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Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Ep. 96: 2021 Debuts Special with Susie from @NovelVisits

Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Sarah Dickinson

Arts, Books

4.7 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In Episode 96, Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits) and I share some of our favorite debut novels and discuss why we gravitate toward debuts.  We also discuss our reading stats for debut novels, as well as exploring some sophomore novels...the good, the not so good, and those we're still awaiting.

This post contains affiliate links, through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). I also included Bookshop.org affiliate links.

Highlights

  • Why I like having debut authors on the podcast.
  • A full breakdown of debut-related stats and our best year for debuts
  • Debuts we love, divided into four categories:
    • All-Time Favorite Debuts
    • Sophomore Slumps — alongside the debuts that came before them
    • Anxiously Awaiting — debut novelists who've not yet released a second novel
    • Upcoming Sophomore Novels

All-Time Favorite Debuts [9:35]

Sarah

Honorable Mentions

Susie

Honorable Mention

Sophomore Slumps [21:05]

Sarah

Susie

Anxiously Awaiting [36:25]

Sarah

Susie

Upcoming Sophomore Novels [45:40]

Sarah

Susie

Other Books Mentioned

Other Links

If you'd like to track your own reading stats, check out my downloadable spreadsheet.  Learn more about the 2021 Rock Your Reading Tracking Spreadsheet here, or by becoming a supporter on Patreon and choosing the Superstar level, you'll get the upcoming 2022 Reading Tracker included with your membership.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Sarah's Bookshelves Live. I'm Sarah of the blog Sarah's Bookshelves. Each week I'm

0:15.5

talking with one bookish guest about two old books they love, two new books they love, one book they don't love, and one new

0:22.7

release they're excited about. We're going to get real, and sometimes a bit snarky, about all

0:27.9

things books. If you like the show, I'd really love your support. Spread the word to your

0:32.9

reader friends, subscribe to the show, rate and review it wherever you listen to podcasts. Let's get rolling.

0:40.0

Hey everyone, welcome to a special episode all about debuts. And what we mean by debuts is an author's

0:48.1

first book or first novel. I've got Susie from Novel visits, who you might remember from the

0:53.9

summer reading special back in May here with me today.

0:57.1

She can be found on Instagram at Novel Visits.

1:01.1

And this episode was actually her idea.

1:03.4

And I loved it since we both read a lot of debuts and they tend to work out well for both of us.

1:08.6

So I'm thrilled to dig into this with her today. Welcome, Susie.

1:12.6

Hi, Sarah. I'm happy to be back today. This is such a fun topic to talk about. I absolutely love

1:18.3

debut novels. Susie has retired. She was a math teacher. And the students of Tacoma Washington's

1:27.4

loss is our gain because you're going to be able

1:29.4

to be on the podcast more.

1:31.0

That's right.

1:32.4

A much more fun job.

1:35.2

That's not exactly saying much in today's climate, right?

1:39.0

That's what I was going to say, especially from what I'm hearing about this year.

1:42.8

So here's how today is going to work.

1:44.5

We are going to talk about why we love debuts. We're going to share some of our stats surrounding

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