Introduction & Welcome Thread

[Rob, Mayor of Ghost Town]

Hi Jamie. Welcome! We definitely read a few of those, the first four in particular are favorites of several members.

We'll be doing the next Mistborn book when that comes out and we just did the latest Sullivan book in December.

[Scott]

That reminds me, are we doing Sullivan's First Empire? Not sure if there's a firm date for its release or not. Shows June 28 on GR

[Rob, Mayor of Ghost Town]

I'll be doing First Empire, so I'm sure if there is a few of us doing it, we'll do it. A bit early to schedule though.

[Justine]

Hi Jamie:)

[Kat]

Hi Jamie *hands over a cookie*

[Geoff]

Jaime wrote: "Rothfuss, Brett, Sullivan, Sanderson, Weis and Hickman"

I'm sure you'll find people with similar interests.

[Anna]

Hello everyone!
I am Anna from Moscow. I practise my english by reading books and chatting:) You are welcome!

[Kat]

Hi Anna!

Welcome to the group, I hope you will like it as much as I do :)

[Henry]

Hi, I am Henry Arthur and have been reading Sci fi and other good books for eons but, being older I am not up on threads and stuff. Hope I can keep up. I liked most of Azimov,Niven, Pohl, AE van Voght, Dune, Jordan's series, Niven etc and mainstream Steinbeck, Sinclair Lewis(?spelling) Hemingway; and even tried to write one I now have on smashwords and will keep quiet about unless asked. Ask???. Recently read Oliver by Dickens and loved it again. Hate Jane Austin, not her ability but the soc. she writes about as though it were a good thing to "know your place". Anyway..I hope you all and I will enjoy this club.

[Rob, Mayor of Ghost Town]

Welcome Henry.

[Kat]

Hello Henry!

Great that you found us. Do you like cookies?

*pushes the cookie jar towards Henry*

[Henry]

Love cookies, and tart cherry pie. Got a lot of cookies?

[Henry]

Rob wrote: "Welcome Henry."

Thanks Rob.

[Henry]

Anna wrote: "Hello everyone!
I am Anna from Moscow. I practise my english by reading books and chatting:) You are welcome!"

Ahh, Another brilliant young person who can understand more than one language while I have still have problems with my "native" tongue. Welcome, I am new too so we can learn together.

[Henry]

I am all wrapped up in politics now so my participation will probably be sporadic until after November. i think Age of the Pussyfoot by Kornbluth or Pohl, I forget, was one of best guesses about the future, that is now.

[Simona]

Hi, I am Simona and I decided to join this group because while I was scrolling around I realized that the books mentioned in your threads are the ones I have read/am reading/am going to read...:)
I am Italian, so please forgive me if sometimes I write in a...ahem...peculiar language.

[Simona]

Hi, I am Simona and I decided to join this group because while I was scrolling around I realized that the books mentioned in your threads are the ones I have read/am reading/am going to read...:)
I am Italian, so please forgive me if sometimes I write in a...ahem...peculiar language.

[Rob, Mayor of Ghost Town]

Welcome Simona!

[Simona]

Thanks! ☺

[Kat]

Hello Simona, I'm glad you joined us!

Have a cookie *pushes the cookie jar onto the table*

[Simona]

Tks a lot...be aware that my alternative avatar is THE cookie monster (not a cookie? Bye bye...)

[Kat]

*goes to get the extra large cookie jar*

[Simona]

[Trista]

Hi I'm trista and I joined. :) I love sff!

[Ctgt]

Welcome Trista!

[Rob, Mayor of Ghost Town]

Welcome

[Jaime]

Hi Trista. Welcome :)

[Kat]

Hi Trista, welcome to the best group on goodreads!

Have a cookie! :)

[Trista]

Thanks!

[Christine]

Hi, I'm Christine, and have just joined. I saw this club listed ander my GR friend Andy's clubs, and liked the lack of rules, and the apparent lack of pressure. I just can't keep up with many of my other clubs, reading too many books per month, that are usually not the ones that I voted for. I'm quite happy to stick with Will Wheaton's rule : ) too! (I loved him on, especially, The Big Bang Theory, and in everything else. His blog is good, too.)

[Rob, Mayor of Ghost Town]

Welcome Christine. Yup, we're pretty laid back. Jump in for the reads you can, and don't be shy about posting in threads for past discussions as well.

[Kat]

Hi Christine, welcome!
The rules were what made me join, too! :)
I also don't keep up with all the monthly reads (not even here), but like Rob already said, you're allowed to resurrect older threads to add your voice to a book you read later than the group. In fact, I will be doing just that with at least two of our reads soon.

PS: Here, have one! *pushes the cookie jar closer*

[Christine]

Thanks for the welcome, Rob and Kat! Looking forward to getting involved. Thanks for the cookie too... ; )

[Angus]

Hey guys! My name's Angus and i'm from the UK. I joined the group as I don't have a lot of reader friends so would love to meet new people, who share the love of fantasy. Some of my favourite books include Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel and The Night Circus but I also really love epic fantasy. I am currently working my way through The Wheel of Time (just finished book 2), but taking breaks between each one :)

Feel free to send a friend request, as I love interacting with other readers :)

[Rob, Mayor of Ghost Town]

Welcome Angus. We're a bit ahead of you on our WoT read, but feel free to jump in to our threads for the books you have read/ as you read them.

[Angus]

That's fine! I look forward to reading through the discussions, thank you for the welcome :)

[Ctgt]

Welcome aboard Angus.

[Kat]

Hi Angus!

I hope you like cookies, because we have a large cookie jar that gets pushed around the welcome thread...

*hands over cookie*

[Angus]

Kat wrote: "Hi Angus!

I hope you like cookies, because we have a large cookie jar that gets pushed around the welcome thread...

*hands over cookie*"

oooo *takes cookie* As long as it's choc chip because nothing is more disappointing than a raisin cookie....

[Rob, Mayor of Ghost Town]

Man..everyone seeme to hate Raisins but me. Oh well more for me!

[Angus]

Rob wrote: "Man..everyone seeme to hate Raisins but me. Oh well more for me!"

I don't mind raisins when i'm prepared to eat a raisin cookie, but sometimes you bite in to it thinking it's chocolate and then BOOM raisin... It's just the shock factor of them :D

[Kat]

Raisins are DEAD GRAPES !!!

[Rob, Mayor of Ghost Town]

I love grapes too. But I probably prefer raisins.

[Kat]

As much as I prefer my food dead on my plate, I draw the line at grapes.

[Rob, Mayor of Ghost Town]

The grapes the sell aren't exactly alive. Also what about wine?

[Angus]

Rob wrote: "The grapes the sell aren't exactly alive. Also what about wine?"

Asking the real questions now!

[Kat]

I don't like half-dead grapes either. Wine is fermented, so it's deader than dead, I can just about abide that.

[Sabrina]

I'm Sabrina (yes like the teenage witch) from Switzerland and joined because I felt a little lonely reading the broken earth trilogy all by myself… and also: I like raisins and wine 😊

[Rob, Mayor of Ghost Town]

Welcome Sabrina! Happy to have another raisin fan on board.

[Ctgt]

Hi Sabrina, welcome aboard.