My husband, my ten-month-old, and I have all been sick this weekend. To my surprise, I couldn’t bring myself to finish my book and post the review as I’d planned. Every time I started to read, my eyes would close. I also usually read a book aloud to my son as he plays and my husband and I read a book aloud together. But neither of us have our voices, so I didn’t do that either. It’s amazing that I haven’t read much at all! My husband and I zoned out watching a movie all day Saturday, while our son crawled over us. That’s not like me.
Do you find your reading changing when you’re not feeling well? Or am I weird to be reading less?
Anyway, in lieu of a review, I’ll do Weekly Geeks this week, which is all about authors. (I don’t have energy to write up my thoughts about the book I just finished today, but I can do a few photo searches!)
So, the idea is, you guess in the comments who the authors are. I wish I could give you a reward if you get them all, but my budget really can’t right now. I will write a nice post linking to you. Is link love enough?
Note that I have my current and past reading on the Shelfari widget, so that could help you. Also, I am declining number 7 (“hot” authors?!) and number 5 (photo of myself with an author; my non-digital photos are in storage). I apologize in advance for WordPress’s default text wrapping. I don’t know how to work around it!
1. Photos of your favorite author(s). I don’t have a favorite author, but here some I like.
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Hints: (1) There is one author each from these categories: children’s, fiction, and nonfiction. (2) Each author has at least one book in my Amazon store.
2. Photo(s) of the author(s) of the book(s) you’re currently reading.
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3. Photo(s) of any author(s) you’ve met in person (even very briefly).
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4. A youtube of (an) author(s) you’ve heard speak.
Note: I’ve heard all the authors in number 3 speak.
6. A photo of the author of the book you’ve most recently finished. (I’ll post the review soon…)
Is the first one C S Lewis? I don’t recognise the others, but the last one is Winston Churchill. 🙂
I think I recognize Mark Twain, Winston Churchhill, and C.S. Lewis.
Robert Hass is in there… he spoke at my library recently and I recognized the promo photo.
Definitely see Amy Tan there, right?
I thought one was Alexander McCall Smith but now I am second guessing myself.
CHEKHOV!?
No C.S. Lewis, no Mark Twain, no Chekhov (although he does look kind of like Chekhov…). Yes on Alexander McCall-Smith, Winston Churchill, Robert Hass, and Amy Tan! I’ll post all of them in a few days.
@Mary: cool that you could hear Robert Hass. I heard him speak and met him years ago, before (shame on me) I ever read anything he wrote…..I took the occasion to buy some of his books! shame shame. Always read the author before you met them, I think….
Maupassant?
A A Milne
Winchester,Simon
Alexander McCall Smith
Maupassant
AmyTan
Sherman, Alexie
Hass, Bob
Churchill
Am I right?!
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