TGIF at GReads 8/12/11

TGIF is hosted by GReads Post your link in the comments section of GRead's post.
This weeks Question:
Author Block Party:
If you could gather a handful of authors to hang out with, who would you choose?

If I could choose authors both living and dead I would choose 
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
F Scott Fitzgerald
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Sarah Addison Allen
Kate Morton
Cornelia Funke
James Franco
Steve Martin 
Chelsea Handler

I think 9 is good enough, right? I know the last 3 are celebs but they also wrote books... Just throwing that out there.
I wouldn't want it to be a block party  though. I'd want a beach party with a bonfire, open bar (although with F. Scott Fitzgerald and Chelsea Handler that could cause problems.) There would be live music and everyone would make S'mores.

Book Blogger Hop 8/12/11

 Book Blogger Hop is  hosted by Crazy-for-Books click the link for the rules.

The Topic: "Let's talk crazy book titles! highlight one or two (or as many as you like!) books in your personal collections that have the most interesting titles! If you can't find any, feel free to find one on the internet!"

My interesting titles are:

Swamplandia!

The Vanishing of Katharina Linden

Inkdeath

The Death and Life of Charlie St.Cloud

I have so many interestingly titled books but I picked these because the title was what drew me to the book in the first place.