Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the awesome and wonderful people over at The Broke and The Bookish
This week we talk about popular authors that we’ve never read. Â Between both Erin and I we came up with a list of ten! Â It’s so weird to make this list, mostly because as you’ll see, there isn’t really any reason why we haven’t read these authors… especially me (jaime) as I own books by all of these authors. Â (Please note that I have read 3 of the authors on Erin’s list! LOL)Â
Jaime’s List
I have had Patrick Ness books on my to read list forever, I even went to a book signing of his a couple of weeks ago so now I own SIGNED, unread books by Mr. Ness and I really need to get my butt in gear and just read them already. Â On my list are The Chaos Walking Trilogy and More Than This.
Simone Elkeles has been on my radar for a while now, but I just haven’t read anything for some reason. Â I’ve heard a lot of people rave about The Perfect Chemistry series and so I put them on my to read list then, but I got Wild Cards at BEA last year and I just haven’t read it yet. Â
I’ve heard amazing things about Vicious and The Archived… I even own a signed copy of The Archived, and I don’t know why I haven’t read it. Â I must remedy this soon. Â
I own a lot of Susane’s books… I want to read them, they all sound exactly like stories I’m going to love so I don’t know why I haven’t read them yet. Â
I purchased The Other Normals shortly after BEA last year because I read the back of a display copy and I felt like it was something I would absolutely love. Â As happens quite often with my bookshelves I put the book on it and it got pushed to the back and forgotten. Â When organizing a couple of weeks ago, I pulled it off and set it to the side. It is my plan to read The Other Normals very soon. Â I also have heard that I should read It’s Kind Of A Funny Story, so I plan to.Â
Erin’s List
YES – I know…people can’t believe that I have never read any Sarah Dessen books. Â It isn’t for any reason other than the fact that Contemporary isn’t always “my thing” so I just haven’t gotten to them yet. Â There are a number of her books on my To Read shelf though and I know Jaime likes a number of them so perhaps they will be on deck soon.
I had the pleasure of meeting Cinda Williams Chima when she came to Milwaukee and immediately purchased the first two books of the Seven Realms series. Â I have heard great things about these books and of course, they are Fantasy so that makes me almost love them without reading them. Â I honestly don’t know why I haven’t cracked these open yet – I have a feeling that I may need to make them a priority as they will fit right in with our Real Books Challenge.
The books Ellen Hopkins writes make me nervous. Â They take on some serious topics and I absolutely will work my way up to them someday soon but I think I have to be in a specific mood to begin one and I don’t know if I’m there yet.
Everyone I know who has read the Time Between Us series has absolutely loved them. Â Jaime always tells me how good they are and I have no excuse as to why I haven’t picked them up yet. Â Seriously, nothing at all.
I know people who really love Melina Marchetta’s books and some that have struggled with them. Â I know the Lumatere Chronicles have great ratings and they have been on my To Read list for a while. Â I think part of the reason why I haven’t started these yet is because I know some people that have struggled with Marchetta’s books. Â I also think I have to be in the mood to read these back to back if I’m going to do it because everyone knows how impatient I am….right??
Are there any authors who are on the popular list but that you haven’t read yet? Â Have you read books by our list of authors? Let us know in the comments!Â
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