SA Book & Challenge Lovers discussion

This is going to be a little different as we are are going to approach Author of the Month differently from now on. As per this thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

So long story short:
- Each person gets to nominate their 10 favorite authors and/or authors you want to read in 2015.
- If possible list a month (or 2 months) next to an author you are voting on, and say why you think the author should be read in that month - for example if a movie is coming out by that author the next month or if the sequel to a series is coming out in the month etc.

Then when the nominations end on the 10th of Dec we can sit and sort out the most voted authors and allocate them months. If there are a few that only got 1 vote and we only have for example 6 that got multiple votes, we put the remaining ones in a poll. And the top 6 voted ones go in. Then we have 10 days to sort it out by month.

So at the end of this we will have 12 authors that each will be read in 2 months, meaning there will be an over lap of 2 authors a month.

Remember you can nominate authors that have been nominated before, also authors others nominate. Please just don't nominate:
*Maria V. Snyder
*Diana Gabaldon
*Eoin Colfer
As they are still active authors we are reading.

1. Catherynne M. Valente - one of my favourite authors. Her new novel, Radiance, is due 18 August. She has two other books out in 2015: The Boy Who Lost Fairyland (Fairyland #4) in March, and Matryoshka (Deathless #2).
- August, September, October

2. Scott Lynch - I love his Gentleman Bastard series. Book 4, The Thorn of Emberlain, is due out in 2015.
- Can't give a month as not sure when the book will be released.

3. N.K. Jemisin - I loved the Inheritance Cycle. Looking forward to her new novel, The Fifth Season, due out in August. I also want to read her Dreamblood duology for the Serial Killer challenge.
- August, September, October

4. S.L. Grey - I enjoyed The Mall, and I want to read the rest of the Downside trilogy - The Ward and The New Girl.
- any month, as these books are already out.

5. Ken Liu - one of my favourite short story writers. His first novel - The Grace of Kings (Dandelion Dynasty #1) - is due out in April. He also translates Chinese sff into English.
- May, June

6. Jeff VanderMeer - I want to read The Southern Reach trilogy - Annihilation, Authority and Acceptance.
- any month, as these books all came out in 2014.

7. Charles Stross - I loved his novella Equoid, and now I want to check out his espionage/horror/humour series, Laundry Files, starting with The Atrocity Archives.
- any month, as this series has been running for a while.

8. Joe Hill. I want to read Horns before I watch the movie.
- any month, but preferably sooner rather than later.

9. Lauren Beukes. I still need to read Broken Monsters.
- Any month

10. Kameron Hurley. Her novel Empire Ascendant, book 2 in the Worldbreaker Saga, is coming out in 2015. Also, she's one of my favourite sff authors and always pushes the boundaries and breaks genre traditions.
- can't say what month, not sure when the new book will be out.

1. Liz de Jager
2. Helen Fielding
3. Pittacus Lore
4. Rob Thomas
5. Julie Kagawa
6. Richelle Mead
7. Stephen King
8. J.R. Ward
9. P.C. Cast
10. Kiera Cass

1. Matthew Reilly
2. Cressida Cowell
3. Lauren Beukes
4. Gail Carriger Prudence is due in March
5. Adrienne Woods
6. India Drummond
7. Terry Pratchett
8. Angie Sage
9. Rick Riordan New series due in October
10.Pittacus Lore New book due in August

1. Stephen King
2. Joe Hill
3. Trudi Canavan
4. Jennifer L Armentrout
5. Gail Carriger
6. Pittacus Lore
7. Brent Weeks
8. Peter V. Brett
9. Julie Kagawa
10. Richelle Mead

1. India Drummond
2. Matthew Reilly
3. Frank E. Peretti
4. Terry Pratchett
5. Rick Riordan
6. Kate Perry
7. Tina Folsom
8. Eva Hudson
9. JD Robb
10. Tim Butcher

Charles Stross
Rachel Zadok
Gail Carriger
Fannie Flagg
Deon Meyer
Lauren Beukes

1. Brandon Sanderson
2. Veronica Rossi
3. Frank E. Peretti
4. Marissa Meyer
5. Cassandra Clare
6. Stephen King
7. Richelle Mead
8. Julie Kagawa
9. Rainbow Rowell
10. Neil Gaiman

1. Chris Wooding
2. S.L. Grey
3. Lily Herne - Ash Remains, fourth book in the Mall Rats series, comes out in April
4. Matthew Reilly
5. Cecelia Ahern
6. Gail Carriger
7. Terry Pratchett
8. Marie Brennan - The Voyage of the Basilisk, third book in the Memoirs of Lady Trent, comes out in March
9. Holly Black - The Darkest Part of the Forest comes out in January
10. Rainbow Rowell

1. Asa Larsson
2. Leif Persson
3. Eliot Pattison
4. Janny Wurts
5. Camilla Lackberg
6. Sue Grafton
7. Jim Butcher
8. Neil Gaiman
9. Robin Hobb
10. Terry Pratchett

Ok so these are the top votes:

4 Terry Pratchett
4 Gail Carriger
3 Matthew Reilly
3 Stephen King
3 Richelle Mead
3 Julie Kagawa
3 Pittacus Lore
3 Lauren Beukes

= 8

2 S.L. Grey
2 Charles Stross
2 Joe Hill
2 India Drummond
2 Rick Riordan
2 Frank E. Peretti
2 Rainbow Rowell

Need 4

And here is the poll: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Think I calculated it right :)

Top 4 of the poll:

Rainbow Rowell
Charles Stross
Joe Hill
India Drummond

So top 12:
Terry Pratchett
Gail Carriger
Matthew Reilly
Stephen King
Richelle Mead
Julie Kagawa
Pittacus Lore
Lauren Beukes
Rainbow Rowell
Charles Stross
Joe Hill
India Drummond

So now we need to work out the months for each author.

Months:


Julie Kagawa - January-February (Book of the month at this time)
Richelle Mead - February-March (New book in Feb)
Gail Carriger - March-April (New book in March)
India Drummond - April-May
Matthew Reilly - May-June
Terry Pratchett - June-July (New book in June)
Charles Stross - July-August (New book in July)
Pittacus Lore - August-September (new book in August)
Joe Hill - September-October
Rainbow Rowell - October-November (New book in October)
Stephen King - November-December (New short story collection in November)
Lauren Beukes - December-January

How is everyone with the above layout?

Thanks for all the research Lu. That looks great.

Perfect, thanks Lu.

looks good

I'm happy, thanks Lu!

Yay, looking forward to it!