Have you ever laid a bestseller down and when you went back to pick it back up hours or days later a big, shiny face was staring up at you? I admit, I hate it. I don’t see any reason for it, but some of the biggest names in fiction disagree. See if you can tell me who these head shots belong to. 5 points each. Submit your answers as a comment before noon on Saturday.
Please play along with us. For everyone who plays an extra $ goes to the winner and the everyone is entered for a special prize. Just leave a comment with your guesses and don’t google the answers.
Rules & Leaderboard here. Last week’s Beginnings Quiz here.
1. Jodi Picoult
2. Dean Koontz
3. Amanda Quick/Jayne Ann Krentz
4. James Patterson
5. Nora Roberts
6. Dennis Lehane
7. Tess Gerritsen
8. Vince Flynn
9. Fern Michaels
10. Daniel Silva
11. Brad Thor
12. Harlan Coben
13. Barbara Delinsky
14. Sherrilyn Kenyon
15. Richard Russo
16. Nicholas Evans
17. Sandra Brown
18. John Sandford
19. Tami Hoag
20. Nicholas Sparks
hmmmm…this is difficult. I feel like I’ve seen a lot of them on book covers but cannot recall most of them.
1) Jodi Picoult
2) Stephen King
5) Nora Roberts
7) Amy tan (not sure though)
Thanks for playing this week 🙂 You are on the board with 10 points. Koontz and King do look similar.
Your answers will be hidden until Saturday.
I’m horrible with names so I sat here and looked at each photo thinking “oh that’s the guy who wrote X” and “she’s the one who writes all those popular X”. I can only name a few and one is my favorite author. I’ll just step aside and let those with better memories take a stab 😉
I would have given you a few points for “the guy who write that” 🙂
Wow, I didn’t realize so many authors did this. I only know two of them.
You should guess, then!
I only know two for certain: 1. Jodi Picoult 17. Sandra Brown
Absolutely right! 10 points 🙂
#11 is Brad Thor
#17 is Sandra Brown
And ack, I know I know 12 but ack, his name has left the building!
Very good. Not too many people got Brad Thor. 10 points.
OK, let’s see how many of these I can tease out of my memory:
1. Jodi Picoult
2. Dean Koontz
3. Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick?
4. James Patterson
5. Nora Roberts
6. Dennis Lehane
7. Tess Gerritsen
8. Vince Flynn??
9. Fern Michaels
10.
11.
12. Harlan Coben
13.
14.
15.
16.
17. Sandra Brown
18. John Sandford
19.
20.
I have more of them on the tip of my tongue, but they don’t seem to be coming out. I know #13, but cannot think of her name!!! Grrr.
12 right is awesome, Kay! 60 points 🙂
This is a tough one!
#1 Jodi Picoult
#2 Dean Koontz?
#4 James Patterson
#5 Janet Evanovich?
#12 Harlan Coben
#17 Sandra Brown
#18 John Sandford
#20 Nicholas Sparks
7 correct for 35 points!
I can’t believe it! I know ONE! #17 is Sandra Brown.
Woo Hoo! You’re on the board with 5 points 🙂
1 picoult
2 king
4 Patterson
5 Roberts
7 Tan
12 Coben
17 brown
18 sand ford
20 sparks
35 points! You were the first to confuse Koontz with King.
Yikes, those are shiny faces. Is that something your library does to the book jacket? I have a couple of those books and the author’s picture is not that big on mine. I’ll be back with my answers.
The glare wouldn’t have been so bad if I’d had time to do this on the daylight!
1. Jodi Picoult
2. Dean Koontz I think, but it does look like a younger Stephen King
3. Jayne Ann Krentz
4. James Patterson
5. Nora Roberts or JD Robb depending upon the book LOL
6. Dennis Lehane
7. Tess Gerritsen
8. ?
9. Fern Michaels
10. ?
11. Brad Thor
12. Harlan Coban
13. Barbara Delinsky
14. Sherrilyn Kenyon
15. Richard Russo
16. Nicholas Evans
17. Sandra Brown I think
18. ?
19. Tami Hoag
20. Nicholas Sparks
Looks like I need to read a couple of more authors to recognize their faces. My boys don’t read them as I checked their books! ;o)
AWesome as always 🙂 Good catch with Koontz. 17 right for 85 points.
I ohly recognized one of them! Guess I don’t read enough NYTimes bestsellers!
1 answer is enough to make you eligible for a prize, so please guess 🙂
2. Dean Koontz
4. James Patterson
5. Nora Roberts
7. Tess Gerritsen
12. Harlan Coben
17. Sandra Brown
19. Tami Hoag
I recognize several more photos but can’t think of their names! lol
All correct for 35 points 🙂
I recognized about 7 of them. You are so creative with these quizes.
7 is a lot!
Okay, only know 2 for sure.
1. Jodi Piccoult
20. Nicholas Sparks
I don’t see how it would help to slap your face on the whole back cover. People don’t buy books because of what the author looks like.
I know! And most of the time I just find it distracting. 10 points 🙂
7 is a lot, Diane! I hope you’ll come back and submit your answers. The more people that play the bigger the prize!
I recognise a lot but will have to have a coffee and wait for my brain to kick-start before I come back and play 🙂
You done good 🙂
1. Jodi Picoult
2. Stephen King
3. I know I’ve seen her…who can forget that hair? (Me, evidently)
4. James Patterson
5. Nora Roberts
6. Dennis Lehane
7.
8. A suit and tie? Seriously, dude?
9. It kinda looks like Iris Johansen, but not
10. An older, leaner J. Safran Foer?
11. Brad Thor
12. Harlen Coben
13.
14. Sherrilyn Kenyon
15.
16. He looks like a Tom
17. Sandra Brown (and does anyone else think she’s starting to look like she’s had some face lifts?)
18
19. Tami Hoag
20. Nicholas Sparks
50 points! I do think that Sandra may have had one too many touch ups 🙂
Ok here goes:
1. Jodi Picoult – love her work!
2. Dean Koontz
3. Jayne Ann Krentz
4. James Patterson
5.
6. John Grisham ??
7. Tess Gerritsen :))
8.
9. Fern Michaels (I think)
10.
11.
12. Harlan Coben 🙂
13. Barbara Delinsky
14. Sherrilyn Kenyon
15.
16.
17. Sandra Brown
18. John Sandford
19. Tami Hoag
20.
And impressive 12 right for 60 points 🙂
Sorta have an unfair advantage being a Librarian
1 Jodi Piccoult
2 Dean Koontz
3 Jayne Krantz
4 James Patterson (nice to see him on Castle)
5 Nora Roberts
6 Dennis Lehane
7 ?
8 Scott Turrow ?
9 Fern Michaels
10 Looks really familiar but can’t place it
11 ?
12 Harlan Coben
13 Barbara Delinksy
14 Sherilyn Kenyon
15 Richard Russon
16 Nicholas Evans
17 Sandra Brown
18 ?
19 Tami Hoag
20 Nicholas Sparks
Advantage or not you got 15 correct for 75 points 🙂
This is tougher than it sounds. So many familiar faces, but hard to connect them to the right names. Here’s the one’s I THINK I know:
1. Jodi Picoult
2. Dean Koontz
3. Jayne Ann Krentz
4. James Patterson
5. Nora Roberts
9. Fern Michaels
17. Sandra Brown
20. Nicholas Sparks
Fun game – thanks for thinking it up.
40 points to get you on the leaderboard, Tami. So glad you played with us 🙂