatar - Zlatno doba Sarajeva : - Jan 12
3. Patrick Süskind - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - jan 23
4. Vlajko Palavestra - Legends of Old Sarajevo - Jan 25
5. Reginald Rose - Twelve Angry Men - Jan 26
6. Ismet Huseinović - Svjetlost Evrope u Bosni i Hercegovini - Jan 27
7. Joseph Roth - The Radetzky March - Feb 18
8. Alexander Pushkin - The Captain's Daughter - Feb 23
9. Mikhail Lermontov - A Hero of Our Time - Mar 20
10. Miljenko Jergović - Sarajevo Marlboro - Mar 26
11. Vladimir Dedijer - Sarajevo 1914 - Mar 27
12. Erich Maria Remarque - All Quiet on the Western Front - Mar 29
13. Jasmin Imamović - Ljetopis o Kralju Tvrtku - Apr 09
14. Clifford D. Simak - City - 19 May
15. Karel Čapek-R.U.R. - 21 May
16. Stephen King - Children of the Corn - Jun 06
17. Palahniuk Chuck - Fight Club - Jun 10
18. Graham Greene - The Third Man - Jun 13
19. Dejan Tiago-Stanković - Zamalek: Roman o kismetu - Jun 20
20. Mirsad Ibišević - Tunel - Jul 16
21. Daniel Keyes - Flowers for Algernon - Jul 21
22. George R.R. Martin - Fire & Blood - Aug 18
23. Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince - Aug 20
24. Heinrich Harrer - Seven Years in Tibet - Sep 01
25. David Grann - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI - Sep 11
26. David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas - Sep 23
27. Zoran Krušvar - Najbolji na svijetu - Oct 07
28. Charlotte Perkins Gilman - The Yellow Wallpaper - Oct 12
29. Andy Weir - Project Hail Mary - Oct 26
I want to become more adventurous this year. I have that itch. I want to apply the same for the books and authors I read.Duration January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
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1. How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones 1/3/23
2. Punch Me Up to the Gods by Brian Broome 1/8/23
3. A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler 1/9/23
4. I Will Never See the World Again by Ahmet Altan 1/10/23
5. At Home in the World: Reflections on Belonging While Wandering the Globe by Tsh Oxenreider 1/13/23
6. Spare by Prince Harry 1/18/23
7. His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie 1/18/23
8. Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman 1/22/23
9. Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera 1/25/23
10. The Human Comedy by William Saroyan 1/25/23
11. A Place to Stand by Jimmy Santiago Baca 1/26/23
12. The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson 1/27/23
13. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 1/29/23
14. Grace from the Rubble: Two Fathers' Road to Reconciliation after the Oklahoma City Bombing by Jeanne Bishop 2/1/23
15. We're Still Here: Pain and Politics in the Heart of America by Jennifer M. Silva 2/3/23
16. The Hunters by James Salter 2/6/23
17. The Great Quake: How the Biggest Earthquake in North America Changed Our Understanding of the Planet by Henry Fountain 2/9/23
18. The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood by Elspeth Huxley 2/11/23
19. Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite by Suki Kim 2/15/23
20. Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story by Diane Diekman 2/20/23
21. The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence by Anita Anand 2/23/23
22. My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland 2/27/23
23. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines 2/27/23
24. The Ice Diaries: The True Story of One of Mankind's Greatest Adventures by William R. Anderson 3/1/23
25. Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai 3/5/23
26. American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work by Susan Cheever 3/18/23
27. Frank Lloyd Wright and Mason City: Architectural Heart of the Prairie by Roy R Behrens 3/20/23
28. The Book of Chameleons by José Eduardo Agualusa 3/20/23
29. Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece by Paul Anthony Cartledge 3/23/23
30. Northern Spy by Flynn Berry 3/26/23
31. A Gift From Darkness: How I Escaped with My Daughter from Boko Haram by Andrea C. Hoffmann 3/30/23
32. Night of the Howling Dogs by Graham Salisbury 4/17/23
33. The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver by E. Lockhart 4/21/23
34. The Grizzly in the Driveway: The Return of Bears to a Crowded American West by Robert Chaney 4/24/23
35. Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh 4/24/23
36. The Viceroy of Ouidah by Bruce Chatwin 4/24/23
37. Passing by Nella Larsen 5/1/23
38. An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville by Reza Aslan 5/2/23
39. One Came Home (Newbery Medal - Honors Title by Amy Timberlake 5/4/23
40. In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, a Cover-Up, and the True Cost of Silencing the Press by Katherine Corcoran 5/10/23
41. They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement by Wesley Lowery 5/14/23
42. Walking on Cowrie Shells: Stories by Nana Nkweti 5/14/23
43. A Peculiar Indifference: The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America by Elliott Currie 5/15/23
44. Open Season by C.J. Box 5/16/23
45. Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea 5/19/23
46. The Shepherd's Hut by Tim Winton 5/22/23
47. Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult by Bruce Handy 5/24/23
48. Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning by Elliot Ackerman 6/3/23
49. Daughter of Empire: My Life as a Mountbatten by Pamela Hicks 6/6/23
50. Franklin Pierce by Michael F. Holt 6/10/23
51. Exceptional America: What Divides Americans from the World and from Each Other by Mugambi Jouet 6/12/23
52. The Trials of Walter Ogrod: The Shocking Murder, So-Called Confessions, and Notorious Snitch That Sent a Man to Death Row by Thomas Lowenstein 6/16/23
53. Purple Dandelion: A Muslim Woman's Struggle Against Violence and Oppression by Farida Sultana 6/25/23
54. The Fortune Hunter by Daisy Goodwin 6/26/23
55. Sins of the Mother: The Heartbreaking True Story Behind the Susan Smith Murder Case by Maria Eftimiades 6/28/23
56. Hitler's furies: German women in the Nazi killing fields by Wendy Lower 6/29/23
57. A Woman Like Her: The Story Behind the Honor Killing of a Social Media Star by Sanam Maher 7/2/23
58. Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski 7/4/23
59. The Krugersdorp Cult Killings by Jana Marx 7/7/23
60. Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty 7/15/23
61. Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy 7/19/23
62. Disappearing Ink: The Insider, the FBI, and the Looting of the Kenyon College Library by Travis McDade 7/20/23
63. The Secret Lives of Codebreakers: The Men and Women Who Cracked the Enigma Code at Bletchley Park by Sinclair McKay 7/28/23
64. The Bell by Iris Murdoch 7/29/23
65. The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice by Rebecca Musser 8/3/23
66. Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad8/4/23
67. The Zulus at War: The History, Rise, and Fall of the Tribe That Washed Its Spears by Adrian Greaves 8/7/23
68. This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, a Voice That Held It Together by Jon Mooallem 8/10/23
69. Before the Fact by Francis Iles 8/10/23
70. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel 8/14/23
71. Rita Moreno: A Memoir by Rita Moreno 8/17/23
72. Back Story by David Mitchell 8/18/23
73. The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century by Thant Myint-U 8/24/23
74. Jesus Freaks: A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge by Don Lattin 8/26/23
75. The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw 8/28/23
76. If: The Untold Story of Kipling's American Years by Christopher E.G. Benfey 8/31/23
77. The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend by Bob Drury 9/1/23
78. Above Suspicion: An Undercover FBI Agent, an Illicit Affair, and a Murder of Passion by Joe Sharkey 9/6/23
79. Chopin's Piano by Paul Kildea 9/7/23
80. Divided Soul by David Ritz 9/11/23
81. Autobiography of Mother Jones by Mary Harris Jones 9/11/23
82. This Mortal Boy by Fiona Kidman 9/15/23
83. The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly 9/19/23
84. The 57 Bus 9/20/23
85. Anpao by Jamake Highwater 9/22/23
86. The Old Way by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas 9/25/23
87. Beast In View by Margaret Millar 9/26/23
88. Unsolved Child Murders by Emily G. Thompson 9/27/23
89. The Beautiful Room Is Empty by Edmund White 10/2/23
90. Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington 10/3/23
91. Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris 10/4/23
92. Irreversible Damage by Abigail Shrier 10/6/23
