Introduce Yourself - Part Deux!

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Jocelyn wrote: "Hi folks! My name is Jocelyn Adams, and I love to devour both UF & PNR books. My favorites are Karen Marie Moning (my hero!), Laurel K. Hamilton and Nalini Singh.

I'm also an author of dark UF w..."

Congrats on being an author, that is awesome being able to take and idea and spread it out over hundreds of pages!
Welcome

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Paige wrote: "Hi, my name's Paige. In short i love pretty much anything to do with the supernatural regardless of the intended audience. I do like some contemporary and romance novels but supernatural is my firs..."

Hey Paige
I think you will find some cool authors here. Happy hunting!

[Melissa Aurora Jayne]

Hi, I'm Melissa! I love paranormal romance and dark fantasy fiction. My favorite authors are Gena Showalter and J.R.Ward. I'd love to find a new series to read as I go through them so quickly.

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Hey Melissa Welcome to the group!
I love Gena Showalter too!

[[deleted user]]

Hey everyone! Just call me Pickles. I love SciFi and all kinds of fantasy. Favourite authors would include Patrick Ness, John Flanagan, Suzanne Collins, John Green, and Cassandra Clare. I'd like some suggestions on what to read. Please help me out :) Thanks everyone!

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Welcome Allie!
I am sure you will find new authors in no time :-)

[Stephanie]

Hi,
My name is Stephanie, *hi Stephanie* and I am addicted to books . No seriously, I read a book a day. and when there is nothing on my kindle to read or when I don't have any books I'm interested in that's really something to cry about. I like PNR and UF because romances get boring and formulaic. How people deal with their supernatural aspects and show their world is always something I pay attention to. I love the obscure and obserd, Simon R. Green.

[Renee]

Hi, I'm Renee.
I will read almost anything (except horror), but lately I tend to lean towards the paranormal/UF books. My current author obsession is Patricia Briggs & her Mercy Thompson & A & O books. I also love, JR Ward, Gena Showalter, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Karen Marie Moning & Darynda Jnnes just to name a few ;)
You're my "first" group, I found you through a friend...I'm always looking for new authors to read!

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Welcome Stephanie and Renee!

[Josephine]

Hai,
I'm Josephine. I live in Holland and I love fiction books. I'm a great fan of the Hush, Hush series, Beautiful creatures and The Dark Age from Markus Heitz.

I love this site because I have found more books I'd like to read!

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Hi Josephine welcome to the group!

[Robin]

Hi ALL
Robin Leigh Morgan from NY State. Retired. Married. No children. Right now I'm waiting to received my PROOF COPY of my debut novel, a YA Paranormal/Time Travel/First Kiss romance, entitled "I Kissed a Ghost".
I anxious to hold it next to my heart and to inhale the luscious aroma of the ink on those freshly printed pages; so I can give my final approval, and have the book I've given "birth" to be finally released to the hands of my readers.

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Hi Robin,
Congratulations on your new book and welcome to our group :-)

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Hi Merinda
I just love when people give me gift cards especially for amazon!! Welcome to the group and goodreads, personally I love this site!

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Welcome Robin & Merinda!! I'm another married, no children woman :D so you're definitely not alone.

[Robin]

A major change occurred yesterday to my status. Yesterday I finally became an author when my debut novel, a YA Paranormal/Time Travel/First Kiss romance novel, entitled "I Kissed a Ghost" got released.

My book is now available on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Kissed-Ghost-Ro...
It’s also available on Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.de Amazon.es Amazon.fr and Amazon.it

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Congratulations Robin, hope it goes well for you :)

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Congrats Robin! That has to be so fulfilling :-)

[Kimber]

Howdy! My name is Kimber. I'm from Houston, TX. I've had a goodreads account for a few years but this is my first time to ever really use it. I'm always looking for suggestions for new books and people who share my love for them. I'm a huge fan of Laurell K. Hamilton, Patricia Briggs, Kim Harrison, and many more. Look forward to chatting with many of you. Hope you all have a Happy New Years!

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Hey Kimber, welcome to the group!

[Sue]

Hi~ I am Susanne, and I got to this group via the books of Kim Harrison. I really hope to find more books that interest me, since soon I'll have caught up to the hollows' series and then I need something else to read. I don't really know what to say further, so, yes. Nice to meet you all!

[Kimber]

Hi Susanne! I love the Hollows series! Have you read any of Kim Harrison's other books?

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Welcome Susanne & Kimber!! I must say I've started collecting the Hollows books but haven't started them yet :D

There are plenty more books and authors to enjoy. To find some new authors, why not join the January challenge and use Kim Harrison as your favourite author in the Literature Map.

[Amber]

I love love all those authors. I don't get to use my goodreads as much as I'd like because of kids and crochet but its always a good resource to turn to. Welcome!

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Welcome Amber! Hope you can pop in to goodreads and WYA more frequently :)

[Alisa]

Welcome to you all! This will a great spot for you to find new authors to read. Kim Harrison's Hollow series was the one that got my pnr/uf addiction going. (there's a strong possibility that I'm still emotionally traumatized from that series). If you like that series you should try the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews.

