Books & Authors

How cool are these?!

I buy and sell vintage items and i came across these cool author card games. The top one is from 1938 and the bottom one is around the same time. I may be holding on to these!

DivineDiana Very, very cool! ❤️ 2y

LeahBergen Ohhhh, I love them!! 2y

SeaToSkyes I used to play this with my dad as a kid! I think we still have it somewhere 2y

bookish_wookish So cool! @SeaToSkyes 2y

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MicheleinPhilly

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Some really GREAT authors coming to the Free Library of Philadelphia this season.

Leftcoastzen That is a great line up! 5y

TrishB Cool 👍🏻 5y

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Susanita

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A little late and a bit incomplete but here goes:
~Sue Grafton
~JRR Tolkien
~JK Rowling/Robert Galbraith
~Jeff Shaara
~Laura Lippman

britt_brooke

britt_brooke Great picks! 5y

Bookzombie Sue Grafton was on my list too! 5y

Susanita @Bookzombie Love her! 5y

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sherryvdh

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This is hard, but I'm giving it a try. In no particular order:
Margaret Atwood
Faith Hunter
Louise Penny
Elizabeth Hunter
Zen Cho

@britt_brooke

britt_brooke Nice picks! 5y

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InBooksILive

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1.) Sarah J. Maas
2.) Maggie Stiefvater
3.) V. E./Victoria Schwab
4.) Jasmine Guillory
5.) Leigh Bardugo

I kind of love fantasy. Can ya tell? 😂 Had to include Jasmine Guillory though, I love her romance style 😊

britt_brooke Well done! 5y

Erofan Bardugo ❤ 5y

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CindyMyLifeIsLit

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So hard to limit to 5!!
📚Charles Dickens
📚Shakespeare
📚 Stephen King
📚John Sandford
📚Susan Howatch

britt_brooke

Reviewsbylola Yeah I agree. Five is limiting! 5y

britt_brooke It‘s super tough! Great choices! 5y

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Amandajoy

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Ok, I‘ll play @britt_brooke

1. Mary Roach
2. Jane Austen
3. Walter Moers
4. Margaret Atwood
5. Chimamanda Ngozie Adiche

This was tough!

britt_brooke Nice choices! 👏🏻 5y

Reagan Mary Roach! I almost put her down. Someone stole my copy of Stiff 😩 5y

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Librarybelle

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Some tough decisions...thanks for posting @britt_brooke !

1. Jane Austen
2. Edgar Allan Poe
3. Agatha Christie (for the mystery)
4. Lauren Willig
5. Hannah Kent

britt_brooke It really makes you think! Nice choices! 5y

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MaleficentBookDragon

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James Rollins
Agatha Christie
Blake Crouch
Dean Koontz
Mira Grant/Seanan McQuire

This is so hard.
@britt_brooke

britt_brooke Great list! 5y

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JazzFeathers

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JRR Tolkien
Neil Gaiman
Nicola Upson
Langston Hughes
David Gemmell

@britt_brooke

britt_brooke Nice choices! 5y

twohectobooks Ooh, this looks like a fun one! 5y

Cathythoughts Tolkien ♥️ 5y

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jenniferw88

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Tricky one, @britt_brooke ! Photo edited by #prisma app this time.

📚 JK Rowling for fantasy
📚 Harry Bingham for mystery
📚 Ann Radcliffe for gothic
📚 Antonia Hodgson for historical mysteries
📚 William Shakespeare for plays and poetry

Cathythoughts ♥️👍🏻 5y

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Tove_Reads

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👍🏽 Susan Howatch 👎🏽Margaret Atwood

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SilversReviews

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I am surprised how many new-to-me authors I have read this year.

