Favourite Authors

I love, love, love reading: it's my favourite thing to do! It should be - I'm going to be a librarian after all! I've adored books since I was a child, I've been a member of every public library I've ever lived beside, and I own over 600 books! Questions shamelessly cut and pasted! *Question: What is your favourite genre?* It's not a genre as such, but I love the classics. If it's published in Penguin Classics, I'll read it! I also really like fantasy (the intelligent, Philip Pullman / Terry Pratchett kind). *Question: Do you read the classics, i.e., the great authors of the 18th and 19th century?* Oh yes! They're my ...  Read the complete review

I love to read, but for the sake of not listing all books and authors on my shelf I thought I would limit myself to my top 5 fav. Authors. I also wanted to answer the questions that other people have answered so depending which version of this topic you want to read here is both. TOP 5 AUTHORS (in no particular order) Helen Fielding Helen Fielding is an English Author, who became very well know for Bridget Jones's Diary - which are two of my favourite books that I have read again and again and again. Helen Fielding began by writing a column in The Independent and The Daily Telegraph in 1997. In 2005, she returned to her Bridget Jones ...  Read the complete review

Duly noted that this is probably in the wrong category - have asked Dooyoo to move it! *Question: What is your favourite genre?* In the past I had a pretty standard answer for this, "I like anything about something which has happened or could feasibly happen". Meaning that sci fi and fantasy were a no-no. Then I realised this was too vague and that some of my favourite books were probably EXTREMELY unlikely to happen, it also implied I read a lot of biographies which I really don't. I also realised that this was boring, and ruling out good books because of their genre was as bad as judging them by their cover (which I do, to an extent). ...  Read the complete review

I've copied and pasted these questions from another member: ***And GentleGenius has copied/pasted them again!*** *****And now Dougalboo has nabbed them to, but I wanted a go aswell... sorry********** Question: What is your favourite genre? Such a hard one and to be honest, dependent on my mood, sometimes I love nothing more than a bit of chick lit, other times I feel the need to re read all the classics. _______________________ Question: Do you read the classics, i.e., the great authors of the 18th and 19th century? Yes!!! Regularly, I try to read all the Hardy's and Austen's at least once a ...  Read the complete review

Questions shamelessly cut and pasted! I'm not sure about the title - as the previous reviewer said, it's not about authors, it's about reading habits - but here goes: *Question: What is your favourite genre?* Anything involving crime - that's practically all I read. *Question: Do you read the classics, i.e., the great authors of the 18th and 19th century?* I have done in the past. I loved David Copperfield and Wuthering Heights, and have read several other 'classics'. *Question: Are you interested in thrillers?* Definitely. A story has to be fast-paced and thrilling to maintain my interest. *Q: ...  Read the complete review