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[Melissa]

Welcome to the new people.

[G.H.]

I too am an author of a MG novel (The Hanley Chronicles) and, full disclosure, I am largely here to introduce my book. But fear not. I detest pushy salespeople, so I will be absolutely committed to following the rules of self-promotion. If I go astray of those rules, it will be unknowingly, so just let me know, and I'll step back in line.

[Jemima]

G.H. wrote: "I too am an author of a MG novel (The Hanley Chronicles) and, full disclosure, I am largely here to introduce my book. But fear not. I detest pushy salespeople, so ai will be absolutely committed t..."

Just follow the rules for author members and I’ll be happy!

It would be nice to get to know you through discussing other books though. That’s how authors really sell books online! And I believe the New York Times did an article on that recently.

[Jemima]

Shannon, I’ve moved your post to a new discussion one Books set in a COVID world as this section is the place to introduce yourself rather than start new discussions :)

I’ve also added two suggestions.

[Shannon]

Thanks, How do I find the link for those suggestions and that discussion?

[Jemima]

Shannon wrote: "Thanks, How do I find the link for those suggestions and that discussion?"

Click the link in my post!

[Pamela]

Merry Christmas everyone! Thought joining a group like this was a good present! My name is Pamela Jouan-Goldman and I love to read although with 2 kids its hard to find the time especially with one headed to college. My daughter is 12 so although I have never really thought much of reading MG books its good to be in her world a little. I also happen to be on my local school board and I really enjoy the insight I get from writers of middle grade. Reading right now: Side Tracked by Diana Harmon Asher and really enjoying the way she tackles ADD throughout the story. Looking forward to future discussions!

[Jemima]

Welcome Shannon and Pamela. I hope you enjoy it here.

SP this is the place to introduce yourself. Start a new thread e.g. in Discussions to ask your question :)

If you don't know where to find all the sections on this Group, please read the Guide for New Members (and also How to Use Goodreads Groups), in the same section as this thread. Also, just scroll up and click the 'Great Middle Grade Reads' at the top of this page, and you'll get the front page with all the contents for your exploration!

[Ann]

Hi everyone. Happy new year!
I am an author/librarian in an elementary school so of course I write MG. I got the idea for my book when I heard a strange beeping coming from my garage. It took a while for me to realize that it was beeping at the same time everyday. I found an old radio in a box of stuff from a deceased great uncle and that's when it got eerie. I tried turning off the alarm, taking out the very old batteries and playing with the antenna. Still the beeping persisted. I started to think that the electromagnetic radio waves could suck people to outer space. Black Hole Radio was born. Books 1 & 2 are out in the world and book 3 is coming out soon!

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Hole-Rad...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...

The best part is being able to offer my own books to the students who come to the library. And they're reactions and feedback has been great!
BTW the radio is still beeping!!!

[Jemima]

Elaine wrote: "I have a dilemma and I would appreciate your feedback. In your opinion would a sequel to the Magical Adventures of Lori and Bonnie B Bunny work?
In the original story Lori and Bunny find themselves..."

Elaine. You keep doing this.

This is the thread for posts by NEW MEMBERS, which is what it says at the top of the page. You should be welcoming them and chatting to them.

It is not where you post things about your own work, which goes in AUTHORS CORNER.

You're a great person, and have really interesting things to say about books, both yours and other people's, but please keep to the rules or I'll be forced to ban you.

[Jemima]

Ann wrote: "Hi everyone. Happy new year!
I am an author/librarian in an elementary school so of course I write MG. I got the idea for my book when I heard a strange beeping coming from my garage. It took a whi..."

Hello Ann and welcome to the group.

Please would you read the Hints for Author members, and the Guidance for author members, and the tip in the yellow box where you are typing your post, and only use the Authors or Offers Areas to talk about your own work.

Please would you edit your post above by removing the links. Ordinarily I would ask you to removed the description as well, but it's very funny and explains why you got started.

