New Author Challenge 2010

The New Author Challenge 2010 is hosted by Jackie at Literary Escapism.  I'm a bit late signing up for this challenge but I've been enjoying trying a lot of different authors this year so I thought it would be fun to sign up & see how many new authors I actually manage to discover this year!  Here are the details in case you want to join me:

1. The challenge will run from January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010.

2. 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 anthologies.

3. 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. For me, I’m trying another 50 new authors. 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.

4. After reading your new author, write your review and then go here to add your link to Mr. Linky

5. Bloggers or Non-Bloggers alike are welcome

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?

I'm going to aim for at least 50 new authors but I'm hoping to try a lot more than that.  I'll be including links to my reviews below.

 
Check out reviews from other participants here

1. Bloodlust & Initiation - Alex Duval
2. Howling at the Moon - Karen MacInerney
3. Hush, Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick
4. Tall, Dark & Dead - Tate Hallaway
5. Succubus Blues - Richelle Mead
6. Beautiful Dead book 1 Jonas - Eden Maguire
7. A Girl's Guide to Vampires - Katie MacAlister
8. Bitten - Kelley Armstrong
9. Heavenly - Jennifer Laurens
10. Kitty and the Midnight Hour - Carrie Vaughn
11. Nearly Departed - Rook Hastings
12. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
13. Dancing with the Devil - Keri Arthur
14. Stray - Rachel Vincent
15. The Devil Inside - Jenna Black
16. Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean - Justin Somper
17. Perfect Chemistry - Simone Elkeles
18. Rising Shadows - Jacquelyn Wheeler
19. Lex Trent versus the Gods - Alex Bell
20. Dark Life - Kat Falls
21. Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
22. Hex Hall - Rachel Hawkins
23. The Demon's Lexicon - Sarah Rees Brennan
24. Pleasure Unbound - Larissa Ione
25. Generation Dead - Daniel Waters
26. Wolf Signs - Vivian Arend
27. Need - Carrie Jones
28. You Burn Me - Stella & Audra Price
29. The Rest Falls Away - Colleen Gleason
30. The Prophecy - Gill James
31. Hand of Fate - Lis Wiehl with April Henry
32. Viola in Reel Life - Adriana Trigiani
33. His Darkest Hunger - Juliana Stone
34. Mistress by Mistake - Maggie Robinson
35. Winterborn - A.D. Roland
36. The Iron Hunt - Marjorie M. Liu
37. Strange Angels - Lilith Saintcrow
38. Hard Magic - Laura Anne Gilman
39. Blue Diablo - Ann Aguirre
40. Shadow Game - Christine Feehan
41. When I Was Joe - Keren David
42. Moon Called - Patricia Briggs
43. Forget You - Jennifer Echols
44. A Hunger Like No Other - Kresley Cole
45. Guardian of the Dead - Karen Healey
46. Nina Jones and the Temple of Gloom - Julie Cohen
47. Dido - Adele Geras
48. Low Red Moon - Ivy Devlin
49. Blood Lust (Kept, Claimed & Mated) - Zoe Winters
50. Halfway to the Grave - Jeaniene Frost
51. Lonestar Calling - Colleen Coble
52. Comfort Food - Kitty Thomas
53. Siren's Call - Devyn Quinn
54. I Married A Demon - Beverly Rae
55. Sing Me To Sleep - Angela Morrison
56. Wild Card - Lora Leigh
57. Impossible - Nancy Werlin
58. My Name is Memory - Ann Brashares
59. Ex Appeal - Cari Quinn
60. Fallen - Lauren Kate
61. Restoring Harmony - Joelle Anthony
62. Dear Dylan - Siobhan Curham
63. Best Friends Forever - Jennifer Weiner
64. Chasing Brooklyn - Lisa Schroeder
65. The Chosen One - Carol Lynch Williams
66. A Safe Harbor - Moira Rogers
67. Claire de Lune - Christine Johnson
68. The Alchemyst - Michael Scott
69. Forbidden - Tabitha Suzuma
70. Shadow of the Vampire - Meagan Hatfield
71. Trash - Andy Mulligan
72. Kiss Me If You Can - Carly Phillips
73. Texas Tangle - Leah Braemel
74. Shade - Jeri Smith-Ready
75. Raised by Wolves - Jennifer Lynn Barnes
76. Forget-Her-Nots - Amy Brecount White
77. Immortalis Carpe Noctem - Katie Salidas
78. Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson
79. Noah Barleywater Runs Away - John Boyne
80. Angel - L.A. Weatherly
81. Cattitude - Edie Ramer
82. Shadows - Amy Meredith
83. Boys Don't Cry - Malorie Blackman
84. The Trouble with Spells - Lacey Weatherford
85. Demon Hunts - C.E. Murphy
86. The Crescent - Jordan Deen
87. The Fallen Volume 1 - Thomas E Sniegoski
88. The Body Finder - Kimberly Derting
89. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
90. Witchfinder Dawn of the Demontide - William Hussey
91. The Long Weekend - Savita Kalhan
92. Some Girls Bite - Chloe Neill
93. Abela: The Girl Who Saw Lions - Berlie Doherty
94. You Against Me - Jenny Downham
95. Soul Love - Lynda Waterhouse
96. Playing with Fire - Henning Mankell
97. The Eternal Ones - Kirsten Miller
98. Awakened - Ednah Walters
99. Black Swan Rising - Lee Carroll
100. Monster High - Lisi Harrison
101. Once Bitten, Twice Shy - Jennifer Rardin
102. Nightshade - Andrea Cremer
103. Secret Lives - Gabriella Poole (Review coming soon)
104. Half Brother - Kenneth Oppel (Review coming soon)

April NAC Mini-Challenge - Battle Royale - Click Here to see my reviews - COMPLETE read 5/5

I can't believe I tried 104 new authors this year!  I made some amazing discoveries - many have been added to my favorite authors list who are going to be automatic buys for anything they release in the future.  I wonder how many new authors I'll try in 2011?