One of my favorite aspects of past reading challenges has been reading books by authors who are new to me and (sometimes) whom I wouldn't ordinarily read otherwise. I was exposed to some of my favorite books through reading challenges. They include Legend by Marie Lu, This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales, and Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen (which I read as part of last year's reading challenge).
I have high expectations for this year's reading challenge, which I'm calling the NY Times Best Seller Reading
Challenge. At least once a month, I will read a book that made it to the top of the NY Times Best Seller charts on either the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction, Hardcover Fiction, or Paperback Trade Fiction lists within the last
six months. The catch is, it has to be a book by an author I've never
read before. Since a lot of people must have liked the books in order for them to reach the #1 spot on a NY Times best seller list, I'm hoping that, by the end of the year, some more books by new authors will join my list of favorites.
As always, I will let everyone know how this reading challenge went at the end of the year. Happy reading in 2020!
