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[Brina]

Hello. My name is Brina and I'm from Chicago although I now live in Ohio. I enjoy history/historical fiction and Latin American women writers as well as mysteries to clear my palette. It is interesting to see that authors who I discovered 20 years ago are now have their books on high school course lists and are considered new or contemporary classics. I am excited to be in this group.

[Paula W]

Big welcome to all the new people! This is a great group where we have some wonderful discussions.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Brina wrote: "Hello. My name is Brina and I'm from Chicago although I now live in Ohio. I enjoy history/historical fiction and Latin American women writers as well as mysteries to clear my palette. It is interes..."

Welcome Brina & all of the other new members that I have missed welcoming the last few days.

We are always glad to have more classics readers with us.

[Loretta]

Brina wrote: "Hello. My name is Brina and I'm from Chicago although I now live in Ohio. I enjoy history/historical fiction and Latin American women writers as well as mysteries to clear my palette. It is interes..."

Hi Brina! Glad you found your way here with no help from me! Sorry! I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here. The members are great, and the books/discussions are really good. Happy reading!

[Louis]

Big hello to all the new members.

Welcome to the family. If you love classics and great discussions, this is definitely the place for you!

Glad to have you onboard. Enjoy

[Loretta]

Colin wrote: "How is everybody my name is Colin and I'm so excited about finding a place to talk about the classics with other people"

Hi and welcome Colin! We're glad you found us too! I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here! Happy reading!

[Nita]

Hello Everyone!

My name is Nita and I am from India but currently living in Sydney. I love classics and I was really happy to find this group as it gives me a place to connect with other classic lovers. I hope to catch up soon and be a part of the discussions in this group :)

[Loretta]

Nita wrote: "Hello Everyone!

My name is Nita and I am from India but currently living in Sydney. I love classics and I was really happy to find this group as it gives me a place to connect with other classic l..."

Hi Nita! Welcome! Glad you found us! I'm sure you'll love the books, discussions and come to know many members! Enjoy and happy reading!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome to the group Colin & Nita!

We are excited that you found us and are ready to read and discuss classics with us here. This is the group to find friends that love classics.

[Pink]

Welcome Brina, Colin and Nita, hope you enjoy the group :)

[Rizki]

Hi, everyone! I'm Rizki. I'm from Indonesia. I love to read classics recently because of Mr. Darcy. Thanks to him, now i'm reading a novel by Harper Lee. Good to find u all here.

[Loretta]

Rizki wrote: "Hi, everyone! I'm Rizki. I'm from Indonesia. I love to read classics recently because of Mr. Darcy. Thanks to him, now i'm reading a novel by Harper Lee. Good to find u all here."

Hi and welcome Rizki! You're going to find other members here who also love Pride and Prejudice! I'm sure you'll enjoy the group and discussions! Happy reading!

[Josh]

Hello everyone. I live in Chicago and enjoy reading nonfiction books, as well as fiction. Sci-fi captivates me, as well as business books, psychology/sociology, science in general, and much more.

Like some, I missed out on reading classics growing up. I'd like to catch up, and catch up in the company of others. So I look forwarding to participating and being a part of this group.

[Loretta]

Josh wrote: "Hello everyone. I live in Chicago and enjoy reading nonfiction books, as well as fiction. Sci-fi captivates me, as well as business books, psychology/sociology, science in general, and much more.
..."

Hi Josh! I also missed out on reading classics growing up. This group will definetily help you catch up! I'm sure you'll enjoy the discussions here and the members are very nice too! Happy reading!

[Pink]

Welcome Rizki and Josh, I'm glad you've joined and hope you find plenty of classics to enjoy with us :)

[Hayat]

Hi everyone. My name is Hayat and I'm from London, England. I'm a wife and a mum of four kids and a part-time student. I'm a bibliophile, so I'll read any book as long as it sounds interesting. I read from a variety of genres but my favourites are pnr, uf, fantasy, historical fiction and historical romance. At the moment I'm addicted to The Walking Dead graphic novels and TV show. Last year, I began reading more contemporary romance but I'm behind on the classics and this amazing group sounds like the perfect place to read more classics.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Hi and welcome to Rizki, Josh, & Hayat! So glad you joined the group and are ready to read classics with us.

