Top Ten Authors

As you might have guessed from the sheer volume of my reviews (the majority of which focus on my varied choice of reading material), I enjoy reading in my spare time, whilst on the toilet, in the bath in fact at any time when I have more than five minutes to spare and am not looking after my seven month daughter. Yes I am a self-confessed book geek and will read anything from heavy sci-fi/ fantasy to historical fiction through to blood thirsty horror with the odd topical best seller thrown in for good measure. So by that reckoning, you'd think it'd be fairly easy for me to come up with 10 good authors I really do enjoy and could reccommend. Well, ...

Quite possibly the one thing I would choose over chocolate, is a new book. I have always wanted to do a Top Ten Authors list, and have never found the opportunity before now. I began reading at the age of five, and quickly read everything in the school library that I could reach. Our librarian’s theory was, if you could reach it, why shouldn’t you read it? Bless her heart. I haven’t stopped reading since. I read predominantly fantasy fiction, soft science fiction, or classical authors, but will devour anything that catches my eye. When considering favorite authors, I decided to go with those that have touched me deeply in some way more than ...

I know, I know: these top tens can be boring. They either tell you too little (no better decisions there then), or they tell you way too much (and everyone falls asleep, so no better decisions there either). Still, Christmas is approaching, lists are being written, and I reckon every child out there should get at least one book in the present pile. So I'm doing children's authors. You get authors and not books partly because I'm not one to restrict your choice too much, and partly because I can't choose either. I've missed lots of classics, and lots of current people, but I do think you'll find at least one thing by each that your children ...