Top Ten Tuesday is hosted at The Broke and the Bookish.
This week's topic is Top Authors I've Only Read One Book From But NEED to Read More. I think I can come up with quite a few authors this week. I'm terrible for finding an author (or series) I like and then putting them off for months... or years:
Paolo Bacigalupi - I really enjoyed Ship Breaker. The world the author created was so interesting. There is a companion novel called The Drowned Cities, which I really should read.
Ann Brashares - Though I haven't read any of the Traveling Pants books, I did read My Name Is Memory, and I loved it. Since there isn't a sequel (yet), I might try The Here and Now.
M. G. Buehrlen - This author has only published one book so far, but it had a cliffhanger ending that left me wanting to know what happened next! I definitely need to read the sequel to The 57 Lives of Alex Wayfare when/if it comes out.
John Connolly - The Book of Lost Things was really good. I'm not sure if many of the author's other books are my cup of tea, but The Gates looks like it might be a good read.
Beth Fantaskey - One of my favourite vampire novels is the fun Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side. I have the sequel tucked in my TBR pile somewhere. I really should read it and get my Lucius Vladescu fix!
Isaac Marion - Warm Bodies was one of my favourite reads in 2013. I haven't been able to get my hands on the prequel yet... so I've only read one book from this author.
Wendy Mass - Heaven Looks A Lot Like the Mall is a fun YA verse novel that I really enjoyed. I've got one of the author's MG titles, 11 Birthdays, in my TBR pile, but I have yet to get around to reading it.
Sarah Miller - This author's gorgeous historical fiction is definitely something I'd like to read more of. The Lost Crown was wonderful. I'd like to read Miss Spitfire, especially if it's just as meticulously researched and well written!
Lauren Oliver - I read Before I Fall years ago, and fell in love with the author's style of writing. I really should read more of her YA offerings.
Mary E. Pearson - The only book I've read by this author is The Adoration of Jenna Fox, which I really liked. I want to read the other books in that series... as well as The Kiss of Deception (which I've heard good things about).
What are some authors that you have little experience with that you'd like to read more from?
Personally, I didn't care for before I fall, but I super loved her Delirium series and Rooms is on my TBR list
ReplyDeleteI might read Oliver's Delirium series at some point. I'm just hesitant to start yet another trilogy!
DeleteWhatever you do, I would just avoid Panic. I thought that book was the dumps--so very crude and not beautiful at all.
DeleteI'm with you on Paolo Bacigalupi--I've only read Ship Breaker, too. I want to read Windup Girl, but new books keep getting in the way.
Thanks for the warning! The subject matter in Panic doesn't really interest me, so I probably wouldn't have read that one, anyway.
DeleteI totally forgot about Ann, I will have to search to see what else she has!
ReplyDeleteMissie @ A Flurry of Ponderings
I need to see what else she has, too. I'm not that interested in the Traveling Pants books, but I liked the way she wrote My Name Is Memory. I wonder what else she's written...
DeleteI have read any Bacigalupi, but I've been wanting to get to both Shipbreaker and Windup Girl. I did not care for the Delirium series (only read the first book), but in general I'm just really tired of all the dystopian settings, so that may be a factor. I've also only read one John Connolly book (The Gates), but I think I'd like to read more. Nice list!
ReplyDeleteI haven't read that many dystopians, so I might try the Delirium series. I'm just hesitant because it is a series and I'm not sure if I want to start another one right now.
DeleteDo read Ship Breaker if you get a chance! I guess it's sort of dystopian, but it's not like many of the YA dystopians I've seen out there lately, with teenagers trying to find love and being thwarted by the government. It's more of a semi-bleak futuristic setting (due to climate change), and that really helps to give the story a unique flavour.
I didn't know a lot of the author you have mentioned... ;_;
ReplyDeleteBut me too, I'd like to read something else written by Isaac Marion and Beth Fantaskey. :D
p.s. I can't not notice your nickname is in italian. I'm from Italy. :D
Actually, my nickname was supposed to be in French, but perhaps it's similar in Italian. I'm neither French nor Italian... but I'm interested in the languages and cultures of both!
Deleteah! Lauren Oliver, another one I missed for my list. I've only read Before I Fall too and need to read more of hers! Great list.
ReplyDeleteAfter seeing some other lists, I realized there were a few other authors I could have included. Oh, well!
DeleteI really liked The Book of Lost Things! But I haven't heard of anything else he's written (though I never check these things anyways). Also, I did read Ann Brashares The Here and Now, but just didn't like it at all. If you do try it, I"ll be looking forward to your thoughts on it!
ReplyDeleteI have read mixed reviews on The Here and Now... but I still think I'd like to give it a try. The story sounds interesting, anyway.
DeleteEeeep! I LOVED My Name is Memory, even though I don't usually like reincarnation books -- I find it too easy to already have a true love in each life. I would definitely recommend the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, though they're pretty different from My Name is Memory (there's still a theme of travel, though).
ReplyDeleteI haven't read Wendy Mass' YA books, but I've read a few of her MG books. 11 Birthdays is pretty cute, especially if you've watched the classic movie Groundhog Day with Bill Murray (though the book does perhaps borrow a little too much from it, but it's still an adorable and imaginative tale of friendship).
Though I am inspired by all Lauren Oliver has done, including her publishing imprint Paper Lantern Lit, I've been recently disappointed in her books. I think I've read them all, but the last book in the Delirium series had a disappointing ending, and I DNF'd Panic. It might just not have been my cup of tea, but the whole premise felt a little Hunger Games to me. I would have been fine with that if it actually held my attention, but it didn't. You should check out the rest of her books for yourself, though, you may enjoy them a lot if you like her writing style!
I wanted to love The Kiss of Deception SO MUCH, but by the end I was really confused and mixed in my feelings. It's definitely one you should check out though -- I know a lot of other reviewers loved it!
I want that sequel to My Name Is Memory that may or may not be coming out (I've heard both). The way that book ended... it just left me wanting more. It's definitely one of the better reincarnation novels I've read. Often, when the concept of reincarnation is included, it's just too simplistic. Or it has me scratching my head because one person is doing all the reincarnating and the other one is immortal or something. Huh? (An interesting take on the topic was in The 57 Lives of Alex Wayfare by M. G. Buehrlen. Don't read that one if you don't like cliffhanger endings, though!)
DeleteI should read 11 Birthdays. It's been sitting in my TBR pile for years. I didn't know it was that much like Groundhog Day... but one of my other favourite books, Before I Fall, is sort of like that, too, and the similarities don't really bother me.
I've also heard the rumors of a sequel! I'd definitely read one if it came out. The ending *was* a little open if I remember right, but in some ways it felt right and avoided a cheesy ending. And you're so right -- reincarnation books can other be too simple or way to complex!
DeleteI just checked out The 57 Lives of Alex Wayfare on Goodreads, and it sounds like my kind of book! I'm glad to know that it won't be one of the annoying reincarnation books, and I think I can brave the ending! Thanks for the rec ;)