Young Adult Book Reading Challenges discussion
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Hey Jen, I live in Colorado too. I also love YA fiction. :) Hello everyone, even those of you not in Colorado. ;)
Lisa wrote: "Hey Jen, I live in Colorado too. I also love YA fiction. :) Hello everyone, even those of you not in Colorado. ;)"Hi! We moved here last October, and I absolutely love it. CO has SEASONS, mountains, and just good people :).
;) I like to think so too! lol I'm a native of Colorado. We lived away for a few years, but I've been back here since 77. Glad to hear you're loving it too.
Stefne wrote: "My name is Stefne Miller. I'm glad to know that I'm not the only "old person" who enjoys Young Adult fiction. I enjoy it more than any other genre.My favorite YA novels range from classics to cont..."
I think it's great that your own book is one of your favs! Why not- you wrote it how you wanted it! I think If I ever write a book I will feel the same way.
This book has been on my tbr since I saw it on the giveaway list... sadly I didn't win, but I am still going to find it and read it!
Hi I'm Kim! I'm an English teacher in a north Dallas suburb... I'm excited to read the next book!
Hi, I'm Tabatha. YA Librarian in The Woodlands, Tx. And of course, I LOVE to read!
Cortney wrote: "Stefne wrote: "My name is Stefne Miller. I'm glad to know that I'm not the only "old person" who enjoys Young Adult fiction. I enjoy it more than any other genre.My favorite YA novels range from c..."
I'm sorry you didn't win either! Thanks for adding the book to your TBR list.
I look forward to getting to know you in this group!
Hello.
My name is Therese, and I am a teenager. I'm not english, so my english can be sort of simple, and maybe even bad. I love reading, always have, always will. Always. Since I am a young adult/teenager thing, I joined this group to read more books, if you get my drift.
Can I ask something? I am very new here, and I don't actually completely know how a group works. Shame on me. Any chance someone would like to tell me? That would be great.
My name is Therese, and I am a teenager. I'm not english, so my english can be sort of simple, and maybe even bad. I love reading, always have, always will. Always. Since I am a young adult/teenager thing, I joined this group to read more books, if you get my drift.
Can I ask something? I am very new here, and I don't actually completely know how a group works. Shame on me. Any chance someone would like to tell me? That would be great.
Hello, my name is Lisa and I'm a teenager! I love reading (especially YA) and writting!I have a blog (http://lisafragments.blogspot.com/) where I post some reviews of books that I read!
Like Therese I still don't know how this group stuff works! So have you got any tips?
Hi!!!!My name is Ellen and I loooove reading and I like to think I can write aswell. I may not be able to do every month, depending if I can or can't get my hands on the book.
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Hey I'm Caitlin and I'm an aspiring YA writer. I'm currently majoring in English Literature and when my nose isn't wedged in a book, I'm writing. Or at least trying to. :)I look forward to discussing and discovering new books with everyone!
Another new one here! I love YA fiction (obviously). I am newer to goodreads and am absolutely loving it!! I just wish that I knew about it sooner. I live in PA with my hubby (as of July 24 this year!) and am pretty much just loving life.
Hi I'm Elizabeth and I'm a first year at Portsmouth Uni
My name is Shelby and I love reading YA books especially in series. I just finished I heart you, You haunt me. I practically finish a book a day.
HEY! I'm Maddie (duh!!!) and LOVE books but all my friends hate them!!! it's sooo anoying! I discovered goodreads by accident while trying to find the blurb of some book. It introduced me to 40 books with in 2hours that i wrote down and later read. I've read more books than are on my profile but can't be stuffed adding them! i read a book when ever i can once i read eragon, eldest, shift and city of bones. I read city of ashes at 1-30 the next morning so i can't count it!!! (I was at home by myself for two days so i just read fun!)
If anyone can be stuffed reading this make a comment no one ever comments back to me!
Hi my name is Christie and I am excited to join this group...I just requested this months book form the library and should be getting it in a few days...can't wait to read and discuss.
Hi,
I'm Michelle Newell and I love YA books - lately, I've been seeking out the books I read when I was a teen (I'm now in my early 30s) as well as reading lots of new books too! I'm an aspiring YA novelist, but have only just started plotting my first one after years of procrastination.
Looking forward to reading along with you all!
M.
I'm Michelle Newell and I love YA books - lately, I've been seeking out the books I read when I was a teen (I'm now in my early 30s) as well as reading lots of new books too! I'm an aspiring YA novelist, but have only just started plotting my first one after years of procrastination.
Looking forward to reading along with you all!
M.
Hi! My name is Becca and I am a recent YA convert. I am a librarian assistant working toward my MLIS. I also dabble in writing and have a blog so that I can procrastinate even more efficiently. You can find my rantings at http://missingthemuse.blogspot.com where I also sporadically discuss what I'm reading. I'm a huge, HUGE, spectacuraly ginormous Hunger Games fan, but seem to be on a zombie kick right now. I was going to type "YA rules!" but then that always reminds me of "San Dimas High School football rules!" from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. And I didn't want to look like a dork. ;p
Hi everyone :) I'm Amanda, I'm 16 and I live in Tennessee. I love all kinds of books, but especially YA, Fantasy/SciFi, Romance, Paranormal, & Historical Fiction. :) I love this group, I've been in it for a while, just never introduced myself. I've read some great books as a result of this group featuring them. I'm reading I Heart You, You Haunt Me, which is great so far, and fitting with Halloween this month I think.