It looks like almost half of the books I read are new authors. 😊

Sofia Lundberg
Jessica Barry
Kristyn Kusek Lewis
Karen Odden
Nicholas Bundock
Natasha Solomons
Kate Fulford
T. M. Logan
Stephanie Butland
Sofia Grant
Zoje Stage
Susie Orman Schnall
Liz Nugent
Kristina McMorris
Sandi Jones
Louise Candlish
K. S. R. Burns
Cristina Alger
Simone St. James
Julie Maloney
Mary Kay Andrews

Amiable This was the year I discovered John Boyne. And all was right in my reading world. 🙌🏼 5y

SilversReviews @Amiable He is new to me. Thanks for sharing and commenting. 5y

Amiable

The Heart's Invisible Furies

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Amiable This is the one that sucked me into his body of work:

The Absolutist

BookaholicNatty @SilversReviews I fell in love with Holly Black this year and all her books!!!! ❤️ 5y

SilversReviews @Amiable Ohhhh...thanks. I know the book. 😊 5y

SilversReviews @Amiable Thanks...I don‘t know that title. 5y

SilversReviews @BookaholicNatty I will have to check her out. I don‘t know this author. Thanks for sharing and commenting. 5y

Anitareads More than half of the books I've read are new to me authors (I think 60% of the books I've read). Which doesn't surprise me, because I always look for new authors and don't usually stick with the same ones. 5y

JBA I'd say probably 70-80% of mine were new to me, which is far too many to list. 😊 5y

SilversReviews @Anitareads Sounds like a great plan. 😊 It is always fun finding new authors. Thanks for sharing and commenting. 5y

SilversReviews @JulietBoydAuthor 😊 Definitely would be a LONG list. 😊 Thanks for commenting and sharing. 5y

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LA_Mead

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1) Brian Jacques 2) L.M. Montgomery 3) Shakespeare 4) E.L. Konigsburg 5) J.K. Rowling 6) Ursula K LeGuin 7) Margaret Lawrence 8) Kevin Kwan 9) Kyo Maclear 10) Margaret Atwood #dinnerparty @Krisjericho

Jee_HookedOnBookz Margaret Atwood ❤️❤️ would love to pick her brain! 6y

Eggs Konigsburg ❤️❤️ 6y

Krisjericho Yes! 6y

Sace L. M. Montgomery, good pick. 6y

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SilversReviews

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#ReadingResolutions
@Jess7

Today‘s Prompt: Male Author

I have a few male authors that I enjoy:

Todd Borg
Ronald K. Balson
Charles Todd

Kaye Most of my favorites are male . I believe females CAN write just as good a book as males , but I think the types of books I like often tend to lean more into stuff men write about, like lots of true crime writers, lots of NF writers, are male. Females lean more towards romances and relationships and family stuff. Just my opinion. Some of my favorites -Pat Conroy, Wally Lamb, John Irving, Richard Russo , Bryson, Truman Capote, Larry McMurtry ... 6y

SilversReviews @Kaye Thanks for your terrific answer and list of authors. Good choices. 6y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Niall Williams, Richard Flanagan, and David Mitchell. ❤️ 6y

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SilversReviews @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled New authors for me. Fun. Thanks. 6y

CaitlinR Ron Rash, John Banville, John Connolly 6y

SilversReviews @CaitlinR I know John Connolly but not Ron Rash or John Banville...thanks. 6y

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AnneCecilie

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1. I always think that I read more female, but when I look over my notes it's 50/50. Apparently I forget about reading male authors
2. 10
3. Orange
4. Black
5. Stephen King
6. Few

Kaye

Jess7 Ohhh this is fun. I‘ll have to repost this later, but I think im going to comment my answers below for now.. so fun! 6y

Jess7 1. Female | 2. 10 Es on the Beartown cover | 3. Purple (I rarely see purple books) | 4. Blue (most of the ones I own are some variation of blue) | 5. Stephen King | 6. “up“ is the last word on page 63 of my copy of Beartown. What‘s the hashtag for this quiz if I repost later? 6y

Kaye Thanks ♥️. #saturdaynightspecial @kaye 6y

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TrishB

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My University is holding a literary festival in October and I‘ve just been given a sneaky look at the draft programme! It looks awesome and includes Val McDermid, Kit de Waal, Colm Toibin, Paul Du Noyer and Sebastian Barry!!! I can‘t wait. Those in NW England I‘ll post link to programme once it‘s all confirmed and hopefully others can come! It‘s the weekend 19-21 October 😁

Cathythoughts Sounds amazing... I‘ll keep an eye on those dates, if my husband happens to be working in England , I could tag along 👍🏻 6y

shawnmooney Jealous! Is there any funding to fly me in from Tokyo? 😜 6y

Bookwomble Which university is it, Trish? I live in Lancashire, so I might be able to make it ☺ 6y

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TrishB @Cathythoughts that would be fab! 6y

