Secret Santa gift exchange! discussion

Say hello to your fellow participants and talk a little bit about what kind of books you like and what you might be interested in trying!

Too early! I'm still eating candy corn.

I like lots of books, but they usually involve strong emotions, but NOT angsty. Read fluff to the pits of despair.

Yay, I've been wondering when we were going to start up again! I'll be back when I'm not on my phone.

I'm just getting the thread started! I'll send out an email in a few weeks or so! You guys can play around, but you guys might be by yourself for a little while!

Hey Everyone!
*steals some of Vivian's candy corn*

I've been reading fantasy/paranormal stuff mostly, but I'm trying to make myself branch out a bit.

Whoot! Thanks so much for doing this again this year, Heather! :)

As for what I read...Well I'll read just about anything, so I'm pretty easy. Emotional books do tend to be my favorites, but any sub genre works for me.

*steal some of Vivian's candy* I am only reading M/M books and love to read dark and out of comfort zone kidnapped/slave/prisoner/non-con/multiply partners. I am reading fantasy/sci-fi/military/ agent/mpreg/ shapeshifters/ mpreg/ BDSM etc. I will make a link to my wishlist on GR on my profile in elfster.

Hello Everyone, nice to see you all from last year. I can't wait for it to be december and then to surprise the one I will be SS for ;-) *happy* <3

Thank you a lot Heather and for your hard work *Big Hugs* <3

I can't wait to surprise the person I will be secret Santa for, and hopefully I will know who will be my secret Santa this year on the day 24-26/12? *hopeful*

Thanks Heather! I read a wide variety of stuff, but I really like m/m, fantasy, urban fantasy, and anything with a nice dose or snark or nerdy references.

*side eyes candy corn, and munches on Reeces Pieces.

You guys are going to be the only ones here until I send invites out! Get comfy! ;)

*waves to everyone* Wow, where did the year go? I like a variety. Sometimes I like light/fluffy, sometimes I like angsty, sometimes dark & nasty. Just depends on the mood. I'll read just about any genre. I'm open to receiving something that's not on my elfster wishlist - or on my GR wishlist. It's more about the spirit of giving than the actual gift. I'm also including a link to my GR wishlist, but that's really just a list of books I want to read at some point. https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Can't wait for the holiday fun!

*waves* Hello everyone! I can't believe October's nearly over and Christmas is around the corner. I like M/M Contemporary with HEA low angst, no unnecessary miscommunication/misunderstanding, and no cheating.

I look forward to holiday good times with you all!

*unwraps Cadbury Screme egg and moans happily*

Yay!!! Love doing this:)

I read mainly M/M but read many vampire romance also. I can only give through amazon.

Hi everyone! I'll read most anything, but I have to say that angsty reads are my favorite.

Thank you for doing this again Heather, this is one of the funnest (?) things to do for the holiday season.

*Waves at everyone*

My wishlist changes every year but I'm reading about 99% m/m in different genres. Not real big on angst-ridden or na/ya reads and I prefer to have lots of sexy times.

~Lei ~ Reading Is An Adventure ~ wrote: "Thank you for doing this again Heather, this is one of the funnest (?) things to do for the holiday season.

*Waves at everyone*

My wishlist changes every year but I'm reading about 99% m/m in di..."

Awww, I'm glad! I love doing it!

Hi everyone, I've never done KK before (well, not with people I've never actually met, anyway), but saw some of the posts about it going around last year and knew that I wanted to get involved this year.

I like making lists so giving me the opportunity to create a new one is great, but I have been known to overdo it. How many is a good number of books, so that my KK has plenty of choice, but won't be overwhelmed?

Hey everyone! I'm so excited to do this again, I love trying to surprise people. I suck at it but I try!

I read only M/M and tend to lean towards the emotional, contemporary books.

Yay! This was so much fun last year. Honestly, I've been really looking forward to doing this again. This was the most fun I've had during the holidays. Usually, they can get pretty stressful, but this was just plain fun.

I read M/F, M/M, M/M/F, M/F/M, threesomes, foursomes, moresomes. Contemporary and historical erotic romance are my usual go to's, but I'll read paranormal and scifi , too. The only thing I have to have is a little smut with my reads. The more sexy times the better. ;-)

Hello everyone! I am mucho happy to be doing another Secret Santa exchange - I am a sucker for those things! I like the excitement and the personal touch of the mysterious picker - even if it's only October!

I love BDSM reads, and those books that titter on the darker side of the spectrum. Give me angst, give me mystery, and crime, and sociological cliche challenges, and I will be a happy gal! I will enjoy the occasional rare and exquisite paranormal/Sci-Fi co-genre, but for the most part, I like contemporary reads. What I DON'T like is drama-queens, drama for the sake of drama, and pissy little bitches who don't know how to talk and act like adults.

Heavens above Heather, is it that time again??? Only seems like this time last year...;) You're SO organised....Big smooch!!

I can't believe that it's that time again already

*looks at calendar*

But... but... it's only July isn't it?? Someone has stolen months from me, months I tell you ;)

Thanks for setting this up again Heather!

Yay! Secret Santa time.

Bev wrote: "Heavens above Heather, is it that time again??? Only seems like this time last year...;) You're SO organised....Big smooch!!"

I'm super early!! But everyone else is so on the ball! I haven't even sent out a notification yet!!

Yay, can't wait to do this again!

Popping in to say hi even though I can't even think of the Holidays until Thanksgiving. Thanks for organizing this again Heather. Looking forward to it! :)

I'm excited to see how this works....I found out about it at the end of last year (early December) so I missed out on the exchange; I'm looking forward to seeing who I get to pick for, and getting to give some good books (hopefully!)

