2014 Reading Challenge Announcement: First-Reads!

2014 Reading Challenge Announcement: First-Reads!

The point is for me to read and review as books many as possible, by authors that I have not yet read before.  This seems to be an intriguing challenge for I have set out to search for new authors to add to my read base.

Challenge Level:
Amateur : Choose to read 1 - 25 New Authors
Lover     : Choose to read 26 - 50 New Authors
Expert    : Choose to read 51 - 75 New Authors
Fanatic   : Choose to read 76 or above New Authors

The 'Challenge Level' I chose will be that of Fanatic: Choose to read at least 76 new authors.

I cannot say that I am as together as many of my other participants, but I do have a list of authors that I am very much interested in reading.  Although, I have no book titles as of yet, I am still working on that aspect of my challenge.  I may read more than one book by this new author (to me), but will only review one for this challenge.

Some new authors (to me) are:
1. Abbi Glines, Young Adult Romance
2. Amy Plum, Young Adult Romance
3. Lauren Kate, Young Adult Paranormal-Fantasy
4. Amie Kaufman, Young Adult Sci-Fi- Fantasy
5. Brodi Ashton, Young Adult Paranormal-Fantasy
6. Kiera Cass, Young Adult Romance-Fantasy
7. Laini Taylor, Young Adult Paranormal-Fantasy
8. Lia Habel, Young Adult Steampunk
9. Melissa Marr, Young Adult Sci-Fi- Fantasy
10. Lisa Tawn Bergren, Historical Time Travel & Young Adult
11. Kerstin Gier, Young Adult Fantasy
12. Dara Girard, African American Fiction
13. Pamela Yaye, African American Romance
14. Janice Sims, African American Romance
15. Farrah Rochon, African American Romance
16. Candice Poarch, African American Romance
17. Vanessa Miller, African American Romance
18. Marcia King-Gamble, African American Romance
19. Geri Guillaume, African American Romance
20. Angela Weaver, African American Romance
21. J. M. Jeffries, African American Fiction
22. Deborah Fletcher Mellow, African American Romance
23. Linda Hudson-Smith, African American Romance
24. Anita Bunkley, African American Romance
25. Linda Walters, African American Romance
26. Simona Taylor, African American Romance
27. Kim Shaw, African American Romance
28. Bette Ford, African American Fiction
29. Linda Harrison Jackson, African American Romance
30. Sherelle Green, African American Romance
31. Lisa Watson, African American Romance
32. Monica McKayhan, African American Romance
33. Yasmin Sullivan, African American Romance
34. Terra Little, African American Romance
35. Phyllis Bourne, African American Romance
36. Harmony Evans, African American Romance
37. Judy Lynn Hubbard, African American Romance
38. Monica McCarty, Historical Romance
39. Emma Wildes, Romance
40. Cherrie Lynn, Romance
41. Gena Showalter, Paranormal Romance
42. Chole Neill, Paranormal Romance
43. Courtney Milan, Historical Romance
44. Richelle Mead, Romance
45. Angie Fox, Paranormal Romance
46. Patricia Briggs, Paranormal Romance
47. Jennifer Ashley, Romance
48. Nicholas Sparks, Fiction
49. James Patterson, Fiction
50. Maya Rodale, Romance
51. J.R. Ward, Paranormal
52. Keri Arthur, Romance
53. Allison Brennan, Romance
54. Christy Reece, Romance
55. Karen Chance, Romance
56. Fern Michaels, Fiction
57. Rhyannon Byrd, Fiction
58. Lynn Viehl, Paranormal Romance
59. Deidre Knight, Romance
60. Kate Pearce, Romance
61. Elizabeth Hoyt, Romance
62. Elizabeth Boyle, Romance
63. Paige Dearth, Fiction
64. Peggy Webb, Fiction
65. Gwen Jones, Historical Romance
66. Darcy Burke, Historical Romance
67. Paige Tyler, Fiction
68. Christin Lovell, Fiction
69. Aliyah Burke, Fiction
70. Ann Bruce, Fiction
71. Noelle Adams, Fiction
72. Lucy Kevin, Fiction
73. Marie Force, Fiction
74. Sherry James, Fiction
75. Kelly Favor, Fiction
76. Lucy Covington, Fiction
77. Allison Clayton, Fiction

I am ecstatic about getting started on this new challenge for the new year.  Here's to us all in a new adventure of 2014.

HAPPY FIRST READS 2014!