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Marita wrote: "Hello, I am Marita and I live in New Zealand. As a retiree I am in the fortunate position of being able to indulge in my passion for reading and I usually have several books on the go simultaneousl..."Hi and welcome Marita! Any friend of Carolien is a friend of mine! So happy you're here! Enjoy and happy reading!
welcome to groupe marita and enjoy reading
I am Renee and homeschooling mother of 3. Was educated in French and missed out on all the English Lit and I am now just discovering all those amazing classics.
Wow, so many new message and members since I last checked! Welcome everyone :)
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Rachid wrote: "welcome rachel in this great groupe"
yes welcome rachel in everyone new to groupe
yes welcome rachel in everyone new to groupe
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Hi, I'm Terri. I'm a recently retired Kindergarten teacher, and I love to read everything! Classics happen to be my particular favorite. I have read many, but still have many on my TBR list. I'm hoping to get recommendations from this group and also join you in group reads. :)
Terris wrote: "Hi, I'm Terri. I'm a recently retired Kindergarten teacher, and I love to read everything! Classics happen to be my particular favorite. I have read many, but still have many on my TBR list. I'm ho..."Hi Terris! Welcome! You've come to the right place! We all love to read classics as well! Glad you're here! Enjoy and happy reading!
Terris wrote: "Thank you, Loretta!"My pleasure!
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Welcome to the group, Terri! So glad you love classics, this is the perfect place to discuss your favorites with other like-minded readers.
Hi I'm Pauli from South Africa. Love reading and looking forward to my next book...
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I'm Pauli from South Africa. Love reading and looking forward to my next book..."
Welcome -- looking forward to discussing books with you.
Pauli wrote: "Hi I'm Pauli from South Africa. Love reading and looking forward to my next book..."
Hi Pauli, welcome!
Welcome Terri and Pauli, I hope you enjoy the group :)
I'm Concepción and I prefer reading over television any day! Reading is one of my greatest joys and I am so happy to have found a group that enjoys classics as much as I do. I'm headed to Africa in 2 days time and am excited to tackle some of the books on this month's list during the flight! Wish me luck!
Hi Concepcion, welcome to the group, I'm glad you've joined! I hope you enjoy Africa, which country are you visiting? Am I right in saying you live in the US? That must be quite a long flight, but I'm sure it will be worth it. Good luck with your book choices, let us know what you think of them :)
Hi I'm sarah. I'm in Hamilton, New Zealand. I read a lot of science fiction and fantasy as my main stays but I like to have a few books at go at once to suit my mood. Within the classics I have a self style project running (and considering the list it will take me a few years) to study a list of BC classics in an aproximation of chronological order of the authors. So i'm looking forward to supplimenting these 2 things with the classics of this group as well.
Hi Sarah! Wow! New Zealand! I plan to travel and visit there one day!Pink, I am visiting Uganda. I am a native Texan!!!! The flight will be 16hrs so I will have plenty of time for reading! Thank you!
Hi Sarah!!! It's nice to meet you! New Zealand must be cool!
Concepción wrote: "I'm Concepción and I prefer reading over television any day! Reading is one of my greatest joys and I am so happy to have found a group that enjoys classics as much as I do. I'm headed to Africa in..."Hi Concepcion! Welcome!
Sarah wrote: "Hi I'm sarah. I'm in Hamilton, New Zealand. I read a lot of science fiction and fantasy as my main stays but I like to have a few books at go at once to suit my mood. Within the classics I have a s..."Welcome Sarah!
Welcome to all our new members!Sarah wrote: "Hi I'm sarah. I'm in Hamilton, New Zealand. I read a lot of science fiction and fantasy as my main stays but I like to have a few books at go at once to suit my mood. Within the classics I have a s..."
Another Sarah who is a sci-fi/fantasy person, awesome! Welcome :)
Though I think we are going to have to start coming up with nicknames or something with all the Sarahs around here.
Conception, that's quite a flight then, plenty of time to read! Hope you enjoy your time in Uganda :) Welcome Sarah, I'd love to be in New Zealand right now....one day! I too like ancient classics, but don't make enough time to read them. Good luck with your personal challenge and I hope you enjoy the group :)
Hello everyone! My name is Ciera and I am from Colorado, USA.I'm 19 and have only been reading classics for the past year. I use to be in the branch where I hated literature (only because I was forced to read it in schools which encroached on the books I actually wanted to read). I never really gave the classics a chance until I read the Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas which completely converted me. So far my favorites have been 1984, Jane Eyre, Dracula, Tom Sawyer, and of course The Count of Monte Cristo. I am currently reading Les Miserables and really enjoying it despite the daunting size. I'm so excited to join this group!
Ciera wrote: "Hello everyone! My name is Ciera and I am from Colorado, USA.I'm 19 and have only been reading classics for the past year. I use to be in the branch where I hated literature (only because I was fo..."
Hi Ciera! Welcome! We're excited that you joined the group! I was like you too. Hated reading the classics that were forced on me in school! I'm glad to say that that's not the case anymore! Love reading them now! Enjoy and happy reading!
