Cool Questions from Shelf Awareness

Hi All!

Shelf Awareness is one of my favorite online newsletter subscriptions--it gives a lot of different information about the book trade, bookstores, and authors. At least twice a month, they ask different authors the following questions (with occasional variations), which I think are terrific questions to think about and discuss. Please feel free to answer in the comments area, or to email the answers to me. Both personally and professionally, I love to know what people are reading, have read, and what books and authors they're passionate about. Thanks for playing :), and thanks to Shelf Awareness.

On your nightstand now:

Book you've "faked" reading:

Book you've bought for the cover:

Favorite book when you were a child:

Book that changed your life:

Favorite line from a book:

Top five favorite authors:

Books you recommend as regeneration when people say, "I'm bored by almost all contemporary American writers.":

Book you can't believe that everyone has not read and loved:

Book you are an "evangelist" for:

Book you most want to read again for the first time:

Happy Reading!
Patti