tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post4473453643329868779..comments2023-08-25T00:23:41.992-07:00Comments on Confessions of a Bibliovore: In Author We TrustBibliovorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642058689885973447noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-84676790389243398372008-05-11T21:43:00.000-07:002008-05-11T21:43:00.000-07:00Jenny: Agreement on Sharon Creech! In this job (bl...Jenny: Agreement on Sharon Creech! In this job (blogger or librarian, take your pick), I hear of so many good authors and books that my Blue Journal runs to multiple volumes. One day I will have a bookshelf full of books containing lists of books I need to read. How meta.Bibliovorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642058689885973447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-46419983874314842872008-05-11T21:38:00.000-07:002008-05-11T21:38:00.000-07:00Lisa: Ack! I forgot the immortal Robin McKinley! S...Lisa: Ack! I forgot the immortal Robin McKinley! She's one of the first authors I trusted, way back when I was a teenager. I remember reading The Blue Sword the first time. It was like walking into a time machine and being taken away into an unexpectedly familiar land.<BR/><BR/>Nice point about the authors you used to trust. I just read a Patricia Reilly Giff today and while it was . . . good, I guess . . . it wasn't fabbity-fab.Bibliovorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642058689885973447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-91991139572510350842008-05-11T18:00:00.000-07:002008-05-11T18:00:00.000-07:00Hmmm... there are a bunch of authors I would follo...Hmmm... there are a bunch of authors I would follow no matter where they led me content-wise. <BR/><BR/>My quick list:<BR/>Judy Blume<BR/>Jerry Spinelli<BR/>Sharon Creech<BR/>Lois Lowry<BR/>JK Rowling (even though we only know Harry Potter, I would be willing to give anything she wrote a chance!)<BR/>Kevin Henkes<BR/>Patricia Polacco<BR/>Kate DiCamillo<BR/><BR/>As for authors of adult books, my all time favorite is Jodi Picoult. I have read all of her books and loved each one, no matter what the subject...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3726665.post-54008111329082399872008-05-10T12:52:00.000-07:002008-05-10T12:52:00.000-07:00Ooh, great question. I'd second John Green and Dia...Ooh, great question. I'd second John Green and Diana Wynne Jones, though with the latter I'd specify that I'm guaranteed only to read any new Chrestomanci book! And I'll read just about anything new by Ellen Wittingler, Julie Anne Peters, Robin McKinley, or Lois Lowry.<BR/><BR/>I've been thinking lately about authors you *used* to trust but have fallen out of your favor. I realize authors develop, change styles, etc., but what if you don't like the direction they've gone? I used to love Lois Lowry's realistic fiction, but after <EM>The Giver</EM> she started to lose me. (I loved <EM>The Giver</EM>, but it was a turning point.) I still read her new ones, but haven't really gotten into them. Ditto for Patricia Reilly Giff, when she started writing "serious" books like <EM>Lily's Crossing</EM> and <EM>Pictures of Hollis Woods</EM>; I miss the fun of Casey Valentine and her friends. It's not fair to say to these authors, "Don't ever change!" But that's how I feel sometimes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com