Introduction Post Ideas

Welcome to our forum! Hate introductions because you do not always know what to say? No problem. Use this handy dandy template posted below to get yourself started. If you are new, please start your own topic for your introductions. This way everyone can come say Hi.

Name/Nickname:
Age:
Location:
Gender:
Blog:
Favorite YA book:
Favorite YA series:
YA Book most likely to be recommended by you:

*Note: This format is not required. It is just to give you some ideas of things to include.*

Hi, I'm Rebecca.

I saw the advertisement of the forum on Kate at The Neverending Shelf's blog and I thought it was a really neat idea because I too love talking about books but don't really know where I can go to talk to anyone else who loves books as much as I do. I'm not sure what else to say but I'll use the suggestion.

Name/Nickname: Rebecca
Age: 19
Location: New Zealand
Gender: Female
Blog: http://everythingtodowithbooks.blogspot.com
Favorite YA book: At the moment Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Favorite YA series: Song of the Lioness quartet by Tamora Pierce
YA Book most likely to be recommended by you: At the moment probably Graceling by Kristin Cashore because it is that good of a book.

Name/Nickname: Melissa/Book Lady/ Must Read Faster
Age: 28
Location: AL
Gender: 28
Blog: http://mustreadfaster.blogspot.com/
Favorite YA book: The Hunger Games
Favorite YA series: it's a tie between the Hunger Games and House of Night
YA Book most likely to be recommended by you: either of those that I've mentioned.

Hey! Glad you decided to do this, it ought to be fun, fun, fun!!!

Name/Nickname: Casey
Age: 21
Location: Indiana
Gender: female
Blog: http://casey62588.blogspot.com (A Passion for Books)
Favorite YA book: right now - Perfect Chemistry
Favorite YA series: Vampire Academy
YA Book most likely to be recommended by you: that's a toughy - there's so many great books I would recommend. I'll say....Perfect Chemistry because it goes to show you not to judge people before you get to know them.

Hi this looks like fun!

Name/Nickname - Mareena/Emeraldfire
Location - Albany, New York
Gender - female
Age - 31
Favorite Author - Anne Perry, Julie Garwood
Favorite Book - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Favorite YA Series - The Young Wizards Series by Diane Duane, The Immortals by Tamora Pierce
Blog: http://emeraldfiresbookmark.blogspot.com

Hey everybody!

I am pretty excited about this new forum stuff, and love meeting new people. Great introductions so far!
I tweaked my template a little from the original format because although I love, love, love YA, I haven't gotten the chance to explore the genre as much as I want to, and still do a lot of other genre reading. This is one of the main reasons why I joined. I want to expand my reading lists and be able to read more YA in the upcoming year. Anyways, great meeting you all!

Name/Nickname: miss cindy
Age: 21
Location: California
Gender: Female
Blog: http://www.simplelifeandreading.blogspot.com
Favorite YA book this year: At the moment, I'd have to say...Twenty Boy Summer? But only because it is the most recent one I've read My favorites usually change about once a week.
Favorite Author: I don't have one favorite author, and I could never narrow it down to one YA author either, so here is a bunch of random authors that I just love: Jennifer Crusie, Nicholas Sparks, Lisa McMann, Margeret Mitchell, Jane Austen, William Sheakespeare, Lori Foster, Agatha Christie, Stephenie Meyer, J.K. Rowling, Sarah Ockler, etc.

happy reading everyone

Hi everyone!
Name/Nickname: Jenn
Age: 32 (I am a single mom of 2)
Location: Northern VA
Gender: Female
Blog: http://www.book-crazy.com VERY new
Favorite YA book: Um, Twilight, not because it's my fav. ever - but because it got me back into reading...now I cant get enough
Favorite YA series: Twilight, Mortal Instruments, The Maze Runner, Wake and Fade, Vampire Kisses (soo many)
YA Book most likely to be recommended by you: That's tough...um, probably The Maze Runner, or Shiver

Greetings & Salutations.
I'm Rachel - but seeing as that is a painfully boring and over-used name - I tend to go by my middle name of 'Melinda' or the affectionate nickname of 'Curly' ( of the Three Stooges ) or Opa which is a shorter version of one of my handle-names on the world wide web.
I'm 20 years old & I'm located in the great state of Arkansas ( which very few people know where it is - sad but true ) . I'm female - seeing as I've yet to come across a male with my name. If you're name is Rachel & you're a boy let me know though.
I own a blog however - I tend to just use it to make wish-lists - cause I'm weird like that.
My favorite YA book varies & changes often but as or right now - it would have to be 'Wondrous Strange' by Lesley Livingston.
As far as book recommendations go - I always tend to suggest Fantasy novels - & subject matter is near always fae/faeries or vampires 99.9% of the time - the other 0.01% I suggest are usually older novels such as 'Lord of the Rings' or 'The Chronicles of Narnia'.

