YA Writers and Readers discussion

Welcome Jordan and Danielle!! :)

Thanks Kathy :-)

Hello, my name is Christen, I work as a nurse. I love to read and some of my favorite authors is JK Rowling, Steve Berry, Dan Brown, Julia Crane, Lizzy Ford, Nicholas Sparks. I have too many books that I like so I can't name them all. I would probably say all of them. My fave color would be purple, white and blue. Nice to meet you all.

Welcome to the group Christen

Hello Everyone! Thank you for the invite! :)

My favorite color is DARK Purple! :)
My favorite authors are Meg Cabot (!!!), Kody Keplinger, Simone Elkeles, Sarah Dessen, Cassandra Clare, and a ton of others!!
My favorite genre is probably Young Adult, Contemporary Romance :)

A few of my favorite books are: Princess in Love: Meg Cabot Princess in Love, Forever Princess: Meg Cabot Forever Princess, The DUFF: Kody Keplinger The Duff: Designated Ugly Fat Friend, A Midsummer's Nightmare: Kody Keplinger A Midsummer's Nightmare, Perfect Chemistry: Simone Elkeles Perfect Chemistry, Cinder: Marissa Meyer Cinder, Beautiful Disaster: Jamie McGuire Beautiful Disaster, and SOOOOO many others!!! :)

Currently I'm reading:Scarlet by Marissa Meyer, and totally loving it!! :)
Scarlet

I also have a blog if anyone is interested! :)

http://romancebookie.blogspot.com/

Hi everyone,

Thanks to Morgan for the invite. I'm Samia and I live in Bangladesh. I read anything that is in front of me. I have just started reading . I'm a finance major and currently in my third semester, so that means a lot of pressure. Still, I fully intent to ace my reading challenge!! :D

Hi everyone and thanks for the invite Morgan !

I'm the author of the Jake West Trilogy The Keeper of the Stones Warriors of the Heynai The Estian Alliance

I'm currently on book 3 of the Millenium Trilogy by Stieg Larsen and thoroughly enjoying the series - not young adult but a wonderful read.
Favourite authors: Tolkien, C S Lewis, Bernard Cornwell
Color: I like black, though I'm no goth.
I like history and love books/films about real events or people.
I'm father to two great kids and they were the inspiration for my novels - my main hero shares my son's initials and the female warrior's name is similar to my daughter's. Corny, eh?

Thank you for the invite, Morgan!
Hey and howdy to everyone :) My name is Jackie and I'm aspiring author focusing on YA novels. I'm twenty four years old and reading, writing, and music are some of my greatest passions.

Favourite books/series include: TFiOS, Harry Potter, Archers of Avalon, ANYTHING Jennifer Armentrout, Pride & Prejudice, and Divergent.

Favourite genres: YA, NA, Adult, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy.

I love the color red because The Wizard of Oz is one of my favorite movies and the color reminds me of Dorothy's ruby slippers.

I love Pizza, Pancakes, and Beer. Just not at the same time :P Anyway, enough about me!! Nice to meet you all!

Howdy everyone!

My name is Craig MacLachlan and I'm a YA author. The first book of my YA paranormal/fantasy series, Summer's Shadow, will debut in spring 2014. I'm also working on a YA paranormal/horror for my publisher and will begin shopping around my YA mystery/thriller to agents soon.

I'm a bi-monthly story contributor for Young Adult Magazine. I'm also a screenwriter, placed third in a script contest and have a short drama I co-wrote finished and filmed!

My favorite book of all time is Where the Red Fern Grows.

I enjoy YA books obviously, but also adult fantasy and horror as well.

Here's my Twitter. I also have a website and FB page floating around in the internet-verse!

https://twitter.com/CraigMacLachlan

Cheers!

Craig

Welcome everyone :)

Hi, I'm Amy and I joined the group at the end of last year but lost internet soon after so haven't been able to be very active. I'm a mom of 7 kids, 4 our mine and live with us and I have 3 step kids who live with their mom. My husband's in the army and we just made our 4th move. I enjoy reading and most of the time that involves reading children's stories :) But when I'm able to read adult books I like a wide variety. I work at home providing daycare through the army for other soldiers and this takes up a good part of my time but also allows me to be home for my family and with my kids and offers stability for them and for the kids that come to my home :)

Name: Elena

Favorite authors: Jodi Picoult, Meg Cabot, Kate Brian, Carly Phillips, Anna Godbersen

Favorite books: Nineteen Minutes, My Sisters Keeper, The Hunger Games series, The Narnia series, Safe Haven, Tiger Lily, Luxe series...the list could go on.

