I did this subconsciously, when I look back of my books from the last year they are overwhelmingly by women. I didn't actively try to read books written by women, but now that I have realised I'll admit that it's become more of an influence when I got to read a new book. It really annoys me that in 2014 phrases like your asutely put 'women are still going to have to scream just to be heard as a whisper' are relevant!