Young Adult Book Reading Challenges discussion

Hi! My name is Megan and I love to read. I am a teen but one day I hope to become a YA writer in the future. I read about a book every day. I love reading because I can escape into a whole new world.

Hi. I'm Ashley, late 20s, and I love YA books. I actually minored in Children's lit in college. I've been wanting to join a book club for a while and then I stumbled on this which is great because I can fit it to any schedule I need to! Hoping I can stay excited about this and keep up with the books.

Welcome to our group!

Hi I'm Joanne and I love to read. I read mostly YA books in a few different genres.

Hi! I am Rachel Rubin. I am a bookworm for life. There is nothing I love doing more. I just joined and I am ready to read the books with everyone and discuss them afterward!

Hello! My name is Samanta Machalinska. I enjoy writing short stories and I love reading YA novels/series. I'm particularly interested in the romance categories. Once I start reading a book I have to finish it in the space of a day!

Hi! I'm Kassie. I'm 14 years old. Im a huge reader and I've been one since last year (2012 is when it really exploded). I've been in battle of the books for 3 years, 5&7th grade, winning at my school. Also did it this year but came VERY close in 2nd besides a 6th grade team.

hello! I'm kerr (pronounced care) I'm in my 20's and I read a lot ( :

Hi I'm Sarah. I'm 25 and I'm from the UK. I used to big a big reader and then last year I attempted The Hobbit and got stuck. I didn't pick up a book for months until November when I bought The Hunger Games. I devoured that and the Divergent trilogy in less than a week. Since then I've been hooked on YA novels. I've since read the Matched trilogy, The Vampire Academy series, The Mortal Instruments series, The Lorien Legacy series, The Maze Runner trilogy, as well as other standalone YA novels. In all, I've read over 40 books since the start of November and I don't plan on stopping any time soon.
I'm a big fan of Supernatural and I have a Tumblr if anyone is interested in following me http://nyotauhuraspock.tumblr.com
I look forward to chatting to people on here :)

Hello from Michael Selden

I've been an avid reader, but the intense reading comes in waves. Part of my work in the past meant traveling for months at a time, usually to conduct testing (I was a physicist for almost 30 years), and books were a great way to escape the pressures. I use a Kindle now, because—when I read a lot, I read at least a book per day, and have read two in a day at times.

YA is one of my favorite genres because of the characters. The YA characters often have intense feelings and exhibit intense emotions, somewhat less complicated by the ambiguities in interactions that grow up around us as we age.

I published an older MG novel last November, called The Boy Who Ran, but had written another book (a YA / SciFi hybrid ) in parallel with that, which I'm prepping for publication late this year, called "The Balance". before tackling the YA book, I read 220 YA books with strong female protagonists and mostly written by women, to help me saturate my mind with the thinking of teenage girl main characters—in my story, the main character is a 17 year old girl. Anyway, enough about my books.

There are a lot of great stories out there, and some exceptional writers. I'm always on the lookout for a well told story, with an interesting plot and compelling, realistic characters, and I like reading even more than I do writing.

Hi all, I'm Louise and I read and write YA. Fantasy mainly, there's some amazing books to be found and I've reviewed a lot lately that you can find on my review page on goodreads.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
My own book is first in a recently released Fantasy adventure series!

I meant to add that I will happily send pdf copies out to anyone who is interested in reviewing The Calling.
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Hey guys! My name is Saloni and I read a ton of YA and I love reviewing them on my blog :)
http://myfantabulousbookshelf.blogspo...

Some of my favorite books are the PJO series, Divergent, The Hunger Games and all the John Green books.

Wow Saloni! Just clicked on the link. That is a beautifully presented blog! I'll certainly keep up to date with it.

Louise wrote: "Wow Saloni! Just clicked on the link. That is a beautifully presented blog! I'll certainly keep up to date with it."

Thank you so much! I also have a FaceBook page for the blog :)
https://www.facebook.com/myfantabulou...

I'd also love to read and review your book :)

Hello! My name is Dana Chauvin and I live in Washington State. I work full time in Christian Camping, and love reading, watching movies, and performing live theater. My favorite books are usually books that are movies, or have really great theatrical quality! I spend a LOT of time on Goodreads, mostly in my group The Book Was Better! I love making new friends that I chat with books about; people from all around the globe! :D

Welcome everyone!!!

Hello there everyone. My name is Anthony Burgos and I go by A. L. Burgos in the author world. U have written a teenage YA book called Sec4rets. It's a series and the first book is out now. It revolves around 4 best friends trying to juggle high school and all the typical drama that comes with it. It gets harder for them because they keep secrets from each other and we all know secrets eventually come out. The secrets might tear them apart in the long run. My book tackles real teen issues like sexuality, drugs, alcohol, family issues, love, death, relationships, self harm, and more. Go get a copy now for Kindle it's on sale for 99¢ limited time. Please help support me as I'm trying to make a name for myself.

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Hi everyone :) my name is Autumn, and I'm thirteen years old. This is my first book group on GR. I love Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Adventure Time, Divergent, English literature (it's my favorite subject... In fact, I'm taking a college class on it), Pokémon, Night Vale, Sherlock, and all things nerdy, really.

Louise wrote: "Hi all, I'm Louise and I read and write YA. Fantasy mainly, there's some amazing books to be found and I've reviewed a lot lately that you can find on my review page on goodreads.
https://www.goodr..."

Hi Louise.

Hi everyone , My name is Imane Ouadi (weird name?) , I recently joined the club and thought it would be nice to introduce myself , I am a medical student with a deep love for reading which takes a huge chunk of my time (wouldn't have it any other way LOL) ; For the past couple of years I've been reading only NA books but recently I've discovered a new love which is obviously YA , I don't think I am gonna write someday because I enjoy reading way better , but I enjoy making videos about books .

