One of the things that I've enjoyed most since starting blogging has been taking part in the 2010 Debut Author Challenge, hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren so I was delighted when Kristi announced the 2011 Debut Author Challenge this week. I will certainly be taking part and have listed below some of the debut titles that I plan on reading over the course of next year. As with 2010 I may change this list, will almost definitely add to it and hope to read some real gems during the whole process.
Thanks to the 2010 challenge I discovered some great authors and also some of my top reads of the year - The Sky Is Everywhere and Shade deserving of special mention here. The rules of the challenge are simple (and listed here) and I can't stress enough how rewarding it is to take part, supporting and promoting new writers as they step onto the YA stage. Sign up and start reading - you won't regret it!
My provisional list for the 2011 Debut Author Challenge is as follows:
Across The Universe - Beth Revis
The Water Wars - Cameron Stracher
The Iron Witch - Karen Mahoney
Wither - Lauren DeStefano
Blood Magic - Tessa Gratton
Divergent - Veronica Roth
The Revenant - Sonia Gensler
Falling Under - Gwen Hayes
XVI - Julia Karr
Starcrossed - Josephine Angelini
A Beautiful Dark - Jocelyn Davies
Awaken - Katie Kacvinsky
Those That Wake - Jesse Karp
Unearthly - Cynthia Hand
Wereworld: Rise of The Wolf - Curtis Jobling
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Also, I'm trying to remember if you've read Entangled by Cat Clarke yet. Because if not you have to add that one!
I have read Entangled - in fact, I'm taking part in the blog tour for it so my review should be up next week. I enjoyed it but found it to be quite a stressful sort of read... And yes, Blood Magic sounds awesome, not least because it's by Tessa Gratton who has to be one of the most accessible authors I've had the pleasure to interact with.