Some people go into a library hoping to find books by their favorite authors that they cannot afford to buy at the moment. I am one of those people. I don't have a surplus of money in my budget to buy the books I want to buy and feel guilty that I cannot help support some writers that are near and dear to me. So, I wonder, do these authors get some recognition each time their book is checked out? I don't know. But, I chose to tell myself they do and that makes me want to check out books in hopes that I am somehow helping an author. If nothing else, I know that when the books are returned, they are placed on a shelf by the check out desk until they are put away. And, I know I have actually picked up recently returned books from that very shelf because it caught my eye. That has led me to some new authors that, when I have had extra money, I have bought other books by them. I also know now that reviews mean a lot for an Author, so that is something else I can do.
So, in order to find new authors and maybe give them a push, I have decided to start at the beginning of the alphabet and find a new author to read each time I go into the library. Granted, some of the ones I pick may be authors others have heard of and are fans of, but they will be a new author to me. Maybe I will pick one out that is obscure and give them a boost of new readers. Either way, it will be a new author to me.
First up, Letter A. I chose a book by Peter Abrahams. It is a novel of suspense called Delusion. The blurb on the inside of the front cover reads:
A woman's world is turned upside down when new evidence frees a man she put in prison with her testimony years ago in this latest ingenious thriller from the author Publishers Weekly calls "one of the best contemporary thriller writers around."So, Peter Abrahams is this week's new to me author. Stay tuned!
Happy Reading!
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