Kenyons Minions discussion
Introductions & Administration
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Meet Your Mods!
I'll start out first:
Name: Cherale a.k.a Dhfan4life
Duties:
• Greeter of newbies
• Infused life into threads (added daily chit-chat and general threads)
• Collaborating and helping to create new mastheads/re-locating old threads to the archives/updating the bookshelves
• Co-implementing first reading challenges (Holiday themed)
• Opening up new polls
• Answering members questions
• Adding some new games/character threads (still in progress)
Interests:
Reading(PNR, Historical Fiction, YA Fantasy, Some Science Fiction, Erotica, Some Cozy Mysteries), gaming(mainly the Sims franchise), chit-chatting, movies and tv shows (Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, Chopped, Cupcake Showdown, Being Human, Face OFF, etc.), Coming up with ideas to make our group the best it can be, playing with my pooch Gracie and making new friends.
Why I joined Kenyon Minions:
I joined Kenyon Minions when I first joined Goodreads because at the time it was the only quality book series I had ever read and wanted to talk about with other like minded individuals. I’ll be honest and even say that just like I feel now, back then most other series have never really compared to this one at all for me. Had my humor, my kind of flare for adventure, caring for friends and family. Even the betrayals were so real and so relatable. So couldn’t imagine not being around peeps that felt the same way.
Name: Shari-amor (Was named after the Stevie Wonder song "My Cherie Amour")
Duties:
·Greeter of newbies and fellow menyons
·Answer member questions
·Regularly update the NEWS thread; Keeping members well informed about Sherrilyn Kenyon, new book releases, book signings & appearances, and the status of her movie/t.v. show deals.
·Co-maintaining the group social web pages
·Discussion leader in the smaller BOTM threads
·Infusing life into threads
·Collaborating & assisting fellow mods with re-locating and archiving threads
·Co-implementing reading challenges
Favorite Book Genres: Horror, Dark Urban Fantasy, Mystery, Comedy/Satire, Paranormal/Fantasy, Cultural Literature, Erotica/Romance: BDSM, Menage and M/M
Interests: Reading of course! I also love doing small research projects (looking for information of any kind for any purpose), bike riding, going to the beach, music, dancing, sarcasm, gaming, movies, Michael Fassbender, greek mythology, for sure interacting with my fellow goodreaders and coming up with ideas to contribute to the group. :-)
Why I Joined Kenyon Minions: I joined the Kenyon Minions a few weeks after signing up for Goodreads. I, like Cherale, wanted to congregate with people who shared the same love that I do for Kenyon and her books. I'm damn glad there is a group where I don't have to feel ashamed of my fangirling over her. HAHA!
I'm on the right in the the glasses. My sister is on the left. Her name is Beth
Name: Carlena The Beautiful
Duties:
•Greet our new members
•Answer member questions when they come up
•Co-maintaining the group social web pages
•BOTM Discussion Leader
•Bringing life into threads
•Working with Cherale and Shari to update and get rid of old threads
•Coming up with new ideas to better our group
•Putting together a monthly broadcast message 4 times a year.
•Collaborating and creating new Masthead ideas.
•Creating new polls every month
•Creating a new group photo every month to reflect the BOTM’s and the month.
Favorite Book Genres: Paranormal Romance, Cozy Mysteries, M/F Erotica, M/F/M Erotica, F/F Erotica, Paranormal Cozy Mysteries
Interests: Reading, but that should be obvious. LOL. FanFiction, Watching movies, Christmas music, taking pictures, collecting antique wedding baskets (ask me), stamp collecting, Christmas cards (real ones in the mail), history, history of the Roman Catholic Church, the study of the occult, Greek mythology (most pantheons), hidden object games, trivial pursuit, card games, paranormal tv shows, cheesy 80s sci-fi movies, 80s movies in general, Val Kilmer (before he got fat and weird), I am in love with Gary Oldman, the tv show FaceOff, sleeping with a fan on, dancing randomly in public, eating cheez-its, Prague, Ireland, German castles, womens suffrage movement and lots of other stuff.
Why I Joined Kenyon Minions: I joined the day I re signed up for goodreads. I have always loved Sherrilyn Kenyon and was looking to get involved on this site. This was the perfect opportunity and everyone loved the same series I did!
