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[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome Argon. So glad you joined the group, and I too look forward to sharing & reading good books with you.

[Pink]

Hi Argon, welcome to the group :)

[K.L.]

I'm K. L. Byles and I read Dickens, Hugo, Melville, Conrad, Dostoevsky, any of the greats for fun and to learn. I'm an author and I hope I've learned well. I'm so glad laptops exist now so I can write while sitting on my porch, even in cold weather. Isn't an artist supposed to suffer for their work? Even if it is self-inflicted.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome K. L. --- artists do sometimes seem to be tortured in some way. I think cold counts. And who knows, maybe in 50 years you can be the next classic.

[K.L.]

Kathy wrote: "Welcome K. L. --- artists do sometimes seem to be tortured in some way. I think cold counts. And who knows, maybe in 50 years you can be the next classic."

Well, writers often gain fame long after they're dead, though I hope I'll get a few readers before then.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

:)

[Katarzyna]

Hey everyone :) My name is Kasia. I'm from Poland currently living in UK.
I love books more than anything, but I'm also interested in photography, psychology and history.
Few weeks ago I started "catching up" on classics so I'm really glad to have found you, guys :) It will be great share my thoughts with you.
Next position on my shelf is Animal Farm by George Orwell.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Katarzyna wrote: "Hey everyone :) My name is Kasia. I'm from Poland currently living in UK. I love books more than anything, ..."

Welcome to the group, Kasia! So glad that you have decided to join us in catching up. It has been so long since I've read Animal Farm -- I hope you enjoy it. So many good books.

[Pink]

Welcome Katarzyna, I hope you enjoy the group and Animal Farm, that's one of my favourites :)

[Ashley]

Hello everyone! I am Ashley. I am attending school in South Dakota to earn a degree in nursing; I'm also hoping to become fluent in Spanish while I'm here, here's to hoping! In my spare time I enjoy hiking and crafts, like sewing, crocheting, and knitting. I've stuck to mainly JUST fiction (love, love, love coming-of-age novels), and I'm hoping to spread my wings some and try some non-fiction literature. Broaden my horizons a little :) cheers!

[Leslie]

Welcome Ashley!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Hi Ashley and welcome to the group. We are here to help broaden your reading!

[[deleted user]]

Hello everyone! I'm Arpit from India. I'm in my 2nd year of engineering (CSE). Previous year I found this Reading-gem and now it's more valuable than anything else in my life. Apart from reading I love sketching, music, movies, dramas (Pak-Dramas), writing (Diary) and my lovely friends (both fictional and real).
Classic is my comfort-zone in Books.

[Pink]

Hi Ashley and Arpit, welcome to the group! It sounds like you're both very busy with studying, but I'm glad that you both find the time for reading and hope to discuss some classics with you soon :)

[[deleted user]]

Pink wrote: "Hi Ashley and Arpit, welcome to the group! It sounds like you're both very busy with studying, but I'm glad that you both find the time for reading and hope to discuss some classics with you soon :)"

Thanks for the warm welcome Pink :)

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Arpit wrote: "Hello everyone! I'm Arpit from India. I'm in my 2nd year of engineering (CSE). Previous year I found this Reading-gem and now it's more valuable than anything else in my life. Apart from reading I ..."

Welcome to the group. So glad you joined us.

[Sarah]

Welcome to all our new members!

[Chris]

Hey everyone! I'm Chris, from the U.S.
The genres I read the most are philosophy, psychology, along with some classics and horror. When I'm not reading, I'm typically watching T.V. or writing.

[Leslie]

Welcome Chris!

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

I want to welcome our newest members and thank them for choosing our group to join. I would also like to remind our new members and our current members that starting with the new year our new challenges will be starting. If you would like to join in the fun please sign up, if you need help let us know.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Hi Chris. Welcome to the group -- this is the place to read the classics.

[GrauWolf]

Hi everybody i'm Jakob and I live in Milan,Italy.
I definitely love fiction and classics and started reading books only an year ago,before the last year i didn't know that books were such a wonderful thing!
I'm sorry for my bad english because I didn't study it a lot but i'll try to express myself in the simplest manner!

[Pink]

Welcome Chris and Jakob! Glad you've both joined us :)

Oh and Jakob you're English looks perfect to me, but don't worry about it anyway. We have lots of international members here and I'm sure I make enough mistakes myself, even though it's my only language!

[MICHELLE]

Hi everyone! My name is Michelle. Setting a goal to read more classics. To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my favorites. Lately I've been on a Malcolm Gladwell kick. Just read The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin... I'm pretty open as long as it's interesting.

Some of the things that hinder my reading :-) I'm a newly-wed, no children yet, so learning to cook has me preoccupied. I work for a college access organization, i'm a struggling keyboardist, studying music theory, and I teach line-dancing in my spare time.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Michelle, welcome to the group. I love To Kill a Mockingbird -- I agree, a personal favorite. And I actually had the opportunity several years ago to listen to Malcolm Gladwell speak, and have read his books since then. Definitely enjoyed all. -- And you sound very busy, how fun to teach line dancing -- I'm just amazed that you have spare time.

