What are MY favorite books?
Okay, so last week was AWESOME! I got to visit the uber-amazing people at Coppell Middle School West (Hi, Ms. Brock!) and honestly I don't know when I've had so much fun.
But something weird happened. Actually, it wasn't all that weird because, to tell the truth, it's more like a disturbing trend.
Because, you see, people have a tendency to ask me who MY favorite writers are.
And I have a tendency to choke.
And stammer.
And clam up as if I've never read a book in my life!
Why this question leaves me so incredibly intimidated I will NEVER know, but as soon as someone asks I inevitably behave like a total idiot.
So I think it's probably a good idea for me to write a list of my favorite books-slash-authors. And memorize it. Or maybe get it tattooed on my forearm. Or something else that doesn't hurt as badly.
So here goes.
--The Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordan
--The Twilight Books by Stephenie Meyers
--anything by Dennis Lehane*
--anything by John Green
--anything by E. Lockhart
--the Bras and Broomsticks books by Sarah Mlynowski
--The Squad books by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
--The Kiki Strike books by Kirsten Miller
--anything by Laurie Halse Anderson
--the Harry Potter books
--anything by Meg Cabot
--anything by Sarah Dessen
--anything by Jennifer Weiner
--Amazing Grace by Megan Shull
--Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem*
--Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis
--Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
Now the problem about me and this particular list is that I ALWAYS FORGET books and authors that I LOVE.
So I may have to come back to it.
A lot.
But this is a pretty dang good start.
--Ally
But something weird happened. Actually, it wasn't all that weird because, to tell the truth, it's more like a disturbing trend.
Because, you see, people have a tendency to ask me who MY favorite writers are.
And I have a tendency to choke.
And stammer.
And clam up as if I've never read a book in my life!
Why this question leaves me so incredibly intimidated I will NEVER know, but as soon as someone asks I inevitably behave like a total idiot.
So I think it's probably a good idea for me to write a list of my favorite books-slash-authors. And memorize it. Or maybe get it tattooed on my forearm. Or something else that doesn't hurt as badly.
So here goes.
BOOKS AND AUTHORS THAT I LOVE (in no particular order)
--The Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordan
--The Twilight Books by Stephenie Meyers
--anything by Dennis Lehane*
--anything by John Green
--anything by E. Lockhart
--the Bras and Broomsticks books by Sarah Mlynowski
--The Squad books by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
--The Kiki Strike books by Kirsten Miller
--anything by Laurie Halse Anderson
--the Harry Potter books
--anything by Meg Cabot
--anything by Sarah Dessen
--anything by Jennifer Weiner
--Amazing Grace by Megan Shull
--Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem*
--Girls' Poker Night by Jill A. Davis
--Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
*May not be suitable for younger teens
Now the problem about me and this particular list is that I ALWAYS FORGET books and authors that I LOVE.
So I may have to come back to it.
A lot.
But this is a pretty dang good start.
--Ally
Labels: Really great reads
posted by Ally Carter at Sunday, December 09, 2007
34 Comments:
cafzbwow! 1st somment! 1st time! haha.=D
you know who my favorite author is??
Ms. Ally Carter!!
do you even know who she is??
wow! she is AMAZING! her books are also AMAZING!
you probably know her, because... well... duh... we all know that she is famous!!
well, if you know her, tell her what i just said. haha. =p
ok. w8. thanks for the "word varification!" it showed up in my message! oh well.
congratulations Ally! for all the books you've written. c=
I love all of those books! I just finisjed reading the Kiki Strike books 2 days ago. I read alot and love reading. On the security system, my parents labeled my room as the "library". It really looks like a library though, not like a 12 year old girls room.
My favorite books of all time are the Kiki Strike series and All-American Girl and Ready or not by Meg Cabot
i love all the twilight books, i just finished them again for the, i don't know how many, time. rosabeth this is for you!
JACOB IS AWESOME!!! i love him! anywho- i also love the gallagher girls series, i have gotten almost all of my friends to read them, well a combined effort of me and rosabeth. well, i have a really long list too, but here are a couple not on your list. including:
Tamora Pierce
Robin McKinley
Scott Westerfeld
Louisa May Alcott
Gail Carson Levine
Andrew Clements
and a few more, but i won't list them all.
Kiki Strike! Kiki rules. (I admit it, I was looking for the Irregulars while I was in NYC over Thanksgiving weekend.) And I can't wait for The Squad to come out because I really love Jennifer Lynn Barnes's books, too.
My favorite-est author is Shannon Hale, but I have lots of other favorite authors, a list which is too long.
Maybe it's because people are probably looking for suggestions when they ask an author what their favorite books are and what if they hate the book? What will they think of your books if they don't like the books you like to read? It shouldn't matter, but what if it does?
Have you looked at the Maximum Ride series? Very Extrmely Awesome. In fact, almost as good as a certian Ms. Carter's books.
ttfn
perhaps books by April Lurie?
YOU (Ms....ehem...Ally Carter) and Ann Brashares are my favorite authors....AND A LOT MORE! But I can't think of them now...
=P
How's GG3?
Ello mis amiga skippy! *I own edward*
My fav. Books are:
TWILIGHT!!! 'nough said
Harry Potter
your books
Private Series
Lady Grace Mysteries
Uglies series
anything by Scott Westerfeld
um.......I have more but that's all I'll put for now.
