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Did I do this one yet? Can't remember. But anyway, I'll post it again.
What are your favorite authors and your favorite book by them?
Obviously, one for me is J.R.R. Tolkien. I can't exactly say anything of his is my favorite; I love his whole mythology. Besides LOTR and Middle Earth, though, I also really like two of his shorter tales, Smith of Wooten Major and Farmer Giles of Ham. He has a really keen sense of humor in those stories.
Also, Kate DiCamillo. I love her writing, and every single book by her. I think she's a kind of kid lit genius, because she has a really authentic voice, and manages such a wide variety of tales. I also really love her short story in the Chronicle of Harris Burdick collection. Read it if you can find it; it's so her style, and is so entertaining!
I'll think of more later; I've got to get offline now. Ciao!
submitted by Everinne, age 14, Library
(January 4, 2014 - 2:56 pm)
(January 4, 2014 - 2:56 pm)
John Green. Favourite book is The Fault in Our Stars.
L. A. Meyer. Favourite book is Bloody Jack.
Daniel Pinkwater. Favourite book is Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars.
Libba Bray. Favourite book is tied at Going Bovine and Beauty Queens.
(January 4, 2014 - 6:57 pm)
Question for all John Green fans:
I've never read a John Green book before (I know, I know, don't nag at me) because none of his plot lines look interesting to me. A girl I know specifically told me not to read Looking for Alaska, but I've heard a lot of good things about TFiOS, so I'm a little tempted to read that. I don't like the plot at all and I really detest romantic stuff, so is the book good enough to read even if I really don't like the story itself?
(January 5, 2014 - 12:06 am)
Even though I'm a TFiOS person, if you don't like romance I'd recommend An Abundance of Katherines (not that much current stuff going on) or Papertowns, which doesn't involve that much at all. Other than that, his books do tend to have a romance at the center or slightly off to the side.
(January 5, 2014 - 8:29 pm)
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(January 4, 2014 - 11:07 pm)
My favorite author is John Green. I think my favorite book by him is either Looking for Alaska or Paper Towns.
I also love S.E. Hinton. I don't know what it is about her stories but I just cannot put her books down. I recommend The Outsiders, if you haven't already read it.
Kate DiCamillo is great! I love reading her books and I thought it was really nice when Cricket had an article on her. My favorite book by Kate DiCamillo is Because of Winn-Dixie.
(January 5, 2014 - 3:18 am)
Jessica Day George- everything
Tolkein- Hobbit and LOTR
Lewis- Narnia
(January 5, 2014 - 8:27 am)
John Green. I can't choose a favorite book.
Ned Vizzini. It's Kind of A Funny Story. Also it's the only book I've read by him, but it really was kind of genius.
(January 5, 2014 - 9:33 am)
Hilari Bell- You can't make me pick! But, well, if I must . . . The Sheild of Stars. I would saw the Crown of Earth, but it didn't have enough Weasel in it, so I must pick the first. Maybe . . . . Ugh, just that whole trilogy, alright? Happy? Good. And also the Goblin Wood . . .
Jessica Day George- Probably Princess of the Silver Woods. Petunia was awesome and Oliver . . . *gets dreamy fan girlly look in eyes and faints* Or Dragon Spear. Goodness, I loved that book.
Henry Neff- The Tapestry. Favorite book in there? Um . . . One with Max. That doesn't say anything, as they all have Max! He's the MC, for goodness sakes. Fine, the Maelstrom. No, that was scary. The Fiend and the Forge? Even scarier. I give up. Just the Tapestry. Maybe the Second Siege or the Hound of Rowan. That's all of them, Corina. So all of them, then. XD
Shannon Messenger (thanks to BHR)- Keeper of Lost Cities. Epicness.
Rick Riorden- The Last Olympian or the House of Hades. HoH was amazing, just . . . *wipes eyes* Wonderful. And same thing with the Last Olympian.
*goes to look on Goodreads*
Julia Golding- Um . . . Any of the Companion's Quartet. And Cat Royal. I ahve to love Cat Royal. XD
Cathryn M. Valente- The first book? Or the Girl WHo Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two. Saturday was great in that one. But the first one . . . I dunno. September is such an awesome heroine in all of them.
Brandon Mull- You can't make me pick. You just can't. Oh alright, the Keys to the Demon Kingdom. Souly because of Bracken. That was a lie. But mostly because of him. Another lie. Alright, the whole book, with it's delicous longness, was amazing.
Kathryn Lasky- the whole Guardians of Ga'hoole series. Thank you for all the amazing owls and scenes that made me cry.
Jenny Nimo- Can't pick! Can't even pick a series! Children of the Red King, Chronicles of the red King and the Magician Trilogy; all wonderful.
And I could go on all day. But tihs post is getting very long. And I should probably not throw my guts up all over the computor (as I am currently sick), so I shall have to go. Before any unfortunate accidents involving puke land on this poor computor. I shall return later, though!
(January 5, 2014 - 12:37 pm)
@Ruby
He has such a good voice and insight that it's honestly worth it even if you don't like the plot. I would go with Paper Towns if you don't want lovey stuff, but other fans might be better at recommending a book.
