Squabbling Dragons discussion

Well hello, nice to see you here. I hope you've made yourself at home in this corner of the world that we dare to call SQUABBLING DRAGONS *victory cry*.

Ahem. My name is Kirstie and myself and my good friend Casey have thusly decided to bring you a book club where we're going to have a lot of fun. You've read the general info of what we're doing here so let's talk about ME. Such fun.

I'm a book blogging, tea drinking fiend who runs both a book blog (www.ozbooksnail.com) and a YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0dA...) both called Upside-Down Books. I LOVE BOOKS, GUYS. That's why I'm here. I'm a big fan of dragons and love, love, love to find those precious little books that sit quietly on the sidelines waiting for someone to realise they're a goldmine.

I'm happy to chat about anything! In my spare time I love to play piano, repeatedly watch movies such as How to Train Your Dragon, Tarzan and Brave and I love to take photos, cross-stitch (we all have an inner-grandma) and draw. Oh, and I used to work for Disney World.

Any questions? Now, YOUR TURN. Tell me a bit about yourself. I won't bite.

Hello! I am Therissa! I love fantasy and sci-fi books. I like to write, pretend that I know how to draw. My inner grandma likes to crochet. I am looking forward to books we will be reading in the group!

Hey hey, I'm the second half of this magical club where I hope you guys LOVE the books we're going to read. I've always lent towards the weird side of fantasy, dragons that are half libraries, evil match making AI's destroying the world, and greek gods having mid life crisis's are my jam.

I'm a blogger, reader, writer, imaginer, procrastinator, horrible speller (you've been warned) and doggo lover.

I blog over at https://adoptabookaus.com/ and you can find me yelling on twitter at all hours of the day @adoptabookaus

I read all genres and have a penchant for smartmouth characters that regularly get their ass handed to them.

Therissa

I like to fool myself I know how to draw but I am 1000% sure my stick figures wouldn't even compare to what you can do xD I hope you love the books we pull out of our hats!

Casey wrote: "Therissa

I like to fool myself I know how to draw but I am 1000% sure my stick figures wouldn't even compare to what you can do xD I hope you love the books we pull out of our hats!"

I have members of my family who can draw but it wasn't 100% passed on to me lol

Therissa wrote: "Hello! I am Therissa! I love fantasy and sci-fi books. I like to write, pretend that I know how to draw. My inner grandma likes to crochet. I am looking forward to books we will be reading in the g..."

Welcome Therissa! Glad to have you here. I feel like I'd love to crochet if I ever learnt!

Hello all~ I'm Joyce :) I used to run the now closed The Dragon's Hoard Box.

I'm a longtime book lover and reader of SFF. I love food and coffee and did I mention food? I run the HR for an Australian national company and am absolutely a workaholic. I'm also part of the staff on a moderately sized online forum dedicated to nerddom (quests and fanfics and RPs mainly). If I'm not doing those things, I'm probably reading, though. Looking forward to reading with all of you :)

The Dragon Reads wrote: "Hello all~ I'm Joyce :) I used to run the now closed The Dragon's Hoard Box.

I'm a longtime book lover and reader of SFF. I love food and coffee and did I mention food? I run the HR for an Austra..."

*running hug* YAAY JOYCE YOU'RE HERE! So excited to read with you again!

Hello! I'm icebreaker! I like reading books, especially those diamonds in the rough! I like YA but also manga and comics. I like to draw, even though I'm not the best. I still do it though! :D When I'm not reading, I'm either watching random cute videos, or playing one of my games. Thank you for having me here!!

B wrote: "Hello! I'm icebreaker! I like reading books, especially those diamonds in the rough! I like YA but also manga and comics. I like to draw, even though I'm not the best. I still do it though! :D When..."

Hi and welcome!! Glad to have you here :)

Hi, everyone! This is actually my first time in a Goodreads book club so I'm both excited and a little nervous lol.

I'm Delia and I mostly read YA fantasy and contemporary, but I'm definitely open to other genres. Aside from reading I spend a lot of my time binging on tv shows and going to the movies alone (I promise it's not because people don't like to go with me, I'm just a very spontaneous movie-goer haha).

I just recently started my booktube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCya_... and my twitter's @deliadevin_

I'm actually just going to start The Reading Quest (it's a really cool reading challenge that starts on the 13th) so I'm probably not going to show up here a lot for the time being, BUT still excited to get book recommendations and make bookish friends!

Delia wrote: "Hi, everyone! This is actually my first time in a Goodreads book club so I'm both excited and a little nervous lol.