Hi, videos about books sounds really cool. Good luck with that.

Hi Mike, thanks for the 'Hi'. I'll PM you :)

Hi Autumn, I really hope you enjoy the enjoy the group and all the great books to be found on GR.
Also- Hi Imane, Carol and A.I. :)

Hi Louise :) thank you, I most certainly have so far.

I'm new to this group. I'm a mother of teens who began reading y/a again when my older two hit that age. I read other things as well, of course.

Hi Karin, I have no such excuse, I just love YA novels, especially Fantasy and Dystopian from Michael Grant, Veronica Roth, Gemma Malley etc, There's just so much good stuff to be found on GR. I'm reading The Coldest girl in Cold Town at the moment, and I would highly recommend it.

Louise wrote: "Hi Karin, I have no such excuse, I just love YA novels, especially Fantasy and Dystopian from Michael Grant, Veronica Roth, Gemma Malley etc, There's just so much good stuff to be found on GR. I'm ..."

You're in good company. There are a number of librarians at my local library who do the same, et al.

Hi, my name isTiffany, and I'm a 15 year old girl. I started to read "novels" when I was 9, and in my life for the first time, that experience was like opening a door, a new sight and a new world for me. Since then, I started to read lots and lots of books, and my favorite stores became bookstores.

Besides reading, I love music (including singing, playing instruments and listening), drawing and handcrafts.

Book genres I like: YA, fantasy, mythology (ex rick riordan), paranormal, romance, dark romance(twilight).

Favorite book: I don't have a favorite, but there are a few that can be listed as "most loved" or 5"-star-rated".

Nice to meet you all!

Welcome Tiffany—I know the feeling of a new word opening up through books.

Thank you, Michael,
Seems that you have the same experience:)

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I forgot to do this :) My name's Ash, I'm 13 and my favourite book is Divergent. I've been having trouble finding good, non-cliche YA recently so I've kind of drifted into adult fiction, but I want to catch up on YA contemporary, which I love.

Hi! I'm Grace. I'm 14 and I enjoy photography, tennis, music, and reading :) I love YA and I have too many favorite books but a few are Percy Jackson (all of them I have a bit of an obsession), Divergent, all of Kasie West's books, and a ton more.

Hey I'm justine, I'm 16 years old and I have always loved YA books with amazing concepts, but its kinda weird that I started appreciating feel good novels right now.

Hi! My name is Kush and I am very excited about joining this group. When I looked up a YA book club, this was the first one I found and when the book of the month was Cinder (which I am currently reading) I could not wait to join. I LOVE to read and write (I am currently working on a novel) and am looking forward to discussing books with you all (I am VERY opinionated). Thanks for reading this and I look forward to reading with you!

Opinionated is good!

Im shy and stuff so not sure what to say but: I'm Chelsie, I kinda stumbled across the page, I'm obsessed with reading (who here isn't) but I stick the same genre of supernatural/sci-fi/etc. Apart from some exceptions (John Green). I like what I like and hate what I hate (I guess that's opinionated?) and yeah... Oh and I'm 16 :)

Hello everyone :) my name is Ella and I am 18 years old. My favourite book is The fault in our stars and I mostly read and review YA.

Hi, I'm Razan. I'm from Kuwait (Middle East). I loved reading books ever since i was little. I LOVE YA so much. I'm so addicted to reading books. I'm reading really AMAZING books now that I'm confused what's my favorite but I always loved the hunger games and divergent so much. I read the whole the hunger games trilogy 5-6 times....I kinda ran out of books at that time but I still enjoyed it

Forgot something.... My birthday is on 23rd march 2000, so I'm 14 years old

Hello everyone ^^ my name is agnes and i'm 14 years old now. I review books on my blog and talk about things related to them there. I love to read YA contemporary and fantasy!

Hi, I'm Mel and 26, love ya books.. My favourite books are the divergent series, the infernal devices & mortal instrument series! Not to mention anything from john green!

Anything to do with angels, vampires and love I love reading! If anyone has suggestions of some great books I haven't read please let me know!

Looking forward to talking to people who enjoy books like I do and want to add me as a friend :-)..

Hi my name is Kim and my pen name is Caroline!

Yes, I have a pen name, unbelievably it just came to me one day. Maybe we authors hide behind that from fear.

Anyhow, I'm glad to be here and know that some books will stay with you for a lifetime, they are that good!

I'm interested to find out what teens and young adults want to read; what they have desires for beyond school and phones.

Thanks and see ya round.

Hiya - my name's Suzanne. I'm a librarian at a Catholic boys' school in London, and I absolutely love my job. I can't get enough of YA lit, my favourites being dystopia and realism (can I get a whoop whoop for Patrick Ness and John Green?!?). I'm doing my best to keep up with all the rest, and am looking forward to discovering more great books in this group.

xo

My name's Christopher Doherty, or Chris, or whatever you call me behind my back and think I don't know about it. I'm not really sure how book club is supposed to work. Never done it before. But I do love to read, and that's what matters, right? I look forward to reading whatever it is you want us to (I hope it's a book).
Bye.

Hi my name is Andrea. This is my first time in book group or club or whatever you called it. But I think I will enjoy reading new books that I would will not try it on my own, and this is my first time on goodread too
bye for now

Hi! My name is Hannah and I have a passion for reading. I'm 15 years old about to be 16! I love to sing! I sing any chance I get. I dance too! (Not the best.) When everyone is at lunch; I'm in the library reading! I look forward to reading and discussing books with this group!!

Hi! My name is Sophie. I'm a book-obsessed teenager whose other hobbies include writing, playing the piano, singing, and debating. I'm a hardcore feminist and book critic, and I'm excited to be part of this group! :)