Introduce Yourself!

[Kaz.]

Hi Catherine and Kendra you will find lots of great authors here I sure have and my "To Be Read" list is out of control but I am loving it.

[Jennifer]

Hi, my name's Jennifer. I flipped for Laurell K. Hamilton. Can't wait for Skin Trade. Now I'm on the prowl for other good series to read. I really liked the House of Night series. And I'm almost done with the Kitty series by Carrie Vaughn.

[Jess]

Welcome to the group Kendra and Jennifer, hope everyone discovers some new authors to read!!

[Elizabeth]

Hi, my name is Elizabeth, I am new to goodreads. I love Laurell K Hamilton, Kelley Armstrong, Charlaine Harris, Caitlin Kittredge and am always looking for new authors to read!

[Kaz.]

Hi Elizabeth, they are all author's I love too, I have not heard of Caitlin Kittredge though, I will have to go and check her out. I'm sure you will find heaps of new author's here.

[Sara]

Hey everyone I'm new here. It's sorta crazy I'm 35 years old and pretty much have spent those years watching tv. Yeah I have read books throughout my life but NEVER was someone that would go from one book to the next. Found out was what I was reading. I was forced to read the Twilight Series and that was all it took. Now I can't stop and never will. Love the fantasy romance, vampire etc. stuff the most but am open to everything. Would love to get some feedback from everyone on what I should read next. You can see what I have read so far. Am just starting the Stookie Stackhouse books, the covers seemed juvinile which is why I haven't started them until now. Any recommendations?

[Jess]

The Sookie books have really bad covers, but they are not YA books at all. Definitely worth reading.

Some suggestions:
Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series - SO FANTASTIC!
Lara Adrian's Breed Series (very similar to BDB but not as intense)
Lynsay Sands has two great series. One is her Argenaue Vamps series which is more PNR and has a happily ever after. and then her rogue hunter series. Also good.
Laurell K. Hamilton has some books that are considered to be Urban Fantasy that have some sex involved
Kresley Cole has a great series - Immortals After Dark. Each book focuses on a different character in the paranormal world.
Christine Feehan has a bunch of series out there that are great. Her Dark series, her Ghostwalkers (my favorite), and her Drake sisters.

I can go on and on, but those are some of my favorites.

Welcome to the group btw ;)

[Sara]

Sweet thanks guys!!! This is so much better than just walking the isle wondering what to get. It really is hard to not judge a book by its cover sometimes.

[Nita]

Hi, I'm Nita. I have read a lot of PNR and UF. I have really enjoyed books by Charlaine Harris, J.R. Ward, Larissa Ione, Patricia Briggs, Kresley Cole, Karen Chance, and Karen Marie Moning, among others.

[Kathy]

Hi. I'm Kathy. Just joined the group. Thought I'd fit right in since you seem to have all my favorite authors listed at the top of the page. :)

[Miranda]

Hi All! I'm Miranda and I just joined goodreads. I love reading lately I am leaning more towards paranormal romance and urban fantasy. I just finished Patricia Briggs "Bone Crossed." I am excited about this group since none of my friends will touch a PNR book.

[Kaz.]

Hi all new people, I look forward to chatting books with you all.

[Kelly]

Hi All, I love PNR and am currently reading Skin Trade by Laurell K Hamilton and One Silent Night by Sherrylin Kenyon.

[Kelly]

Jess wrote: "The Sookie books have really bad covers, but they are not YA books at all. Definitely worth reading.

Some suggestions:
Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series - SO FANTASTIC!
Lara Adrian's Breed Se..."

JR Ward is a must read, The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series will make you wanting for more...
Ditto on the Dark Hunter series!
And My #1 pick is Laurell K Hamilton, Fairy and Vampire series

[Jess]

Welcome to the group everyone!!

[Mary]

Hi everyone,

New to goodreads, currently reading LKH's Anita Blake series and love it.

[Miranda]

Lourdes wrote: "Hello, my name is Lourdes and I am a book junkie. I recently came across the Goodreads web site and I LOVE IT!.
I really enjoy PNR and UF stories. I am a fan of JR Ward and have read the Black Dagg..."

Hi Lourdes! Welcome to the site and the group! I am also fairly new to the site and I love it as well. I look forward to discussing all these wonderful books with you.

[Kaz.]

Hi Lourdes, sounds like you like all the same authors that I do and I'm reading the 4th Sookie Stackhouse myself at the moment.
Can't wait to chat books with you.

[Kaz.]

