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Jane wrote: "Hi!I'm Jane, I live in London and I grew up in a home with classic literature and Agatha Christie books, so I had an early start to classics!
My favourite author is Edgar Allan Poe and I'm just ..."
Hi and welcome Jane! I just recently started to read Poe and I very much enjoy his stories. Good to know that you'll be reading The Birds and Other Stories with us. Some of us, like me, have finished it already so you'll be in good company. I know you'll enjoy yourself here! Happy reading! :)
Welcome Jane! Fellow Poe lover here, too!
Welcome to the group Jane! I hope you enjoy it here, I'm about to start our group read of The Birds too :)
Hi everyone!For a school project I am doing research on Blackwell's (a British book retailer) and I need some people who have been there at least once to fill in my questionnaire (who better to turn to than the book community!).
This only takes 2-3 minutes (I swear!) and it would help me out so much :) Would anyone like to fill it in? THANKS!
https://nl.surveymonkey.com/r/T2LZYPR
Hi! I'm Celia, but everyone calls me Cely!(Seh-lee)I have a lot of interests and I'm happy to say that reading is one of them. Besides reading, I enjoy traveling, playing guitar, listening to alt. rock. Some of my favorite artists include: Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Beatles, and Amy Winehouse. I also enjoy a good movie thriller...anything with a bit of horror or sci-fi is great. I really like anime as well. And I do A LOT of Netflix.
Currently, I'm watching: Gilmore Girls and Supernatural. Love the wit and humor, not to mention female empowerment in Gilmore Girls(also, it makes me want to read the heck out of books!-hence goodreads) and Supernatural, well...what can I say? The brothers are yummy! Plus, angels & demons...it's awesome. #TeamCastiel<33
Anyway, I joined Goodreads because I'd really like to learn more about the reading community and...be a part of it. I hope to expand my knowledge by reading, make some friends along the way and, as a result, expand my world. Happy reading!
Hi! I'm Mónica, I live in Mexico City and one of my hobbies is reading. I joined so I can keep knowing books all around the world, and to keep practicing my english - I would appreciate your comments if I commit any kind of atrocity in my writing :p
Nowadays I'm studying french and I think I'm ready to begin reading in this language, I hope I can do it with a book of the club :)
Welcome Celia and Monica. Glad you both joined to read classics here. Looking forward to seeing both of you in the group.
Brina wrote: "Welcome Celia and Monica. Glad you both joined to read classics here. Looking forward to seeing both of you in the group."Thanks Brina! and thank you for the friend request! :)
Mónica wrote: "Hi! I'm Mónica, I live in Mexico City and one of my hobbies is reading. I joined so I can keep knowing books all around the world, and to keep practicing my english - I would appreciate your comm..."
Hi Monica! I'm Celia. I love Mexico. I frequently visit. I think your english is great!
Hope we can be friends.
Good luck with your french!
Celia [aka✿Mrs. Darcy] wrote: "Hi! I'm Celia, but everyone calls me Cely!(Seh-lee)I have a lot of interests and I'm happy to say that reading is one of them. Besides reading, I enjoy traveling, playing guitar, listening to alt..."
Hi and welcome Cely! I'm sure you'll find that Goodreads and our group will definitely expand your reading! I love all music too, specifically The Beatles! Gilmore Girls is great, although I haven't watched the new show on Netflix, yet. Enjoy yourself here and happy reading! :)
Mónica wrote: "Hi! I'm Mónica, I live in Mexico City and one of my hobbies is reading. I joined so I can keep knowing books all around the world, and to keep practicing my english - I would appreciate your comm..."
Hi Monica! Welcome! You'll see that we read many different authors, books from all over the world! Don't worry about your English! It's fine! Just jump in on our threads and have fun! Happy reading! :)
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Welcome to all our new members, it's wonderful to watch this group grow and grow. I hope you all enjoy it here and have fun with the classics!
Celia [aka✿Mrs. Darcy] wrote: "Mónica wrote: "Hi! I'm Mónica, I live in Mexico City and one of my hobbies is reading. I joined so I can keep knowing books all around the world, and to keep practicing my english - I would appre..."
Thanks, Cely. That'll be a pleasure!
