Introductions

[[deleted user]]

Hi,my name is Charlton.I pretty much only read books of the fantasy genre,it IS my favorite.
Some of my favorite authors are
David Eddings
Raymund E.Feist
R.A.Salvatore
George R.R.Martin
Stephen R.Donaldson

And then there's some Terry Brooks and some Terry Pratchett.

My favorite is The Thomas Covenant series,it introduced me to fantasy.

[Kristina]

Welcome Brenda and Charlton!
I look forward to talking about books with you.
=)

[Hans]

Charlton wrote: "Hi,my name is Charlton.I pretty much only read books of the fantasy genre,it IS my favorite.
Some of my favorite authors are
David Eddings
Raymund E.Feist
R.A.Salvatore
George R.R.Martin
Stephen R...."

Charlton -- gotta agree with you on the Thomas Covenant series -- one of the best I've ever read. I can say it influenced my writing of The Riddle of the Jade Collar (see on Goodreads).

[Andreas]

I've been quietly here since a month, so it's time to introduce myself:
I'm Andreas from Germany, 43 years old and working as a software architect.

I've been reading and reviewing much in the 80s but nearly stopped reading later on. Just recently, I quit computer gaming (oh, those MMOs take lots of time) and now, I'm raiding books :)

Tolkien, LeGuin, Vance, Frank Herbert, GRRM, Sanderson - those are my favourites. I don't like horror at all, detective/mystery stories not much and I don't care about YA.

[David]

Welcome Jason, Den, Brenda, Charlton, and Andreas! (and anyone else new I missed)

MMORPGs are a huge time sink, indeed! I had completely stopped writing because I was spending so much time setting up raids (I was a raid leader, an even huger time sink....) and dealing with guild situations.

I finally realized that if I wanted to get published (which, thanks to Kindle Direct Publishing, I now am; it's a paradigm change from 10 years ago, I can tell you) and if I wanted to finish other novels, I'd have to make a choice between World of Warcraft and being an author.

I'm happily at work on Vol. 2 of my novel -- though sometimes it's not "happily," as any of you that are writers know -- and while I miss my DK and playing with my online friends, I'd have to say I'm happier with myself now.

Good luck on your book raiding, Andreas, and welcome, again. :-)

David

[[deleted user]]

Thanks for the welcome Kristina and David.

[[deleted user]]

Hi Andreas,welcome to the Fantasy Fanatics group.

[Shaad]

Welcome Andreas and Charlton! Hope you enjoy the the fanatics experience! haha Look forward to discussing books with you!

[[deleted user]]

Thanks for the welcome Shaad.

[D]

Hi everyone!

My name is Darren and I'm, first and foremost, really happy that I found this group. Not only are you reading some excellent books at the moment, the discussion threads I'm trying to catch up on are really engaging :)

I'm also an author. My book:




The Cloudstone Key

...is the first of a trilogy and was released as an ebook on Amazon and Kobo on Sep 1. Exciting times to be an author and a reader nowadays! Especially with a site (and a discussion group) like Goodreads available to us all.

Hope to get to know you all a little better as we chat!

Darren

[[deleted user]]

Hi Darren,welcome to the Fantasy Fanatics group.

[Amy]

Hello, everyone. I joined the group a while ago, but I'm just now trying to get involved in group discussions. I've become more and more interested in fantasy and historical fiction novels these days. This group seem to be well organized, not too big, not too small. Discussion layout is easier to follow than some groups I've joined, and the book selections seem to really match my interests. Looking forward to reading with you.

[D]

Thanks Charlton! I appreciate you taking the time to say hello :)

[[deleted user]]

Hi Amy,welcome to the Fantasy Fanatics group.

[Shaad]

Welcome Amy! It's awesome to hear our book selection matches with you interest! Hopefully you enjoy the books and look toward to discussing them with you! Also welcome to the group!

[Nowheregirl]

Hi,
My name is Saima, I am from Bangladesh and I love high-fantasy/epic-fantasy (and some other genres but they are irrelevant)
My goodread homepage is filled with high-fantasy reviews/discussions. NOT.
That's pretty much why I joined this group :D

[[deleted user]]

Hi Saima,welcome to the Fantasy Fanatics group. All people are welcome here.

[Shaad]

Nowheregirl wrote: "Hi,
My name is Saima, I am from Bangladesh and I love high-fantasy/epic-fantasy (and some other genres but they are irrelevant)
My goodread homepage is filled with high-fantasy reviews/discussions...."

Hey Saima, Welcome to the group! My background is bengali also)my parents). I was actually born in Canada! Its awesome to have you in our group and look forward to discussing books with you

[D]

Welcome Saima!

ps - Shaad, being Canadian you must have a hockey team you cheer for, eh?

[Shaad]

Yes I do I like the maple leafs you?

[D]

Canucks (living in Vancouver it kind of goes without saying). However, I was born in Winnipeg so my heart will always be with the Jets :)

[Nowheregirl]

Thanks for all the welcome :D :D I must say I've got to know about so many new fantasy books from this group, and I only just joined. Goodreads can only recommend so much...cant wait till I read them all :D :D
@Shaad always a pleasure to meet fellow Bangali :) Thanks again :)

[Garrett]

Hello Everyone, I just joined this group today and saw all the books you are currently reading I've already read and enjoyed them a lot so I figured you guys would be a good group to keep in touch with!