I'm on page 83 Lourdes but I was also reading this months group read "Succubus Blue's" which I throughly enjoyed and I finished it last night so now I can get stuck into this book, it's my day off work today so I'm spending it with Sookie & Eric, LOL.

[Mellady77]

Hello my name is Mel and I love paranormal/fantasy books and romance stories(love not lust.) It only makes sense that I love the genres while they are combined. While I normally shy away from Vamps I do love the Twilight series. I also love the Outlander series and Neil Gaiman's Stardust. I'm joining hoping to broaden my horizon on books to read.

[Jess]

Welcome to the group everyone! I hope you will discover a whole bunch of new authors that will lead you to more books :)

[[deleted user]]

Hi. I just joined and thought I would introduce myself. I'm Josie and have only recently discovered goodreads & I love it here. Look forward to hearing about some new books & authors.

[Kaz.]

Hi Josie, you will find lots of new books and authors here before you know it I'm sure. :-)

What books have you read so far?

[[deleted user]]

Karen wrote: "What books have you read so far?"

Just finished Thorn Queen, so now I have read all of Richelle Mead's books. Have also read Southern Vampire Series this year and enjoyed that too.

My "to-read" list is growing longer & longer. I can't stop adding to it.

I have Anita Blake, Mortal Instruments & Black Dagger Brotherhood ready to read. Now if I could spend less time online reading these forums and more time with the books, I might actually make a dent in that list.

[Jess]

Hey Josie, welcome to the group!

I forgot this thread was even here lol. Welcome to everyone who has recently joined!!

[Kaz.]

LOL, I agree with you Josie with spending time on Goodreads, I'm just as addicted to this site as I am reading.

You have some great book choices there.

[Amanda]

Hi, My name is Amanda. I am a bibliophile of epic proportions! I love to read (lots of different genres) and especially love Urban Fantasy/Paranormal.

[Jess]

Hi Amanda, welcome to the group!

[Amanda]

Thanks Jess!

[Ana]

Hi, I'm Ana and I'm pretty new to both Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance, but that doesn't stop me from wanting to read a lot from the genres.
Hope to get some good recommendations around here and to actually keep up with the monthly reads.

[Stacy]

Hey, I am Stacy. I started with Chrsitine Feehan the dark series....my addiction started from there. I have all the dark series to date, love them!! Then i went onto Sherrylin Kenyons Dark-Hunter series have all of those too, then Charlaine Harris was next Sookie Stackhouse soon joined my rather large collection and Mary Janice Davidsons Undead series and twilight is my newest thing i got into i love it (didnt much like the movie though!!) Joining here has given me a new list of authors to get hooked on now!! Hehe my other half wont be impressed i keep putting his books in the attic to make room for mine.

[Debs]

Hi My Name is Deb I enjoyed the twilight so much I am now lost on what to read next as I enjoy paranornmal alot I dont wish to start reaa rubbish book. friends suggested Laurell K Hamilton, but as I have missed so many good books I dont know were to start I also enjoyed Anne rice Interview with a vamp. Any suggestions were to start: Debs

[Melodie]

Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse are first rate, as are Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson books. If you like a little wizardry try Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden books. I could go on, but these come to mind quickly. LKH's Anita Blake series starts out great, but goes down hill and they are WORLDS away from TWILIGHT.

[Susan (Suz)]

Welcome to all the newcomers, nice to see so many new folks joining our fun little group!:)

[Adele]

Hi my Names Adele and i love to read PNR, urban fantasy and really anything that is mythological, eg: faries, vampires, gods and goddess, warewolves and shapeshifters etc.
my first PNR book was written by Maggie Shayne. then it was a few years and i tried the twilight series., and i've gone from there.
my favourite author has to be keri arthur.the riley jenson series is the best!
but i have enjoyed reading laurell k hamilton's anita blake and merry gentry series. i love richelle meads books and not to forget patricia briggs.
Charlaine harris' sookie stackhouse series was great.
i love the books that challenge the way you look at the supernatural and offer up another perpective.
and thanks to this site i can find more authors and books to read.

[Kaz.]

Good to see you here Adele, I will have to get in and read the Riley Jenson books soon since you have highly recommended them.

[Adele]

Karen wrote: " I will have to get in and read the Riley Jenson books soon since you have highly recommended them."
keri arthur lives in victoria like myself. i read her books and i intantly know where she is talking about. i love that. i'm assuming that is what it would be like for someone who lives in america, and a book is talking about the local sights etc.

[Kaz.]

Yes that would be great, I have visited the northern parts of Victoria as my sister used to live in Albury Wodonga , we used to go snow skiing at Mt.Buffalo & at Falls Creek, it sure is a pretty spot.

