New Adult Book Club discussion

Introduce yourself! What is your name, your favourite books, how did you discover New Adult books and anything else you wish to share :)

Hi im laura and I thought that seeing as so many people love New Adult books that someone should start a group so here it is! The first New Adult book i ever read was Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire and since then i have read many. My favourite New Adult author is Abbi Glines as all of her books are just excellent. Some of my other favourite books are Slammed by Colleen Hoover, The Edge of Never by J.A.Redmerski, and Easy by Tammara Webber.

Hi!

I'm Stephanie and I love to read New-Adult books but not only. I love YA and more adult books of every genre. But I think I have the best of time with New-Adult books these days. :)

I read books written bu Colleen Hoover, Tammara Webber, Jamie McGuire Abbi Glines, Jessica Sorensen - The Secret of Ella and Mica, Chelsea M. Cameron and so on. Whenever I see a book labelled New-Adult by readers I don't think twice and buy it. ;)

I'm also a writer - in my free time - of YA and New-Adult contemp romance. My first one should be published in 2013 by Anchor Group. I'm still disbelieved at the news!

I hope to discover many more New-Adult books readers. :)

Welcome Stephanie :) it's nice to meet another lover of New Adult books and you're a writer too! Looking forwards to seeing your books when they are released :)

Thank you. :)

It's nice to have a place to talk about new adult books. You'll be able to recommend new books to read. For example, I have yet to discover The Edge of Never.

Hi everyone, my name is Brianna. I like to read lots of different things, but I mostly read urban fantasy and young adult books. That all changed when I heard of the idea of New Adult fiction however, and I've read more contemporary lately.

Finally! :) someone made this group.

When I first heard of this genre, I loved the idea. Therefore, I naturally went in search of a Goodreads "New Adult" group. Alas, there was none. That's all changed now, though.

I believe my first New Adult book was "Going to Far" by Jennifer Echols, if that book is considered New Adult. I really liked it. After that, I have only read a few more New Adult books.

I've read"Beautiful Disaster", which I just liked. I've read Tina Reber's "Love" series, which I really liked. I loved the main characters and their relationships in that series.

I've got books by Abbi Glines, Coleen Hoover, and S. C. Stephens in my collection though, so I'll have read more soon.

Thanks for making the group.

Finally a New Adult books group! Thank you for staring it :)


My name is Ana, I read mainly YA and New Adult these days but I'll read pretty much anything I take a fancy to.


I've read S.C. Stephens, Abbi Glines, K.A. Linde, Tammara Webber, Nicole Williams, J.A. Redmerski and many more. I'm always looking for new books and authors to read so will be looking forward to try any new suggestions and give some in return :)

Welcome Brianna and Ana :)Im glad you both like the idea of the group, i thought it was about time that one existed.

I love all the authors that you both mentioned :)

Welcome!

So far we seem to have the same favorite authors. ;)

Looks like I need to move "The Sea of Tranquility" up in my reading priorities. :)

Hi!! My name is Ashton. I am always looking for good reading buddies :) I like YA books but I am 25 years old, so the new adult genre is targeted more for my age group and that makes it much easier to relate to the characters.

I love many authors including S.C. Stephens, K.A. Linde, Abbi Glines, Nyrae Dawn, and many, many more!

Thanks for creating this group, I am looking forward to more suggestions!

Welcome Ashton, Ava and Marta :) It's nice to see people so enthusiastic about New Adult books. This group is going to be a great, i have discovered some more books i want to read from your comments already :)

Hi I'm Victoria, an NA author and contributor/founder of the new adult fiction blog NA Alley! I actually got into NA because I wrote it, lol. At the time I didn't know what it was, but when I did I quickly devoured everything I could find. My first NA was Love Story by Jennifer Echols from there I just read and read and read. Great group you have here :D

Hi, my name is Megan, and I'm from New York. I'm a librarian, and I loooovvvveee new adult books. I have no idea what my first new adult book was, but I can remember retroactively changing a good number of books I had tagged as YA to NA.

