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Hello everyone! I'm Eowyn, and I am a teenage girl living in the US. I decided a few months ago that I wanted to read more classics, but I am having some trouble motivating myself because of all the other books on my TBR list. I am hoping that joining this group and participating in challenges and discussions will encourage me to read classics more often. One of my favorite classics so far is the Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. I'm excited to be joining, and I look forward to reading and discussing lots of classics in the near future! :)
Eowyn83632 wrote: "Hello everyone! I'm Eowyn, and I am a teenage girl living in the US. I decided a few months ago that I wanted to read more classics, but I am having some trouble motivating myself because of all th..."Hello and welcome Eowyn! We're glad you've joined our group! Enjoy yourself here and happy reading!
Hello, my name is Shelbey, I am 24 and live Texas. My favorite book is Madame Bovary with Crime and Punishment as a close second. I am in nursing school now working towards my RN. There is a lack of book clubs in my area so I am looking to read, re-read, and discuss the classics that I love so much. I will most likely be lurking for a while until I get a sense of things. I am really looking forward to joining in.
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Welcome Eowyn, glad to have you here. If you find that you don't have time for classics, but want to read more, perhaps try some modern classics or something shorter, as this seems less daunting than picking up a 700 page Victorian novel. We have a short story group read each month which might be a good place to start, but there's no pressure to join in with anything. Read whatever appeals to you and let us know if you find something you love, or hate! Welcome Shelbey, glad you've joined too. Madame Bovary is a great book, though it took me some time to fall in love with it. As Kathy says, feel free to lurk or join in with whatever suits you. We have plenty going on, whether you like group reads, challenges, or just a friendly chat :)
Welcome to the group guys! This book club is a special one - everyone's so nice, I joined this year too.
Shelbey, I loved Crime and Punishment! It's such a great book! :)
Shelbey, I loved Crime and Punishment! It's such a great book! :)
Welcome all! It won't take long at all to feel at home here. Shelbey, those are two of my favorites too!
Hi Shelby, welcome to the group. It seems we are fellow Texans - there are a few of us here. ;-) You will most likely discover them in your travels around this group. It's a great group with lots of interesting things happening all the time and no pressure to do or participate in any way. Whenever you feel like it you just dive in - the waters are safe. Good luck and have fun!!!
Shelbey wrote: "Hello, my name is Shelbey, I am 24 and live Texas. My favorite book is Madame Bovary with Crime and Punishment as a close second. I am in nursing school now working towards my RN. There is a lack o..."Hi Shelby, welcome! Happy reading!
And hi to all the other newcomers. It is great to have so many enthusiastic about the classics. Have fun and enjoy!!!
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!
Hi everyone! My name is Dara. I'm 26, living in the U.S. I've had a goodreads account for years, but am just starting to use it, so I'm trying to get the hang of things. As for info regarding my reading interests, I have a goal this year of building a habit to consistently read (literature) a little bit each day. I generally have the tendency to read a lot for a short period, then stop for months. I'm doing well so far. I'm reading Sense and Sensibility right now for Women's History Month. I read Their Eyes Were Watching God last month for Black History Month/Valentine's Day. IDK if I'll continue with the themes, but it helps keep me motivated. I'm excited to join this group because I don't always have a way to engage with people of similar literary interest.
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Welcome Dara! I think this group can help you with your reading goals. We have several Group Reads each month, along with Buddy Reads, and some challenges. Feel free to join in on what interests you. And as always, Happy Reading.
Hi everyone! I was a member of this group before but I left it because I needed some time off. Now I am back to reading and discussing about books with avid readers like me :)I'm Lorena, from Albania and I enjoy reading classics and other genres as well, like sci-fi, mystery, philosophy etc.
Welcome Dara and welcome back Lorena :)
I just read and returned my first Albanian novel, Lorena, it was by Kadare. Should write a review here, too...
Lorena wrote: "Hi everyone! I was a member of this group before but I left it because I needed some time off. Now I am back to reading and discussing about books with avid readers like me :)I'm Lorena, from Alb..."
Hi and welcome Lorena! Glad you've decided to join us again! I look forward to discussing books with you! Happy reading!
Tytti wrote: "I just read and returned my first Albanian novel, Lorena, it was by Kadare. Should write a review here, too...Tytti that's interesting! I am looking forward to reading your review :)
To be honest, I've read only one novel by Kadare.
Hi Lorena. I just spent a few months in Albania last year!!! One of my favorite places in the world. Welcome to the group!
Hi Dara and welcome back Lorena,If you love classics and want to share your views on some of your favorite reads this is definitely the place to be.
Good to have you in the group.
Brady wrote: "Hi Lorena. I just spent a few months in Albania last year!!! One of my favorite places in the world. Welcome to the group!"Wow, which places did you visit in Albania? Do you have any particular favorite town, or place?
