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[Lady Ivory Rose]

Hey, I'm Emily and I love all kinds of art: movies, books, paintings, sculptures, anything. I like looking at the brighter side of life, and when life gets hard in school, I like to turn to writing and reading.

[DJ]

Hi Peeps, I'm DJ from UK and just enjoyed GR and this group. I hope to have fun here and get to know some of you.

[Carol]

Hi! My name is Carolyn, but I go by Weezie. I absolutely love to read and am new to Goodreads as well as to this group and I'm really excited to read these books and try and do these challenges :)

[Jade]

Hello all. I'm Jade, I'm from Kentucky and I love YA books of all kinds. I want to see what everyone is reading because I'm always looking for new books to enjoy. Glad to be a part of the group!

[Gabrielle]

Jade wrote: "Hello all. I'm Jade, I'm from Kentucky and I love YA books of all kinds. I want to see what everyone is reading because I'm always looking for new books to enjoy. Glad to be a part of the group!"

Hi, Jade! Welcome :)

[Janisa]

Hello hello~
I'm Janisa Southiseng. I'm 17 year old girl from Nashville, TN who visits the library daily. My hobbies are eating, reading, sleeping, blogging, and being a panda. Hah. I also enjoy photography and recently got a beautiful Nikon DSLR. Um.. I don't really know what to write now. I really like pandas and dreamcatchers. Oh, and my bed, definitely my bed. Perfect spot to read, blog and you know, sleep.

[Amanda]

Hi, I'm Amanda. I love to read all sorts of YA of books. I'm super excited because I'm new to GoodReads but I loving the community! Some of my personal favorite books of all time are, This Lullaby, Thirteen Reasons Why and anything written by Simone ELkeles!

[Emily]

Hello everyone! I'm Emily, loooong past being a teenager, and I've been teaching middle school for 15 years. I love the 8th graders that come to my class, so I try to read books that they will like to read. Thankfully I love YA, so that is not difficult. I live in GA and have been on Goodreads for a while but I haven't really participated much in any of the groups. I am hoping to participate in this group since I recently finished my EDS and my media certification. Looking forward to what seems like a fun, eccentric group. :0)

[Ciara]

Hello, my name is Ciara and I am 15, about to be 16. I love reading all types of books. It doesn't matter what it is I will read it. Sadly, I have not had as much time lately to read and have gotten very behind as a result. I thought this might be a good way to get me back into remembering the joy of books.

[Stacey]

Hi :)

I'm Stacey, I'm almost 15 and from Australia.
I love YA fiction because there is just so much choice and a lot of it I can relate to.

[Kayla]

Well, my name is Kayla, I'm 22 years old and I'm from Oregon. I'm engaged to an English gentleman and I love to write and read. I've read a lot of books but I find YA to be my most favorite, well, also Romance.

[[deleted user]]

I'm a children's librarian. Before I taught elementary school, 4th and 8th grade. I was born in Ghana and raised there and here in the US. My job requires me to read everything from picture books to juvenile and young adult fiction. For personal pleasure I like mysteries but I've recently gotten into romance and fantasy(YA).

[Michelle]

I've been in this group for long enough, I should probably introduce my geeky self.

My Name is Michelle, I'm seventeen but have the mind of an eight year old. I love to read YA Fiction..obviously. I'm currently in my last year of highschool and I already feel like dying.

I love to review books at my youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/SweetBookReviews

Now that I have gotten used to goodreads I cannot wait to start adding to group discussions about the next upcoming book :)

[Kelly]

Hello my name is Kelly and i am a huge reader of anything! i mostly read YA but ive been branching off into more adult sci-fi...I think i will enjoy this group and hope to read some interesting novels!

[m8]

what's up! my name is Daphne and i love reading, mostly any kind of book whilst it contain romance in it. I never actually paid much attention to this kind of stuff unless it was for discovering new books, you can guess by my wide list of friends what im talking about. So i hope to make some friends and learn some things, new books and stuff. Ok, while you figure how deep i am by my vocabulary and before i start to rant.. i'm done.

lol Anyways, Thanks for allowing me to join this club!

[Suélen]

Hi my name is Suelen, I'm brazilian but I'm living in Texas for 1 year (until june). I love read (like a crazy). And now I decided that I wanna be a professional translator in Brazil. So I just trying mu best to lear everything as I can. Would be really cool know some friends. =D

[Sandee is Reading]

Suélen wrote: "Hi my name is Suelen, I'm brazilian but I'm living in Texas for 1 year (until june). I love read (like a crazy). And now I decided that I wanna be a professional translator in Brazil. So I just try..."

Hey! :D

[Savita]

Hi I'm Savita. I love reading teen/YA lit, which is probably why I write the stuff. I practically grew up in the library, (very strict parents who didn't let us out apart from to the library!) but it gave me a huge passion for all kinds of books and genres including fantasy, dystopian, crime, thrillers...

