Check if they are on Twitter. I follow Ann Cleeves and Barbara Nadel on Twitter and tweet when I've enjoyed one of their books or about Ann's tv series. I've gotten replies, which is a buzz.

They do know that virtually all kids can find anything on the Internet… Whooo! Some of that fan fiction!

I have only read Wuthering Heights , Tenant of Wildfell Hall , Agnes Grey , Jane Eyre .

I liked Wuthering Heights the best, then Jane Eyre , then Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

I am going to read either Villette or Shirley this year. Looking forward to it a lot! I avoided reading Jane Eyre for a very long time because i had heard too much about it and felt like it could only disappoint. Well, when it didn't. It was compelling as hell!

I still prefer Wuthering Heights to it since i love intensity and WH has that in buckets. Plus, the setting is beyond incredible, and the damaged characters just speak to me. (Damn, i feel like rereading it now!)

What is their relationship like in the book?

I read it some time ago. Alot of books you have forgotten the next day. This one sticks with you.

>I am a very avid reader

I never understand what is a "avid" reader as redditors use the word. But nevermind it.

If you want to write a fan letter or communication, just do, if authors do not want it, they can not check their mails or whatever (and some do not).

But keep something in mind, sometimes it might be disappointing to know too much about the authors, and it might affect how you enjoy a book. A quote from a favorite book of mine

“Despite the fact that he loves books and owns a bookstore, A.J. does not particularly care for writers. He finds them to be unkempt, narcissistic, silly, and generally unpleasant people. He tries to avoid the ones who've written books he loves for fear that they will ruin their books for him.”

I had to stop reading them before bed! They’re legitimately unsettling. It’s fun!

I am posting this same comment in multiple threads…

The reason the mo legislature did this is dumb, but the $4.5M is a small amount. For instance the STL County Library budget in 2021 was over $56M, but the state aid portion of that is less than $400k. In other words, it’s a rounding error, and getting the state out of local library decisions should actually be better than allowing them to influence things.

https://www.slcl.org/sites/default/files/2021-Approved-Budget.pdf

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A lot*

They just said that

Vegans are some terrible yokers.

I have a Kindle, so I download 3-4 books on it and read them all according the mood I'm in.

I have occasionally communicated to well known authors by email, snailmail or on Twitter when I had something to say - e.g. when they'd said explicitly that there was something they wanted to know, and I happened to know it. I've never sent generic fanmail but I don't suppose they would have objected.

My cat sat herself down on the book The Book Thief, I thought it was cute, took a photo, posted it on Instagram. A little while later someone commented on the photo "my cat did this too when I was writing the book" or something like that. It was the author!

I'll take your ngaio marsh and offer you two in return: Edmund Crispin and Georgette heyer.

Marsh is extremely well known and respected in the NZ literary scene - there's even a crime writing award in her name!

Yes. That said, compliment their work. Maybe ask a question. Be careful of criticism (even well intentioned) and remember they don’t owe you a response.

"A good reporter, if he chooses the right approach, can understand a cat or an Arab. The choice is the problem, and if he chooses wrong he will come away scratched or baffled.-A.J. Liebling"

I read this in Hunter S. Thompson's Hell's Angels and couldn't understand it. Would anybody be able to explain it?

If you have a Twitter, that can also be a good idea. Especially for lesser known authors, because they aren't getting flooded with DMs the way your literary giants may be. I DMed one of my favorite authors recently about a book she translated from Japanese to English, and we had a very wholesome/interesting conversation. She even told me about an upcoming title that hasn't been advertised in any way yet. So no matter the medium, go for it.

I'm partial to Asimov's quote myself:

>“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge’.”

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I had no idea it was based on a book !

Yes of course try reaching out to them on Instagram their is a huge bookish community on there