Louis wrote: "Hi Dara and welcome back Lorena,If you love classics and want to share your views on some of your favorite reads this is definitely the place to be.
Good to have you in the group."
Louis, nice to hear you like classics too! I look forward to sharing reviews and recommendations with you :)
Lorena wrote: "Brady wrote: "Hi Lorena. I just spent a few months in Albania last year!!! One of my favorite places in the world. Welcome to the group!"Wow, which places did you visit in Albania? Do you have a..."
I lived in Tirana but traveled all over the country. Durres, Vlore, Shkoder, Kruje, Elbasan, Fier and went into Kosovo a couple times.
Brady wrote: "Lorena wrote: "Brady wrote: "Hi Lorena. I just spent a few months in Albania last year!!! One of my favorite places in the world. Welcome to the group!"Wow, which places did you visit in Albania..."
Well I am from Shkoder, and I lived in Tirana for half a year. I visited other cities too, and Kosovo as well, but I like only my hometown and Tirana a little bit.
Lorena wrote: "Tytti that's interesting! I am looking forward to reading your review :)"You can find it here https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..., though it's probably more about my thoughts and less about the book itself but...
Hi Everyone, a friend sent me a link to this group as I love my classics, and as it happens I am reading Middlemarch right now and should finish just in time for the discussion :)
Vanessa wrote: "Hi Everyone, a friend sent me a link to this group as I love my classics, and as it happens I am reading Middlemarch right now and should finish just in time for the discussion :)"Hi and welcome Vanessa! Glad your friend sent you the link to join our group and what perfect timing! Enjoy and happy reading!
Loretta wrote: "Vanessa wrote: "Hi Everyone, a friend sent me a link to this group as I love my classics, and as it happens I am reading Middlemarch right now and should finish just in time for the discussion :)"..."
Thanks! I'm not very far into the book but loving it already. Strong contender for my favourite read of the year so far, which until now would be Lady Chatterley's Lover
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We are looking forward to discussing Middlemarch with you. Welcome to the group.
Hi Everyone!My name is Larissa. I live in beautiful Lake Tahoe. I have had a Good Reads account for a while now, but my boyfriend bought me a Kindle Paper White. I want to use Good Reads to help me connect with other book lovers and to find new books to read.
My reading preferences are all over the place. I love Dean Koontz and Stephen King, but I also have an obsession with Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Divergent and the like.
I am a student at the Lake Tahoe Community College and I am just finishing my first literature class since high school (which was six years ago). The class focused on literature from the Renaissance to the middle of the sixteenth century. We read things such as: East Indian poetry after Islam from authors like Kabir and Mirabai, Montaigne's essays, Don Quixote, the Heptameron, Jonathan Swift, Moliere, and so many more works of great literature.
I really want to broaden my reading horizons and connect to the classics so I can understand the writing that is being published today.
Hey all. I'm in Texas.I enjoy the classics, thriller/horror, and sci-fi/fantasy (particularly world building). Right now I'm working through Charles Dickens and Stephen King and liking them both a lot.
Some of my favorites are Crime and Punishment, Catch-22, and The Catcher in the Rye. My username comes from The Catcher in the Rye and the profile picture from Catch-22.
Dostoyevsky's The Idiot is great so I hope you guys enjoy that next month!
There's always tons of good classics (usually even free on the Kindle) but it's hard to choose what to read next so I'm hoping this group will help me with that. I look forward to participating in the nominations, voting, and discussions.
Larissa wrote: "Hi Everyone!My name is Larissa. I live in beautiful Lake Tahoe. I have had a Good Reads account for a while now, but my boyfriend bought me a Kindle Paper White. I want to use Good Reads to help ..."
Hi Larissa! Welcome! Enjoy and happy reading!
James wrote: "Hey all. I'm in Texas.I enjoy the classics, thriller/horror, and sci-fi/fantasy (particularly world building). Right now I'm working through Charles Dickens and Stephen King and liking them both a..."
Hey James! Welcome! Glad you've decided to join us! We all look forward to your nominations and your participation in discussions! Enjoy!
James wrote: "Hey all. I'm in Texas.I enjoy the classics, thriller/horror, and sci-fi/fantasy (particularly world building). Right now I'm working through Charles Dickens and Stephen King and liking them both a..."
Hey fellow Texan, I too was reading the classics in no particular order, but am glad I found this site and have progressed through more than I did last year! We have some great discussion here.
Hello Larissa & JamesWelcome to the family. If you want to connect to the classics and get some really good insight on the good, bad and indifferent then this is the place to be. We have a lot of good people here and some great discussions regarding every genre imaginable.
