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Name: KimFavorite Book(s):This constantly changes, but I'm gonna go with the Vampire Academy Series
Favorite Author(s): Richelle Mead, obviously but absolutely love Cassandra Clare
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you: I work at a public library. Weirdness abounds around every corner.
Why you like/love to read: Love to get lost in a story. Letting your imagination paint this picture in your mind. It's almost painful to put down a good book. It's like pausing a movie at your favorite scene.
Favorite Genre:YA: paranormal romance, vamps, werewolves, faeries, and most recently angels
Favorite song: Gosh just one?!...Help I'm Alive by Metric
Fav color: Purple
Why you're so awesome. lol(optional): I rule!!! lol
Hey and welcome Kim... I love that you said that weirdness abounds around every corner of the library! I, too, have had my fair share of weirdness at the library! D:
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ALLO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~KIM! Another librarian!!! So cool!!!!!!!!!!! Getting lost in a story is my favorite part of reading a book! I completely agree with "why you like/love to read"!
Hii! :DName: Danielle
Favorite Book(s): Hmm...there's too many! I'd hhave to say the Harry Potter series (of course!), Vampire Academy, and Maximum Ride
Favorite Author(s): James Patterson, Richelle Mead, L J Smith
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you: Um, this isn't weird as much as its embarassing. My bff and I went to the mall one day and there were these 2 guys there that were really cute. My friend wanted to talk to them, but kept chickening out. So we followed them around the mall into Game Stop (they were in there for like 2 hours). When my friend finally got the courage to talk to them, it turned out they only spoke spanish. So she continued to talk using the little spanish she knew along with a series of hand gestures. I then proceeded to walk away and acted like I didn't know her :D lol
Why you like/love to read: Reading takes me into a world new world. Its like each book is its own adventure. It's my escape from reality
Favorite Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance
Favorite song: Another tough one...um, well I'm a huge Backstreet Boys fan so any of their songs
Fav color: Purple! ...sometimes blue, but usually it's purple :)
Why you're so awesome. lol(optional): I'm more of a modest person, so idk why i'd consider myself awesome
Kim wrote: "Name: KimFavorite Book(s):This constantly changes, but I'm gonna go with the Vampire Academy Series
Favorite Author(s): Richelle Mead, obviously but absolutely love Cassandra Clare
Weirdest thing..."
I bet you have all kinds of stories about the library. Lots of interesting characters hanging out there (and I don't mean book characters!). Welcome to the group! :)
Name: JodiFavourite Book(s): Harry Potter series, Looking for Alaska by John Green, Anna and the French Kiss, The Hunger Games Trilogy
Favourite Author: John Green
Why you like/love to read: I love to be lost in a story, and I love to create so to see someone else's creations are really fabulous
Favourite Genre: YA, specifically fantasy/sci-fi YA
Favourite Song: Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons
Favourite Colour: Purple
Why you're so awesome: Because I'm a Harry Potter mega fan!
Jodi wrote: "Name: JodiFavourite Book(s): Harry Potter series, Looking for Alaska by John Green, Anna and the French Kiss, The Hunger Games Trilogy
Favourite Author: John Green
Why you like/love to read: I lov..."
Welcome...welcome. Big fan of John Green myself!!
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Name:RhondaFavorite Book(s): Percy Jackson series, Hunger Game Series, Lovely Bones, City of Bones series, just about anything YA
Favorite Author(s): Lauren Oliver, Maggie Stiefvater, Cassandra Clare, Suzanne Collins
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you: the other day i went to a book store with my friend and some drunk british author who knew mcjaggar was there and we snuck out the back lol
Why you like/love to read:it takes me out of my life :)
Favorite Genre: YA, romance
Favorite song: Rolling in the Deep (this week)
Fav color: Green
Why you're so awesome. lol(optional): I'm a ginger lol.
Name: KaylaFavorite Book(s): Series: Twilight, Mortal Instruments, Morganville Vampires, House of Night, Hunger Games, etc
Favorite Author(s): Cassandra Clare and Rachel Caine
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you: I was in New Orleans one day and guy walked past me in NOTHING but a pair of chaps!! I was 12!!!! lol
Why you like/love to read: I love to immerse myself into a world and get invested in the characters.
Favorite Genre: YA paranormal
Favorite song: ATM - 'Stronger' by Sara Evans
Fav color: PINK!!!!
Why you're so awesome. lol(optional): I jump head long into everything I do.
Hello and welcome new people! It's always exciting to see new people joining! :D
hello! :D im so excited to join. hows everyone?
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@Rhonda: I too am a ginger! Slightly.
Name: SamanthaFavorite Book(s): Gah where to begin....
Favorite Author(s): Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell, Jaclyn Moriarty, Stephanie Perkins, Ally Carter, Kieran Scott (and all of her pen names).
