UKYA discussion

Introduce yourself to the group!

Hey! I'm Jack and I obviously love YA novels because I run a blog called YA Bookstop (http://yabookstop.wordpress.com). I like loads of UK authors which I am too tired to list now. Have a nice day/night whatever :):):)

Hello, My name is Sophie and I'm a Blogger from the UK. I love books(With my favourite genres being dystopia, cotemporary and fantasy), writing, film, chocolate. My blog's called A Day Dreamers World & my favourite UKYA books are Breathe by Sarah Crossan, Geek Girl by Holly Smale and Small Blue Thing by S.C. Ransom. And Michael Morpurgo and Jacqueline Wilson will always been awesome.

DFTBA!

Hello, I'm Lilac and I'm from the UK. Off the top of my head my favourite UK YA writer is Malorie Blackman. I also love J.K. Rowling, but I consider the Harry Potter books to be mostly kids' books (though anyone can read them of course).

Hi! I'm Kayleigh, from London, and I started blogging earlier this year about children's and YA books - it's called A World of Words. I generally read whatever takes my fancy, but I'm always interested in reading stuff by UK authors - I find it's slightly easier to connect with the book when the surroundings are more familiar :-).

Hi! I'm Lucy and I'm the moderator of this group. I created it because I'm trying to read a lot more UKYA because I think it's important that we support the authors and it's always nice to be a part of the community.

I run a YA book blog where I review books and write book-related discussions. The link is http://www.queenofcontemporary.blogsp...

Hey there! Im Lisa and Im a relatively new reviewer and book blogger. My blog The Book Column ( http://thebookcolumn.blogspot.co.uk ) is fledgling but Im really enjoying being welcomed into the blogging community. I also live to write YA and my first novel 'Freaks' should be out in the autumn. I live in the North West! :-)

Welcome to the group, everyone! Thanks for joining!

Thanks for inviting me, Lucy!

Hey there, my name's Rachel and my blog, Booktastic Reviews, is where I post reviews on YA books and such.

I'm also from the UK! :P

Hi all! I'm Faye! *waves*
I love UKYA but don't read enough of it! Looking forward to changing that soon :)

Some of my favourite UKYA authors are; Claire McFall, Kim Curren, Holly Smale, Malorie Blackman & Kevin Brooks.

I have a blog here; www.daydreamersthoughts.co.uk which is about a wide rang of genres and categories! :D

Nice to meet y'all.

Welcome to the group, Faye and Rachel! :)

Hi all! I'm Kerrie.

I love UKYA but definitely don't read enough of it! My favourite UKYA authors are Andy Robb, Claire McFall and Cat Clarke but am looking forward to discovering lots more!!

I run a YA blog at http://www.readandrepeat.co.uk/?m=0 and I am a BIG John Green fan.

DFTBA

Welcome to the group, Kerrie!

Hi everyone! I'm Emma and I'm a UK book blogger and author. I blog about my writing and post book reviews at http://throughthegateway.blogspot.co.uk/ I'll read anything, but I think UKYA definitely needs more recognition!

Nice to meet everyone! :)

Welcome to the group, Emma!

Hey guys.
I'm Fiona, a UK blogger and bookseller! My blog is www.eventidereads.net I like YA/9-12 books the most, especially Fantasy/Paranormal but I've branched out a lot in the last year :) I'm hoping to read more and more UKYA soon!

Welcome to the group, Fiona!

Hello bloggers/authors (:
Looking forward to getting to know you. I'm a book-loving whovian. My blog is dedicated to Brit Lit & mainly YA at that. I personally hate cliffhangers but do like series (not as much as I love Twitter).
Reviews @ http://spreadingukya2013.blogspot.com

Ello! I'm Hannah. I tend to read more adult than YA but I was invited to the group and I do like YA so *wave* I blog at Once Upon A Time (http://onceuponatime.jaedia.net/) about paranormal, fantasy, chick lit, historical fiction, and whatever else tickles my fancy!

Welcome to the group, Hannah and Amy!

Hi I'm Rachael. I'm from London, and a massive YA fan (I refuse to let turning 19 stop me). I will literally read anything: fantasy, sci-fi, real life, but I love a good gritty novel in any of these genres.
I blog a bit about books at http://rachaelreviewsall.blogspot.co.uk/, but most of my book related things is done on my youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/rachaelreviewsall.

Welcome to the group, Rachael!