What parts of Victoria are her books based at?

[Debs]

Debs wrote: "Hi My Name is Deb I enjoyed the twilight so much I am now lost on what to read next as I enjoy paranornmal alot I dont wish to start reaa rubbish book. friends suggested Laurell K Hamilton, but as..."

Thanks Melodie will bare in mind what you said will have a look

[Jess]

Welcome to everyone new to the group!

[Adele]

thanks jess on the welcome. karen the riley jenson series so far is based in the melbourne and surrounds. although occaisonaly riley goes country or interstate.

[Purple]

Hi, I'm Purple. I'm in the middle of several series right now. =) I like variety. And I learned about all of them here at goodreads. Im currently awaiting the installment to K.Armstrongs Otherworld Series, Mercedes Thompson Series, and the BDB series. Those stories are engraved in my mind and they're all in your group too. =) Count me in.

[Marissa]

Hi -
I'm Marissa, live in Central Texas... and am a book-aholic... lol
I'm doing a 100 book challenge in one of my other book clubs, so have been reading like crazy this year!!!
Just finished Dream Fever by Karen Marie Moning, and I love love love that series, can't get enough of it. Back to reading Black Dagger Brotherhood now, onto book 4. Hope it can hold up to Z's book, cause that was fantastic.
Fave authors are: Sherrilyn Kenyon, K. Moning, Gena Showalter, JR Ward, Alyssa Day, Patricia Briggs, Charlaine Harris (as far as romance novels go...)
Looking forward to chatting with the group!

[Kelley Anne]

So I just realized that I have never formally introduced myself on here! Which considering that I'm a moderator, probably not the best thing. So, although a lot of you already have gotten to know me pretty well, here goes.

My name is Kelley Anne, and yes, I do go by Kelley Anne, not Kelley. For years, my family insisted on just calling my Kelley, but then my only sibling, my brother, married a girl named Kelli. So, with 2 of us, it became imperative to start calling me Kelley Anne. I am 27 years old, not married, no kids, and I live just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah.

I love basically anything urban fantasy or paranormal romance. Charlaine Harris, Sherrilyn Kenyon and Richelle Mead are some of my favorites. Just the other day a couple of you got mad at me when you found out I have never read anything by JR Ward or Laurell K Hamilton, lol! So, as soon as I get through all of the great new books coming out in the next 2 weeks, I'll check them out. Considering that Ward is most likely winning the author of the month contest, it's be a good time to read her books.

If I'm not reading fantasy, my favorite author is probably Vince Flynn. He writes political thrillers and I love his books!

I listen to a ton of audio books as well as reading regular books. And I am completely addicted to reading. I swear, it's my drug of choice! Anyways, that's me! Any questions? :)

[Susan (Suz)]

Adele wrote: "Hi my Names Adele and i love to read PNR, urban fantasy and really anything that is mythological, eg: faries, vampires, gods and goddess, warewolves and shapeshifters etc.
my first PNR book was wr..."

Welcome to the group Adele! Glad to have a fellow Keri Arthur fan! I just LOVE the Riley Jensen series, it's one of my fav's! You and I have very similar tastes in the series we like! If you haven't tried them yet, you should look into the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward! They are a must read if you like vamps! And very cool that you live where the Riley Jensen books are set!!:) It is very cool to be able to read about places and know exactly where they are talking about, that was what it was like for me with Twilight and with Mercy Thompson as I live in Oregon and have been to both of the towns those books are set in!:)

[Shannon]

Hi! My name is Shannon, and I actually started reading after many years last year. I started with Charlaine Harris after hearing about her show on HBO, True Blood, and just fell in love with her writing!

I have read just about everything she has written, and I recently joined a PR/UF book club, and found that I love Jacquelyn Frank, Nalini Singh, J.R. Ward, Lora Leigh, and Sherrilyn Kenyon.

[Kelley Anne]

Welcome to the group Shannon! It sounds like you are in the right place!

[Jess]

Welcome to the group Shannon, hope you find some new authors to feed your addiction.

[Kaz.]

Hi Shannon, sounds like you have found some great books to read, what did you think of the other series of Charlaine Harris's, I haven't read any of them yet but I do plan to.

[[deleted user]]

Hi I'm Steph! I love reading PNR and UF!Some of my favorite authors are Rachel Vincent, Rachel Caine, Lilith Saintcrow, Charlaine Harris, Richelle Mead, Jennifer Rardin, Anne Rice and many others. I'm currently reading Patricia Briggs Moon Called. It's great so far!