Six Books, Six Months - 2013

This is a meme that was started by Jo's Book Journey. It looks interesting so I thought I'd give it a go.

Here are mine:

 

Six new authors to me

1. Rachel Abbott
2. Annie Murray
3. Robert Goolrick
4. Jasper Fforde
5. Kate Atkinson
6. Susan Crandall

Six debuts I enjoyed

1. The Night Rainbow by Claire King
2. Seldom Seen by Sarah Ridgard
3. The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
4. A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
5. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
6. The Things We Never Said by Susan Elliot Wright

Six books by authors who never let me down

1. Joyland by Stephen King
2. Instructions For a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
3. The Friday Gospels by Jenn Ashworth
4. The Machine by James Smythe
5. Dead Man's Time by Peter James
6. Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler

Six books I was disappointed with

1. Small Kindnesses by Fiona Robyn
2. The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
3. Outside by Shalini Boland
4. Safe House by Chris Ewan
5. Phantom by Jo Nesbo
6. The Drought by J.G. Ballard

Six books I enjoyed the most

1. Instructions For a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
2. Looking For Me by Beth Hoffman
3. The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
4. The Night Rainbow by Claire King
5. Heading Out To Wonderful by Robert Goolrick
6. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

Six authors I'm looking forward to reading more of

1. Beth Hoffman
2. Craig Lancaster
3. Wiley Cash
4. Kate Atkinson
5. Elizabeth Haynes
6. Catherine Ryan Hyde