[Newly]

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 ..."
Hiya Dean, Good to have you in this group. You might want to check out Robert Sheckley. Here's the thing about the Sheck, he is hilarious. See if you can find Immortality Inc. I don't think it's his best work but it is pure science fiction. So this guy has a car accident and wakes up in the future. I'm not doing it justice because I hope you read it. Btw your grammar is fine. It's good enough for goodreads. On the internet, the only time grammar is referenced is when the argument is lost. Happy reading.

[Newly]

Josh wrote: "Hello everyone. I live in Chicago and enjoy reading nonfiction books, as well as fiction. Sci-fi captivates me, as well as business books, psychology/sociology, science in general, and much more.
..."

Hey Josh, Welcome to the group! It's a fine place to dive face first into books.

[Josh]

Loretta wrote: "Josh wrote: "Hello everyone. I live in Chicago and enjoy reading nonfiction books, as well as fiction. Sci-fi captivates me, as well as business books, psychology/sociology, science in general, and..."

Thanks Loretta! Looking forward to it. Do you guys do "buddy reads" also if a book you're interested in reading but it's not the book of the month?

[Josh]

Thanks Kathy and Pink!

[Pink]

Yes we have buddy reads! Sorry I can't link at the moment as I'm on my phone, but if you look down the main page a bit, under Book chatter - Non group reads, you should see threads for our current buddy reads and one for requests. Obviously we're classic focused here, but apart from that there's no rules for buddy read books.

[Loretta]

Hayat wrote: "Hi everyone. My name is Hayat and I'm from London, England. I'm a wife and a mum of four kids and a part-time student. I'm a bibliophile, so I'll read any book as long as it sounds interesting. I r..."

Hi and welcome Hayat! I'm sure you'll enjoy the group!

[Josh]

Pink wrote: "Yes we have buddy reads! Sorry I can't link at the moment as I'm on my phone, but if you look down the main page a bit, under Book chatter - Non group reads, you should see threads for our current ..."

Great. Thank you for the response!

[Ciera]

Rizki wrote: "Hi, everyone! I'm Rizki. I'm from Indonesia. I love to read classics recently because of Mr. Darcy. Thanks to him, now i'm reading a novel by Harper Lee. Good to find u all here."

Welcome Rizki! It's so funny you read Pride & Prejudice and then To Kill a Mockingbird because those were the first two classics I read by choice as well and where my love for literature started to grow! Hope you enjoy Harper Lee and I highly recommend Jane Eyre. I loved it just as much if not more than P&P. Happy reading!

[Karin]

Hi I'm Karin.
I like reading history and fantasy. But I whould like to read more books from different genres. I like being creative. I also like running.

[Pink]

Hi Karin, welcome to the group, I like to read different genres too and try to push myself into reading things out of my comfort zone, but classics are my favourite. There's something here for everyone, with several different group reads each month, so I hope you find something to your taste :)

[Ankit]

Hello everyone ! I am Ankit from Delhi , India . I like classics a lot but havent gotten around to really digging into them. Hope to do that with this group . I am thankful to have found out a group dedicated to classics . :-)

[Pink]

Welcome Ankit, I'm glad you've joined us, you're in the right place to discover more classics, I hope you find something you enjoy :)

[Loretta]

Ankit wrote: "Hello everyone ! I am Ankit from Delhi , India . I like classics a lot but havent gotten around to really digging into them. Hope to do that with this group . I am thankful to have found out a grou..."

Hi and welcome Ankit! I'm sure you'll be "digging" into some classics here. Happy reading!

[Loretta]

Karin wrote: "Hi I'm Karin.
I like reading history and fantasy. But I whould like to read more books from different genres. I like being creative. I also like running."

Hi Karin! Welcome. I'm sure you'll find a book or two here that would be of different genres, along with great discussions! Enjoy and happy reading!

[Loretta]

Dean wrote: "Loretta wrote: "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 t..."

Dean I'm reading a R.G. Wells book too. The Island of Dr. Moreau. I'm enjoying it so far. I've not read The War of the Worlds but I did read The Time Machine which to me was only fair. You'll have to let me know how you like the one you're reading.

[Pink]

I'm also reading The Martian Chronicles for our short story read and I'm pleasantly surprised so far. The war of the worlds is one of my challenge books for this year, so I'll probably start it next month. It will be my 4th book of his and the one with the highest expectation!

