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Harold wrote: "Heidi (up to no good) wrote: "Hi Harold *waves* I love all your contests btw :)"Thank you. And you too, David.
I'm glad you like my contests, because I really do enjoy doing them! There's actual..."
What contest?? *boucing* Not that I'm excited... I'm just curious as to what a fellow member is up to. *cough* ....
What's it about?
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Heidi (up to no good) wrote: "Harold sets up awesome contests like Best Stand Alone YA Book or Best YA Villan and every nominates and votes in a bracket type system."Oh, I see! For some reason I thought it would be a writing contest. I'll still check it out. :) Thanks!
Heidi (up to no good) wrote: "Sorry Harold! You can always try the contest over here with your video. I am game!"I'm sorry too Harold! I actually left that group before you PMed me, not because I didn't like it, but because I needed to downgrade my groups a bit. I went back for the contest but I've been slacking.
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Did you guys all stop posting in that one too?LOL, well I'll admit that seeing you, Peep, Roshini, Bluemoon, Lloyd, and Arphaxad were here is why I joined. I usually ignore my group invites, hahaha. Plus, I mod a Adult YA group with Stacia. But I've missed chatting with you guys, so I couldn't resist!
Plus, how else am I gonna get my great gritty realistic YA rec's!
Heidi (up to no good) wrote: "Poor Wendy she trys to downgrade her groups and I make her join this one! I am actually secretly trying to steal all the members from that group over this time one! I invited Cassi and she told m..."Heidi (up to no good) wrote: "Sorry Harold! You can always try the contest over here with your video. I am game!"
Oh wow. Are Jennifer and Lasse here as well?
Also, thank you for the invitation. I'll do that if not too many people think it's redundant.
Actually, here's a question for you guys: How many of you would like me to run a contest here? It's no trouble to me and I like doing group activities in which a lot of people have fun.
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LOL, well I'll admit that seeing you, Peep, Roshini, Bluemoon, Lloyd, and Arphaxad were here is why I joined. I usually ignore my group invites, hah..."
I have never asked anyone to join this group because I am the same way Wendy. But I missed you! Lloyd and Peep are in this group - I need to try and steal Arphaxed and Roshini. Ugh! I keep forgetting people. Bluemoon is a moderator of this group so I hope she didn't think I was leaving her out because she rocks!
Heidi (up to no good) wrote: "Wendy F wrote: "Did you guys all stop posting in that one too?LOL, well I'll admit that seeing you, Peep, Roshini, Bluemoon, Lloyd, and Arphaxad were here is why I joined. I usually ignore my gr..."
By the way, I sent invites to some other members of the old crowd.
I think I'll try seeing how this group reacts to the contest. It's been good in the last group, but I think it's about time for a career change.
I am SO looking forward to this group.
Roshini and Arphaxed are in here, I just don't think they've posted.
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I haven't seen them lately at all???
Hi y'all! Thanks to Harold, I'm in this one now too! ;-) I had never joined because it seemed like a fairly high percentage of my Goodreads friends were already in this group and I would just read their comments on the updates page. And I didn't need another group. Or another book to go on my monthly shelf. But I didn't want to miss Harold's next surprise, so here I am. :-)For those of you who don't know me (or have forgotten because I tend to lurk rather than post), my name is Tish, I live in North Carolina, and have a 13 year old son who also loves to read. I read everything, but love YA, fantasy, historical fiction, thrillers, etc. Favorites include Harry Potter, Chaos Walking, Ender's Game, Outlander.
Hiya Tish, fancy seeing you here. :)
Welcome Tish!! *waves and jumps up and down awkwardly*
Hi Wendy F and Heidi! Nice to meet you, David! *waves back at everybody*
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MORE CHAOS WALKING FANS!!!
Also, hi and welcome. :)
Darcy wrote: "Hi! I'm Darcy and I'm from Ontario Canada... I love YA and am currently reading Courtney Summers' new book called This Is Not A Test... and LOVING it!"Welcome, Darcy!
Darcy wrote: "Hi! I'm Darcy and I'm from Ontario Canada... I love YA and am currently reading Courtney Summers' new book called This Is Not A Test... and LOVING it!"Hi Darcy, welcome!!
Hi everyone! My name's Adrienne and I've been lurking here so long it's a bit embarassing. Anyway, I'm also from Ontario Canada and I'm currently reading The Woodcutter by Kate Danley. I have a passion for all things fairy tale inspired so I'm hoping this will be a good one.
Adrienne wrote: "Hi everyone! My name's Adrienne and I've been lurking here so long it's a bit embarassing. Anyway, I'm also from Ontario Canada and I'm currently reading The Woodcutter by Kate Danley. I have a pas..."Hi Adrienne! Have you read
? I read it recently and really loved it. Plus, it's by Robin McKinley, so you know it's gonna be good. :)
I have read Deerskin and I loved it! One my favourite YA novels of all time is Robin McKinley's Beauty. It's such a beautiful, unique retelling of Beauty & the Beast. It was after reading that book that I decided I wanted to be a writer.
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Adrienne wrote: "I have read Deerskin and I loved it! One my favourite YA novels of all time is Robin McKinley's Beauty. It's such a beautiful, unique retelling of Beauty & the Beast. It was after reading that book..."I'm definitely adding Beauty to my TBR list if it is what inspired you to be a writer!
I might have already posted in here... (I can't quite remember) but I'm Chloe. twenty something who lives in Amherst. My boyfriend says I'm a crazy book lady. Which, I guess is like a crazy cat lady with books. So I'm trying to be more active in my groups and on goodreads so I can hopefully make some crazy book people friends. Haha. It's also nice to be able to see what everyone else is enjoying in YA literature because I'm always in need of recommendations
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Wait, really? I live in Amherst, too ... I mean, I go to Hampshire College so I live here most of the time, anyway. :P
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Hi Chloe! Welcome, we can always use a crazy book lady, I'm the male equivalent, my wife calls me Brick after the book loving kid from the show The Middle LOL!
Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Chloe wrote: "I might have already posted in here... (I can't quite remember) but I'm Chloe. twenty something who lives in Amherst. My boyfriend says I'm a crazy book lady. Which, I guess is like a..."I do! Well technically I live in Hadley... but right on the line so I consider it Amherst haha. I'm a Umass student but I've lived in the area my whole life.
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Love Brick! He is so sweet.
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Ah, okay. Awesome! I've never happened to stumble upon other 5-college students here on Goodreads so ... cool coincidence. ;) I grew up in eastern MA near Boston, so not really from this area but fairly close by, haha. :)
Heidi (up to no good) wrote: "David wrote: "Hi Chloe! Welcome, we can always use a crazy book lady, I'm the male equivalent, my wife calls me Brick after the book loving kid from the show The Middle LOL!"Love Brick! He is so..."
Lol!!
Thanks so much for the warm welcome everyone! I'm excited to find out more about your favorite reads.
Hi Fatima! Welcome to the grouppppp :)
Hello everyone...my name is Chris. I love YA books and talking to people who love YA books. Some of my favorite YA authors are Lois Lowry, Shannon Hale...Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is probably one of the greatest MG/YA books ever written...and just recently started 'Insurgent'.Look forward to joining the conversation and getting to know everyone.
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Thank you. And you too, David.
I'm glad you like my contests, because I really do enjoy doing them! There's actually another one going on right now. Unfortunately, I picked the worst possible time for it, because virtually nobody is participating. I understand that they could be busy and have lives outside of Goodreads, it's just that, ironically, I put a lot more work into this contest, going so far as to make both a video and another surprise. (Which hasn't been posted yet)
But I guess that's just how the cookie crumbles sometimes.