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Tuesday Thingers – Favorite Authors
Today’s Question: Favorite Authors. Who do you have named in your LT account as favorite authors? Why did you choose them? How many people share your choices? Can you share a picture of one of them?
I have thirteen favorite authors listed. These are definitely not all of my favorite authors, but they are great authors who I either added randomly when I thought of them, or when I happened to click on their LT author page. I alphabetical order:
- Davd Boling
- Doug Dorst
- David Ebershoff
- Margaret George
- Sana Krasikov
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- C.S. Lewis
- Jean Plaidy
- Michael Pollan
- Ariel Sabar
- J Scott Savage
- Dr. Seuss
- John Steinbeck
I add someone as one of my favorite authors if REALLY love one of their books…and if I happen to think about the favorite authors feature. Because I have been reading lots of ARCs by lots of first time authors, I am the only person who has ‘favorited’ quite a few of these authors. I’m not going to actually count how many people share my favorites because a LOT of people have favorited Steinbeck and Lewis. Jhumpa Lahiri, Margaret George, and Jean Plaidy are pretty popular also, as is Michael Pollan. Evidently I have an odd collection of favorites, though, because only four people share three or more (actually only three, nobody has more) of my favorite authors.
Steinbeck
Lewis
Lahiri
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Interesting – I’ve only heard of about half of your favorites! Guess I need to work on stepping outside my comfort zone a little more often.
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Interesting list. Did you add Sara Krasikov after “One More Year”?
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I didn’t have any authors listed, so I added a few while I was half asleep this morning. I may look at my list later and wonder what I was thinking.
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Lisa – Yes, I think that’s her only book to date, but I really loved those short stories.
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I love Steinbeck. I know everyone and their brother does, but it’s because he’s amazing!
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Sarah – Yah, hello, “East of Eden,” anyone?
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I didn’t even think to add children’s authors! Dr. Seuss is a great pick.
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I love Steinbeck. I went through a phase of borrowing Steinbeck books from my school library when I started at secondary school (that’s 13 if you’re not a UK-ite) and he just transported me away. I remember getting right-royally told off for reading East of Eden inside my French text book at the back of French class … ah, happy memories!
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I stuck to modern authors – my list would be a lot longer if I went back to the classics.
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East of Eden is one of my a-HA books. I read it at the perfect moment in my life, and it’s stuck with me ever since.
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Since all this Steinbeck love is floating around, I’m going to have to read more of his books. I read The Grapes of Wrath in high school and I don’t think I got it as much as I would now.
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I love Jhumpa Lahiri, (and isn’t she beautiful) but I’ve only read Interpreter of Maladies! I feel like I need to read at least one more of hers before I add her to my favorites.
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I should have Steinbeck and Lahiri on my list too (and Dr. Seuss!). I don’t have anyone listed yet, actually; must get to work on personalizing my LT profile page!
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I haven’t updated my authors since I first joined. Steinbeck is on my list. I’ll have to work on mine and then check to see how many of my friends share authors.
Meghan, I’d suggest reading To a God Unknown by Steinbeck. It’s absolutely fabulous.
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We share a couple favorites!
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Interesting variety – Jhumpa Lahiri is one of my favorite contemporary authors. I especially like her short stories.
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