tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post7045419004943891171..comments2023-08-10T04:03:44.387-04:00Comments on This Book and I Could Be Friends: Most-Read AuthorsEileenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11058705381647529328noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-47149206798618541122010-07-23T10:50:31.446-04:002010-07-23T10:50:31.446-04:00Your DeaN Koontz was my Stephen King. This is such...Your DeaN Koontz was my Stephen King. This is such a fun exercise!clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14397226316253896335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-58346167327979052392010-07-14T13:53:25.440-04:002010-07-14T13:53:25.440-04:00Weeder: I just weeded yesterday and was too sore t...Weeder: I just weeded yesterday and was too sore to go running today! My strawberry patch was buried in jungle!<br /><br />Richard: I actually thought they were two different people at first - that's why I was so apologetic! You're lucky to have read all that Bolaño.<br /><br />JoAnn: I tried to like King but couldn't - his prose just never did anything for me. The only Grisham I've read was <i>The Testament</i> which I actually loved.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11058705381647529328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-26483609945189191702010-07-13T22:27:21.287-04:002010-07-13T22:27:21.287-04:00Oh, this is fun! I'll bet Stephen King and Joh...Oh, this is fun! I'll bet Stephen King and John Grisham would be near the top of my list, but I haven't read either one of them in ages. Need to look through my reading journal...JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691864361197071517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-47817266646377585962010-07-13T21:24:00.942-04:002010-07-13T21:24:00.942-04:00E.L. Fay, I suspect Amateur Weeder's name chan...E.L. Fay, I suspect Amateur Weeder's name change, like The Artist Formerly Known as Prince's, is only temporary. However, I've never been mistaken for Paul the psychic World Cup octopus either! Of the writers on your list, I've read the most by Bolaño (7 + another 1 just started today) followed by Woolf (4, all this year due to Woolf in Winter) with Woolf possibly tied by F. Scott Fitgerald (I lost track of what I read by him, but I was a big fan back in high school and college). Never read any Koonst and dropped <em>Interview with the Vampire</em> due to boredom/bad timing years ago (this sometimes happens--not a true knock on Anne Rice). Anyway, interesting post and it's been fun seeing what you and the others have been big readers of over time and/or once upon a time!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-14605317383465069652010-07-13T21:11:08.652-04:002010-07-13T21:11:08.652-04:00Ha! I need to make the same list, but with weeds....Ha! I need to make the same list, but with weeds. <br /><br />Dandelions - 117<br />Coffeetree seedlings - 78<br />That thing that looks sort of like a cabbage with antenna - 45Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-14967640758630264672010-07-13T18:56:03.194-04:002010-07-13T18:56:03.194-04:00Oh I'm sorry! I called you "Amateur Reade...Oh I'm sorry! I called you "Amateur Reader" in the post. Fixed it.<br /><br />Yeah, I was surprised at how short my list was. Hopefully it'll grow before long.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11058705381647529328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-47034892842275160322010-07-13T17:32:37.484-04:002010-07-13T17:32:37.484-04:00If I went down to three, I'd have a dang long ...If I went down to three, I'd have a dang long list. A lot of this is a function of nothing more than age. I have even read three Anne Rice novels!Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-75793889245157605912010-07-13T15:01:30.473-04:002010-07-13T15:01:30.473-04:00Emily: Yes, that's definitely why the results ...Emily: Yes, that's definitely why the results are so weird. For me, I think Koontz is such light reading that it's easy to plow through a ton of his books. Rice is just addicting.<br /><br />Jill: OMG! Thanks for reminding me! I knew I was forgetting somebody!Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11058705381647529328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-51522531191523763992010-07-13T14:52:46.367-04:002010-07-13T14:52:46.367-04:00What about the Kellermans? Shouldn't they be ...What about the Kellermans? Shouldn't they be on your list?rhapsodyinbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041412748239010264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687975489922145220.post-37185376428663105972010-07-13T14:34:25.519-04:002010-07-13T14:34:25.519-04:00I think it's interesting that many peoples'...I think it's interesting that many peoples' lists include authors they read "back in the day" - I wonder if there's something about reading as a middle- or high-schooler that encourages binging on book after book by the same author, in a way that adult reading doesn't? Like, maybe one's reading world seems smaller as a teenager. Nowadays there are just SO many different books & authors I want to read, that I have trouble even getting to the back-logs of my very, very favorites. I don't remember having that feeling as much back in high school.Emilyhttp://www.eveningallafternoon.comnoreply@blogger.com