Shopping for New to Me Authors

I need to fall in love with a new author.

There's been a dry spell on my Nook this year and I'm still searching. I've taken recommendation from friends and found a few writers I enjoyed but they didn't blow my mind. Or my heart.

So I've started picking up anthologies to see if someone will grab my flaky attention.  This is what I'm reading now.



How do shop for new authors?

P.S.  I'm hosting @carinapress twitter account this week. Watch me crash and burn. LOL