Introductions: In a nut shell…

[Sashana]

*Fingers crossed for Sans* I think university could be fun. High school is really depressing and soul sucking though (I know-I'm a drama queen lol).
What would you study if you went back to school Sans?

[Johnathan]

X) Samantha is my new bud.

[Heather]

Fhalin, OK, so how do you pronouce your name and where did it come from?

It was interesting having my Mom work as a teacher, especially since she taught Special Ed. But it was a PITA if I had one of her friends as my teachers, which did happen a few times..

[Samantha]

:) Johnathan is my new bud,too:) lol!

[Johnathan]

Samantha wrote: ":) Johnathan is my new bud,too:) lol!"
AWWWW <3

[Johnathan]

Fhalin is my friend and I heart her.
Lisarenee is my friend and I heart her also, I heart everyone I met on goodreads.

[Lisarenee]

lol You're sweet Johnathan.

[Johnathan]

awww thanks Lisarenee. C=

[Lauren]

We live in a little rural community but a lot goes on. You'll never really know about what goes on if you don't talk to other people... A lot of things in the town seem very secretive. It's actually pretty strange. Our highschool has a lot of kids who are different... awkward even.

[Lauren]

Hey Sashana, sorry I accidently
deleted your comment. By "awkward," I mean like a very secretive little town... Everyone kind of keeps to themselves and weird things happen all the time. It seems like their are lots of people in the town who are just socially strange and have a hard time trusting others.

[Fhal]

i ♥ all of you :)

[Danie]

Hi all! I'm Danie, I'm new to the group.

My Favorite Book(s): Way too many to list, but anything by Jodi Piccoult, Frankenstein, and the Women's Murder Club series.
My Favorite Movie(s): Forrest Gump, Grease, Why Did I Get Married, Why Did I Get Married Too.
My Favorite Celebrity: Male - Ryan Reynolds, Female - Melissa McCarthy (Sookie from Gilmore Girls)
My Favorite Author: Jodi Piccoult, James Patterson
My Favorite Music: Everything.
Sign: Pisces.
Day Job: Nanny
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Ireland!
Weird stuff I’m into: Not really weird, but I'm still addicted to Neopets. A bit childish, but I don't care, haha.
Why I read: Why not!?

[Lauren]

Fhalin wrote: "i ♥ all of you :)"

Aww thanks Fhalin! :) you just made my day

[Lauren]

Danie wrote: "Hi all! I'm Danie, I'm new to the group.

My Favorite Book(s): Way too many to list, but anything by Jodi Piccoult, Frankenstein, and the Women's Murder Club series.
My Favorite Movie(s): Forrest ..."

Yea Jodi Picoult is great! What's your favorite book by her?

[Danie]

Lauren wrote: "Danie wrote: "Hi all! I'm Danie, I'm new to the group.

My Favorite Book(s): Way too many to list, but anything by Jodi Piccoult, Frankenstein, and the Women's Murder Club series.
My Favorite Movi..."

Oh that's wayyy too hard to choose! Currently I'm re-reading My Sister's Keeper, and that's definitely one of my top choices. The Pact is good as well. Yours?

[Lauren]

Well I haven't read My Sisters Keeper -- I really liked Nineteen Minutes and Change of Heart :) Yea The Pact was great too! Oh it is hard to choose :)

[Danie]

Lauren wrote: "Well I haven't read My Sisters Keeper -- I really liked Nineteen Minutes and Change of Heart :) Yea The Pact was great too! Oh it is hard to choose :)"

My Sister's Keeper was excellent. So much so that when I found out they were doing a movie, I was unbelievably excited (I happen to like Abigail Breslin quite a bit, and she played the main character). Unfortunately, compared to the book, the movie was horrible. By itself, it was pretty decent, but...I was expecting more, you know?

Anyways, definitely My Sister's Keeper. That's one you should read (hope I'm not making your TBR list even longer!). Nineteen Minutes and Change of Heart are the two of hers I have left to read I think...I'll add them to my list now, thanks!

[Sashana]

Fhalin wrote: "i ♥ all of you :)"

This also made my day, Fhalin. Please know that the feeling is mutual :).

Welcome to the group Danie!

[Danie]

Sashana wrote: "Fhalin wrote: "i ♥ all of you :)"

This also made my day, Fhalin. Please know that the feeling is mutual :).

Welcome to the group Danie!"


Thank you Sashana!

[Heather]

Welcome Danie, you will fit right in here..

Just don't say you weren't warned..

[Lauren]

Danie wrote: "Lauren wrote: "Well I haven't read My Sisters Keeper -- I really liked Nineteen Minutes and Change of Heart :) Yea The Pact was great too! Oh it is hard to choose :)"

My Sister's Keeper was excell..." no problem!

[Elaine]

Okay, I am new so here goes:

My Favorite Book(s): Ummm, really? I don't think the page is long enough but some are Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar and Dragon Jousters, David Eddings Belgariad and Malloreon series, Lynsay Sands Argenau series, Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle Arcane series, Johanna Lindsey especially the Mallory books, Agatha Christie, Tamora Pierce books, Julia Quinn books, Stephanie Laurens books, and lots more.
My Favorite Movie(s): Again, this is tough to narrow down, all kinds of disaster movies (big budget and made for TV) like Day After Tomorrow and 2012 or Atomic Train and 10.5, Oscar, The Usual Suspects, Noises Off, Yours Mine and Ours (the original with Lucy), White Christmas
My Favorite Celebrity: no one really
My Favorite Author: cannot narrow it down (see the above book list)
My Favorite Music: all kinds from pop to rock to Christian to oldies to Broadway to 80s to easy listening
Sign: Leo
Day Job: None at present
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: England
Weird stuff I’m into: video games
Why I read: I can't not read. It is fun and I devour books

[Sashana]

Hey Elaine, I hope you have fun in the group. :)

[Lisarenee]

Welcome Elaine. Looks like we like the same books (which translates to a little bit of everything) and we're both Leos.

