This year, Worlds Without End ran a challenge about getting people to read female genre authors who were new to them. Now, I figured I already read plenty of female authors, but there’s always room for new ones, right? I even decided to go one better: I’d read double the amount suggested in the challenge. And I’ve been pretty successful so far — these are my completed reviews for the books I’ve read, available on Goodreads. Likes on Goodreads are super helpful, by the way: I’ve given up linking to the GR version of each review, as the links never registered any clicks, but it would really help me in getting ARCs and so on!
Oh, and there was one other rule — you had to pick a random new female author. So I had to pick two.
Anyway, here’s the list:
- Nancy Kress, Steal Across the Sky
- Andre Norton, Here Be Monsters
- C.J. Cherryh, The Paladin
- K.J. Bishop, The Etched City
- Kelley Armstrong, The Summoning (this was my first random pick)
- Ekaterina Sedia, Alchemy of Stone
- Kij Johnson, At the Mouth of the River of Bees
- Nicola Griffith, Slow River
- Diane Duane, The Door into Fire
- Charlaine Harris, Grave Sight (my second random pick)
- Kate Wilhelm, Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
- Karen Lord, Redemption in Indigo
- Cassandra Rose Clarke, The Mad Scientist’s Daughter (also reviewed on the blog, here)
- Kage Baker, In the Garden of Iden
- Emma Newman, Between Two Thorns (also reviewed on the blog, here)
- M.K. Wren, A Gift Upon the Shore (also reviewed on the blog, here)
- Tanith Lee, White As Snow (also reviewed on the blog, here)
- Jennifer Pelland, Captive Girl
Now, the observant will have noticed that I am not quite there yet, and I haven’t got a lot of time. So, here’s the list of books I hope to get read in order to complete the challenge, by New Year’s Eve.
- Lauren Beukes, Zoo City
- Helene Wecker, The Golem and the Djinni
- Melissa Scott, Shadow Man
- Joanna Russ, The Female Man
- Rosie Best, Skulk
- Julianna Scott, The Holders
Wish me luck…
