Books to Brighten your Mood: 2011 YA Debut Author Challenge

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

2011 YA Debut Author Challenge

Kristi from The Story Siren announced some days ago the brand new 2011 YA Debut Author Challenge!I've spotted that challenge this year as well,but since it was already summer i decided to get ready for the next year!So here i am!I love YA books (among YA titles you'll find the most gorgeous covers!) so why not participate in a challenge evolving around them!

Here is the challenge description from Kristi's blog:

2011 Debut Author Challenge participant information:

The objective of the DAC is to read at least twelve novels from Young Adult or Middle Grade Authors. While twelve is the minimum there is no maximum limit! I encourage readers who can read more than twelve to do so!
Anyone can join. You don't have to be a blogger, and you don't have to live in the United States.
You do not have to have an blog written in English to participate.
You can join at anytime. The challenge runs from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011.

Qualifying books:

Books must be a Young Adult or Middle Grade novel.
DO NOTE: Just because a book has a teen character or is about a teen, does not mean that it is necessarily a Young Adult novel.
This must be the authors debut with a release date in 2011. They cannot have a prior middle grade or young adult title released.
If an author has a previous novel published under adult fiction/nonfiction or children's fiction/nonfiction, they can still qualify for the challenge if they are releasing their YA or MG debut.

Kristi also did an amazing job creating a list of the scheduled 2011 Debut Authors.You can see the list and more information about the challenge here

Already from Kristi's list i've spotted some really interesting titles i wasn't aware of!

So,here is a rough list of the books i'm thinking of reading.The list will probably change adding or removing some titles,although i hope of only adding!