2012 Debut Author Challenge

The 2012 Debut Author Challenge is almost here, so if you're excited for it, head on over to The Story Siren and sign up!  I can't wait!  I've been perusing the Apocalypsies site, and I think 2012 is going to by an EPIC year for readers of YA and MG novels.  This freshman class of authors is looking good!


The objective of this challenge is to read and review at least 12 books by 2012 debut authors.  There's more info about it HERE, so check it out and support the newbies!  Looking at the list on Goodreads, I can already tell that 12 books will be a piece of cake!  I already have at least twice that on my TBR...  So, without further ado, my (preliminary) list:

1. Cracked by K.M. Walton~ January 3rd, Simon Pulse
2. Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi~ January 3rd, HarperTeen
3. Fracture by Megan Miranda~ January 17th, Walker & Company
4. Halflings by Heather Burch~ January 17th, Zondervan
5. Everneath by Brodi Ashton~ January 24th, Balzer + Bray
6. Incarnate by Jodi Meadows~ January 31st, Katherine Tegen Books
7. The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker~ February 1st, Usborne
8. Harbinger by Sara Wilson Etienne~ February 2nd, Putnam Juvenile
9. Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood~  February 7th, Putnam Juvenile
10. Article 5 by Kristen Simmons~ February 14th, Tor Teen
11. Trafficked by Kim Purcell~ February 16th, Viking Juvenile
12. The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg~ February 21st, Dial
13. When the Sea is Rising Red by Cat Hellisen~ February 28th, Farrar, Straus, & Giroux
14. Croak by Gina Damico~ March 20th, Graphia
15. Slide by Jill Hathaway~ March 27th, Balzer + Bray
16. Above by Leah Bobet~ April 1st, Arthur A. Levine Books
17. Vicious Deep by Zoraida Cordova~ April 1st, Sourcebooks Fire
18. Grave Mercy by R.L. LaFevers~ April 3rd, Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt
19. The Selection by Kiera Cass~ April 24th, HarperTeen
20. Breaking Beautiful by Jennifer Shaw Wolf~ April 24th, Walker & Company
21. Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins~ May 1st, HarperTeen
22. What She Left Behind by Tracy Bilen~ May 1st, Simon Pulse
23. Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock~ May 8th, Katherine Tegen Books
24. Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown~ June 12th, Delacorte Press
25. Insignia by S.J Kincaid~ July 10th, Katherine Tegen Books
26. Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard~ July 24th, HarperTeen
27. Auracle by Gina Rosati~ August 7th, Roaring Brook Press

I already have a few of these and I will probably not be able able to wait to read them for the challenge, but I think that's okay given the fact that there are far more than 12 here... Come on! Join the fun!