I've summoned the Publishing Fairy and bullied her into agreeing to give someone a book they want today. It's mostly a selfish thing; an act of Zen revenge to nullify something that I was stuck with that I don't want (long, ugly story.) I can't go into details without my head exploding. You'll get writer brains all over your browser. You don't mind, do you?
If you don't, in comments to this post name a book or author that makes you happy (or if you're in my boat at the moment, just toss your name in the magic hat) by midnight EST tonight, November 16, 2011. I'll draw one name at random from everyone who participates and grant the winner a BookWish*. This giveaway is open to everyone on the planet, even if you've won something here at PBW in the past.
*A BookWish is any book of the winner's choice available for order online and that costs up to a maximum of $30.00 U.S. dollars (I'll cover any additional shipping costs involved.)
O.o Wow. I wanna know the long ugly story, but I'm a curious beast. Hope it doesn't last too long, whatever it is.
ReplyDeleteAuthors that make me happy...*G* You. Ilona Andrews. Stacia Kane. Nora Roberts. JD Robb. And right now, I'm up later than I need to be with a new to me author, catherine mann-that's always good.
Thank you for this! I'm throwing my name in the hat!
ReplyDeleteTerribly old school I know - but I smile just thinking of Kim
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Hugs on the long ugly story. I'll admit to curiosity as well, but mostly I just hope it resolves soon.
ReplyDeleteThe list of authors that make me happy is huge, but off the top of my head, there's this one called Lynn Viehl, Ilona Andrews, C.E. Murphy, Michelle Rowen (okay, cheating a bit and limiting myself to books within my current view).
Hope you find something/someone to make your head stay unexploded.
Authors that make me happy: Sarah Addison Allen, Nora Roberts, Lisa Gardner, Kay Hooper, and you.
ReplyDeleteI've got quiet a few authors who makes me happy but lately that task has been done by Jaci Burton and Stacey Shannon. =)
ReplyDeleteDavid liss makes me happy.
ReplyDeleteOh cripes now I have to try and remember them all. Actually went on a buying spree for the kindle today in need of smiles as my Granddad passed after a battle with dementia.
ReplyDeleteLets see
Ilona Andrews, Nalini Singh, Janet Evanovich actually just about any book that takes me into another world.
Ilona Andrew, David Weber, Lois McMasters Bujold etc.
ReplyDeleteThe book I have always read if I'm sad and need a happy book is Eight Cousins by Louis May Alcott
ReplyDelete:) I love paranormal romance and a title that I'm almost crazy to get my hands on is "Lothaire" by Kresley Cole!
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I would have to say authors Linda Howard & Nalini Singh make me happy.
ReplyDeleteJim Butcher makes me happy.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway :)
dakeLa90 at aol dot com
Marian Keyes - even my least favorite of her books makes me happy.
ReplyDeleteSorry you've got a long ugly story going on right now. If it helps, you're an author that makes me happy. Other authors that make me happy: Seanan McGuire (aka Mira Grant), Rob Thurman, Vince Flynn, Monica McCarty, Allison Brennan... Heck, so many authors make me happy I could take all day naming them.
ReplyDeleteKaren Marie Moning, you, Holly Lisle, Devon Monk, Rachel Vincent...I could go on and on.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Erin K.
Nalini Singh and Keri Arthur make me happy. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter books always make me happy. And from the romance department the Argeneau vamps.
ReplyDeleteBut what I'd currently love to get my hands on is Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone.
Lois Bujold McMaster, Jim Butcher, Gini Koch and of course, you. :D
ReplyDeleteStephen King makes me happy (especially when he's making me think). I especially like "On Writing."
ReplyDeleteYour blog makes me happy, but I've never read any of your books - so if I win, just send me one of yours, Lynn ;).
ReplyDeleteRichelle Mead, Jim Butcher, and Kevin Hearne all top my very long list of authors that make me happy.
ReplyDeleteHope your situation improves soon!
DiDi
It's an old book, but if you want a story to make you happy there's Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart. (Even as old as it is, it seems a lot of people haven't heard of it, so I still bring it up.) I already have it, so to make me happy... I still haven't gotten around to reading anything by Karen Marie Moning. I'm sure there are other UF writers I've missed, but hers is the only name to come to mind right now.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely request. Authors that I enjoy who are great to read are Stacey McLynn, Adriana Trigiani, and Lynne HInton.
ReplyDeleteA writer I can count on to lift my spirits is Tara Heavey. Thanks for this chance.
ReplyDeleteJust about all books make me smile - a new adventure just waiting for me to open the cover and turn the pages.
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Marie
Book: Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons.
ReplyDeleteAuthor: Terry Pratchett.
Thanks for the giveaway.
Oh wow, I'm like the others hope the long story resolves itself for you.
ReplyDeleteAs for authors - you,, JD Robb, Jayne Ann Krentz, Patricia Briggs, Nalini Singh, Matthew Reilly, Jennifer Ashely, Lora Leigh just to name a few
Old Linda Howard books are comfort reads for me. She even has her own box, not just a section on my shelves.
ReplyDelete"Midnight Rainbow," can always make me laugh.
Right now I'm eyeing "Everything Beautiful Began After" by Simon van Booy. He's Welsh, so I expect lush and lyrical prose from him.
Hope things work out better than you expect, Lynn.
Whether or not I win, I recommend ThÃch Nhất Hạnh as a cure for exploding heads.
