Here are the guidelines:
- The challenge will run from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014.
- Since this is an author challenge, there is no restriction on choosing your novels. They can definitely be from other challenges. However, the authors must be new to you and, preferably from novels. Anthologies are a great way to try someone new, but only a third of your new authors can be from short stories/novellas or anthologies.
- I want this to be an easy challenge, so you can pick to do either 15, 25 or 50 new authors. It all depends on how fast you read and how adventurous you want to be. If you reach your goal halfway through the year, don’t stop. Any new author you try can be added to Mr. Linky. We all want to know about your new experience.
- After reading your new author, write your review and then come back here and add your link to Mr. Linky. Make sure you include your name and the author, but adding the title is completely up to you.
- Bloggers or Non-Bloggers alike are welcome. You don’t have to have a site to participate. You can link up via Facebook, GoodReads or even Amazon if you’d like.
Once you reach your goal, you don’t have to stop. Any new author you try, go ahead and head back here and add it to the list. Introduce us all to whoever you find. Afterall, there’s no reason to stop trying new authors, right?
Twitter: If you tweet your review, make sure to include the hashtag #NewAuthorsRC2014!
Here is my progress on this one:
- The Sugar Queen--Sarah Addison Allen
- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe--Fannie Flagg
- The Gospel According to Larry--Janet Tashjian
- The First Eagle--Tony Hillerman
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower--Stephen Chbosky
- Gone Girl--Gillian Flynn
- Divergent--Veronica Roth
- Number the Stars--Lois Lowry
- The Fault in Our Stars--John Green
- The Night Circus--Erin Morgenstern
- Heaven is For Real--Todd Burpo
- The Lemon Orchard--Luanne Rice
- Through a Glass Darkly--Karleen Koen
- Gods in Alabama--Joshilyn Jackson
- Jacob Have I Loved--Katherine Paterson
- The Paris Wife--Paula McLain
- Of Poseidon--Anna Banks (first book by author)
- Witch Season: Summer and Fall--Jeff Mariotte
- Reconstructing Amelia--Kimberly McCreight
- Selfish and Perverse--Bob Smith
- Dying to Please/To Die For/Killing Time--Linda Howard
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society--Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- Brownies and Broomsticks--Bailey Cates
- He Loves Lucy--Susan Donovan
- The Red Tent--Anita Diamant
- Cinder--Marissa Meyer
- Pomegranate Soup--Marsha Mehran
- Harlem Redux--Persia Walker
- The Wednesday Letters--Jason F. Wright
- The Postmistress--Sarah Blake
- Mystery of the Dark Tower--Evelyn Coleman
- Orange is the New Black--Piper Kerman
- Summer Kittens--Janice Bennett/Valerie King/Martha Kirkland
- Hatchet--Gary Paulsen
- Where the Wild Things Are--Maurice Sendak
- Because of Winn-Dixie--Kate DiCamillo
- My Friend Rabbit--Eric Rohmann
- Rapunzel--Paul O. Zelinksy
- Cinderella 2000--Mavis Jukes
- Ella Enchanted--Gail Carson Levine
- The Hundred-Foot Journey--Richard C. Morais
- A Single Shard--Linda Sue Park
- Made From Scratch: A Memoir--Sandra Lee
- Dream Tide--Robin Lee Hatcher
- Pardon My French--Catherine Hapka
- Heart and Salsa--Suzanne Nelson
- Carry On, Mr. Bowditch--Jean Lee Latham
- Fallen--Lauren Kate
- All Night Long--Jayne Ann Krentz
- Wild--Cheryl Strayed
- Cooked--Jeff Henderson
- This is Where I Leave You--Jonathan Tropper
- Bitter is the New Black--Jen Lancaster
- The Maze Runner--James Dashner
- And Then You Die--Iris Johansen
- Tangled--Emma Chase
- The Black Opal--Victoria Holt
- Julie and Julia--Julie Powell
- Tangled Vines--Janet Dailey
- Little White Lies--Gemma Townley
- A Touch of Crimson--Sylvia Day
- The Witchy Worries of Abbie Adams--Rhonda Hayter
- The Gates to Witch World--Andre Norton
- Three Tales of My Father's Dragon--Ruth Stiles Gannett
- Blue Bloods--Melissa de la Cruz
- Dead End Dating--Kimberly Raye
- Magical Kittens--Donna Bell/Catherine Blair/Joy Reed
- Daddy-Danielle Steel
- Curiosity Thrilled the Cat--Sofie Kelly
- Sprinkle With Murder--Jenn McKinlay
- Fruit of All Evil--Paige Shelton
- The Memory Quilt--T.D. Jakes
- The Memory Keeper's Daughter--Kim Edwards
- Switch--Megan Hart
- Suicide Blonde--Darcey Steinke
- Killer Crullers--Jessica Beck
- Unbroken--Laura Hillenbrand
- Fleece Navidad--Maggie Sefton
- The Chocolate Castle Clue--Joanna Carl
Sarah Addison Allen was a new author for me this year too and I loved her book Lost Lake! I can't wait to read more of her books :)
ReplyDeleteI just got "Lost Lake," too. Can't wait to read that one.
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