I go in waves with my reading...I was reading a lot of erotica/BDSM/romance up until about a year ago....lately, I've tried 'expanding my horizons' and trying new genres and authors. Give me a good strong alpha male any day and I'll be happy, but I'll try some other stuff as well (especially if I can work it into one of the many Reading Challenges I also do!).

I've got tons of books I've purchased over the years still to read (feel free to check my shelves for already owned tbr) and if you have a recommendation that's not on my list but you think I'd enjoy it, send it my way! Im open to pretty much anything!

Yay! So excited to see this happening again this year. Last year was my first exchange and I had a blast! I'm so excited to start updating my list again!

Hey everyone!! Glad to be back with all of you for another fun pressie exchange :D I just love giving and receiving gifts!

Will have to work on my list, but for pressies I like to stick to the MM genre. I'm really picky on MF and other fiction, and it often falls flat for me. So it doesn't seem right to 'wish' for a book I'm not sure about...! ;)

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Hi everyone I love to read all kinds of erotica with m/m/f being a favorite. I was a part of this group last year and it was fun and I was glad to see it was back again this year. I look forward to picking some good books and receiving some.

Yay! So excited to do this again, thank you Heather for organizing it!

So excited to get to do this again! Thanks Heather!

I'll read pretty much anything with a HEA, but I like some smut with my romance! =P

Yay, it's time again!!! Hurrah!!!!!

I read only M/M and love romance, smut, lots of sex, angst, BDSM.... everything ;)

Thanks Heather for getting us going again this year.

I mainly read M/M contemporary romance, but enjoy a good historical or paranormal also. I really do like an HEA and a little angst is not a bad thing; I don't mind using some tissues.

Welcome, early birds!! I'll send out a mass invite in about a week (ahem, maybe tomorrow...) but I'm so excited that everyone is pumped out my little exchange!

Hello again,

This was fun last year and I can't wait to participate again. I still for a very lease a HFN. My favorite genre is contemporary romance. I've been in a book funk this last couple months. My top author for me this year is Hollis Shiloh, K.A Merikan and Alexandra Hazard.

Dislikes
-Josh Lanyon and Harper Fox (Good author but not for me.)
- BDSM
- Mystery
- Historical

I'm so happy to see this is back.

Thanks Heather!!!

I mainly read M/F but can do menage. Historical romance has always been my go to since I was a teen but over the past decade I've branched out and read contemporary especially if it's funny. I love contemporary mystery, paranormal (I just read The Blackdagger Brotherhood this past summer).

Dislikes:
Alpha-jerks
Where the H rapes the h then she falls in love with him
Poorly researched BDSM (i.e. FSOG)

Midniteillusion wrote: "I'm so happy to see this is back.

Thanks Heather!!!

I mainly read M/F but can do menage. Historical romance has always been my go to since I was a teen but over the past decade I've branched out..."

I'm with you Midniteillusion. It drives me nuts when:

Where the H rapes the h then she falls in love with him.

Welcome, everyone!

Hi everyone. Finally received that mass email from Heather (yay!). My name is Ami. I did this two years in a row and absolutely ecstatic to be part of this again for the third time (smooch to Heather).

I read mainly contemporary and paranormal romance (both MM and MF), but I also branch out to historical (MM only though), urban fantasy, as well as good ol' murder mystery/thriller/serial killer stuffs.

I am not in favorable of dark or angst read, as well as anything involving bdsm, threesome, incest, mpreg (*shudders*), high fantasy, or sci-fi. I "can" read them but they are very low on my priority list.

Have a great October because holiday season is just around the corner!!

Hi everybody! This is my first year doing this so I'm excited.

I only read M/M. I love GFY and BDSM as well as Regency romances. I love series, the more books the better. I don't like books written in first person.

Thanks for organizing this, Heather!

Viv wrote: "Hi everybody! This is my first year doing this so I'm excited.

I only read M/M. I love GFY and BDSM as well as Regency romances. I love series, the more books the better. I don't like books writte..."

You're welcome!

Hi everyone this is my second year doing this last year was a lot of fun. I love reading erotica BDSM, menage m/m dark erotica and paranormal. My dislike is horror and some sifi

Hi all!
So glad we are all back here :)
Heather, thank you so much for organizing the exchange again! You're the bestest :) ♥

Great to have everyone back! :D

Hi Everybody!

Thanks again Heather for doing this! I'm so excited. Wow! it's been so long but I'm so glad we're doing this again this year. What a great way to get back in the loop.

So, for those of you who know me (HI FRIENDS!!! I MISSED YOU) you know I am strictly partial to the M/M Genre. What can I say I LOVE MY BOYS! I've got to have romance, and I take that in many forms:

I like fluff, GFY, BDSM, a little angst is necessary but to much and I start rolling my eyes and shaking my head

Paranormal is new to me and I love shifters...wolves especially.

Gotta have little Erotica in there too.

Oh! I am so honored to be part of this now :)) HI GUYS! I am Ryan :) I started loving M/M books after I read Something Like Summer by Jay Bell and then I never deviated to the genre (well, mostly since I also love Biography, Science and History books) Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!

Ryan wrote: "Oh! I am so honored to be part of this now :)) HI GUYS! I am Ryan :) I started loving M/M books after I read Something Like Summer by Jay Bell and then I never deviated to the genre (well, mostly s..."

I really need to read Something Like Summer. I enjoy Jay Bell, but have yet to read this book.

Hi everyone! This is my first year doing this.
I'm a big mood reader so I read anything from angst to major fluff.