Introduce Yourself - Part Deux!

[Jess]

Welcome to the group Lisa, enjoy it here.

[Sapphirewine]

Hi, I'm new and a sci-fi and fantasy reader. Also a chronic re-reader of series I love. Kim Harrison, Tanya Huff, Patricia Briggs, Charlaine Harris and Richelle Mead are some of my favourite authors. PNR, UF have become two of my favourite genres/sub-genres. :)

[Lisa]

Jess wrote: "Welcome to the group Lisa, enjoy it here."

Lisa wrote: "Hi, I'm Lisa and I am new to goodreads. I love, love, love paranormal romance and urban fantasy."

Thanks :)

[Jess]

Hi Sapphirewine, welcome to the group!

[Amanda]

Helllooooo!!
I'm Amanda and a great lover of all things paranormal, supernatural and fantastic! I am a librarian by trade and currently work in a private girls school library so, lucky for me, there are plenty of books to borrow of the paranormal persuasion!

I am a big fan of Patricia Briggs and am hanging out to give Kim Harrison a read. I also love Mary Janice Davidson, JK Rowling, & Rosemary Clement-Moore. If anyone knows of similar authors to Patricia Briggs, I'd love some suggestions.

Cheers!

[Jess]

Welcome to the group Amanda!

Have you tried Ilona Andrews yet? She is fantastic.

[Shawna]

Hello everyone,
I'm not really new here but I havent been very active in the last year here...so I thought I would re introduce myself. My name is Shawna Hill and I am an author on here as well as an avid reader. I love PNR romance. I picked up my first one at the age of 16, I believe, it was Jude Deveraux's, A Knight in Shining Armor, and it was on! I have been hooked on PNR ever since. I like other sub genres, but PNR is my total escape!

Nice to meet you all...

[Vicki]

Hello everyone. I realized that I have belonged to the group for over a month now and I really have not introduced myself.

My name is Vicki Knisely, I am a wife, mother, sister, daughter, librarian at the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence.

I began to enjoy reading later in my life. I was on bed rest with my second son and developed the love of books and other worlds at that time. I could easily spend all my time in other worlds, though I am pretty sure that would severely hinder the other roles I play in my life.

I enjoy Historical fiction, Fantasy, PNR and UF. Some of my favorites are Outlander, The Lord of the Rings, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Mercedes Thompson Series, the Kate Daniels Series, and The Hunger Games Trilogy. (Just to name a few)

Some of my favorite authors are Diana Gabaldon, Ilona Andrews, Patricia Briggs, Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Vincent and the list goes on and on and on.

Thanks for having me and I am excited to get to know you and learn what you are reading and have found as favorites!

[Jess]

Thanks for being here Vicki!

[Anne]

Hi,

Just joined - love this grouping, urban fantasy-paranormal romance-etc-etc. Bunch of favorite authors right now. Hope to find some "good reads"
Currently reading Larissa Ione's Eternal Rider. Nice to meet you all.

[Jess]

Welcome to the group Karen. Join in on our discussion of Eternal Rider, it's one of our BOM's.

[Jackie]

Hi all, just joined. I love PNR. My favourites at the moment is Midnight Breed and BDB. Hope to find some more suggestions here:-)

[Kat]

Hi, I just want to briefly introduce myself, my name is Kat Johnson and I love to read, especially PNR and UF. I am looking forward to talking with other people who share me addiction.

A few of my favorite authors right now are Illona Andrews, Kim Harrison, Jennifer Estep and Sherrilyn Kenyon.

[Jess]

Welcome to the group Jackie, I hope you find some good books on here.

Hi Kat, welcome! Some of your favorites are mine as well. Have fun here.

[Jen]

So, Hi!

My name is Jennifer and these introductions make me feel like I'm at an AA meeting.

Authors I'm madly in love with are: Kelley Armstrong, Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Dennis Sharpe, Simon R. Green, Lilith Saintcrow, Kim Harrison, J.R. Ward, and Charlaine Harris.

I like things that go bump in the night, mostly things with fangs. I drink coffee and wine as though I'd die without them, and I smoke far more than I know is wise.

Anything else I should say?

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Hi I thought I should re-introduce myself. I am Dawn and I love goodreads it has me on the never ending TBR pile which I love. I am a huge fan of Urban Fantasy and I have recently started reading more fantasy which is fun.

This is a great group so I hope everyone enjoys and finds more books :-)

Cheers!

[Jess]

Hey Jen, welcome to the group! And no, you have introduced yourself perfectly, just feel free to join in any discussions that are going on right now.

Hi again Dawn!

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Hi my names Lu, i love PNR and UF books. my fav authors would have to be Kelley Armstrong, PC Cast and Richelle Mead.

if anyone has any recommendations i'd love to hear them and i love to recommend books i have read and loved.

[Jess]

Welcome to the group Louise-Ellen

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Thanks =D

[BxerMom]

Hi I'm Liberty, 40 years old from Indiana. I am married and have a soon to be 16 year old son and two fur babies. I love reading just about anything but have found that I'm easily drawn in by the paranormal genre. I look forward to reading with you!

[Jess]

Hi Liberty, welcome to the group!

[BxerMom]

Thanks Jess! I'm enjoying looking around. I think I'm going to find lots of new series to read!

[Jess]

I hope so, if you have any questions feel free to message me or ask around here. Have fun!

