For The L♥ve of Reading discussion

Under the authors folder you can add a topic for and author that you enjoy or if you want to know what others think of the author and his/her writing style? Discuss the books they wrote...

I really enjoy Jodi Picoults books. I love the way she tells her chapters going back and forth from several of the core characters perspective and written from that character in first person. She tackles hot topics that really make me think.

I have one of her books on my shelf to be read. My aunt loves her as well and many of my friends. I hope to get to her soon.

Oh Elyssa, you should read her soon! What book do you have?

I have My Sister's Keeper. I'll add a topic for Jodi.

Stephenie Meyer Stephen King Cassandra Clare Kristin Cashore Maria V. Snyder are all great

I haven't heard of Clare, Cashore, and Snyder '-_-

♥ Rachel♥ wrote: "I haven't heard of Clare, Cashore, and Snyder '-_-"

Clare wrote City of Bones, 1st of a series. 5 stars I loved it. Cashore worte Graceling. I thought the book was ok but almost everyone that has read it has loved it. I think I'm oddity on this book (as well as Shiver, just ok). But I do want to read on to see what happens next to both Po and Bitterblue.

I have one Jodi Picoult book on my shelf. It is Change of Heart. It will be my first one from her.

I have yet to read Jodi Picoult, but everyone I know loves her...I'm a big Marian Keyes fan, although Chick Lit is generally a light genre, Keyes often takes tough subjects and makes them witty, entertaining and real...like Anybody Out There? she tackles the topic of grief and as sad as it was, she wrote it in such a way I actually laughed out loud sometimes, felt like crying others and couldn't put it down!

Julie Anne Peters is a great author. She is a YA/GLBT author. Heres her website: http://www.julieannepeters.com . Alex Sanchez is another great author. He writes Gay Young Adult novels. http://www.alexsanchez.com

I also like David Baldacci, Steve Berry, Nora Roberts, Janet Evanovich and Kristin Hannah.

I just read Vision in White by Nora Roberts. I really liked it. I'm not a romance, wedding type (I'm very against marriage) but I enjoyed the story and how awkward Carter was. It was really great that he wasn't buff and shiny armor hero!

I read that one a few months ago. I need to get #2 in the series. I think part of the reason I enjoy Nora Roberts is all the series of books that she writes. I'm not as crazy of the JD Robb books.

i really love sena jeter naslund, tim o'brien, oscar wilde and jodi picoult. very different, but variety is key.

jodi picoult books are easy reads, but she raises important moral dilemas in most of her works. i've read quite a few by her based on a good friends recommendation and i haven't been disappointed.

I have one of Tim O'Brien's that I'm waiting to get time to pick it up.

you should read the things they carried by tim o'brien first. it is a quick read. but it is filled with great writing.

king, john saul, stephanie meyer, joe hill, anne tyler, collins

Yup, that is the one on my pile.

Signteach wrote: "king, john saul, stephanie meyer, joe hill, anne tyler, collins
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Can we discuss like things that people have atcually written on goodreads i consider them as authors to.

Does anyone know if there is a link somewhere where I can go and find if books have been published in a foreign language?

Jen wrote: "Does anyone know if there is a link somewhere where I can go and find if books have been published in a foreign language?"

jen,
i don't know if there is a link, but often times when you enter a title, it will show you the editions in other languages towards the end of the list.

yeah thats true I always see it. its hard when there are lots of editions though

I'll try it, but it's not the easiest language to find books in. Maybe I'll get lucky.

what language?

Albanian

oohh

Even in Albania their collection is...scant to say the least. Blah!

Do you speak Albanian? How did you learn?

I do speak Albanian, not fluent yet, but I'm sure eventually. I lived there for the end of 2007 and most of 2008. My hubby was stuck there for immigration so I packed up my house and moved there with our daughter. I'd known a little before I went just from my Husband always speaking it. It's not a very easy language, but when you are forced to live somewhere where nobody speaks English, you learn fast. Albanians gather in family packs by nature so even being home in AZ I still get it a lot from his brothers, nephews, niece, in-laws etc...

that is so cool! at a workshop i attended the woman that was discussing acquiring a second language spoke albanian. she had lived there for a year.

interesting.

My hubby is from this little town down south where they farm sheep so he likes to confuse me and throw in slang. Sometimes I want to doink him on the head for it.

Other than that, I've tried to learn 2 other languages in school with no success. I'd say if you have no choice, it seems to just happen. It's very convenient in public when we want to talk cause no body understands us. Its a rough country though. Not a hamburger for miles ;)(and sometimes no electricity and no water either)

I agree with you. When I moved to Thailand I knew nothing but by the time I left I could read and write and speak pretty well. Over time, I have lost a lot of it. I need to find someone to speak Thai to.

i would be interested in learning how to read thai. it looks like a bunch of boxes.

i have a friend whose family speaks thai, but she doesn't know it as well as her older siblings.

Thai letters make sounds just like the alphabet. Once you get the sounds down then it is learning to read all over again. Sounding out words and stumbling to the dictionary as you go. I was reading children's and middle ager type books when I left.