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you: .....
Why you like/love to read: Because there are so many stories and each are so fascinating in their own way.
Favorite Genre: YA and the classics
Favorite song: Couldn't possibly choose just one. How would that make all the others feel?
Fav color: yellow
Why you're so awesome.: It's a secret.
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Name: AugustaFavorite Book(s): The Blind Assassin
Favorite Author(s): Jane Austen, Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Carroll
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you: I unknowingly slept in a brothel in Austria. Found out the next day what it was and we promptly retrieved our things.
Why you like/love to read: Living in someone else's skin, if only briefly.
Favorite Genre: Magical realism/urban fantasy/paranormal and the classics
Favorite song: Depends on my mood.
Fav color: blue
Why you're so awesome: I'm one-of-a-kind.
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Never follow an old lady on a bicycle to her "hostel" from the train station. Lesson learned.
I'm Ashley! I've been an avid reader since when I first learned how to read. Strangely I am just now getting into the whole YA genre. I have alot of catching up to do (:Favorite Book(s):The Mortal Instruments is my favortie YA series so far, I also loved The Book Theif..some that aren't YA.. The Poisonwood Bible, City of Thieves and Memoirs of a Geisha
Favorite Author(s):I don't have a specific one yet
Why you like/love to read: You can visit history, foreign countries and meet interesting characters that you may never get the chance to in real life
Favorite Genre:right now it is YA..I definitely love historical fiction too
Favorite song:I don't have one.. it changes all the time
Fav color: Blue in all its different shades
Why you're so awesome. lol(optional): I will try anything once. I love experiecing new things
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Ashley,Welcome!!!!!! We'll catch you up on must-read books, so don't fret! ;^)
Ah, Welcome new ones. I am glad that you have found this amazing little group! It's really great! :D
Hi! I am "Little Jewel." It's good to be here.This is my FAV. I recommend it to the group.
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Name: Anne
Favorite Book(s): The Last Song, The Wild Girls, A Great and Terrible Beauty
Favorite Author(s): Meg Cabot, Alyson Noel, Shannon Hale, Libba Bray
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you: one time i picked up the phone to call my best friend but the phone rang before I could dial and it was her
Why you like/love to read: Idk it is just really fun. i read like 5 hours a day
Favorite Genre: Um...fantasyish?
Favorite Song: Complicated by Avril Lavigne, Rolling in the Deep by Adele, Speak now by Taylor Swift, Something Burning by Deb Talan
Fav color: pink & blue
why you're so awesome: cause i'm a preteen and i wrote a 400 page novel in a year
Favorite Book(s): The Last Song, The Wild Girls, A Great and Terrible Beauty
Favorite Author(s): Meg Cabot, Alyson Noel, Shannon Hale, Libba Bray
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you: one time i picked up the phone to call my best friend but the phone rang before I could dial and it was her
Why you like/love to read: Idk it is just really fun. i read like 5 hours a day
Favorite Genre: Um...fantasyish?
Favorite Song: Complicated by Avril Lavigne, Rolling in the Deep by Adele, Speak now by Taylor Swift, Something Burning by Deb Talan
Fav color: pink & blue
why you're so awesome: cause i'm a preteen and i wrote a 400 page novel in a year
Name: NatalieFavorite Book(s): The Hunger Games series, Romeo and Juliet, Pretty Little Liars series, Tricks, 13 Reasons Why, sooooo much more
Favorite Author(s): I don't have a specific favorite.
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you: Oh gosh, too mant things haha.
Why you like/love to read: I don't really know how to explain, I just love reading stories and feeling how characters feel. I like getting lost in a different world, away from reality.
Favorite Genre: I'll read anything except extreme fantasy.
Favorite song: anything by Panic! At The Disco
Fav color: Purple and blue
Why you're so awesome. lol(optional): I really am not haha.
Hi, my name is Nichole. It's nice to meet you all!!!Okay, now for the list:
Favorite Book(s): Harry Potter series, The Mortal instruments, Strange Angels, The Dragonriders of Pern
Favorite Author(s):JK Rowling, Lili St. Crow, Anne McCaffrey
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you: Oh, I don't have enough space to write all of the weird things that have happened to me!
Why you like/love to read: Escape. Reading gives you the chance to escape into another world and experience someone elses life.
Favorite Genre:Paranormal romance/ urban fantasy
Favorite song: No way I could narrow this down...
Fav color: Green!!!
Why you're so awesome. lol(optional): Everyone is awesome intheir own way <--- cope out answer ;)
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Favorite Book(s): The Last Song, The Wild Girls, A Great and Terrible Beauty
Favorite Author(s): Meg Cabot, Alyson Noel, Shannon Hale, Libba Bray
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you: on..."
Holy crap! 400 pages?! That's awesome! What's it about???