Fav color (s): black, coral, yellow, and purple

Favoite place: Chicago (where I call home), Boston, and Santorini, Greece

Favorite number (s): 7 & 17

Hey I'm from Boston...well north of Boston! Welcome Elena! Amy, I don't know how you do it with 7 kids but bless you, welcome as well!

Hello everyone,

I'm Saruuh and I write dystopian and urban fantasy books for young adults. My debut, THE FORGOTTEN, a free YA dystopian novel is set for release this summer.

My favourite authors are Maggie Stiefvater, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Tahereh Mafi. My favourite book of all time is Legend by Marie Lu. And my favourite genres to read are fantasy, sci-fi and dystopia.

Nice to meet you all!

Welcome to the group Saruuh ! :)

Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "I've been in this group for a while, but I haven't participated yet and I don't believe I've introduced myself. :P So, here goes!

Name: Brigid

Favorite authors: Patrick Ness, Neal Shusterman, Ric..."


Hey there, Brigid!
Excellent book taste, spotted a few of my favourite classics in your shelves, and Great Expectations is definitely one of them!
But I agree entirely with Kathy, I think you can never be too old to love YA! Heck, i'm 23 and I absolute adore it and I know a dozen of other way beyond thirty who do too! ;)

Also, may I just point out how much I envy your last name? haha


Anywhoo,
I'm Cait, 23 as I mentioned above and I am new to the group as well as good reads. Well, the account is, I just never bothered to make one before, i just read reviews & browsed through books before!
I'm quite in love with YA, a compulsive reader and a passionate writer.
I also do a little blogging, mainly my own photography or inspirational images I come across, artwork, illustrations and poetry here and there.
Books i've recently finished:
Touch by Jus Accarro, loved it, can't actually express how much, (granted, it gets a little hectic in-between, but it's such a sweet and well written story, that you just can't help falling for it. (Especially, for Kale..isn't he just the cutest?)

Books I'm reading right now:
The Fallen Star by dearest Jess Sorensen in preparation for highly anticipated spin off 'Shattered Promises (insert high pitch squeal here)

What a boy wants by Nyrae Dawn,
although slightly obvious plot, super cute first few chapters, adorable and witty characters, definitely recommendable if you feel like something light and fluffy!


And last but not least, Oscar Wilde's The picture of Dorian Grey
Must read Classic, think that's really all there is to say. (that's a lie, but if I start, i'll never be able to finish this!)

Anywayss, can't wait to start chatting books with you guys and hopefully no one will be too shy too say hey! Looking forward to comparing books!

Happy reading.

Welcome to the group Cait!! Check out some of the other threads with all sorts of different discusions going on, can't wait to chat!

Will do, Kathy! Thank you :)

Welcome to the group Mae! Math is my favourite subject too. I used to hate it, but now it feels way to easy. Hope to see you participate :)

heyy there, mae! :)

Isn't that series about a zombie-wizard-detective sort of guy?

Hey my name's Milly, I'm British (yeah!) and I love reading like everyone on here! I'm fourteen and none of my friends at school are big readers so I go on goodreads to let out my obsession with fictional boys/worlds/characters with people who understand! ;)

I would love someone to talk about my read books with, I love sharing my ideas and listening to other people's ideas (now I sound really stupid, sorry!) I also like netball, swimming and tennis, I love the Arctic Monkeys and I'm vegetarian. That is literally the most interesting thing about me, sorry. ;)

My favourite film is either Titanic or Mean Girls, original I know, my favourite colour is red, I love Lana del Rey, Lawson, Arctic Monkeys as I've mentioned and who doesn't like a cheeky bit of Mika? I love him ;)

My favourite book is too difficult, it changes so much but I LOVE Michael Grant, especially the Gone series, Cat Clarke and Garth Nix are fabulous authors too. I also love Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas and the Perfect Chemistry books.

Haha yeah I cried :') it's a classic, like one of the only films ill sit through, I'm not really a film buff, more of a book girl :)

Welcome to the group Milly!

Thanks Kathy! And Morgan yeah ik they are just too long!

