Introduce Yourself - Part Deux!

[Anne]

The Others series is so fantastic - completely different. Meg is a very unusual heroine - I cannot wait until book 4 this spring.

[Anne]

Welcome, Aurora!

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Welcome Aurora! Glad you found us.

There are bound to be new authors and series you didn't know about. So check out the various folders and if you know an author we didn't know, please feel free to add them in the appropriate spot :)

[Jill]

Hi, I'm Jill. I love all kinds of romance & enjoy learning about new authors. Thanks for having me :)

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Welcome Jill! It's our pleasure :)

[Dawn]

Hi, I'm Dawn Chartier. I live near New Orleans, and I love PNR and Urban Fantasy. (I also love contemporary, historical and so on.) Some of my favorite authors are J.R. Ward, Karen Moning, Feehan, Kenyon, Shayne, Anne Rice, etc. So many to name.

It's great to find a place where we can share our new author finds. :-)

Happy reading!

[Karen]

Dawn wrote: "Hi, I'm Dawn Chartier. I live near New Orleans, and I love PNR and Urban Fantasy. (I also love contemporary, historical and so on.) Some of my favorite authors are J.R. Ward, Karen Moning, Feehan, ..."

I miss living in Nola, I'm so jealous! Those are some great authors, who do you like for UF?

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Hey Dawn

Lovely name :-) Welcome to the group!
I am sure you will find lots of new authors and hopefully a place to talk about your favorite books.

Cheers

[Sharon]

Hi all

Am in the UK ( live in Cambridgeshire but originate from Yorkshire)

I am not so into the paranormal romance but I do enjoy the Urban fiction genre. I come from a solid Sci-fi/horror/19th-century authors background (thanks, Dad) and I play RPG's pretty regularly.

I like Ilona Andrews, Patricia Briggs, and Kelley Armstrong at the moment but wanted to join the group for more recommendations please :)

So hiya everybody! it's nice to virtually meet you !

[Anne]

Welcome, Sharon.

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

*Waves hi to Sharon*

I'm sure you'll come across lots more authors in our threads and chatting to other members Sharon :)

[Michela J]

Hi there my babe is Michela I'm so into paranormal and urban fantasy glad to be here

[Karen]

Sharon wrote: "Hi all

Am in the UK ( live in Cambridgeshire but originate from Yorkshire)

I am not so into the paranormal romance but I do enjoy the Urban fiction genre. I come from a solid Sci-fi/horror/19th-..."

I love all those authors! Have you read The Others series from Anne Bishop?

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Welcome Michela!

[DiLynn]

I'm Di, and I'm 30 something, have three teenagers, and we all love to read PNR/UF. The younger kids are in debates over the Dark Hunters and Chronicles of Nick series, and the oldest and I are discussing Sisters of the Otherworld (Yasmine Galenorn). I'm thinking of introducing him to Patty Briggs Mercy and Alpha and Omega series now that he's caught up on Yasmine's books.

I'm disabled, so reading tends to keep me sane.

We love in the great Pacific Northwest (just East of Seattle). I have a great partner, and together we have three dogs, one cat, and five bunnies.

When I'm not reading, I'm often at karaoke, because I love to sing, I love music, and that's my outlet.

That's pretty much it.

[Michela J]

Wow Di it's great that you don't let your disability keep you from the fine things in life.... I absolutely love karaoke and all things music

[DiLynn]

Michela J wrote: "Wow Di it's great that you don't let your disability keep you from the fine things in life.... I absolutely love karaoke and all things music "
Disabled vet, fibromyalgia, PTSD, migraines, endometriosis, stuff like that. I can't let them get the best of me, or I'd never crawl out of bed. I have kids who need me, ya know?

[Michela J]

Heck yeah can't let it keep you down thank you for your service

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Welcome DiLynn! Sorry to hear that life is a struggle, but I'm sure reading & music, the kids & the partner help to make life sane.

It sounds like a great idea to intro your son to Mercy & A&O. I also recommend Kate Daniels. I'm sure he'd enjoy the humour & sword fighting.

[Jay]

Hi Everyone,
I'm Jay Shaw, and new to this site. I arrived here when I discovered that Goodreads already had an author page set up for me with the publication of my first book "Wolfhaven". This book is a shifter/action/romance that I hope readers will love and enjoy the ride. It's the first of the Duality series. I'm currently working on the first of a sci-fi action/romance trilogy I hope to have out in the next eight weeks.

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Welcome Jay!

Goodreads is good like that. A lot of us are librarians and add books all the time.

I'll have to check out your books, I'm a sucker for shifters & scifi-roms :)

[Jay]

Thank you, Sandra! :D

You and your fellow librarians are doing a fabulous job.
I love shifters and sci-fi romances too, I guess that's why I decided to write a few. Write what you want to read, right? I just have "Wolfhaven" out at the moment, but I hope you enjoy it, when you get the time to read it. :D

Jay

[Aden]

Hello all, my name is Aden Lewis and I am a new author. With my first book Heart of the Pride of the Fur, Lust & Magic series. I will have the second one out by the end of April. I co-author these books with my friend Mary Leihsing.

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Hi Aden
Welcome to the group! Vey exciting about your first and second book.

[Aden]

Thank you Dawn.

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Welcome Aden, meant to say I grabbed your book back on the 15th, but I haven't had a chance to read it yet :D

[Cynthia]

Hi all, I am Cyndi and right now my PR is limited to Christine Feehan and Katie Reus.....I love the shifter aspect and sometimes think I would love to be a leopard or a dragon, lol.....

