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[Connie]

I'm Connie D. I moved from Shelfari and didn't notice this group until recently. I like to read all sorts of genres, children's books, YA books, general fiction and non-fiction, including some classics and 1001 Books. I'm joining this group partly to keep me on track with reading some classics and having a chance to discuss them. In regular life, I live in the Northwest U.S., teach English and work part-time at a library.

[Connie]

P.S. Have there been nominations and choices for January 2017???

[Brina]

Welcome Connie. The January nominations are done and the February polls are up. Glad you joined to read classics here and look forward to seeing you in the group.

[Hailee]

Welcome to all our new members :-)

Connie - here is a link to a page that lists all the upcoming reads.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Emily]

Hi, I'm Emily from the UK.

I'm an English Literature and Language student and I love reading. I am open to reading most novel, and am currently very interested in reading more classics :)

[Pink]

Welcome Connie, hopefully you've found our list of upcoming group reads, you still have time to vote for February as well :)

Welcome Emily, I'm glad you've joined us! We have lots of classics to read here, so hopefully you'll find something that suits you :)

[Brina]

Welcome, Emily, glad you joined us to read classics here.

[Pedro]

Tara wrote: "Hello everyone, my name is Tara. I'm from the United States. I love classic literature, and books in general . Dostoevsky is my favorite author of all time. I've been a lurker in this group for awh..."

That's so cool *-* another Dostoyevski buff, that's so cool. HUGE PROPS FROM BRAZIL!

[Loretta]

Connie wrote: "I'm Connie D. I moved from Shelfari and didn't notice this group until recently. I like to read all sorts of genres, children's books, YA books, general fiction and non-fiction, including some clas..."

Hi and welcome Connie! You'll definitely read the classics here and have discussions with group members! Enjoy yourself and happy reading! :)

[Loretta]

Emily wrote: "Hi, I'm Emily from the UK.

I'm an English Literature and Language student and I love reading. I am open to reading most novel, and am currently very interested in reading more classics :)"

Hi and welcome Emily! Happy reading! :)

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Hi Connie & Emily -- welcome to our group. So glad that you are now a part of us.

[Terris]

Connie wrote: "I'm Connie D. I moved from Shelfari and didn't notice this group until recently. I like to read all sorts of genres, children's books, YA books, general fiction and non-fiction, including some clas..."

Hi Connie! I joined this group only about 6 months ago. I'll think you'll really like it. They are really active -- More active than any other group that I've been involved with! I'm excited to join in the challenges and group reads that they have set up. So jump in and have fun! :)

[Brina]

Welcome, Katie. Glad you joined to read classics here. Looking forward to seeing you in the group.

[Loretta]

Katie wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Katie from London and I'm studying English Literature at university. I thought I'd join Goodreads for the new year. I love the classics, but there are a few I am yet to tackle. I'm..."

Hi Katie, welcome! Enjoy and happy reading! :)

[Connie]

Terris wrote: "Connie wrote: "I'm Connie D. I moved from Shelfari and didn't notice this group until recently. I like to read all sorts of genres, children's books, YA books, general fiction and non-fiction, incl..."

Very cool!

[Connie]

Pink wrote: "Welcome Connie, hopefully you've found our list of upcoming group reads, you still have time to vote for February as well :)

Welcome Emily, I'm glad you've joined us! We have lots of classics to r..."

Thanks, Pink. I've found them and voted for February too.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome to the group Katie, I look forward to discussing books with you too.

[Pink]

That's great Connie :)

Welcome Katie, I hope you enjoy the group. I think most of us here have felt behind with classics at some point, I still do as there's just so much to read! Hopefully this group can help you catch up a bit more :)

[Sue]

Hi everyone Im Q. I live in Texas with my husband and 4 children. I love to read, watch movies, shop, diy projects, and spending time in the great outdoors; swimming, camping, fishing, nature walks. I love to read historical fiction and nonfiction but will read most anything I can get my hands on. Although, I don't care much for horror films or books. I'm looking forward to interacting with all of you in this group.

[Pink]

Welcome to the group Q, I'm glad you've joined us and look forward to discussing some classic books with you :)

[Brina]

Welcome Q. I also have 4 kids so I know how hard it is to find time to read. Glad you joined to read classics here.

[Loretta]

Q wrote: "Hi everyone Im Q. I live in Texas with my husband and 4 children. I love to read, watch movies, shop, diy projects, and spending time in the great outdoors; swimming, camping, fishing, nature walks..."

Hi and welcome Q! Enjoy yourself and happy reading! :)

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome to the group Q, glad to have you in the group.

