Today’s Question: Favorite Authors. Who do you have named in your LT account as favorite authors? Why did you choose them? How many people share your choices? Can you share a picture of one of them?
I have to admit that I didn’t have any authors listed as favorites until after I read today’s question. I adde
d Joshilyn Jackson, Barbara Kingsolver, Jayne Pupek, Ferrol Sams, Anita Shreve, and Adriana Trigiani. This list is by no means complete – I’m sure I’ve left someone off. (I find it odd that I’ve only got one man listed.) 2 members share 3 of my favorites. This picture is of Ferrol Sams, of course.
18 Comments
September 23, 2008 at 8:40 am
We’ve got opposing lists, I think – I have only men listed, which I thought was odd, and I have only heard of one of your authors.
September 23, 2008 at 8:50 am
This week’s topic is providing me with a real learning experience! I’m finding out there are an awful lot of authors I’ve never heard of. Several of your favorites were new names to me – thanks for the introduction!
September 23, 2008 at 8:55 am
I’ve got a few listed. It’s nice when Tuesday Thingers makes you aware of new features, isn’t it? =)
September 23, 2008 at 9:05 am
I did sign up at LT and entered some books, but haven’t really made full use of it yet. I’ll have to start exploring there. I’ve never heard of Ferrol Sams.
September 23, 2008 at 10:33 am
Also off to find out who Ferrol Sams is!
September 23, 2008 at 10:44 am
It took me forever to figure out that I had to go to the author page to add them as a favorite. I kept trying to do it over my profile…
September 23, 2008 at 11:34 am
Hmm, Barbara Kingsolver, she might be a good addition to my list. I’ve only heard of two of your other authors, and haven’t read anything by either of them. I guess I need to do a little exploring.
September 23, 2008 at 11:41 am
Kathy, I love Kingsolver.
I want to read Jackson and Trigiani.
I don’t have any favorite authors, either. Maybe I’ll add a few.
September 23, 2008 at 12:07 pm
I haven’t done my Thinger yet, but I’m intrigued that Ferrol Sams is one of your favorite authors (learned that when I interviewed you for BBAW, actually
). I’ve never read any of his books, and I only know a couple of other people who have even heard of him.
Barbara Kingsolver is on my list too.
September 23, 2008 at 12:27 pm
I don’t have any listed, maybe I’ll add that as another thing I should do to use LT to it’s full potential!
September 23, 2008 at 2:31 pm
two men…two women on my list. totally fair.
September 23, 2008 at 2:41 pm
and all this talk of Ferrol Sams, of course I had to buy a used copy of his first book online. Wrote it when he was 60..hope for all writers!
September 23, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Oh yes, I love Anita Shreve!
September 23, 2008 at 5:57 pm
The thing that’s surprising to me is that I assumed that some of the Tuesday Thingers would be at least moderately close to me in the favorites department, but so far, not at all. I have a couple shared favs (Jane Austen, but really, that proves nothing), but the others are all pretty much not coming up.
September 23, 2008 at 9:01 pm
I didn’t even know this feature existed in LT.
September 23, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Joshilyn Jackson is a good one! I loved Gods in Alabama!
September 24, 2008 at 10:07 am
I do like Anita Shreve and Joshilyn Jackson, but I don’t think they’ll make my favorites list!
September 25, 2008 at 3:22 pm
I enjoy Shreve and Kingsolver books as well, but I *still* don’t have anyone officially listed as a “favorite” on my LT profile