Why I Became A Mod: It was about a week after I joined and Cherale (DHfan) sent out a broadcast saying she was looking for another Mod. I immediately threw my name in, even though I just joined and wasn’t very active. I wanted to be a big part of this group and help out in any way I could and I saw that as my opportunity. Of course, before I was made mod, I got very active and got to know tons of people. I wouldn’t trade being a mod at all! I love doing it!
This is awesome. Glad to know you all and thanks for making this group so active. we(members) are happy to join this group to Share common interest *wink wink* Keep up the good work;))<3
Thanks guys...you all do one hellva job...
now there are faces & more personality for the all the excitement you generate
Carlena, if I'd known earlier that you like Christmas cards, I would send you some from Poland ;)!
Bożena wrote: "Carlena, if I'd known earlier that you like Christmas cards, I would send you some from Poland ;)!"you can still send me one!!!!!!!!!! it may get late, since it has to cross several countries and an ocean and half of the united states but i dont mind! lol ill send you one too!!! PM me your address
Lily wrote: "All of you rock!"
awww shucks! Thanks Lily!
Louise wrote: "This is awesome. Glad to know you all and thanks for making this group so active. we(members) are happy to join this group to Share common interest *wink wink* Keep up the good work;))<3"Glad you are enjoying it! :)
Pat wrote: "now there are faces & more personality for the all the excitement you generate"yes and i have the best face! lol jk jk, but seriously.
Cindyg wrote: "Thanks guys...you all do one hellva job..."Thanks hun!
Shari-amor wrote: ":-D Y'all are lovely."you are lovely too doll cake!
Glad everyone is receptive to the profiles. :)
Dhfan4life wrote: "Glad everyone is receptive to the profiles. :)"Well ya, Gracie is in a sweater and has a "I hate life" look on her face. I'm receptive to how funny it is.
Haha! @Carlena.I love y'all!!
LOL, I told you she turns into a "I can just kill you or die first...wait what's my name?" thing going on in that sweater haha. The neighbors love it though too. She is cute as hell but so warm she can barely remember how to do anything in it.
love learning new things about everyone around me
Bożena wrote: "Carlena I sent you PM :D"I sent you one too! :)
Amber wrote: "love learning new things about everyone around me"I do too Amber! :)
Hey ModsSo awesome to read about each person and why this thread is soooooo COOL!! but I love it when I get mail cause it makes me feel important hehe. But most of all its the love of Sherrilyn Kenyon books and others. So from me to you
Awww you guys. Keep this up I'll have a bigger head than I already do. :D
You guys do such a great job. I'm glad I am not the only who has re signed up for goodreads. Ove the last six months I have really gotten active and I know it's because of joining groups with awesome moderators. Keep the GREAT work up ladies!!!
Love hearing about the mods. Thanks for sharing I'm computer illiterate and you all take such time to help. Thank You!
Thank you ladies. I'm just happy y'all are enjoying your time in the group. Love talking to y'all, whether its about books or life, I enjoy getting to know every last one of you. :-)
Pretty cool that you guys let us have a peek into your world.
@Shari-amor, you are really named after Stevie's song....lovely as a summer day??
Did you ever get sick of that song? :D
@Shari-amor, you are really named after Stevie's song....lovely as a summer day??
Did you ever get sick of that song? :D
Haha! Yeah my momma and grandma were huge fans of that songs. I was more embarrassed than sick of it when people sing it or it came on the radio. Haha! Had a teacher that whenever she did rollcall or announced me for something, sang my name. Luckily for my parents I am a Stevie fan too lol
Aww that's cute Shari. At least folks could say your name. I've been called Charlie, Charlotte, even Share-all, heavy emphasis and drawl on the a for some reason.
Shari-amor wrote: "Haha! Yeah my momma and grandma were huge fans of that songs. I was more embarrassed than sick of it when people sing it or it came on the radio. Haha! Had a teacher that whenever she did rollcall ..."
Oh wow! We never appreciate things when we are kids, but I could see where that could be a little embarrassing, especially at school. I think it was very creative of your mom and granny.
Oh wow! We never appreciate things when we are kids, but I could see where that could be a little embarrassing, especially at school. I think it was very creative of your mom and granny.
Lol that is cray cray. Share-alll!! What in the world!?Not really though. If its pronounced like the song, you're not saying my name right. lol! Its not Cher-re. Its Sha (hard "A") -re
And from just looking at it, people have called me Sherry, Sarah, Cherry, or Sharay
Haha I know. That particular teacher was lucky cause he was my pottery class instructor. If I didn't love that class so much, I would have totally corrected him all the time. But yea I don't get it either. As when you pronounce my name it is the hard A sound too. Che + rale and rale is said same way you would say it when you are talking about ginger ale. No long A sounds after the A at all. To which my mom has always told me she named me after Cher and ginger ale when she was preggars with me.