[Lauren]

Welcome Elaine! :)

[Johnathan]

welcome Elaine!!!

[Johnathan]

welcome Danie!!!

[Heather]

Welcome Elaine! Be prepared for your TBB list to grow by leaps and bounds..

[Sashana]

Lol, Heather that's so true.

[Samantha]

Hello!

My Favorite Book(s):
My Favorite Movie(s): The Princess Bride
My Favorite Celebrity: Heath Ledger (R.I.P)
My Favorite Author: Can't decide haha
My Favorite Music: Anything really. Classical, rock, opera, musicals, pop, rap, etc.
Sign: Pisces
Day Job: Student
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: London
Weird stuff I’m into: Comic Books
Why I read: I love it, escape

[Lisarenee]

Welcome Samantha. I was upset when Heath Ledger died. :( I was looking forward to watching him on the big screen for many years. Very sad.

[Heather]

Welcome Samantha! Wow, we have a lot of Pisces on the list..

Lisa, I was in the car with a friend on the Bay Bridge going to work when the news station we were listening to announced Ledger's death. What a damn shame as I seriously don't think he even reached his peak..

[Johnathan]

welcome samantha! and I read for the same reason you do. (=

[Fhal]

Hey guys!
I'm so sorry. I wasn't able to talk to you all in a long time. We just had our exams and it was brutal!
I hated Statistics. At what grade are you supposed to take Statistics?

My name is pronounced as Fa-lin. I don't know where my mom got it exactly and I think it means nature? I think my mom got it from Disney's Bambi. Faline was Bambi's mate... I so don't know where she got it xD

Welcome to the new comers!!! :D

[Lauren]

Fhalin I hope exams weren't too bad! Think of it this way: Now they are overwith! It's nice to have you back.

[Fhal]

I cried when I received my paper in Stat. I got a failing grade then when we went over the answers I was like "Thank you, Lord!" There were lots of stuff my teacher didn't check and I ended up having a passing score!
It's nice to be back :) Thank you!

[Sans]

How did the teacher get away with failing you if they didn't check all of your answers?

I loved Math. It was my favourite subject. Good teachers definitely help though.

[Sashana]

I hate math, but it's my favorite subject this year. I love English and Social Studies but they're my worst subjects this year. *Weird*

[Lauren]

I'm pretty good at math, Icam ahead the average of my grade by 2 courses.

[A Voracious Reader (a.k.a. Carol)]

Fave books: Too many to pick
Fave Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars (the originals)
Favorite Celebrity: Don't have one
Fave Author: Too many to pick
Fave music: Anything but rap.
Sign: Pisces
Day Job: Wife, Mom, CEO of the house
If I could live anywhere: out west on a huge tract of land
Weird stuff I'm into: I collect shot glasses I never use; I can pack a van, car or truck for travel like it's nobody's business; I love office supplies
Why I read: Because I can
Reading Goals: To not develop macular degeneration like my mom and to read until my last breath.

[Lauren]

Carol wrote: "Fave books: Too many to pick
Fave Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars (the originals)
Favorite Celebrity: Don't have one
Fave Author: Too many to pick
Fave music: An..."

I'm not a fan of rap either. Welcome Carol!

[Heather]

Carol, you love the original SW too! Remembering standing in line in SF at the Coronet.

[A Voracious Reader (a.k.a. Carol)]

I have nothing against the newer Star Wars movies, but the originals, back then, were WOW! George Lucas is The Man! His dialogue sucks, but the movies were awesome. lol

[Heather]

Oh yeah, I hear ya! I saw the 'new' ones and hated each and every one of them. Just horrible! The one thing I have never been able to do is forgive Lucas for saying he knew everything that was going on in the whole series. Right, so Luke has the hots for his sister! Gross on so many levels..

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Hi all, I'm fairly new here... so here's my list:
My Favorite Book(s): Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter
My Favorite Movie(s): Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Star Wars
My Favorite Celebrity: Alexander Skarsgard (Eric Northman from TrueBlood)
My Favorite Author: Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, Sabrina Jeffries, Anya Seton, Jean Plaidy
My Favorite Music: rock
Sign: Sagittarius
Day Job: Business Process Support Administrator (IT)
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Sweden
Weird stuff I’m into: the "Predator" character from the Predator films...
Why I read: I love losing myself in a world of fantasies!

[Shay]

Sabrina wrote: "Hi all, I'm fairly new here... so here's my list:
My Favorite Book(s): Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter
My Favorite Movie(s): Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Star Wars
My Favorite Celebrity: Alexan..."

I just started reading Dragonwyck by Anya Seton. I'd never heard of this author before, now she keeps cropping up on various groups and threads.

[Heather]

Sabrina, you are now my bested friend! Love Eric, can't get enough of him!!!

BTW, welcome to the group..

[[deleted user]]

Heather wrote: "Sabrina, you are now my bested friend! Love Eric, can't get enough of him!!!

LOL good to see another Eric-lover on here!!
Which reminds me I urgently need to continue reading the TrueBlood books, I don't want the TV series to catch up with me!

[[deleted user]]

Shay wrote: "I just started reading Dragonwyck by Anya Seton. I'd never heard of this author before, now she keeps cropping up on various groups and threads."

I have read several Anya Seton books and they are all very good. Her best one is "Katherine", in my opinion.

[Heather]

Sabrina, don't even worry about that, as Ball has screwed TrueBlood up big time. I wasn't all that impressed with the latest Sookie book but I did love in Eric in it. I seriously need to reread the 4th book before the next season of TB comes out..