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Sorry y'all, I was out of town yesterday.  Let me catch up:

@gloker: You can use whatever method you want to come up with your random author.  Your friend should have an idea of what you might like so that sounds like a good option.

@burninglove: I find it interesting that Howard chose to write under a female pen name.  Male authors, or even authors not obviously female, sell easier apparently.  Howard has forgone the natural market advantage of her male given name yet it does not seem to have been a problem for her career.

@Engelbrecht: I knew we'd be seeing you in the challenge again this year.  Glad you like the theme.  Sounds like it fits your own goals like a glove.  Going half and half all year is a big personal challenge - good luck!

@Spindizzy: Thanks for pointing out the broken link.  Turns out there were 2 on that page and both have been corrected.  For the random author button we're going to put in a random picker but we've not coded it yet.  There's a space and an under construction notice at the top of the WoGF page for it.  Should be ready sometime next week.  In the mean time you can devise whatever method suits you to pick your random author.  As for indicating which is your random pick we hope you'll tell us in your review.  It's not a requirement or anything but it'll be interesting for everyone else to see how you fared.  Were you pleasantly surprised, utterly disappointed or just meh about the experience?

@DrNefario: Read more books than you buy?  I suspect that most folks who visit WWEnd can relate to that desire and we probably have as much chance of pulling it off as we do of winning the lottery!  eBooks have made it harder still.  One click purchase for Kindle has been brutal for my virtual book stacks.

@shanaqui: Welcome to WWEnd and the WoGF Reading Challenge!  I like that you found us through a group discussion elsewhere.  Can you hit us with a link?  If 12 books is not enough of a challenge we certainly encourage you to double up!  We figured 12 with the 12 reviews was a doable challnge for most folks and would not really force anyone to pass up on the many other challenges available.  If we get enough people wanting to go to 24 we'll consider updating the code to accomodate it.

Thanks everyone!