Archived - WELCOME MESSAGE FOR NEWBIES!

[Jean]

Hi! My name is Jean and I live in southern CA. I normally read mysteries and thrillers but I also like to read a romance to change it up. I really enjoyed books from Emily Giffin and Lisa Kleypas. Would love to get some recommendations. Thanks!

[Ana]

Oh I love Emily Giffin too..:) Welcome Jean and have fun out here:)

[Mounika]

Hi
I'm Mounika
I'm kinda newbie since this is the 1st time I'm posting something...
I'm excited to read some romances with everyone here!!

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Welcome to the group, Jean and Mounika!

[Rossy]

Welcome to the challenge madness, Jean and Mounika!

[Mounika]

Rossy wrote: "Welcome to the challenge madness, Jean and Mounika!"

I'm really intrested in some highlander romances...
can you suggest some best books or authors??!! :-)

[Crystal]

Hi! My name is Crystal. Here is a list of some of my favorite series:
1.Jacqoelyn Frank-The Shadowdwellers(3 books in the series)

2.Jacqoelyn Frank-The Nightwalkers(6 books and 1 short story in the series)

3.Jacqoelyn Frank-The Gatheres(2 books in the series)

4.Kate Dauglas-Wolf Tales(21 books in the series *9 of them are short stories*)

5.Kate Dauglas-The Demonslayes(3 books and 1 short stories in the series)

6.Stephenie Meyer-Twilight saga (4 books with 1 short stories in the series)

7.Stephenie Meyer-The Host(1 book in the series* there is going to be at least 2 more books add to this series*)

8.Katie MacAlister-The Dark Ones(9 books and 4 short stories in the series)

9.Kerreln Sparks-Love at Stake(11 books and 1 short story in the series)

10.L.J McDonald-Sylph(3 books and 1 short story in the series)

11.Larissa Ione-The Demonica(5 books and 2 short stories in the series)

12.Larisse Ione-The Lords of Deliverance(2 books and 1 short story in the series)

13.Lucy Monroe-The Children of the Moon(3 books in the series)

14.Lynsay Sands-The Argeneau(15 books and 2 short stories in the series)

15.Nalini Singh-The Psy/Changeling(13 books in the series*3 of them are short stories*)

16.Pamela Palmer-Feral Warriors(6 books and 1 short story in the series)

17.Lora Leigh-The Breeds(26 books in the series*6 of them are short stories*)

18.Terry Spear-The Werewolf(8 books in the series)

19.Charlaine Harris-Sookie Stackhouse(11 books and 4 short stories in the series )

20.C.S. Lewis-The Chronicles of Narnia(7 books in the series)

21.Kresley-Immortals After Dark(11 books in the series* 2 of them are short stories*)

22.Nina Bangs-The Mckenzie Vampire(4 books in the series)

23.Nina Bangs-The Castle of Dark Dreams(4 books in the series)

24.Shana Abe-The Drakon(5 books in the series)

25.Linda Thomas-Sundstrom-Wolf Moons(3 books in the series*2 of the book have 2 shories in them. so there is 5 stories in this series*)

26.Lara Adrian-Midnight Breed(9 books and 1 short story in the series)

27.Marjorie M. Liu-Dirk and Steele(10 books in the series*1 of them is a short story*)

28.Christine Warren-The Others(12 books in the series)

[Sheila]

HI! I'm Sheila from Alberta, Cananda. I joined because this group looks really fun and I love the idea of challenges to make my way through some of my TBR pile!
Happy New Year!

P.S. The chubby chunkster and the monthly challenges are calling my name!

[Kirstym]

Hi I am Kirsty and have just joined. I get stuck with authors I like and need help to broaden my horizons. I like most kinds of romance books, historical, suspense/thrillers, contemporary. I have joined a challenge yet, where is a good place to start?

[Linda]

Hi folks I'm Linda and i just joined last night. I love to read! Mostly romance historical and paranormal; but a good mystery will get me too.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Welcome to the group, Sheila, Aobhro and Linda.

Hope you'll have fun here with us.

[Aoibhínn]

Hi, I'm Ellie and I just joined this group. I'm from Dublin, Ireland. I absolutely love reading and writing. I'm looking forward to getting to know people here and making new friends!

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Welcome to the group, Ellie! Hope you'll have fun hanging out with us. :)

[Rikki]

I'm new and i just joined and I don't know what challenge i should do any help for the newbie?

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Rikki wrote: "I'm new and i just joined and I don't know what challenge i should do any help for the newbie?"

Hi, Rikki! Welcome to the group.

Depending on how many books you read in a month, you can start with any of our regular monthly challenges. Check out the threads for the month of April.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

Happy reading.

[Epic]

How much sex do you like in your romance? I write erotic romance and would appreciate your feedback.

[[deleted user]]

Hi group!
I'm a new member to goodreads, although I've been lurking around the website in order to read its good reviwes for quite some time. I'm not super into romance, but this group looked so good, I just had to try. Not sure what challenge I'm going to start yet, but.... I'm excited!

[PepperP0t]

Welcome group newcomers (that I've missed), great to see the group growing so much. Join the conversations in the threads & feel like you belong!

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Epic Sex wrote: "How much sex do you like in your romance? I write erotic romance and would appreciate your feedback. "

We have a mixture of readers in the group, ranging from those who prefer 'clean' romances to those who have 'racier' tastes. The members here are all over the reading spectrum.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Rowanne wrote: "Hi group!
I'm a new member to goodreads, although I've been lurking around the website in order to read its good reviwes for quite some time. I'm not super into romance, but this group looked so go..."

