Author suggestions

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

Hi, my community. :)

I think I get pickier with age. I'm fairly particular about what I like to read now. I like it when books make me feel hopeful and inspired. I tend to prefer somewhat light-hearted stories with a female main character. It's nice when she's in her 30s like me, but I'm kind of flexible. I'm not really into high-school-aged main characters anymore, though (but there are exceptions when it's a unique situation--such as in Cinder). I like some romance, but I don't want it to be the entire topic--a little goes a long way with me. I like happyish endings. I don't mind an unlikely situation, but I don't want super cheesy lines and completely unrealistic reactions. Mysteries are fun sometimes.

Authors I've really enjoyed lately:

Mary Kay Andrews
Sophie Kinsella
Beth Harbison
Emily Giffin
Sarah Strohmeyer
Kristen Heitzmann
Rainbow Rowell
Lauren Weisberger

I'm currently reading one by Hester Browne, and it's pretty good so far.

Authors I've tried but am not really in the mood for, in case you're going to suggest them: Jennifer Weiner, Mary Stewart, Cecelia Ahern (actually I have never made it through a book of hers--so boring!), Elizabeth Peters, Elizabeth Adler, Dorothea Benton Frank.

I loooove audiobooks and don't put in a lot of time reading book-books, so I'm looking for suggestions of authors who have audio of some books available. I'm open to Christian and non, provided the Christian isn't totally corny, and the non isn't full of sex scenes.

So...have I been too specific, or do some of you have some ideas for me? :)

Comments

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

Good idea! I have done that once in the past, and eventually it worked. The only weird part was that I requested they get a certain book, and the way I learned that they had even gotten my email was that months later, it was suddenly ready for me to pick up like I had put it on hold. :P So weird. No other contact to let me know.

[eattheolives.livejournal.com]

Hm ... that's all we do too. What would you have wanted to hear? (Not a snarky question ... genuinely asking. :))

[moredetails.livejournal.com]

Well, a reply (automated is fine) to my initial request for the book would've been awesome, since it seemed to go into a black hole. And then when the book was purchased (or whatever they did to get it), maybe a note saying it was available for me to check out? Or even a note saying it was now on my hold list (though that's assuming I'm ready to have it on hold). It was just weird to suddenly learn it was waiting for me months after the request.