[[deleted user]]

Hi Garrett,welcome to the Fantasy Fanatics group.

[Garrett]

Thanks, looking forward to reading all these upcoming books with you all!

[C.V.]

Hello everyone! I'm C.V. Dreesman, a Goodreads Author and voracious reader (and writer) of Fantasy. I look forward to discussing anything fantasy with all of you.

[[deleted user]]

C.V. wrote: "Hello everyone! I'm C.V. Dreesman, a Goodreads Author and voracious reader (and writer) of Fantasy. I look forward to discussing anything fantasy with all of you."

Hi C.V.,welcome to the Fantasy Fanatics group.

[Crystal]

Hello! Im new and am a bit confused about this group. Is there multiple books going on at a time per month?

[[deleted user]]

Hi Crystal,welcome to the Fantasy Fanatics group.

Sorry I can't answer the question.

[Shaad]

Yes there multiple books being read! Each month we 1 stand alone, 1 new release and 2 books in a series! You do not necessarily read all the books but we want to give some variety so you can read what you want to read! Hopefully that clears things up doesn't it?

By the way welcome to the group! Look gorward to chatting with you in the book discussions!

[Crystal]

Thanks for the welcome and the answers!

[Stephen]

Hello everyone, my name is Stephen & I live in Southern California. I look forward to a read of the Riyria Revelations . I am wading through Steven Erikson (Book Form )& Mark Lawrence (audio book) right now.

[Jessica]

Hi All...I am Jessica.. Fantasy is one of my most fav genres in books and I am looking frwd to discuss books with u guys :)

[[deleted user]]

Hi Stephen,Michael,and Jessica a belated welcome to the Fantasy Fanatics group. I've been out of town. Sorry.

[Laurel]

Hi Everyone! I'm Laurel, absolutely love fantasy but feel like I've been neglecting it lately so having a browse through the groups and looking at everyone's fav stuff it's all stuff I love too or is very high up my to read list :) Looking forward to joining in with the group reads and talking to you all!

[[deleted user]]

Hi Laurel,welcome to the Fantasy Fanatics group.

[Shaad]

Hi laurel welcome to the group!

[Laurel]

Thanks guys!

[Vera]

Hello everyone! I like to read all different genre of books. My husband is probably more the fantasy fanatic, but I do enjoy the ones I have read so far. When I was a child I used to try and steal my older brothers forgotten realms books to read but I swear he installed an alarm on those since they were untouchable and he started to catch me pretty quickly!!
So far I have enjoyed some urban fantasy (Patricia Briggs, Ilona Andrews, Richelle Mead, Jennifer Estep).
My husband has started to get me into "real fantasy" lol. I have enjoyed Reading series like Harry Potter, Eragon, Gentlemen Bastards, and some David Eddings Books. I am reading the Brandon Sanderson books with this group and so far so good.
In other genres I enjoy a number of authors some of my favorites are probably Michael Crichton, Stephen King, Kay hooper (her FBI psychic series), Lisa gardener, Gillian Flynn, j.d. Robb. And many more but I'll just name a few :).
Looking forward to adventuring in the epic fantasies and exploring some new to me authors!!

[Lee]

Hello everyone. You can call me Nienna, or Nina. I've been a fantasy reader for a long time now but I drifted away for awhile and am now finding my way back home. I'm looking forward to reading old favorites and new ones with all of you.

[Paul]

Hi Nienna. Welcome to the group. Look forward to some good discussions.

[D]

Welcome Nienna! You'll find a great deal of new and exciting fantasy writers here. Happy to have you aboard :)

[Dan]

Hi I am Dan and I am 17 and from England. I have recently been trying to read different types of books and I will be alternating between fantasy sci fi books and classics.

Right now I am reading Oliver Twist and afterwards I will read The Wise Mans Fear by Pat Rothfuss.

Other fantasy authors I plan to read include more Neil Gaiman and I plan to start reading China Mieville.

[Zak]

Hey everyone! I'm Zak, I've only been reading Fantasy, well books in general, for about a year (I know, I'm sorry) but I hope to read a hell of a lot more :)

[Lee]

Hi Zak. That just means you get to read all of these great books for the first time. Lucky you. :)

[Zak]

Yeah I guess so :)

[Shaad]

Hey Zak welcome to the group and enjoy reading all the great books out there. I personally really started gerring into epic summer of 2012 so I am pretty new at thegame too however over the last 16 months I have red some great books!

[Drake]

Hi Zak!

I am in a similar boat as yourself. I read a lot as a younger kid but got away from it with the business of life. I started really reading again just last Christmas really and found Goodreads. Goodreads has really kept my passion for books fueled. I pretty much only read fantasy books.

Being a new guy to reading and fantasy, you're about to get attacked with book suggestions from everyone wanting you to read their favorite books haha... I'm going to be one of those people that does the attacking eventually. But I'll hold off from doing it in this post.

[Zak]

Send them my way :)

[Angie]

Hey Zac, I read urban fantasy for years but then about four years ago I got as a present a range of other types, like Terry brooks and I've not looked back!! I've collected a broad range of books now.