Hey guys! My name is Jessica Harmon and I have turned into a YA junkie! I love books that i cant put down. I like all genres and i hate to admit i usually pick a book by the cover. i'm looking forward to reading and discussing with everyone.
Hello there. I have started reviewing YA professionally and will also review on Goodreads. I hope to get recommendations from this group. I am not an author, nor an I trying to sell anything. Just trying to get more people (not just kids) to read! Thanks for having me! rgds, Carolyn
Hi my name is Erin. Im fourteen years old and I love to read romance novels. I read a book a day
Hi! I'm Hannah. You can call me bookaholic or readaholic, I'll reply ;) I am 12 almost 13. My birthday is November 12. I love reading and mostly read YA. I generally read anything anyone suggests to me, but it could take a while..I have a TBR as tall as the eye can see! Any questions?
Hi! My name is Nina and I am 13 years old. I love to write and read, especially mysteries or forensic mysteries. My favorite books are also the Pretty Little Liars series, Harry Potter, and The Hardy Boys.
Hey! I'm Caroline, and I have a serious young adult book obsession. I'm fourteen, and I love ranting about how much I love (or hate) the books I'm reading. I have a book reviewing blog that I just started, and I hope to someday be a professional reviewer. So yeah, hello fellow book nerds. 8]
hey everyone! my name is mckayla (i prefer to be called kayla though) im 16 and im in high school! i love romance and mystery books the most. i love playing the flute, listening to music (i listen to all kinds, even heavy metal) i also love texting too! add me if we have anything in common that we can talk about! whether its books or whatever :) ♥
hello YA readers (and writers, by the looks!).i'm legal, have a licence, finished school, like classical music, midnight oil, pink floyd, and world music (angelique kidjo, african percussion).
i had to read all of HP more times than you want to know. i read children of the lamp to book 3, i liked the golden compass and the amber spyglass. lemony snicket was funny and the alchmyst was interesting. have still to get into percy jackson and artemis fowl.
look forward to meeting all of you.
Hey everyone! My name is Alexis and I am 17. I love love love to read! Omg I cannot tell you how excited I am to read all the YA books coming out in 2011! I am so excited also that a lot of the up and coming YA authors are here on goodreads too! I am always into supernatural romance and love anything YA basically. I am looking forward to chatting with you all!
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Hi! I'm Jessica. I love YA books, I think I always will, I just started to read some romance novels too, but I keep going back to YA. I like to write, but nothing is published (I'm no good, and I tend to start writing a few things at once and never finishing any of them). But I always have a book with me, wherever I go (even if I know I won't have time to read it, it's weird). I think this group is going to be really cool for more ideas on what to read next (even though my bookshelf has probably close to 70 books that I still need to read on it now). I have an addiction to books, and I keep buying more even though I haven't finished the ones I have already, but I'm starting to read a lot more now that I was in the past couple years.I am a full time sophomore in college, and I work two part time jobs. I just got my drivers license last summer (I put off learning to drive for a few years, but I don't regret it, I think less 16 year olds should be on the road).
Anyway, I am currently reading 4 books, I start too many at once, but when reading books, I do actually finish them. I have a few favorite authors that I will read anything they write, but I will take recommendations for new books too, I like reading new types of YA since every author is different.
I look forward to reading the books that are discussed here, though I'll be starting with November's book since I'm already reading 4 books and I don't already have this month's book on my book shelf.
- Jessica
Hi Im, Mira I have been in this group for awhile but never intorduced myself. I read a lot and I have 2 bookcases full of books that I have not read but am working on. I love young audlt literature and the message that give to teens. I am currently working on my Master's Thesis which is on Twilight. I look forward to discovering great books with everyone!
Hello, I'm Lahni. I'm glad to find this group. I have just rekindled my love of reading and enjoy reading many types of books including young adult books. I have two middle school kids that read a lot as well and we love to swap books! I also have one kid in 3rd grade and 2 preschoolers. I look forward to some great discussions and discovering some great books.
Hi Lahni, Mira, Jessica and Alexis...nice to meet you.
Hello!My name is Yasmin and I love to read more than anything. I am 18, in my senior year of high school. I used to go to several different book clubs at my local libraries but they were all stopped. I love to discuss books and I am so glad I found this group. I can't wait to read the first book!
Hello to everyone! I'm Kristi, I'm an RN and a voracious reader. I love all YA books but I'm partial to paranormal/urban fantasy.I've got a blog site that is still a work in progress; I didn't think it would be so hard to get it going! I'd be embarrassed for anybody to see it just yet! Kudos to those of you with such great sites!
I love writing reviews mostly so I can express how I felt about the book but also because I appreciate others reviews, too. I use other peoples reviews to help me decide on what books I want to get, so I appreciate a good review!
