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[Erin]

Hi I'm Bernadette from the UK. I've always been an avid reader from a very young age.

In recent years I've strayed away from the classics but now feel the urge to return.

I love the fact there are several book choices each month and hope to add to interesting discussions and posts.

[Fran]

Thank you Loretta and Andrea.

[Loretta]

Odwyer wrote: "Hi I'm Bernadette from the UK. I've always been an avid reader from a very young age.

In recent years I've strayed away from the classics but now feel the urge to return.

I love the fact there ar..."

Odwyer wrote: "Hi I'm Bernadette from the UK. I've always been an avid reader from a very young age.

In recent years I've strayed away from the classics but now feel the urge to return.

I love the fact there ar..."

Hi Bernadette! Welcome! Isn't it amazing how the urge to read classics just sneaks up on you? That happens to me every summer! I'm sure you'll find many good choices and discussions here. Happy reading and enjoy!

[Pink]

Welcome Fran and Bernadette :)

Hope you enjoy the group and find some great classics to join us with!

[Ruthanne]

Hi everyone!
I'm Ruthanne, a retire nurse, living in Texas. I love reading the Classics and have just finished three Thomas Hardy books and plan to read all of them. I am trying to keep up with current books at the same time. It's a challenge, but I love a challenge!
Looking forward to learning what everyone else is reading on this site!

[Pink]

Hi Ruthanne, I'm glad you've joined us. I'm about to start my first Hardy in the next few days (Far from the Madding Crowd) so hopefully I'll want to read more of his books afterwards. Anyway, welcome to the group and I hope you enjoy reading and discussing classics with us :)

[Ruthanne]

Thank you, Pink! I'm so glad to have found this group and hope you enjoy FFTMC! It is so superior to the latest movie version but that's usually the case.

[Pink]

Yes that's usually the case, but I quite like watching the film or tv version after reading the book, especially with classics, so I'll probably take a look once I'm finished.

[Ruthanne]

Check out the 1981 version with Peter O'Toole...far superior. Isn't it kind of fun to criticize the movie if you've read the book?

[Loretta]

Ruthanne wrote: "Hi everyone!
I'm Ruthanne, a retire nurse, living in Texas. I love reading the Classics and have just finished three Thomas Hardy books and plan to read all of them. I am trying to keep up with c..."

Hi Ruthanne! Welcome to the group! I also try to read current fiction along with the classics and I totally agree with you, it is a challenge! I'm sure you'll enjoy the books and discussions here! Happy reading! Enjoy!!!!

Loretta

[Amber]

Hi I'm from Kansas. When I am not reading I'm in my garden. I like to read just about anything.

[Loretta]

Amber wrote: "Hi I'm from Kansas. When I am not reading I'm in my garden. I like to read just about anything."

Hi Amber! Welcome!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Hi Amber, glad to have you here. And welcome to all the other newer members. It's a growing group, but still very friendly and lots of fun.

[[deleted user]]

Hello! My name's Kenny and I come from a land called Texas, where during the summer you feel like a baked chicken in an oven. I've been steadily making my way through the classics that I should had read during school, never got a chance to explore, or plainly just didn't bother! Looking at my bookcase for any unread classics: Moby-Dick, Bleak House, The Count of Monte Cristo, Vanity Fair, Middlemarch, A Farewell To Arms. I suppose I will put those at the top of my checklist! I'm looking forward to meeting y'all!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Great description of Texas! So glad to have you here, Kenny!

[Loretta]

Kenneth wrote: "Hello! My name's Kenny and I come from a land called Texas, where during the summer you feel like a baked chicken in an oven. I've been steadily making my way through the classics that I should had..."

Hi, Kenny! Welcome! You sound a bit like me. Read only a few classics in high school and I'm trying to make up for it now! Enjoy!

[Amanda]

Hi! My name is Amanda. I have 3 kids (15, 4, and 2) and a husband. I work as an interlibrary loan specialist at a small academic library. I blog about books at www.figandthistle.com. I'm excited to join this group. I may not be very active with commenting, but I find goodreads book groups great exposure to new books. I'm very fond of Victorian authors.

[Loretta]

Amanda wrote: "Hi! My name is Amanda. I have 3 kids (15, 4, and 2) and a husband. I work as an interlibrary loan specialist at a small academic library. I blog about books at www.figandthistle.com. I'm excited to..."

Hi Amanda! Welcome to the group! Hopefully you'll be able to get involved in a discussion or two! Happy reading and enjoy!