93. By Hands Now Known by Margaret A. Burnham 10/10/23
94. Desert Flower by Waris Dirie 10/10/23
95. Vanderbilt by Anderson Cooper 10/13/23
96. Women Talking by Miriam Toews 10/16/23
97. The Grand Tour by Rich Kienzle 10/17/23
98. The Searcher by Tana French 10/23/23
99. Full Tilt by Dervla Murphy 10/23/23
100. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones 10/29/23
101. Irena's Children by Tilar J. Mazzeo 10/31/23
102. Trailed58328366 by Kathryn Miles 11/6/23
103. D-Day Girls by Sarah Rose 11/11/23
104. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson 11/14/23
105. Close But No Cigar by Stephen Purvis 11/15/23
106. Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall 11/15/23
107. A Death in White Bear Lake by Barry Siegel 11/26/23
108. Fear Came to Town by Doug Crandell 11/27/23
109. The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien 11/29/23
110. In Pieces by Sally Field 12/2/23
111. Pilgrim's Wilderness by Tom Kizzia 12/3/23
112. Pogrom by Steven J. Zipperstein 12/4/23
113. Death Is Hard Work by Khaled Khalifa 12/9/23
114. Life Undercover by Amaryllis Fox 12/12/23
115. The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin 12/19/23
116, The Dented Head of Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos 12/22/23
117. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman 12/27/23
118. Year of No Clutter by Eve O. Schaub 12/31/23
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New2U Authors ChallengeJan. 1 - Dec. 31
50/50 Completed
Completed: 5-7-23
1. Cair by Eryn Hawk 1-27-23
2. Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell 1-27-23
3. Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg 1-28-23
4. Natural Twenty by Charlie Novak 1-28-23
5. Pitcher Perfect by Lee Blair 1-29-23
6. Devil's Mark by Lark Taylor 1-30-23
7. Sapphire & Lotus by Shae Geary 1-30-23
8. ILYBSM: I Love You Both So Much by J.E. Birk 1-31-23
9. Crumbs by Danie Stirling 1-31-23
10. Ghostly Awakening by E.M. Leya 2-2-23
11. Muscles & Monsters by Ashley Bennett 2-4-23
12. Twelfth Grade Night by Molly Horton Booth 2-5-23
13. By Fairy Means or Foul by Meghan Maslow 2-9-23
14. The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer 2-11-23
15. The Rest of the Story by Tal Bauer 2-14-23
16. Daddy's Little Cowboy by Amarra Skye 2-18-23
17. Love, Laugh, Lich by Kate Prior 2-18-23
18. The Omega King by Libby Clarke 2-19-23
19. The Foxxxy Gentlemen's Club: Luca by Nikole Knight 2-24-23
20. All Wrapped Up in a Pretty Little Beau by Marianna Forrest 2-25-23
21. A Song for Harlan by L.C. Chase 2-25-23
22. Pixies & Passion by Mina Carter 2-25-23
23. A Midnight Clear by Kaje Harper 2-26-23
24. Until You by K. Bromberg 3-3-23
25. Magic and the Shinigami Detective by Honor Raconteur 3-5-23
26. Gary of a Hundred Days by Isabel Murray 3-24-23
27. Lord Garrington's Vessel by S. Rodman 3-25-23
28. The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M. Boston 3-27-23
29. Nevermore Bookstore by Kerrigan Byrne 3-29-23
30. Vines by Brynne Asher 4-1-23
31. Little Boy Blu by Wendy Rathbone 4-2-23
32. Shot Through the Heart by Kate McDarris 4-2-23
33. A Beginner’s Guide to Death, Demons, and Other Afterlife Disasters by Shannon Mae 4-4-23
34. How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease by Michael Greger 4-5-23
35. The School Mistress by Tess Thompson 4-9-23
36. Close to the Bone by Kendra Elliot 4-9-23
37. Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones 4-9-23
38. Viking Ink by Myf Wren 4-15-23
39. Whit by Cora Rose 4-16-23
40. Between by L.L. Starling 4-24-23
41. Mimosas and Mixers by Raquel Riley 4-25-23
42. Beauty and His Beast by Bey Deckard 4-27-23
43. A Little Christmas: Morrie by B. Ripley 4-28-23
44. Part-Time Daddy by B. Harmony 4-29-23
45. For the Love of Spooky Things 4-30-23
46. The King's Delight by Sarah Honey 5-1-23
48. Teacups and Roses by E.T. Malinowski 5-4-23
49. The Daredevil by Duckie Mack 5-7-23
50. Spell It Out by Andy Gallo 5-7-23
New2U Author's Challenge01 January - 31 December 2023
Devil May Care = 20 or more!
Progress: 2/20
1. Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier 1/01/23
2. The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1/02/23
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Doing this one at Devil May Care: 25 new authors.