[Ashley]

Hello one and all! My name is Ashley, and I am from Kentucky. I am a mom of one and have 3 furry kitty babies. Books are many things to many people and one thing they are for me is medicine. I suffer from severe anxiety and they calm me and give me peace. I enjoy the escape and the quiet - the comfort they provide.
I enjoy the classics, YA, fantasy, and light hearted rom com's from time to time.
A couple of other tid-bits, I love hot tea (particularly peppermint), sunny days, flowers and birds.
Happy reading everyone and Happy New Year.

[Brina]

Welcome Ashley. I live near to you- in southern Ohio. Glad you joined to read classics here and I look forward to seeing you in the group.

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Ashley wrote: "Hello one and all! My name is Ashley, and I am from Kentucky. I am a mom of one and have 3 furry kitty babies. Books are many things to many people and one thing they are for me is medicine. I suff..."

Hi Ashley. I'm just beginning to participate in this group too. I wanted to say that I totally relate to what you said about anxiety and the peace, comfort, and escape that books can provide! Very well put :)

[Ruth]

Q wrote: "Hi everyone Im Q. I live in Texas with my husband and 4 children. I love to read, watch movies, shop, diy projects, and spending time in the great outdoors; swimming, camping, fishing, nature walks..."

Hi Q. Welcome to the group! What are your favourite historical fiction books? I'm always on the look out for a new book :)

[Ruth]

Ashley wrote: "Hello one and all! My name is Ashley, and I am from Kentucky. I am a mom of one and have 3 furry kitty babies. Books are many things to many people and one thing they are for me is medicine. I suff..."

Hi Ashley. I completely agree with you about books being an escape and a comfort. Welcome to the group!

[Pink]

Welcome to the group Ashley, I hope you find some classics you enjoy and join us for some friendly discussion :)

[Ashley]

Thank you for the warm welcome. I'm very excoted about this group!

[Loretta]

Ashley wrote: "Hello one and all! My name is Ashley, and I am from Kentucky. I am a mom of one and have 3 furry kitty babies. Books are many things to many people and one thing they are for me is medicine. I suff..."

Hi and welcome Ashley! Happy reading! :)

[Sankara Jayanth]

Hello everyone! I'm Jayanth, from India. I'm excited to join this group dedicated to reading classics because I love reading them. I've never read books along with a group before, so looking forward to this. I have this resolution to read as many classics as I can because in 2016, 2 books had a lasting impact on me. One is Frankenstein by Mary Shelly and the other is The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. Both books left me speechless for hours after finishing and I literally spent days thinking about the books, even while at work because, I don't know what to call it, magic? The stories were, for me, masterpieces, the literature alike, the characters had so much depth that the stories felt all real. These books, I will treasure them for life. So I want to read more classics in 2017.

Good luck to you all, happy reading!

[Pamela]

Hello, all! I'm Pam Shropshire, age 50 (ugh - still can't quite believe it), married with 2 sons, 3 grandkids, 3 dogs and 5 cats! I'm a paralegal to a solo attorney in our town of about 20,000.

Reading has always been a huge part of my life; I don't remember NOT being able to read nor do I have memories of learning to read. I've been collecting books since I was probably 7 years old. I recall saving my allowance weeks in advance of the library book sale and bringing home boxes of books.

I've been a Goodreads member since 2011, but have really become active just in the past 2 years.

I have a home library with about 1800 books, about 1/3 of which I have not yet read. I accidentally stumbled across this group and decided to join because in the past year, I made an effort to read some of the classics in my library that I either have never read or haven't read since high school. I went on a Dickens binge for a while. I finally got through Wuthering Heights, which I could never get into before. I love Jane Austen and reread P&P, S&S, Emma and Persuasion at least once a year (Persuasion is my favorite, and I still haven't read Mansfield Park).

I read a lot of genres besides classics, including romance (mostly historical), mysteries, some sci-fi and nonfiction. I'm looking forward to more reading in 2017!

[Brina]

Welcome, Jayanth and Pam. Glad you both joined the group to read classics with us. Hope you enjoy the books in the group and looking forward to seeing you here.

[Pink]

Welcome to the group Jayanth and Pam, I'm sure this is the right place for any lover of classics, so hopefully you'll discover some more favourite books and join us for some great discussions :)

[[deleted user]]

Helllo! I'm Sharon, and I'm from Ohio. I love reading classics but somehow have gotten away from them this year. I'm hoping to get back to them in 2017 with this group. Love the categories in the bingo challenge, and I'm also interested in the women's challenge. The monthly group reads look good, too! Looking forward to everything here.

