Try Something New in 2018 Challenge

Replacing the “new to you” challenge of the past, and again hosted by Anna at Herding Cats

It’s all about trying something new and is fairly flexible.

Examples:

First book in a series
Debut book
A new genre or trope.
A new to you author or series.
An author switching genres
A new book format
or unique storyline element.

LEVELS

Level 1: 1-10 books
Level 2: 11- 20 books
Level 3: 21-40 books
Level 4: 41-60 books
Level 5: 61+ books

My Goals

This year I’ll start with a reasonable goal at Level 3 – that’s 21 – 40 titles.

I’ll track my progress below!

It Takes Two to Tumble: Seducing the Sedgwicks #1 by Cat Sebastian
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Republic Of Dirt, A Return to Woefield Farm by Susan Juby
The Lemon Jell-O Syndrome by Man Martin
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
Everything You Came to See by Elizabeth Schulte Martin
A Dash Of Love by Liz Isaacson
The Taster by V.S. Alexander
Indecent Exposure: The Academy #2 by Tessa Bailey
The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard
The Judge’s Wife by Ann O’Loughlin
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
The Taste of Temptation: The Matchmaker of Edinburgh #2 by Julia Kelly
We Were Strangers Once by Betsy Carter
Any Groom Will Do: Brides of Belgravia #1 by Charis Michaels
A Perfumer’s Secret by Adria J. Cimino
Rosemary’s Gravy: We Sisters Three #1 by Melissa F. Miller
Lady Be Reckless: Duke’s Daughters #2 by Megan Frampton
Summer Hours at the Robbers Library by Sue Halpern
Promise by Minrose Gwin
Winter Sisters: Mary Sutter #2 by Robin Oliveira
A Woman, In Bed by Anne Finger
My Once and Future Duke: The Wagers of Sin #1 by Caroline Linden
The Last Watchman of Old Cairo by Michael David Lukas
Bachelor Girl by Kim van Alkemade
Wartime Brides and Wedding Cakes: Wartime Bakery #2 by Amy Miller
Hello Stranger: The Ravenels #4 by Lisa Kleypas
Alex in Wonderland: Twisted Fairytales #1 by Max Monroe
A Princess in Theory : Reluctant Royals #1 by Alyssa Cole
Fools and Mortals by Bernard Cornwell
The Girl in the Photograph: The Rossetti Mysteries #3 by Kirsty Ferry
The Rules of Magic: Practical Magic #2 by Alice Hoffman
Land For Fatimah by Veena Gokhale
Novelista Girl: Blogger Girl #2 by Meredith Schorr
Husbands and Other Sharp Objects by Marilyn Simon Rothstein
Murder Notes: Lilah Love #1 by Lisa Renee Jones
Spring at Lavender Bay: Lavender Bay #1 by Sarah Bennett
The Room on Rue Amélie by Kristin Harmel
A Hundred Small Lessons by Ashley Hay
The Little Perfume Shop off the Champs-Élysées: Little Paris Collection #3 by Rebecca Raisin
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
Paris by the Book by Liam Callanan
A Bicycle Made for Two by Mary Jayne Baker
The Cruel Prince: The Folk of the Air #1 by Holly Black
The Little Wedding Island by Jaimie Admans
Who Needs Men Anyway? by Victoria Cooke
Never Been Good: Bad Boys Gone Good #2 by Christi Barth
Hurts to Love You: Forbidden Hearts #3 by Alisha Rai
Unmasked by the Marquess: Regency Imposters #1 by Cat Sebastian
Dangerous Crossing by Rachel Rhys
Moon Brow by Shahriar Mandanipour
Savor You: Fusion #5 by Kristen Proby
A Scandalous Deal: The Four Hundred #2 by Joanna Shupe
You Me Everything by Catherine Isaac
Slave Old Man by Patrick Chamoiseau
The Otter of Death: Gunn Zoo Mystery #5 by Betty Webb
The Accidental Mermaid: Accidentals #16 by Dakota Cassidy
Escape to the Country: Welcome to Willow Tree Hall #2 by Alison Sherlock
Summer in a Cornish Cove by Kate Ryder
Regrets Only by Erin Duffy
Twinkle Little Star: A Nursery Rhyme Suspense #4 by Lee Strauss
By Invitation Only by Dorothea Benton Frank
Geekerella: Starfield #1 by Ashley Poston
The Skeletons of Scarborough House by Kitty French
Hot Asset: 21 Wall Street #1 by Lauren Layne
The Glitch by Elisabeth Cohen
All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother by Danielle Teller
Best Beach Ever: Ten Beach Road #6 by Wendy Wax
Lowcountry Bookshop: Liz Talbot Mystery #7 by Susan M. Boyer
How to Forget a Duke: Misadventures in Matchmaking #1 by Vivienne Lorret
Then There Was You: Angel Falls #1 by Miranda Liasson
Crime & Punctuation: Deadly Edits #1 by Kaitlyn Dunnett
I Flipping Love You: Shacking Up #3 by Helena Hunting
Calypso by David Sedaris
Sweetshop of Dreams by Jenny Colgan
The Foyles Bookshop Girls by Elaine Roberts
The Unseelie King: The Kings #6 by Heather Killough-Walden
Murder in the Locked Library by Ellery Adams
The Start of Something Good: Stay #1 by Jennifer Probst
Lending a Paw: A Bookmobile Cat Mystery #1 by Laurie Cass
Sand by Wolfgang Herrndorf
The Showrunner by Kim Moritsugu
Murder’s a Witch: Beechwood Harbor Magic Mystery #1 by Danielle Garrett
The Ghost Train to New Orleans: The Shambling Guides #2 by Mur Lafferty
The Secret of Flirting: Sinful Suitors #5 by Sabrina Jeffries
Witches of East End: The Beauchamp Family #1 by Melissa de la Cruz
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
The Gamble: Colorado Mountain #1 by Kristen Ashley
Divorced, Desperate and Deceived: Divorced and Desperate #3 by Christie Craig
