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Which books shaped the lives of today's best-selling romance authors?

Which books shaped the lives of today’s best-selling romance authors?

By on February 14th, 2012

In honor of Valentine’s Day we have a special romance novel quiz for our readers!  Who shall win? Who shall fail? Take the quiz  to see who shall prevail….

1. Name 5 books that have influenced YA author Meg Cabot. (Hint: Meg wrote the Princess Diaries.)

2. Which book was an inspiration to romance and YA novelist Sarah MacLean?
a) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
b) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
c) Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
d) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

3. Which best-selling romance novelist said The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis was one of the books that helped shape her life?
a) Eloisa James
b) Nora Roberts
c) Diana Gabaldon
d) Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Now that you know a little more about these authors, join the whole romance gang Meg Cabot, Sarah MacLean, Nora Roberts, Luanne Rice, Eloisa James, Susan Elizabeth Phillips,  Diana Gabaldon, Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Gilbert and many other top authors at YouAreWhatYourRead.com, our online community for book lovers. Create your Bookprint, the 5 books that shaped your life to see which books you have in common with these romance novelists, along with more than 210 other authors and celebrities.

As a bonus, with each new Bookprint added to the site, Scholastic Book Clubs will donate a  new children’s  book to Reach Out and Read, to help put books into the hands of kids in need!

Happy reading and Happy Valentine’s Day!
Answers: 1) Meg Cabot’s 5 books 2) Sarah MacLean’s 5 books 3) a. Eloisa James’s 5 books

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