These days I'm finishing up my second masters degree at NYU in Ancient Near Eastern languages and literature. When I started, I thought I wanted to be a college librarian, but I have since realized that all I want to do is read NA fiction, not Babylonian tablets.

Anyway, I am constantly trolling Goodreads and Amazon for new (or old) new (i just realized I had to type new new) adult books to add to my now overwhelming to-read list. I have way too many books on my kindle, so maybe you all can help me focus on what to read next.

I love suggestions and talking books and other nerdy librarian things, so I am super glad there is a NA group now.

Nice to meet everyone. :)

Hey there Megan! *waves* You must share more about this Ancient Near Eastern languages degree. I'm thinking Evie from The Mummy and how stellar cool she is! Librarians rock! :)

Hey Victoria! *waves back* Nice to see you here. I am beginning to suspect that you stay up as late as I do. I will tell you anything you want to know about my degree/librarian-ness. I <3 The Mummy. The heroine is way smart. Though, she is an Egyptologist and I am a somewhat reluctant Assyriologist. ;)

Welcome Victoria. I love the NA Alley blog, i read it all the time to get book recommendations! I think i have one of your books on my want to read list aswell :) Its nice to see an author joining the group.

Hi Megan, Ancient Near Eastern Languages sounds like a cool degree (also sounds very hard). Hopefully this group will help you find lots of non-ancient books to read :)

Hey everyone! I'm Heather. I'm from New Jersey. I am so excited that I found this group, i've been looking to join when and happy i finally did. Some of my favorite book's are Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire, The breathing series by Rebecca Donovan, The Slammed series by Colleen Hoover and those are just a few. I hope to find different books to read and also get to express my opinion to other fellow book lovers :)

Hi Heather :) Have you read both of Colleen Hoover's books? Im not sure weather to read Point of Retreat because Slammed was just so amazing and ended so well that im worried it might ruin it.

Laura, I know you were talking to Heather specifically lol, but you must read POR by Colleen Hoover! It's amazing!!

Well, I haven't yet read "Slammed", but I debated reading "Point of Retreat", as well. I usually don't like when series skip narrators through books, but I'll give it a try when I get around to reading them.

Yes Laura! I agree with Ashton. You will not be disappointed in Point Of Reach by Colleen Hoover! It held my interest throughout the whole book just like Slammed and I couldn't put it down. It is amazing book (:

Great i'll read it then :) I just dont want it to disapoint after how incredible Slammed was.

Hi! I'm Nicole. I love romance novel,especially new adult/our of high school book. I am NOT a fan of paranormal/ dystopia/fantasy, though I have read the twilight saga. Anyway I've posted most of my favorite books on my 'favorite' shelf on my page. I love Easy, Breathing series, Jillian Dodd books, and Thoughless/Effortless just to name a few. I saw this group on my home pg: recent updates.

Hi everyone! I'm Alyssa, and I love to write and read NA! I was so excited to see this group. :)

@Megan - you would be right about that! I do some of my best writing between the hours of midnight and 4 am! I'm a bit of a night owl :D

@Laura - Thanks and happy to be here! We love that our site helps out hungry NA readers like ourselves :)

Welcome Nicole, Alyssa and Carmel. Its nice to meet you and i hope you will enjoy being part of the group :)

Carmel, i love The Oppurtunist too! Its just so different, i dont think i have ever read another book like it :)

You definately should, it can be a little confusing but its one of those books that just has to be read. I actually read it after it was mentioned in a book (Can't remember which) as the main character was reading it :P Its definately a book thats not to be missed.

Hello everyone!! I am thrilled to see this group! My name is Beth, and I'm a married mom of three from North Carolina. I'm a WAHM with a home daycare, and I'm 38...so needless to say although I love YA books, NA seems to be more relatable for me LOL! There are so many authors I love; Abbie Glines, Alyssa Rose Ivy, JA Redmerski, Karina Halle, Nyrea Dawn, KA Tucker.....the list is endless! I finished The Edge of Never not long ago (LOVED it!!) and started Beautiful Disaster last night. I am really excited to meet everyone and share our love of this genre!