You can write (and we encourage you to write) all about your books, including covers and links (especially to the Goodreads pages for them) in the AUTHORS CORNER section.

And that said, welcome and I hope you enjoy yourself here after that bit of a mishap :)

[Jemima]

Gouri wrote: "Hello everybody!☺️ I am Gouri! I just read middle grade books and I love them verrryy much!❣️ I hope I find some people here of my age who loves to read mg books as well☺️ I am a teen😊"

Welcome Gouri! Lovely to have another member in the teen group. I think we have a number of younger members here (Goodreads is supposed to be minimum age 13, I think, so we just take it for granted you are) so feel free to comment on their posts - probably in the Book of the Month and Discussions sections. Have a good look round (and probably ignore threads where the last post is from 2018 or so!)

[Jeannie]

Welcome Gouri!
Who are some of your favorite MG authors?

[Jemima]

And just yet another reminder to author-members, new and old, that this is not the place to promote your book.
Please read the several posts of guidance for you.

[E.G.]

Hey there everyone, I’m Emily. I’ve been a voracious reader and writer since I was very young and started using Goodreads early to keep track of books that I read. I’m a married mom of 3 with a surprise baby boy in 2020. I’m a #kidlit and #YoungAdult author, and especially love reading middle grade (Research, am I right?) currently i have two standalone novels published. I volunteer at a local nonprofit for homeless families and work at a lake resort check-in desk during the North Idaho summer. I love camping, hiking, cooking, and painting.

Thanks for this group. I look forward to getting to know everyone!

[Jemima]

Hello Tracy and Emily, and welcome to the group!

There's plenty around (as you've already seen) including lots of different ideas about what's suitable for middle grade readers. This also differs from country to country, by the way.

Looking forward to your input!

[Lillian]

Hi there, feel free to call me Lily. I'm an MG writer who is just starting to publish her own works. I love children's and middle-grade books; they were a huge part of my life growing up (and I've never outgrown it!) My parents always wanted us to be well read, so growing up, they'd read aloud to me and my siblings.

I'd say some of my favorite middle-grade books have been the Newberrys and their Honor awards (Walk Two Moons, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, etc. to name a couple).

I look forward to meeting everybody; and thank you for letting me join! :)

P.s I promise no spam; please feel free to tell me if I accidentally cross a line (as I'm sorta new to this whole thing. Thanks.) :)

[Rebecca]

Welcome to all the new members!

[E.G.]

Thank you for the warm welcome. I've come to understand that when it comes to Middle Grade, you never know what to expect. :)

Jemima wrote: "Hello Tracy and Emily, and welcome to the group!

There's plenty around (as you've already seen) including lots of different ideas about what's suitable for middle grade readers. This also differs ..."

[E.G.]

Hi Lily, we're sort of in the same boat. I never wanted to read Newberry's when I was younger, so I'm catching up now. A lot of obscure fiction, and a few series devoured when I was young.

Nice to meet you!

Lillian wrote: "Hi there, feel free to call me Lily. I'm an MG writer who is just starting to publish her own works. I love children's and middle-grade books; they were a huge part of my life growing up (and I've ..."

[Lillian]

E.G. wrote: "Hi Lily, we're sort of in the same boat. I never wanted to read Newberry's when I was younger, so I'm catching up now. A lot of obscure fiction, and a few series devoured when I was young.

Nice t..."

Hi, E.G! It's so nice to meet you too. I hope you enjoy reading the Newberry Awards (which one are you currently reading, if I may ask?)

[J.D.]

Hello! I just found this group. Now that I’ve retired I’m working on some bucket list items and spending more time reading and finding more good reads is high on the list. I was an elementary ed teacher in a number of positions (Special Education, Reading Recovery, Classroom, Gifted and Talented and ESL). And the best part of my day was read aloud. I am happy to join this group. Oh, I am also on the cusp of publishing my first middle grade novel.
Jo Anna Kloster

[Lillian]

Lillian wrote: "E.G. wrote: "Hi Lily, we're sort of in the same boat. I never wanted to read Newberry's when I was younger, so I'm catching up now. A lot of obscure fiction, and a few series devoured when I was yo..."