[Pink]

Welcome Amber, Kenny and Amanda, I'm glad you've joined us and hope you enjoy our group :)

[Louise]

Hi I'm Louise from the UK, I love reading but don't know anyone who is in to as much as I am so have joined this group to find people to share my love of a good classic :) i read a variety of books within different genres. look for are to getting involved

[Loretta]

Louise wrote: "Hi I'm Louise from the UK, I love reading but don't know anyone who is in to as much as I am so have joined this group to find people to share my love of a good classic :) i read a variety of books..."

Hi Louise! Welcome! We're glad you're here. I'm sure you'll find lots of classics to read and many great discussions to get into. Happy reading, enjoy!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Louise wrote: "Hi I'm Louise from the UK, I love reading but don't know anyone who is in to as much as I am so have joined this group to find people to share my love of a good classic :) i read a variety of books..."

Hopefully you will find friends here that share your love of classics. Welcome!

[John]

Hello Everyone:
My name is John Doherty and I'm new to GR and new to the Group. It's nice to meet everyone!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

John wrote: "Hello Everyone:
My name is John Doherty and I'm new to GR and new to the Group. It's nice to meet everyone!"

Hi John, and welcome. So glad you decided to join us.

[John]

Kathy wrote: "John wrote: "Hello Everyone:
My name is John Doherty and I'm new to GR and new to the Group. It's nice to meet everyone!"

Hi John, and welcome. So glad you decided to join us."

Thanks:)

[Pink]

Welcome Louise and John, I hope you enjoy our group and find some great classics to join us with :)

[Loretta]

John wrote: "Hello Everyone:
My name is John Doherty and I'm new to GR and new to the Group. It's nice to meet everyone!"

Hi John, welcome to Goodreads and the group! Enjoy!

[Ashley]

Hi my name is Ashley. I always liked the books I read for school, so thought this would be a fun way to continue reading the classics.

[Pink]

Hi Ashley, I hope you have fun joining us for some classic reads :)

[Nathan]

Hi everyone. My name is Nathan, I currently live in Illinois, and because of the boredom I feel living there, I have always liked the prospect of travel. I read a lot (duh) including fantasy, science fiction, horror, drama, mystery ect. I also read non-fiction and have been getting into philosophy. My favorite book is Catcher in the Rye. I'm joining here to expand my small repertoire of books primarily classics. I'm looking forward to engaging in the group and the reading.

[Pink]

Hi Nathan, welcome to the group. I love that we can travel in our reading, which helps when finances won't allow travel around the world! I hope you find some more classics to enjoy and discuss with us.

[Olga]

Hi everyone! I'm Olga and I'm from Latvia (it's somewhere in Europe, near the Baltic sea.) I'm a student and I study English philology at the university. Every year we have literature courses, and there I really enjoyed British literature, especially Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens' novels. Also, I like reading fantasy, crime and mystery fiction.
I'm very happy to find this friendly group! :)

[Pink]

Hi Olga, I'm glad you've joined us. Your literature courses sound fun, we have a couple of Hardy and Dickens books in our current polls if you want to join in and vote. I hope you enjoy our group and look forward to chatting with you more :)

[Loretta]

Ashley wrote: "Hi my name is Ashley. I always liked the books I read for school, so thought this would be a fun way to continue reading the classics."

Hi Ashley! Welcome! Can't wait to discuss the classics with you!

[Loretta]

Nathan wrote: "Hi everyone. My name is Nathan, I currently live in Illinois, and because of the boredom I feel living there, I have always liked the prospect of travel. I read a lot (duh) including fantasy, scien..."

Welcome Nathan! I hope you enjoy the group! Happy reading!

[Loretta]

Olga wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Olga and I'm from Latvia (it's somewhere in Europe, near the Baltic sea.) I'm a student and I study English philology at the university. Every year we have literature courses, and ..."

Hi Olga! Welcome to the group. We're happy to have you! Happy reading and enjoy!

[[deleted user]]

Hello everyone! I am Nahyan from Bangladesh and I love to read books but particularly classics. I just love it when you read a book that has had prodigious impact on art and culture over many years for the first time! My favorite authors are The Bronte Sisters, Charles Dickens, Sylvia Plath and Jane Austen so this is definitely the group for me and I am grateful to have found it. I am very busy with a job at a factory I work 6 days a week for 9 hours a day and it takes me three hours to get from home to work! However, I still find time to read and that's what keeps me sane. This months books look fantastic! I especially look forward to reading Don Quixote, which I have read the first three chapters and the sonnets & I must say it is absolutely the best, funniest thing I have ever read!