Hi everyone! I'm Andrea, live in Aurora, CO (yes, very close to the horrible theater massacre). I love reading specially when all these massacres keep happening and I need an escape from reality. This is why I looove NA and YA. I just began reading as a hobby earlier this year and can't believe I went 33 years without! Now I can't put my Kindle down :o)

I love anything by Abbi Glines (anyone read Fallen Too Far yet?-it's amazing!), Tamara Webber, Steph Campbell, Nyrae Dawn (I loove Measuring Up), Tiffany King (some heavy issues, but really good stories). Always looking for friends :o) and book recommendations!

@Aalia I looove ANY book by Abbi Glines, also have you read any of Nyrae Dawn's books? There are mostly standalone books and I loooove Measuring Up. Lots of luck returning to scheduled work :o) (staying at home is much more work and it's unscheduled)

Hello Aalia, Beth and Andrea :)

Aalia if you have read mainly YA books before then i would recommend reading some Abbi Glines books to get used to NA. Her books are a sort of older YA/NA so they would be the perfect place to start. In fact you should probably start with Breathe as it is a YA book and each book in the series increases in maturity level :)

Beth im glad you loved The Edge of Never, isnt it just amazing? Enjoy reading Beautifull Disaster, Jamie McGuire was one of the first New Adult authors and also one of the first to get published. Everyone should read her books as it is partially due to her that the catagory is doing so well :)

Andrea, i am a HUGE Abbi Glines fan so yes i have read Fallen Too Far. I may have bought it as soon as Abbi tweeted that it was live on Amazon :P

Glad you all like the group and thank you for joining :)

Hi Everyone I'm Alaina author and reader. I've read a few chick lit novels in the past...that were about 20-something but I haven't read any of the new books labeled as 'New Adult fiction" I have a long list of 'new adult' titles to try out. I wanted to join this group to stay in touch with lovers of this category of fiction and to keep abreast of the latest books to hit the scene!

I love to read in between writing and look forward to interacting with you lovely ladies!!
Alaina

Hi Alaina :) New Adult books have been around for a long time but as the term New Adult has only started being used a lot in the past year most are mislabled as YA or Adult. In fact all the big publishers still generally just adverrise them as Adult as apparently they are easier to market that way. Hopefully all that will change as the catagory keeps on getting more recognition :) Here is the perfect place for you to find some New Adult books to read :)

hello everyone, my name is Miri and i have just joined the group. I like reading almost every genre, romance, young adults,new adult, history fiction etc. The book which introduced me to this genere is Beautiful Disaster by Jamie Mcguire, it is immediately became one of my favourite books and I except to read other good books like this one ^_^

Hi everyone, my name is Tana and I read almost every genre, adult romance, young adults, erotica, m/m romance ect. Thanks for the invite to the group.

Hi, my name is Evette. I am so glad to join this group. I love every genre of books- well, maybe not westerns so much, but I would probably read one if recommended. I started reading YA to share with my teenage daughter the experience- now I can't stop. The New Adult genre has the best of both- romance and hot love scenes!
I have read many of the same authors I see above- Nyrae Dawn, Steph Campbell, Molly McAdams, Abbi Glines, Jamie McGuire, Tammara Webber, Jolene Perry, JA Redmerski and Cora Carmack, to name a few.

Reading is my escape- and I love recommendations and look forward to this group.

Hey everyone! I'm Danya, I read a variety of genres within YA and NA, and very occasionally I'll read some adult fiction too. It's been great watching the category of New Adult grow over the past year or so! I'm actually co-hosting a reading challenge for NA in 2013, so if anyone is interested feel free to check out the details here: http://atapestryofwords.blogspot.com/.... I hope to discover some awesome NA reads next year!

