Fantasy and Vampire Book Club discussion

Hey everyone, I'm Steven and I've been in here for some time now. This is a pretty cool group and I try to be involved with the voting as much as possible. I don't always get to read the BOM but know there have been some awesome titles chosen in this group. What are some newer vampire titles I should check out? Oh also I do have one to recommend Richard Laymon's Stake is a great book with a very fresh ending to the vampire legend.
Anyway, vampires are a pretty awesome creature to read about but I really enjoy it when someone can come up with something that has never been done before with them or adds them to something with other creatures as well.

Hello! My name is Norma! I followed Anton over here because I love the Fantasy/Paranormal/Vampire/Demon/etc,.. side of books. It is great to find another group like this!

I'm Lisa - lover of all things paranormal... (Vamps and wolves being my favs)...
I, too, am addicted and love reading all about them!

Wow so many new people....that is fantastic.
Welcome everyone to the group where reading paranormal books are normal...cheesy I know, but it was either that or comment on how tasty new neck would be. And I decided that it was a bit creepy,so I chose cheesy option.
Anyway enough of my internal monologue.

Welcome to the group. Feel free to jump in any conversation. As long as you stay near topic we don't mind.

I'm really looking forward to Doctor Sleep! I can't remember the last time I read a Stephen King book. As for now, H.P. Lovecraft's complete collection of stories will hold me over!

hi nice to meet you ..love all vampire books....

Hi everyone! I'm Maddie, I am a history teacher and I love to read...

Hi all.. New to the group. I love ready and hope to hear about new books from the group and see what I have been missing

Summer , we have a monthly group read ( the book that's featured on the homepage of the group is what we are reading).
We also have a book recommendation topic for people, as well as a topic for people to say what they are reading right now. So go forth and explore!
Maddie, Iloved history when they decided to teach it. Middle ages is my favorite period of time. Very brutal and horrible. I love reading about it and I am just so glad that it is history and not current events

Anton wrote: "I'm really looking forward to Doctor Sleep! I can't remember the last time I read a Stephen King book. As for now, H.P. Lovecraft's complete collection of stories will hold me over!"

Anton, have you tried his son's book, NOS4RTU, I think it is called?

I'm Beverly & I live in a remote ranching community in New Mexico. I've always loved reading & have been reading Vampire books for over 40 years. I recently got back into the Vamp/Paranormal realm of reading after reading mostly mysteries for many years.

Hello, I'm Kari. Love to read any chance I get. Just recently started reading books in the fantasy genre (I read mostly mysteries). Can anyone recommend books geared towards adults. I'm seeing mostly YA, which are okay, just looking for something more my age ;)

Welcome Kari and Beverly.
Kari, we have several reccomendation topics for you to have a look at and contribute to.
We have them sorted by Genre...be warned you will find 18+ rated stuff there.( each topic has a warning on it so you are fairly warned).
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

If you are reading something in particular and want to share
You might want to start here...I have found so many excellent recommendations there.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/9...

If you have a favorite series to reccomend
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

So have a look around and feel free to jump in.

Hi I 'm BB age 17 and i'm currently studying law , psychology and English literature just now entering my 2nd year of college.I adore reading and vampires and other supernatural and fantasy creatures and plots fascinate me. I have read multiple series such as house of night , mortal instruments ,vampire academy ect .. yet still devour almost any book I can get my hands on from pride and prejudice to Alex rider. :-)

Hi BB welcome to the group.

Hi Everyone,I'm PJ. I'm so happy to find this book club. I love to read, especially fantasy and vampire books. I read August's BOM "First Grave on the Right" and finished the series in less than a week. I loved it!

That's great news. Have you nominated to choose a book for next month?

hi all. victory here. big time book Junkie here. love any and everything horror related!

Well you are in the right place. welcome to the group.

Hi, I'm Lee-Anne. I've been lurking quietly for a while trying to figure out how to post as I am usully accessing via my phone. I love to read and love paranormal and vampire series in particular these days. I have two young girls aged 6 and 4 who seem to be following in my footsteps, a beautiful beagle named Molly, a grumpy cat called wicket and an amazing husband who can deal with me having my nose stuck in a book or on my phone for hours on end!

Hi lee-anne,
If you need assistance in the group just let me know.
Do you use the app or go through the browser? I use a combination of both. There are some things that as a moderator I can't do on the app. But I started off using the browser and have a tendency to prefer it.

hi..I am Connie. I love to read yhese genres and have been lurking for awhile. I don't know how often I will write because to be truthful if I hsve free time I would rather be reading.

I tend to use the app on my phone and when I can sneak a moment at work I use the browser which has much more functionality.

Adele wrote: "Hi lee-anne,
If you need assistance in the group just let me know.
Do you use the app or go through the browser? I use a combination of both. There are some things that as a moderator I can't do on..."

Connie wrote: "hi..I am Connie. I love to read yhese genres and have been lurking for awhile. I don't know how often I will write because to be truthful if I hsve free time I would rather be reading."

Hi Connie , sorry about the late reply. I have been soo busy catching up on reading & writing my reviews( still have to type them up). I understand wanting to spend every bit of free time reading. I began using goodreads as just a tool to keep track of my books...I then discovered groups and...well my free time now is split between here and reading.( I wouldn't have it any other way really).lol
Its up to individuals if they lurk or not. Its up to mods to make a group comfortable enough so people want to take that step to make that comment.
I have been in groups, and lurked but finally found something to say and contribute.often that is the hardest bit to do.
So congratulations on making that step. And we hope to see more of you.