1. Jennette McCurdy 2/1/2023
2. Jennifer Armentout 2/10/2023
3. Meg Adams 2/13/2023
4. Alexa Donne 2/22/2023
5. Flore Vesco 2/23/2023
6. Quentin Zuttion
7. Vivian Vande Velde 3/9/2023
8. Kay O'Neil
9. Jack Briglio
10. Andrea B. Arango
11. Tae Keller 5/11/2023
12. Lisa Yee
13. Liz Mayorga
14. Nicholas Afileje
15. Kathleen Glasgow
16. Liz Lawson (this book has 2 authors, both are new to me).
17. Nanaki Nanao
18. Gena Showalter
19. Jennie Wood
20. Benjamin Dickson
21. Bradford D. Smith II
22. S. J. Sindu
23. Rodrigo Vargas
24. Remy Lai
25. Julie BerryChallenge Completed 6/14/2023
New 2 You ChallengeDuration: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2023
Level: Devil May Care = 20+
Progress: 17/20
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01 » Rendezvous im Café de Flore | Caroline Bernard | 1/4/23
02 » Amalia von Flatter: Vampire tanzen nicht mit Feen | Laura Ellen Anderson | 1/5/23
03 » Miss Peregrine 0.5 | Die Legenden der besonderen Kinder | Ransom Riggs | 1/9/23
04 » Reden gegen den Krieg | Wolodymyr Selenskyj | 1/31/23
05 » Wer die Nachtigall stört | Harper Lee | 2/23
06 » Die Puppenkönigin: Das Geheimnis eines Sommers | Holly Black | 2/23
07 » Verity | Colleen Hoover | 2/23
08 » Alex Stern 1 | Das neunte Haus | Leigh Bardugo | 4/23
09 » Jane Eyre | Charlotte Brontë | 6/23
10 » Eine kurze Geschichte von fast allem | Bill Bryson | 7/23
11 » Gabriele Münter: Eine Biografie (insel taschenbuch) | Boris von Brauchitsch | 7/23
12 » Alles Liebe | André Dietz | 7/23
13 » WHAM! George & ich: Das perfekte Weihnachtsgeschenk | Andrew Ridgeley | 8/23
14 » Die Känguru-Chroniken 1 | Die Känguru-Chroniken | Marc-Uwe Kling | 10/23
15 » Candide: oder der Optimismus | Voltaire | 10/23
16 » Was vom Tage übrig blieb | Kazuo Ishiguro | 11/5/23
17 » The Woman in Me | Britney Spears | 11/9/23
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Round 1 12/3
20/20
★1 Eoin Colfer: Artemis Fowl 9/1
★2 RinoZ: The Antventure Begins 14/1
★3 Guy Haley: Prophets of Waaagh! 15/1
4 Rudyard Kipling: Selected Just So Stories 15/1
5 Satyajit Sardar: Lily and Luna: A heartwarming adventure of a Little Girl and her Kitten 16/1
★6 Shannon Mayer: Golden 16/1
★7 Abi Elphinstone: Sky Song 31/1
8 Nancy Tillman: Wherever You Are My Love Will Find You 1/2
★9 Sue Black: Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind 2/2
10 Hiro Mashima: Fairy Tail, Vol. 01 4/2
11 J.D. Astra: Reluctant Dungeon 7/2
12 Robin Hobb: The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince 12/2
★13 Chris Ryan: Siege 19/2
★14 Alex Bell: The Polar Bear Explorers' Club 25/2
15 Joe Wicks: Bedtime for the Burpee Bears 28/2
16 Susan Hill: The Small Hand 28/2
★17 Leah Mohammed: Luma and the Pet Dragon 3/3
18 Richard Kurti: Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories 5/3
★19 Haley Newsome: Unfamiliar 12/3
20 Lenny Henry: The Boy With Wings 12/3
Round 2 14/5
20/20
★1 Andy Weir: The Martian 15/3
★2 Diana Wynne Jones: Howl’s Moving Castle 19/3
★★3 Drew Hayes: Second Hand Curses 23/3
★4 Dodie Smith: The 101 Dalmatians 24/3
★5 Skye McKenna: Hedgewitch 26/3
6 Tom Huddleston: City of Lifestone 9/4
★★7 Kimberly Lemming: Two Scoops Of Hellfire 22/4
8 Elisavet Arkolaki: Happiness Street 23/4
9 Tim Lebbon: Alien: Out of the Shadows 23/4
★10 Susaek Yeongjang: Spirit Farmer Season 1 25/4
11 Tina Glasneck: Captive Souls 28/4
12 Jules Verne: Journey to the Center of the Earth 28/4
★13 Tom Reynolds: Blood, Sweat and Tea 28/4
★14 Taya Rune: The Warlock's Lair 30/4
★15 spaizzzer: Tree of Aeons: An Isekai LitRPG Adventure 12/5
★16 Gav Thorpe: Hand of Darkness 12/5
★★17 Alec Worley: The Watcher in the Rain 13/5
★18 Wendy Mass: Lo and Behold: 14/5
★★19 Hiro Arikawa: The Travelling Cat Chronicles 14/5
20 Leo Lionni: Swimmy 14/5
Round 3
20/20 8/6
★1 John French: Templar 16/5
★★2 Guillermo del Toro: Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun 18/5
3 J.D.L. Rosell: Ranger's Justice 21/5
4 GaVinGe: 레벨업 못하는 플레이어 1 Level Up Moshaneun Player 1 21/5
★★5 Laurie Halse Anderson: Speak 23/5
6 Gabriel Arrais: Number One Rule 25/5
★7 Arizona Tape: A Cocktail Of Sin: A Forked Tail Story 25/5
★8 Rodrigo Vargas: The Do-Over 25/5
9 Tiana Warner: Mermaid Huntress: An Ice Massacre Graphic Novel 1/6