ReplyDeleteHappy, happy, happy!
ReplyDeleteYou, Ilona Andrews, Shelly Laurentson, Neil Gaiman, Meljean Brook, Steven Gould, Patricia Briggs,I could read the "Princess Bride" again and again
The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace :-)
ReplyDeleteRob Thurman. Gotta love a monster, a ninja and a puck.
ReplyDeleteHope your head un-explodes. ^_^
Right now I would like to put my name in the hat.
ReplyDeleteI just got Nightshine in the mail and I am VERY happy about that!
ReplyDeleteUgh an ugly story? May you have rainbows in your clouds.
ReplyDeleteMmm, Jodi Picoult, Diane Chamberlain and Barbara Erskine all keep me happy.
Very generous of you to wave your magic wand!
glynissmy at gmail dot com
Thanks for the opportunity to wish for something....my name....your hat!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this "wish".
ReplyDeleteMy first wish would be your book Lord of the Darkyn--Korvel's book (LOL).
But in the alternative,
Patricia Briggs (Alpha & Omega) & Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse) & Laurel K. Hamilton (Anita Blake), in that order.
ezinwanyi1@yahoo.com
My favorite authors: Rachel Caine, Devon Monk, Lilith Saintcrow, Kat Richardson and Cherie Priest, to name a few. I like books.
ReplyDeleteRight now Cherie Priest is making me happy with her new book Ganymede.
ReplyDeleteI second the suggestion of David Foster Wallace, especially his essays. (His collection, Consider the Lobster, had me laughing until I hurt.) I'm a guy, so not much of a romance fan (not at all, really), but I love your blog! Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteKevin
I like books in many flavors.
ReplyDeleteOne author that always makes me happy and I go back to his books time and again, Nick Bantock. Beautiful words and beautiful art.
Rebecca Kelly or Lynn Viehl!
ReplyDeletePlease keep your brain from exploding ... I want more Kyndred stories.
ReplyDeleteAuthors that that make me happy: you, Ilona Andrews, JD Robb, Jayne Ann Krentz (including Castle & Quick), Patricia Briggs, Nalini Singh, Linda Howard, Lora Leigh, Jeaniene Frost, Keri Arthur, Charlaine Harris, Faith Hunter, Dara Joy, KM Moning, Michelle Sagara, Carrie Vaughn, Shiloh Walker ... I could go on, but I'm running out of room. I love authors that tell a good story and take me out of my thoughts. Thank you for this wonderful "wish". Hugs to you. k:))
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ReplyDeleteI'd love a copy of Moby Dick -- lent mine out and it stayed away.
by_mhrudolph@hotmail.com
I finally got Nightshine(long story there too) enjoyed it a lot. authors that make me happy- kinda stuck but I've been re-reading Joey W hill a lot lately.
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For the smile, I'll fall back on the old standby of Jennifer Crusie's Bet Me. Given that my current academic reading load is full of utterly depressing mediations on urban development and exploitation, smiles are needed.
ReplyDeleteSorry you've something unwanted on your plate. When the time is right, I'd love to hear the story. Authors I love to read: you, Ilona Andrews, Richelle Mead, Karen Marie Moning, JR Ward, Janet Evanovich, and Maggie Shayne.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
Jennifer
Throwing my name in the hat!
ReplyDeleteNalini Singh, Patricia Briggs, and Julia Quinn :)
ReplyDeleteIf I'm mad, I reread the In Death series. Someone needs to be kicking ass and I'm ok with Eve Dallas doing it...less likely I'll go to jail that way. If I need a laugh, either Shelly Laurenston or Darynda Jones. Love me some Reyes Farrow. Yum! If I'm avoiding working on my NaNoWriMo novel (like I am right now), I'll read just about anything.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry about the potential head explodage - the feeling seems to be in season.
ReplyDeleteSomeone recommended The Princess Bride as a book that made her really happy, and it did to me too, until the last little caveat. I usually like Joe R Lansdale's Hap and Leonard series for something that makes me laugh out loud and dial down the rage meter.
((HUGS)) No exploding heads, OK?
ReplyDeleteAll authors make me happy because I'm grateful they give me so many books to read!
A book that makes me particularly happy? CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY.
One of my favorite authors is Diana Gabaldon. I love every word that she writes.
ReplyDeleteOne Thousand Gifts, by Anne Voskamp
ReplyDeleteSomeday I'll get to read this book. :P In the meantime, I read every review of it I can find.
Please, no exploding heads!... Though it could be interesting fictitiously.
Quilt books and Erma Bombeck make me happy lately. :)
ReplyDeleteIf I'm looking for a happy read I go with Walter Farley. His Black Stallion series always is a good read for me.
ReplyDeleteI have too many favorites (you included)to list, so I'll just throw my name in the magic hat.
ReplyDeleteBob
A zillion names to chose from, but books that I love and make me happy (not always the same thing as I like sad endings if they make sense) are I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, A Little Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett, and every single Harry Potter book. Which are all children's books. A recent book that made me tremendously sad but also happy was Revolution by Jennifer Donnely.
ReplyDeletelots of authors make me very happy but today's been one of those days. People have been a funky moon all week. Sure seems like it's been a full moon.
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My happy place authors are Nalini Singh, Meljean Brook, Ilona Andrews, and Marjorie M. Liu, all whom I definitely need for this week.
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