Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books from Favorite Authors

 This week's topic is Favorite Books from Favorite Authors. And I have a lot of favorite authors. This is a hard week. How to choose? Also how does one choose a favorite book from these amazing writers?

Meg Cabot

This is the book that changed my life

Sarah J Maas

I loved this entire series, but this ending destroyed me.

Jessica Burkhart

I'm picking the first one of the series, but honestly, I loved them all

Sarah Dessen

Despite the terrible library scene, this is my favorite. I love the chaos. 

Morgan Matson

Ok, I love Morgan's YA books, but this one really got me.

Barbara Dee

All the stars for this one. 

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

I've been a fan since Perfect Cover. I'm a little behind on the Grandest Game books. But this is the series I recommend the most.

Ally Carter

I still want MORE of these books. I loved them so much.

Judy Blume

I read this book until it fell apart and then read it some more as a kid.

LM Mongomery

I Love the Anne movies, but this is the trilogy that I re-read over and over again. I think I only read the Anne books once all the way through.

Any similar favorite authors or favorite books?

Top Ten Tuesday: Authors

 This week's topic is authors I would love a new book from.

I don't have 10, just the big three:

Jane Austen

Louisa May Alcott

LM Montgomery 

Wouldn't it be amazing to have a new book discovered by these authors? 

BookTok: Favorite Adult Authors

Yesterday, I talked about my love for Ally Carter. Here are a few other adult authors I will always read

 

@yabooknerdlibrarian Adult authors I will always read - who are your favorites? #booktok #romancebooks #favoriteauthor #mustread #Inverted ♬ original sound - Jennifer @YA Book Nerd 📚📚📚

Top Ten Tuesday Spin-off: YA Authors

   This week's Top Ten Tuesday had my brain working in overdrive. There are too many authors that I MUST read, so I made several lists....

Today I'm talking about YA authors:

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Ally Carter

Emma Lord

Sheley Elston

Lisa Schroeder

YS Lee

Robin LaFevers

Sarah Dessen

Miranda Kenneally 

Tirah Prize

Jennifer Yn

Morgan Matson

Emery Lord

Gloria Chao

Siobhan Vivian

Jenny Han

Jennifer Iacopelli 

* This is super hard to do without standing in the library.

** I'm sure I'm missing some 

Top Ten Tuesday Spinoff: Middle Grade Auto-Read Authors

  This week's Top Ten Tuesday had my brain working in overdrive. There are too many authors that I MUST read, so I made several lists....

Today I'm talking about middle grade authors:

Debbi Michiko Florence

Jessica Burkhart

Shannon Messenger

James Ponti

Svetlana Chmakova

Jen Calonita

Kayla Miller

Suzanne Nelson

Jennifer L. Holm

Nancy Springer

Alan Gratz

Elizabeth Eulberg

Jessica Day George

Jen Petro Roy

Barbara Dee

Carrie Firestone

* This is super hard to do without standing in the library.

** I'm sure I'm missing someone!

Top Ten Tuesday Spin-off: Children's Fiction Authors

 This week's Top Ten Tuesday had my brain working in overdrive. There are too many authors that I MUST read, so I made several lists....

Kelly Yang
Sarah Mlynowski
Erin Soderberg Downing 
Stephanie Burgis

Katherine Battersby

Lyla Lee

Across Ages:

Lauren Castillo (author and illustrator)

Kate Messner (Author)

Christina Soontornvat (Author)

Shannon Hale (Author)

Sarah Beth Durst

* This is hard to do when I'm not in the library in front of the shelves...

Top Ten Tuesday Spin-off: Picture Book Authors and Illustrators

I talked about my adult auto-read authors. Here are my picture book ones - some for the author and some for the illustrator. 

Vashti Harrison (author and illustrator)

Ryan T. Higgins (author and illustrator)

Nicola Edwards and Natalie Marshall 

Tara Nicole Whitaker (illustration) 

John Schu (author)

Joanna Ho (author)

Sophie Blackall (author and illustrator)

Robin Preiss Glasser (illustrator)

Ame Dyckman (author)

Peter H. Reynolds (author and illustrator)

William Bee (author and illustrator)

Pat Zietlow Miller (Author)

I'm sure there are authors - but that's my list for right now. Any of these also your favorites?

