The Young Adult Historical Fiction Society discussion
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Welcome!I think most of us are all in the same boat and will be going on this historical journey together.
Hey everyone, I'm Andrea (Dru for short) and I love ya historical fiction books! I'm from Mexico City and I am a proud book addict lol
Hi Cialina and Dru! Welcome to the group. Glad you're both here.
Welcome! I love that we're from so many different places.
Hello everyone!I joined this group yesterday (thanks for the invite Emi) but I guess I should actually introduce myself. My name is Nicole, I'm 22 years old, and a senior nursing student (46 days to graduation, whoohoo!). Unfortunately school means I don't have as much time as I'd like to read, but I squeeze it in anyway :) I mostly read YA sci-fi/fantasy, but I love to branch out and try other genres as well so I'm really looking forward to getting lots of recommendations from this group!
Hey sorry!! I have a question and I'm not sure where to post it, how do you like a person's review? i see where to comment, but I dont' see the Like button. Sorry if this is a dumb question!
It should be just under their review on the bottom right hand corner.
Okay thank you, I guess I'm just oblivious then
Haha, it's no big deal, Ottilie. For the longest time I couldn't figure out how to comment on what my friends were reading. Even though I LOVE Goodreads, some portions of the website aren't very intuitive/easy to navigate. Tehehe, I have the biggest grin on my face right now. I'm so happy to see that so many of the people that I invited actually joined. Thanks for joining, guys, and welcome! And a welcome to everyone else, as well! Even though the club is only a few days old, it's already hoppin'. :D
I really just can't see the like button, it's so weird! Haha I'm not real tech savvyHaha I know I'm enjoying this group and the people in it!! :)
I am impressed too, Emi. Thanks for pimping us out to your friends list. <3
Any time. I'll be pimping us out over my blog this weekend, too. I think I need to start wearing a fuzzy purple coat and some bling.
Do it and then take a picture so we can giggle at it.
Pshaw, giggle? I forbid it. When I rock the coat and bling ya'll have to know that I mean biz-nass. I should be feared.
Wear big rings, for backhanding purposes.
Oh snap. I'm afraid of Emi's pimp hand. It's very strong.
You gotta give her that respect. You know its hard out here fo' a pimp.
I feel like you need some sort of bad ass steampunk-like pimp ensemble.
I feel like you need some sort of bad ass steampunk-like pimp ensemble.
Oh I have one for her! BRB! *edit* nm the host took it down. Boo.
It is 1:11AM and I'm Googling "steampunk pimp" ... this is my life with you guys in it. :p
I sat up til after 1 a.m. last night fan casting for Clockwork Angel in another group. I know the feeling.
That guy looks like the dude from the Nevermore cover.
Totally epic! And yes, I see the resemblance! They both have the sideswept bangs thing going on.
It bugs me that the picture I wanted to show you was taken down. It was almost like a dominatrix meets steampunk thing with a really hot corest, but still had a full skirt.
You have no idea how much I love you guys right now. First I went from being a regular ol' pimp to being a steampunk pimp, which is totally awesome. I might just have to grace you all with a picture of this getup if I can find the pieces of the costume this weekend. *wipes a tear away* It'll be beautiful. I also think a title change is in order. @Melissa: Ah! You joined! Awesome! Great to have you here, Melissa, and welcome to the group. Feel free to post book recommendations or join in on any of the bizarre conversations (like the one above). We're a fun group of peeps. ;)
Melissa wrote: "My step-son Anthony has just gotten into steampunk and he created a "steampunk Borg" for a ComicCon out in Seattle."That is soooo awesome!
Google should not cause problems again! I finally get my mail and we are talking about having a pimp!
