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[Milena]

Thank you all for your nice welcome! Pink, when i need help i ask :)

[Sarah]

I've been lurking around, but have never officially introduced myself. My name is Sarah. I'm 36, married, and a mom of 1. I work part time as a nurse and I homeschool my daughter. For fun I ballroom dance and read!
Despite my age, I haven't read many classics because my brain equals classic with school. I'm trying to get over that because I need to vary my reading a bit. I'm glad to be here!

[Loretta]

Sarah wrote: "I've been lurking around, but have never officially introduced myself. My name is Sarah. I'm 36, married, and a mom of 1. I work part time as a nurse and I homeschool my daughter. For fun I ballroo..."

Hi and welcome Sarah! Glad you've decided to introduce yourself! I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here! Happy reading! :)

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Sarah wrote: "I've been lurking around, but have never officially introduced myself. My name is Sarah. I'm 36, married, and a mom of 1. I work part time as a nurse and I homeschool my daughter. For fun I ballroo..."

Welcome Sarah, nothing wrong with lurking, but I truly think it is much more fun to actively participate in the book discussions. I'm glad you are here too.

[Pink]

Welcome to the group Sarah, I'm glad you decided to introduce yourself. There's lots of us here that were put off reading classics at school, but we're making up for it now :)

[Kirsty-Ann]

Hello, I'm Kirsty.

I live in the East Midlands and live in a madhouse of pets, which is ever growing.
Current pet total: 14
I draw in my free time as well as practising Archery.

I enjoy reading fantasy novels but thought I ought to broaden my horizons. I have dabbled in classics before when I was younger (currently 23) but I think I was too young to understand them then so I figured I'd give them another shot. I'm new to GoodReads so I'll see where it takes me. :)

[Darren]

Welcome Kirsty! :o)
have you ever read My Family and Other Animals? - very much recommended, especially if you are pet-mad!

[Pink]

Welcome to the group Kirsty :)

My house feels pet crazy with 4 cats, so you've got an extra 10 animals on me!

I'm glad you've decided to give classics another try. I didn't get back into reading them until a few years ago and now they're my favourite sort of book to read.

I hope you find something that you enjoy and look forward to chatting more with you soon! :)

[Loretta]

Kirsty-Ann wrote: "Hello, I'm Kirsty.

I live in the East Midlands and live in a madhouse of pets, which is ever growing.
Current pet total: 14
I draw in my free time as well as practising Archery.

I enjoy readin..."

Hi and welcome Kristy to Goodreads and to our group! There's any array of books here to choose from! I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself and happy reading! :)

[Lisa]

Welcome Sarah. I hope that you enjoy the group.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Hi Kirsty -- I'm glad you decided to branch out in your reading and joined us. Welcome to the group.

[Kristin]

Hi I'm Kristin. I live in Norway and joined Goodreads yesterday. Although I have visited it previously to get recommendations.

[Pink]

Welcome Kristin, I'm glad you've joined us :) I hope you find some more recommendations with us! :)

[Loretta]

Kristin wrote: "Hi I'm Kristin. I live in Norway and joined Goodreads yesterday. Although I have visited it previously to get recommendations."

Hi and welcome Kristin to Goodreads and our group which I'm sure you'll enjoy! Happy reading! :)

[Terris]

Darren wrote: "Welcome Kirsty! :o)
have you ever read My Family and Other Animals? - very much recommended, especially if you are pet-mad!"

I just watched the 2005 BBC version of that on DVD and loved it! Also, the new updated version will air on PBS on October 16th (The Durrells of Corfu). I'm looking forward to it. I think reading George Durrell's books about his family and pets would be fun. He was an interesting man!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome to the group Kristin. I'm sure you will find some great books to read here.

[Hailee]

Hello and welcome Sarah, Kirsty and Kristen. I hope you all enjoy being part of this group.

[Jen]

Welcome Kirsty, Kirsten & Sarah!

Darren wrote: "Welcome Kirsty! :o)
have you ever read My Family and Other Animals? - very much recommended, especially if you are pet-mad!"

I second (third?) this recommendation! Gerald Durrell's books are great fun, especially for animal lovers, I grew up on them as he's a bit of a local hero,

I'd also recommend James Herriot, who wrote some wonderful books about his time as a Yorkshire vet :)

[Nell]

Hi! I'm Nicole. I'm a library sciences grad student, I have a kitten, I read a lot, I knit. I'm trying to work through more classics so I figured this group would be good!

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Nicole wrote: "Hi! I'm Nicole. I'm a library sciences grad student, I have a kitten, I read a lot, I knit. I'm trying to work through more classics so I figured this group would be good!"

