Getting to Know You Question

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Who are the authors whose every book you have read?

Judy Blume
Sidney Sheldon
Janet Evanovich (I can't read too many of hers close together because they're all the same, if you know what I mean)
Sarah Dessen (I'm working my way through hers)
Ellen Hopkins (working my way through hers, too)
Jackie Collins (I used to love those trashy novels)
I know there are more, I just can't think of them....

Comments

Melanie Hooyenga said…
I'm the same way with the Evanovich books. I'm through #11 so far and craving #12, but I think it's at my parents' house. Three in a row is one too many for me.
February 17, 2010 at 1:24 PM
Lisa Miles said…
I love Stephanie Plum and all, but after two books in a row I'm pretty sick of her.
February 17, 2010 at 1:55 PM
Shannon O'Donnell said…
Nora Roberts
Janet Evanovich
Brandon Mull
Cornelia Funke
Angie Sage
John Flanagan
Rick Riordan
Philip Yancey
February 17, 2010 at 5:06 PM
Lisa Miles said…
Shannon, most of those I haven't heard of. I'll have to check them out!
February 17, 2010 at 5:53 PM
Unknown said…
Love authors I haven't heard of so this is super fun!!! I have read most of Susan Elizabeth Phillips so I am counting her, along with J.K. Rowling. I prefer to skip and try new authors who only have one book out, but I love to read!!
February 17, 2010 at 6:35 PM
Claire said…
Muriel Spark and Flannery O'Connor. Both dead, sadly, so they won't be writing any more.
February 17, 2010 at 7:08 PM
Leah (aka Mary_not_Martha) said…
Does it count if I have read some of the series but bought them all and discuss them for years with my friend who got me started? Diana Gabaldon - Outlander series. There's even a vacation in Scotland you can go on that follows the story scenes. I wish I could step into an alternate life, go on this trip and let my mind just stay in the story for a week and then come back to find only a minute had passed in my real life. Oh yeah, that's called READING!
February 18, 2010 at 9:12 AM
Lisa Miles said…
Mary, that sounds like fun. Reminds me of the Sex and the City tour they give in NYC.
February 18, 2010 at 9:16 AM
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