[Faith]

I'm Faith...obviously... I read a lot, a great deal of young adult fantasy novels. I love to travel, I have a husband and a pet bunny named Dorian. I write, a lot, I cook (I'm vegan), and I spend way too much time on goodreads :)

[K.L.]

Hello, I'm from the marvelously multi-cultural area of Southern California. I don't think I'll ever get tired of meeting people from different cultures or of trying all the restaurants with food from around the world. Of course traveling to those countries to meet people and eat new foods is even better, and I'll take any excuse I can get to visit somewhere new.

When I'm not traveling, gardening, writing or hanging out with friends I like to read, of course! My favorite older books would be ones by Tolkien, L'Engle and C.S. Lewis. Some of my more modern favorite authors are Suzanne Collins and Catherine Fisher. I really enjoy YA books…so much so that I also write them. Over the last few years I've been exploring the new terrain of being a small press author. It's been a wild ride, but well worth it.

I just recently got a Kindle and am delighted to be able to devour YA novels at a much cheaper rate now.

I'm looking forward to being a part of this group!

K.L. Glanville

[Christine]

K.L. wrote: "Hello, I'm from the marvelously multi-cultural area of Southern California. I don't think I'll ever get tired of meeting people from different cultures or of trying all the restaurants with food fr..."

You seem to be pretty similar to me.

[Angieleigh]

Hello, I'm Angie - a 36 years young married mother of two boys {15 and 12} from upstate New York. I have been reading since I was four years old and haven't stopped since. I heartily enjoy YA books amongst several other genres.

[K.L.]

Marie wrote: "K.L. wrote: "Hello, I'm from the marvelously multi-cultural area of Southern California. I don't think I'll ever get tired of meeting people from different cultures or of trying all the restaurants..."

How's that Marie?

[Danniella]

My name is Danniella Duff. I was born in Houston TX and I live in Toluca Lake CA. I love supernatural/romance, horror/thriller and murder books with lots of suspense that leaves you on the edge of your seat

[NBB]

Hi everyone,
I'm Natalie- 28 - from Texas - I'm obsessed with nail polish and I'm lazy beyond my years. I love to read, and I'm in an endless affair with YA fiction (I always feel like I have no business liking YA since I'm not a YA).

So glad that I've found you all. Thanks for having me!

[Kayla]

Natalie wrote: "Hi everyone,
I'm Natalie- 28 - from Texas - I'm obsessed with nail polish and I'm lazy beyond my years. I love to read, and I'm in an endless affair with YA fiction (I always feel like I have no bu..."

I'm 22 and my guilty pleasure is the YA genre. Especially YA romance, adore it to the core!!

[NBB]

Then you and I could talk for days because I am the same way! It's like falling in love again, and again, and again...without any of the heartbreak.

[NBB]

Nice to meet you, Ace :-)

[Grace]

Ace wrote: "...but I'll give this a shot. My name is Candace, but most people call me Ace...."

Welcome Ace. I usually don't reply to new people but I'm welcoming you since you're a twin and I'm the mother of twins. Of course, my twins are adults in their thirties. I'm still fascinated by other people who are twins (or parents of twins).

[Grace]

Ace wrote: "Thanks, Grace. I don't meet many other twins. Are yours identical or fraternal?

My twin and I are fraternal. We're also 'mirror twins'. I have a set of twin brothers who are four years younger than me; they're identical."

My sons are identical twins - although it was a fairly complicated procedure to establish that in the 70's, when they were born.

OMG - your Mom had TWO sets of twins. Fortunately, for her, you were born 4 years after the first set. I didn't know I was having twins until I went into labor - although I had strong suspicions for a month before. It was also an unplanned pregnancy. For the next two years I was convinced that, if I got pregnant again, I would have either triplets or quadruplets. I was so afraid of having another multiple birth.

[R. C.]

Hi nice to meet you all~ My name is Ryina ^^

[Grace]

Ace wrote: "I was born in '86 in a research hospital in Jacksonville. My mother says twins weren't that common back then, or maybe they just weren't common in Florida."

Twins weren't that common. The morning my boys were born, in 1974, the nurses on duty stayed past their shift change to be present at the birth because there hadn't been a set of twins in that hospital in so long.

My twins were my second pregnancy - I'd had a son the year before - 3 children in 13 months. Probably similar to your Mom's situation except she had to chase after two crawling babies while caring for a new-born.

The tendency to have fraternal twins is inherited - it requires two eggs to be released at the same time. As far as I know, there isn't a similar genetic factor for having identical twins since they come from a single egg and something 'happens' during gestation to create two babies instead of just one.

