tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post2122095004966439564..comments2024-03-28T01:43:36.255-04:00Comments on Book By Book: Top Ten Favorite AuthorsSue Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14532098225905355332noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post-34498859498096087962010-10-06T19:32:39.604-04:002010-10-06T19:32:39.604-04:00Anne -
I've just loved two books by Jennifer...Anne - <br /><br />I've just loved two books by Jennifer Haigh - Mrs. Kimble and Baker Towers (which I read twice). I have her latest, The Condition, sitting on my TBR shelf. Wally Lamb's newest is there, too, but She's Come Undone was amazing.Sue Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14532098225905355332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post-49641781434761958332010-10-06T19:04:58.090-04:002010-10-06T19:04:58.090-04:00So I found your adult list, huh? Here I go again....So I found your adult list, huh? Here I go again...<br /> 1. Geraldine Brooks...I agree. Absolutely great writer.<br /> 2. Jodi Picoult...not a huge fan like most of my friends.<br /> 3. Orson Scott Card...I just read Ender's Game for the first time this summer. Gasp.<br /> 4. Jennifer Haigh...haven't heard of her. What is your favorite book by her?<br /> 5. Janet Evanovich ...guilty pleasure for me, too.<br /> 6. Khaled Hosseini...yup!<br /> 7. Barbara Kingsolver...my #1<br /> 8. Wally Lamb...Very good, I haven't read any of his newer stuff. Any good?<br /> 9. Harper Lee...I should have put her on my list since To Kill a Mockingbird is a perfect book.<br /> 10. Rebecca Wells.. Ya-Ya!Anne@HeadFullofBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069558006454986084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post-44913454618741708662010-10-06T08:18:47.860-04:002010-10-06T08:18:47.860-04:00Ooh, Jo - good list. We read a lot of Dickens in ...Ooh, Jo - good list. We read a lot of Dickens in school, but I haven't read any as an adult.<br /><br />You have a lot of authors on your list I haven't read yet - I better get busy!<br /><br />SueSue Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14532098225905355332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461753.post-10692746003161048092010-10-06T04:33:38.990-04:002010-10-06T04:33:38.990-04:00Hmmm, tricky. I suppose if I play the desert islan...Hmmm, tricky. I suppose if I play the desert island game it may help. If I had a trunk of ten books on a desert island, who would I hope to find in there:<br /><br />Alice Walker<br />Mary Renault<br />Doris Lessing<br />Rosamund Lehmann<br />Evelyn Waugh<br />Charles Dickens<br />Will Self<br />Rose Tremain<br />Chimamande Adichie<br />Jane AustenDusty Bogwranglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14378437798741434260noreply@blogger.com