Ask Me Anything!

[lauren3210]

Because everyone is doing it and it looks like fun and I'm bored, so why not? Get as personal or as random as you like, y'all know how I love to share :D

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[nia_kantorka]

Which author would you like to meet and grill about their works? If one is not enough, you could tell me about one author from each of your favourite genres (I think it's only fair to be gracious here ;p).

[lauren3210.livejournal.com]

Ohmygod, there are so many! I'd love to have a sit down chat with Maggie Stiefvater (YA lit writer), because she just seems really cool, and I just think we'd get along really well together. I'd also love to talk to Madeline Miller (author of Song of Achilles), because I really want to ask her if she just wrote that book because she just couldn't hold in all the slash shippy feels after studying The Iliad at university (because I confess to having those ship feelings myself, haha!). Oh and also Kelley Armstrong (Adult horror/supernatural writer), because man can she write an awesome female character, and I really want to know how she managed to think up an entire universe of characters and still manage to fit them so seamlessly into our world. Sarah J Maas, Robin Talley, Holly Black, Libba Bray, and God, so many more awesome female writers, I want to chat with them all!

Oh, and Patrick Ness, of course, because he's lovely! :D

[nia_kantorka]

Maggie Stiefvater must be a great person. Whenever I see something she said (on tumblr), I love it. I have her Wolves of Mercy Fall series on my tbr shelf, but haven't read it. God, all these unread books in my life.

I'm curious about Madeline Miller's book now. :)

Kelly Armstrong writes YA too. I read her Darkest Power series. My blog fellow loves her Women of the Otherworld books and I read all her reviews. It's slightly intimidating that there are so many books and such a bunch of characters.

Libba Bray. Oh God yes! I'm waiting like mad for her second Diviners story and loved Going Bovine. Her blog posts are hilariously funny.

I've only heard about the others, but at least Patrick Ness is also on my tbr pile. :)

[lauren3210.livejournal.com]

Read Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle series, Nia! Doooooo ittttttt! Canon gay character! Possibly canon gay relationship! Angry feminist female character! House full of psychic characters! Magic woods! Seriously, go read them, you won't be disappointed.

And yes, I've read all of Kelley Armstrong's books, including her YA series (she was the first author to write a love triangle the right way, and I love her for it). There are a lot of characters, but you won't be disappointed by them, they're all awesome in different ways!

[nia_kantorka]

Haha. I'll try. But it's hard to buy new books when I have tons of unread at home. ;p
Do you read slash books too? It can be a bit one-sided with all the fics on top, but there are some awesome books out there.

Sorry, Kelley, not Kelly. I really liked her style and should try at least the first one.