Enchanting Lexis discussion

Hello peeps!
My name is Shannon, and you can add me as a friend with your goodreads account as well as this one if you like, I love reading everyones reviews!

This discussion is all about introducing yourself to me and to one another. So what we want to know is:
1. your name! Very important I think
2. What you like to read
3. What got you started reading, what was the book that started it all?
4. What is your all time, first book you grab when theres a fire, practically toothpick your friends eyes open to read, most favourite book?

So Ill get us started!
My Name is Shannon, and like I said add me so I can follow all ur reviews :-)

I like to read mostly YA(which is a pretty broad genre now) so ill narrow that one down and say YA/paranormal/adventure/romance, but I have a good collection of Fantasy and Historical fiction as well. Oh and I have also started to love Dystopians!

The book that started me reading (seriously reading) was Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier, which also happens to be my all time favourite book. In fact I reccomend all of Juliet's books! :-)

hey,im amarabati(am)
i luv 2 read teenage love stories,YA,vampires and werewolfs,life-like storiesand partly adventure,horror!
first i was a addict of horror stories only! now kinda everything!
i don't remember my starting book!exactly!:)

Alice wrote: "hey im alice :)
i read anything except twilight,
my first love was historical romance and then as i got older and joined facebook groups they got me into reading different genres :)
i love all ge..."

i dont understand why do u hate twilight???

hiya! i am emily.

i read ya and adult paranormal/fantasy, historical fiction and historical romance. i have found that i am drawn more to the paranormal than anything else.

growing up, i absolutely hated reading. i was best friends with cliff notes in high school. but about two years ago, i decided to see what all the hype was about and read twilight....since then, i haven't been able to stop reading! it is my favorite way to relax after my son is asleep.

if there is one book/series that i would absolutely grab if my house was on fire, read on a deserted island and HIGHLY recommend it would be hands down the ICE MOON series by kristy quinn. ice moon and foresaken are wonderfully awesome and have definately changed the way i look at my life.....kinda strange that a YA paranormal series could do that??? well read them and i think you will understand!

Amarabati wrote: "Alice wrote: "hey im alice :)
i read anything except twilight,
my first love was historical romance and then as i got older and joined facebook groups they got me into reading different genres ..."

Lol I think I can have a go at answering that one!(cause I tell people all the time why I love it and love it not so much) Although Alice definately feel free to contradict me.


First of all, I love Twilight...the books, the movies kinda ruined it for me a little, but ive moved on from that now i think lol.

They are good books, and i read them twice after i first got them (i finished them and then kept thinking about them so i read them again lol) so for a while i was in my own little world where twilight was good, and fantastic and brilliant. But I also hadn't really read anything else in thet genre (plenty of history and literature etc, but not actually much YA or paranormal) so my veiw was limited.
looking back now, there are a few flaws that make the book - for me- not so fantastic as it originally was. Like the fact that Bella ceases to live after Edward leaves her, or the fact that she never fully gets why Edward is in love with her (got a little annoying) and the fact that there isnt really much action! Even the big fight scene had nothing much to it. Although i will concede by saying there were a few good fights in it.

Also people read books differently. So while I may LOVE a book, some else might hate it equally as much.

lol so thats why it lost a few stars when i'd re-read after all the hype was over. Still a good read but also changed slightly as i got older and wiser (ha ha)

Alice wrote: "Amarabati wrote: "Alice wrote: "hey im alice :)
i read anything except twilight,
my first love was historical romance and then as i got older and joined facebook groups they got me into reading d..."

I know what you mean, and I hope the same doesnt happen to City of Bones and the Hunger Games when those movies are made!

hi im annmarie (waves)
i love ya book horror fantasy paranormal adventure i do read adult books but only if there not over written lol

the two books that started me reading where harry potter and darren shan book lord loss and his other series

my all time favourite book is a series call darkest power by Kelley Armstrong. truth is if my house was burning i would be throwing my books out the window to save them (i might burn trying to save my books :S)

i love both the book and movie of twilight!!c'mon each teenager does!dah!!

Hi all :)
I'm Tammy, I live in Ontario, Canada. I'm a stay at home mom, I have 3 kids, (1 child and 2 dogs) a 7yr boy, and 2, 4 legged kids.
I don't have 1 favorite, I have many favorites, I love The Hollow Series by Jessica Verday, The Secret Circle series by L.J. Smith umm, there are really way too many to list.

I read pretty much anything, but it seems like most of the books on my bookshelves are YA. So like Shannon did I will narrow it down to paranormal, romance, historical and some fantasy.

