Introductions

[G]

Welcome, Grace!

[Natalie]

I am a newcomer to this group. I'm here to read reviews and get recommendations. My reading life is deep but limited: as an English teacher I spent decades reading and rereading Shakespeare, poetry, and novels from the classical canon. I know Austen, George Eliot, Edith Wharton, and Toni Morrison fairly well but I want to fill in the gaps between the "classics" and books by women. I love Barbara Pym, Iris Murdoch, Elizabeth Taylor, Virginia Woolf, and Anne Tyler.

I want more, new choices and reminders of things I've probably missed along the way.

[Jen]

Natalie wrote: "I am a newcomer to this group. I'm here to read reviews and get recommendations. My reading life is deep but limited: as an English teacher I spent decades reading and rereading Shakespeare, poetry..."

Welcome, Natalie :) I'm very interested in classics too but more because I have relatively little experience with them. Hope you will enjoy the group and add your input in the discussion threads too!

[Ozsaur]

Hello, and welcome Natalie! I think you'll find a wide variety of book recommendations here.

[A.]

Hello,
I reside in the U.S; Tove Jansson is my pick for reading; although classic, gothic middlebrow writers are a close contender. Most likely I'll stay quiet during nominations and group reads, and appear more active for challenges, recommendations, and familiar comentary. Nature walks, tea, and classic cinema are my indulgences.

A.

[A.]

I'm puzzling whether this group is a good fit to document a "read the world challange"- there're a few on Goodreads that have larger groups; this group appears to be focusing more strongly on classical female authors with close conversation of the matter (yay). If there're others, recomendations are appreciated. Bingo also looks interesting.

Thank you,
A.

[Ozsaur]

Hello A. Welcome to the group! You can participate in any way that is comfortable for you.

[A.]

Hi Ozsuar, Thanks for the warm welcome.

A.

[Carol]

A. wrote: "I'm puzzling whether this group is a good fit to document a "read the world challange"- there're a few on Goodreads that have larger groups; this group appears to be focusing more strongly on class..."

A - we're glad you joined the group. If you decide to track your challenge books here, feel free to set your personal thread up in our Read the World Challenge folder, linked here

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Or you can set up a personal thread in our 2025 Read Women Challenge thread, linked here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

The Women in Translation threads might also give you ideas for various countries, to the extent that most of the literature published in certain countries is unlikely to be in your primary reading language.

Best of luck with your challenge!

[A.]

Hello Carol,
Thank you for writing these exploratory options; I'll keep my invitation here.

Best,
A.

[A.]

(and good luck to your challanges as well)

[Elaine]

Hello, I joined this group because I write historical fiction to empower women and affirm LGBTQ+. I am a Canadian and I love reading historical fiction with a female main character as well as books that show religious equality for women and LGBTQ+.

[Caroline]

Hello all, my name is Caroline and I am a reader, writer and philosopher. I read feminist philosophers and writers, climate fiction, women writers of all description including classics, contemporary literary fiction, historical fiction (as long as it is borderline literary), and history. My favourite book this year was The Eagle and the Hart, a history written by Helen Castor. I also loved Fundamentally and some others on the Women's Prize long list. I also read queer fiction but mostly through a feminist lens, and mostly by queer women. I am currently reading a memoir by Janet Todd who is a legendary writer of biography, and whose bio of Mary Wollstonecraft is awesome, as well as an art biography, Sybil & Cyril by Jenny Uglow, another famous writer of biography and history. I have just finished an historical fiction read, By Her Hand, by Australian author Marion Taffe. This is an immersive and beautiful story - highly recommended. We have amazing women writers in Australia who seem to slip under the radar when prize lists are drawn up. I hope to see this change. I am not really a bookclub reader as I always have something planned.

[Pooja]

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