Challenge Finished

Edited, August 2009: I finished!!!
Twenty-Five new authors for me so far this year.
My most favorites: Karen Stolz and Gin Phillips
My least favorte: Robert Olen Butler
My most surprising: Stephen King

Thanks Jackie for hosting this.....





Jackie from Literary Escapism is hosting this challenge again.

The basic rules:

1. The challenge will run from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.
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, but anthologies are also a great way to try someone new.
3. I want this to be an easy challenge, so you state how many new authors you want to try this year and then that’s your challenge. For me, I’m trying another 50 new authors. If you want a number given to you, try for either 25 or 50.

I am going to go for 25 new authors. I have read close to 70 books this year which is right on par for a typical year for me. One year I broke over 100, but that was before I began a full time job. So, out of 70 books I will probably read more than 25 new to me authors, but I want to be successful so I am sticking with a lower number!

1. Alan Bennett(The Uncommon Reader)
2. Doreen Orion (Queen of the Road).
3. Neil Gaiman (Coraline)
4. Daniel Wallace (Big Fish)
5. Elizabeth Strout (Olive Kitteridge)
6. Kate Chopin (The Awakening)
7. Karen Stolz (World of Pies)
8. Elizabeth Von Arnim (Elizabeth and Her German Garden)
9. Kevin Henkes
10. Jerry Spinelli
11.Barbara Noble
12. Robert Olen Butler
13. Roddy Doyle
14. Jason F.Wright
15. Tatiana de Rosnay
16. Ami McKay
17. Ali Smith
18. Elizabeth Gaskell
19. Fanny Burney
20. Stephen King
21. Hillary Jordan
22. Jamie Ford
23. Edward Hardy
24. Gin Phillips
25. Michelle Richmond