I'm Delia and I mostly read YA fantasy and contemporary, but I'm definitely ope..."

Hi Delia!! I'm so excited you're joining us! The Reading Quest looks like so much fun, I know Casey is doing it, unfortunately I can't participate in it this time!

Hi I am ALY and I love to read almost anything. I also love to help authors. You can find me here: https://alyscrusinlifeandbooks.wordpr... and in my group here on Goodreads. I am glad to be a part of this group!

Aly wrote: "Hi I am ALY and I love to read almost anything. I also love to help authors. You can find me here: https://alyscrusinlifeandbooks.wordpr... and in my group here on Goodreads. I am glad to be a..."

Hi Aly!! Nice to meet you :)

Hey! I'm Sam, I love reading just about anything and try to keep up on my reviewing. My blog is here http://beansbookshelfandcoffeebreak.com and I'm excited to be a part of this group!

In my free time I love to run, write, hike, and drink tea/coffee. I have a weak spot for [useless] historical facts and puppies and small cats. Yay!

Sam wrote: "Hey! I'm Sam, I love reading just about anything and try to keep up on my reviewing. My blog is here http://beansbookshelfandcoffeebreak.com and I'm excited to be a part of this group!

In my free ..."

Hi Sam!! Great to have you here! I love historical facts too!

The Dragon Reads wrote JOYCE <3 <3 Glad to have you here hopefully we can find some more awesome books to yell about together!

B wrote: hey hey! Thank you for joining can't wait to see what you think of some of our picks <3

Delia Hope your reading quest is already starting off to a running start! I'm just about to finish my first book for it XD What path are you taking? I'm doing The Knights path first and The Mage if I get that done :D

Aly Welcome Aly <3

Sam I like to Run too but I haven't been doing it regulary in a while, I went on my first run in months the other week and all I could think of was how the hell did I do this everyday XD I'm hoping to get back into it again tho.
Yay to all the small fluffy animals xD

Casey wrote: "Delia Hope your reading quest is already starting off to a running start! I'm just about to finish my first book for it XD What path are you taking? I'm doing The Knights path first and The Mage i..."

I'm doing the Mage!! I'm a little bit behind because I was still in the middle of Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson. But I'm taking the Mage's path and hopefully will be starting with An Ember in the Ashes tomorrow!

Hi all! I'm Aimee (@daisyreadthat on insta and @_daisyreadthat on twitter), from NSW Australia. I love fantasy and sci fi, reading mostly YA nowerdays and occasionally fill in the gaps with classics, historical fiction, classics and the odd story about psychopaths (specifically by Chuck Palahnuik or Irvine Welsh). Definitely not into contemporary YA or books about "discovering yourself" (though I did read Eat Pray Love, because it was a gift from a house guest). I'm here for the dragons, obvs.

Aimee wrote: "Hi all! I'm Aimee (@daisyreadthat on insta and @_daisyreadthat on twitter), from NSW Australia. I love fantasy and sci fi, reading mostly YA nowerdays and occasionally fill in the gaps with classic..."

Hey Aimee! Great to see you here! Can't wait to read with you :) *chants* DRAGONS FOREVER.

Hi all! I'm Delores. I'm just your average teen bookie who loves all (or...most) things Y/A. I try to be on goodreads as much as possible, but sometimes I do hit a bit of a hiatus. I'm super friendly though and would *love* to get to know all of you !

^ and the social medio outlook is a really good idea! If anyone would like to talk and hangout on instagram, my book account is "Fabledfaerie".

Aimee wrote: "

Hey Aimee! I've had Filth sitting on my shelf for so long I really need to start it already and see what Walsh's writing is all about! I still read some discovery books but I find myself drifting away from them these days, just give me dragons and robots XD

Shannon =

SHANNON HI!! :D Already have you on twitter but I can't believe I wasnt following your insta, oops xD

Hi everyone
I'm Kristie from Sydney Australia
I like different genres but especially ya , fantasy, sci fi, biographies, contemporaries... ok so basically I love books 😀
I'm on insta @kriseeburg and Twitter @krisleeburg1
love meeting new bookish people and look forward to getting to know you guys

Shannon wrote:."

Hi Shannon! Great to have you! Glad to see some historical fiction fans out there!

Delores (Fabled Faerie) wrote:"

Hey Delores! Nice to meet you too! Gotta love YA!

Kristie wrote: "

Hi Kristie! We're so almost name buddies. I get called Kristie ALL THE TIME. Do people tend to make the mistake the other way around and call you Kirstie? What's your favourite biography? My favourite autobiography - I tend to read those more than biographies - is Is It Just Me?

