***The Starry-Eyed Revue***: authors we haven't read

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the awesome ladies at The Broke and the Bookish. Apparently, they are overly fond of list-making and love to share their bookish lists with the rest of us book nerds. =) We're game.

This week's list features the Top Ten Popular Authors We've Never Read:

April's picks:

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Marissa Meyer

Josephine Angelini

Libba Bray

Simone Elkeles

Huntley Fitzpatrick

Kasie West

Amy Plum

Sarah Ockler

Anna Carey

Okay, so no fancy picture for me! lol. I'll be honest, last night I decided to watch Sunday's Walking Dead on my DVR, rather than make a pretty picture. So These are all authors I haven't read yet and I'm kinda ashamed of this list. I do plan on knocking a few of these out this year though. First up, Marissa Meyer. Just started Cinder last night and I really love it so far. Kasie West will be soon after because I have heard nothing but amazing things about her stuff. Plus I should probably read one of Jennifer L. Armentrout's since I'll be meeting her this spring. I have a lot of stuff to read!! :)

Jen's picks:

How funny that neither of us has read anything by JLA?!? I have her newest book for review, so I plan on rectifying that very soon. And I hear constantly how I need to start MWT's The Queen's Thief series, and it does sound like something I'd love. I think I got the first book as a Kindle Daily Deal not too long ago. I've got a couple of Miranda Kenneally's books on my shelf, but I just haven't gotten to them yet, though they sound like perfect reads for me now that my love for contemporary novels is in full-swing. :)

And then, of course, there's Nicholas Sparks. I usually just don't like sappy love stories, and it seems that this is all he tends to write. I swore I'd never even watch one of the movie adaptations of his books, but I caved thanks to my sister forcing The Lucky One on me. Since then, I've seen The Last Song, A Walk to Remember, and The Notebook. I actually thought I was watching a Nicholas Sparks-based movie when I saw The Vow because it seemed like that type of story. :P I still don't know if I'd like reading a book by this author, but the movies based on them at least provide some eye candy, am I right? ;0)

If I'd had to answer this question a year ago, there would be sooooo many more authors on my list, but because of my audiobook addiction, I've actually experienced quite a few new-to-me authors in the last 12-18 months, including Melina Marchetta, Lucy Christopher, and Stephanie Perkins. But I also read actual books from authors whose work I'd never experienced before because I made myself make time for them, like John Green and Diana Peterfreund. I don't regret a thing...these are all new favorites!

So, which popular authors haven't you read yet? :) Share the link to you TTT post so we can visit!