Hi! I'm new here too. Welcome :)

My dad used to teach elementary too (though he taught more middle school later on), and reading aloud was something my parents did with us kids. It really is the best part of any day!

Congratulations on your middle grade novel! Can I ask what the premise is?

[Jemima]

Lillian wrote: "Congratulations on your middle grade novel! Can I ask what the premise is?"

Lillian, author-members are not allowed to talk about their books in this thread, and in fact only in Authors Corner, or the Read 4 Review section, or the Giveaways and Offers section. So please don't ask them!

Also, EVERYONE please don't carry on discussions in this thread, as it's INTRODUCTIONS for/to NEW MEMBERS!

You can start new threads in other (appropriate) sections, like General Discussions, or Favourite Reads. If It's not right for the section, I can move the whole thread to a more appropriate place. But I can't move individual comments.

THANK YOU ALL

[Jemima]

Welcome Lily and Jo - I hope you have a good time here. I'm just about to post the call for suggestions for March's Book of the Month, and we're just about to start reading You Go First in the Book of the Month section (for February). Do join us!

[Lillian]

Jemima wrote: "Welcome Lily and Jo - I hope you have a good time here. I'm just about to post the call for suggestions for March's Book of the Month, and we're just about to start reading [book:You Go First|35068..."

Hi! Thank you so much! I look forward to checking it out :)

[Rebecca]

Welcome, EG & Lillian. Please do read the rules and only post about your own work in the appropriate Author section. This thread is for saying hello.

Thanks!

[Lillian]

Absolutely! I will do so :) Thank you for the reminder!

[E.G.]

I've already read them, thanks for the reminder. I PMd her after I realized I'd posted it. That way we can continue the convo privately. Thanks!

Rebecca wrote: "Welcome, EG & Lillian. Please do read the rules and only post about your own work in the appropriate Author section. This thread is for saying hello.

Thanks!"

[Laurie]

Melanie wrote: "Well... I guess I'm late to the party.

I'm Mom to a middle grade reader (9 years old). My "currently reading" section always includes my book and his. We both read at least 1 book/week. I'm thrill..."How wonderful! I'm a fifth-grade teacher and author so know how important it is for kids to see adults modeling a love of reading. A wonderful gift.

[Jemima]

Melanie wrote: "Well... I guess I'm late to the party.

I'm Mom to a middle grade reader (9 years old). My "currently reading" section always includes my book and his. We both read at least 1 book/week. I'm thrill..."

Oh, not that late, and you’re here, that’s what’s important! Welcome, and enjoy yourself here :)

[Gia]

Hello to All! I'm an adult with an inner child who loves to read Middle Grade books:) I'm looking forward to catching up on middle grade books from a day gone by while also learning about all the newer ones. Thank you for this group and I'm so glad to be here!

[Jemima]

Glad you've joined us, Gia! Join in wherever you fancy :)

[Gia]

Jemima, thank you so much! I sure will:)

[Shan]

Hello everyone! I just stumbled upon this group and joined and wanted to introduce myself. I am an artist/author, mother of two adult "children" who I read to every night when they were young. As they outgrew children's and middle grade books and I didn't, I knew it was time to write a book myself (one that had been brewing for decades within our family). I'm really looking forward to making connections with enthusiasts for all books middle grade and other authors!

