2011 Debut Author Challenge

I'm taking it! It sounds like fun, and I already have a ton of 2011 books on my to-read list anyway. You can sign up over at The Story Siren if you want to participate too.

Here are the books I'm planning to read. Bold means I read it.


1. So Shelly by Ty Roth (read in April)
2. XVI by Julia Carr (read in February)
3. Flirt Club by Cathleen Daly (read in March)
4. Across the Universe by Beth Revis (read in April)
5. Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
6. Entangled by Cat Clarke
7. Divergent by Veronica Roth (read in February)
8. Where I Belong by Gwendolyn Heasley
9. The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab
10. Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton
11. The Liar Society by Lisa and Laura Roecker
12. Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
13. Rival by Sara Bennett Wealer
14. Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
15. Possession by Elana Johnson
16. The Revenant by Sonia Gensler
17. Luminous by Dawn Metcalf
18. Awaken by Kate Kacvinsky
19. Wildefire by Karsten Knight
20. Haven by Kristi Cook
21. Angelfire by Alison Courtney Moulton (read in April)
22. The Weight of Bones by Janet Gurtler
23. Jersey Tomatoes Are The Best by Maria Padian (read in March)
24. But I Love Him by Amanda Grace
25. Gemini Bites by Patrick Ryan
26. Bumped by Megan McCafferty (read in April)
27. Popular by Alissa Grosso
28. Clarity by Kim Harrington
29. Sean Griswold's Head by Lindsey Leavitt (read in March)
30. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
31. Wither by Lauren Stefano (read in April)
32. Like Mandarin by Kirsten Hubbard (read in April)
33. The Lipstick Laws by Amy Holder (read in February)
34. The Sweetest Thing by Christina Mandelski
35. Sparrow Road by Sheila O'Connor
36. Future Imperfect by K. Ryer Breese
37. Vicious Little Darlings by Katherine Easer
38. Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
39. The Pull of Gravity by Gae Polisner
40. The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea Campbell
41. Bestest. Ramadan. Ever. by Medeia Sharif
42. Epic Fail by Claire LaZebnik
43. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
44. Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris

Why yes, I realize how long this list is. But I read between 150 and 250 books a year (I don't actually have heaping amounts of free time, but I do have more than the average mother-of-six-million-children-with-a-day-job-and-writer-on-the-side, and I have learned over the years how to find time for reading), and these are already on my to-read list, so I think I should have no problem doing this challenge.

Are you doing this as well? What books do you plan to read and how many?