2006 Reading Year in Review - Part 7: New authors discovered
>> Wednesday, January 10, 2007
One of my reading resolutions a few years ago was to try more new authors (new to me, that is, not necessarily debut authors). I did so well that year, that I've kept it up. In 2006, I think I did pretty well. The actual number of new-to-me authors tried went down to 57, but since I read fewer books this year, the percentage works out to be higher than last year, and only a bit lower than my all-time high in 2004.
2004 - 79 books (30% of the total)Best new discoveries (got B+ and above in first book tried):
2005 - 63 books (21%)
2006 - 57 books (28%)
- Susan Carroll (The Dark Queen) - only one who got an A- on my first book of hers
- J.R. Ward (Dark Lover)
- Elizabeth Hoyt (The Raven Prince)
- Beverly Jenkins (Sexy/Dangerous)
- Portia Da Costa (The Tutor)
- Marjorie M. Liu (Tiger Eye)
- Helen Fielding (Cause Celeb)
- Lauren Willig (The Secret History of the Pink Carnation)
- Alison Pace (If Andy Warhol Had a Girlfriend)
- Evangeline Anderson (The Assignment)
- Maria V. Snyder (Poison Study)
- Lindsey Davis (The Silver Pigs)
- José Pedro Barrán (Historia de la sensibilidad en el Uruguay: Tomo 1: La cultura "bárbara" (1800 - 1860))
Good (B and B-):
- Meljean Brook (short story in Hot Spell anthology)
- Nalini Singh (Awaken to Pleasure)
- Roberta Gellis (Shimmering Splendor)
- Marie Donovan (Her Body of Work)
- Patricia Frances Rowell (A Scandalous Situation)
- Lori Handeland (Blue Moon)
- Kimberly Dean (short story in Secrets Vol. 9 anthology)
- P.C. Cast (Goddess of the Spring)
- Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)
- Olivia Gates (Doctors on the Frontline)
- Shana Abé (The Smoke Thief)
- Kresley Cole (A Hunger Like No Other)
- Diane Tyrrel (On the Edge of the Woods)
- Morag McKendrick Pippin (Blood Moon Over Bengal)
- Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason (The Rule of Four)
- Erin Grady (Echoes)
- Mary Blayney (short story in Bump in the Night anthology)
- Lynn Viehl (If Angels Burn)
- Laura Baumbach (A Bit of Rough)
- Alessia Brio (Erotique )
- Jo Goodman (One Forbidden Evening)
- Erin McCarthy (The Pregnancy Test)
- Shiloh Walker (short story in Hot Spell anthology)
- Patricia Waddell (True Blood)
Blah books (C-range grades):
- Eve Silver (Dark Desires)
- Tracy Montoya (Maximum Security)
- Susan Peterson (Midnight Island Sanctuary)
- Ruth Ryan Langlan (short story in Bump in the Night anthology)
- Lacey Alexander (French Quarter)
- Liz Maverick (The Shadow Runners)
- Abel González (Elogio de la Berenjena)
- Amanda McCabe (Lady Midnight)
- Sharron McClellan (The Midas Trap)
- Meryl Sawyer (Closer Than She Thinks)
- Lisa Valdez (Passion)
- Bonnie Hamre (short story in Secrets Vol. 9 anthology)
- Amanda Stevens (Silent Storm)
- Shelby Reed (A Fine Work of Art)
- Claudia Dain (short story in Wish List anthology)
- Lynsay Sands (short story in Wish List anthology)
- ...and an unpubbed manuscript by an author whose name I won't mention here
Bad, bad, bad (only Ds and DNFs, cause there were no Fs this year):
- Lora Leigh (short story in Hot Spell anthology)
- Kathryn Anne Dubois (short story in Secrets Vol. 9 anthology)
- Melody Thomas (Must Have Been the Moonlight)
Coming up tomorrow: Top 10 picks of 2006
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