favourite authors

I've had a few emails asking me who is my favourite author is or favourite books etc. So I thought I'd post and let you all know who and why.

For me personally there are about 10 authors that I read without fail but I dont think it'd be right to post a big list of them so I've tried to limit this post to the 3 main authors that I read without fail, there are others which if you want me to post more email me at the50bookchallenge@gmail.com

the first is Lisa Lutz she's the author of the Spellman books (The Spellman Files, Curse of the Spellmans, Revenge of the Spellmans)

The books she writes are smart funny and totally enveloping. As the characters develop through the books the progression of their personalities and flaws keep you reading.

If you enjoyed Veronica Mars on TV you'll love theses series of books, although you can read them out of order and they would easily stand up as a solo read, if you can id recommend starting at the beginning and working your way through.




The second author I read without fail is James Patterson, I'm not a fan of the love stories or the kids books he writes but the thrillers he writes are simply brilliant, there's very few authors who have the ability to make me sit down and read at every opportunity, When I bought the last of the Alex Cross series when It was released I bought it from Asda (British supermarket) and read the first few chapters as I walked around buying groceries.

He has written so many books I'm not going to pick one or two to highlight instead if you follow this link you can pick for yourself from amazon personally I don't think there is a bad one, as long as you don't go for the love stories or the kids books lol not that there is anything wrong with them, I'm just not a fan.


The last of the 3 that I'm listing here (although there are more that I will add later on) is Dan Brown, I know a lot of people don't like his style of writing, although I've no idea why, his books are immersing and enjoyable. I don't only read books to expand my mind, I like to be entertained and books like The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Deception point Digital Fortress and his new book The lost Symbol more than fit the bill.

Other than these three there are some others like Anonymous who wrote The Book With No Name and The Eye of the Moon. As well as Karin Slaughter, Sam Bourne, Scarlett Thomas, Tom Rob Smith and Jeremy Duns all of who I would buy without reading the back of the cover and recommend without consideration.

I will post again in a couple of days with links to some of the books I've enjoyed the most, although I'll try and limit it to maybe 5 or 6. I tried to just list 3 authors and I ended up listing 9 lol.

Book 24 - Blindsighted

Book 24 is Blindsighted written by Karin slaughter and published by Arrow Books and is available to buy from both amazon and play.com

Now first off I must say sorry for the lack of reviews, I've now finished my first book and am at the editing stage (which is harder than I thought it would be) so I should be getting everything back on track from now on.

Blindsighted wasn't the first of Karin Slaughters books that I've read, that was Fractured and then Martin misunderstood. They are the reason I bought the rest of the 'Grant County' series (Blindsighted, Kisscut, A Faint cold fear, Indelible, faithless and beyond reach a.k.a Skin Privilege).

After reading the blurb on the back of the book, I hoped that they were going to live up to the praise, even though very few books manage it.

I started reading and it reminded me of some of the early books in the Alex Cross series by James Patterson (I should explain, I love the Alex Cross series and a fair few of the other James Patterson books. So when I read something like this its those that I compare them against.)

I have to be honest though, they're not the easiest to read, not because of the content of the story or the descriptions within but the actual style of writing, more so when the characters are talking. The she said and he said parts of the conversation come before the character have said anything. Its not bad once you get used to it but it does halt the flow when reading, for me at least; because sometimes I don't know without checking the line I've just read who it was that was either speaking or about to speak.

The story takes place over 7 days and is divided up into days within the book. Sara Linton works as pediatrician and coroner in Heartsdale Georgia. Being the coroner she has to work with her ex husband the local police chief Jeffrey Tolliver even though they were divorced two years earlier after she caught him with another woman.

After going for lunch with her Tessa, her sister. To a local diner Sara goes to the bathroom and finds the mutilated body of Sibyl Adams. Sister of Lena Adams who is one of Jeffrey Tollivers best detectives.

The story follows the roller coaster of the emotions of the characters involved as well as bringing it to a thundering conclusion. In much the same way as books in the 'Alex Cross' series.

All in all its a decent story and I did enjoy it, and others from the series that I have since gone on to read.

It's not a bad book by any stretch of the imagination but its not as good as fractured which is to be expected as Karin Slaughter has developed her skills over the intervening years. I'm not 100% sure if I'd recommend this book with the same verve as I would Fractured and Martin Misunderstood but I would still say its a decent read.