Member introductions

[Joanne]

Hey I'm Jo, I'm not from the yahoo group and a bit of a newbie to Goodreads. Love reading all types of books, and very interested in peoples opinions and learning what they gained from the books :)
So anywhoo hey! :)

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Welcome.

[نهى]

Samuel wrote: "Hi, I'm Sam. I'm relatively new to GoodReads. I'm a webcomic artist and writer, and a near-lifelong fan of fantasy and sci-fi, for which I blame the day two words jumped out at me on a school libra..."

Hi,Sam

[Lynn]

Hi! I'm Lynn. We are now reading The Killing Moon, correct? I am listening to it in audible. My other book is The Likeness.

[Jakob]

Hey. I'm Jakob and just found out about the site. Saw the group and joined first thing.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Welcome.

[A.]

Hi. Pretty new to the Goodreads community, as a reader and a writer. I'm a life-long fantasy fanatic, and looking forward to expanding my sci-fi reading :)

[Susan]

Hello everyone! My name is Susan. I love reading a variety of genres, and I am still sort of new to scifi/fantasy. I am always looking for new authors and series to try.

[Esther]

HI I am Esther. I joined a few weeks ago and been lurking since so I could get an idea of how things work.

Killing Moon was on my To-read list, so I ordered it. Just got it today. I should start it tomorrow.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Good book Esther, welcome.

Hi Susan, welcome...

and anyone else I may have missed. :)

[Raymond]

Hi everybody! My name is Raymond M. Rose. I'm a sci/fi fan... have been ever since I saw Star Wars: ROTJ. I'm an author, father, husband, and college student. So I'm trying to get some reading done... when I'm not asleep. Right now my interests are in urban fantasy (just finished Mockingbird by Chuck Wendig), steampunk, and anything else that Robot Army wants me to read...

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Welcome.

[Raymond]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Welcome."

Thanks Mike.

[Brenda ╰☆╮]

Hi,
I joined up a little while ago, at the suggestion of a friend.
I read mostly fantasy, but enjoy science fiction, also.

I grew up in Delaware and now live in the rolling hills of Landenberg, Pa.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Hi, welcome.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Welcome to our several new members!!

[Daniel]

Hello! I'm Daniel. Joined the group recently and I've been lurking. Mostly interested in SF, though I like the occasional Fantasy book as well. I'm a long-term traveler and aspiring writer. I'm currently in South Korea, trying to settle down here for a while.

Looking forward to exchanging with you guys!

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Welcome.

[Ameru]

Hello, so i know about Beyond Reality from other member in GRI. And I'm curious about you guys because I love fantasy books and Sci-fi too. So, I hope you will guide me around here hehe :D

And I'm sorry if I have a bad grammar because English is not my native language. I'm Indonesian, by the way :D

[Candiss]

Welcome, Ameru. :)

[Ameru]

Thank you, Candiss :D

[Chris]

Hello everyone. This group came highly recommended to me by another member. I can already see why: I was just looking at the 'Beyond Reality Hall of Fame' thread with the top 10 lists and I was blown away by all of the novels I haven't even heard of before. I definitely have a lot of books to add to my to-read list.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Chris wrote: "Hello everyone. This group came highly recommended to me by another member. I can already see why: I was just looking at the 'Beyond Reality Hall of Fame' thread with the top 10 lists and I was blo..."

Welcome, Chris! I'm always adding books to my list, thanks to this group.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Welcome.

[Angee]

Hello, I'm Angee Taylor and I'm glad to be here. A little about my self, I'm a mother, nurse, author, and blogger in that order ;) (Just the way life gave them to me) Anyway a little about me, I have one son he turns sixteen in a week! Two crazy dogs, they are polar opposites. One is a hyperactive Chihuahua the other is a lazy boxer pup. I work full time as a pre-hospital nurse that was my first calling in life. It's where the emotions I put into my books come from. I recently signed with Nevermore Press and released my first book. I live in West,TX.Yes where the explosion was and yes I was effected. My home and my job (well the office) was destroyed. Back to the group from what I read this is a great group and I look forward to getting to know you all.

[Marty]

Hi, Chris and Angee!

[Angee]

Thanks Marty :)

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Hi, welcome.

[Chris]

Thanks for the welcome everyone.

Kathi, I'll be exactly the same way. This group has already given me a slew of books to add to my to-read list. Very exciting.

[Angee]

Thanks Mike :)

[Maddalena]

Hello, I'm Maddalena, from Italy, and I've been a GR member for some time: I discovered this group through a mention on the Fantasy Literature blog - one of the best places where I can find titles to add to my (very long, and growing!) list of books to read.
I look forward to discussing my favorite books with you all: it promises to the a fun and informative journey!

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Welcome.

[Stefan, Group Founder + Moderator (Retired)]

Welcome, Maddalena! I'm very familiar with Fantasy Literature - used to be a member of their regular reviewer team and still occasionally provide a guest review.

[Maddalena]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Welcome."

Thank you! :)

[Maddalena]

Stefan wrote: "Fantasy Literature - used to be a member of their regular reviewer team and still occasionally provide a guest review."

Thanks for the welcome!
F.L. is a great place for reviews, I find they are very balanced and informative, and they helped me decide on a good number of books.

[Chip]

I joined this group after I saw a mention that Leviathan Wakes was going to be a book for discussion here. The genre for this group is probably my main genre of reading, but I'm most active on the Apocalypse Whenever group which is run by a good friend of mine.

Favorite authors? Lately Patrick Rothfuss and Brandon Sanderson (although my guilty pleasure has been Jim Butcher).

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Welcome Chip.

[Mark]

I did join this group a long time ago before it was on Goodreads and have been a member since. I haven't introduced myself until now - shyness/laziness? I'm not sure why, but I thought I should now.

I am pretty bad at participating in book groups - I always end up reading stuff too late! But I thought I would try to dip in now and then and also participate on the general discussions too.

I am an author too - writing under my real name of Mark Lord!

[Kelly]

Hi Mark. :)

Reading the stuff late isn't usually a problem here (or so I have found). The conversations don't go anywhere and often get revived after a member or two finally catches up with the book!

[Mark]

That's a good point - will have a trawl through some of the older posts!

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Mark wrote: "I am pretty bad at participating in book groups - I always end up reading stuff too late!"

That happens to me all the time, Mark. I just go back and find the discussion, read it, and add to it if I have something to say.

Welcome!

[Giulio]

Hi everyone. I have been reading good science fiction since I can remember. I look forward to interesting discussions here.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Hi, welcome.

[Mekki]

Hey Everyone.

I see the group is starting a couple of books on my TBR list, namely The Lathe of Heaven and Revelation Space. I hope to start reading these with you guys.

[Bob]

Hello,
I officially joined this group about 4 years ago. I was on the old Amazon and Delphi boards and someone (Shel?) said to check out goodreads when Delphi fell apart. Once I joinded and started messing around with the recommendation feature here, I guess I didn't feel the need to jump in on a forum. Well, I've changed my mind and intend to start contributing. I'll most likely be late on the BotM selections, but will jump in when I can.

[Shel, Moderator]

That would have been me! What was your screenname on Delphi?

Welcome :)

[Shanshad]

Shel wrote: "That would have been me! What was your screenname on Delphi?

Welcome :)"

I miss the old Delphi boards . . . lost touch with so many people . . .

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Hi, welcome.

[Bob]

Thanks for the warm welcome.

Shel, it was SpongeBob.

[Shel, Moderator]

Yes, of course! Good to see you here :)