You're right - having twins isn't that common and multiple sets of twins is extremely rare - excluding what happens with in-vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments. The rational part of my brain told me that having another multiple birth was very unlikely. The emotional part of my brain assumed that the next pregnancy would be a multiple birth and it was just a question of whether I would follow an arithmetic progression (and have three babies) or a geometric progression (and have four). I finally quelled my irrational fears by having a tubal ligation so I would never again have to worry about getting pregnant.

[NBB]

Hi Ryina! Nice to meet you too. Thanks

Ryina wrote: "Hi nice to meet you all~ My name is Ryina ^^"

[Ana]

Hey, everyone!
My name is Ana and I'm almost 18 :) I'm Portuguese and love to read, specially YA and Romance.

[NBB]

Hi Ana. Welcome

[Christine]

K.L. wrote: "Marie wrote: "K.L. wrote: "Hello, I'm from the marvelously multi-cultural area of Southern California. I don't think I'll ever get tired of meeting people from different cultures or of trying all t..."

If what you mean is how are you similar to me, I'm sorry I didn't elaborate earlier, I was busy. Well you live near me and like food!

[Ana]

Natalie wrote: "Hi Ana. Welcome"

Thanks :)

[Caroline]

Hello, I'm Caroline. I read a lot, but enjoy YA,romance and fantasy books the most.

[Louie]

Hi everyone! My name is Louie short for Louella. I love books specially YA. I live in the Philippines and Im majoring in Political Science. Nice to meet you all! :)

[Amy]

Howdy all! My name is Amy. I am just starting to dip my toes into YA books after only recently discovering the sheer amount of amazing sound YA fantasy and paranormal titles that are out there. Where were they all when I was actually a young adult back in the mid-90's? Ah well there's nothing to say I can't still enjoy them now so I shall lol. And I have a LOT to catch up on lol.

I'm not sure how active I'll be in the community but I just wanted to stop by and say hi. *waves*

[Fredrik]

Hi! I'm a Swedish YA (sci-fi/pop/humour) writer living in Dunedin, New Zealand. My literary heroes are Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams; and my two favourite books from the last year are Keith Richards' "Life" and Reif Larsen's "Selected works of T.S. Spivet".
Cheers, Fredrik

[Olivia]

Hey everyone! I'm Olivia and I just recently have joined Goodreads, and love it! Umm, i'm not the best at introductions...so i'll just list random facts about myself that no one will really care about!
1. i'm a little too social
2. I'm a freak about track and running
3. I'm obsessed with orange juice (i'm even doing a science fair project on it)
4. I'm 5'4
5. I have too many inapropriate inside jokes with my immature friends...
Hey:D

[Pip]

Hello - I'm an Aussie YA writer from Sydney. I'm excited to see so many YA lovers out there :-)

[Mia]

Hey guys! My name is Mia and I also love to read. I'm not really an avid reader and I could make so many excuses as to why I'm not, but they're just that: excuses.
5 things about me-
1. My favorite genres of music are Kpop, Classical, and Indie.
2. People tend to think I'm an overachiever/nerd but in my opinion I'm a slacker.
3. I'm moving to the beautiful island of Taiwan in August to go soul searching. [I'm half Taiwanese and I've never visited nor do I live with my Asian family.]
4. Everyone who knows me only sees one side of me. I bring smiles to peoples faces with my amiable and generous actions, but inside, I'm a lonely, depressed, teen.
5. Dancing used to be my life but now it solely revolves around about academics.

[Mercy]

Hi,

I'm Mercy. I'm a wrter of YA Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy. But more over, I'm a reader of it too.

I love PC Cast and Stephenie Meyer, Rachel Caine and Brandon Mull, Claudia Grey and Rick Riordan. The next YA novel I'll be reading is The Maze Runner. HOpe it's good.

[Laura]

Hello Folks! I am both a writer and reader of y/a fiction. This sounds like a great group. I don't usually comment a lot, but I really enjoy taking part when I can. Also looking forward to learning a lot about all the stuff out there that I haven't had a chance to read yet.

[Rory M.]

I read along last month with Wake and I am looking forward to continuing to do so. I enjoy YA literature and try to read at least 25 YA books a year. I work with youth so it's important I read what they read.

[Angie, YA lovin mod!!]

Can't believe there are over 4000 members now! I remember when there was only 20 of us.....

[Angie, YA lovin mod!!]

Ace wrote: "Grace wrote: "My sons are identical twins - although it was a fairly complicated procedure to establish that in the 70's, when they were born.

OMG - your Mom had TWO sets of twins. Fortunately, fo..."

My dad is an identical twin. He and his brother were the first 2 of 5 kids. It is amazing to see how different they are because of their different adult life. My dad had health care and dental. My uncle didn't. My uncle worked hard laborious jobs, my dad didn't. My uncle looks sooooooo much older then my dad. They almost don't look the same anymore.

[Valivolant]

Hey everyone! My name is Susie and I'm new to goodreads and the club. Yayayayaya :)