[Martina]

Hi Everyone.
Im Martina. I come from Sweden and live in Holland. I love to read more or less everything. Paranormal, fantasy and sci-fy is favourites but i do like to mix with classics and other genres also.

[Sue]

@Kimber, sadly enough, not yet. I just happened to stumble upon her in the library, read the third book of the hollows series in Dutch. I liked it so much that I decided to start the series, but then in English.

@Alisa I'll see if I can find that series!

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Welcome Martina, you'll find a lot of us read across a lot of different genres, especially, fantasy, scifi and mystery. So you certainly aren't alone here :)

[Lisarenee]

[Lisarenee]

Martina wrote: "Hi Everyone.
Im Martina. I come from Sweden and live in Holland. I love to read more or less everything. Paranormal, fantasy and sci-fy is favourites but i do like to mix with classics and other g..."

Have you ever tried Steampunk? There are a couple which combine Paranormal and Sci-Fi.

[Martina]

Lisarenee, I have tried some steampunk but ben disapointed so far. I like historical and sci-fi so steampunk sounds perfect right :). The ones I read i havent liked the laungage in in, have felt like pretend to be historical sort of. If that makes any sense.

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Martina wrote: "Lisarenee, I have tried some steampunk but ben disapointed so far. I like historical and sci-fi so steampunk sounds perfect right :). The ones I read i havent liked the laungage in in, have felt li..."

Martina you are not alone I would think I would like them but so far I have not found one I was really into. Here is a listopia list perhaps you will have better luck than I did :-)
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/61...

[Alisa]

Hi Kathy! Glad to have you. If you're pressed for time check out our "what are you reading" section. You can see all the books that people are reading & what they think about them. It will help you narrow down what you want to read since you're time is limited. I know when I was a student I didn't have any time OR any money....lol So keep an eye on the free & cheap reads section too.

[Lisarenee]

Martina wrote: "Lisarenee, I have tried some steampunk but ben disapointed so far. I like historical and sci-fi so steampunk sounds perfect right :). The ones I read i havent liked the laungage in in, have felt li..."

That does make sense and I know what you mean. :)

[Lisarenee]

Kathy wrote: "Hi, I'm Kathy and new to the group. I'm a student so can't always keep up with group reads, but I'm looking for good recommendations and the current group read gives me the impression that I've com..."



Welcome to the group Kathy.

[Syreeta]

New to this group , going to try and keep up with all the books as 6 children keep me on my toes...is anyone a fan of Keri Arthur? Just started reading her Destiney and Riley series .

[Lisarenee]

Syreeta wrote: "New to this group , going to try and keep up with all the books as 6 children keep me on my toes...is anyone a fan of Keri Arthur? Just started reading her Destiney and Riley series ."

I've been meaning to read her books and own a couple of them, but haven't started yet.

[Dawn, Desperately seeking new worlds]

Welcome Syreeta yes I do like Keri Arthur I read her Riley series...wow six children I am sure your home is bubbling with life :-)

[Syreeta]

Pretty much I run away to my books lol

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Syreeta, I've read the Destiny Dragons and I'm up to #4 with Riley, enjoy them immensely. Good luck finding a hidey hole to read in :)

[Ashley]

Hi all!
I'm Ashley Swisher, mom to 3 under 5, wife to law school husband, obessive reader, and writer! I love YA paranormal romance/fantasy especially with a fairy tale twist, which makes sense I write just that! I live in a tiny town with two stop signs and no gas station ;). Excited to join the group!

[Sandra, Need more time to Read!!]

Welcome Ashley! Boy have you got a full life!!

Don't forget you can post your books in the Self Promotion folder :D

[Alisa]

Syreeta wrote: "New to this group , going to try and keep up with all the books as 6 children keep me on my toes...is anyone a fan of Keri Arthur? Just started reading her Destiney and Riley series ."

Welcome!! 6 kids? You're a saint. I have 3 & I'm lucky to get out of the house w/clean underwear on every day. lol

[Lisarenee]

Ashley wrote: "Hi all!
I'm Ashley Swisher, mom to 3 under 5, wife to law school husband, obessive reader, and writer! I love YA paranormal romance/fantasy especially with a fairy tale twist, which makes sense I ..."



Wow! You have a lot going on. I have three but none are under 5. My youngest is 8.

[Ashley]

I am looking forward to 8! I hear they get easier than harder yet as teens lol. Thank you for the welcome!

[Ashley]

And Sandra, thank you! I will be posting there for sure!

[Stefani]

Hi everyone, I'm Stefani. You can call me either Stef or Stefani, either one is fine. I was invited to the group by Lisarenee, who I am in another group with too. PNR and UF (either YA or not) are two of my favorite genres, so this is a perfect group for me.

Let's see, what else about me....um, I'm kind of boring actually lol. I am engaged, no kids, no furry kids. I currently live in the San Francisco Bay area but I am planning on moving to Arizona in a few months. I have a book review blog that I just started being invested in, I read as much as I can, and I love to write and hope to do it professionally eventually.

I look forward to meeting everyone.

[Lisarenee]

Welcome Stefani. :) Glad to have you in the group.

[Alisa]

Glad to have you Stefani!