https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:04:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-are-aome-of-your-favorite-authors#post-180231 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 08:27:36 +0000 LuLu Mom 180231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like James Patterson (love murder mystery books), Jodi Picoult, Kristin Hannah, &amp; Lauren Oliver. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-are-aome-of-your-favorite-authors#post-180151 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:37:23 +0000 boiledpnut 180151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My all time favorite is Jodi Picoult. I love that she writes about really sensitive topics. I also really like Kristin Hannah, Ellen Hopkins, and Lisa Scottoline. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-are-aome-of-your-favorite-authors#post-180112 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:07:43 +0000 lovehoneybee 180112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Jasper Fforde immediately springs to mind. His novels are like...<br /> Douglas Adams meets Month Python meets James Bond. The plots are really hard to properly describe, but if there's any one author that I'd recommend to anyone, it's him, particularly his Thursday Next series. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-are-aome-of-your-favorite-authors#post-180104 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:27:08 +0000 cyneswith 180104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Trudi Canavan, Piers Anthony (I haven't read any Xanth, though,) George R. R. Martin (though I skim about half the chapters - three pages to say "he climbed the wall with great difficulty"? I don't have the time,) Tamora Pierce, Douglas Adams, Ray Bradbury, Gregory Maguire, Jonathan Swift, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Robert Louis Stevenson... Alfred Bester had some awesome short stories. Currently on a HUGE Hunger Games kick. I'm actually re-reading the series the same month I started them the first time.</p> <p>ETA: Oh yeah, why I like them. Canavan, Stevenson, and Shakespeare just weave compelling stories. Swift, Shakespeare, Maguire, Bester, and Bradbury possess such command of language, I love to read their writing. Canavan, Anthony, Martin, and Austen build worlds I can get lost in. Canavan, Austen, and Pierce write characters that I like as people (though after a while, Pierce kind of stopped coming up with NEW characters, and the new ones blend together. And while there ARE some Martin characters I adore, I want over half of them just cut from the story, because they add nothing.) Adams and Swift are really funny. I love the Hunger Games because I can get lost in the story, the world AND the characters, which is a rare trifecta - and the writing is a bit tighter than Canavan's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-are-aome-of-your-favorite-authors#post-180095 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:19:31 +0000 yoursilverlining 180095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some of my favorites:</p> <p>Nick Hornby (High Fidelity, About a Boy, Songbook)</p> <p>Michael Chabon (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Wonder Boys, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union)</p> <p>Dashiell Hammett (The Thin Man, Red Harvest, The Dain Curse)</p> <p>Phillip Pullman (His Dark Materials, Once Upon a Time in the North)</p> <p>I like them all because their novels are witty, smart and well written. I have endless patience for bad TV but no patience for bad literature! ;-p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-are-aome-of-your-favorite-authors#post-180084 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:55:59 +0000 mrbee 180084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I love Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller too! Are those the two characters? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-are-aome-of-your-favorite-authors#post-180083 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:52:36 +0000 mediagirl 180083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm reading a Michael Connelly book right now and am in heaven. He has two of my favorite characters from two different series working together in this book. It's great! </p> <p>Who are some of your favorite authors and why? </p>