Welcome everyone!

It's so great to see how NA is really growing.

Danya, I just saw the Group for your NA reading challenge. I'm so going to participate even if I'm not a book blogger. I'm in for over 30 NA books to read! ;)

My name is Magan, Im an author of young adult and new adult and n a very serious, fake relationship with Adam Lambert.

Best NA books I read this year were Losing It, My Favorite Mistake, and of course My Paper Heart which is my own book, but it includes a southern boy and I love me a southern gentleman.

Welcome to the group Magan :) My Paper Heart sounds very good, i will definately be reading it at some point in the future :)

hello, I'm Melina, i read about this group from Jamie McGuire on Twitter. I am really into YA and Adult Erotic Romance books. I have read a lot this year in that area. :)

Welcome Magan and Melina!

Magan, I've got your books on my to-read list. You can be sure I'll read them soon. ;)

Hi I'm Esther, and ran into this group on Facebook. I've read beautiful disaster by Jamie McGuire and look forward to walking disaster. I also like Tina Reber, Valerie Dearborn series by Caroline Hanson, and love the premonition series by Amy Bartol. I look forward to hearing f new authors and books through this group :).

Hi there! Thank you so much for creating this group, because this is probably the group I most belong in, lol. Most of my books are about older teens to 20-somethings, yet they have sexual scenes that are too vanilla for Erotica (although, some of my books are categorized as such), yet too explicit for YA and mainstream.

I just debuted a 'mature' YA Fantasy Romance and put it under a new pen name (Terra Lorin), so that I could write stories without having to give the play-by-play sex scenes (I was getting exhausted doing it, quite frankly, lol). Unfortunately, I still had to put disclaimers on this new book, because I simply cannot refrain from writing about mature topics and inserting the smexy, sensual stuff. Argh, I'm hopeless! =P

So, I hope I'm now in the right group =)

I'm looking forward to offering my books as GIVEAWAYS and Read-to-Reviews, and getting to know more about what members here like, and want to read more about in this New Adult genre.

Hello Esther, I love Caroline Hansons Valerie Dearborn series too. When i first read it i didnt realise it was NA (i dont think the term was really in use then) but it fits perfectly into this catagory :) I am ashamed to say i havent yet read the third book yet though.

It is nice to meet you P.S. Its good to see authors in the group, it is probably the best way to make sure your book is found by the right audience. I have checked out the descriptions of your books and they do seem to fit well into the New Adult catagory. Im glad you have found the group :) I have also responded to your questions over in the Author Area folder :)

I know lots of authors love writing NA because they can write about what they want. They can have younger characters without having to make sure there are not any sex scenes even when the storyline calls for it. Authors seem to enjoy the freedom of NA.

Thanks - I also highly recommend Laura Kaye's hero series - love 'one night with a hero' and also 'hearts in darkness'. Anyone here participated in the nano November challenge? I didn't meet the 30k in 30 days quota but I'm still writing. Hopefully I'll end with half a decent NA story. :)

Laura wrote: "I know lots of authors love writing NA because they can write about what they want. They can have younger characters without having to make sure there are not any sex scenes even when the storyline calls for it. Authors seem to enjoy the freedom of NA. "

EXACTLY!! You've made a LOT of authors happy with this NEW ADULT group! I finally feel I belong somewhere, haha.

Thanks again and let me know if you need ebook donations for contests this group sponsors. I'll be happy to contribute =)

Ps - Laura, I'm also ashamed to say I haven't read book 3 of the Valerie Dearborn series although I did buy it. Hopefully I'll get to it once I finish lover Mine by JR Ward.

Esther wrote: "Anyone here participated in the nano November challenge? I didn't meet the 30k in 30 days quota but I'm still writing. Hopefully I'll end with half a decent NA story. :) "

No, I didn't participate, but sounded like fun. Good that you keep writing, Esther. Are you going to publish your story when you finish?