This is like asking me what my favorite food is. I will give you like seventy answers. *makes Nutella cookie sandwich*
In no particular order: *eats cookie sandwich*
John Green because I like the voice and insight in his stories. They're really profound. Fave book: TFiOS
Maureen Johnson because she's wicked funny but also knows how to get serious. Fave book: The Name of the Star
Ridley Pearson because he's really good at action scenes and tight dialogue. Fave books: Kingdom Keepers
Kristen Cashore because she's awesome at fantasy. Fave book: Bitterblue
Gail Carson Levine for the same reason. Fave book: The Two Princesses of Bamarre
Meg Cabot because her books taught me a lot about the world and being a girl. Fave books: The Princess Diaries series
Ally Carter because her books are an adventure. Fave books: Gallagher Girls and Heist Society
Rick Riordan for the same reason. Fave books: The Kane Chronicles
Kiersten White because her books are funny and have really cool premises. Fave books: Paranormalcy series
To be continued because I need to go sledding.
(January 5, 2014 - 2:26 pm)
Lucy Maud Montgomery: Anne of Green Gables
Louisa May Alcott: Little Women
Shannon Messenger: Keeper of the Lost Cities, & Exile. (As Corina said, TOTAL. EPICNESS. OHMYGOSH)
Riddley Pearson: Kingdom Keeper series
Julia Golding: Cat Royal series (again, as Corina said, you have to love Cat!)
Rick Riordan: PJO series
Ann Rinaldi: I can't really pick. If there's anyone out there looking for a good historical fiction writer, here you go. She's written a few books for the Great Episodes series, and they're all really good! Plus, if you just search Ann Rinaldi books, dozens come up. She's written a lot of historical fiction that I have desperately been wanting to read.
Julie Campbell: Trixie Belden series
Carolyn Keene: Nancy Drew series
(January 5, 2014 - 3:36 pm)
OMG, those are like ALL my fav authors!
I also like Heather Vogel Frederick (The Mother-Daughter Book Club and Voyage of Patience Godspeed), Marcus Zusac (The Book Thief), the Shadow and Bone series (can't remember author) and Steve Sheinkin (all his historical books-like Bomb and Notorious Benedict Arnold)!
(January 8, 2014 - 8:27 am)
Ctd...
When it comes to classics, Louisa May Alcott's my favorite. Fave book: Little Women
Michael Buckley writes really good charries & action. Fave books: The Sisters Grimm
E.D. Baker is awesome at fantasy. Fave books: The Frog Princess series
Wendy Mass because all her books (no matter what age they're intended for, I've got most of em) are awesome and relatable. Fave books: Leap Day & Every Soul a Star
Rachel Hawkins because her books are funny and have a cool premise, Fave books: The Hex Hall series
Blue Balliett because she's good at eerie mysteries that don't talk down to kids. Fave book: Chasing Vermeer
Liz Kessler because she's good at modern fantasy. Fave book: The Tail of Emily Windsnap
There's probably more coming...
(January 5, 2014 - 7:17 pm)
I adore E.D. Baker! Especially The Wide Awake Princess! And the Frog Princess series! They do get a bit romantic...
(January 7, 2014 - 8:21 pm)
Gail Carson Levine rocks! So does Robin McKinley; I forgot her.
(January 5, 2014 - 4:43 pm)
John Green, because of insight and ideas and amazingly quoteable and relateable books. But he's also one of my favorite people, along with Hank. Both of them are amazing and inspirational and I know I shouldn't be idolizing them but they have seriously changed my life so much. Anyway, favorite book by him is Looking for Alaska. I had a hard time choosing between it and tFioS, which I love too, but it was Alaska in the end.
Scott Westerfeld because of his amazing plots and settings. Don't get me wrong, I love his characters too, but one of the main reasons I like him is because unlike many authors, he uses science as a tool, not as an adversary. Uglies has lots of talking about evolution and technology. Leviathan may not be very realistic but science is definitely a huge part of their society. Peeps has labs and consistency and believable ideas. All-in-all, when you read his books, you know for sure that he did the research and he did lots of it. Favorite book - can't choose between Goliath and Behemoth.
Terry Pratchett. I loved Witches Abroad, I Shall Wear Midnight, and The Last Continent, but those are just a few I love and I haven't even read all of them. He's one of my favorites because he can make his books wonderfully funny but at the same time he can grapple with the questions of human existence and cover the same questions of humanity and love and death believably and relateably, on a continent that's actually a turtle.
I also loved his book with Neil Gaiman, Good Omens. Neil Gaiman I follow on Tumblr and he's another one of those 'amazing authors amazing people' kinds of people, but I'm not sure if I can put him up here because of his independent novels, I've only read Coraline and The Graveyard Book. I'm planning to read more - any recommendations?
Oh, gosh, this is long. Anyway, then Diana Wynne Jones. Maybe my favorite fantasy author on this whole thing, because of her worlds and her characters and her plots and just - ah, she's amazing. It took me forever to decide on a favorite book for her, but I'm stuck in the end between Howl's Moving Castle, A Tough Guide to Fantasyland, and Charmed Life.
These are just the 'I endeavor to read every book that they have ever written' types of authors. Alaya Dawn Johnson deserves a mention, because I fell in love with The Summer Prince. I like His Dark Materials and Heroes of Olympus. I like thousands of YA authors I can't remember. Harry Potter was wonderful, and so was THG - not just because they were good books, but because they were important books.
This is getting too long.
(January 6, 2014 - 12:52 pm)