Hi! I'm Fred and I absolutely adore reading books and reading all genres. I review and wrap up books after I've read them which is why I have this app and I want to get more into classics as well as others! If you look at my currently reading, there is an Agatha Christie there and I completely adore Christie!!!! But does she count as a classic, I'm not sure...!
Hope to talk to you soon! Xx
Fred wrote: "Hi! I'm Fred and I absolutely adore reading books and reading all genres. I review and wrap up books after I've read them which is why I have this app and I want to get more into classics as well a..."Hi Fred!
I don't know if she counts as a classic, but I think she does, at least in the mystery and policial genres. I'm looking forward to get into something of her authorship since my mother was an avid reader of her books. Which one do you recommend me to get started?
Keep reading :)
Hi guys! I live in Virginia and am currently reading Emma by Jane Austen. I love Victor Hugo, and Les Mis is my favorite novel. As you guys can imagine I have no one (except my sister) to fangirl with about my love for real-live literature. XD. But I love reading basically everything I can find!
Welcome Fred. I love Agatha Christie mysteries and I somehow fit in the first Bridget Jones book for my bingo for next year. Looking forward to having you in the group.
Fred wrote: "Hi! I'm Fred and I absolutely adore reading books and reading all genres. I review and wrap up books after I've read them which is why I have this app and I want to get more into classics as well a..."Hi Fred, welcome! Enjoy and happy reading! :)
Fred wrote: "Hi! I'm Fred and I absolutely adore reading books and reading all genres. I review and wrap up books after I've read them which is why I have this app and I want to get more into classics as well a..."Welcome Fred! I see you're reading Hallowe'en Party. I just picked that one up, but have not started it yet. How do you like it so far? I would definitely say some of her books could be considered classics, especially for their genre. I love Agatha Christie too and enjoy just sitting down and relaxing with one of her books sometimes.
This is a great group and you'll find many choices each month to read. I hope you enjoy reading classics with this group. It's introduced me to some that I had not heard of before, and that's always a good thing!
Emily wrote: "Hi guys! I live in Virginia and am currently reading Emma by Jane Austen. I love Victor Hugo, and Les Mis is my favorite novel. As you guys can imagine I have no one (except my sister) to fangirl w..."Hi and welcome Emily! You're in good company here with other members who love Emma and all books by Jane Austen. I also share my love of all books with my sister, brother and sister-in-law! I'm sure you'll like the group! Happy reading! :)
Mónica wrote: "Fred wrote: "Hi! I'm Fred and I absolutely adore reading books and reading all genres. I review and wrap up books after I've read them which is why I have this app and I want to get more into class..."I still can't believe I haven't read Murder on the Orient Express yet, but many people love that one. Of her books I have read, so far my favourites are The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, And Then There Were None, and Death on the Nile. I think any of those would be great to start with.
Emily wrote: "Hi guys! I live in Virginia and am currently reading Emma by Jane Austen. I love Victor Hugo, and Les Mis is my favorite novel. As you guys can imagine I have no one (except my sister) to fangirl w..."Welcome Emily! I hope you enjoy reading classics with this group. It's a wonderful group, and we have many books to choose from each month. Emma is one that is still sitting on my shelf, and I really need to get to it, but I love what I've read of Jane Austen so far.
Welcome Fred and Emily, I hope you enjoy the group and join us for some classics reading. By the way, I'd say Agatha Christie definitely counts as a modern classic of murder mystery!
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Welcome to everyone I've missed out on saying 'hello' to. I hope that you enjoy. This is a great group.
Hi,My name is Jane Fischer and I live in Oregon. I began my relationship with goodreads in earnest last year by doing the VT Reading Challenge. I've never read more than 5 books in any year in my life! I signed up for 30 and ended up with 52! The goal is to read books from many genres to broaden horizons, basically. It's a reading list with 104 entries with everything from biographies, theology, Pulitzers, comics, books with an ugly cover, etc. I never would have believed I could read that many books in one year! There are at least 10 spots for classics and add to that wild card choices and I decided that I'd focus on classics for those spots this year, as well as the novel over 400 pages and other parts of the list that would use a classic. I decided to join this group and focus on the 4 choices each month. Looking forward to Remains of the Day and beginning the Three Musketeers and hopefully discussing both. BTW, I'm getting ready to start Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro, the author of Remains of the Day.