@Melissa: That is soooooo awesome that your step son did that! I've always wanted to create a costume for a convention or something. *rubs chin* Hm...my steampunk pimp getup is going to have to be amazing, in order to top that. @Ottilie: What's this 'talking' that you speak of? We have a pimp. ;D *points to mod title*
Hello! My name is Samantha. I am in my teens and I go to a high school somewhere in the U.S.! I love to read (obviously!) and my favorite books are The Twilight Saga, the Harry Potter Series, and the Night World Series. I was into historical fiction a while back and miss them so I decided to join this group so I could find some new ones to read and talk about. I am really excited about this group and can not wait to read and discuss the first book!
Well, hello there! So far, I recognize a bunch of you from the Sci-Fi/Fantasy group and am so excited about this new adventure! I'm Lindsey. I'm a 31-year-old wife and mom of great 9-year-old boy. I graduated with my master's in Sec. Ed. in December of 2010 and now I get to teach high school English! I love it! And I love how appropriate this group is to my job. Next month I'm teaching
....I really just enjoy reading, and since graduating I have taken it as a job to fill my days with great books. I like pretty much anything as long as I get taken away into the world created (whether it's realistic or fantastical...).
Thank you Elle for inviting me. I am looking forward to reading with all of you.
Welcome Melissa, Samantha and Lindsey to the group. :) Lindsey, I wish I could use work as an excuse for why I like to read as much as I do. That way my husband would stop telling me I'm way too attached to my Nook.
Stacia, he'd probably still say it. Although, mine is constantly pushing me to buy more. He's weird that way! I love that I can use work as an excuse! You know, I need to keep up to date on what my students are reading, right!?
Hey, whatever gets you more books sounds like a great deal.
Welcome Samantha and Lindsey! Thanks for joining us here. :P
OMG! How have I not seen this group before? Thanks to Jude who invited me. Okay, so I'm Cass. I just turned 18 a month and a half ago, and I've always had some fascination for history. In senior high school I chose Modern History, but dropped it due to the teacher and class. I own a book blog, Words on Paper, and I focus on YA.I love the spirit of Historical YA, and LEARNING about different time periods and momentous events WHILE READING for fun. It's a whole different kind of transportation. There may be inconsistencies and inaccuracies with the genre sometimes, but that doesn't make the genre any less valuable in my eyes. Ranks up there with Contemps, for me. :)
Hey! I can't believe I haven't searched for a YA historical book group before. -___- I'm a total history, book and YA junkie. So of course I love historical fiction YA. Yaaaay.Anyways, I'm Caitlin. I'm a 20 year old English lit major. Of course I love to read, but I'm also a big outdoorsy person. I love to hike, water skii...go places. Hah. Oh, and I love museums. Even artsy museums. I went to the Getty the other day and fell in love with William Turner's paintings. Sigh.
Well, I'm excited to converse with everyone :)
Welcome Caitlin. :) Glad to have you here.
Hey everyone! My name is Sarah, and I have just found this group thanks to Caitlin as I saw she had made some posts on here! Im 19 years old and live In calgary, canada.I love Historical Fiction, and YA so this group seem like a good mix!
Welcome to you too, Sarah!
Hey Sarah!!!! Nice to see a familiar face :)
Hello,I'm Jeremy. I love historical fiction and YA, so this place seemed like a good place to check out. :)
Hey there Jeremy. Glad to have you. :)
Welcome guys! Glad to have you all here. :D
Well, hello...I'm so thrilled to have found you all,I can hardly contain myself. But since I've sworn off the exclamation point, you'll just have to discern my excitement another way. Young adult historical fiction is my favorite genre, so much so, I'm currently slaving away at my first daring attempt-- Occupied Paris, 1942. What a challenge!
Eager to jump in and discuss some of my favorite books here. Thanks for being here.
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Hey Angelina and welcome! (I'll use the exclamation point for you). Wow, occupied Paris has many awesome stories from that time. I instantly think of people trying to cross the channel to England, or something like that. Anyways, very cool :)
The Young Adult Historical Fiction Society
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The last great historical YA I read was the Body at the Tower by YS Lee. I haven't read a lot of historical YA in a while, but they are just sitting on my shelf waiting to be picked up!