Young Adult Fiction for Adults discussion

Awww Fax, I remember The Raging Quiet... a LOVELY book! One of my favourites. :)

Paula, hope you enjoy Shiver :)

I enjoyed Shiver.

Welcome Paula!

Thanks for the welcome, guys :)

Piper, I'm so glad you loved it as well! I always feel as though it deserves to be a more talked-about(/doted-upon!) book (despite the fact that I myself had to be forced to read it the first time..tsk)

And hi Paula, hope Shiver's proving a joyous read! I liked it too.

Agreed :) I think it deserves a re-read soon.

I don't think I introduced myself to this group yet. If I did please forgive me for repeating myself.

I joined Goodreads awhile ago and just recently started being active on here regularly. I enjoy reading a variety of books and genres.

My name is Monica I have two grown children. A daughter who will be 20 this December and my son who is 18. I am currently going through a divorce and I am not letting that take away from my reading, if possible. I am 42 years old and have been told I don't act my age. :)

If you want to know more just ask. Look forward to seeing everyone around the threads.

Thank you for the welcome. I already add some books to my next order that you all recommended. Thanks.

Hello Monica and welcome. I am 38 and don't act my age either!

Welcome to all the new people :)

Hey everyone! I'm Alicia, 21, and I'm a student/caterer's assistant in Ontario, Canada. Although textbooks and articles for school sadly take up a good chunk of my reading time, I am a total bookaholic and read for pleasure whenever I get the chance! I'll read almost anything, but I do enjoy young adult, especially young adult historical fiction. I currently live alone, but am dying to get a cat. I also enjoy vegetarian cooking, baking, tv and movies.

I look forward to discussing young adult with all of you! Cheers!

Arphaxad wrote: "Hey guys, I'm Arphaxad (or..something shorter..Fax? Hadn't thought that far ahead!), and I'm a uni student from the UK who spends an embarrassing amount of time in the kids/YA section of the librar..."

Fax! Some of my faves are right there. I've loved Susan Cooper's books since I was eight and re-read the Dark is Rising series at least once a year. Ender's Game is a recent adition to my favorites. I kinda wish I had discovered it sooner!

Welcome to the group all you new peeps. It's good to have you here.

Welcome Alicia - I am a vegetarian as well :) p.s. get a cat, I love my two little guys.

Hello everyone. I joined this group a couple of days ago but didn't introduce myself yet. My name is Ashley and I'm 21. I love to read and I what I really enjoy most are both YA fiction and adult fiction especially if it's paranormal.

Some of my favorite YA books are...

Welcome Ashley!

YAY NIghtworld :)

OMG! I completely forgot to mention House of Night in my favorites. Oh well that's what happens when you're tired

Becca wrote: "Welcome Ashley!"

Thanks

Piper wrote: "YAY NIghtworld :)"

:)

Hello Everyone,

I'm Jen and I'm a YA book addict from Florida. I am 23 (soon to be 24) and this year I have become obsessed with the YA genre. I can't say that I read a lot of YA books when I was younger. When I was a kid I did read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz & Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret over and over again, but then I didn't really read much stuff until I found Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone which got me to reading again, love the HP series. But even then, I didn't read any other YA, until Twilight my junior year of college. That's where I started becoming curious about the genre, and what YA books were and what YA books were out there. But because of school I didn't have much time to read anything other than school related books, until I graduated a year ago from college. After that, I started researching YA books and have been reading YA like crazy this whole year and I'm loving it because I didn't have much time to do leisure reading during college and YA books especially are sooo good, I didn't realize I had been missing out so much. It's also great to see I'm not the only adult who loves YA, this group has inspired me to keep reading YA, no matter what anybody says, so thanks!!

Welcome welcome Jen!

Thanks Heidi :)

Hi Jen. Welcome to the group :)

Thanks Eden :)

Hey all! Im new here :-)

A lil about me... Ive always loved to read, but fell away from it in the past and have just recently picked it back up again. Oh man, I can believe I let myself stray away from immersing myself into a good book on a regular basis!

anyways, name is Megan. I am 21 years young and just recently married my soldier! Being an Army wife to an MP with no kids leaves me lots of spare time to read! I live in Georgia with my yorkie, and hubby of course!

I am soooo glad to have found this group!
Make the best of this new year yall!
-Meg

Hi Megan welcome to the group!

Welcome to the group!

welcome Megan, I'm new too :)

Welcome Megan and Jen! Hope you like it here :)

Thank you very much for all the welcomes! I like it here :) have gotten some good recommendations for books that i wouldnt have acquired on my own

Hey guys! So I just joined this group this afternoon...
I'm 24, but I gotta say, I love YA fiction. It's mostly what I read. My little sista & I (she's 19) read all the time and discuss books. =) I've always loved to read, but don't have nearly as much time as I would like lately. Sigh!
Pretty excited about this group and seeing what everybody else has to say about the books they're reading!