Sorry Mae, wrong person ;)

Have you read the Gone series by Michael grant? Now they would be worthwhile films :)

Hello!! My name is Erin!! I live in Colorado which, in the winter is one of the most beautiful places ever!!! I love skiing, dance, music and books!!! My favourite color is yellow!! My favourite place is either Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I was born, or the International Peace Gardens on the border of Manitoba and North Dakota. I'm addicted to cheez it's.
My favourite authors are Cassandra Clare, Rick Riordan, J. K. Rowling, Tolkien, P. C. Cast, and Erin Morgenstern!!
My favourite books are the Harry Potter series, Percy Jackson, the Night Circus, the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices, Partials, Incarnate, and there's more, but that would take all day.
Ummmmmm... So yeah. That's me in a nutshell!!!

Oh burr!!!!! That sounds horrible!! My friend and I walked home in the snow yesterday, but that was actually pleasant.

Welcome to the group Erin! :)

I thought she was with us for awhile?

I dunno if you consider 3 days a while, but since she introduced herself I figured I'd welcome her.

Oh. Lol ya then no. That's very nice of you to say "welcome" to her.

Well I appreciate it. Thank you very much!

Your welcome, I hope you have fun talking about stuff here!

Of course!!! This is an addicting website

Hi! I am Stacey, 36, and from San Francisco, CA. I am a YA/New Adult Fantasy Author and AVID reader! I go through 3+ books a week. Obviously, I seem to prefer living in my fiction world then reality!I enjoy the older YA/New Adult fantasy. Authors like Karen Marie Moning, Richelle Mead, Kelley Armstrong, ETC.

My Book has just been published. If You guys have time check out Darkness Of Light

Welcome Stacey! Great author choices :) Feel free to discuss your own work here too!

hey! lovely to meet you stacey!

Hi everybody,

I'm Marina Latcko, a YA author from Russia. As Stacey, I have always been more eager to live in fictional worlds, immerse into the adventures and lives of the characters, so that's why my transition into the reality happened to be quite stressful. But I successfully got over the obstacles :) gaining the valuable experience, which was the reason to try to pass my knowledge to others.

My next passion after reading almost everything from philosophy, sci-fi, John Fowles, Rowling, Russian and French classical literature, Dan Brown, Isaak Azimov, the Strugatsky brothers, etc, is traveling the world. Some of my favorite places are Colorado, Arizona, and Italy (Tuscany).

My best book ever is yet to appear, but you don't believe it :) it's very close to my own.
I love cats, and teach kids English, as well as teach them life.
My fav color is silver grey.

I would be happy to be among you, guys, it's so inspiring to meet people who know how to dream and believe!

If you have a look at my book Aurora: Secrets behind Reality and give some feedback, that would be awesome!

With all respect,
Marina Latcko

You can read the first 4 chapters here: http://the-aurora-project.com

Marina wrote: "Hi everybody,

I'm Marina Latcko, a YA author from Russia. As Stacey, I have always been more eager to live in fictional worlds, immerse into the adventures and lives of the characters, so that's w..."

hey so lovely to meet you,
i'll be sure to check it out!
I'd love to hear more about you!
:)

Anything Cait!

Tomorrow my book Aurora: Secrets behind Reality will be free at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BKOZVAE
I'm in desperate need of reviews - it's really hard to find reviewers among my friends in Russia (:

I'll be much appreciative!
Cheers

Well I'll be sure to write a review then! I'm so excited for you! :)

That's so nice to know that :)

My name is Jacquelyn, I'm new to goodreads, so patience, please! :3 When I'm not reading or writing I am dancing my heart out or watching an awesome movie!
Favorite authors: J.K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, and Stephen King.
I'm trying to expand my library from those few authors so my To-Read list is incredibly long! Anything else anyone wants to know about me they are free to ask! :3

So glad to have you all here!!

Hi everyone! I'm Janeal and I love reading and writing. Not a surprise, but true nevertheless. I'm a big fan of books with characters I can relate to and worlds that I feel a part of. Usually I like my books to have romance in them, but every once and a while one comes along and surprises me. See you all around!

Hey Janeal, so lovely to meet you! :)

Hi, I'm James. I'm based in Brighton, England. My favourite writer is Stephen King. My novels Mind Reader and A Brighton Horror Story have recently come out on Kindle. Nice to be here.

Welcome to the group James!!