Top Ten Tuesday: Questions for Authors

This week's topic is 10 questions to ask any author. Of course I would go back in time to speak with Jane Austen! I have so many questions for her!

photo credit: https://www.migratingmiss.com/top-things-bath-love-jane-austen/

1. Did she really hate Bath?

2. Did she instruct Cassandra to burn her letters upon her death?

3. Why? (or maybe the better question is) What was in the letters?

4. I don't have a specific question, but I'd love to talk with her about her writing - her process, her style, and what she really thought of her characters.

5. In her wildest dreams, did she ever imagine people would be reading her work 200 years later.

6. How did she imagine her unfinished work would end?

7. Did she have a favorite book that she had written?

8. Did she have a favorite book that she read?

9. What was her deepest darkest secret?

10. Where you she most like to travel if money was no object?

What would you ask Jane Austen?

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Authors in TBR Pile

This week's topic is books in my TBR pile from Favorite authors. I have a strange habit sometimes with favorite authors. Sometimes I read their books immediately. And sometimes I hoard the books, saving them for either vacation or when I need a feel good read. Either way, here are some fun books on my shelf waiting to be read

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- meme from That Artsy Reader Girl

Top Ten Tuesday: Most Read Authors

This week's topic is most read authors. Thanks for Goodreads for making this post easy. In the past two years, I've seen a huge shift in my reading. In the past, I read more YA books (estimated 70%). Now I feel like I read 50/50 split between YA and Adult. I have some thoughts on why that is - which will make another blog most. So I split this up into authors: Adult and YA/Tween/Kid

- meme from The Broke and the Bookish

Also this doesn't take into account my reading prior to the last 5 years. In my tween/teen years, I read A LOT of RL Stine, Christopher Pike, Evelyn Anthony, Mary Higgins Clark, Ann M. Martin, Phyllis Whitney, and more

All Ages

Meg Cabot - 61 books

James Patterson - 26

Adult: 

Debbie Macomber -40

Sherryl Woods - 35

Janet Evanovich - 29

Susan Mallery - 25

Julia Quinn - 24

Jill Shalvis - 19

Joanne Fluke - 19

Jenn McKinlay - 15

YA/Tween/Kid

Jessica Burkhart - 22

Gordon Korman - 20

Jennifer L. Holm - 17

Rachel Caine - 15

Jane O'Connor - 15

Sarah Mlynowski - 14

Rachel Hawthorne - 14

Lisa Schroeder - 14

Jen Calonita - 14

Joan Holub - 14

Who have you read the most books from?

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Authors

This week's topic is going to kill me - Favorite authors of all time. I could go on forever and ever with this list - but I'll try hard not to.

So I ended up with the first authors I could think of that I've enjoyed every book I've read from them.

 Just note there are many authors that I'm leaving off my list - I love too many to count!

- meme from The Broke and the Bookish

YA:

Meg Cabot

JK Rowling

Sarah J Maas

Ally Carter

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Adult: 

Jane Austen

George R. R. Martin

Maria V Snyder

 Debbie Macomber

Susan Mallery

Who are some of your favorites?

Top Ten Tuesday

This week's theme is authors you automatically purchase. Since I work in a library, most of my books come from the library. I have dozens of YA authors that I automatically purchase for the library.  Many of them happen to be authors that I gravitate towards, but that's not always the case.

 - meme from The Broke and the Bookish

On Both Lists:

1. Meg Cabot
2. Sarah Dessen
3. Jen Calonita
4. Jennifer Echols
5. Susane Colasanti
6. Ally Carter
7. Jennifer Lynn Barnes
8. Tera Lynn Childs
9. Elizabeth Eulberg
10. Rachel Caine

For My Patrons:

These are authors that write books that just aren't my thing or some authors, I've read a few of their books, but I don't rush to put their latest book on hold. Either way, but the teens and adult patrons gobble them up! 

1. P.C. and Kristin Cast
2. L.J. Smith (which also now includes other writers writing the same series)
3. Darren Shan
4. Kate Brian (mostly her series books)
5. Mike Lupica
6. Walter Dean Myers
7. Bluford High series
8. Simpsons Comics
9. Christopher Paolini 
10. James Patterson