Blog Tour: The ONE-Question Interview with Lauren Baratz-Logsted
July 28th, 2010 by the1stdaughterToday at There’s A Book I have the pleasure of hosting Lauren Baratz-Logsted on her ONE-Question Interview Blog Tour! Don’t you get tired of the same old thing when traveling from author interview to author interview? Well, Lauren came up with the fantastic idea of allowing only one question per tour stop while promoting her two new books, The Sisters 8 Book 5: Marsha’s Madness and The Education of Bet. Let me tell you, this was a little bit more difficult than I first thought, but definitely fun! Enjoy!
My Question:
Recently, you mentioned that you have an absolute “love affair” with door stops aka Fat Books (BiblioBuffet’s Writer-in-Residence). Having said this, knowing that you’ve written some “skinnier” books, and must have a few favorites of those out there…I’d like to ask what your top 5 “skinny” books are and none of them may have been written by yourself or a family member.
Lauren’s Fabulous Answer:
How prescient – and useful – of you to ask this! Since I plan at some point to write a companion piece to my “Fat Books I Have Loved” essay, this time focusing on skinny books, the exercise of answering your question should prove very helpful indeed. The following list is not necessarily my five favorite skinny books – that would take too much mental effort on my part! – but it is a list of five short novels I have loved:
- Up at the Villa, W. Somerset Maugham, 224pp. A desperate woman, unhappy in her marriage, engages in an act of passion that has tragic consequences.
- The Spare Room, Helen Garner, 192pp. If fish and houseguests start to smell after three days, imagine how much more the situation would stink if an annoying friend – inconveniently in the process of dying – were to come and stay…and stay…and stay.
- Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys, 189pp. The exotic early life and loves of Bertha, who will later become the madwoman in the attic in Jane Eyre.
- Peace, Richard Bausch, 192pp. Set in Italy during WWII this novel is anything but what its title would suggest.
- The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, 192pp. Well, you don’t need me to describe this one but it is my favorite short novel of all time. In fact, it’s my favorite novel by a dead author, period.
Did you notice that three of the five books listed have exactly 192pp? I wonder if that’s a particularly lucky page count. Maybe I should shoot for an exact count of 192 in order to ratchet up my sales. In truth, I have a maximalist – for me – YA novel coming out on August 31. It’s called The Twin’s Daughter and it’s nearly 100,000 words long. Thanks for having me!
Thank you so much Lauren for stopping by There’s A Book! Make sure to stop by these sites to find out more about Lauren, her wonderful passion for writing and more answers along her One-Question Blog Tour:
The Official Lauren Baratz-Logsted Website
July 27: Sara at The Hiding Spot’s Question: My blog is dedicated to my personal hiding spot, books. Who, what, or where can be credited as your personal escape from reality?
July 30: Andye at Reading Teen’s Question: You’ve written a number of books, and it’s surprising how different the books are from each other. Which book, genre, or time period did you enjoy writing about the most?
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Awesome question! I must try her books some time
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I’m definitely going to pick up some of her books! She has so many to choose from and they all look great!
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Great question! I always have a hard time thinking of questions for interview opportunities, but was fortunate enough to take part in this tour as well and one question….okay, so that wasn’t a piece of cake either, but SO fun! Great to see a few of her “skinny” picks…. ^_^
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It was pretty hard, but really fun too! Such a fun tour idea I think. Thanks!
Love this question.
Lauren, didn’t you read 300 books one year? Or maybe every year!
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What a great question, and typically wonderful response from you Lauren!
The Squealer is over the moon about Sisters of eight book 5!!
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Thank you so much! I completely agree, I love Lauren’s answers!
Interesting question. Loved reading it. Thanks
You are so welcome!
Excellent question. It always takes me a few days to try to come up with a really good question for an author. This is a great idea though one question per tour stop. She has some great picks. I still have yet to read The Great Gatsby. I should add it to my list this year under must read classics. I also need to check out her books – I just love her book covers also!
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Thanks! It can be terribly hard to come up with a whole laundry list of questions and I don’t think people always read them, so this was really nice and such a great idea!
You should definitely read The Great Gatsby! Fabulous book!