[Pat]

Sorry to interrupt, but what are AOM, BOM and BDB? I guess IAD is Immortals After Dark which I love. Other series I've read are spelled out here. But I have no idea what AOM, BOM and BDB mean.

I'm an avid PNR reader but I'm new to the community (thrilled to be here too!) so I don't know the acronyms. I'm sure I'd have 2 cents to add to the conversation if I knew what it was about :p

[Jess]

AOM = Author of the Month
BOM = Book of the Month

These are both features of the group that happen every month. In fact the polls just were put up to vote for July's Author and Book of the month.

BDB = Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR Ward (at least I think so!)

Not sure where the BDB reference is floating about in this group, but always feel free to ask if you're not sure what something means :)

Any other questions feel free to post them here.

[Steph Ann]

Hi, I'm Steph, and I'm new to the group. I've loved reading pretty much ever since I learned how and discovered PNR/UF when I was in high school and haven't looked back since! :) Some of my current favorite authors include Kim Harrison, Kelley Armstrong, Jeaniene Frost, and Chloe Neill.

[Jess]

Hey Steph, welcome to the group! :)

[Jenne]

Hi everyone! My name is Jenne, I live in Texas. Paranormal/ Urban Fantasy is about the sum of what I read. I just finished the Fever series and I am re-reading Shadowfever. Yes I must agree with you they are blow your socks off good.

[Jess]

Hi Jenne, welcome to the group!

[Joanna]

Hello my name is Joanna I live in New Zealand. The first paranormal book I ever read was Christine Feehan Dark Deamon and I was hooked. Since then I have devoured as many Paranormal Romance books as I could.

I am always looking for new authors and would love to hear from anyone with some recommendations.

My favorites so far are Nalini Singh, Christine Feehan, JR Ward, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Lynsay Sands......and the list goes on.

[Jess]

Welcome to the group Joanna, I hope you find some more authors to add to your list.

[Jess]

Hi there Brandyn, welcome to the group!

[Colette-writer-reader-dork]

Hi I'm Collette.

I live in Sydney, Australia.

About about my PNR history;

I started loving the Paranormal world from a young age after watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer it got me very intrigued with Vampires but my real love for PNR started after reading Twilight (yes I know) but then that opened up a whole new world of reading.

Some of my favourite authors (most are YA authors) - Richelle Mead, Jeaniene Frost, Cassandra Clare, Lili St. Crow, Melissa De La Cruz, Alyxandra Harvey, Becaa Fitzpatrick..yeah...keeps going for a bit, but they are my ultimate faves...oh and JK Rowling! (I don't know, does HP fall in the Paranormal genre?)

[Jess]

Welcome to the group Collette!! I'm not sure about the Rowling question.. I think it might be YA fantasy.

[Heather]

Hello Everyone, thanks for letting me join the group. My name is Heather, I live in Germany. I read a little bit of everything.

Right now my favorite authors include Christopher Moore, Jim Butcher, Kim Harrison, Chuck Palahniuk and Jeaniene Frost. I would love any recommendations of other authors and favorite books you have. :)

[Jess]

Hi Nicholas, welcome to the group!

Welcome to the group Heather!

[Colette-writer-reader-dork]

Well JK Rowling is still awesome lol :)

[Jess]

Collette wrote: "Well JK Rowling is still awesome lol :)"

I agree :)

[Jess]

Welcome to the group Fran!

[Anna]

Hi My name is Anna. I love paranormal novels. My fav right now are Karen Moning. My all time favorite authors are Diana Gabaldon, J.K Rowling. I love dicovering new authors.I have been trying new books with kindle, since it's sooooo easy to get a book for my ipad:)

[Jess]

Hi there Anna, welcome to the group!

[Meagan]

hi im meagan, im just got the newest kelley armsrtong book cant wait to dive in!! ill most likly finish it before the sun goes down here.. lookin for ppl to start a book club with.. this is my first day to goodreads so here goes!!

[Jess]

Welcome to the group and to Goodreads!

[Karen]

I joined Good Reads a couple of months, but to be honest i got stuck when trying to "add my books." I love urban fantasy and have a huge TBR stack. I'm really behind in my reading. I'm writing more than i'm reading, but I'm trying to get back into the swing now that i'm between books. I look forward to some great conversations here. :)

[Leah]

This is by far my favorite genre. There is nothing like taking a step out of reality and losing yourself entirely in a different world with lifelike and lovable characters. My favourites being Kelley Armstrong and J R Ward. I would love any suggestions of other PR/UF authors which are worth a read. I find that, as much as I love the genre, it's very hard to sift through some of the rubbish which somehow manages to get published... lol :)

[Kim]

Hi, I'm Kim. I started searching for some more good books to read and found Goodreads. I love some of the books that this group has on the bookshelf and can't wait to start reading the ones that I haven't read yet. I don't think I'll ever be without a good book again. :)

[Jess]

Hi everyone, welcome to the group!

[Deborah]

Hi, my name is deborah and i just love most UF.Love to read paranormal romance books. My fav author at the mo is patrica briggs but im abou to start reading Karen chance's book but cant work out weather midnight's daughter and touch the dark are related in any way so any help on that would be appreciated.

[Jess]

Hey Deborah, welcome to the group!

Yes, the books are loosely connected. They are set in the same world, and you will often see Mircea in both books. They are two different series though.

- the cassie series

- the Dorina series