Dare You To Move

Gacked from a lot of the book review blogs I've been reading, most recently AndiLit: 

1. Who's your all-time favorite author and why?

I don't really have one, but J. K. Rowling, C. S. Lewis, and (gasp!) Philip Pullman are up there. J. K. Rowling is one of those authors that can spin a good story, even though the details and some other things fall by the wayside because of the plot. But she's one of those authors that I know I'm going to read any books she writes, no matter what, so that's a skill. And, obviously, C. S. Lewis is one—I really enjoyed reading his more mature works like Mere Christianity, but still absolutely adore the Chronicles of Narnia. Then, for Philip Pullman, I find his anti-Christian stance a bit intimidating, but he can certainly write an amazing story. I'll definitely have to read his other series if I can remember sometime.

2. Who was your first favorite author and why?

Oh, that's tough. I distinctly remember liking the Magic Treehouse books by Mary Pope Osborne and Laura Ingalls Wilder's series. Mary Pope Osborne was probably first—her books were thin, the type very huge, and I distinctly remember reading them in second or third grade. Laura Ingalls Wilder was a bit later than that because her books were typically thicker, but I really enjoyed her writing as well. And speaking of which, I'll probably have to reread her books soon—they're comforting, I think, and I haven't read them all for a couple years at least.

3. Who's your most recent addition to your most favorite authors and why?

Ken Follett, I'd say. I really enjoyed The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End—it's hard writing 900 or 1,000 page books and not make them boring, but Ken Follett managed it brilliantly. He really had a love and a knack for writing stories in that time period, I think. However, I've heard not-so-good things about his other books, so I may not read those—I'd wait until he writes more historical fiction novels in the vein of these two, if he ever will.

4. If someone asked you who your favorite authors were right now, which authors would first pop out of your mouth? Are there any you'd add on a moment further reflection?

J. K. Rowling, C. S. Lewis, Philip Pullman, Ann Coulter, Jonah Goldberg, J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Paolini... and on a moment's more reflection, probably Terry Brooks, Ken Follett and more, but I can't think of all of them at the moment. Maybe I'll edit this post with more if I think of them. (Edited to add: Sure enough, I forgot some. On a bit more reflection, I'd say Terry Goodkind and Stephenie Meyer as well, even though I haven't read all of their books, only a few. What I've read I've really enjoyed, though.)

Another meme post, but I really don't have any other ideas. Later, I might write a post about my day, but for now, I'm just content to procrastinate and do some memes.

First, here's one gacked from cluegirl, whose post I found by randomly searching LJ for memes:

And then there's the latest five questions from thefridayfive:

And then, at last, there's a new community I recently found, called fannish5 that looks interesting:

And now I'm done. I hope I didn't bore you all too much. :)