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Hi Cindi welcome to the group!
You know Christine Feehan does not get enough credit in my opinion she is like the mother of PNR.
Have you read Nalini Singh?

[Deborah]

Hi everyone. I just found this group and feel like I've found my people! :) Some of my favs - Karen Marie Moning, Patricia Briggs, Anne Bishop, Richelle Mead, Darynda Jones, Ilona Andrews. I can go on and on...

[Karen]

That's a great list!!!

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Hi Deborah welcome to the group!!
I agree with Karen that is a great list, hopefully you will find some news ones here.

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Deborah, welcome to the group. Some of my favs :)

[Anne]

Welcome to the group, Deborah.

[Deborah]

Yay! I knew this was the place to land! Looking forward to getting to know you all.

[[deleted user]]

Hi, my name is Sarah. I discovered Patricia Briggs in December. She changed my reading life, and I have been burning through Urban Fantasy ever since. I have made it all the way through the Mercy Thompson series (twice), Kate Daniels (super excited for Sept. 20), and the Cassandra Palmer series. I am currently in the Edge series by Ilona Andrews, and I am glad I found all of you.

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Welcome Sarah! Wow, you've certainly picked my favourite UF series to start with. Please check out the threads & I'm sure you'll find some more great authors :D

[Anne]

Welcome Sarah! If you like Patricia Briggs, you will probably like Faith Hunter's Jane Yellowrock as well.

[[deleted user]]

Anne wrote: "Welcome Sarah! If you like Patricia Briggs, you will probably like Faith Hunter's Jane Yellowrock as well."
Thanks! I picked up the first 3 but haven't cracked them open. Gotta finish the Edge books by Ilona Andrews. I'm excited for them though.

[LastBreath]

Hey Sarah and welcome! When I read your post about the Kate Daniels series I got lost in a world of nostalgia. To say that I love this series is a total understatement. I want to get in and break down the why's and when's of it but that would take too long. Even writing a review was frustrating because I wanted to say everything but feared the spoilers. Anyway your post also reminded me that I needed to purchase #8. Friends say I should read it online but I believe in Ilona Andrews talent so I support them the best way I know how - by buying! (I've also got a thing for their Edge & Sweeper series).

Anyway welcome, be merry and enjoy!

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Sarah wrote: "Anne wrote: "Welcome Sarah! If you like Patricia Briggs, you will probably like Faith Hunter's Jane Yellowrock as well."
Thanks! I picked up the first 3 but haven't cracked them open. Gotta finish..."

The Edge is a great series!

[[deleted user]]

LastBreath wrote: "Hey Sarah and welcome! When I read your post about the Kate Daniels series I got lost in a world of nostalgia. To say that I love this series is a total understatement. I want to get in and break d..." Yes, I was lost for a few weeks with Kate Daniels, I abandoned my family, my sewing, my health (lol). When I wasn't reading, I was thinking about the books and trying to figure out why they worked so well for me. I do not really see myself in Kate, a little but not alot (I see alot of myself in Mercy Thompson that on was easy for me to figure out why it worked so well). Anyway, Ilona Andrews has a talent for sucking me in fast and completely. I will be at a local book store right after work on the 20th then I'll be gone for a day or two - lost.

[Howard]

Hi
My name is Howard. I enjoy books that build a different or secret world. Anne McCafferty, Patricia Briggs and Ru Emerson just to mention a few.

[Anne]

Howard wrote: "Hi
My name is Howard. I enjoy books that build a different or secret world. Anne McCafferty, Patricia Briggs and Ru Emerson just to mention a few."

Welcome, Howard.

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Welcome Howard! I think that is every fantasy fan's reason for reading; a secret world, things that aren't the same as real life and larger than life characters :)

[Aureliana Marina]

Hello, I'm Aureliana and I'm new here. I love PNR and my favourite author from this genre is Lynsay Sands and her Argeneau series.
My hobby is reading, writing, music etc and my dream is publishing my own novel.

[Rachel]

Hey everybody!

I'm Rachel and Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance are my genres of choice. My very favorite stories are the ones where (usually the heroine) discovers the world of the supernatural the same time as the reader does.

Thanks for having me!

[JT]

New to Goodreads and this genre! Excited to get some recommendations. I'm trying to broaden my interests and library. Feel free to follow / friend. I'm hoping to contribute as much as I can.
Thanks!

[Isabella]

Hi,
I'm Isabella, I adore urban and paranormal fantasy.
It started out with Night Huntress, and from there I've so far read Mercy Thompson, Alpha & Omega, Anita Blake, everything Ilona Andrews etc.

I feel like I've exhausted the quality series of genres and need some input as to what I can try next since I've had some disappointments.

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Hi Isabella,

Welcome to WYA. Now, what sort of books do you prefer ~ urban fantasy, paranormal romance, space opera, magic users, fae, vamps, shifters, dragons, etc etc ???

Or should I ask, what didn't work for you? That might be the easier question.

[[deleted user]]

Isabella wrote: "Hi,
I'm Isabella, I adore urban and paranormal fantasy.
It started out with Night Huntress, and from there I've so far read Mercy Thompson, Alpha & Omega, Anita Blake, everything Ilona Andrews etc...."

I heart Seanan McGuire's October Daye series and am currently enjoying Sarah J. Maas' Throne of Glass series.