Talk to you soon. Enjoy
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Hello everyone! I'm a 24 years old from Italy and my diet is exlusively composed of Classics. When young I used to read a lot of scince-fiction, but now, I love Philip Dick alone from the genre. To find new classics I usually recourse to the "Le Monde" list or to the (better) "Bokkluben" one. But that's unhuman. I would rather read what you people suggest in this group! Anyway, I'm very fond of Dostoyevsky and I now you will enjoy "The Idiot" next month!
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Hello Shingo and Dean.Welcome to the group.
Shingo .... Philip K. Dick is an amazing writer, I love his short stories, very unusual and imaginative. At the moment I am working on a few books, but among them I have been reading The Idiot by Dostoyevsky.
Dean ... The Invisible Man is a good book, but its a little on the slow side. If you don't like, then you should put it down and read something else that holds your interest, IMHO, I think War of the Worlds is one of H.G. Wells best novels
I would recommend The Martian by Andy Weir, the book will hook you from the first paragraph.
Hello everyone – just wanted to introduce myself. I used to read a lot when I was younger but with modern life, the internet and social media generally I realised suddenly that I had not read books really for many years. I have set myself the challenge to read 52 books this year and I am loving it (Rebecca has been my favourite so far) so much so that I am racing through my challenge. I have a particular love of classics and am now reading all the books I should have read, have always wanted to read or that have been recommended to me, this is the best thing I have done in years.
I love this site and hope to become more active in the group.
Richard wrote: "Hello everyone – just wanted to introduce myself. I used to read a lot when I was younger but with modern life, the internet and social media generally I realised suddenly that I had not read books..."Hi Richard! Welcome to the group,
I had the same problem few years ago when I was so active in social networks for more than a year and forgot about the books. Hope you will complete the challenge. I also loved Rebecca and would like to suggest to you classics that I loved.
Happy reading :)
Richard wrote: "Hello everyone – just wanted to introduce myself. I used to read a lot when I was younger but with modern life, the internet and social media generally I realised suddenly that I had not read books..."Welcome to our group, Richard.
While I never stopped reading, I have certainly allowed the internet to hijack some of my reading time. For example I spend too much time on Goodreads seeing what everyone else is reading. It's great that you are returning to books, and you can't go wrong with classics. Rebecca is wonderful, and I am sure you will find many others just as great. Enjoy your personal challenge!!
Shingo wrote: "Hello everyone! I'm a 24 years old from Italy and my diet is exlusively composed of Classics. When young I used to read a lot of scince-fiction, but now, I love Philip Dick alone from the genre. To..."Hello and welcome Shingo! This is the place for your special diet of the classics :)! Look forward to reading The Idiot with you! Enjoy!
Dean wrote: "Hi folks! I'm Dean,sort of a newbie to Goodreads .My wife purchased a Kindle for a Christmas present which led me here.Not read a lot of books in my life (didn't have the time),but now taken early ..."Hi Dean and welcome to Goodreads and the Catching Up on the Classics! I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself on the Goodreads site and in particular, our group. Look forward to discussing books with you! Happy reading!
Richard wrote: "Hello everyone – just wanted to introduce myself. I used to read a lot when I was younger but with modern life, the internet and social media generally I realised suddenly that I had not read books..."Welcome Richard! Congratulations on your personal challenge of reading 52 books this year! Rebecca is one of my favorites too!
A big shout out to Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) where I've found many a reader just like me. I am relatively new to the group but I hope to gradually work in to more discussion with the members. So Hello, my name is Gary and I have a passion for reading the classics. Right now, I'm trying to finish David Copperfield to complete a list of one hundred world classics as written about in the book: "The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics" Hardcover – April, 2001
by W. John Campbell
I average 55 books a year over all of which includes at least one classic. Can you imagine this research has taken over 25 years. I don't know what I'm going to do with all this book knowledge, but going back to school to do graduate work is being considered. I must admit when I graduated from college computers were just coming on in the world so I've never picked up on the niceties of the technology. I'm just a reader not a bibliophile. I enjoyed reading many posts on many different subjects and I hope to participate in the group reads. I especially enjoy the comments on books I've read. So here's to a great year of reading for all of us.
Gary wrote: "A big shout out to Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) where I've found many a reader just like me. I am relatively new to the group but I hope to gradually work in to more discussion with the..."Hi Gary and welcome! Glad you've introduced yourself to the group! Jump in and participate in any or all group reads and in the discussions as well! Happy reading and enjoy!
Welcome Vanessa, Larissa, James, Shingo, Dean, Richard and Gary! I'm glad you've all decided to join our group, whether you're a fan of classics, or trying to get into them and whether you're new to GR or have been here for years. This is a relaxed and friendly group and although we're all here for classics, we still have quite diverse reading tastes, which is great for discussing and discovering new books!
I hope to chat with you more soon and get to know you all :)
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