New author challenge 2015

Questa sfida è ospitata dal blog Literary Escapism. 

For those new to the New Author Challenge, the whole idea started when I first started reviewing and I didn’t know that many authors in my favored genre. So I went looking. I gave myself a goal of finding 50 new authors and ended up reading 56 that first year. I loved finding these new characters, worlds and cultures, so I want to help others find new ones as well. Since 2006, I’ve tried over 150 different authors I may not have tried otherwise and I have found some really great authors.

The idea behind this is to find new authors that you’ve never tried before, not necessarily ones that are debuting. They can be in your genre of choice or be brave and try something new. You never know what you’re going to like until you try it.

Here are the guidelines:

.    The challenge will run from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015.

.    Since this is an author challenge, there is no restriction on choosing your novels. They can definitely be from other challenges. However, the authors must be new to you and, preferably from novels. Anthologies are a great way to try someone new, but only a third of your new authors can be from short stories/novellas or anthologies.

.    I want this to be an easy challenge, so you can pick to do either 15, 25 or 50 new authors. It all depends on how fast you read and how adventurous you want to be.  If you reach your goal halfway through the year, don’t stop. Any new author you try can be added to Mr. Linky. We all want to know about your new experience.

.    After reading your new author, write your review and then come back here and add your link to Mr. Linky. Make sure you include your name and the author, but adding the title is completely up to you.

.    Bloggers or Non-Bloggers alike are welcome. You don’t have to have a site to participate. You can link up via Facebook, GoodReads or even Amazon if you’d like.

Once you reach your goal, you don’t have to stop. Any new author you try, go ahead and head back here and add it to the list. Introduce us all to whoever you find. Afterall, there’s no reason to stop trying new authors, right?

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Non sto a tradurre tutto, in sintesi si tratta di leggere libri scritti da autori mai letti prima, non è indispensabile che siano esordienti.

Visto che ogni anno mi trovo a leggere autori mai letti prima e che, in particolare, nel 2015 vorrei leggere i 3 libri fantasy che ho preso, mi piace molto questa sfida. E voglio provarla :-D

Il mio scopo è arrivare a 15 autori, poi vedremo.

La mia lista di libri:

1. lo hobbit (Tolkien)
2. non dirmi che hai paura (Giuseppe Catozzella)
3. l'uccello che girava le viti del mondo (Murakami)
4. il sentiero delle stelle (Amy Brill)
5. le madri salvate (Colombe Schneck)
6. gli ingredienti segreti dell'amore (Nicolas Barreau)
7. acqua buia (Joe R. Lansdale)
8. il buio oltre la siepe (Harper Lee)
9. il commissario nella tartufaia (Pierre Magnan)
10. cecità (José Saramago)
11. Wondy (Francesca del Rosso)
12. Lisario (Antonella Cilento)
13. Nessuno al mio fianco (Nadine Gordimer)
14. blue mondays (Emily Dubberley)
15. guida galattica per autostoppisti (Douglas Adams)
16. il fiume delle cento candele (Kim Echlin)
17. il grande sonno (Raymond Chandler)
18. la proposta di un gentiluomo (Julia Quinn)
19. storia di una ladra di libri (Markus Zusak)
20. controvento (Angeles Caso)
21. città aperta (Teju Cole)
22. Madame Mallory e il piccolo chef indiano (Richard C. Morais)
23. whisper (maggie Stiefvater)
24. Hunger games (Suzanne Collins)
25. istituto di bellezza Margaret Thatcher (Marsha Mehran)
26. un'arancia ad orologeria (Anthony Burgess)
27. la meccanica del cuore (Mathias Malzieu)
28. Adibas (Zaza Burchuladze)
29. quel che resta del giorno (Kazuo Ishiguro)
30. un mattino a Irgalem (Davide Longo)
31. 9 giorni (Gilly MacMillan)
32. mi fido di te (Francesco Abate + Massimo Carlotto)
33. memorie di una geisha (Arthur Golden)
34. la lettrice di fiori (Elizabeth Loupas)
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