Meagan wrote: "Name: Meagan
Favorite Book(s): Vampire Diaries, The Hunger Games, Prom Nights from Hell,
Favorite Author(s): J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, Meg Cabot
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you: I once go..."
Punching in the face?! As a complete and total corny joke fan I find that completely rude and unnecessary! That person should be condemned, corny style! ^-^
Welcome everyone~!
Name: Gayle FarmerFavorite Book: Gone With The Wind and about a thousand others
Favorite Authors: Dean Koontz, Jonathan Kellerman, Sydney Sheldon, Joseph Wambaugh
Why I read: As a child, an escape, as an adult, for adventure
Fave Genre: Mystery, Action, Y/A
Fave Color: pinky orange
Why I'm awesome: Jeff says so!
Name: StephieFavorite Book(s): Hunger games, Thirst series, Vampire Academy, Evernight series, and so many more....
Favorite Author(s): Christopher Pike, Jenna Black, Suzanne Collins, Claudia Gray, Amanda Hocking, Lauren Kate, Richelle Mead, Addison Moore, Brenda Pandos, Morgan Rice, and a few others.
Favorite Genre: Young Adult
Favorite song: Right now it would probably be Lighters by Boys Meet Evil Feat Bruno Mars
Fav color: Purple (hence the nickname Princess Purple)
Why you're so awesome. lol(optional): Because it comes naturally to me...
Hey everyone,I'm new to goodreads who knew there was such an awesome website like this out there. But yea, I'm a real chatter mouth when it comes to books I read lol so I tend to write alot...... I'll just skip to the point lol
Name:Shae
Favorite Books: one day,wings,if you come softly, the summer i turned pretty series ,the perfect chemistry series, any YA written by Lisa Schroeder,....... oh geez this is harder than I thought, there are way to Many to even count :D
Favorite Authors: Lisa Schroeder, Paulo Coelho , Simone Elkles, Aprilynne Pike, etc.!
I'd like to be up to date with what all my fellow YA lovers are up to so add me ! Xoxo :)
Name: PD CasteelFavorite Book(s): Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene
Favorite Author(s): Irving, Roth
Why you like/love to read: to see beyond my own perspective
Favorite Genre: Books Literary Fiction and Film/TV Fantasy
Favorite song: He Went to Paris
Fav color: Black
Why you're so awesome. author of book Stacy Ireland: The Providence Daughter (cd phillips)
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Name: AnumFavorite Book(s): Avalon High, Harry potter and the half blood prince
Favorite Author(s): Umaira Ahmed, JK Rowling
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you: life
Why you like/love to read: cuz its really enjoyable
Favorite Genre: YA
Favorite song: Leave out all the rest- Linkin Park
Fav color: Black
Why you're so awesome. lol(optional): cuz m me!!!
Name: ShelbyFavorite Book(s): The Luxe series, The House of Mirth, 13 Reasons Why, and so many others! (Read here for more: http://www.by-its-cover.blogspot.com )
Favorite Authors: Anna Godberson is my hero. Love Lauren Oliver. Edith Wharton is still a genius.
Why you love to read: I'm a story teller and a people-watcher, so I love seeing characters play across the page. It's amazing.
Favorite Genre: It fluctuates. I grew up loving historical fiction, then I was on a high fantasy kick. That died and now I love contemporary drama or LIGHT sci-fi/fantasy. All YA, of course.
Favorite song: Right now? Anything by Florence + The Machine. Especially "Cosmic Love"
Favorite Color: Tangerine.
Why you're so awesome: It's just in my nature.
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Name: DiamondFavorite books: Shiver,Linger,Hush Hush,the book thief,Twilight saga.
Favorite Authors: S.C. Stephens,Nicky Charles
Why you love to read: To visit another world (i know that sounds chessy)
Favorite Genre: YA
Favorite Song: The Drums-Money
Favorite color: Lavender
Why you're so awesome: because i am (lol i dont know)
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My name is Mandy, and I am a blogger. Here's the link: http://romancebookie.blogspot.com/Favorite Book(s): (ugh way toooo many to name, but here's a few):
Favorite Author(s): Meg Cabot (my absolute favorite), Sarah Dessen, Simone Elkeles, and Nicholas Sparks
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you: I don't know, off the top of my head, probably my first date.
Why you like/love to read: it's a great escape from everything. I read happily ever after books usually, because I feel the world is serious enough and its great to have some fun easy stuff in life :)
Favorite Genre: young adult, romance
Favorite song: it changes constantly, but I really love Adele's "Hometown Glory" from her first album "19"
Fav color: dark purple and light blue
Why you're so awesome. lol(optional): People tell me I always smile! :) Does that count?
Name: JuliaFavorite Book(s):Water for Elephants or the Bruce Coville Unicorn series.
