Online romance reader groups

In my last article I mentioned I'd share some popular online romance reader groups. All of the following are Yahoogroup loops or lists. Many of these groups have been around for years. Some have very large memberships, as you will see, and others are small and cozy. Some focus on PG books; others on erotica. Whatever tickles your fancy, you can find a group to scratch it.

There are literally hundreds of these groups around. The few I'm listing here are a small, representive sample of the diveristy of romance groups available. And these are just from Yahoo. Google, LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook, and other social networking sites host their own groups. So check out your networks and see what is available. Have fun!

CataNetwork-Readers - 1172 members
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CataNetwork-Readers/
Related link: http://www.catanetwork.com
Description: Promotion by their affiliate authors Selena Blake, Leila Brown, Madison Chase, Bianca D'Arc, Vicki Gaia, Laura Iding, Kayleigh Jamison, Shirley Jump, Anne Kane, Ashley Kath-Bilsky , Stacey Kayne, Celia Kyle, Deborah MacGillivray, Marianne LaCroix, Diana Laurence, Marilyn Lee, Cathy McDavid, Terry McLaughlin, Liddy Midnight, Lucy Monroe, Tuesday Morrigan, Kathleen O'Reilly, Susanne Saville, Rona Sharon, Kate Walker, Tawny Weber, Brenda Williamson, Rebecca Winters.

Chatting with Joyfully Reviewed – 1893 members
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chatting_with_Joyfully_Reviewed/
Related link: http://www.joyfullyreviewed.com
Description: Welcome readers and authors to Joyfully Reviewed's Chat Group.
Make yourself comfortable and get ready for the fun to begin.

Diana Kay Publishing – 30 members (this group is brand new)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dkpublishing/
Related link: http://www.dianakaypublishing.com
Description: Welcome to our group. We are an online and print magazine dedicated to bringing recognition to authors. Please make yourself at home.

Coffee Time Romance & More
Related link: http://www.coffeetimeromance.com
Coffee Time Romance & More – Erotic – 1243 members
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/karendevinkaren/
Coffee Time Romance & More – Chatters (PG) – 1817 members
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/karenfindoutaboutnewbooks/
Description: Online chat groups for the Coffee Time Romance & More website.

Paranormal Monday – 514 members
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ParanormalMonday/
Description: Each Monday we open up the doors at 9 AM EST and will run late into the night so count on a good time! This is a group by and for all readers of paranormal books and short stories! We look forward to plenty of posts, discussions, excerpts, and more. Let us know what we should be reading, what to buy, and which books to look forward to! Hosted by authors Destiny Blaine and Ann Cory.

Romance Excerpts Only – 1139 members
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/romanceexcerptsonly/
Description: Welcome to ROMANCE EXCERPTS ONLY, a romance book lover’s retreat where you'll find excerpts from all romance genres. Whether you love print or ebooks, sweet to erotic, and everything in between - you’ll find romantic stories suiting every taste. Authors may post 2 excerpts per day. Any genre. Hosted by authors Kara Griffin, Lucynda Storey, Lizzie T. Leaf, Tricia Ann Woods and Cat Johnson.

Romance Bistro – 585 members
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Romance_Bistro/
Description: Welcome to Romance Bistro. Sit down, make yourself comfortable, and grab a cup of Joe. Or, grab a real Joe if you'd like. Romance Bistro is a laid back place where three lovely romance writers come to talk about books, movies, hotties, or anything else on our minds. Here you'll find blurbs, excerpts, contests, and great conversation. Your bistro hostesses are Megan Rose, Sophia Danu, Stacy Dawn and Cindy K. Green. Joe, our waiter is at your beck and call while you are with us. We hope you enjoy and thanks for visiting Romance Bistro...where hot coffee and hot men are always on the menu...what's your order?

Romantic Gems – 90 members
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RomanticGems/
Description: This is a group for readers of Romance. Readers can network with their favorite Resplendence Publishing authors, and get sneak peeks into what's coming soon!
This group is open for all readers and writers of romance.

Romance Junkies – 2469 members
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RomanceJunkiesReaders/
Description: Welcome to Romance Junkies Readers (RJR) aka RJR Book Club! This group is owned and operated by ROMANCE JUNKIES, a review site dedicated to romantic fiction available today. http://www.RomanceJunkies.com. If you love to read Romance Novels and discuss them, then this is the group for you. Language and graphics are kept PG13 so all our members are comfortable, and links with warnings are recommended for anything else. HIGH volume email - so DIGEST is suggested, or read the messages online. We talk about books we love and don't tolerate author or book bashing. Please do not promote book trading.

Talking Two Lips – 1041 members
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingTwoLips/
Description: Welcome to Talking TwoLips! We are very proud to have the opportunity to bring together authors, publishers, reviewers and readers - please think of our group as a "book without borders"...whether you read, write, or rock, when you're here, you're on! Our Featured Authors include Lillith Payne along with Cameron Dane, Cindy Spencer Pape, and Linda Mooney.

The Romance Studio – 915 members
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theromancestudio/
Related link: http://theromancestudio.com
Description: A list for the discussion of all things pertaining to the romance genre for members and friends of The Romance Studio. Chat with today's best authors, post traditional romance excerpts and have a great time! http://theromancestudio.com

For more info: Maddie also has her own group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maddiejames_newsandchats/  Feel free to drop by and join!