Hi everyone! I am Sarah and I am from southwestern Illinois. I enjoy reading a variety of books, but I especially enjoy literary fiction, narrative non-fiction, historical fiction, and memoirs. I have been a long time lurker in the group, but I am hoping to be more active in 2017!
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Welcome, Jane and Sarah. Glad you both joined to read classics here. Looking forward to seeing you both in the group.
Lieke wrote: "Hi everyone!For a school project I am doing research on Blackwell's (a British book retailer) and I need some people who have been there at least once to fill in my questionnaire (who better to tu..."
I'll fill it out for you. I used to work next door to a Blackwell's!
Another Jane! Hi Jane and Sarah, nice to meet you :-)
Welcome, Sarah and Jane. Jane, glad you found a love of reading!
Jane wrote: "Hi,My name is Jane Fischer and I live in Oregon. I began my relationship with goodreads in earnest last year by doing the VT Reading Challenge. I've never read more than 5 books in any year in my ..."
Hi Jane, welcome! Happy reading! :)
Sarah wrote: "Hi everyone! I am Sarah and I am from southwestern Illinois. I enjoy reading a variety of books, but I especially enjoy literary fiction, narrative non-fiction, historical fiction, and memoirs. I h..."Hi Sarah! So happy to see you here! You'll enjoy yourself here, I promise! Many great books are read and many great discussions with members are had! Happy reading! :)
Welcome to all our new members!Sarah wrote: "Hi everyone! I am Sarah and I am from southwestern Illinois. I enjoy reading a variety of books, but I especially enjoy literary fiction, narrative non-fiction, historical fiction, and memoirs. I h..."
Hello fellow Sarah from Illinois :)
Welcome to the group Jane and Sarah :) I hope you enjoy it here and have fun reading the classics!
Emily wrote: "Hi guys! I live in Virginia and am currently reading Emma by Jane Austen. I love Victor Hugo, and Les Mis is my favorite novel. As you guys can imagine I have no one (except my sister) to fangirl w..."Hope you enjoy Emma!! I just started reading my first Jane Austen book!
Sarah wrote: "Welcome to all our new members!Sarah wrote: "Hi everyone! I am Sarah and I am from southwestern Illinois. I enjoy reading a variety of books, but I especially enjoy literary fiction, narrative no..."
Hello to you, other Sarah from Illinois. :)
Hey guys :) My name is Andrea, I'm from Germany, and I just finished studying literature. I'm your classic lit student: I love Shakespeare, Austen, Gaskell, even Dickens sometimes :)
Andrea wrote: "Hey guys :) My name is Andrea, I'm from Germany, and I just finished studying literature. I'm your classic lit student: I love Shakespeare, Austen, Gaskell, even Dickens sometimes :)"Welcome and enjoy!
This is a fun place to read classics!
Make sure you look into our annual classics bingo game!
2017 will be my 3rd year to play and I'm addicted!
Andrea (Catsos Person) is a Compulsive eBook Hoarder wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Hey guys :) My name is Andrea, I'm from Germany, and I just finished studying literature. I'm your classic lit student: I love Shakespeare, Austen, Gaskell, even Dickens sometimes :)..."That sounds like fun :) Ok, I just checked, thanks to my studies I would've been able to easily check off 10 squares this year :D
Wow!Ten squares without trying!
The benefits of being a lit student!
Welcome Andrea. That is amazing that you are able to read so many classics while in school. I am glad you joined to share your love of reading classics here and I look forward to seeing you in the group.
Andrea (Catsos Person) is a Compulsive eBook Hoarder wrote: "The benefits of being a lit student!"
Has to be good for something :D
Brina wrote: "Welcome Andrea. That is amazing that you are able to read so many classics while in school. I am glad you joined to share your love of reading classics here and I look forward to seeing you in the ..."Thanks :) And thanks for the friend-invite!
My pleasure :-). I for one did not read that many classics when I was in school and that is why I am in this group.
Brina wrote: "My pleasure :-). I for one did not read that many classics when I was in school and that is why I am in this group."We didn't read many classics in school, either. I can't remember anything other than Macbeth and The Handmaid's Tale... I only started loving classics at University.
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Thank you very much for the welcome and the friend request! About to get cracking on The Birds :-)