INTRODUCTIONS *newbies - over here* DON'T BE SHY!

[Cecile]

My name: Cecile
Age: 15 years old
Birthday: August 23rd 1997
Where you are from: THE NETHERLANDS!!
Favorite books: absolutely Divergent, Through The Ever Night & The Selection
Weirdest thing about you: always smiling
Hair color: blonde(naturally) brown, red-ish(dyed)
Eye Color: my eyes change color slightly but mostly blue, grey-ish
Height: have absolutely no idea.

I'd like to be friends, so don't hesitate! x

[Chelsea]

Hey Cecile :),
Sounds like you are a bit of a Dystopia fan! Next month we'll be read 3 dystopia books. I hope you will enjoy thoose! Feel free to join the discussions and games.

[Cecile]

Chelsea wrote: "Hey Cecile :),
Sounds like you are a bit of a Dystopia fan! Next month we'll be read 3 dystopia books. I hope you will enjoy thoose! Feel free to join the discussions and games."
Thanks! I will sure join the discussions and games.

[Emily]

Hello! My name is Emily. I love most young adult novels where there is a girl who kicks butt and a strong male lead who is amazed by her skills. Currently I love the Vampire Academy Series, Mortal Instruments, and Infernal Devices along with the Mistborn trilogy (even though I don't think that particular series is considered YA, it does feature a very strong female lead, Vin). My favorite heroine is Vin from Mistborn and Rose from Vampire Academy.

[Sarah]

Hey everyone, I'm Sarah and my favourite books are The Seven Realms Trilogy by Cinda Williams Chima, The Sight and Fire-bringer by David Clement Davies (I think) and The Iron Fey Series by Julie Kagawa. I have so many more though! My favourite heroine...hard decision but I have to say I'm pretty in love with Sunny Andrews from Flame-girl by Laura-louise Slattery as well as Princess Raisa ana'Marianna from The Seven Realms Trilogy Cinda Williams Chima, who is a real damsel who saves herself from distress! I basically love every author who writes good books, and my favourite genres are fantasy, some romance books, a little dystopia and realistic fiction (and maybe a little bit of paranormal now and then).

[Sarah]

Thanks Jenny :D

[Rebekkah]

Hi!

My name is Rebekkah Ford. I'm an author of a YA paranormal series. My first book BEYOND THE EYES is already published. My second book in the series (DARK SPIRITS) will be published next month.

I grew up reading Anne Rice. I love her stories and how she writes. I also love George Orwell, Stephen King, JK Rowling, The Hunger Games and Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater.

[Haley]

Hello, I'm sorta new at this so I don't know all the in's and out's. I'm Haley, and I love all YA books! My favorite heroine is Alana from The First Adventure, by Tamora Pierce. My favorite author is Kim Richardson. I hope to read lots of awesome books, and hear everyone's opinions!

[Emma]

Haley wrote: "Hello, I'm sorta new at this so I don't know all the in's and out's. I'm Haley, and I love all YA books! My favorite heroine is Alana from The First Adventure, by Tamora Pierce. My favorite author ..."

I want to read some of Tamora Pierce's books, but they're all sold out at the bookstore :( What did Kim Richardson write?

[Haley]

She wrote Marked, "Soul Guardians" it was a very good book!

[Chelsea]

Hello and welcome everyone!

Please make yourself at home and enjoy the group!

[Haley]

Thanks, whats the first book we are going to start reading?

[Chelsea]

Ummm I've just updated the BOTMs now. You can have a look the homepage, only shows four books so just click [http://www.goodreads.com/group/booksh...] for all the books we will be reading. It is purely optional though, you don't have to read them all.

[Haley]

Cool, all of them are on my to read list. By the way cinder is a good book.

[Chelsea]

hey guys =) I’m Chelsea. It’s really hard to say what my favorite book is because there are so many! And I usually read them by the series anyway so I guess it would be 6 one way and half a dozen the other! I would have to say my all-time favorite heroine is Annabeth Chase from many of Rick Riordan but she is probably most known in Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief. My favorite authors are Rick Riordan, John Flanagan, or Terry Goodkind. I have read many genres and loved books out of all of them so it is really hard to say.. But I guess I read mostly fiction..

[Chelsea]

Totally love both those series! I'm trying to get into the Egyptian side that he is writing in this other series but its a little harder lol

[Chelsea]

Hey Chelsea, (boy that sounded strange)
we are name buddy's! I have read the Kane Chronicles and I thought that they have the same sort of feeling as his Greek/Roman books. I like more magic-ky, spells, charms stuff so I thoroughly enjoyed his Egyptian books too.
Anyways welcome to !YA Heroines!

[[deleted user]]

Hi everyone!

I'm Charity, and I think there need to be more kick-butt heroines in YA fiction. Like a lot of people have already mentioned, I enjoyed the Hunger Games trilogy, and I'm just starting Divergent. Recently I have also gotten hooked on modern-day rewrites of Jane Austen novels. This weekend I read one called "Persuade Me" (obviously based on Persuasion) and "Epic Fail" (based on Pride & Prejudice).