[Pink]

Hi Nahyan, welcome to the group :)

I too love the Brontes, Plath and now Austen, but I'm yet to read much of Dickens!

Your working day sounds very long, so I admire your finding time to read on top of this. I hope you enjoy Don Quixote and join in with our discussions of the book when you get time.

[Loretta]

Nahyan wrote: "Hello everyone! I am Nahyan from Bangladesh and I love to read books but particularly classics. I just love it when you read a book that has had prodigious impact on art and culture over many years..."

Hi Nayhan! Welcome to the group! I'm sure you'll enjoy the classics that are read here and the discussions. Glad you're here!

[Ruth]

Welcome Nahyan. I'm a big Dickens fan. One of my favorite books when I was young was David Copperfield. I read it several times. I also read A Christmas Carol every year on Christmas Eve.

[Loretta]

Ruth wrote: "Welcome Nahyan. I'm a big Dickens fan. One of my favorite books when I was young was David Copperfield. I read it several times. I also read A Christmas Carol every year on Christmas Eve."

I read A Christmas Carol every Christmas Eve too Ruth!

[Doro]

Hi everyone!
I'm Doro, I'm twenty-five and a German woman living in Germany. I'm currently going to school to become a kindergarten teacher.
I keep seeing classics and thinking 'I should read that sometime' and I was hoping this group might actually motivate me to read things.
I really like that there are several book choices every month and the quarterly read for really long pieces.

Most of my contemporary reads are Dystopian, Sci-Fi or Fantasy/Paranormal/Supernatural. Reading was an escape for me as a kid and these genres allowed me to experience a world so absolutely different from our own and the love for them just stuck. (Then again, I do believe that good Sci-Fi or Fantasy tells universal stories with themes and topics we relate to, so escape is kind of relative in that aspect, but yeah).

[Loretta]

Doro wrote: "Hi everyone!
I'm Doro, I'm twenty-five and a German woman living in Germany. I'm currently going to school to become a kindergarten teacher.
I keep seeing classics and thinking 'I should read that ..."

Hi Doro! Welcome! If you're interested in reading classics and having discussions about those books then you're at the right group! Enjoy!

[Heather]

Hi all,

I'm Heather. I'm a lifelong devourer of books. I challenged myself to read 104 new (to me) books in 2015, and I realized that I haven't chosen any classics so far this year. I figured this group would give me a bit of a push to get some classics back into the mix. :)

I look forward to talking books with you. :)

[Pink]

Hi Doro and Heather, welcome to the group :)

I hope you both find some inspiration for classics here, we have plenty to choose from!

[Loretta]

Heather wrote: "Hi all,

I'm Heather. I'm a lifelong devourer of books. I challenged myself to read 104 new (to me) books in 2015, and I realized that I haven't chosen any classics so far this year. I figured this..."

Hi and welcome Heather. Impressive number of books! Excellent that you decided to add some classics to the mix! I'm sure you'll enjoy the selection of books here and the discussions.

[JeanMarieT]

Hi Everyone,

I'm Jean. This is my first book club adventure. I've been an avid reader since I was a child. While it is hard for me to pinpoint a favorite kind of book, I suppose I would have to say auto/biographies/memoirs. I have read quite a few classics, and of course, have many more that I would like to read.

Besides reading, I am a social worker and work with homeless and abused women and children. I like to hike, kayak, and bike ride when I can find the time. My absolute favorite thing to do is alternate reading, sleeping, and swimming on a warm sandy beach-- rarely happens though unfortunately.

[Loretta]

JeanMarieT wrote: "Hi Everyone,

I'm Jean. This is my first book club adventure. I've been an avid reader since I was a child. While it is hard for me to pinpoint a favorite kind of book, I suppose I would have to s..."

Hi Jean, welcome! My name is Loretta. I'm so glad you're here! I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself in this group! Happy reading and enjoy!

Loretta

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

JeanMarieT wrote: "Hi Everyone,

I'm Jean. This is my first book club adventure. ...My absolute favorite thing to do is alternate reading, sleeping, and swimming on a warm sandy beach..."

Welcome Jean! So glad to have you as part of the group.

Love your favorite things -- read, sleep, & swim -- and the beach.

[Pink]

Hi Jean, welcome to the group :) I think we'd all like to join you on the beach for a bit of reading, sleeping and swimming. I live close to my local beach, but unfortunately that's in rainy England, where it's rarely warm enough to bask in the sun....today's forecast, rain again!!

I hope you'll enjoy our group and look forward to chatting with you more :)