Comments on: Completed: 2nds Challenge 2009

By: Susan Helene Gottfried

Susan Helene Gottfried — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:30:00 +0000

Well, unless it’s a series which I’ll grab immediately and start burning my way through, an author’s backlist is a large reason why my wishlist is closing in on 2000 books… and the same problem everyone else says: there’s just SO MUCH OUT THERE.

Sometimes, I look at the flood and wish I wasn’t part of it.

By: bookmagic (deb)

bookmagic (deb) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:44:13 +0000

I hadn’t heard of this challenge before. If I find an author I like, I try to read their other works too. Congrats on finishing

By: iliana

iliana — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:12:21 +0000

I did a seconds challenge once but I used it more for series books. Which was great as I got to read more in a mystery series. If I find an author I like of course I want to read more by them but I try not to read books back-to-back. I like to space things out to save some and not get too burnt out

By: Jenners

Jenners — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:03:24 +0000

Hey … like the new look! : )

And if I find an author I like, I definitely seek out and read the rest. I could have done this challenge with my eyes shut if I’d signed up for it. Authors I “discovered” and read more than one book by this this year alone include Christopher Moore, Tom Perrotta, Jen Lancaster, and Jhumpa Lahiri. I’m a very faithful fan … unless you turn bad (I’m thinking of Patricia Cornwell) or I get tired of your formula (Janet Evanovich).

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:57:35 +0000

I’m very impressed with you! Way to go!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:43:59 +0000

I used to do better at reading more by an author but I think that was because I was far less away of how many wonderful authors there are out there. I really was unwilling to take a risk with my book dollars. Now that I can get so many recommendations via blogs, I’m more likely to spread my reading love to authors I haven’t read before. But there are also so many authors I want to get back to.

By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:12:20 +0000

I do like to read more writing by the same author. This summer I read Howard’s End by E.M. Forster and then subsequently read A Room With a View; I’ve read all of Maeve Binchy’s books by doing this as well; and Tamora Pierce…I think it’s a habit

By: Darlene

Darlene — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:33:29 +0000

I have a lot of times after reading a recent work of an authors gone back and picked up some of their others. It just seems now that I’m always so busy reading the next one on the list that I don’t have a chance to read back works of an author. I hope to make more time for stuff like that this year but I’m already getting booked with other stuff. I need to take a couple of months for just me. lol.

By: Literary Feline

Literary Feline — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:32:37 +0000

Like Sandy, I used to regularly read an author’s back list if I really liked something I’d read by that author. Since I started blogging, however, I tend to do that less. So many new authors and new books are being brought to my attention (and by new I mean new-to-me, not necessarily new to the publishing world). I have good intentions. I do want to go back and read more by many of the others I’ve learning about. I just need to actually do it.

Congratulations on completing the 2nds Challenge, by the way! If I finish my current book before the year is out, I’ll be able to up my number for the challenge from 8 to 9. Not a success per say, but closer.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:52:09 +0000

Before I started blogging, this was my modus operandi. But no more. I think I just get in such a big hurry to read other things, that I don’t take the time to explore other works by an author. Some exceptions to that was Connie May Fowler – I consumed everything of hers this year – and Sarah Waters (I’m now in the middle of her third book). I need to take more time to do this!