I love that your momma was creative enough to put that together :-)Your name consists of her favorite things. Thats so nice
Thanks. Although at times I sometimes wished it was something simpler. Cause growing up in majority white schools getting the eye rolls from some my classmates over my name and then substitute teachers stumbling over saying it. Just didn't make me feel good at the time. But hey I'm working with it now and can only hope be equally as creative one day.
Hi lovely mods!! Greetings from NanaVamp. I was at Dragon Con this year, were any of you there??
Total dream of mine NanaVamp. But have yet to attend unfortunately. Closest I've been to SK was a Evening with the Authors event back in September I believe it was. She came to a city not too far from me, mostly told great stories, did some Q and A stuff, signed some books and took pics. And even nabbed two cupcakes on the way out at the end. Was totally awesome and made my year. How was the Con? Always sounds so great. Busy but great.
The costumes that were worn ~ were amazing. This year was extra special this year because she had one of here great parties around Styxx's release. Those who were at D*C received the book one day early. It was exciting being there for the release. She gives bear hugs, too. She treats all of her fans as friends. If u go to youtube search for Dragon Con 2013 you should get a lot of videos.I'll probably go in 2015 ~ I'll be 70 yrs old ~ so its at the top of my bucket list!! HUGS
Sounds truly awesome. And that is great. I'm just 27 but to go is for sure on my bucket list as well. Would love to costume up as well too.
Love the pics of you!!!
Hi my name is Michelle. I have neen a member for a while. I mainly do this on my phone so I don't normally get to do group discussions. I qm a new mom, as well as have 4 other kids, and love to read when ever I can find time.
So happy you could drop in and say Hi. :-)Congratulations!! Did you have a boy or girl!?
Nice to meet you too Maureen. Hope y'all stick around in the near future, we'll be setting up a thread where we can get to know y'all better too. :-)
It's so nice to put names to faces. I think you all do a great job. Thanks for all you do.
This was taken at my sister's college graduation in 2014
Name: Charlotte (Yes, I was named after the oh-so-famous spider.)
Duties:
Pretty much helping out wherever I can, lol. Which includes:
-Help greet new members
-Help answer member questions
-Assisting with BOTM discussions
-Assisting with Broadcast Messages
-Coming up with the occasional Question of the Day
-Helping create new polls
-Helping bring life into threads
And other stuff, as it comes up. XD
Favorite Book Genres:
Fantasy, Historical Romance, Paranormal ... but in all honesty, I like a little bit of everything.
Interests:
Aside from reading, I also enjoy gaming (especially the Elder Scrolls series and Royal Envoy), as well as dabbling in 3D art, and a smidgen of crochet and sewing. I love watching movies, especially comedies (I'm a HUGE fan of Mel Brooks).
Why I joined Kenyon's Minions:
I love to discuss and speculate about books with an ongoing story arc. And as I got further into the DH and CON series, I wanted to discuss the books with other fans of the books--hence, this group. In fact, this group is the reason I signed up for Goodreads. =)
Other tidbits about me:
Over the past couple of months, I answered some questions about me in the QOTD thread, so I'll recap here for everyone. =)
Let's see ...
-I'm not keen on reality TV shows; in fact, I avoid them like the plague
-Autumn is my favorite season
-If I were to choose a superhero as a potential romantic interest, it's the Green Arrow all the way (and I now have a cougar crush on Stephen Amell)
-I do love my book series (J.K. Rowling, Nora Roberts, J.R.R. Tolkien, Kate Perry, and Karen Marie Moning currently top my list of series authors--after our Author Goddess, of course. ;D)
-I've been hooked on SK ever since I read Night Pleasures
-Um ... we won't talk about the last worst book I read (it was so traumatic, I stopped halfway through Chapter 2, I think)
-The first non children's book given to me, was The Call of the Wild, by Jack London.
-My dream job would be a lab technician
-If I could move anywhere I wanted, I would move to Scotland in a heartbeat (since I'm part Scottish) ...
... and I prefer boxers to briefs. ;)
We thought to make things a little more helpful for everyone. My fellow mods and I thought it would be both fun and informative to share with you all a mini profile about us with a pic. So you can know us a little better and know who to ask if you have specific questions about things.