first reads challenge

Another returning challenge for me.  Debdatta from b00k r3vi3ws is hosting the First Reads Reading Challenge again this year.  This is for authors that are new to you.  Last year I discovered 51 new to me authors!  I'm always looking for new authors, but I don't always go out of my way to find them.  So this challenge is good for me to just take the leap and try something new.

Rules are simple:

1. Read and review as many books as possible by authors that you haven't read before.
2. You don't have to be a blogger to participate, but you do have to post a review somewhere to participate.  Try Goodreads, Amazon, Shelfari, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, etc.
3. If you are a blogger make sure to link up your review posts.  If you're not a blogger make sure to link up wherever you're posting your reviews.
4. Books can overlap with other reading challenges.
5. Books can be any format (ebook, audio, print)
6. Post your links for your reviews each month.
7. Challenge runs from Jan. 1, 2014 to Dec. 31, 2014 and you can sign up at any time.

Levels are:

• Amateur: 1-25 new authors
• Lover: 26-50 new authors
• Expert: 51-75 new authors
• Fanatic: 76 or more new authors

If you would like to sign up you can do that here.  I'm aiming for Lover.  I read 51 new authors last year so I'm going to try to match that.

Challenge Completed 10.11.14

1. Suicide Squad, Vol. 1: Kicked in the Teeth - Adam Glass
2. Harley & Ivy - Paul Dini
3. Still Life - Louise Penny
4. Farm Fatale - Wendy Holden
5. Reconstructing Amelia - Kimberly McCreight
6. The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
7. The Spectacular Now - Tim Tharp
8. Night Film - Marisha Pessl
9. Tiger Lily - Jodi Lynn Anderson
10. Someday, Someday, Maybe - Lauren Graham
11. God-Shaped Hole - Tiffanie DeBartolo
12. 7 Billion Needles, Vol. 1 - Nobuaki Tadano
13. Bokurano Ours, Vol. 1 - Mohiro Kitoh
14. Dark Water - Koji Suzuki
15. Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice - John Layman
16. North World, Vol. 1: The Epic of Conrad - Lars Brown
17. The Borden Tragedy - Rick Geary
18. The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
19. Where'd You Go Bernadette - Maria Semple
20. Mockingbird - Kathryn Erskine
21. Pure - Julianna Baggott
22. Evernight - Claudia Gray
23. A Catered Murder - Isis Crawford
24. Batman: Hush, Vol. 1 - Jeph Loeb
25. Batman: War Games, Act One: Outbreak - Ed Brubaker
26. Batman: War Crimes - Andersen Gabrych
27. Batman: Year One, Ra's al Ghul - Devin Grayson
28. Red Hood: The Lost Days - Judd Winick
29. Storm Front - Jim Butcher
30. The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
31. Attack on Titan, Vol. 1 - Hajime Isayama
32. Monster, Vol. 1 - Naoki Urasawa
33. The Thousand Dollar Tan Line - Rob Thomas
34. Batwoman, Vol. 1: Hydrology - J. H. Williams III & W. Haden Blackman
35. Dancing Barefoot - Wil Wheaton
36. The Drifting Classroom, Vol. 1 - Kazuo Uzema
37. Every Secret Thing - Laura Lippman
38. The Museum of Extraordinary Things - Alice Hoffman
39. The Ice Princess - Camilla Lackberg
40. The Weight of Blood - Laura McHugh
41. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke
42. The Enchanted - Rene Denfeld
43. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me - Mindy Kaling
44. Bossypants - Tina Fey
45. Official Book Club Selection - Kathy Griffin
46. Dad Is Fat - Jim Gaffigan
47. A Little Bit Wicked - Kristin Chenoweth
48. Dirty Daddy - Bob Saget
49. The Bedwetter - Sarah Silverman
50. The Good Girl - Mary Kubica