If I had to narrow it down to one book though - I would always, always recommend 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by William Shakespeare.
What can I say? - I'm a sucker for his writing style. Plus *cough*faeries*cough* & it helped in my reading of Wondrous Strange to have read this book.

Hey Kate!

Name/Nickname: LiLi
Age: 14 (as of a few weeks ago, woohoo)
Location: Miami, FL
Gender: Female (duh lol)
Blog: http://lilibethramos.blogspot.com --ChicaReader
Favorite YA book: Can only think of one right now, Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott.
Favorite YA series: Out of the top of my head I would have to say the Wake trilogy, but I like many others as well, I just can't think of them all right now.
YA Book most likely to be recommended by you: The Kindling of Greenfyr by Mark Freeman. Or pretty much everything/anything by Barry Lyga!

Loved that you opened up a forum, Kate! I would like to hope to participate often!

Hi!

Name/Nickname: Kay
Age: 28
Location: Europe, beautiful Europe
Gender: I'm a she
Blog: predictably enough, http://www.kaysbookshelf.com
Favorite YA book: that's very hard to name since I am never sure whether a book is YA or not; I will name The Book Thief and keep my fingers crossed for it to fit the category
Favorite YA series: these days I think the Midnighters series (by Scott Westerfeld) but I am also happily reading away at A Series of Unfortunate Events (at the time of writing this I am up to book 12 out of 13).
YA Book most likely to be recommended by you: The Book Thief, of course, and whatever I happen to be reading and liking at the moment

I usually read whatever takes my fancy at a moment, YA and adult books alike. I have read lots of YA so far and plan to read even more in the future, so I am very happy that I found this forum (thank you Kate ).

hi!

Name/Nickname:Leigh

Age:17

Location:Florida

Gender:Female

Blog:none I wish I had time for one though.

Favorite YA book: This changes a lot....mmm right now I'd have to say Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Favorite YA series:This is hard ahhh! i'm going to go with the Green Rider series by Kristen Britain (i'm not sure if it's still YA the first two books are in the teen room at my library, though the third is in sci-fi (even though it's a fantasy book)

YA Book most likely to be recommended by you:Right now, the Hunger Games.

Hey!
Name/Nickname:My name is Lindsay and I have a ton of nicknames: Lulu, Eloise, Ellie, Grandma (haha a mean frined of mine just came up with that one), and recently L.P.J. because when texting that was easier than my name and it has stuck.
Age: 15
Location: North Carolina
Gender: Female
Blog: Just Another Book Addict =) http://justanotherbookaddict.blogspot.com/
Favorite YA book: Wow, there are so many, but I'll go with The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Favorite YA series: Wicked series by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie, The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, The Study Series by Maria V. Snyder and, The Mediator series by Meg Cabot
YA Book most likely to be recommended by you: All of the ones I listed above!

Name/Nickname: Ashley
Age: 19
Location: Ventura County, California
Gender: Female
Blog: Ashley's Library
Favorite YA book: I can't say that I have any specific favorites right now. I'm still exploring different YA books and authors and I love recommendations!

Name/Nickname:Emily
Age: 24
Location: Buffalo, NY
Gender: femaile
Blog: http://whatbookisthat.blogspot.com
Favorite YA book: Graceling or Fire by Kristin Cashore
Favorite YA series: Harry Potter!
YA Book most likely to be recommended by you: any of the books I already mentioned or anything I think that specific person will like.

This is the first forum I have ever joined so here goes:

Name/Nickname: Tracee/reviewfromhere
Age: 35
Location: Appleton, WI
Gender: Female
Blog: http://reviewfromhere.com
Favorite YA book: Not sure if I have one, maybe the Cirque du Freak series
Favorite YA series: See above, lol
YA Book most likely to be recommended by you:

Can't wait to get to know you all better!

I'm excited about the prospect of a forum to talk about YA books, and I'm excited that it's just getting started. Something about being there at the beginning makes me feel less overwhelmed by the content, etc.

Name: Clementine Bojangles
Age: 24
Location: St. Paul, MN
Gender: Female
Blog: http://earlynerdspecial.wordpress.com/
Favorite YA book: Right now I'm in love with The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Favorite YA series: The Jessica Darling Series by Megan McCafferty
YA Book most likely to be recommended by you: Depends on the reader. It changes weekly.

Hey Kate - and everyone else! This place is cool

Name/Nickname: Emily but I go by WilowRaven
Age: 30
Location: New Hampshire
Gender: Female
Blog: http://redhousebooks.blogspot.com
Favorite YA book: Oh wow...so far I would have to say The Forest of Hands and Teeth, The Maze Runner and The Hunger Games
Favorite YA series: Sharon Shinn's The Safe Keeper's Secret, The Truth Teller's Tale and the Dream Maker's Magic
YA Book most likely to be recommended by you: The Forest of Hands and Teeth, The Maze Runner, anything by Sharon Shinn, anything by Eoin Colfer, all the Harry Potter's, a ton more but I'm sleepy and can't remember them