Hello!
Thanks Alethea! None of my 'real' friends read the sort of books I do; it's like I speak a completely different language than they do. So this group of Snyder fans all together is pretty awesome. . . XD I'm relatively new to Goodreads, but so far it seems pretty cool! :)

~Sarah

Welcome welcome Sarah! I think you'll like it here. :) See you round!

Hi Everyone,

My name is Ashley. I am new and am quite lost. I have never joined a group before, but since I loved Maria V. Synder's books I couldn't resist:-)

Welcome Ashley! Glad to meet a fellow MVS fan!! Don't worry about being lost- it takes a while to get used to things. I recommend just going to the group home page and scrolling down until you see a discussion you find fascinating. Then you can read what other people wrote and write what you have to say at the bottom of the page. I hope that helps! If you have any other questions feel free to ask!

If you look at the home page for the group, under the description are a few of the discussions you might be interested in if you're new. I have to say Poison Stories is my favorite ^_^

You can always start your own conversation, too!

Hi, I've been lurking... Thanks for the invite to the group!

Hi, im new to this but i thought i would give it a try.

Firstly the Study books were the best books i have ever read and im totaly in love with Valek!
Secondly Storm Glass was amazing, i couldn't put it down.
Thirdly Maria is so nice, i hope everyone has been to her website as it's full of wonderful things - contests and short stories.

I am now a fan for life and can't wait for Sea Glass.

Thanks for this wonderful site who ever maintains it!

I agree with Reema! I feel like I'm part of the special book club. Maria is definitely my favorite author and I found these books completely by accident but I'm hooked and can't wait for Sea Glass now!

some of the best books are found by mistake i think, i found the poison series at random

I love when I find an incredible book/author on a random book choice. Nothing better in life. :)

yea if its rndom u go into reading it without knowing what others fink of it

I found them as they were on the recommended shelf at Borders. I bought them all together and read them one after the other. Best thing i ever did!

Reema wrote: "I found them as they were on the recommended shelf at Borders. I bought them all together and read them one after the other. Best thing i ever did!"

Cool! I wonder how they got there (other than being awesome, of course) -- if it was a publisher thing or if a staff member was all ^_^ *heart* Poison Study... just idle bookseller curiosity on my part.

Alethea wrote: "Reema wrote: "I found them as they were on the recommended shelf at Borders. I bought them all together and read them one after the other. Best thing i ever did!"

Cool! I wonder how they got there..."

I think it's a staff recommended wall. Theres also another wall where they have the Richard and Judy top 'however many' books. They are two TV show hosts who do season read things!!!

non of the books they ever recomend are any good in my opinion. der all too adult for people my age.

How old are you?
The ones on the main shelf normally don't interest me but in the shop near me they have another shelf in the fiction area with some good books. That's how i found the Study eries and Graceling and a load of other good books.

16 this septmeber. i found the study series on a self in asda.

You're a lot younger than me so i could see why you wouldn't want to read them just yet. Wow about asda, i'll have to check out the asda book section more often.
You should try reading Trudi Canavan(all of her's are great) and Karen Miller's first 2 books (Kingmaker, Kingbreaker is the name of the seies) I wouldn't recommend her trilogy - they were ok but were really slow reading. I'm quite late to reading,i really hated it at school, so i like easy reads, nothing that makes me need to think too hard!

nope im the opposite. i need da hrder books otherwise i finish dem in a day r so. the harder the better cuz i fnd myself re-reading the book about a week later. i love reading but finding the boks i like is actuslly quite hard but i keep trying. :L:L:L:L:L:L:L

New to the group not to MVS. She has been recommended by the library where I work since Poison first came out! I have hooked my daughter (13) and my sister-in-law (over in Turkey). The books make great gifts.

hello 2 every1 just started reading poison study and am really luvin it

Hi Katie! Welcome to the group! ^_^

Alethea - would just like to say that you are soooo nice, you always say hey and welcome to every newbie :o)

Alethea wrote: "Hi Katie! Welcome to the group! ^_^"

thanx

Reema wrote: "Alethea - would just like to say that you are soooo nice, you always say hey and welcome to every newbie :o)"

Oh noes, now I want to go back and try to find every single newbie I didn't personally say Hi to, since I know that's not true! ^_^ Not for lack of trying, though.

Hi Penny! Hi Angela! ... (goes to member list, hits sort by "date joined" aieeeeee! when did we almost hit 300 members?!?)

Sorry maybe i shouldn't have said anything!!!!
Are there really 300 members? Wow
Can you see where the members are from? How many from the UK?

Um, we're at 299!

am from the uk

Alethea wrote: "Um, we're at 299!"

Wow thats amazing. How long has this group been running?

~♡кαтιє♡~ wrote: "am from the uk"

Yay! Where abouts?

We turn 1 year old on 9/18!

Oh, that sounds like a good contest date, too... hehehe.

I think you guys should do something special! You could set up a new link for ideas....

How about a contest that starts on 09/09/09 and the winner is decided on 9/18? I think that would be funny.

What about a skype confrence call (its free) where Maria could read a chapter of the new book?

oooh! I'll have to run that by her. She has such a cool voice. If you've never heard her, I just found a video someone shot at CapClave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGwb_02H9...

I've already seen it, she does have a great voice to listen to.

Hello, my name is Laurie but I go by TimeStandStill. I was told about your group during a chat with Maria with TwilightMoms and MundieMoms, both groups I'm very proud to be a participator of. Books are my OCD passion and these books are some of my most valued. I am sort of the literary reference in my department at work and these books are always at the top of my list to recommend.