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 Rick Riordan

(author of the Percy Jackson books, the Kane Chronicles, the Trials of Apollo books, and more)

I first stumbled on Rick Riordan years before my kids were even close to old enough to read them. I read the first set of Percy Jackson books because everyone online seemed to be talking about them. And they were good. I very much enjoyed them. But then, I stuck them in a corner and moved on to other stories.

Fast forward several years. 

I went to enroll my kids into their new schools after our move. The school was giving away ...

 Seanan McGuire:

  -author of the October Daye series, the InCryptid series, the Wayward Children series, and more

This is a writer I have only recently discovered. Once again, living in a cave for a decade has its drawbacks. I don't remember exactly when I began noticing the name all over bookstore shelves but suddenly, there they were. Everywhere. And they looked good. Unfortunately, I was in a position that didn't allow much buying of books. :( I had no actual income at that point and it was all I could do to keep up with a handful of my ...

Abby Jimenez

- author of  The Friend Zone, The Happy Ever After Playlist, and the upcoming Life's Too Short

I have a confession to make. I don't read romance novels. Like, ever.  At least, I didn't.

Once upon a time, long, long ago, having read pretty much the entire public library, I looked around for something -anything!- else to read. Pickings were slim. If it looked even remotely interesting, I had already read it. Except... there was one shelf. It was the 'here, just take it' shelf where they keep all the books they don't care about ...