Welcome to the group Nicole. I hope this group will be a great fit for you on your goal to read more classics.

[Ruth]

Hello Kristy, Kirsten, Sarah and Nicole. I hope you discover lots of great books.

[Loretta]

Nicole wrote: "Hi! I'm Nicole. I'm a library sciences grad student, I have a kitten, I read a lot, I knit. I'm trying to work through more classics so I figured this group would be good!"

Hi and welcome Nicole! This is definitely the group to read more classics! There's something for everyone! I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here! Happy reading! :)

[Hailee]

Nicole wrote: "Hi! I'm Nicole. I'm a library sciences grad student, I have a kitten, I read a lot, I knit. I'm trying to work through more classics so I figured this group would be good!"

Hi Nicole welcome to the group. I'm a Library Advisor myself at a university in the U.K. Hope you find some good recommendations here.

[Brina]

Welcome Kristy-Ann, Kristin, and Nicole. Glad you all joined to read classics here and I hope that you have gotten used to the group and are finding books that you like and enjoy.

[Pink]

Hi Nicole, welcome to the group! This is definitely a good place for reading the classics, I hope you find something you enjoy :)

[Jamie]

Hi! I'm Jamie. I'm a stay at home homeschooling momma. I live in Western Pa. I'm so glad I found this group. It's perfect and what I've been looking for. I enjoy reading eclectically. My favorite genre is Historical Fiction and lately I've been really obsessed with Classics. I'm currently reading Jane Eyre. My hobbies include reading, genealogy, and crochet although lately I've been forgoing crocheting for reading or researching :) I'm looking forward to being a part of the group, getting to know other members, and reading more Classics!

[Brina]

Welcome Jamie. Glad you joined. I home schooled for a year and it wasn't for me but I give major kudos to anyone who is able to do it. Hope you are able to take time for yourself by reading classics in this group. Enjoy.

[Kristin]

I started a new goal yesterday. To read a book by all Nobel prize winners. Printed a list of all of them and it was surprisingly few I had already read (and surprisingly many I had not heard about). I guess this would qualify as "catching up on classics".

[Hailee]

Jamie wrote: "Hi! I'm Jamie. I'm a stay at home homeschooling momma. I live in Western Pa. I'm so glad I found this group. It's perfect and what I've been looking for. I enjoy reading eclectically. My favorite g..."

Hi Jamie welcome to the group. I'm reading Jane Eyre at the moment as well. Its a reread for me and I'm about 100 pages in and enjoying it even more than I did last time. How are you liking it?

[Celeste]

Welcome, Nicole! Welcome, Jamie!
Jane Eyre is a wonderful book, Jamie. I hope you enjoy it!

[Jamie]

Celeste wrote: "Welcome, Nicole! Welcome, Jamie!
Jane Eyre is a wonderful book, Jamie. I hope you enjoy it!"

Thank you! I am very much so :)

[Jamie]

Hailee wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Hi! I'm Jamie. I'm a stay at home homeschooling momma. I live in Western Pa. I'm so glad I found this group. It's perfect and what I've been looking for. I enjoy reading eclectically...."

I am loving it! Sad that I'm almost finished :(

[Jamie]

Brina wrote: "Welcome Jamie. Glad you joined. I home schooled for a year and it wasn't for me but I give major kudos to anyone who is able to do it. Hope you are able to take time for yourself by reading classic..."

Thank you! It was rough the past few years but recently my youngest is very independent and just wants her daily list of things to do on her own and my oldest just signed up for cyber school so that takes a lot of pressure off me and frees up time.

[Pink]

Welcome Jaime, glad to have you here and I hope you'll find time to join us with some classics :)

Kristin, I think reading any books by Nobel laureates classifies as catching up on classics. The literature prize for 2016 should be awarded this week. I've actually been reading a few articles about the people who missed out and why that might have been, it's quite interesting to know why they were shunned!

[Kristin]

Pink wrote: "Welcome Jaime, glad to have you here and I hope you'll find time to join us with some classics :)

Kristin, I think reading any books by Nobel laureates classifies as catching up on classics. The ..."

I think the date for the the litterature prize has not been set yet. I have googled for some days now. I also try to follow up on the Man Booker Prize (which will be awarded on October 25). Sometimes the person receiving the Booker prize will receive the litterature prize (Coetzee for example) and I'm so pleased when the litterature prize is awarded that I have already read a book by the author. Sometimes I have not even heard of him/her.
As regards your second comment, I absolutely agree. I also read recently why Solzhenitzyn declined. Quite heartbreaking story.

