Shelly Laurenston - Bio and AOM Challenge

[Kelley Anne]

The author that we are spotlighting for the month of July is Shelly Laurenston aka G.A. Aiken.

I'm pretty excited about having her be the author that we discuss this month. I started reading her books about 6 months ago and am completely hooked! She writes in the Paranormal Romance genre, and her books always have a great dose of humor. According to her website:

Originally from Long Island, New York, Shelly Laurenston has resigned herself to West Coast living which involves healthy food, mostly sunny days, and lots of guys not wearing shirts when they really should be. Shelly Laurenston is also The New York Times Bestselling author G.A. Aiken, creator of the Dragon Kin series.

Laurenston has two different websites:
www.shellylaurenston.com
www.gaaiken.com

As always, this thread is for anyone that wants to discuss Laurenston.

Also, this thread is for the Author of the Month Challenge! For anyone that's new to the group, the AOM challenge is to try to read one book/short story by the author that we are spotlighting that month. It's just a fun way to either get to know a new author, or if you are already a fan, re-read an old favorite.

Here are the books that she currently has released:

Mangus Pack
Pack Challenge
Go Fetch!
Here Kitty, Kitty!
When He Was Bad "Miss Congeniality"

Pride Stories
The Mane Event
The Beast in Him
The Mane Attraction
The Mane Squeeze
Beast Behaving Badly

Long Island Coven
Sun, Sand, Sex Anthology "My Kind of Town"
Belong To The Night Anthology "The Wolf, the Witch and Her Lack of Wardrobe"

Dragon Kin Series
Dragon Actually
About A Dragon]
What A Dragon Should Know
Last Dragon Standing
Everlasting Bad Boys

The Gathering
Hunting Season

On this thread let us know if you want to participate in the challenge and what book you are planning on reading. Then when you are finished, let us know how it was!

Any questions, please let me or Jess know! Thanks and have fun!


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[Kelley Anne]

July AOM Challenge Participants

Amy or "Ames" - Finished! Congrats!
Carolyn F.
Jael ~*~Syhren~*~
Jess
Kelley Anne - Finished! Congrats!
Michelle
Nichole
Sandra (1) - Finished! Congrats!
Sandra (2)

[Kelley Anne]

I think that I am probably going to read About A Dragon. I've read the first book in that series and really enjoyed it but never have gotten around to the rest of the series. I'll probably also do a few re-reads as well!

[Shannon]

I love Shelly Laurenston and have read her Magnus Pack, Pride Stories and Dragonkin series. My fav are the Pride Stories, but really they are all good. I thought book one in the Pride Stories was the weakest in that series (good not great), mainly because it's two novellas rather than a full length novel like the other books. I started with The Mane Attraction--even though it was out of order it worked fine. I ended up being one of my fav books in the series.

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

I'll be reading Beast Behaving Badly and probably What A Dragon Should Know. Maybe even Belong To The Night. I've read and re-read all the others, several times.

Really like Magnus Pack and Dragonkin series, also like the Gathering series, can't wait to find out what's going to happen in that one.

[Darcy]

I love this author!! I have read all of her books with the exception of Hunting Season. I am hoping it has a soft release so I can read that this month. Should be a good bet as Beast Behaving Badly was out 2 weeks early last month.

[Michelle]

I'm in. Great reason to read When He Was Bad. I love the humor in her books .I have read the Magnus pack ,& Pride series.

[Carolyn F.]

I'm waiting for Beast Behaving Badly but if it doesn't come in soon I may read one of her G.A. Aiken books instead.

[Darcy]

Carolyn F. wrote: "I'm waiting for Beast Behaving Badly but if it doesn't come in soon I may read one of her G.A. Aiken books instead."

That book came out in June so it should be out there. But if you are waiting for it from the library that would make a differnece.

[Nichole ~Bookaholic~]

I will be reading Beast Behaving Badlyand What A Dragon Should Know....I really enjoyed the Magnus Pack series and if I have time may do a reread....this is one of my favorite authors!

[Jess]

I have a few on my computer, I will have to see which one I am going to read.

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Finished Beast Behaving Badly it was great, 5★. It's about the hybrids and a nasty Dee-Ann Smith.

[Literary Ames]

Okay, so I've just finished my first ever Shelley Laurenston book -Pack Challenge. It was good, not great but it was entertaining. It had me chuckling every now and then. I'm sure they get better so I'll definitely be continuing this series.

[Literary Ames]

OMG, I've just checked out the title of the next book - Go Fetch! about Miki, lol!

[Darcy]

Amy the series gets better as it goes.

[Literary Ames]

That's what I thought, thanks Darcy. :)

[Sandra J]

I love Shelly Laurenston's books. I have to admit that my favorites are the lion and tiger shifters (loved Nik and Mitch). I have Beast Behaving Badly in the TBR pile, so I'll go with that first. I also have Dragon Actually, so I'll move that to the top of the pile.

[Jael ~ *~ Syhren ~* ~]

ok I am in for this challenge! I loved Magnus Pack and I do have Two of Dragonkin books so I will try to read one this month.

[Kelley Anne]

Congrats to those of you that have already finished! I had planned on reading About A Dragon but ended up picking up The Beast in Him for a re-read. I'm about halfway through. Once I finish it though, I'll try to get the other read too!

[Carolyn F.]

I'm reading Dragon Actually, which is pretty good so far.

[Literary Ames]

I've read the first three books in the Magnus Pack series this month so far and I'm waiting for the short to come in at the library.

Thank you Kelley Anne for persevering in nominating Laurenston every month until she won! I've really enjoyed the books I've read. Go Fetch! is my fave so far.

[Kelley Anne]

I'm glad that you are enjoying her! That was the first series of hers that I read as well. The pride series is fantastic too!

[Sandra J]

I like the Pride series best, too, but then I'm a sucker for cats. :-)

[Kelley Anne]

Yesterday I was in a pretty bad moon. Lots of things were going wrong and I finally decided to just grab a book, ignore the world and try to escape for a while. I ended up finishing reading The Beast in Him and the humor in that book just completely turned my day around. Love it when a good book can do that!

[Regina]

Who would you compare Laurentsen too? She is in my pile to read this month, but I am not a huge fan of PNR -- more of UF .....