This meme was inspired by my realization that I have not read all of the books written by even some of my very favorite authors. I just haven't had time to get to them all! Have you
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I've read everything that Nora Roberts has published as J.D. Robb. (The In Death series, to be exact.) So, technically, I have not as I *know* she's Nora Roberts, but I'm going to count it anyway as there are 30-something books in the series and I'm eagerly awaiting the next one in a few weeks.
I've also read everything that Joanne Fluke has written (the Hannah Swensen series). There are 18 or so in the series, plus a collected works cookbook that I also own.
I've read all of Lisa Genova's books (2 so far, with one more coming out this fall I've pre-ordered). I highly recommend these books any time someone asks me for a rec. They're *THAT* good, and I don't even typically like general fiction.
I'm working my way through all of Jim Butcher's works. I've read every Dresden Files book in the series and have started in on his Codex Alera series.
I also intend to read all of the Mary Higgins Clark novels. I'm falling behind with that though. I've read a good deal of them, and own all but the last one or two, but it's been a while since I've finished one. The same goes for John Grisham, though I will probably skip the baseball-centric novels if I were to be honest with myself. I did read Skipping Christmas and A Painted House though and most of his legal thrillers. The rest are sitting on my shelf waiting for me.
And, that's just fiction. I'm working my way through Michio Kaku's pop-physics books. I've read about half at this point though I have recently discovered that he's written a number of books that are less "pop" in years past. I have not yet explored them to determine if they'll make it to my tbr pile.
I'm 2/4 for Brian Greene. I have 1 of the 2 I'm missing, and the other is on my Christmas wish list.
Bart D. Ehrman writes both scholarly texts as well as pop-books about the New Testament (from a historo-critical POV) and I hope to read at least all of the layman's works. I think there are only 1 or 2 I haven't read at this point. I've read 8 so far.
I hope to read all of educator John Holt's books one day. I've read several at this point, and they're very inspiring. And, I've read 3 of Jane M. Healy's 6 books (also on education and cognitive development in children), and the other 3 are on my shelf TBR. (Notice a theme here with books I've purchased and not yet read? There are a lot of them! I'm such a book hoarder.)
There are a number of children's authors I've read as well, but this comment is already fairly long, so I'll only name a few: Judy Schachner (Skippyjon Jones), Ian Falconer (Olivia), and Rob Scotton (Russle the Sheep, Splat the Cat) are some of my and my son's favorites.
I'm always on Google/Amazon/GoodReads looking for books from my favorite authors and pre-order a good number of them so I'm sure to have them to read. I'm sure I've forgotten at least one author, but probably more. Obsessively reading an author's books is definitely the kind of thing that fits in with my personality.
I've also read everything that Joanne Fluke has written (the Hannah Swensen series). There are 18 or so in the series, plus a collected works cookbook that I also own.
I've read all of Lisa Genova's books (2 so far, with one more coming out this fall I've pre-ordered). I highly recommend these books any time someone asks me for a rec. They're *THAT* good, and I don't even typically like general fiction.
I'm working my way through all of Jim Butcher's works. I've read every Dresden Files book in the series and have started in on his Codex Alera series.
I also intend to read all of the Mary Higgins Clark novels. I'm falling behind with that though. I've read a good deal of them, and own all but the last one or two, but it's been a while since I've finished one. The same goes for John Grisham, though I will probably skip the baseball-centric novels if I were to be honest with myself. I did read Skipping Christmas and A Painted House though and most of his legal thrillers. The rest are sitting on my shelf waiting for me.
And, that's just fiction. I'm working my way through Michio Kaku's pop-physics books. I've read about half at this point though I have recently discovered that he's written a number of books that are less "pop" in years past. I have not yet explored them to determine if they'll make it to my tbr pile.
I'm 2/4 for Brian Greene. I have 1 of the 2 I'm missing, and the other is on my Christmas wish list.
Bart D. Ehrman writes both scholarly texts as well as pop-books about the New Testament (from a historo-critical POV) and I hope to read at least all of the layman's works. I think there are only 1 or 2 I haven't read at this point. I've read 8 so far.
I hope to read all of educator John Holt's books one day. I've read several at this point, and they're very inspiring. And, I've read 3 of Jane M. Healy's 6 books (also on education and cognitive development in children), and the other 3 are on my shelf TBR. (Notice a theme here with books I've purchased and not yet read? There are a lot of them! I'm such a book hoarder.)
There are a number of children's authors I've read as well, but this comment is already fairly long, so I'll only name a few: Judy Schachner (Skippyjon Jones), Ian Falconer (Olivia), and Rob Scotton (Russle the Sheep, Splat the Cat) are some of my and my son's favorites.
I'm always on Google/Amazon/GoodReads looking for books from my favorite authors and pre-order a good number of them so I'm sure to have them to read. I'm sure I've forgotten at least one author, but probably more. Obsessively reading an author's books is definitely the kind of thing that fits in with my personality.
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