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Sam Enthoven

About meHi, my name is Sam Enthoven, I write fantastical action thrillers for young people. For ten years I worked as a part-time bookseller here in London (UK), living largely on a diet of instant noodles and parsnips while chasing my dream to become a published author. In September '06 my dream came true when my debut novel THE BLACK TATTOO hit bookshops at last. My second book TIM, DEFENDER OF THE EARTH was published in Jan '08. My third, CRAWLERS, came out in April '10. My latest, MY NAME IS O, a novella written especially for reluctant or struggling readers, is out NOW! BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA! Er, ahem, sorry, I'm rather excited. Check out my homepage, www.samenthoven.com, for further details. Now: enough plugging already, on with the books!

About my libraryThe 'Currently Reading' and 'Books I wrote!' lists are pretty self-explanatory. But the 'Your Library' list might seem a little unusual...
My 'Your Library' only includes books I like. I've pegged the contents at (ahem-!) Five Hundred Fine Books so that I can play with the list, tweaking it obsessively, removing something whenever I want to add something new. The list's occasional five star ratings are only really there to indicate I've written a review about a particular book, and that you might(!) want to check what I said about it on my reviews page. Essentially, if a book is on my 'Your Library' list then that means I think it's terrific - and you might enjoy it, too.
Happy reading, and very best wishes to you -Sam

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Member sinceAug 17, 2006

Currently readingAutonauts of the Cosmoroute by Julio Cortazar
Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters by Kate Brown
The Invisible Man (S.F. MASTERWORKS) by H.G. Wells

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yeah thats right. didn't u take pictures of the chickens?

posted by moggetcat at 4:38 am (EST) on Mar 19, 2011

hello i meet you a few years ago when u done an event in borders, edinburgh (i worked there)

posted by moggetcat at 3:54 am (EST) on Mar 18, 2011

Very :) Thank you so much and my apologies for snooping haha I would be delighted to know how your new book turns out. I wish you the best of luck and will look forward to chatting with you later.

posted by wickedlovely at 7:29 pm (EST) on Sep 13, 2010

Well then I wish you the best of luck with your new story. I am sure that it will be just extraordinary! :) Have you come up with a name yet?

posted by wickedlovely at 4:29 pm (EST) on Sep 6, 2010

The new book is on its way! :D
For the latest on what I'm up to, check my homepage: www.samenthoven.com

posted by othersam at 5:51 am (EST) on Aug 10, 2009

Hi Sam,

Long time no speak - it's about time I had a friend on this thing!
Need a new book by you soon!
Alexander's Furnace books are great I am going to do a review for his book soon on my blog. He was so kind and sent me some books and other goodies,so I will get round to it soon.

All the best.

Vincent

posted by mrripley at 4:19 pm (EST) on Aug 7, 2009

That would be awesome! You can deffo do it! But if you don't have a US publisher for it then how the H-E-Double hockey stick am i supposed to read it? :) Eh, I have friends over there that could HOPEFULLY snag me a copy. I am in one of my stages where I am reading alot, so I got to keep that up. I know that the story you're working on will be awesome. Your writing is interesting to me. It's also awesome because you still have the talk in your books from there. I have had to ask my friend from there a couple times what a couple of the words are. I thought that was funny. But it makes you hear an accent when you're reading. I love it! Your view of sequels is also rad because it's nice having an author that thinks that, that is just way too much explaining (I think that how you said it, kind of). Well, I will stop rambling on, because i could write forever about your view, and pick your brain. Also, thank you for being so kind and spending time to write back to me i apprieciate it!

posted by -AlyssaE- at 10:39 am (EST) on Jun 6, 2009

That's perfectly fine. I was just thinking about getting it published and thought it would be awesome to get an author to read it. I just looked at it as an opportunity. No worries though. It's not like that offends me, I take you as being a really nice guy. But another question i had was, do you only have two books? Because two is all i have heard of.

posted by -AlyssaE- at 7:24 pm (EST) on Jun 5, 2009

thats awesome! i have thought about getting into writing i love to make up stories but i don't like writing alot. thats my problem right there. i like to keep it short and simple in a poem with meaningful words. i don't think i could pull off being a writer when my inspiration is really into lighting design

posted by -AlyssaE- at 6:03 pm (EST) on Jun 2, 2009

Hi Sam - hope TIM is conquering all!

posted by fox.eves at 6:05 pm (EST) on Jun 1, 2009

Congrats! And I'll look at it. Yeah, I can't speak French at all, but I try. My friends always make fun of my French. But i don't really care.

posted by wickedlovely at 1:51 pm (EST) on Feb 20, 2009

How are you Sam?

posted by wickedlovely at 1:44 pm (EST) on Feb 19, 2009

I may have squeaked out loud with pure joy when I realised where you had put the gates to hell - in fact, I may have done so while reading it on the tube *cough*. Thank you for a fabulous read.

posted by AlexDraven at 10:12 am (EST) on Feb 19, 2009

Be sneaky Sam! Be sneaky. lol

posted by wickedlovely at 1:48 pm (EST) on Feb 6, 2009

Oh! Hi, you're actually on right now!

