Favorite Author and/or Series

[Victorian Rose]

What are your favorite series? Or your favorite authors?

[FAJTAFan123]

When I was younger I used to read Goosebumps and Fear Street series by R.L. Stine.

[Jebesy]

hahaha i used to love goosebumps and the baby sitters club books...


Now, my fave author is Marian Keyes. she's so funny... and her books kinda follow on from eachother. they're the same family of characters. fully recommend them to anyone who likes "chick-lit"

[lynsbyns]

I used to read the Point Horror series, as well as the Sweet Valley Twins and Sweet Valley High books. I liked The Babysitters' Club too, years ago

Now I like a lot of different authors...like Nicci French, JK Rowling (love Harry Potter :p ) and Marian Keyes.

[felizx]

Oh, I used to love Sweet Vally High books, those were the days:o
Now I'm into Zada Smith's books, White Teeth is brill, and also Jane Green is quite good.

[bekahbeans]

Series = Ender's Game, The Memory of Earth, (both by Orson Scott Card) The Shanara Books (Terry Brookes), and of course The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter

Authors = Orson Scott Card, Robin McKinley. :D:D

[db44]

Series: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams; 2001, Arthur C. Clarke.

Those two guys fall into the favorite authors category, along with Card and Stephen E. Ambrose and Roger Kahn.

Bekah, does the Ender series for you include the Shadow/Bean series?

[bekahbeans]

If you mean the books that are more focused on Bean, like Ender's Shadow, instead of Ender, then yes.

[db44]

Yes, that's what I meant... And you have read them all?

[bekahbeans]

No, sadly I have not...which I am receiving a lot of guff about from some friends of mine. But I have several of them, and I've stolen all the Memory of Earth books from my dad. He actually believes he'll be getting them back. So I'm going to read my ass off this summer...I just haven't had a lot of time to do so during the semester...:/

[db44]

I found the first Shadow book to be the best. The others are cool in a politcal pundit kind o' way, but are also beating on the proverbial dead horse. When the first book came out, even Card admitted it was only for the money.

[bekahbeans]

hmm...that's part of why I like his books so much - the political stuff.

Which book did He admit was just for money?

[db44]

The first one, Ender's Shadow. So it's a safe bet all the books in the series are in the same vein.

[bekahbeans]

Have you read them all? I got my Grandma into them, now she's reading them all. haha!

[db44]

I've read both series, or all seven books.

[trupnai]

the chandler series of C. phillips....

[Glucose]

I use to read those Goosebumps series. Oh and the John Marsden (??????) series too---

[Ocean_Mist]

I love the Left Behind series. Also the Harry Potter series. As for Authors I would have to say Steven King and Nora Roberts.

[rachel green]

the Harry Potter series. Stephen King and JK Rowling are my fave authors.

[AshesOfPhoenix]

Wow, just seeing "Goosebumps" on the screen takes me back...I remember my favorite was "Why I'm Afraid of Bees." How nostalgic!

Right now, Jane Green is it for me. Babyville, Mr. Maybe, Jemima J...she's quick and witty.

[Victorian Rose]

Some of mine are...

Series: Otherland by Tad Williams, Alphabet series by Sue Grafton

Authors: Tom Clancy, Anne Rice, Anne McCaffrey, Agatha Christie, Terry Pratchett

[Ocean_Mist]

Laurell K Hamilton's Anita Blake series is a great one.

[Dolphininc]

I love all of James Patterson's books.

[NGCALW69]

Blaze series by Harlequin

[FloridaShowers]

Nicholas Sparks and Janet Evanovich

[Summer8522]

Harry Potter series, Lord of the rings trilogy, and anything by Nicholas Sparks :D

[BackstreetDiva]

I love R.L. Stine's Fear Street

[bekahbeans]

^ha, didn't he do the Goosebumps books too? I hated them. They weren't scary enough.

[Benji Iz Hot]

I absolutely love the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich.

[gameboy]

My favorite book and series is by Mildred D. Taylor
Roll of thunder hear my cry and all the other books based on the logan family just tugs at my heart strings i love them all

[bekahbeans]

OMG, those are some of the BEST books

[Lovethetroll]

I'm more a fantasy reader, myself... David Eddings writes great books, though my favourite book ever is Jane Eyre by Bronte. :)

[bejewell81]

Dave you've read the Ender's Shadows books!?!?! You are my new hero!!! I think Ender's Shadow was better than Ender's Game, I can't seem to get Bekah's butt to start reading it though! You gotta help me!!!

[bejewell81]

I bought Bekah the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy! And I bought myself the Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul...I can't wait to start! I've already read the Hitchiker's Guide....great book, I have a whole new appreciation for towels. *grin*

[bekahbeans]

I'm trying to you brat, but you keep shoving more and more books at me! :p

[bejewell81]

hmmmm, this is true! I will try to stop shoving...its so hard though!!!

[bekahbeans]

Another series that I love now:

The Golden Compass/His Dark Materials books

I bought them all. Now I just need to read them all...

[bejewell81]

HA! Those are books I shoved at you too!

Wow, I rock.

[bekahbeans]

lol, yep.