Agreed. Her books were a big part of my childhood. I know some of hers were considered controversial back in the day, but I love how unafraid she was to talk about real issues/concerns faced by girls and young women.

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Good question. My favorites of hers were published in the late 80s and early 90s. I'd suggest starting there. Enjoy!

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The thing I love about MHC is that her books are compelling but also clean. My grandma introduced her books to my dad, who introduced them to me. All of us enjoyed them. Also, I can recommend them widely knowing that they won't offend anybody.

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Seriously! She's written so many books. I'm super impressed that she continued to write into her 90s. I hope I'm that productive at that age!

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I agree. I like having faces to go with the names of authors.

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I haven't read a Trigiani book in some time, but I do really like most of hers. Picoult's a longtime favorite of mine - you should definitely give her a shot!

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Ha! Mine neither. I looked up all these authors' bibliographies so I could remember what they've written. I haven't used Goodreads for that long, so I had to guesstimate which books of theirs I've read and which I hadn't. My memory cannot be relied on either!

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That's awesome! I've never been able to read in the car without getting sick. Audiobooks would have helped with that on long family road trips.

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I hope so! They deserve it :)

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I haven't read a Blume book since I was a kid. I wonder what I would think of them now?? I really should re-read ARE YOU THERE GOD at least.

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I'm the opposite - I love book Tempe Brennan and the t.v. Tempe is SOOO different. I only watched a few episodes of Bones and that's all I could handle. Darn t.v. for ruining one of my favorite fictional characters! I hate that.

I actually totally forgot about Cleary when I was making my list. I used to love her books.

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There's a reason you and I get along so well, Kay :) We enjoy the same kinds of books! I do have to admit, though, that I haven't read much Christie (only AND THEN THERE WERE NONE and MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS) and only one Nora Roberts (it was a post-apocalyptic one that I didn't care for).

It's so funny that so many people liked Bones, but not the Tempe Brennan book series. I'm the opposite, like I explained above. The t.v. show bugs me because it's SO different from the books and I could never separate them enough in my head to enjoy the t.v. show.

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Yay! We're book twins! I do like Trigiani, although I haven't read a book by her in quite some time. Her novels are fun, though.

I just finished THE WOMAN IN THE GREEN DRESS by Tea Cooper. It's the first book I've read by her and I really enjoyed it. I'm definitely going to be checking out her others.

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I think you're right. I definitely tend to read mostly women, and middle-aged white women at that! It's not purposeful, it's just that I tend to gravitate toward women who write about women. I guess because women tend to write - authentically - about motherhood, family, relationships, etc. and those are all issues that resonate with me. I do need to do better about reading more books by men and authors of color.

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Thanks so much for the follow! I appreciate it.

I read tons of King back in the day. I don't know that I'll ever read more by him, just because his style isn't really "me" anymore, but who knows? His books definitely draw me in.

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I completely forgot about Cleary when I wrote my list and I didn't even bother trying to remember how many Nancy Drew books I read back in the day! That would have been too much work for my aging memory :)

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I was a huge Pike fangirl back in the day! I even wrote him a gushing fan letter. He crushed my young heart by never replying. Ha ha.

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It is a little weird that you've never read King. Of course, I haven't read his books in a long time. He's not really my style these days, but when I was a teenager, I was all over his books!

Trigiani writes fun novels. I like her.

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Discovering new books and authors is one of my favorite things about TTT. I've added SO many books to my TBR list because of this meme!

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She has and when I looked at her bibliography, I couldn't remember which of hers I'd read and which I haven't. A few of them, like ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME MARGARET really stand out in my mind, but it's been so long since I've read her that not all of them do anymore.

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I don't think I've read much more than 20 books by any one author. I tend to jump around a lot and try new ones.

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I really like Reichs' books. They're compelling. I also like the way she talks about forensics - she explains the science well without talking down to the reader but still making it easy to understand.

You sound like me with King. I think I'm just too wimpy now to read him!

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I agree! I love how Picoult writes about hot button issues from all sides. Even if I don't agree with certain characters' perspectives, I learn from them. That's my favorite part about her books. I'm glad I'm not the only fan :)

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I've wondered the same thing. Would Blume's books speak to me as strongly now that I'm grown up? I'm guessing no, but it would be interesting to find out.

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I INHALED his books as a young teen! They were so gripping. I should try re-reading them as an adult and see what I think of them now.

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Good thing they both have published TONS of books. I'd guess I've read half of MHC's, but not even a King's. They're both very prolific authors.

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I haven't read a Trigiani book in some time either. I should catch up on hers as well.

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That's a lot of books! I love both Reichs and Clark, although I haven't read the latter much in recent years. Reichs took some time off of writing due to illness, so she didn't publish for a few years. I missed not reading a book of hers every year. She's back now, thank goodness!

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He was pretty popular back in the day!

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Definitely! It's always interesting to compare/contrast my list with others. It's one of the things that makes TTT so fun!

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Ha ha. My parents didn't pay a lot of attention to what I read as a teen, although I definitely remember my Dad raising an eyebrow when I brought home a stack of library books by Stephen King, Dean Koontz, John Saul, etc. I've always loved mystery/thriller books with a little horror mixed in. My dad was a bit surprised when he realized that!

I've really enjoyed Jane Casey's books. She's an underrated writer, in my opinion.

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I read a lot of Blume back in the day, but I haven't read anything by her since I was a kid. I should try some of her recent adult novels.

King is the same. I used to read him like crazy. Now, not so much.

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Ha ha. When I was younger, anyway!

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