[Lisa]

Hi Everyone, I just joined this group and am trying to get up to speed. What is the consensus here of what constitutes being a classic? I have read some of the books people discussed but didn't consider them classics at the time. FYI, not that it matters, I'm a retired social worker, mother, and grandmother, and just published my first book - Breaking the Fall. It's out there on Amazon and kindle.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome Karin & Ankit. I hope this group helps to broaden your book reads & I look forward to reading & sharing insights with both of you.

[Ruth]

Dean, I read The Martian last year and loved it. It was my favorite book that I read last year. Enjoy and welcome to the group.

[Karin]

thanks everyone for welcome

[Pink]

Welcome to the group Lisa :)

What constitutes a classic is a question that often pops up. For our group purposes there is no clear cut rule, other than date restrictions. Our old school classics are books published pre 1900 and so easier to define simply from age. We spent some time debating and voting over the cut off year for our new school classic, as there were many differing opinions. The result was that eligible books should be published between 1900 and 1999. Of course some books at the later end of this scale will not seem worthy of the title modern classic or even future classic, even if they're great books. However if anyone deems a book worthy of the classic title, they are free to nominate in the relevant category (depending on the books age, length and whether we've read it before) and polls will decide the outcome. I hope this helps :)

[Loretta]

Lisa wrote: "Hi Everyone, I just joined this group and am trying to get up to speed. What is the consensus here of what constitutes being a classic? I have read some of the books people discussed but didn't con..."

Hi Lisa, welcome! Hope you enjoy the classics we read here and the discussions! Happy reading!

[Lisa]

Thanks Loretta.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Lisa wrote: "Hi Everyone, I just joined this group and am trying to get up to speed. What is the consensus here of what constitutes being a classic? I have read some of the books people discussed but didn't con..."

Welcome to the group Lisa. It looks like Pink has answered your questions. We are glad you are ready to read with us.

[Jackie]

Hi everyone, I'm Jackie from Switzerland.

I enjoy reading classics a lot, although I feel I haven't read that much yet (so this group is perfect!); Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, and Mark Twain are among my favorite authors. Apart from classics, I love reading fantasy, and I'm very open-minded about many other, different genres and authors.

[Loretta]

Jackie wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm Jackie from Switzerland.

I enjoy reading classics a lot, although I feel I haven't read that much yet (so this group is perfect!); Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, and Mark Twai..."

Hi Jackie! Welcome! You aren't alone! I also feel like I haven't read many classics and that's why I joined this group. And you know what? This group is perfect because it's helped me read books that I never thought I would have. I'm sure you'll feel the same way too in time! So enjoy and happy reading!

[Jackie]

Loretta wrote: "Jackie wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm Jackie from Switzerland.

I enjoy reading classics a lot, although I feel I haven't read that much yet (so this group is perfect!); Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontë..."

Thanks for the warm welcome Loretta! Happy reading to you too! :)

[Loretta]

Jackie wrote: "Loretta wrote: "Jackie wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm Jackie from Switzerland.

I enjoy reading classics a lot, although I feel I haven't read that much yet (so this group is perfect!); Charles Dickens, ..."

My pleasure Jackie! :)

[Pink]

Welcome Jackie, I'm glad you've joined us and hope you discover plenty more classics that you enjoy. Sometimes I feel like the more I read, the more I have left to get through, as I'm always finding new books that sound amazing. The eternal problem of too many books and not enough time!

[Jackie]

Pink wrote: "Welcome Jackie, I'm glad you've joined us and hope you discover plenty more classics that you enjoy. Sometimes I feel like the more I read, the more I have left to get through, as I'm always findin..."

Thanks Pink! Happy to be here :)
Oh, I know exactly what you mean... There are so many good books to be read!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome Jackie -- so glad you have found the "perfect" group for you! I'm sure you will be perfect for us too -- so looking forward to reading with you.

[Jackie]

Kathy wrote: "Welcome Jackie -- so glad you have found the "perfect" group for you! I'm sure you will be perfect for us too -- so looking forward to reading with you."

Thanks Kathy! I look forward to reading with you too :)

[Meg]

Hi everyone! My name is Meg and I'm a high school English teacher from Philadelphia. I am interested in reading the classics because that is what is primarily taught in classrooms; therefore, I think it is important to be exposed to as many as I can! I also want to explore what defines a classic and how that definition might have changed over time. Can't wait to get started and have great discussions!