Favorite Author(s): Lois Duncan, Bruce Coville
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you: Book related? Well probably reading one of my mangas then a whole new manga is inserted in the middle of it!
Why you like/love to read: It just gets my imagination going. I love being whisked away to new worlds and daydreaming about all the cool things that could happen there.
Favorite Genre:YA but I am seriously starting to change that. But I love fairy tales and whatnot.
Favorite song: Currently it is pumped up kicks.
Fav color: Red
Why you're so awesome: erm lol I work at a library!
Name: KristinFavorite Books: The Maze Runner, The Dust of 100 Bones, Study Series, anything by Rick Riordan or James Patterson. Heist Society Series, Clockwork Angel
Favorite authors: Ally Carter, James Dashner, Jackson Pearce, Maria V.Snyder, James Patterson, Kristin Cashore
Weirdest thing that's ever happened to me: Um, a donkey stepped on my foot and broke it! Uh, I don't think that classifies as "weird," except that it was spray-painted pink for some reason...
I love to read because it brings me to a new world, and because it's addicting! And fun!
Favorite Genre: Fantasy, spy/action novels, the occasional sci-fi/dystopian I was obsessed with the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz for a while...
Favorite Song: I wish I had one!
Favorite color: Purple, and black and red 'cause they're my school's colors.
I'm awesome because...I do a lot of ballet. Once again, that's not really awesome. But I'm a pretty good writer, too.
My name is MarilynFavorite books: too many to say
Favorite author: Shakespeare
Wierdest thing: I was shipwrecked on a cruise ship. Had to be rescued.
I love to read because I learn so much.
Favorite genre: historical fiction.
Favorite song: Moon River.
I'm awesome because I married an awesome man and raised two awesome sons.
Name: AlyciaFavorite Book(s): Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter, Wuthering Heights, & Walk two Moons are my ALL-TIME favs. But new favs are: The DUFF, Anna and the French Kiss, Paranormalcy, & The Hunger Games.
Favorite Author(s): Josh Lanyon (not a YA author), Stephanie Perkins, Kody Keplinger, Beth Revis, David Levithan and many more.
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you: my whole life is weird to me.
Why you like/love to read: I've always read and I couldn't imagine ever not reading. I love the stories and the characters and the feeling of understanding something.
Favorite Genre: Contemporary, Dystopian, and Urban Fantasy.
Favorite song: Set the fire to the third bar by Snow Patrol
Fav color: green
Why you're so awesome: I'm from CA, but I am living in London and trying to finish school before I move to NYC to pursue a career in publishing. :)
Name:NataliaFavorite Books: Water for Elephants and Twenty Boy Summer
Favorite Authors:Sarah Dessen, Sara Shepard, Melissa De La Cruz, and the list could go on and on
Weirdest Thing...:Umm. I think it would be in seventh and eighth grade when I had dreams about what classes I would be and friends who would be in my classes, and my dream became reality.
Why you like/love to read: It's relaxing from the stress of everday life to read about someone else's life.
Favorite Song: I have no idea.
Favorite Color: Tie between pink and orange.
Why you're so awesome: I'm almost never in a bad and am always happy (sidenote: not overly happy that it annoys people just good mode happy)
Tori wrote: "Anne wrote: "Name: Anne
Favorite Book(s): The Last Song, The Wild Girls, A Great and Terrible Beauty
Favorite Author(s): Meg Cabot, Alyson Noel, Shannon Hale, Libba Bray
Weirdest thing to ever happ..."
well it's 400 pages on the computer but if it actually was made in a book it would probably be only about 200 pages. ha ha
Favorite Book(s): The Last Song, The Wild Girls, A Great and Terrible Beauty
Favorite Author(s): Meg Cabot, Alyson Noel, Shannon Hale, Libba Bray
Weirdest thing to ever happ..."
well it's 400 pages on the computer but if it actually was made in a book it would probably be only about 200 pages. ha ha
Name: Amanda S. Favorite Book(s): Sweep Series, Crank Series, Hunger Games, Runaway and Ruby Holler.
Favorite Author(s): Ellen Hopkins, Suzanne Collins and Cate Tiernan
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you:
Why you like/love to read:It gives you a way to experience life through other characters.
Favorite Genre:YA Fantasy
Favorite song: I can love you like that by Boys II Men
Fav color: Purple
Why you're so awesome. lol(optional): Just love to live life :D
deleted user wrote: "Name: Destani HopeFavorite Book(s): Sweep saga
Favorite Author(s): Cate Tiernan
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you: To have one of my best friends(who I will not name) come up behind me, and..."
deleted user wrote: "Name: Destani Hope
Favorite Book(s): Sweep saga
Favorite Author(s): Cate Tiernan
Weirdest thing to ever happen to you: To have one of my best friends(who I will not name) come up behind me, and..."
I love that series it was a great read and I literally had to keep getting the books because I was hooked.
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