2012 Debut Author Challenge

It's the 2012 Debut Author Challenge post! YAY! This is my (Katie's) 3rd year taking part in this fabulous challenge, which is hosted by The Story Siren. I love this challenge. It's such a great opportunity for us to help promote debut authors. You can see our 2010 challenge (we read 38), and our 2011 challenge (to date we've read 86), which is combination of both YA and MG authors. Debut authors are either first time published authors, or established authors who's first YA/MG book was published this year. 

Here's the list of debs I'm looking forward to reading in 2012: *Here's my list of debs we read this year: 75 total

January:

1. Everneath by Brodi Ashton
2. Tempest by Julie Cross
3. Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
4. Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
5. Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
6. Fracture by Miranda Megan
7. The Edumacation of Jay Baker by Jay Clark
8. Ditched by Robin Mellom
9. The Book of Wonders by Jasmine Richards (MG)
10. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
11. Forbidden by Ryan M. James & Syrie James
12. The Pregnancy Project by Gaby Rodriguez
13. Awkward by Marni Bates
14. The One & Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (MG)
15. The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams

February

1. Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood
2. Harbinger by Sara Wilson Etienne
3. Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen
4. Shooting Stars by Allison Rushby

March:

1. Starters by Lissa Price
2. EMBRACE by Jessica Shirvington
3. Seeing Cinderella by Jenny Lundquist
4. Pretty Crooked by Elisa Ludwig
5. Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden

April:

1. Grave Mercy by Robin LaFever
2. Immortal City by Scott Speer
3. Emerald City by Alicia K Leppert
4. Ripper by Amy Carol Reeves
5. Seeing Cinderella by Jenny Lundquist (MG)
6. Tua and the Elephant by R.P. Harris (MG) 
7. The Temptation by Alisa Valdes

May:

1. The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy (MG)
2. Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock
3. Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins
4. Changeling by Philippa Gregory
5. Wrecked by Anna Davies
6. Darkness Before Dawn by J.A. London
7. Of Poseidon by Anna Banks
8. Dark Kiss by Michelle Rowen
9. Talisman of El by Alecia Stone

June:

1. Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo
2. The Classroom by Robin Mellom (MG)
3. The Vindico by Wesley King
4. Tokyo Heist by Diana Renn

July:

1. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
2. Quarantine, The Loners by Lex Thomas
3. Forsaken by Lisa M Stasse

August:

1. Defiance by CJ Redwine
2. Not Your Average Fairy Tale by Chantele Sedgwick
3. Throne of Glass by Sarah. J. Maas
4. Auracle by Gina Rosati
5. Innocent Darkness by Suzanne Lazear
6. Skylark by Meagan Spooner
7. Survive by Alex Morel
8. The Dark Light by Sara Walsh
9. The Treachery of Beautiful Things by Ruth Frances Long

September:

1. Origin by Jessica Khoury
2. Silver by Talia Vance

October:

1. Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone
2. Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger (MG)
3. Breathe by Sarah Crossan
4. Valkyrie Rising by Ingrid Paulson

November:

1. Greta and the Goblin King by Chloe Jacobs
2. Touched by Corrine Jackson
3. Renegade by J.A. Souders
4. Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill
5. Easy by Tamara Webber

December:

1. Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes
2. The Farm by Emily McKay

* 2013 Debs read in '12

1. Dance of Shadows by Yelena Black *TBR on 2/14/13

*Misc/ 2011 Debs:

1. Untraceable by S.R. Johannes
2. The Secret of Spruce Knoll by Heather McCorkle
3. Latasha and the little red tornado by Michael Scotto *MG
4. Anew by Chelsea Fine

2012 Debs I Wanted To Read, But Haven't Had A Chance To Yet:

1. Destiny's Fire by Trisha Wolfe
2. Stormdancer by Kay Kristoff
3. False Memory by Dan Krokos
4. Velveteen
5. The Gathering Storm by Robin Bridges
6. The Catastrophic History of You & Me by Jess Rothenberg
7. After the Snow by S.D. Crockett
8. Illuminate by Aimee Agresti
9. Slide by Jill Hathaway
10. Breaking Beautiful by Jennifer Shaw Wolf
11. The Wicked and the Just by J. Anderson Coats
12. The Selection by Kiera Cass
13. Above by Leah Bobet
14. When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle
15. Struck by Jennifer Bosworth