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message 1: by MH (new)

MH (librarian-m) | 236 comments Mod
If you could have lunch with ANY author--living or dead--who would it be and what would you ask them?


message 2: by Cookie (new)

Cookie (bookcupidity) Right now, Joe Hill. I'd ask him what it was like growing up, and then I'd ask him if we could call his dad for a quick chat ;)


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Literary Princess (literaryprincess) | 16 comments I really want to go out for drinks with Libba Bray. And I just want her to talk. Incessantly. About anything. And then I will laugh and laugh and laugh.


message 4: by Andy (new)

Andy | 2 comments Ken Follett, without a doubt. His "Pillars of the Earth" got me started on my addiction to historical fiction.


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April | 16 comments Courtnie wrote: "Right now, Joe Hill. I'd ask him what it was like growing up, and then I'd ask him if we could call his dad for a quick chat ;)"
Coutnie, Joe would be an excellent lunch date! I think I would choose The King. If it wasn't for him, I would have lost interest in reading at 12 years old. Another good one would be Donna Tartt. I adore her and she is so facinating!


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Cookie (bookcupidity) April wrote: "Courtnie wrote: "Right now, Joe Hill. I'd ask him what it was like growing up, and then I'd ask him if we could call his dad for a quick chat ;)"
Coutnie, Joe would be an excellent lunch date! I t..."


I've not read a Donna Tartt book before. I'll have to give her a go - any particular recommendation?

We could combine my lunch date with yours and get the best of all worlds! My husband credits King with his love affair with reading too. I myself got hooked by Koontz at a young age, which I'd argue was less appropriate than King as his edge is a little more...uh, edgy. As an adult, I prefer King.


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Amy | 195 comments Mod
Cherry Adair. Oh, wait, I have had lunch with her :)


message 8: by Beth (new)

Beth (batwater115) | 25 comments I too have had lunch with Cherry Adair and with my favorite book Blogger, Sarah Wendell. :)

However, I'd have to say I want lunch with Oscar Wilde... at a library convention. The level of snarky sarcasm would be over-the-top and just plain fun.


message 9: by Amy (new)

Amy | 195 comments Mod
Also, with Victoria Alexander (I bought her lunch) and none other than Raine O'Tierney (I have even bought her lunch). :)


message 10: by Raine (new)

Raine O'Tierney (raineotierney) Amy wrote: "Also, with Victoria Alexander (I bought her lunch) and none other than Raine O'Tierney (I have even bought her lunch). :)"

And a delicious lunch it was! ;)


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