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