★★10 Graham McNeill: The Last Church 1/6
11 Jorrel Brinkley: Gus & Major: Obedience School 2/6
12 Greg L. Turnquist: The Job: A Darklight Chronicle 2/6
13 Chris Wraight: Parting of the Ways 2/6
14 Lee Isserow: The Blood Lives 4/6
15 Ashley Witty: Diary of a Wither: From Villain to Hero (An Unofficial Minecraft Book): Part 1 of a Wither’s Journey 4/6
★16 Ian Mark: Monster Hunting for Beginners 5/6
★17 Blaine D. Arden: Midwinter Bears 5/6
18 Ward Parker: Hangry as Hell: A humorous paranormal novella 6/6
★19 Emma Kubert: Inkblot, Vol. 1 6/6
20 Morrene J Hauser: Sunshine 8/6
Round 4
20/20 14/7
1 Andrew Rowe: Death Game Quality Assurance 9/6
2 Eve Van Le: The Dancing Unicorn 9/6
★3 Nigel Hinton: Beaver Towers 9/6
★4 Jessica Khoury: Camp Cacophony 11/6
5 Michael Buckley: The Weirdies 12/6
6 Allen Carter: Damn Tourists issue #1: The Arrival 12/6
7 Jenny Tyler: Escape from the Blood Castle 15/6
8 Gaby Waters: The Curse of the Lost Idol 15/6
9 Martin Oliver: The Intergalactic Bus Trip 15/6
10 Karen Dolbk: The Incredible Dinosaur Expedition 15/6
11 Jason Inman: Jupiter Jet #1 20/6
12 A.E. Whistler: Ghoul: A Short Story 21/6
13 B. Ivy Woods: Love In The Capitol 28/6
★14 Greg James: Kid Normal 29/6
15 Juliana Conners: Tease Me 30/6
16 Layla Rogue: Getting Neighborly: A Swapping Adventure 30/6
★★17 Suzuka: Ascendance of a Bookworm (Manga) Part 1 Volume 1 2/7
18 Sai Sumimori: Am I Actually the Strongest? Manga, Vol. 1 9/7
19 Russell Brand: The Pied Piper of Hamelin 11/7
★★20 Cathy Yardley: Role Playing 14/7
Gabriella wrote: "I doubt I will do as well this year but I challenge your 153 last year Sammy and raise you a 163 :D. It was nice trying so many new authors and finding a few new ones that were actually fun. You ar..."I actually ended the year on 158 :D Don't have many new authors left in my tbr now... should probably start finishing some series and such this year, lol.
Great job on the 163! :)
New 2 U Authors 2023Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Level: Devil May Care
Read: 30/20+
COMPLETED 4/21/23
1. Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste
2. The Prison Healer by Lynette Nonni
3. The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
4. The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell
5. Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn
6. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
7. Innate Magicby Shannon Fay
8. Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
9. The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
10. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
11. Peter Darling by Austin Chant
12. Three Kings by Freydís Moon
13. A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinkster
14. The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window by Rachel Swirsky
15. Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon
16. The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
17. Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda
18. Yesterday's Kin by Nancy Kress
19. The Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu
20. The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
21. Spear by Nicolla Griffith
22. Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
23. The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
24. Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson
25. Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
26. Loki: Where Mischief Lies by Mackenzi Lee
27. Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand
28. The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi
29. A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
30. And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed
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Rules
Read books by authors that are New 2 U (new to you).
• If an author writes under a pseudonym, you may use that, provided it is a different genre (or sub-genre, writes Historical Romance under one name and Paranormal Romance under another) and you have NOT read any of those books.
• Anthologies are always a wonderful way to try someone new, so as long as one of the stories has been written by a New 2 U author, they are permitted.
• Audiobooks are fine.
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