Prolific Authors 2013

bookshelfWay back in December of 2011, I took our first look back at the authors I have read the most dating back to high school.  Since that time, I’ve read 34 books from 31 different authors.  I don’t think there is going to be much movement since then, but it’s time to take another look and see if my “favorite” authors have changed much in that time.  Once again, we will be limiting ourselves to the now 47 authors from whom I have read more than one book.

Author Name Current Total 2011 Total Difference
Nancy Holder 13 13 0
Christopher Golden 12 12 0

No change to these two, who owe their totals mostly to Buffy and Angel tie-in novels.

Greg Rucka 12 11 1
Stephen King 10 9 1

Both of these long time favorites increased their total by one book.  Rucka’s newest is due out next summer and is already pre-ordered.

Michael Jan Friedman 8 8 0
Brad Meltzer 8 7 1

Brad Meltzer pulls into a tie for the top 5 with another author of tie-in novels, mostly Star Trek: TNG and Lois & Clark. Continue reading →

Prolific Authors

Since I haven’t finished a book in a while (although I should get one done soon), I thought I would take a look back at the authors I have read the most.  Since I started keeping track, I have read books by 181 different authors, but we will only be looking at those whom I have read more than once.

Author Name Total
Nancy Holder 13
Christopher Golden 12

Most, if not all of these are due to Buffy and Angel tie-in novels.

Greg Rucka 11
Stephen King 9

Strange that these two are bunched together, as I have read all of Rucka’s non-tie-in work, and I haven’t read anything by King in years. That may change next year, though. Continue reading →

Book 8 (of 52) – Personal Injuries

Personal Injuries - Scott Turow

Personal Injuries - Scott Turow

This was not your father’s legal thriller.  Most of the action is confined to the courtrooms and law offices of the main players, making it more legal than thriller.  But the characters come alive in ways difficult to describe, making the story worth the read.  This was my first time revisiting Turow since late high school/early college and, while not as good as I remember the previous outings, it was a nice reintroduction to the goings on in Kimball County.

Possibly the better story here is the mystery of a little addendum to the physical book.  I must have bought the hardcover years ago on eBay (it originally came out in 1999) and then put it in a drawer until earlier this year.  Tucked inside was a boarding pass for American Airlines flight 685 headed to New York from Fort Lauderdale on November 2nd, 2009.  Mr. Todd Scher must have enjoyed this particular piece of fiction while sitting in seat 14A on his evening flight to New York.  What is his story?  Heading to New York for business?  Returning home after some fun in sunny Florida?  Is he who I bought the book from?  Where is he now?  Is this him?