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Brad wrote:He's harmless,
:shock: :gun: Sez Who?
Brad wrote:and long since lost all his teeth. ;)
I suspect that is part of his metamorphosis into a Pak Protector of the IBDoF.
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Hi! I'm Elle and I'm new :D

Favourite Genre:
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Romance/Chick-lit!

Favourite Author:
Alice Hoffman or Virginia Andrews

Favourite Author that's not in Favourite Genre:
Dan Brown

How/Why you picked your Member-Name:
It's a play on one of my middles names, and the name I use for a few other things.

How you found IBDoF:
I was searching for a good book forum so I could find someone to talk to about books who was actually interested (unlike my boyfriend, who just smiles and nods when I go on).

Name one book you would never recommend to a friend:
Lolita by Nabakov... dreadful book

Top 5 books:
In no particular order...
Flowers in the Attic - Virginia Andrews
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
The Probable Future - Alice Hoffman
Lazy Ways to Make a Living - Abigail Bosanko
Children of the Dust - Louise Lawrence

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Hi Elle, welcome! :D My fav is fantasy too but haven't read any of your top 5, maybe I'll have to try one.
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Welcome!
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Welcome!
I've read The Lovely Bones last year. My friend keeps pressuring me to read Flowers in the Attic and every other V.C. Andrews book.
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Hey, I go by Vanessa, I love to read and write, and I'm currently writting a book of my own I plan to get published eventualy. I'm only young - 13 - but I'm very mature for my age. I love vampires, the dark, the night, the moon, and follow the religion of wicca. My friends assigned me a prase: I can be your best friend or your worst nightmare.
And it's true, I can be friendly, or get on the wrong side of me and you should get running for the hills. :twisted:

1. Favorite Genre: Horror/Thriller.
2. Favorite Author: Hmmm, probably a toss up between Stephenie Meyer and L.J. Smith.
3. Favorite Author that's not in Favorite Genre: Dunno.
4. How/Why you picked your Member-Name: Um, not sure really.
5. How you found IBDoF: Looking for sites to publish my book.
6. Name one book you would never recommend to a friend: Um...there was one but it was so bad I forgot the name of it.
7. Top 5 books/series: Twilight saga, The Vampire Diaries, Charmed, Hex, Harry Potter series.
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Welcome, vampiremnm7!
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Most welcome, vampiremnm7 (weird username, I msut say)

I am afraid I don't really share your favorite genre, but I am sure glad I am not the only warmonger here anymore :lol:
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voralfred wrote:I am afraid I don't really share your favorite genre, but I am sure glad I am not the only warmonger here anymore :lol:
LOL -- when I saw the icon, I thought it was you, Vol.

vampiremnm7 wrote:6. Name one book you would never recommend to a friend: Um...there was one but it was so bad I forgot the name of it.
;)

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you're a vampire M&M???? :shock: :lol:
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Or possibly a vamp. Eminem?

Hello and welcome to all peeps. :P
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Hi, I'm Rishi. I'm new to the forums.

1. Favorite Genre
Science Fiction
Fantasy

2. Favorite Author
This is difficult but I would have to say its between C.S. Friedman and Orson Scott Card.

3. Favorite Author that's not in Favorite Genre
My favorite author outside of sci fi/fantasy would have to be Michael Crichton.

4. How/Why you picked your Member-Name
My name is Rishi. I like to just add an O to the end of it.

5. How you found IBDoF
I'm a big fan of David. B. Coe. I've read all of his books from the LonTobyn series to the Blood of the Southlands.

6. Name one book you would never recommend to a friend
Don't start the Lost Fleet series. Its not the best but once you get into it by the 4th book its okay.

7. Top 5 books/series
In no particular order:
1. Ender/Ender's Shadow series by Orson Scott Card
2. Runelords series by David Farland
3. Coldfire Trilogy by C.S. Friedman *Highly recommend*
4. Eiden Myr Trilogy by Terry McGarry
5. LonTobyn series by David b. Coe
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Re: I'm new!

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Pheebalicious wrote:Hi! I'm Elle and I'm new :D

Favourite Genre:
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Romance/Chick-lit!
Finally, another romance reader!!! We're few and far between here!
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Mary Russell wrote:
Pheebalicious wrote:Hi! I'm Elle and I'm new :D

Favourite Genre:
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Romance/Chick-lit!
Finally, another romance reader!!! We're few and far between here!
I don't read NEARLY as much as I would like to, but when I do, about 1 out of 3 is chick lit (mostly romance).
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:D Welcome all newbies, good to see you!!
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Uh oh ... SHG's been vampirized ! :shock:
(re: "vlad's minion" automatic rank)
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Brad wrote:Uh oh ... SHG's been vampirized ! :shock:
(re: "vlad's minion" automatic rank)
:lol: All right!!! I didn't notice it before, I'm fascinated by vampires and pleased to be a minion! :twisted: Thank you for pointing this out Brad!
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Is there a rank list somewhere? What does 'Vlad's Minion' mean regarding this forum?
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MidasKnight wrote:Is there a rank list somewhere? What does 'Vlad's Minion' mean regarding this forum?
This thread contains the ranking list and how each title originated:
viewtopic.php?t=50&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
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Thanks!
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Hi i'm Betelgeuze newbie.

Favorite Genre: Urban fantasy & epic fantasy.

Favorite Author: Anne bishop.

Favorite Author that's not in Favorite Genre: Jilly Cooper.

How/why you picked your username: Betelgeuze is my favourite star.

How you found IBDoF: Via a link on wikipedia after searching for info on fantasy subgenres.

Name one Book you would never recommend to a friend: Dexter in the Dark, the first 2 books were good but the 3 switched genres, really annoying.

Top 5 books/series:
Semi random order:

1. Black Jewels series
Cold Fire trilogy
The Dresden Files
A Song of Ice & Fire
Felix Castor series
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Welcome @Betelgeuze
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Welcome!
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Hello, welcome!!
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Welcome!!
Betelgeuze wrote: How/why you picked your username: Betelgeuze is my favourite star.

I was sure you were going to say something about Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy here!!
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