My favorite genres are science fiction, paranormal and fantasy.

I just posted my A-Z. I'm excited to get to know everyone!

[Chelsea]

Hello, hello!
I agree with you on the fact that YA seriously needs more kick-butt heroines! We girls are far more capible than YA portrays us as.
I wish you a great time in !YA Heroines!

[M.W.]

Hi y'all!

I'm an author with several books published under a different pen name through various publishers. I decided to self pub this YA/NA series under a different pen name since my other work is, umm, erotic. ;-)Anywho, I'm looking forward to clicking around and jumping in discussions. :)

[Danielle]

Hey everyone,

I'm Danielle, 29, from Ireland. Publishing intern and obsessed with YA! Glad to meet everyone! <3

[Chelsea]

Hello, Hello!
Make yourself at home guys. :)

[Grace]

Hi, I' Grace. I like dystopian fantasy/ fiction. I also like the I am Number 4 series. My favorite heroines are Six from the series mentioned above, Eona fro the books Eon and Eona and finally Kasta and Fire from the Graceling series. I've already been on here a couple of days but I didn't see this.

[Kate]

Eona is one of my favorites, too. :)

[Chelsea]

(Oooops LOL I'll try to make this thread bolder and easier to spot.)

Welcome Grace, glad you found our elusive introductions page! I love Graceling, Fire and Bitterblue they are my absolute favourite books too! Feel free to comment on any of the posts and most of all please enjoy our group.

[Sabrina]

I'm Sabrina and have fallen in love with young adults. i loved the humger games trilogy and i just reread mortal instruments city of bones. currently reading beautiful creatures and looking to reading scarlet, book 2 of the lunar chronicles. I love sci-fiction, & fantasy. I read mainly on my nook.

[Neo]

Hello all! My name is Neo Edmund. I've been writing professionally for several years in the word of film, animation and comics. Here is my Amazon author page.... http://www.amazon.com/Neo-Edmund/e/B0...

Last last year I put out my first novel titled: A Tale of Red Riding, Rise of the Alpha Huntress and it has been reviewing fantastically on Amazon! I hope you will check it out! ttp://www.amazon.com/dp/B009JOLQDI



Here is a little synopsis of the story...

In this action-packed twist on the beloved Grimm Fairytale, Red Riding will not only face dangerous wolves; she will have to face the wolf within herself. Gifted with the power to transform into a werewolf, she will rise to become a legendary warrior known as the Alpha Huntress. Accompanied by bad-boy heartthrob Wolfgang Helheim, Red will lead a tribe of loyal followers armed with mystical powers of their own against a vile lunar deity, who plans to thrust Wayward Woods into eternal night.

[Neo]

Jenny wrote: "Neo wrote: "Hello all! My name is Neo Edmund. I've been writing professionally for several years in the word of film, animation and comics. Here is my Amazon author page.... http://www.amazon.com/..."

Thank you for having me!!! Excited to be one of the gang!!!

[Amelle]

Hello Friends! I need more stories about girls who kick butt! Too many Bella needs to be saved by the pretty boys type of books. Help me find better stuff! I have a few suggestions too!

[Elizabeth]

Amelle wrote: "Hello Friends! I need more stories about girls who kick butt! Too many Bella needs to be saved by the pretty boys type of books. Help me find better stuff! I have a few suggestions too!"

just read the lux series it was recommended to me loved it

[Tawney]

Hi Everyone!

I am Tawney and my favorite books are Divergent, Tiger Curse Series and too many more of YA! I am a newbie to all of this so don't mind me if I don't know what I am doing! Any recommendations greatly appreciated!

[Venise]

Hi, everyone! I'm Venise, and just let me tell you, I am so glad that this group exist. I love YA books (even if I'm many years past my teen years) but one of my pet peeves are weak female characters. I am starting to see a trend of more stronger female characters inside and out. It is one of the things that I careful of in my own heroines.

I look forward to discussing these females with all of you.

[[deleted user]]

Hello people! My name is Moose!

I really like the Harry Potter and Percy Jackson books, and I love the Shiver series by Maggie Steifvater. My favorite heroine is probably Annabeth Chase, one of my favorite authors is Sarah Dessen, and my favorite genre is probably YA fiction, romance, and adventure. c:

[Chelsea]

Welcome everyone, have a great time and don't be afriad to join in the discussion!

[Neo]

If anybody would be willing, please check out my page on facebook... https://www.facebook.com/RedRidingHoo...

[Chelsea]

Welcome Neo.
(I have liked your page :)

[Gabrielle]

Hi everyone! My name is Gabrielle Arrowsmith, I am the author of . I love to read YA dystopias. Some of my favorites (which inspired my writing) are . I also just read and enjoyed that too! I look forward to seeing recommendations of the group and snatching them up.

