Emily wrote: "Besides books, I enjoy hiking, birding and spending time with my dogs. I also love to travel, but haven't been able to do much of that recently. I was an exchange student to Maizuru, Japan (in Kyot..."I am born and raised Illinois! but I have not done as much as you in the travel department.
Sylvia wrote: "I love movies, but don't actually get to watch that many new ones; we're big fans of the old black and white ones. Like Aly, I enjoy Disney movies. Also non-gory ghost stories, and fantasy such as ..."I also watch a lot of Netflix and Redbox, because I don't have money for all the movies I like so I have to wait and rent it. :)

Any good movies out lately?

I am excited to start reading!
Sarah wrote: "Aly - I saw Dark Tower too and really enjoyed it!! I'm surprised there were so many negative reviews but I think it's mostly people who read the books (they never can seem to do a King book justice..."I really want to see that King Arthur movie as well! I will rent it next weekend. I can't wait to see it!

Welcome new Members! Wonderful to have you all!

Z---Zealous
Anyone else want to name our next Genre?

I did go see Kidnap and it does remind of the "Taken" movies a little. But I loved those movies and I do really like Halle Berry. Has anyone else been to the movies lately?
Sahar wrote: "I am not sure how this will be "received" by the members of the group, but would it be possible to nominate my own book? It's called "The Orchid", it's a bit of psychological fiction, got published..."I don't know why you can't nominate. I try to go by what books gets the most votes so since the poll just went up. Can we save your books for the next Indie nominations? I won't forget it!

Poll results-----
Small publishing companies and self published ---have won the poll so we can nominate any of these for when we chose Indie books to read! I will be posting a new poll soon so we have plenty of time to vote for the book we will read starting September! Please nominate your books here so we can vote soon!

Welcome Nellie! Nice to meet you!

I loved the Dark Tower movie and I can't wait to see what they do with the next one. I have not read the books so I can't compare the book with the movie but I must say I enjoyed the movie!

I'm just going to throw this question out there....Since we will be reading this book we select through October, do we want to read something like a thriller or a like more on the scary/Halloween side? What do everyone think?