TrishB @shawnmooney I could suggest an award for best podcast 😁💕 6y

Verity Oh that does sound good. Looking forward to hearing more about it! 6y

TrishB @Bookwomble it‘s Liverpool Uni 👍🏻 6y

TrishB @Verity will keep everyone up to date! 6y

Bookwomble Cool 😊 A short train journey 🚂 6y

ephemeralwaltz Exciting! I wish I lived there now. 6y

saresmoore What a lineup! 6y

Kalalalatja How exciting! 6y

CaitlinR Wowza! 6y

LeahBergen 😮😮 6y

minkyb 😲😲 6y

Cathythoughts I‘m going to put it to my bookclub when we meet next, Literary Festival! I‘ll keep you posted 🤞🏻 6y

TrishB @Cathythoughts oh that would be fab! 😁 6y

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ChrysFey

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I saw this on Instagram. Yes, please do these things. 😘😘😘 I‘ll also add to post a review or blurb on Litsy. ❤️

#litsy #litten #littens #author #supportauthors #readers #bibliophile #booklovers #bookaholics #bookaddicts #bookworms #reviews

debthmpsn All this!!!! 6y

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BookishGirl06

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This might be the last one I do unless I can figure out how I can get the font size bigger.

Jeg The one that comes to mind for me is Patricia Cornwall . Really liked her first books back in the early 90s. Can‘t read her now. 7y

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readinginthedark

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I was tagged by @merelybookish and I turned it into a bit of a process. First, I made a huge list of authors I would recommend. Then I took off authors who've only written one book I've actually read. Then I removed children's and YA authors. And finally, I removed any authors that I've seen someone else list for this prompt. I had twelve left, so two got the boot! If you'd like to do this, consider yourself tagged! #10authorrecommendations

batsy Sophocles! 7y

merelybookish That's a great list! I need to go back and re-visit Leslie Marmon Silko. Read her about 20 years ago. Loved Ceremony. 7y

SilversReviews Great process and list. 👍 Mine has 11. 7y

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readinginthedark @batsy I was surprised no one else had mentioned him! I mean, Antigone alone... 7y

readinginthedark @merelybookish Thanks! Ceremony is amazing and so heartbreaking! I need to read more than I have by her. 7y

readinginthedark @SilversReviews Thanks! I feel like there has to be some system; it‘s just too hard to narrow down. 7y

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Natasha.C.Barnes

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I was tagged 3 times for #10authorrecommendations but I have the HARDEST TIME bc I think to recommend an author as opposed to a book I have to have read at least 2 books by them & liked both. Bc I transitioned from children's books to Classics for MANY YEARS and only got deeply into contemporary fiction more recently, that list is mostly classics authors, some of which I wouldn't universally recommend, you know? SO TOUGH! This=best I could do 😆

Natasha.C.Barnes Thanks to @BarbaraBB @Centique and @moranadatter for tagging me! 7y

Natasha.C.Barnes I don't have as many repeat authors yet in more recent stuff I've read bc I'm trying to taste a lot of different stuff, except for palette-cleansing series and the like (Steig Larson, VE Schwab, Gillian Flynn and what have you). But I don't go around recommending them bc if you're in the mood for a Gillian Flynn style book, you know where to look. They don't need my help! 😆 7y

Tamra Very hard, too many! 7y

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Centique Excellent choices! What do you recommend by Elizabeth Bowen? 7y

Natasha.C.Barnes @Centique I've read 5 so far and enjoyed them all: The Last September, To the North, The Death of the Heart, and The House in Paris and The Hotel. I suggest beginning with

The Last September

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled So much goodness on here!! 7y

moranadatter Great choices! 7y

Centique @Natasha.C.Barnes thanks! I‘ve stacked it 👍 7y

Natasha.C.Barnes @Centique Awesome! I think I'm the only one who's used that page for posting about the actual book instead of September stats! 😂🤓 7y

readinginthedark Some of my favorites, too, like Woolf and Borges! Great list! 7y

Natasha.C.Barnes @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled @moranadatter @readinginthedark Thanks so much!! ☺️ 7y

BarbaraBB Great list! 7y

Texreader I did same. I had to have read multiple books and liked most of them to be on my list. 7y

Natasha.C.Barnes @Texreader Exactly! This has made it clear what authors I need to read another book of in 2018! 😆 7y

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