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Laura Griffin | Who doesnβt love a good page-turner?
My favorite experience as a reader is to be riveted by a book and simply unable
to stop reading while time ticks by all around me.
As you can imagine, this drives my family nuts. I have certain favorite authors
( Linda Howard, Karen Robards, Patricia Cornwell, Lee Child, just to name a
few), whose books seem to grab hold of me, shove me into a chair, and demand
that I stay there until the very last page. Occasionally, I do get up to answer
the phone, feed my family, or grab an Oreo, but sleep and other unnecessary
activities fall by the wayside.
What are your favorite page-turners? For me, theyβre often mysteries or
romantic suspense stories. (My favorite genre! Which is probably why I love to
read it as well as write it!) And sometimes a page-turner isnβt scary at all,
but rather a love story that pulls you in and makes you really care about the
characters. The Time
Travelerβs Wife is an example that comes to mind. Or This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. I
could go on and on.
My most treasured emails from readers are, ironically, the slightly annoyed
ones where people say something like, βWell, Iβm a zombie today because I
stayed up til 2 a.m. finishing your bookβ¦β or βI couldnβt put it down and had
my nose in it through the entire softball gameβ¦β For me, this is the highest
compliment.
I hope youβll drop me a line on the blog here or at laura@lauragriffin.com and tell me
about your favorite page-turners. I have to admit, I have ulterior motives for
this informal survey β¦ Iβm looking for examples for a talk next month with a
writersβ group in Houston. So Iβd love your input!
And please check out my next release, Whisper of Warning, which features a woman who finds herself at
the heart of a brutal murder plot, and also finds herself falling in love with
the detective assigned to solve the case. Fresh Fiction was kind enough to call
Whisper of Warning, βa
gripping romantic suspense that will keep you guessing until the last page.β I
hope youβll agree!
My Favorite Page-Turners thatβ¦
made me laugh: One for the
Money by Janet
Evanovich
made me cry: This Heart of
Mine by Susan Elizabeth
Phillips
made me terrified: Pet
Sematary (sp) by Stephen King
made me late for work: Out
of Control by Suzanne
Brockmann
made me afraid to walk to my car at night: The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris
Laura Griffin is the
award-winning author of numerous romantic suspense novels, including WHISPER OF WARNING and THREAD OF FEAR.
Comments
7 comments posted.
Re: Laura Griffin | Who doesnβt love a good page-turner?
Laura, those are some of my faves, too! I still giggle over SEP's IT HAD TO BE YOU & HEAVEN TEXAS, and I run for the Puffs Plus when I even think about Suz Brockmann's UNSUNG HERO. Books I can't put down are Robert B. Parker--I'd crawl across broken glass for that guy . . .
(Kit Frazier 10:47am March 30, 2009)
I loved Thread of Fear and have been looking forward to reading Whisper of Warning. I also love Lisa Jackson, I just finished reading an older book by her called Intimacies. Susan Crandall also has a new book out that you can't read with the lights out called Seeing Red. Right now I am in the middle of Karen Robard's Pursuit.
(Judy Anderson 1:59pm March 30, 2009)
I also love mysteries, especially psychological thrillers. Other books that keep me pinned to my seat are those that add a touch of comedy. They make me keep reading while I laugh at the antics of the characters.
(LuAnn Morgan 2:01pm March 30, 2009)
To see the word "page-turner" makes me laugh, since I used to think this was the person sitting on the bench next to the piano player. Flipping through pages of my favorite books, now I enjoy romance, historical or otherwise and am delving more into mysteries.
(Alyson Widen 2:32pm March 30, 2009)
Catherine Coulter's FBI thrillers. Wow! Talk about getting your attention!. Love them and I just finished reading "The Murder Game" by Beverly Barton, and couldn't put it down until I was done. Books that keep me guessing and wondering what's going to happen next are the ones I look for.
(JoAnn White 4:38pm March 30, 2009)
You & the folks here have named most of my favorite "page-turning" authors. One not mentioned is JA Konrath and his alter-ego, Jack Kilborn. His Konrath series is about a Chicago cop & is suspense & comedy; He just 3/31 released his first Jack Kilborn book and it is the SCARIEST book I have ever read including Pet Semetary! And Charlotte Hughes series about a Psychologist is also comedy & suspense. But definitely anything by Suzanne Brockmann, Catherine Coulter, Patricia Cornwell, Nicholas Sparks, and I could go on!!
(Kelli Jo Calvert 1:33pm March 31, 2009)
I love it when I get so engrossed in a
book that I am dead to the world. This
actually happens a lot. Thanks to wonder
authors like yourself:)
(Bridget Hopper 8:41pm March 31, 2009)
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