Wicked and the Wallflower: The Bareknuckle Bastards #1 by Sarah MacLean
The Lost Vintage by Ann Mah
Witch Slapped: Witchless In Seattle #1 by Dakota Cassidy
The Butcher’s Daughter by Victoria Glendinning
It’s in His Kiss: Lucky Harbor #10 by Jill Shalvis
The Secrets Between Us: Between Us #2 by Thrity Umrigar
Little Pink Taxi by Marie Laval
Witch Spells Trouble: Nightshade Paranormal Cozy #2 by Lori Woods
One Summer by Jenny Hale
Midnight Blue by Simone van der Vlught
A Summer Scandal by Kat French
Small Town Rumors by Carolyn Brown
The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses) by Terri-Lynne DeFino
Secrets, Lies, & Crawfish Pies: A Romaine Wilder Mystery #1 by Abby L. Vandiver
Soulless: Parasol Protectorate #1 by Gail Carriger
The Single Mums’ Mansion by Janet Hoggarth
The Locksmith’s Daughter by Karen Brooks
Firelight: Darkest London #1 by Kristen Callihan
Switch and Bait by Ricki Schultz
Tell the Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams
Good Luck with That by Kristan Higgins
The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis
The Amazing Adventures of Aaron Broom by A.E. Hotchner
The Daisy Children by Sofia Grant
To Have and to Harley: Bikers & Brides #1 by Regina Cole
The Shakespeare Requirement by Julie Schumacher
The Lost Family by Jenna Blum
Jamie Quinn Mystery Collection by Barbara Venkataraman
The Air You Breathe by Frances de Pontes Peebles
All the Way: Romancing Manhattan #1 by Kristen Proby
The Road Trip: Maddy and Leanne #1 by Susanne O’Leary
The Comedian by Clem Martini
The Madonna of the Mountains by Elise Valmorbida
From Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya Menon
Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris
The Other Sister by Sarah Zettel
Evie’s Little Black Book by Hannah Pearl
The Governess Game: Girl Meets Duke #2 by Tessa Dare
Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen by Sarah Bird
The Pasha of Cuisine by Saygın Ersin
The Serial Dater’s Shopping List: 31 Men in 31 Days by Morgen Bailey
The Phantom Tree by Nicola Cornick
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
Breakfast in Bed: Innkeepers #2 by Rochelle Alers
The Secret of the Irish Castle: Deverill Chronicles #3 by Santa Montefiore
Moonlight on the Thames by Lauren Westwood
The Paris Seamstress by Natasha Lester
Royally Dead: A Stitch in Time Mystery #3 by Greta McKennan
Season of Wonder: Haven Point #9 by RaeAnne Thayne
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss
Christmas by Accident by Camron Wright
Shadow of The Fox: Shadow of the Fox #1 by Julie Kagawa
Coming Home to the Comfort Food Café: Comfort Food Cafe #3 by Debbie Johnson
How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England by Ruth Goodman
The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton
The Cards Don’t Lie by Sue Ingalls Finan
What We Owe by Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Hannah Green and Her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence by Michael Marshall Smith
Professor at Large: The Cornell Years by John Cleese
Christmas on Mistletoe Lane: Sweetwater Springs #1 by Annie Rains
Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy
Christmas Camp by Karen Schaler
One Winter’s Day by Laura Briggs
Duchess by Design: The Gilded Age Girls Club #1 by Maya Rodale
In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt
One Way Ticket to Paris by Emma Robinson
The Kinship of Secrets by Eugenia Kim
Badly Done, Emma Lee: Riches to Romance #3 by Leah Marie Brown
A Village Affair by Julie Houston
A Dangerous Duet by Karen Odden
Watch for Me at Christmas: Hartsford Mysteries #4 by Kirsty Ferry
A Timeless Christmas by Alexis Stanton
Synchro Boy by Shannon McFerran
The Soldier’s Girl by Sharon Maas
One and Only: Bridesmaids Behaving Badly #1 by Jenny Holiday
Snowy Nights at the Lonely Hearts Hotel by Karen King
Second Chances at the Log Fire Cabin by Catherine Ferguson
How to Save an Undead Life: Beginner’s Guide to Necromancy #1 by Hailey Edwards
The Wizards of Once: The Wizards of Once #1 by Cressida Cowell
Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper
First Grave on the Right: Charley Davidson #1 by Darynda Jones
A Duke Changes Everything: Duke’s Den #1 by Christy Carlyle
At the Heart of Christmas by Jill Monroe
The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I by Nancy Goldstone
A Christmas Gift by Sue Moorcroft
Transcription by Kate Atkinson
Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses by Jenny Hale
Lord of the Pies: Kensington Palace Chef Mystery #2 by Nell Hampton
The Decoy Date: The Wedding Date #4 by Mira Lyn Kelly
The Accidental Beauty Queen by Teri Wilson
Everwylde: The Kindred #2 by Donna Grant
1619: Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy by James Horn
The Abbot’s Tale by Conn Iggulden
Then There Were Nun: Nun of Your Business Mysteries #1 by Dakota Cassidy
The Shop Girls of Lark Lane by Pam Howes
Christmas at Strand House by Linda Mitchelmore
Not the Duke’s Darling: The Greycourt #1 by Elizabeth Hoyt
You Auto-Complete Me: Emily #1 by Katie MacAlister

that’s 188 new to me – authors, series, new-releases, or new re-releases!