So...

It's almost March. That would probably be a good time to officially declare my intention to participate in the story siren's Debut Author Challenge for 2011.

I'll be reading at least twelve debut books during this year, and I'll review them here.

So consider this my notice of intent to review. I'll update this post with names and titles and dates when I have a brain left.

Edit:

So here's the list of titles I pulled off to look for.

1. XVI, by Julia Karr
2. Across The Universe, by Beth Revis.
3. Girl Saves Boy, by Steph Bowe
4. The Liar Society, by Lisa Roeker and Laura Roeker
5. Kat, Incorrigible, by Stephanie Burgis
6. Possession, by Elana Johnson
7. Memento Nora, by Angie Smibert
8. Divergent, by Veronica Roth
9. Wither, by Lauren DeStephano
10. Entangled, by Cat Clarke
11. Anna Dressed In Blood, by Kendare Blake
12. The Near Witch, by Victoria Schwab
13. Blood Magic, by Tessa Gratton
14. Wildfire, by Karsten Knight
15. The Iron Thorn, by Caitlin Kittredge
16. Possess, by Gretchen McNeil
17. The Girl of Fire and Thorns, by Rae Carson
18. Vanished, by Sheela Chari
19. Enclave, by Ann Aguirre
20. Future Imperfect, by K Ryer Breese
21. Deathless, by Catherynne M Valente
22. Hourglass, by Myra McEntire
23. Don't Expect Magic, by Kathy McCullough
24. Forgotten, by Cat Patrick
25. The Faerie Ring, by Kiki Hamilton
26. Dark Mirror, by M. J. Putney

But realistically, I probably won't get to all of those. Let's just say those are the titles I'll be looking out for as the year progresses. :D

Why is it still December?

You may have noticed my continuing, obsessive desire to read Beth Revis's Across The Universe. This is an obsession you should share. Or at least pretend to share, and then you can give me your copy. The hard cover has a reversible dust jacket, okay? With ship schematics. I am crying tears over the sheer awesomeness of that, right now.

Dust Jacket one way-

-Dust Jacket t'other way.

And this blog post is brought to you by the fact that Ms. Revis, bless her soul, is having a EPICNESS OF EPIC IS EPIC giveaway. We are talking One Hundred Prizes.

67 Mini swag packs

15 Button swag packs

15 ARC packs. 

2 ARC and Watch packs

and

1 Hardcover, Signed, First Edition swag pack of PURE AWESOME.

And it's international. So you should go enter. Because something this awesome deserves to be celebrated and adored and talked about. And entered for.

BEHOLD THE LINK.

LOOK LOOK, It's a SHINY CONTEST.

Over the past year I've become interested in Debut authors, as I think is evident from the sidebar, with it's 2010 Debut Challenge piece. :P And I've ALWAYS loved SF and dystopian fiction.

So I definitely started following The League of Extraordinary Writers. Five 2011 debut authors writing SF about dystopian futures? YES PLEASE. And if those authors are Beth Revis, Julia Karr, Angie Smibert, Elana Johnson and Jeff Hirsch? YES PLEASE+500.

And now this week they're giving away prize packs based on the books, AND author copies of the books. Obviously winning this would make my YEAR, and because part of the requirement to enter is to post about the contest I am a generous person, I'm telling you to go enter. :D

Go. Enter.