[Jemima]

Shan wrote: "Hello everyone! I just stumbled upon this group and joined and wanted to introduce myself. I am an artist/author, mother of two adult "children" who I read to every night when they were young. As t..."
I love the way you put that. I think I outgrew them, and then rediscovered them! Welcome, Shan :)

[Bill]

Hi, I’ve recently joined Goodreads and found this group in the hope I can find more reading recommendations and connect with other readers, authors, librarians and others interest in middle grade fiction. I am a reader of lots of middle grade, both for myself and to my daughter, who is still into middle grade fiction as well as reading some YA. I’m an archaeologist and heritage interpreter who has written a number of non-fiction archaeology and history books. After three years of writing around work, family and everything else, and of not finding an agent, I have just self-published my first middle grade novel and I’m hoping to find others in a similar position or who read self-published books to feel less isolated. I’m looking forward to many conversations.

[Jemima]

Welcome to the group, Bill. You'll find many others in a similar situation, but fortunately also many who don't write books!

Our founder SW wrote a series of MG time-travel books to Egypt, too... about ten years ago now - he's moved on a lot since then :)

[C.C]

Hello, my name is Chesney I am a middle schooler (8th grade to be exact.)) I joined this group so people can help me pick what to read because honestly i cant really do it myself lmao

[Jemima]

Chesney wrote: "Hello, my name is Chesney I am a middle schooler (8th grade to be exact.)) I joined this group so people can help me pick what to read because honestly i cant really do it myself lmao"

Hello Chesney and welcome. I'm sure there are loads of books that you'll like. Check out all the books in our library, most of which have been Books of the Month, in case you want to see what we've said about them before you read them.

We're currently voting on what to read for May... some sort of crime or mystery book :) The poll is at the bottom of the front page for the group, as well as linked to the thread for 'what shall we read in May'. :)

[Tiff]

Hi everyone!

I am a middle grade writer and am so happy to be a part of this group. I love middle grade books and am currently working on two.

[Patricia]

Hi everyone! My name is Patricia and I am a middle-schooler too. I'm 8th Grade to be exact. And I'm going to turn 14 this May. I joined this group because I like middle-grade books and also I want to read more middle-grade books.

[Rebecca]

Welcome to all the new members, and especially to our new 8th-graders!

[Bill]

Jemima wrote: "Welcome to the group, Bill. You'll find many others in a similar situation, but fortunately also many who don't write books!

Our founder SW wrote a series of MG time-travel books to Egypt, too......"

Bill wrote: "Hi, I’ve recently joined Goodreads and found this group in the hope I can find more reading recommendations and connect with other readers, authors, librarians and others interest in middle grade f..."

Thank you Jemima. sorry, I didn't get a notification of your reply. I'fe now ticked the box!

My local launch has gone very well and the feedback has been brilliant, from 10 to 76 year olds! My next book in the series is moving the action a little to the north and a few hundred years later.

[Bill]

Melanie wrote: "Well... I guess I'm late to the party.

I'm Mom to a middle grade reader (9 years old). My "currently reading" section always includes my book and his. We both read at least 1 book/week. I'm thrill..."

I hope you both find plenty of inspiration in this group. I certainly have.

[Bill]

Patricia wrote: "Hi everyone! My name is Patricia and I am a middle-schooler too. I'm 8th Grade to be exact. And I'm going to turn 14 this May. I joined this group because I like middle-grade books and also I want ..."

Hi, I joined recently and have found lots of good ideas for reads here already, some of which i've passed on to my Year 8 daughter.

[Bill]

S.W. wrote: "As I started the group I guess I should introduce myself. I'm a corporate soldier by day, and childrens MG author by night. I found Goodreads when I launched my first book and have enjoyed being pa..."

Hi, I've just joined the group so wanted to say thank you for setting it up - almost 10 years ago. I visited Australia in 2005 so know what Tim Tams are. Almost as good as a Penguin! ;0)

[Jemima]

Bill wrote: "Almost as good as Penguins."

I was looking up your BOTM selections and this confirms my suspicions ... so glad to have some more UK support :D

[Bill]

:0)

[Patricia]

Hi Bill, Me too, I also found lot of good ideas here in this group. I'll try to read many middle-grade books as I can. I've been busy a lot in school.