[MICHELLE]

Thanks Kathy! Excited to be here!

[[deleted user]]

welcome michelle , i m rachid from agadir

[MICHELLE]

Hi Rachid!

[[deleted user]]

good evening michelle , enjoy reading

[Cecilia]

Hi everyone! My name is Cecilia and I am from California. I love to read pretty much anything. It doesn't take much to please me. I love to read classic books. Mainly because they are always great stories!!!!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome Cecilia! You have joined the group for you if you like to read a variety of books. Their are classics in all genres. So glad to have you here.

[Eliane]

Hi everyone! I'm Eliane and I'm from Brazil. I like to read pretty much any genre, but my favorite is the classics. I'm trying to read more classics now. I enjoy reading books from Victorian period.

[Pink]

Welcome Michelle, Cecilia and Elaine, I'm glad you've all joined. I hope you'll enjoy our group and find some great classic reads, lots of new books starting for the new year, old and new :)

[Sam F]

Hi - I'm Sam from Ontario, Canada. I love reading a little of everything, but thoroughly enjoy the classics and would like to read more. I look forward to the challenges as well.

[Bob, Short Story Classics]

Welcome Jakob, Michelle, Cecilia, Elaine, and Sam, happy to have you all with us. We have a new year ahead of us and a lot to look forward too.

[Cynthia]

I found this book group because I don't know anyone other than my husband who likes reading classics. I hope to find some kindred spirits here (Anne reference there). It is a bit challenging deciphering the site. Do most of you read the 4 books at the same time, or just pick one or two of the 4 each month? Which is the most popular category? (ie: long reads, reread, etc.) I like classics because generally I find the quality of writing engages me fully. I also like stepping into another time to the period in which the book was written, if that makes sense. Among many books, I enjoy Dickens, though I have only read 3 of his so far. The most recent classic book I fell in love with was Rebecca. I look forward to connecting here and reading many more classics.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome Cynthia -- you will find kindred spirits here, those of us who love classics and those who are learning to love the classics. Hoping to see you in the reads with us.

Some people read all the books, some read just one, and many just follow the discussions for our book reads. Choose what works for you.

And welcome to Eliane & Sam too!

[Sia]

Hi, I'm Sia from Moscow, Russia. Back in highschool I dreaded my literature lessons. I read a lot but the classic books weren't for me at that time. Now, however, I enjoy reading classics and look forward to catching-up.

[[deleted user]]

i think maybe it is good that we created this groupe too in facebook

[Sarah]

Hello to all our new members!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Hi Sia, nice to see you in the group and I saw that you are joining one of our challenges too. So glad you joined. Looking forward to reading the classics with you.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Rachid wrote: "i think maybe it is good that we created this groupe too in facebook"

I'll put that in the moderators' discussion for us to think about if and how we might want to do that. Thank you for the suggestion.

[Dave]

Hi, I'm Dave. I am retired and live in Texas. I've always enjoyed the Classics. This large group with lots of activities and reads looks like fun. I am happy to join!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Hi Angana & Dave. So glad to have more people who love to read the classics. Welcome to the group.

[Loretta]

Hello and welcome to all new members! I've been away enjoying Christmas time with my family and friends. Can't wait to enjoy the conversations about the classics with all new members! Happy New Year!!

[Susie]

Cynthia wrote: "I found this book group because I don't know anyone other than my husband who likes reading classics. I hope to find some kindred spirits here (Anne reference there). It is a bit challenging deciph..."

Welcome Cynthia!
The group may seem overwhelming at first, but once you are familiar with the general topics, they dont change much, just the books change...

The easy answer to your questions is you use this group however is useful to you...everyone has a unique approach, I'm sure...
Everyone one has a say in the choosing of books as they want, in nominating, seconding and/or voting each month and then read what you want...
You can read none, one, or as many monthly picks as you want...
I've been in this group about a year and I read a few books with the group but some just didnt work with my timing. I find it especially helpful to read the quarterly long reads with the group...I was able to get through Don Quixote during the 3rd quarter long read, which was probaly my biggest achievement in reading for 2015.
2016 will be my first year joining in some of the reading challenges and I'm really looking forward to them.
There's much more, but hope this helps with some of your questions.

[Pink]

Welcome all new members, I'm glad you're joining us for 2016. Happy New Year everyone!

[Loretta]

Angana wrote: "Happy New Year 2016 everyone! A new year, new beginning............"

Happy New Year to you as well Angana!

[Sarah]

Angana wrote: "Happy New Year 2016 everyone! A new year, new beginning............"

Happy New Year to you as well!

Happy New Year all!

[Debbie]

Hello. I am Debbie and I live in Dothan, Alabama. I have not read many classics but I wanted to join the group to help me incorporate these into my reading. I am retired from my career but about two years ago I became Director of a senior center where I am responsible for 175 active members. I enjoy reading, reading and reading.