Hey, everyone! My name is Alexandra and I'm from Portugal. I return to be the avid reader I once was a little while ago. I read a little bit of everything and I'm really interested in reading more classics. Since I'm right now starting to use more Goodreads, I thought it would be fun to meet more people and to be inspired by you! I really enjoyed the ones you're reading currently and that was the cherry on top of the cake!
Although I won't be able to buy a lots of books, I'll try to manage to keep up with you since I already have some classics on my shelfs waiting to be read and I can find some low priced here in my city!
I'm really excited and I'm sure this will be fun :)
Have a nice day and be happy!
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My name is Alexandra and I'm from Portugal. I return to be the avid reader I once was a little while ago. I read a little bit of everything and I'm really interested in reading more..."
Welcome to the group -- along with all of our other newest members that I missed saying "hi" to.
Alexandra wrote: "Hey, everyone! My name is Alexandra and I'm from Portugal. I return to be the avid reader I once was a little while ago. I read a little bit of everything and I'm really interested in reading more..."
Hi and welcome Alexandra! Glad you decided to join our group! Enjoy and happy reading!
Hello there!I'm Rebekah and live in Sunny Florida. The older I've become, the more avid reader I've become. I must admit that when I was a young lad in high school, there wasn't any reading requirements in my English classes! I know that sounds crazy, but since I wasn't in any English Honors or AP classes, there wasn't no reading requirements for me.
Long story short, I feel that I was missed out on many opportunities to learn about literature. There were some reading requirements in my middle school and college years, but I don't remember the books I read anymore. So now that I am older I have a big interest on reading some classics and see what I've missed out on!
I currently have the adventures of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer on audiobook and listen to that on my work commute. I also have an amazing library system that one branch that isn't too far for me promotes reading classics!
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I'm Rebekah and live in Sunny Florida. The older I've become, the more avid reader I've become. I must admit that when I was a young lad in high school, there wasn't any reading requi..."
Welcome to the group. My English requirements that I remember were diagramming sentences and I only remember having to read a couple of books.
And you are so lucky to have an amazing library.
Welcome Ciera, Alexandra and Rebekah, glad to have you with us :)
Thanks to you all for your warm welcoming! I already wrote the books on my to-buy list and I'll search for them this weekend over some book shops! I want to say already that it's very nice that you have the upcoming books available in advance for people like me to go buy them!! Happy reading to everyone! :)
You're welcome, we like to plan books in advance so it gives everyone time to buy or borrow a copy. Quite a few of the older classics are also in the public domain if you read on a kindle or computer. It's not my preferred method of reading, but the fact they're free copies certainly helps.
Oh, I didn't remember of that before! Thank you so much. I'll look for it there (although I do prefer the physical ones!).
Hello! My name is Elizabeth, and I live in Canada. I love books (obviously), and I also love comics, video games, film, television... Anything that has a story or can provide me with new knowledge. I've been trying to read a wider variety of things in the past while (despite reading having become more difficult as a result of some health issues), which is part of what led me to this group. I need to read more classics.
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Welcome Elizabeth -- we all love books here too. I hope you read more classics with us this year.
Elizabeth wrote: "Hello! My name is Elizabeth, and I live in Canada. I love books (obviously), and I also love comics, video games, film, television... Anything that has a story or can provide me with new knowledge...."Hi and welcome Elizabeth! Everyone here wants to read more classics so you've come to the right place! Happy reading and enjoy!
Rebekah wrote: "Hello there!I'm Rebekah and live in Sunny Florida. The older I've become, the more avid reader I've become. I must admit that when I was a young lad in high school, there wasn't any reading requi..."
Welcome Rebekah! Glad you've joined us!
Welcome Elizabeth, hope you find some great classics to join us with :)
Hi Ciera! Funny, my school reading experience was the opposite to yours. They didn't give us anything good to read and I was demonstratively reading Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Mark Twain (amongst others).The Count of Monte Cristo was one of my absolute favourites too, but I preferred The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to Tom Sawyer. Anyways, this group seems great for finding new favourites.
Hi, I'm Paula. I have a goal to read 40 books this year, so I thought that joining a few reading groups would help me achieve that goal. In addition to this group, I joined a feminist reading group. I am super excited about reading some classics that I missed along the way. I love that a short story is included every month, so that will definitely help me reach my goal. I know it's only January, but I have finished 2 books and am about 70% finished with the 3rd. I appreciate the opportunity to vote on the upcoming reads. I am very happy to have stumbled across this group!
Paula wrote: "Hi, I'm Paula. I have a goal to read 40 books this year, so I thought that joining a few reading groups would help me achieve that goal. In addition to this group, I joined a feminist reading group..."Hi Paula, welcome! We're glad you "stumbled" across this group as well! I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here! Happy reading!
I love classics so was glad that Bob let me know about this group. I look forward to reading & discussing some classics with you. I'm a retired caseworker & a wife, mother & grandmother. I love spending time with family & friends. I love reading, of course, & crocheting.
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Welcome Paula and I hope we can help you out with your reading goal! Sounds like you have a great start already this year.
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I'm a retired caseworker & a wife, mother & grandmother. I love sp..."
Welcome Martha -- I too look forward to reading books with you.
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Hi Heather! Welcome! This is the place to "catch up" on reading the classics! Looking forward to discussing books with you too! Happy reading and enjoy!