I've been sick with a rare disease and reading has been a great coping mechanism for me. It's escapism at it's finest! I love going into an alternate world and disappearing for a while and just losing myself into the story.
So, it's nice to meet you all and I look forward to getting to know everyone!
Hi there, my name is Heidy and 24 years old. I live in sunny Queensland, Australia and I'm a massive bookworm. I like reading Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Urban Fairie Tales, Ghost stories, Supernatural stories, old Fairy Tales with new twists, Fiction & Historical Fiction. So I guess you can say I'm a bit of an all-round reader. I hoping to get a e-reader for Xmas but my fiance reckons if he get me one he'll never see me again, lol!!!!Look forward to group reading discussions :-)
Hey Jasmin, Kristi and MystGrrl (love that pseudonym Heidy!). Nice to meet you, have fun :)
Kristi wrote: "Hello to everyone! I'm Kristi, I'm an RN and a voracious reader. I love all YA books but I'm partial to paranormal/urban fantasy.I've got a blog site that is still a work in progress; I didn't ..."
Welcome all! :) I'm jealous Heidy, Australia seems beautiful. Plus you guys have awesome accents.
TY for the nice welcome! I agree, Amanda, Australia seems fascinating and the accents are pretty awesome!Mystgrrl/Heidy, I hope you get your e-reader! I think you'll love it! I still love real books and e-books but the majority of my reading is done on a Kindle.
Jasmin, I miss book clubs! What kind of clubs did you belong to? My small town has an even smaller library but the hospital I work at is in the 'city' so we swap books a lot or pick a book to read. I haven't been working for a bit but they still include me in. I participate whenever I can.
Hi, my name is Tatiana. This is the first group I've joined here on Goodreads. Even though I'm out of the target demographic reading audience, I think the YA genre is full of good writers, stories, and characters. For the last couple of years, I've found myself gravitating to the YA section of the library, and always loving what I picked up there, sometimes more than anything on the adult fiction shelves. So I figure I might as well give in completely and enjoy it. :) Sara Dessen, Judy Blume, Gayle Forman, and Suzanne Collins are probably my favorite authors in this genre. I'm also guilty of vampire love, from Twilight to The Vampire Diaries.
I'm looking forward to falling into the swing of things with this group, starting with getting my hands on I Heart You, You Haunt Me before the end of the month. It was already on my to-read shelf, so it's a two birds, one stone situation. :)
Thanx for the warm welcome :-)Hey G N - Yeah, I use to move around a lot when I was in school and going to the school library during lunch to read became a habit. I got branded as being a mystery girl, so hence Myst(ery)Grrl, lol!!!
Hi Amanda - Australia can be beautiful when it wants to be. At the moment it's chucking a spat and rainging a lot but everyone is holding out for the days when it's sunny enough to hit the beach. Aussie accents huh? Funny how you never notice when it yourself with the accent. I think Scottish/American accents are pretty cool :-)
Kristi - Yeah, I love the real book feel & smell but if I got a kindle I probably gobble up a lot more books, lol!!!
Hope your all having a good day :-)
^Chucking a spat? Is that like throwing a fit? Lol I've never heard that particular phrase before. Maybe it's some supercool Australian thing. :) That's kinda funny, I live in Tennessee, where we had some rain in the past few days, and everyone got all excited because we haven't had a significant amount of rain in about 5 months. Or so I'm told.
That's awesome, I didn't know anyone liked American accents. :)
Amanda wrote: "^Chucking a spat? Is that like throwing a fit? Lol I've never heard that particular phrase before. Maybe it's some supercool Australian thing. :) .... That's awesome, I didn't know anyone liked American accents. :) ..."
Yeah that's right, throwing a fit :-) We'll make an Aussie out of you yet ;-)
American accents are cool, like you pronounce your "T"s as "D"s :-)
Though I don't find street "gangsta" talk appealing, like those try-hards on US crime shows like COPS =-p
Yeah we were on Water Level Warnings to conserve water for a while but it's been raining so much here lately our Dams are now actually full :-)
hello every one my name is Artemis!
as in Greek or foul by name, foul by nature?Welcome, Artemis!
*MystGrrl* wrote: "Amanda wrote: "^Chucking a spat? Is that like throwing a fit? Lol I've never heard that particular phrase before. Maybe it's some supercool Australian thing. :) .... That's awesome, I didn't know ..."
We do? I honestly had no idea hahah. No, no, I really don't like "gangsta" talk either. It just makes people sound so unintelligent. I live in Memphis though, (you may know already, but the city has kind of a rep for being full of gangs and gangsters and such) so I hear it quite a bit.
I thought Memphis was famous because of Elvis? Don't throw a hissy because I wrote that, ok? :D
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My favorite YA novels range from classics to contemporary.
Bridge to Terabithia
To Kill a Mockingbird
Twilight
Eclipse
Is it terrible if I also say one of my favorites is the one I wrote?
I enjoy seeing what other people read and what it is they love about Young Adult fiction. This is a great group.