[Pink]

No the date is not set yet, but it comes after the other science prizes, which have been awarded this week, so I'm expecting an announcement any day now. I'm interested to see who gets the Peace prize this year as well.

I take notice of the Booker Prize too, although I'm not that interested in any of the shortlist this year.

[Kristin]

Pink wrote: "No the date is not set yet, but it comes after the other science prizes, which have been awarded this week, so I'm expecting an announcement any day now. I'm interested to see who gets the Peace pr..."

Peace prize will be announced Friday. Living in Oslo, I am of course interested. It is the one day each year where Oslo is the center of attention.

[Pink]

Kristin, I read this great article about possible literature winners. https://newrepublic.com/article/13749...

[Kristin]

Pink wrote: "Kristin, I read this great article about possible literature winners. https://newrepublic.com/article/13749..."

Thanks Pink. A very amusing article. Some of the comments were right to the point. Took me a few moments to get the irony, but after that it was hilarious.
Let's revisit this discussion after the prize is announced.

[Brina]

Welcome Isabella. Hope you enjoy reading the classics in this group ;)

[Loretta]

Isabella wrote: "Hello, I am Isabella. This year has been a great year for me when it comes to reading the classics. Some of my favorites this year were Our Mutual Friend, The Moonstone, The Woman in White, Mrs Dal..."

Hi and welcome Isabella! Glad that you've had a great year so far reading the classics! There's still time to read more and I know that with this group, you can do it! We read an array of classics so jump right in! Enjoy and happy reading! :)

[Pink]

Welcome Isabella, that does look like a great year of classics so far, I hope you find a few more favourites with us :)

[Hailee]

Welcome to the group Isabella :-)

[Tasha]

Jamie wrote: "Hi! I'm Jamie. I'm a stay at home homeschooling momma. I live in Western Pa. I'm so glad I found this group. It's perfect and what I've been looking for. I enjoy reading eclectically. My favorite g..."

Hi Jamie, I am a home schooling momma too living in Eastern PA! haha! I just joined this group a few weeks ago so am new as well.

[Loretta]

Heather wrote: "Hello! As an English major, I read a good deal of the classic classics, we'll say. I always have my top favs - Wuthering Heights, Lord of the Flies, your Fitzgeralds and Hemingways. But, in adultho..."

Hi and welcome Heather! Glad to have another lover of Wuthering Heights join our classics group! I'm sure you'll find the classics that we read to your liking. A little bit of something for everyone! Enjoy and happy reading! :)

[Loretta]

Tasha wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Hi! I'm Jamie. I'm a stay at home homeschooling momma. I live in Western Pa. I'm so glad I found this group. It's perfect and what I've been looking for. I enjoy reading eclectically...."

Hi and welcome to you Jamie! Glad you've joined our group and introduced yourself! Enjoy yourself and happy reading! :)

[Pink]

Welcome to the group Heather, I'm glad you decided to join and hope you'll find some recommendations that suit you :)

[Shanice]

Hello!! My name is Shanice and I'm from Scotland - I've recently started getting back into reading books a few months ago and started with reading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier which has re-ignited my love for classics (seriously though, SUCH a good book!!). 1984 by George Orwell was the very first classic I read back in High School and although it was for writing an essay, it's what begun my love for classics!

I LOVE reading although I haven't always had time for it - being at University studying Psychology then into a Masters doing Psychology of Mental Health left little time for the books I love and lots more time spent on text books and journal articles!! Straight into a job from there where I work in Suicide Prevention, the majority of my time was spent immersed in work and again left little time for the things I love!!

Now I've simply made sure I give myself the time to read, i have now taken up cross-stitching and my dog that was adopted 4 months ago definitely tops the list!! I'm so excited to start getting back into the classics (I'm currently counting down the days to pay day so I can treat myself to the collection of Jane Austen novels, eep!!!) and feel like this is a brilliant place to do so!

[Loretta]

Shanice wrote: "Hello!! My name is Shanice and I'm from Scotland - I've recently started getting back into reading books a few months ago and started with reading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier which has re-ignited ..."

Hi and welcome Shanice! Excellent book to start your journey back into reading classics! Rebecca is a great book! 1984 is a book I read again this year and liked it so much better the second time around!

Your schedule sounds pretty hectic but it's always nice to wind down your day with your puppy and a good book!

I'm sure you'll find this group and its members enjoyable! Happy reading! :)

[Pink]

Welcome to the group Shanice! You've mentioned a couple of my favourite classic books, I'm glad you enjoyed them. I hope you enjoy your new collection of Austen too!