Have you ever read a book by an author that immediately made you want to read everything he or she had ever written? If so, who is your obsession? Tell me about it below!
Rainbow Rowell is a literary goddess. I must possess all that she has written, take it in through my eye sockets, and absorb it into my imperfect being. Alright, maybe that’s a teensy bit over the top, but in all seriousness, her writing makes something inside me sing. 🙂
So far, I’ve read Fangirl and Eleanor & Park. They were both incredibly humorous and smart with walk-off-the-page characters and quirky details that brought everything to life. Landline is next, but I’m spacing it with other books because I’m afraid I’ll read through everything she’s written without grounding myself in other books so that I can appreciate hers properly. Must…gain…control.
Read on, book junkies!
Michelle Joyce Bond
michellejoycebond.com 
I do that all the time 🙂
It’s more rare for me–like finally hearing that perfect song. 🙂
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read, listen, observe everything you can ….
absorb it fully, become your own obsession Michelle
for you are THE WRITER
I do that, too–can’t help it. Constantly revising. 🙂
In my earlier days, Dostoevsky had that honour
I read some of his essays in college but not much else. Do you have a book you would recommend?
My favourite is “Crime And Punishment”
This only happened to me once, when I was a child recovering from illness. The books were already in the house otherwise I could not have read any of them. To preserve what’s left of my self-respect I shall draw a veil over the name of the author in question.
I had at least one of those as a kid as well. Embarrassingly for my mother, this writer happened to author romance novels hidden in the back of one of our closets. 🙂
After I read Gone Girl, I went out and bought Flynn’s other two books. I read Dark Places right away, but I still have Sharp Objects to read.
How was Dark Places? I’m curious about her other books. 🙂
I didn’t like that one as much. I’m hoping to like Sharp Objects more.
Maybe I’ll try that one, too. Off to Goodreads!
I’ve done that several times. Dan Brown, Tom Clancy, and Matthew Pearl come to mind.
I’ve never read those authors. Do you have a favorite book among them you would recommend? 🙂
The Dante Club, by Matthew Pearl is one I would recommend.
Thank you! 🙂
This happens to me all the time – I’m scanning the new releases at B&N or Amazon and see something that appeals; then discover it’s #6 in a series. Just started Kim Harrison’s Dead Witch Walking. Lots to look forward to 🙂 (She’s not exactly a new to me author, but I’m just now getting around to reading her works)
Looking her up now. Sounds like she’s up my alley by title alone!
You”’ have to let me know if you start with her stuff. I’m having a great time thus far (and it’s still early chapters)
It might take me a bit because of some other books in my cue, but I just added Dead Witch Walking to my list. 🙂 Are we friends on Goodreads?
I don’t think so, but we definitely should be! 🙂
I’ve been that way with most authors I truly enjoy: John Irving, Kurt Vonnegut, Salman Rushdie, Toni Morrison and many more. Right now, Carl Hiaasen needs to write faster because I gobbled up all his books and he is the king of my fun read category.
I’ve never read Hiaasen but just this week had a friend recommend him. I have students who love Hoot and the other books in that series.
Yes, Dostoyevsky got me also, and so did Flynn after Gone Girl. David Foster Wallace was a complete immersion. Jose Saramago and Fernando Pessoa, both of whom were far too prolific to finish before mixing things up. Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. Stephen King when I was 14! George Orwell. There’s more, but John Steinbeck is another formidable obsession. I think I could go on, but I won’t. Oh, Philip Roth, but I better stop. But before I go, Louis Borges.
Good list! I’ve also read Gone Girl and heard good things about Flynn’s other books. Adding to the to-read list. 🙂
Of course, I left off Hemingway.
I’m another one who does this all the time. When I was a kid, it was Isaac Asimov. I still have boxes of Asimov books in storage (I think he had written somewhere around 480 books when he died. I’ve probably read half.) I got 15 pages into The Davinci Code, realized that it made references to a previous story, and went back and read all Dan Brown’s earlier books before returning to Davinci. I bought Red Storm Rising on tape for a long drive, and when I realized I had enjoyed the ride, but remembered absolutely none of what happened in the story, I went out and started reading all his books. My most recent obsession is Robert J. Sawyer, a Canadian science fiction writer. I can’t even remember which of his books I read first, but I’ve gotten as many of the rest as are still in print, and enjoyed every one.
Wow–you are a true fan of Asimov!! Look at me with my pitiful two books, lol. 🙂
Jim Butcher. When I read the first book in his Dresden Files series, I immediately went out and bought the first, like, six novels. There’s around 14 in the series so far, but when pay day rolls around I hope to get more! Haha! Check them out if you haven’t already!
Brittany @ http://www.spacebetweenthespines.com
Thank you–haven’t read him either! My to-read list is getting out of control. 🙂
Both are on my list of must reads. Maybe I’ll start tonight. Checking the library catalog now…
Let me know which one you read and how you’re liking it!
Man I think it is a real good feeling when we find some thing rare that we can become fans of. Sadly for me this only revolved around Shakespearean novels and movies.
Which play/movie is your favorite?
Hamlet as far as reads go and movie wise it’s hard to call the list is too big, I have been a Stephen chow fan tho