New Author Challenge 2009

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2 Nov 2008 | Submitted by: Jackie | 28 Comments |

I did this last year and I had a lot of fun. The idea is to read 50 (or as many as you want) new authors (to you) throughout 2009. Here are the guidelines:

The challenge will run from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.
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.
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.
Add your name to the Mr. Linky below. If you do not have your own blog, you can join the group blog here.
Bloggers or Non-Bloggers alike are welcome
When you read a new author, write your review and then come back here and post a link to your review.

If you’re looking for some ideas, check out the Author page.

Added 11/11/08 – I’m not sure who drew up the image, but it’s been showing up on a lot of participants pages so I thought I would also include it here. If anyone has any other logos, send them my way and I’ll include them on this page.

Participants:

Here are this year’s participants. Since I am only able to have one Mr. Linky per page, I had to take down the join link so we would have them for the reviews. So if anyone else wants to join, just email me or leave a comment somewhere and I’ll add you to the list.

1. Jackie (Literary Escapism) – 50
2. Carrie (the bookgirl)
3. Rachel – 25
4. Kelly – 28
5. Beth F – 25
6. Lindy
7. J. Kaye’s Book Blog
8. Cheryl’s Book Nook
9. Jessica
10. Breeni Books
11. Diane (Bibliophile By the Sea)
12. Tracy M – 10
13. Lauren – 50
14. Kara – 25
15. Ruth Ann Nordin
16. Kay – 25
17. Lezlie (Books ‘N Border Collies) – 50
18. Betty
19. Joanne – 25
20. Nicola O. – 50
21. Marcia (The Printed Page)
22. Nise’ – 50
23. Nely – 25
24. Jan in Edmonds – 25
25. kim in ohio-25
26. Crickel01
27. Ms. Bookish – 30
28. Jeanette
29. Roxanne Rhoads
30. Victoria (Phantom Inkheart)
31. Kay
32. Alessandra – 25
33. Shonda – 30
34. Elizabeth (Need More Shelves)
35. Nancy – 20
36. Whitney
37. javajump
38. Susan T.
39. Beth as Carpoolqueen
40. Deety – 20

41. Darcie (Reading Derby)
42. Melanie – 25
43. Josette
44. Wendy (Caribousmom)
45. Kristi (Books and Needlepoint)
46. Christina (Babbling Book Reviews) – 12
47. Kim (Page After Page)
48. DeSeRt RoSe
49. Bookworm
50. Kat – 15
51. Lissa
52. Kumari
53. Teddy Rose
54. Alyce (At Home With Books)
55. Blodeuedd
56. Aerin: In Search of Giants – 25
57. Leanne
58. Cynthia
59. Marcy Jo – 50
60. Kailana
61. Becky (Operation Actually)
62. Judy (Intergalactic Bookworm) – 20
63. Lynda
64. Joanna
65. Amanda
66. Dawn (She is Too Fond of Books)
67. Samantha
68. Jules (Bookworm Jules)
69. Krissy
70. Mary Beth (Cats, Books, Life is Good)
71. Jessica (The Bluestocking Society)
72. Literary Feline – 20
73. Lynne – 25
74. Retroreduxs Reviews – 12
75. Anna-Marie – 25

76. Shelley Munro – 50
77. Alison Kent
78. Kathrin
79. M
80. Teresa – 25
81. meg89 (Literary Menagerie) – 25
82. Mishel – 20
83. Vivienne
84. Evie (The Book Fiend) – 10
85. Eren0317
86. Ruth DFW (Buzz ‘Bout Books)
87. Maya AW – 50
88. Sandra
89. Elizabeth (Thoughts from an Evil Overlord)
90. Avis (She Reads and Reads)
91. meaghan koci – 25
92. Cynthia Lee Cartier
93. Sherrie (Just Books)
94. Swapna Krishna
95. Strixaluco – 25
96. Tricia – 50
97. Pam
98. Jacqueline C
99. Vicki – 10

Reviews/New Authors:

And we’re up and running…be sure, when you’re signing in with Mr. Linky, to leave who you are and the author you tried. Adding the book title is completely up to you.

28 Comments »

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19 October 2009 at 1:15 pm

Kay said:

I seem to have hit Enter too soon on my last link added. The title should have been “Kay (Craig Clevenger)”. Could you pretty please fix that for me? I promise to be more careful in the future.

30 October 2009 at 11:49 am

Wendy said:

Are you not allowing sign ups for the 2010 challenge yet? The link you provided doesn’t work…and it looks like comments are now closed. Thanks!

1 November 2009 at 7:05 pm

New Authors Challenge « Page247 said:

4 November 2009 at 7:49 pm

Anonymous said:

Thanks for the great challenge, Jackie! I completed mine. Here is my wrap-up post.

4 November 2009 at 9:56 pm

Rebecca said:

Oops! I forgot to say it was me. :)

4 November 2009 at 9:56 pm

Teddy said:

I also finished the challenge. Here is my wrap-up post:
http://teddyrose.blogspot.com/2009/11/completed-new-author-challenge-2009.html

I plan to sign up for 2010 also.

4 November 2009 at 11:52 pm

Teddy said:

I just tried to leave a comment for the 2010 challenge but it is not accepting comments. I signed up for it but forgot to include how many books I’m going for, 20.

27 December 2009 at 1:26 am

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1 January 2010 at 2:43 pm

Beth as Carpoolqueen said:

This is my list of authors that I found this year. Most were really good, so what a great success.
http://justyouraveragecarpoolqueen.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-author-challenge-2009.html

5 January 2010 at 9:12 pm

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