[[deleted user]]

My name is Travis Bughi, and I've never known a reading world where women couldn't hold their own (and I like it that way!). I've been an avid reader since I could read and also enjoying writing as well. Thank you all for having me here!

[Sally]

Hi my name is Sally
Too many books to name a favorite, but some of my fave heroines are Leslie Burke, Dicey Tillerman, Hermione Granger, and Katniss Everdeen.
I read everything, but I do have a special place for Margaret Atwood. And my newest discovery is Cassandra Clare - I raced through the Mortal Instruments series in about a week and a half.
Currently I'm taking a break from fantasy and reading Silver Linings Playbook.

[Line]

Hi people

My name's Line, and I'm from Denmark...

I love YA litt., as it is an easy read, and they generally have good storylines and cool characters...

I don't really have one YA book, that I absolutely love, but that's propably because I set the bar a little to high...
Lately I've been reading the 2 first 'Divergent' books, which I found pretty good, and right now I'm reading the 'A game of thrones' series, though I'm still only on the first book...

[[deleted user]]

Hi I'm Athena

I live in Australia and I'm in my early teens

Books I love:
Harry Potter by JK Rowling
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Percy Jackson (and Rick Riordan's other series)
The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
The Iron Fey by Julie Kagawa
Crewel by Gennifer Albin
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Stravaganza series by Mary Hoffman
The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
Lorien Legacies (I Am Number Four) by Pittacus Lore

Books I Really Want To Read:
Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
The Host by Stephenie Meyer (even though I hated Twilight this one sounds a lot better)
Tithe by Holly Black
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien

Other Things I Love:
Pirates of the Caribbean
The movie of How to Train Your Dragon (yes I am weird)
Most movies based on books, like Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and Howl's Moving Castle(except for Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief; that was terrible)
Doctor Who

I love Dystopian, Realistic YA Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy and lots of other genres that I can't think of right now...

[Marieke]

Hey!
I'm Marieke and my favorite books I've read recently are Beautiful Creatures (The Caster Chronicles, I've read the whole serie) and I'm recently reading The Benedicts Series. My favorite genres are YA and Fantasy I guess :)
x

[Chelsea]

Hello and welcome everyone. Make your selves at home and please, you are very much welcome to join the discussion!

[B.]

Hello all. I'm Brittany, though I go by Brit or Tealya. I am a reader of YA fiction and working on writing/self publishing one. My favorite YA books are probably Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wayne Jones and the Circle of Magic series by Tamora Pierce. Generally, I prefer reads that are lighter in nature and funny. Angst books tend to depress me.

I'm always interested in recommendations of books with good female characters. I actually started writing because when I was much younger, I didn't like most of the female characters I saw on tv or in book. They were always in need of saving and none of them could take down the villains themselves even when they were the main character. The first break I got from that was when I was given a copy of Alanna (T. Pierce) when I was in jr. high and I've enjoyed YA ever since.

Anyway, I look forward to getting to meet you and get some good recommendations to add to my list.

[Chelsea]

Hey Brittany :) Enjoy the group.

[Donald]

Hello, I'm Donald and I've been a fan of young adult since I was thirteen, especially those with strong female leads and very especially those with strong female leads in a fantasy setting (series titles over single books). I absolutely love Tamora Pierce (Author) and I've read all of her books- my favourites being the original "Song of the Lioness" quartet and the "Circle of Magic" series. I also really like Kristin Cashore and her "Graceling Realm" series, Alison Croggon and her "Books of Pellinor" series, Garth Nix and his "Abhorsen" series, and Maria V. Snyder and her "Study" series and "Glass" series. I'm not a big fan of dystopian titles, although they seem very popular at the moment within YA.

I hope to get along well with everyone and have some nice discussions.

[Chelsea]

Hello and welcome fellow YA lover. :D

[Mallory]

Hey,I'm Mallory and my favorite book is Little Women. My favorite heroine as of lately is Katniss, I had a very strong Hunger Games addiction with some of my best friends. Some of my favorite authors are Jodi Picoult and Margaret Atwood (I actually just finished Alias Grace for english class).
I'll be going to college next year to major in Gender, Women, and Sexuality stories (which explains why I'm here) and I LOVE discussing books (I already read Cinder, so I might jump into that discussion).
I generally am not a big reader, but I will "binge read" if the book is as good as the ones I've mentioned previously. Just an fyi, I don't like the Twilight series.

[Chelsea]

Binge read!!!! In the holidays I swear I will go nuts and read everybook on my very long TBR list. If only that were possible! Now I'm just contridicting myself.

Anyways welcome to !YA Heroines! Mallory!

[Karla]

hello im Cassie!

i have so many fav books from harry potter, vampire diaries, twilight, reasons to breath

i love nicolas sparks he is such an amazing author also j.k rowling (sorry spelling) and many more

as for heroines i have a few so i cant really choose.

i love anything from science fiction to young adult to fiction non fiction i read pretty much anything.