New Author Challenge 2010

Why this challenge?
The New Author Challenge 2010 is being hosted by Jackie at the Literary Escapism blog and will give me the chance to discover some new authors, and hopefully add a few to my ‘dependable authors’ list!

Challenge dates
January 1 – December 31, 2010

Rules

1. The challenge will run from January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010.
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. Anthologies are a great way to try someone new, but only a third of your new authors can be from anthologies.
3. I want this to be an easy challenge, so you can pick to do either 15, 25 or 50 new authors. It all depends on how fast you read and how adventurous you want to be. For me, I’m trying another 50 new authors. If you reach your goal halfway through the year, don’t stop. Any new author you try can be added to Mr. Linky. We all want to know about your new experience.
4. After reading your new author, write your review and then come back here and add your link to Mr. Linky. Make sure you include your name and the author, but adding the title is completely up to you.

My list
I’ll aim for 15 new authors during 2010.

Scarlett Thomas – The End of Mr Y
Bernhard Schlink – The Reader
Jeremy Clarkson – For Crying Out Loud
David Ebershoff – The 19th Wife
Laura Whitcomb – A Certain Slant of Light
Stef Penney – The Tenderness of Wolves
Ann Packer – The Dive from Clausen’s Pier
Julie Myerson – The Story of You
Jojo Moyes – The Peacock Emporium
Kate Morton – The House at Riverton
Kate Grenville – The Secret River
Marisa de los Santos – Love Walked In
Jennifer Donnelly – A Northern Light
Margaret Cezair-Thompson – The Pirate’s Daughter
Paulo Coelho – The Devil and Miss Prym