GO STEPHENIE MEYERS BOOKS! (and of course ALLY CARTER!)
read the other blog
Hey look at my profile picture. Hope you memorize that list.
i like ally carter, stephenie meyer and christopher paolini (sp?) sorry if i spelled that wrong!
oops, forgot scott westerfeild
Hi Rosebeth and Skippy!
Thanks you guys for being such loyal blog readers--that's awesome! But I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you guys to keep the private "conversations" to a minimum.
Thanks!
Ally
How about the Uglies series? Have you read Uglies? Because Scott Westerfeld is one of my all-time favorite authors, along with you and Anthony Horowitz and and and...
well I also have a tendency to forget some of my favorite authors too.
I don't get the whole pritvate conversations thing, but oh well. My favorite books are...
All of Ally's
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Memories of Summer by Ruth White
Harry Potter (we all no who wrote them)
And, um I think thats it.
hmm...there is a severe lack of Scott Westerfeld in the above (^) comment.
There are the things people need to live. Water, air, light. ALLY CARTER BOOKS and SCOTT WESTERFELD BOOKS. hehe. I am convinced that anyone that hasn't read books by Ally Carter or Scott Westerfeld haven't lived yet.
By Ally Carter I of course mean lyky and the fawesome sequal that I finished Friday even though I wasn't supposed to. And by Scott Westerfeld I mean Peeps, Uglies, Midnighters, The Last Days. yeah. They rock. Everyone should read them.
Sorry. I'm just an obsessive fan like that.
*cough* word count! *cough*
i have a quick question-and i didn't know how else to ask (seeing as though i don't have a myspace)
there are different fansites (for example- twilightlexicon.com for the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer) and i noticed (as far as google told me) that there weren't any fansites like that for the 'Gallagher girls' sereies.
perhaps there could be if i gathered enough info on the books. would you be mad if there were fansites though??
(agriffin5018@hotmail.com)
ok, sorry we will...
It is totally cheating to list books that haven't been published yet! (I can't *wait* for the Squad books to come out.) I'm tickled to see Rick Riordan on your list, as the Percy Jackson books also get my big thumbs up.
Speaking of books worth loving, the youth services librarian at the library where I work and I have been fighting over who gets to read the new adventures of Cammie whenever a new one comes in to the library. :) (Yep, we fought over the first one, too. But we're actually very civilized when you get to know us.) We've both finished Cross My Heart and really enjoyed it, though we're at odds about whether mysterious spy boys are more fun in a narrative than sweet normal boys... :)
dang, i woulda thought id at least read 1 of ur favs! ive nevr read ne of em! lol, and skippy, scott westerfeld is awesum! uglies is my absolute fav series, and of course the gallagher girls r tied wit them! ;D lol
<3 celia
celia,
they are awesome!
I think specials and extras are my favorites.
^^omg! specials has got to b the best! im re-readn uglies rite now tho cuz i think im gettn extras and i hav nothn else to read, lol, so i havnt read extras, but ive heard great reviews of it and cant wait! lol
dang it all, i forgot the <3 celia at the end, lol
<3 celia =D
you have just listed VERBATIM my favorite books (except you left out this amazing ally carter woman, who i love)
and i experience the exact same thing
why on earth is it so hard to just say it?
i'll never know
love ur books
and dont rush urself writing them either
if it takes a year to write a book that good
go ahead and take a year
:)
Among young adult novelists, I like E.L. Konigsburg and Ellen Raskin.
Neil Gaiman gets an asterix, especially his Sandman novels, which are so good you need annotations to enjoy it all! (For YA, read Coraline and Stardust.)
As a young adult, I didn't read much YA fiction. Narnia was about it. In grade school (K-6), I read all of the Judy Blume books, even the yucky girlie ones. In junior high (7-9), like many of my friends, I read adult fiction, like Isaac Asimov, and Stephen King.
Nowadays, I'm a big fan of graphic novels. Seeing as how big time authors are adapting their works into words and pictures, I'm sure it will only be a year or two until we see a Gallagher Girls manga!
Oh, and I forgot two more!
If you like fantasy, you must read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum. (Yes, I know you've seen the musical. It's nice, but, in the end, she's crazy. Oz doesn't exist. And that's WRONG. And it leaves out the part where she visits the Good Witch of the South.)
The other series is Discworld, by Terry Pratchett. Set on a flat world, he uses fantasy to satirize our society. Free Speech, women in the military, race relations, gender equality... all very funny and well written.
Both have lots of titles, so you'll have something to read until the next Gallagher Girls novel comes out!
love specials! i didn't like extras as much as specials, but it is still awesome! luv them both!
i also like lisi harrison, the clique books, i think they are funny!
You might enjoy this audio interview with "Story of a Girl" and "Sweethearts" author Sara Zarr.
Bob
Hey Ally! MY favorite books are yours... Twilight is okay, but it just can't compare to your books! I'm writing a book report on one of your books because they are SO GOOD! =D keep it up!! xD
I LOVE THE TWILIGHT SERIES!!! And Meg Cabot books, and books by Rick Riorden!! Did you know that he came to my school!! I was SOOOO ecxited!!! I also love Ally Carter books and Harry Potter books!!
^^ I'm very happy to hear that you love all of these books! I am not only a big fan of your books, but also the Twilight series & books by Meg Cabot. It's nice to know I have a lot in common with the authors of my favorite reads.
Sincerely,
Corey
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