Thanks for the invite, Lucy :D
Hi, I'm Rebekah! I live up in Scotland and blog over at The Reflections of a Bookworm
One of my favourite UK authors is Sarah Alderson, she is phenomenal!!!
I mainly read YA but I'll quite happily sit down with a Histo-Fic or any other genre that takes my fancy :)

Morning all. I'm also Lucy, I blog at www.phraseandfable.wordpress.com and I write books for assorted publishers. Nothing for YA - yet. That, however, is about to change... Think of me as I jump through Acquisition hoops and hope for good news in a few months' time. My favourite YA authors are Nancy Werlin, Jerry Spinelli and John Green. Not very UK, I know. I promise to try harder on that front now I'm moving into the genre!

Hi am I Joanne, a British author with an American Publisher.
www.melange-books.com

An author of Chic-lit i have the following books on Amazon uk www.amzon.co.uk and Goodreads
No Strings Attached 0.77p (Short story ebook)

For Better or For Worse Ebook & Paperback

Having My baby Anthology (Learner Mum - Joanne Rawson) Ebook and paperback

COMING SOON: Trials and Tribulations of a Blind Date (Unexpected Blind Date - Joanne Rawson)

Want to know more about my books, me and my life see my blog: www.authorjoannerawson.blogspot.com
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...

Happy reading Joanne x

Welcome, nice to meet you! Definitely still UKYA Joanne! Have you met this group's Jack Croxall? Author buddies ;)

Can't say i have? Tell me more

Joanne wrote: "Can't say i have? Tell me more"

Ah, I think Jack needs to introduce himself & his (self-published, yay indie) book Tethers... It's obviously UKYA too! ;)

Hello! I'm Sharon Sant and Amy Bookworm has threatened me with her evil grin so I'll introduce myself... I'm a little shy, you know. I read UKYA, amongst other stuff, and I write UKYA too. My website is www.sharonsant.com and I love visitors!

Hello all, I'm Jaimie. I'm a big fan of UKYA and a writer of it as well! My first UKYA came out in March and can be found here: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
Hopefully it's the first of many! Great to meet you all!

Aww, some of my favourite bloggers AND authors are here! I love this group. Thanks Lucy! :D

Welcome to the group Jack, Sharon and Jaimie! :)

Hiya! I am Jen, a British reader and author. I am looking forward to getting tips from you all on what British YA to read.

My tween book Delilah Dusticle is free to download this weekend.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Delilah-Dusti...

Welcome Jen (: Thanks for the link!

Hi all. i just joined up when I saw a look on the 'Queen of Contemporary' blog. I hope no one minds that I'm from the US and not the UK.

No, we don't! Any UKYA fans welcome (:

Hey, guys! I'm Aa'Ishah, and I blog over at Reading Under the Stars. Lucy, thank you so much for the invite! I'm really glad to be able to meet so many other bloggers from the UK, and UKYA fans. :)

Nice to "meet" you Aa'Ishah! :D

Thanks, Amy, you too! :)

Hi, I'm Emma a YA reader and author. My YA thriller, Now You See Me, is out with Usborne in May 2014.

Welcome Emma! Good to meet another author :)

Thank you, Amy!

Hi
My names Sian from the UK and most of the books I read and favorite authors are from the UK.

I love all genres of books and I just promoted an author over at my blog www.kindlebookreads.blogspot.com. which I will do each month

That's awesome Sian! *internet welcome hug* I think even most US readers have one favourite author from the UK *drum roll* J.K. Rowling...

Hi, I'm another UK YA reader and author. Nice to meet you all.

My name is Cora and I've been a little slow in finding this group. Silly me! But I have been following the blog and taking part in the amazing Twitter chats. And I'll be taking part in the UKYAbookclub this month too.

I write reviews at Cora @ Tea Party Princess and I LOVE UKYA. It all started when I took part in the North East Teenage Book Awards as a student judge and I haven't stopped reading since. Yay for awesome books!

My favourite UKYA authors are Kevin Brooks, Melvin Burgess, Anne Cassidy, Celia Rees and Sarah Dalton. And probably lots more but that's all I can think of at the moment.

Hey Kate & Cora :) Welcome!
Cora, it's not stupid... Sadly this group isn't very active :/ Anne Cassidy is absolutely a massive YES for me. Our school library has quite a lot of signed books by her.

Hi I'm Kristin from Minnesota. I love reading and anything British! I am always hunting for a good book set in or around Great Britain. I'm a huge fan of JK Rowling!

Hi hope its okay to join as im 35 im sarah I love ya novels especially after reading the hunger games mostly read amercian novels vampire/ werewolves but wang to read uk authors

Sarah, there's no age restrictions! That would be silly! As long as you read UKYA... :P There are some UK authors that write about werewolves. Have you heard of Banished? Liz does sure like werewolves. Hope this helps & welcome to the UKYA group :D