Author Birthday Bambinos discussion

Here is a place where we can list books we are planning to read that were written by authors born in January.

January Authors Read and Planned

1 The Mammoth Book of Vampires by Stephen Jones, 27 Apr 2016 - Jim
2 Foundation by Isaac Asimov, 1 Oct 2015 - Jim
3 Alma Flor Ada
4 Doris Kearns Goodwin
5 Beethoven by Maynard Solomon, 8 Nov 2016 - Jim
6 Alex Berenson, Karin Slaughter, Ree Drummond, Wendelin Van Draanen, Elizabeth Strout, Barry Lopez, E.L. Doctorow, and Carl Sandberg
7 Nicholson Baker, Ouida, William Peter Blatty, and Gerald Durrell
8 The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe by Stephen Hawking, 5 Feb 2016 - Diane
9 Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner, 18 Aug 2016, from Google - Diane
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11 Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton, 9 Aug 2017 - Jim
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14 The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting, 7 Dec 2015 - Diane
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17 A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley, 25 Dec 2015 - Diane
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19 The Inn at Ocean's Edge by Colleen Coble, 12 Sep 2016, from Google - Diane
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21 The Delta Solution by Patrick Robinson, 1 Oct 2016 - Diane
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23 Murder, Plain and Simple by Isabella Alan, 2 May 2016, from Google - Diane
24 Tales of Men and Ghosts by Edith Wharton, 29 Nov 2015 - Diane
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26 Enna Burning by Shannon Hale, 1 Aug 2015 - Diane
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28 Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indriðason, 19 Sep 2015 - Diane
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31 No Man Is an Island by Thomas Merton, 28 Dec 2015 - Diane

I know I'm going to read Enna Burning by Shannon Hale (26 Jan 1974).

I also like Edith Wharton whose birthday is 24 Jan, so maybe House of Mirth?

Please add Doris Kearns Goodwin, born January 4, 1943.

Finished Enna Burning by Shannon Hale, 1 Aug 2015, birthday 26 Jan from Wikipedia

Hi,

I'm actually reading *Howards End* in that E.M. Forster omnibus because, unless I'm wrong, it comes alphabetically before both *Maurice* and *A Room With a View*.

Jim

Please add January 5 authors from BrainyQuote: Seanan McGuire, Umberto Eco, Michael O'Donoghue, Florence King and Friedrich Durrenmatt; January 6 authors Alex Berenson, Karin Slaughter, Ree Drummond, Wendelin Van Draanen, Elizabeth Strout, Barry Lopez, E.L. Doctorow, and Carl Sandberg; January 7 authors Nicholson Baker, Ouida, William Peter Blatty, and Gerald Durrell; January 8 authors Dave Eggers, Terry Brooks, Robert Littell, Storm Jameson, Wilkie Collins; January 9 authors Philippa Gregory, Stuart Woods, Morris Gleitzman, Anne Rivers Siddons, Judith Krantz, Wilbur Smith, Carel Kapek.

Jim

Those look like a handy list we can get ideas from when things start getting filled in and we still need a specific date. Would you like me to work on the same for another month?

So far, I've just been filling in dates as I finish a book, so one here in January, one in July, two in August and I'm reading one for December.

Good idea. Another good place for birthdates is www.bornglorious.com/. Even though I'm reading E.M. Forster now, I probably shouldn't worry about reading authors in date order. I should just read what I would enjoy and then note the author's birthday.

Jim

Mystery author Troy Soos was born on January 1, 1957, according to Biographies.net.

Finished Foundation by Isaac Asimov, born January 2 (1920).

Jim

I read Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indriðason, 19 Sep 2015, January 28th birthdate from GR bio.

I read Tales of Men and Ghosts by Edith Wharton, 29 Nov 2015, January 24th birthdate is from GR bio.

I read The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting, 7 Dec 2015, January 14th birthdate from GR bio.

A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley, 25 Dec 2015, birthdate from Google search

I read No Man Is an Island by Thomas Merton, 28 Dec 2015, birthdate from GR bio.

Hi,

Just finished The Mammoth Book Of Vampires, 27 April 2016, edited by Stephen Jones, January 1st birthdate from GR bio.

Jim

The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe by Stephen Hawking, 5 Feb 2016, birthdate January 8th from GR bio.

Murder, Plain and Simple by Isabella Alan, 2 May 2016

Isabella Alan is a pen name of Amanda Flower. Google search gives her birthday as Jan 23rd.

Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner, 18 Aug 2016, birthdate Jan 9th from Google search.

The Inn at Ocean's Edge by Colleen Coble, 12 Sep 2016, birthdate Jan 19th from Google search.

The Delta Solution by Patrick Robinson, 1 Oct 2016, birthdate Jan 21st from GR bio.

Good morning!

Finished Beethoven by Maynard Solomon 8 November 2016, January 5th birthdate from GR bio.

Jim

Finished Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton 9 Aug 2017, January 11 birthdate (1903) per Goodreads bio.