Pixie =.=

posted by wickedlovely at 1:44 pm (EST) on Feb 6, 2009

Oh, okay. I didn't know that. And thank you.

Pixie =.=

posted by wickedlovely at 1:35 pm (EST) on Feb 6, 2009

Congratulations on Black Tat, Sam! Black Tat was-sorry, i mean, is-a really good book. I wish you the best of luck on the book. Did you find a title for the book yet? I finished one of the books I'm writing. It's called Where The Killers Roam. Do you want to read some of it?

Pixie *o*

posted by wickedlovely at 1:58 pm (EST) on Feb 3, 2009

Hi Sam! How are you? How's your book going? Can you believe that I'm still waiting for your TIM to arrive? It's unreal. I'm at school right now, so I can talk for long. But I just wanted to say hi.

Pixie XD

posted by wickedlovely at 1:23 pm (EST) on Feb 2, 2009

Thanks Sam! I looked at the site and i didn't really have enough time because I'm at school right now. But when I get home, I'll look at the reast of the site. The pictures are really interesting and awkward. But cool. Now I just have to wait for 3 more people b4 I can read your other book. :)I cant wait. Good luck on your new book and I'll work on mine! L8er!

Pixie :)

posted by wickedlovely at 1:35 pm (EST) on Jan 22, 2009

I want to be the first one to read your next book! It sounds weird but very interesting. By the way, you can call me Mari. Or Maria, whichever you prefer. There's a seriously long line waiting for TIM so I have to wait. :( I'm writing a new story! It's called Where the Killers Roam. I'm already up to 40 pages. My friends and my English teacher said that they were blown away. It's pretty cool. I just got finished writing my trilogy. The first one is called Kill Me Softly. The second one is called Awaken Me Darkly and the last one is called Kiss Me Sweetly. Write back soon.

Pixie

posted by wickedlovely at 1:59 pm (EST) on Jan 21, 2009

Hi! I haven't talked to you in a really long time. How was ur New Year's Day? And how was ur Xmas? I have the book Tim, Defender of the Earth on hold at my library, so I'll be reading it really soon!

Pixie XD

posted by wickedlovely at 1:54 pm (EST) on Jan 16, 2009

Thank you for connecting with me :) I LOVE LibraryThing! I am slowly catologuing my personal library here. I just got your book, The Black Tattoo, and can hardly wait to read it. I'll pick up the second one as soon as I can. I am so excited to be here.

good reading,
sevedra

posted by sevedra at 1:46 pm (EST) on Jan 12, 2009

Yay! I'll definitely check it out when I can. Thanks.

Pixie

posted by wickedlovely at 9:34 am (EST) on Dec 18, 2008

Ok, yeah, I'll totally check out The Graveyard and Storm Front. Those actually sound pretty interesting right now. All the books I'm reading right now are pretty cruddy (no offense to the authors). Hopefully, I'll be able to find those books at my school library. If not, I'll just go to the public library. What was the last book you published?

Pixie

posted by wickedlovely at 9:30 am (EST) on Dec 17, 2008

Hi, I haven't heard from you in a while. What are you reading now?

Pixie

posted by wickedlovely at 7:46 pm (EST) on Dec 16, 2008

I know. LT can just suck you in. First you come just to check on your current forum and your catalog and the next thing you know, you've been on the computer for hours. I do that a lot with books too. See, I'm a prolific reader(a very prolific reader-I can not go to the store without tagging along a book) and every time I want to just read a few chapters, I end up devouring the whole book in one sitting. I haven't been able to sleep lately because I've been reading about three books up to four in the morning. I love books. Hopefully the brilliance of each book I read will rub off on me when I get a serious job as an author. I love to write horror stories already but hopefully I'll get them published and have them recieve good reviews like your Black Tat did. Your book really is a significant inspiration to me. Keep writing more books so I can read them, please. But have fun reading your own fun books too. :)

posted by wickedlovely at 10:42 am (EST) on Aug 1, 2008

I took a quick glance at your library just now and I was wondering what your intake on The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud?

posted by wickedlovely at 3:10 pm (EST) on Jul 28, 2008

Hi Sam! It's Jaq. heh

I forget that not everyone knows this user name [I have it for most things]. It was fab to see you on Wednesday and everyone was delighted with your enthusiasm and friendliness. Not that i woulod expect anything else, mind you! Hope Leicester was fun. :)

posted by lazulus at 8:20 am (EST) on Jun 27, 2008

The Black Tattoo was a really great book, a fantastic thriller novel for young adults. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

I'm glad the world has finally invented a place like this. Not only does it help bring together people with similar literary interests, it also lets readers (occasionally) connect with authors, such as you.

Just wanted to give you my undying praise.

Thanks.

posted by foxfire at 7:22 pm (EST) on Apr 16, 2008

yeh!
i can't believe how useful this is going to be to us.
we're trying to get the kids to use this as a way to recommend books to each other.
i love the list of books you have posted on here by the way! so many of my favourites are on it. you (we) have very good taste!
oh, and i just finished tim, an its well good!
CRGW
x

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