Adele wrote: "Connie wrote: "hi..I am Connie. I love to read yhese genres and have been lurking for awhile. I don't know how often I will write because to be truthful if I hsve free time I would rather be reading."

Hi Connie , sorry about the late reply. I have been soo busy catching up on reading & writing my reviews( still have to type them up). I understand wanting to spend every bit of free time reading. I began using goodreads as just a tool to keep track of my books...I then discovered groups and...well my free time now is split between here and reading."

Hi Connie! I did the same thing as Adele and just came here to read up books, keep tabs on books I liked, etc,... The group thing threw me a for a loop. I had no idea people were as crazy about types of books and I was very introverted about books I liked because of that. You will get comfortable here and no one here will judge you because we are all the same. We like vampires, angels, paranormal, romance, undead, zombies... We love it all! Come and play with us... We don't bite.. (Well, I do... Hehe)

hi I am yacintha . I am fifteen years old. I love reading and writing. my fav fantasy serie is house of night

Hi, I'm Marilyn. I live on the outskirts of Melbourne. I love to read anything with a paranormal element. I also love to write and am the author of Mystery Falls and it's sequel Mystery Rises. On joining this group, I'm looking forward to making new friends and sharing my passion for books.

Hi Marilyn....I'm A Melbournian Too!!!!!
Welcome to the group Yacintha and Marilyn, i hope you both like it here!

Marilyn you have inspired me.... i want to know where people are situated in the world.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Hello! I'm 25, from Italy. Music and reading are the two great passions of my life. Love Anne Rice's Vampire chronicles and fantasy books (also YA) in general: HP, LOTR, Bartimeus saga, These dark materials, Daughter of smoke and bone, and many, many others!

Hi, I'm from Australia. I'll read almost anything with romance in it for fiction. I do write, and am almost finished a trilogy.

I do like books where the author has taken a different route from normal.

Looking forward to book recommendations.

Hello, My name is Baine Kelly, I'm from the US. I'm an avid reader as well as an author. My first book was published by a small press this past May, and the next is due End of October/ early November. I mostly read Paranormal Romance, and I write the same, but with a twist. My series is based on my own Vampire Mythology and includes werewolves, fays and others. I'm hoping to get some of you to check out my series as well as get some recommendations of authors and series that you all enjoy. I look forward to sharing with all of you.
Baine
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welcome Beatrice, Acacia and Baine.

Hi everyone, I'm an author of young adult fantasy and horror. My fantasy ebook Saffron - The Blood Swan published by "Books to go now" publisher, Seattle, Washington, US. I love to read and write.

Hey there dudes and dudettes mind if i join in the fun???

not at all. welcome.

And its good to be here :) Well then i guess i have to introduce myself well here goes. I am a Year 11 student studying AGM, Math Methods, physics, Studio arts and Turkish as a second language. I love Fantasy thats really wht i like to read especially when theres magick and Dragons involved. I still branch out into other genres mainly because i read what i like. i dont really have a genre that i focus on but my favourite gender is Fantasy, Dystopian and Sci-fi. I really like medi-eval stuff aswell with swords and archers, Knights and assassins, Barbarians and samurai. I also really really love Mang and Anime. thats pretty much it...Ohh and i also love the Outdoors.

Hi all! I've been reading about vampires forever, and now I write about them! Vampire rockstars in Las Vegas. I do makeup for film and TV and get tons of inspiration there! Nice to meet you all!

Well its always great to meet new people.
we hope you enjoy the group.
we are busy getting ourselves sorted for the new year so be warned there might not be much going on right now. however there are many topics you can contribute to and i'm always here if you need a hand at all.

Welcome all new people! Nice to see some new blood in here!

Hi all. I'm Abby. I love twilight and anything to do with supernatural. It's awesome. I live in NSW, Australia. (Close to the beach) :D

Welcome to the group Abby, im a melbournian myself. Its nice to see people from the same country as you on a US based site.
Anyway I think you may have found the right place here with this group. Have a look around and dont hesitate to drop in on any conversations. We are having a poll for this months book of the month. Head to the homepage and you will find it near the bottom. Click on the book you want to read and if it wins the poll, we will read it the rest of this month.

Thanks. It's nice to know there r people other people on here that r Australian. ShoSho is also Australian. Thanks again.... :D

Hi Abby! Welcome to the group! Jump right in! :)

Jobell34 wrote: "Hi hope everyone is having a great day!"

Thank you! For a Monday, not too bad!

Busy! Getting read to go to Ahaheim for CHA, Craft and Hobby Association annual trade show!

Hello everyone!! I'm new here, Norma - one of your lovely mods, told me about your group. I'm excited to be here. The group picture (vamp biting the sexy man) was the stock photo I used for my self published book! (this was before Ellora's Cave picked it up, by ya know) - I knew this was the place for me.

I'm 31 (or 32) I can't remember. I'm a mother, a reader and a writer. I love zombies and my favorite show is the Walk Dead. If I could make Daryl my fictional boyfriend I would.

((HUGS))

Madeline Pryce

Hi Madeline!! Welcome to the group! I know you will love it here! :)

madame Zelda......you sound like my kinda person. I'm currently making up a business plan for my own crafting business . I'm only a beginner in knitting and crochet. but give me a knifty knitter loom andi could make anything! I think. I love them!

Madeline, welcome to the group. our group photo was one chosen by my predecessor, who also used it for her book. I gets around that picture! lol
we have an area for shameless self promotion. our authors unite topic s where you will find it.
this year we are cracking down on self promotion however that topic will never change.