[close] This is a group for those who enjoy reading nonfiction and fiction about one of England's most fascinating dynasties. Discuss the Plantagenet kings, their queens and families, and their times here! [close]

[close] For those folks interested in history, autobiographies, military history, British and world history, American history, ancient history, and other non-fiction books.

We are currently reading No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin and for The Presidential Series we are discussing A. Lincoln by Ronald C. White, Jr. Additionally, we have a long term discussion taking place on The Federalist Papers.

Our syllabus assigns a maximum of 50 pages per week to read of the spotlighted selection, so that everyone can find the time in their busy lives to participate.

Doris Kearns Goodwin has won the following awards for No Ordinary Time:

Pulitzer Prize for History
Harold Washington Literary Award
New England Bookseller Association Award
The Ambassador Book Award
The Washington Monthly Political Book Award

Ronald C. White, Jr. earned his Ph.D. at Princeton and has lectured on Lincoln at hundreds of universities and organizations, and at Gettysburg and the White House. He is a Fellow at the Huntington Library and a Visiting Professor of History at UCLA.

Just as an FYI:

The group does have some minimal requirements which we would like to share with any prospective members:

-We would like new members to post a very short intro on the Welcome thread and participate in the discussion of one selected book per year
- Also, please welcome new members to the group once they have introduced themselves; it makes everyone feel more comfortable
-Conduct both civil and respectful conversation
-Be responsive to moderators in terms of event notifications (3 this year) with either a yes, no or a maybe so we do not have to chase you down
-Be responsive to voting and polls
-Be able to post on any one of the threads or in the Off Topic Cafe at least once or twice a month

We welcome all prospective members who are interested in history.

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[close] any dimitri lovers are welcome!!!share your thoughts, feelings, and just chat with friends/fans of ''vampire academy'' and expecially DIMITRI!!!
Please, and thank you on helping me make this the biggest VA group ever.
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[close] A mystery/thriller group formed to replace an AOL message board. [close]

[close] This place is for enyone mainly. talk about enything you would like. books, food, animals, ENYTHING. [close]

[close] A group for people to discuss great books and other random topics [close]

[close] these roleplay may contain sexual content. if you can not handle some of the things that are said in this group you should not join. [close]

[close] ...the perfect place for you to discuss your favourite authors from the early 20th Century.

In the years from 1900 to 1940 the world of literature went through a seismic shift. The idealism of the Belle Époque gave way to Dada, surrealism and many a movement that came to embody the modernist era.

Turbulent political times and a series of catastrophic world events gave rise to a generation of novelists and poets striving to make sense out of a changed world order, who combined to produce some of the finest works of fiction ever put to paper.

If you love Evelyn Waugh, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, W. Somerset Maugham, Joseph Conrad, Katherine Mansfield, D.H. Lawrence, Marcel Proust, W.H. Auden, Ernest Hemingway, Aldous Huxley, F. Scott Fitzgerald...and the many more exciting authors of that time you'll love this group.
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[close] A place where members can work together to improve the Goodreads book catalog.

Activities include combining editions, fixing book and author typos, adding book covers and discussing what rules we should follow in order to make the catalog as comprehensive as possible!

For general comments on Goodreads and for requests for changes to the site, try the Feedback group instead.

Goodreads Librarians are members who have applied for and received librarian status on Goodreads. They are able to edit and improve the Goodreads catalog, and have made it one of the better catalogs online. For tips on being a librarian, check out the librarian manual. [close]

[close] Oprah, like Goodreads, has created an amazing community of readers out of an activity that is very solitary. From shmaltz and sentiment, fabricated memoirs to Faulkner's, As I Lay Dying, come here to share the good, the bad and the ugly from her book club list, or from books she has mentioned in passing--a little bit of bling might be fun, too. Let's keep it clean. [close]

[close] This is a group where you take classes, go on quests, and figure out who you famous mother or father god-goddess is. [close]

[close] This group is for anyone who likes the comics, cartoons, movies, video games, or action figures of the show Teen Titans! I am your fun mod, Jess.
Jess: Please join and be active! This group is dying!
Starfire: *gasps* Dying!?!
Jess: No Star, not really...
Starfire: Phew! Join or be destroyed! [close]

[close] Tell me your fave animal....I'll make the clan...and we rp!YA!ROCK ON!

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[close] As your humble moderator, I feel the need to ask you a few questions.

Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independant bookshops, big name book stores, and library or used book sales? Are your bookshelves currently a little tight of space?

Joining this group is highly addictive. In a matter of weeks, your TBR list will be longer than you are tall, you will be wondering how the heck you walked into a bookstore for one little book, and walked out with two bags crammed full of new novels you never knew you wanted. Your bookshelves will be bursting at the seams and you wont remember what color the rug was as it will be buried under all the new purchases you have made!

We are not here to hold you back, or pat your hand as you try to be strong and cut back on your purchases. We will be rallying behind you, chanting your name as you enter the bookstore, and we will throw a book-party in your honor when you come back and share all the wonderful new books youve adopted with us!


**** If you are new to the group, and are an author, writer, blogger, moderator for another group, radio personality.. etc... please contact me by sending me a message before you post a new thread about your books, writings, blogs, groups, radio shows.. etc..
and also check out the Rules for posting those types of threads under the "Rules/ Important Announcements" folder.
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[close] If you're a fan of man on man loving and you're over 18 - come join in the fun! Moderator approval required. Please send a message to M/M Romance to verify your age if your profile is set to private [close]

[close] You can discuss movies, do some RP (if thats what you like. Me: Yahoo for RP!!), and do other cool stuff!! Join, it's public!! [close]

[close] ok, so basically, this is a role play in which your can be theives, princesses, rockstars and anything else you can imagine.
Nice to not be limited all the time, ain't it? [close]

[close] A virtual book discussion group for atheists, skeptics and fans of science. [close]

[close] For all you nuts who like cats and Warriors!(No offense) [close]

[close] COME HERE TO BE RANDOM. WE HAVE A QUESTION OF THE DAY FOR YOU TO ANSWER! AND LOTS OF OTHER STUFF TO WASTE YOUR TIME!!! [close]

[close] Collin County women who get together to share their love of books. [close]

[close] if you loooovvvee lady gaga and think she is hot or sexy or whatever then join this group. this was kinda random but whatev. [close]

[close] book club for members of MIM in Yuba City California [close]

[close] Tips from authors for authors. List what works for you and what hasn't. Whether you're selling a few author copies or just trying to get your name out... [close]

[close] A place to share ideas about publishing and marketing books. [close]

[close] ...November 12, 2009 to December 31, 2009... [close]

[close] For book lovers who hold equal inherent inalienable rights sacred.

Let's have a tea party.

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[close] Goodreads Author Sharon Ellis, Author of Communions With Christ, is available for Questions and Answers.

http://www.amazon.com/communions-christ-... [close]

[close] From the germ of an idea to picking your book at Barnes & Noble there's a maze every writer must navigate.

In this group, we discuss storytelling and the hazardous road to publication in its many guises from the standpoint of craft and technique. This group is not a showcase or an arena to promote our particular works. We seek to debate how we research, structure, plot, draft, edit, write, and rewrite our novels. How we format, condense, and prepare synopsis, proposals, blurbs, and hooks. And how we plan our assault to the seemingly impregnable fortress of the establishment: agents and publishers.
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