Delores Hiya! I love the name Fabled faerie!! So pretty, can't wait to fangirl about some awesome books with you <3

Kristie wrote:

I love biographies on audio, listening to the actually person narrate it really makes me love the story even more! Always up for bio recs if you have them! I think my most recent was In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park and Scrappy little Nobody by Anna Kendrick I loved both :)

Hello all! I'm Cilla. I blog at pavedwithbookss.blogspot.com and am @pavedwithbookss at insta and twitter. I love fantasy, sci-fi, historical fiction, and mystery (cosy and otherwise!). I'm looking forward to the books we'll be reading together! :D

yes !! people call me Kirstie All the time !!! my favourite biography is probably Dawn French - Dear Fatty - it bad me laughing so much 😀 must admit I haven't read many biographies lately prob Lauren Graham was the last one I read

Kristie wrote: "

haha brilliant! I haven't read Dear Fatty but I did read According to Yes thinking it was another biog XD (it's not).

Priscilla wrote: "

Hi Cilla! *waves enthusiastically* another historical fiction fan! WE SHOULD MAKE TSHIRTS.

*waves vigorously* Hellooo!! I'm Steff aka @littlebookynook on twitter. I'm OBSESSED with fantasy, I wish I had a pet dragon and a Pegasus aaaannd I love magic and wish I had magical abilities. Looking forward to reading books with you guys!!

Priscilla CILLA! *waves arms around* Hiya Is there anything better then Fantasy and Mystery? Seriously give me a magical mystery story in every book xD

SteffyJay

My Dragon would be definitely named something Fierce like Rick or Simon XD Oh or even Jess, hey this is Jessie, Jessie this is everyone *turns everyone into marshmallows* Bahahaha totally joking their name would be Dan because alliteration matters. Okay I've somehow gone off on a tangent anywho... Hi, welcome, can't wait to read together xD

Hi guys,

I'm Meagan and I'm an Aussie teacher who wishes she could pack-in the day job in order to professionally read all day, preferably while drinking hot chocolate and being tackle-snuggled by my dogs. Oh, the unattainable dream.

I read all sorts of books, but YA, fantasy and MM romance are probably my main areas of obsession.. combine all three and I might just have a conniption.

I'm also a movie buff, music fanatic, dog lover, theme park enthusiast, game board aficionado and a certified Disnerd.

Looking forward to chatting books with you all!

Meags :)

Meags wrote: "."

Hey Meags! Nice to have you here - that sounds like the dream!! I love playing the boardgame Settlers of Catan! Have you played/heard of that one?

Kirstie wrote: "Hey Meags! Nice to have you here - that sounds like the dream!! I love playing the boardgame Settlers of Catan! Have you played/heard of that one?"

God yes. My friends and I only started playing last Christmas but we've been working our way through all the various editions and expansion packs. It's hella addictive!

Meags wrote: "Hi guys

Hiya Meags! Isn't that the ultimate dream for all XD What I would do for even a year that's full of nothing but reading and puppy snuggles.

Look forward to chatting about books with you too <3

Hi, I'm Kate or @pooxs_insta on, unsurprisingly, insta! I'm an English teacher so love Literature, but my fave free time reads are sci-fi, especially dystopians and speculative fiction

Hi! I'm Katie- book lover, Whovian and proud Hufflepuff! I'm hoping to read more sci-fi and fantasy, as I watch it but don't read enough. Hopefully this group can fix that! :)

Kate wrote: "Hi, I'm Kate or @pooxs_insta on, unsurprisingly, insta! I'm an English teacher so love Literature, but my fave free time reads are sci-fi, especially dystopians and speculative fiction"

Hi Kate!! Welcome welcome, so glad to see you're here! And if those are your favourite genres I dare say you might enjoy the books we're reading here!

Katie wrote: "Hi! I'm Katie- book lover, Whovian and proud Hufflepuff! I'm hoping to read more sci-fi and fantasy, as I watch it but don't read enough. Hopefully this group can fix that! :)"

FELLOW WHOVIAN - hellooo Katie!! Eep, I'm so glad to be collecting some Whovian friends just so I can scream at them: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE NEW DOCTOR? *flails* And yessir we shall fix you up on your SFF deficit!

Kate

Hey Kate! yay to all the spec fic <3 Can't wait to see what you think of the books we pick up :D

Katie wrote:

I am your opposite and dont watch enough sci fi, i'm planning on starting The expanse soon because I finished Leviathan wakes (the book it's based on) any recommendations throw them my way!