And hello to you as well Ashley!

Hi Ashley! Im new as well and also glad I found this group... its nice to find people with similar interests who can share their opinions!

Hi Megan and Ashley. Welcome to the group :)

Hi Ashley! Watch out, this group is KILLER on your 'To Be Read' list.

How true it is Wendy... but in a good way!

Hi Ashley!!

And Wendy you are so right. Since I've found this group, my 'to be read' list has increased immensely, there's a lot of great recommendations here (:

Oh no, Wendy! That is not good. My to read list is already ridiculous!! Lol.

My TBR list started out with a handful of books, now I'm well over 100. My book shelf at home has around 30 books for me to read, and my Kindle has 6... and I just keep buying!

So nice to see so many new people joining. Welcome all! This is without a doubt the best group I have ever joined.

I do absolutely love this group!

I have no idea if I ever introduced myself, but here goes nothing.

I'm Sara, 28 yrs old mom of two boys, one on Earth and one in Heaven (lost him to SIDS 9 1/2 years ago), I'm divorced from their dad, and have been seeing someone since 2007, and I live in the lovely state of Iowa. I have an addiction to reading, it's something that I can't go without for very long. I've been reading YA mostly in the last year, and it's been very hard to get to other genres, but sometimes I do sneak a different genre in. My 8 1/2 year old son LOVES to read just like me!, I can't wait until he's a bit older so I can start suggesting books to him. So, that's pretty much me in a nutshell.

Welcome to the group! (Though we've already chatted.)

I wish my 6 year old loved to read. She fights me.

Catie, you can be a nerd and be popular, lol! But if I had to choose, I'd choose to be a nerd.

Welcome to the group everybody!

Wendy wrote: "Welcome to the group! (Though we've already chatted.)

I wish my 6 year old loved to read. She fights me."

I think my son started to like reading when he read the Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He loves those books.

Hey everyone!

I'm Liz. YA books are my guilty pleasure. I just started a blog where I review YA books. I'm addicted to goodreads because I'm always looking for upcoming books. The goal of my blog is to help people find their next book to read. If you love YA books and need some reading suggestions, please check it out! =]

http://thatswhatlizread.blogspot.com/

Hello there. :)
I'm Rollie, a 21-year old book fanatic from Philippines. I'm really interested in YA novels. I don't have any logical reason why I love reading despite the fact that I'm an engineering student. Yes, I should solve some math problems than read literary books. But what should I do if reading is part of my life? Or more like, my life. I really want to have recommendations and buddy who're into some action packed YA novels. :)

And please do check out my BLOG to view my reviews. :)

Hey, brand new to any group, so I'm very novice. I'm Cara, 18, and a loquacious reader of YA or any adult novel that strikes my fancy. Just graduated, and still have free time.
I would love to make friends of goodreads, and this group (something I'm interested in) seemed a good way to go about that.

I have no idea if I have introduced myself or not, but here it goes.

My name is Catherine, but everyone calls me Cat. I'm 30 years old (I can't believe it...) & I live in Sallisaw, Oklahoma (which is about 30 minutes from where I grew up & lived my whole life; Fort Smith, Arkansas). I have a 4 year old son named Elijah Scott who is a genius. I know everyone thinks their child is a genius, but I've just been really blessed... He's very well behaved & smart smart smart... And handsome! I am married to my best friend, Richard & he passed away on November 13th. It still feels like a dream... We had been best friends for 16 years, been together for 6, & married for 4. They are the greatest things & biggest blessings in my life... I miss Richard a lot. But at least I have my son. Anyways... I'm addicted to Goodreads, Facebook, my Kindle, gum, buying books (I have over 30 books I need to read on my bookshelves & don't even look at my To Be Read list), Netflix, XBox, mocha frappes from McDonald's... lol And I love to be on goodreads to add to my HUGE TBR list. I'll read just about anything, but YA Paranormal is my favorite I think, that and memoirs of famous people or about drug addiction. If you have anymore questions or whatever, just drop me a few lines! Add me if you want too! :D

<3; Cat

Wow. So many new people! Welcome Liz, Rollie, Cara, and Catherine. So sad to hear about your loss Catherine. Beware we are not great at staying on topic here, but we all fun loving and passionate about books :)

Sorry about your loss cat =(

Cat, sorry to hear about your husband. I grew up in Fort Smith too. I moved to Colorado when I was 14 and have been a bit of a nomad since before finally coming back to Colorado for a while (although I'm hoping to move again this summer), but my dad still lives in Pocola and my mom moved back down to Poteau this past summer so I'm down there at least once a year. My sister and her family currently live in Cameron. So, I know exactly where you live.

Welcome to the group everybody. We have a lot of fun around here.