2012 New Author Challenge

This will be my third year taking part in the New Author Challenge hosted by Literary Escapism.  As much as I have many favourite authors on my auto buy list I still love to discover new authors.  This ties in really well with the Debut Author Challenge but it is also great to discover popular and well known authors that I haven't got around to trying yet.

2010 - I tried 104 new authors
2011 - I tried 115 new authors

I think I'm going to aim to discover another 100 new to me authors in 2012 so we'll have to see if I can achieve that for the third year in a row or not.  If you'd like to join me and take part in the challenge you can sign up here.

I will update this post with a list of the new authors I try and include links to my reviews (see links to other participant's reviews here)

1. 15 Days Without A Head - Dave Cousins
2. Cinder - Marissa Meyer
3. Tempest - Julie Cross
4. Smoulder - Brenna Yovanoff
5. Fracture - Megan Miranda
6. The Weight of Water - Sarah Crossan
7. A Witch in Winter - Ruth Warburton
8. A Touch of Power - Maria V. Snyder
9. Magic to the Bone - Devon Monk
10. A Demon Does it Better - Linda Wisdom
11. Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
12. Mortal Chaos - Matt Dickinson
13. Dark Parties - Sara Grant
14. Code Name Verity - Elizabeth Wein
15. This Is Not Forgiveness - Celia Rees
16. Firelight - Kristen Callihan
17. Daylight Saving - Edward Hogan
18. Tomorrow, When the War Began - John Marsden
19. The Other Life - Susuanne Winnacker
20. Sword of Light - Katherine Roberts
21. Shadow Bound - Erin Kellison
22. Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
23. Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists - Gideon Defoe
24. The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey
25. Fury of Fire - Coreene Callahan
26. Under the Never Sky - Veronica Rossi
27. Heart of Darkness - Lauren Dane
28. North of Need - Laura Kaye
29. Everneath - Brodi Ashton
30. Hollow Earth - John & Carole E. Barrowman
31. Grave Witch - Kalayna Price
32. The 13th Horseman - Barry Hutchison
33. Eternal Hunger - Laura Wright
34. Hollow Pike - James Dawson
35. Oliver Twisted - JD Sharpe
36. Kiss of the Vampire - Cynthia Garner
37. Fever - Dee Shulman
38. Crave - Melissa Darnell
39. Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortress - Sarwat Chadda
40. Fifty Shades of Grey - E.L. James
41. Wonder - R.J. Palacio
42. The Alchemy of Forever - Avery Williams
43. Royal Street - Suzanne Johnson
44. Fateful - Claudia Gray
45. Illegal - Miriam Halahmy
46. Chasing Fire - Nora Roberts
47. Changeling - Philippa Gregory
48. Grave Mercy - Robin LaFevers
49. Lord of Rage - Jill Monroe
50. Witchblood - Emma Mills
51. About Last Night - Ruthie Knox
52. Chosen Ones - Tiffany Truitt
53. Burn Mark - Laura Powell
54. Bared to You - Sylvia Day
55. Throne of Glass - Sarah J Maas
56. Clarity - Kim Harrington
57. The Goddess Test - Aimee Carter
58. Shadow's Edge - J.T. Geissinger
59. Dead Radiance - T.G. Ayer
60. Redemption - Susannah Sandlin
61. White Witch - Trish Milburn
62. The Darkest Day - Britt Bury
63. Sharing Hailey - Samantha Ann King
64. Simply Irresistible - Jill Shalvis
65. Anna Dressed in Blood - Kendare Blake
66. A Night of Southern Comfort - Robin Covington
67. Fated - Benedict Jacka
68. Seraphina - Rachel Hartman
69. Deep Autumn Heat - Elisabeth Barrett
70. The Theory of Attraction - Delphine Dryden
71. Starcrossed - Josephine Angelini
72. The Siren - Tiffany Reisz
73. Bound Temptations - Shiloh Walker
74. Graffiti Moon - Cath Crowley
75. Obsidian - Jennifer L. Armentrout
76. Slave - Sherri Hayes
77. Insignia - S.J. Kincaid
78. Because of You - Jessica Scott
79. No Peace for the Damned - Megan Powell
80. Fifty Shames of Earl Grey - Fanny Merkin (aka Andrew Shaffer)
81. Otherkin - Nina Berry
82. Pushing the Limits - Katie McGarry
83. Earth Girl - Janet Edwards
84. Hell on Wheels - Julie Ann Walker
85. When You Wish Upon A Duke - Isabella Bradford
86. Deceiving the Witch Next Door - Melissa Bourbon Ramirez
87. God Save the Queen - Kate Locke
88. ReVamped - Ada Adams
89. Wrong Bed, Right Guy - Katee Robert
90. Blood Red Road - Moira Young
91. Timeless Desire - Gwyn Cready
92. Blade Song - J.C. Daniels
93. The Masque of the Red Death - Bethany Griffin
94. Blackwood - Gwenda Bond
95. The Dark Garden - Eden Bradley
96. Turf - John Lucas
97. Angel's Ink - Jocelynn Drake
98. Stormdancer - Jay Kristoff
99. The Obsidian Mirror - Catherine Fisher
100. Immortally Yours - Angie Fox
101. Beautiful Disaster - Jamie McGuire
102. The Restorer - Amanda Stevens
103. The Gathering Dark - Leigh Bardugo
104. Touch - Jus Accardo
105. Long Shots: Books 1-3 - Christine d'Abo
106. Storm - Brigid Kemmerer
107. Chopsticks - Jessica Anthony & Rodrigo Corral
108. Mystic City - Theo Lawrence
109. Witch Crag - Kate Cann
110. The Duke's Tattoo - Miranda Davis
111. Innocent Darkness - Suzanne Lazear
112. Matched - Ally Condie
113. Kissed by Darkness - Shea MacLeod
114. Back to You - Priscilla Glenn
115. The Pleasures of Winter - Evie Hunter
116. Blood Law - Karin Tabke
117. Katya's World - Jonathan L. Howard
118. Heart of Danger - Lisa Marie Rice
119. Slammed - Colleen Hoover
120. Luminosity - Stephanie Thomas
121. The Fireman Who Loved Me - Jennifer Bernard
122. The Vincent Boys - Abbi Glines
123. Devoured - Emily Snow
124. Night School - C.J. Daugherty
125. Demon's Curse - Alexa Egan
126. Kissing Under the Mistletoe - Marina Adair
127. Easy - Tammara Webber
128. Yours at Midnight - Robin Bielman
129. Rock the Heart - Michelle A. Valentine
130. Greta and the Goblin King - Chloe Jacobs