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Thanks Heidi and Chachic! Nice meeting you. :)

Hope you like it here! It looks like you already read most of the threads. :)

Loving it so far. :) And yup, trying to catch up! lol

Would have never guessed you were 17 by your posts, Brigid! :) Welcome!

Hi
I`m Kathy Anne-25 yr old,married,no kids and am a Native of Los Angeles,and love it.
And I love YA,the day I read Jeaniene Frost I was in 7th Heaven and the day I read Destined for an Early Grave I knew for sure I had read my fav book of all time
And I met Bones in these books ,my fav Hero of all time
I also like Succubus Blues a lot,I just reread them,but there are so many good ones it`s hard to choose isn`t it?

Welcome to the group Kathy! :) Hope you enjoy it. I was wondering if you wanted to be part of the staff of our YA Blog we started not long ago. You can check out the YA Newsletter folder to see what's been going on.

Welcome Kathy! :) Hope you like it here. Yes, it's really hard to choose books to read because there are a lot out there.

hey everyone im chica :)

Welcome Chica! Hope you like it here!

Hey I'm Chloe :)

Welcome Chloe! Feel free to join any of the discussions!

Welcome to the group Chloe.

Hello Chloe!

I'm Jonathan Maberry,I’m a NY Times bestselling author and Marvel Comics writer. My first YA novel just hit the bookstores: ROT & RUIN (Simon & Schuster, hardcover).

ABOUT THE BOOKS: In the zombie-infested world Benny has grown up in, every teenager must work once they turn fifteen—or they'll lose their food rations. Benny isn't interested in taking on the family business, but he reluctantly agrees to train as a zombie killer with his boring big brother, Tom. He expects a dull job, whacking zombies for cash. What he discovers is a vocation that will teach him what it really means to be human.

As Benny's worldview is challenged again and again by the lessons he learns from Tom, he is forced to confront another horrifying reality: sometimes, the most terrible monsters are the human ones.

Critically acclaimed NY Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry crafts a terrifying future vision of the zombie apocalypse, brought to life through the rich emotional struggles of a teenager trying to find his place in a tumultuous new world.

Praise for�.. RUIN & RUIN:

"…an action-packed, thought-provoking look at life—and death." --Kirkus Book Review

"A thrilling triumph, full of action, gripping conflict, soul-fullness, gore, solemnity, and hope. A coming of age piece honed in the ashes of the apocalypse." ---Fiendishgly Bookish

"Thrilling, enticing, and surprisingly touching!" --Heather Brewer -Bestselling author of the Chronicles of Vlad

"This is a romping, stomping adventure. Anyone with a pulse will enjoy this novel, and anyone with a brain will find plenty of food for thought inside!" --Michael Northrop -bestselling author of Gentlemen

"George Romero meets The Catcher in the Rye in this poignant and moving coming of age novel set during zombie times." --Nancy Holder -NY Times bestselling author of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Pretty Little Devils

"Captured my heart from the first page and refused to let go!" --Maria V. Snyder -multi award-winner and bestselling author of Poison Study

Hi im Jessi!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome Jessi!

Hello Jessi!

Hey everyone! I'm Kristina, I'm 23 and live in Saint Louis, I am a YA-aholic and I admit to still re-reading my old Baby-Sitters Club books :) I am an elementary school teacher so I am forever reading books for kids too!

Welcome Kristina! Someone in my other group has all of her old Babysitters Club books and re-reads them too, so you are not alone! I used to wish I was in the Babysitters Club - how cool would that have been? p.s. I live in central IL only about 2-3 hours away from St. Louie.

Heidi I actually recently moved here from central IL, I am from Champaign and I miss it SO MUCH. And I'm glad to hear I'm not the only BSC freak, I used to wish I was in it too!

Welcome!

Thanks Shannen!

Champaign is a nice town. I am from Bloomington Normal - right up the road from there. I am originally from Minnesota and miss that a lot, so I know how you feel about being homesick :)

Oh yeah I've been to B-N tons of times! When i visit home from STL I have to take the train to the Bloomington depot. I'm sure you miss home, its tough being away from family :(

*comes riding in on the Welcome Wagon* Welcome, Kristina! :D

thanks Bridgid!! <3

Thanks Bluemoon! :)

Ok new people. Now that I am the moderator I know how many new people we have in this group have yet surprisingly there is NO new intros hmm.....

Hey everyone! I'm Brandi.

Hahaha! I knew I could count on you Brandi! And of course...welcome :)

Hi everyone, I just joined this group. I love YA books and discovering new authors. Glad to be part of this group.

Hello Margaret. Welcome welcome.

Hi everyone! I am a high school teacher from Singapore. I recently got a little addicted to YA because I was looking for suitable books for my students (it was just an excuse to read a lot!). I have always been a voracious and omnivorous reader, and love all kinds of writing.

Hello mstan! So glad to meet you. I have a co-worker whose wife teaches 8th grade English and she never reads herself! It makes me sad :( So glad there are teachers out there that care about what their students read enough to read the books too.

Welcome new people!

Thank you for the warm welcome! I teach 10th grade English and Literature (here, English is viewed as English language, and is more skills-based, and is separate from Literature, so I teach two subjects). It's true that not all language teachers read, unfortunately. It's really interesting for me to read all the recommendations I've gotten from goodreads, and try to filter them through my own cultural lenses, because we're also a lot more conservative about certain issues here (e.g adolescent sex).

I'm looking forward to participating in the discussions here!

Hello Brandi, Margaret, and Mstan! Welcome to you all :)

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

Hey all - I know some of you from YA for Adults. I am 27 and live in the mountains of ColoRADo where it snows 8 months of the year, giving me plently of reasons to stay inside curled up with a book. I read a pretty wide range in genres but love me some YA. Through goodreads I have found so many new authors and great recommendations.

Jaimie wrote: "Hey all - I know some of you from YA for Adults. I am 27 and live in the mountains of ColoRADo where it snows 8 months of the year, giving me plently of reasons to stay inside curled up with a book..."

Yay! Now I don't have to try to figure out which group I said what in!

Woot! Jaimie's here!! Celebration time!

Awww thanks guys, I am feeling the love!

Hello Jaimie!

Bluemoon wrote: "HI JAIMIE!!!!! ^_^ welcome

I'm glad you love living in ColoRADo...hahahahaha...."

You have to say it correctly Bluemoon. It's not ColoRAHdo, and it is RAD! Hehe...

or ColoRADICAL to all the bro brahs out there stoked on the gnarly pow pow dumping all over the place! Sorry I think this April blizzard is getting to me - I need summer stat!

Hi all! I'm Michelle. I'll be 38 next week and I've never outgrown kids books. So I went into teaching. When I'm not reading (or teaching) I'm writing in the high-middle/teen genre. Or blogging - where I review, you guessed it, kids books. I decided to go indie this year and put my five novels in print and ebook format on my own. (Websites on profile). I love talking kids books!

Hi there Michelle! Welcome to the group! :)
And congrats on your novels!

Thanks, Brigid!

Welcome Michelle!

Thanks, Kourtni. I think I'm finally getting this thing all figured out.