Welcome the group.

Although we predominantly read 'romance', we are not limited to it, so you don't have to limit yourself to romance just to enjoy the group.

Have fun exploring the different challenges. : )

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

The March Hare wrote: "Hi group!
I'm a new member to goodreads, although I've been lurking around the website in order to read its good reviwes for quite some time. I'm not super into romance, but this group looked so go..."

Welcome to the group March Hare :) All the challenges are open to any book type; you don't have to stick to romance. ...It just happens to be a focus for most of us ;) As far as we are concerned, any reading is good reading! So put your reading sneakers on and challenge the tortoises!

[Eunice]

Hello my name is Eunice and I come from England um well I and new this group this is my first ever group ob goodreads so uh well yeah so one more thing how do you reads books on here?

[PepperP0t]

welcome newcomers. great to have you.

Eunice I don't really understand your question? We're picking up our books and talking about them here.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Welcome Eunice! Hope you enjoy your time with our group :)

As Pat noted, there are no books posted on this site - we are just chatting about books we have purchased or borrowed from libraries etc. Enjoy!

[Debra]

thx I am realizing I'm glad I joined this site and the group I think it going to be fun. I have joined the pick it challenge n hoping I did it right n hoping my profile is set to public. I love reading historical romance n romance just got in to some vamprie ,werewolfes books n paranormal romances n looking forward to trying new ones out to . looking for some enjoyable readings.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Welcome Debra!! I love this site - it is very interactive. Even if you don't necessarily chat much, the challenges suck you in ;)

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

BTW Debra - I checked and your profile is public :)

I would also suggest that if you have some books that you would like to read, that you add them to your To-Be-Read list so that who-ever picks for you in the PIFM challenge has some idea of what you like... With only two books on your profile, I suspect they will struggle to work out what sort of romance books you would like to read, and therefore make recommendations to you :)

[Debra]

thanks Jane I will add. books today. I know I'm doing The one pick it challenge and looked at some others too. I'm looking forward to. reading n chatting

[Tania]

hi, I'm Tania from England and love reading. I joined Goodreads last fall and have been bedding myself in by getting my books listed and what I have read over the last year and hope to read, and getting a feel for the site. I now feel ready to join a group. Your group looks like it will be lots of fun and am looking forward to having a go at the challenges.

[Questian]

Helo everyone!!! been in the group for about a month n took me a while to post in this thread.. too busy with the reading and looking which challage should i join...hehehehehehe so far, i liked how the group is...


sorry if i can't join the book discussions, but i do try my best to join the discussion in which i have read, and still reading the books,,, hehehhe


BTW i'm From the Philippines....

[Phoenix]

Hi everyone! My name is Phoenix Summers. I love reading and writing spicy romance. Right now I'm living in South Beach, FL. I look forward to being a part of this group. It's going to be great reading and sharing interesting things.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Hi Phoenix! I hope you enjoy the group!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Welcome to the group Phoenix :) Don't be afraid to start chatting away or joining in the challenges.

[Christel]

Hi everyone! I'm Tel from the phils. I love romance novels. I started reading book since I was in grade school. This group really helps me to find my favorite genres and story plots. Keep up the good work, guys! :)

[Questian]

^tel, is the the country or the state in america?

[Christel]

Questian wrote: "^tel, is the the country or the state in america?"

Ouestian, the country one :-)

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Welcome Tel! Glad you are finding more books - we love engendering more book-buying/reading ;)

[MountainKat, Moderator]

KAnon wrote: "Hello, new here. Still looking up challenges to decide what i want to start with.

What is the Buddy Read? There isn't really an explanation.

Is there somewhere where there are challenges and..."

Hi KAnon, and welcome! Buddy reads can form in many different ways. We have a group buddy read that we vote on and anybody who wants to can join in, there is also a M/M buddy read too. Both of those threads can be found in the Buddy Read section if you are interested. With the PIFM challenge, buddy reads often form as they can whenever several people say "I want to read that too!" They tend to be pretty informal. Feel free to jump in if you see one that interests you!

[Kitten ~♥️ MM series ~]

Hi I'm Edyne (A-dean) from NJ. Was recommended to this group by Brandilyn. Thank you so much. You couldn't have know my love of challenges and competitive nature.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Welcome to the group, Kitten. Hope you'll have fun doing the challenges. : )

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Hi Kitten! Hope to see you around the challenges!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Welcome to the group Edyne aka Kitten :) hope you enjoy this group and all the challenges. Brandilyn is in a heap of the challenges, so we'll watch out for you as well ;)

[Jaclyn]

Hi everyone! I'm Jaclyn and this is all new to me. I read the description for this group and got excited about it. Thanks for having me!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Hi Jaclyn! What a great time to join a challenge group - right at the new year! I hope you have fun here!

[Dee]

Hi Jaclyn - welcome to the group...hopefully you find some good challenges to start you off in the new year

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Yay Flower, can't wait to see you in some of the challenges!!

[Karen]

Don't Want to Miss a Thing

[Karen]

I get it Flower :-D Don't over commit...reading should be fun and on your terms...I only read before bed, it's the only time I have to myself. Have fun with the book, when you have time.

[Aղցela W.]

hi everyone

[Karen]

Hi Angela!!! Welcome aboard!