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What's Been Your Favorite Debut for This Quarter?
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Cinder, followed very closely by Pure. I'm yet to read Starters and Born Wicked though, and while I enjoyed Everneath it wasn't as good as I'd expected.
Cinder, closely followed by Under the Never Sky. I've only read 7 debuts so far this year, but I hope to read many more! I enjoyed Starters and Everneath but they weren't as good as Cinder (which was the biggest surprise of the year for me so far) and UtNS :)
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I've only read one so far, Incarnate, and I loved it... So I guess that's my favorite for the quarter :)I'm hoping to tackle more debuts this next quarter.
Mackenzie (Oh, For the Love of Books!) wrote: "Oh goodness, I can't pick just one! Cinder, Pure and Scarlet were all 5 stars for me :)"I hadn't heard of Scarlet, awesome about having 3 which were 5 stars.
Angie wrote: "Actually the first quarter IS over as of March 31. :)My favorite was definitely
."Oops sorry 'bout that. My bad, March 31st it is...
As for Born Wicked, I've heard mixed reviews. Its one I'm still looking forward to reading, happy to know you liked it!
I really enjoyed the snarky humor in Croaked, and I thought the author did a terrific job of crafting an odd little corner of the universe that goes overlooked by the rest of humankind.I listened to the audiobook of Under the Never Sky and absolutely loved the character development in that one! I'm looking forward to the follow-up to learn more about some of the characters (like Liv, for example) who are a small part of this first novel but will hopefully be fleshed out further in the future.
I'm currently listening to Cinder (it's the only way to motivate myself to get on that darn exercise bike) as an audiobook, and thus far, it's terrific too. What an awesome crop of debut novels this year! I'm sure I'm bound to hit a clinker sooner or later; I can't possibly keep picking winners at random.
I have to say my favorite is Scarlet but I am almost finished with Cinder so I would have to say I love it to!
Izabela wrote: "Definitely Scarlet and Storm ... both are action-packed and romantic and just plain FUN!! :) :)"I've not heard of either of those I'll have to go check them out.
Sarah wrote: "I really loved Everything You Need to Survive the Apocalypse. So good!"That's another new one to me. I will read up on it.
Leslie wrote: "I really enjoyed the snarky humor in Croaked, and I thought the author did a terrific job of crafting an odd little corner of the universe that goes overlooked by the rest of humankind.I listene..."
Yes, I agree, there seems to be an overabundance of great debuts this year. I've read and enjoyed Cinder. Under the Never Sky is at my local library for digital books. I'm interested in reading it too.
Jessica (BookRockGodess) wrote: "I have to say my favorite is Scarlet but I am almost finished with Cinder so I would have to say I love it to!"Scarlet seems to be popping up a lot here. I'm not familiar with it but it must be worth checking into. Thanks!
I feel like I have been really out of the loop with debutes this year. That last Debute I read was Under the Never Sky. And that was for last quarter. Good book though!
Wait, does 50 shades of grey count. Naughty (and in places badly written) but thoroughly entertaining.
Winner of the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Young Adult.
I am also going to take a lot of these recommendations and start adding to my TBR pile! I always prefer to listen to discerning readers rather than relying on the big bestseller lists, because I've often been disappointed by what was popular but not necessarily well-written.
Mackenzie (Oh, For the Love of Books!) wrote: "ALEXA: GRAVE MERCY was fantastic! A whopping 5 stars for me!!! Glad you liked it XD"Yes, I've read nothing but great reviews on this one.
Julia wrote: "I feel like I have been really out of the loop with debutes this year. That last Debute I read was Under the Never Sky. And that was for last quarter. Good book though!"I really want to read that one, I've heard its surprisingly good.
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We are rapidly approaching the end of the first quarter of 2012. It looks as if everyone is doing well with this challenge, reading lots of great books.
So, I'm curious, what has been your favorite 2012 Debut book thus far?
Its a tough pick for me, I've not come across any 5 stars reads, yet. I'd say its a toss up between Pure and Cinder.
How about you???
What's Your Favorite Debut in 2012?