[Ashley]

Pamela, welcome! I am very new to this group as well, and LOVE it already! I am in awe of your personal library. I am continually building mine, and have maybe 200, give or take some. I enjoy having books all around me and can always re-read a book I have enjoyed. Books and the collection of them is a treasure that I wish more people valued.

Jayanth, welcome to you as well. Alexandre Dumas is my favorite Classic Author. His attention to detail and character development pulls me right in. You would probably enjoy his other works as well. However, Monte Cristo.... is AMAZING. I can relate to your continued thinking of the book and its characters after you had finished. the same thing happened to me.

[Loretta]

Jayanth wrote: "Hello everyone! I'm Jayanth, from India. I'm excited to join this group dedicated to reading classics because I love reading them. I've never read books along with a group before, so looking forwar..."

Hello and welcome Jayanth! We're excited that you found our group! You'll enjoy the books that we read based on the favorites you've listed and you'll definitely read more classics in 2017 joining this group! Enjoy yourself and happy reading! :)

[Loretta]

Pamela wrote: "Hello, all! I'm Pam Shropshire, age 50 (ugh - still can't quite believe it), married with 2 sons, 3 grandkids, 3 dogs and 5 cats! I'm a paralegal to a solo attorney in our town of about 20,000.

R..."

Hi and welcome Pamela! Happy reading! :)

[Pink]

Welcome to the group Sharon! I'm glad you're looking forward to so many of our group reads and challenges! There's no need to join in with everything, as we have so much going on, but pick and choose what suits you most :)

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Welcome to our group; Ashley, Jayanth, Pam, and Sharon. I'm looking forward to reading and discussing books with all of you.

[Loretta]

Sharon wrote: "Helllo! I'm Sharon, and I'm from Ohio. I love reading classics but somehow have gotten away from them this year. I'm hoping to get back to them in 2017 with this group. Love the categories in the b..."

Hi Sharon, welcome! This group will definitely get you back to reading the classics! We have a great selection of books each month so jump in anywhere! Happy reading! :)

[MJ]

Hi! I'm MJ and I'm from Manitoba (Canada). I found this group by accident. I do love reading classics, but am not sure how active I will be this year. The Bingo looks interesting and complicated. I noticed that Steinbeck's The Pearl is coming up as a future read and I am planning to read along. Happy new year!

[Brina]

Welcome, MJ. Happy new year and I hope you enjoy the classics in this group.

[Bevin Kutluoglu]

Hi! I'm Bevin, from Vancouver (Canada). I was looking for another Classics group to join since the one I was in previously just sort of ... dissolved, I suppose. I like the idea of this group b/c of all the different books you have going on at one time!

I do have a lot going on this year so I'm not sure how active I'll be, but I do like to have something keeping me reading literature (it keeps me sane!). I like everything, so long as it's well written & engaging, but since I grew up with science fiction (thanks to my engineer dad) & mysteries (I lived Nancy Drew for a while), those seem to be my go-to genres. Classic SF & mysteries, anyone?

Looking forward to what this year brings!

[Pink]

Welcome MJ, there's no need to participate in everything, as we have a lot going on! I hope you'll join the discussion for The Pearl :)

Welcome Bevin, I'm glad you like the look of our group. Don't worry about how active you'll be, just join us when you have time for some classic reading :)

[Squire]

Hello, everyone! My name is Squire and I currently hail from Kansas City MO. I've been bumming around GR since 2012, but I've never been much of a tech guy, so my interest in the internet comes and goes. But my interest in books (and other people's views on them) does not.

I don't have an e-reader (the one I was given for Christmas in 2014 I returned and bought some hardcovers I wanted for my collection); reading from a computer screen puts me to sleep; but I can read a physical book for hours.

I have a long list of classics I've read over the last 30-odd years in another thread: SB: 4 Decades of Classics. I've spent the last 28 years trying to read all those books I was supposed to in college (have you seen the size of a Norton Survey Anthology? I'm a slow reader--it would take me most of a year to read the whole thing, let alone a semester!)and I'm nearing the end of my list. But GR keeps me going with new titles (and reminds me of things I'd left off my uber-tbr).

Looking forward to reading everyone's views in 2017!

[Pink]

Welcome Squire! You're not the only one catching up with classics we should have read in school or college. It feels like a never ending journey sometimes, but a fun one! I hope you enjoy our group and good luck with adding to your classics list :)

[Pink]

Welcome Melissa! Online book groups are certainly easier to find time for than a real life group. Hopefully we'll encourage you to keep up with your 2017 reading, when you find the time! I'm happy to see you're interested in rereading The Pearl, I hope you'll join us for the group discussions :) Happy New Year!

[Brina]

Welcome, Bevin, Squire, and Meldy. Glad you joined us to read classics here and I look forward to seeing you in the group.