The book that started me reading there are a few but I think the first one where I was like this is pretty coolwas Another time, Another love by Vivian Schurfranz, Then I picked up Road to Nowhere by Christopher Pike and I was hooked on Paranormal!

If there was a fire and I could only save one book it would be my signed copy of Men of the Otherworld by Kelly Armstrong! mmmm...Werewolves!

Alice wrote: "Amarabati wrote: "Alice wrote: "hey im alice :)
i read anything except twilight,
my first love was historical romance and then as i got older and joined facebook groups they got me into reading d..."

me too, I still have reread the books, but I am usually the crazy person yelling at the screen going really thats Emmetts jeep, like they could not find one that matched the discription in the book. and hate me if you will be Rob Pattinson & Kristen Stweart are not Edward Cullen & Bella Swan!

Hey I'm Mikila but hate that so everyone calls me Mickey and has since I could walk =D
When I was a teen my fave books were crime/horror/mystery but I can't get into those anymore. YA/Paranormal Romance are the way forward. I'm addicted. I have about 12 books that I haven't even picked up to read. I keep ordering more and more and the pile get's bigger =D
First book I ever read was The Lake by Richard Laymon i think. I loved it. Still to this day it's one of the best books. Then I read a book about exchange student love which was called Kit and Robyn i think (long time ago) But then I read Twilight and I can't go back to the old genre =( If I had to grab one book.... maybe one of the Vampire Diaries because I'm completely hooked on those =)

Annmarie wrote: "hi im annmarie (waves)
i love ya book horror fantasy paranormal adventure i do read adult books but only if there not over written lol

the two books that started me reading where harry potter and..."

HAHA Annmarie, I just bought that trilogy after hearing you talk bout it on your page! I hope I like them as much as you do :-D

Tammy wrote: "Hi all :)
I'm Tammy, I live in Ontario, Canada. I'm a stay at home mom, I have 3 kids, (1 child and 2 dogs) a 7yr boy, and 2, 4 legged kids.
I don't have 1 favorite, I have many favorites, I lo..."

Another Kelley Armstrong fan! What have I been doing all these years to have completely skipped over these books?!

Mikila wrote: "Hey I'm Mikila but hate that so everyone calls me Mickey and has since I could walk =D
When I was a teen my fave books were crime/horror/mystery but I can't get into those anymore. YA/Paranormal Ro..."

Ha ha 12 books isnt really that many, and besides reading depends on moods. what happens when you feel like reading a particular book and you dont have anything like it?! Sacrilege!! ha ha, but I know what you mean with the TBR pile growing and growing, I think as it stands I have about 15 books to read and a few more on the way in the mail - And THATS IT! No more, someone slap me next time i try to buy a book lol :-P

Shannon wrote: "Mikila wrote: "Hey I'm Mikila but hate that so everyone calls me Mickey and has since I could walk =D
When I was a teen my fave books were crime/horror/mystery but I can't get into those anymore. ..."

That's just the 12 I can find LOL. They are scattered all over the house somewhere =P And I didn't count the ones I had for Birthday/Xmas that I've left in the cupboard. I really need to sort it out. I've just ordered 2. I shouldn't really 'cause I'll end up not reading them LOL =)

Shannon wrote: "Annmarie wrote: "hi im annmarie (waves)
i love ya book horror fantasy paranormal adventure i do read adult books but only if there not over written lol

the two books that started me reading wh..."

i really hope you love the books like i do :)

Ello my name is Brittany I love to read Paranormal and YA books. I mostly started reading when The Series of Unfortunate Events books came out. And my favorite book is Maximum Ride: Fang it was a huge tear jerker for me 'cause I absolutely love this series.

Brittany wrote: "Ello my name is Brittany I love to read Paranormal and YA books. I mostly started reading when The Series of Unfortunate Events books came out. And my favorite book is Maximum Ride: Fang it was a h..."

Lol I remember those series of unfortunate events books! Did you like the movie adaptation of the first one? Did they ever do any more?

Shannon wrote: "Brittany wrote: "Ello my name is Brittany I love to read Paranormal and YA books. I mostly started reading when The Series of Unfortunate Events books came out. And my favorite book is Maximum Ride..."

I loved it actually I thought it was better than the books. And it was for the first 3. They didn't do anymore after that, but I wish they did 'cause the movie was so good and wasn't supposed to end the way it did.

Hi, My name is Diana and I live in Greece.
I love to read everything but lately I really enjoy YA books and my favorite is Vampire academy series.
The book that started me reading was Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen and that is the first book I will grab when there is a fire.

Hi Diana,
Are you as excited about Bloodlines as I am???? Only a few more weeks here in Australia till i can get my hands on a copy :-D