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[LauraT]

Hi everybody!!! Welcome here!
Tell us who you are and why you're here with us.
Obviously I'm a bookworm, born and living in Italy with a husband, two kids and thousends of books i don't know where to put!!!!

[Leslie]

Hello all! I am back from vacation, tan and bugbitten from hiking and kayaking in Maine U.S. with a pile of books that didn't get read...

I mostly read mysteries, historical fiction, and classics; however, about a year ago when I joined GoodReads, I started trying to read more widely. Toward that goal, I am trying to read books from the Guardian's list of 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read:

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/6243...

[LauraT]

Welcome back Leslie! Now we are really ready to start!

[A.L.]

Hello:) I am from the UK, I live with my partner, an elderly bunny and some naughty guinea pigs. I also have way too many books:)

[Gill]

Hi I'm Gill. First thing I did when I got up was check to see if the new group had started. And it's here! Thankyou so much to all the moderators.

I love lots of types of books, and am looking forward to being a member of the group.

[[deleted user]]

Hi everyone! I'm Heather, junior doctor in Hull, UK. I enjoy books, talking about books and thinking about books. In my spare time from work my other interests are running, cycling and going to the pub!

[LauraT]

hallo!!!!!
So happy to welcome the first two members!
Alexandra and Susan, we hope you'll feel at home with us. Just stroll around and see what we think, tell us what you think, and what we could do to improve things here.

[Shirley]

Great to see you here Gill and Heather!
Welcome Susan and Alexandra!

[Gemma]

Hi Everyone. Nice to see everyone here. This already seems like a lovely group. I'm Gemma. I live in Worcesrershire with my Fiancé, baby and crazy dog. We are getting married in September, so this year with planning that, and a baby I have not read nearly half of what I have liked. I enjoy reading reviews though and discovering new books.

[Paul]

Hi, I'm Paul. I live in the beautiful county of Dorset, and have no cats, and three children. I am a prolific reader, tending towards travel, science and all other types of non fiction as well as science fiction and some fantasy. I am trying to read more fiction and will give most things a go. Feel free to add me as a friend.

[LauraT]

A full year I see Gemma!!!! We'll think about you in september!
When is the exact date?

[Meran]

Paul, what are "not cats"?

[LauraT]

Paul wrote: "Hi, I'm Paul. I live in the beautiful county of Dorset, and have not cats, and three children. I am a prolific reader, tending towards travel, science and all other types of non fiction as well as ..."
Meran wrote: "Paul, what are "not cats"?"
I had the same question! We've posted at the same time Paul!

[[deleted user]]

Welcome everyone! So happy to have you all here :-)

[Paul]

Perils of cut and paste. No cats...

[Tracey]

yipheeeee :) I am a happy bunny now to see so many familiar faces.

[Gemma]

It's the 6th, Laura. It's come round very quickly!!

[LauraT]

You don't know how happy we are!!!

[Cheryl]

Hey everyone!

I'm Cheryl and I'm very glad this group exists!

[Shirley]

Cheryl wrote: "Hey everyone!

I'm Cheryl and I'm very glad this group exists!"

Lovely to have you join us Cheryl, also Tracey, Gemma, Paul and everyone else who has joined us on our first day!

[LauraT]

Welcome Cheryl!

[Vanessa]

Hi, I'm Vanessa and I live in Scotland! So glad that this group exists now, missed the old one :) I'm here obviously because I'm migrating over from TPOBAB and I love books! My usual choices are cult, classics, horror and contemporary :)

[LauraT]

Welcome Vanessa! We all hope we'll feel as much at home as before!
Since you like classics, what do you think of coming along with me in my reading the last novel of Dickens?

[Alannah]

Hi everyone, nice to be here. For anyone who doesn't know me, my name is Alannah I'm a university student currently studying English and History. I can't wait to get stuck in, I like that you've kept the challenges and the book lists so I can transfer them over.

[Jenny]

Hello all! Really glad to see you here!

[Alannah]

Hey Jenny. :)

[Shirley]

Welcome Vanessa and Alannah - lovely to see you here!

[Claire]

I am Claire from South Wales, UK. I have an ever growing list of books to read and not enough time to read them :-)

[Alannah]

Hey Shirley, lovely to see you here too.

Welcome Claire. :)

[Shirley]

Welcome Claire - hope you enjoy being part of this group!

[Bionic Jean]

Hello all - I've been soooo looking forward to the unveiling of this new group! It looks just my cup of tea with the planned reads, and has a great upbeat feel already. You can sense all the excitement just brimming up.

I'm a retired (sight problems) deputy head teacher, married, always had lots of pets including a manic border collie, cats, guinea pigs en masse....very varied reading tastes so I love to hear about any new to me.

[Alannah]

Welcome Jean. :)

[Charbel]

Hello, I'm Charbel. I'm university student from lebanon. I started reading when I was twelve and haven't stopped since. I enjoy fiction and science books, but I' ll read anything that's interesting.

[Shirley]

Jean wrote: "Hello all - I've been soooo looking forward to the unveiling of this new group! It looks just my cup of tea with the planned reads, and has a great upbeat feel already. You can sense all the excite..."

Thanks Jean, and welcome!!

[Shirley]

Charbel wrote: "Hello, I'm Charbel. I'm university student from lebanon. I started reading when I was twelve and haven't stopped since. I enjoy fiction and science books, but I' ll read anything that's interesting."

Welcome Charbel, good to have you in the group!

[Alannah]

Welcome Charbel. :)

[LauraT]

Welcome Charbel, Jean, Alannah and Clare!

[Jo]

Hi everyone! I'm Jo, I live in the UK. I adore reading and I will give anything a go. I'm one of the horrible people that judges a books by its cover, I'm a bit like a magpie in this respect if its sparkly I want it :). I hardly ever abandon a book and I'm on a mission to rescue mistreated books :) and I have a hatred of bending the spines on books it makes me wince when I see people doing it. Also folding the pages of a book to make a bookmark makes me sad:( Finally I have an obsession with bookmarks, I have about 150 of them but the fun thing is that I only use one I don't change them lol. I can't wait to get to know everyone the group is going to be awesome!

[LauraT]

Welcome Jo. I suspect that, at least in part, we all judge books by their covers.
And sometimes it can be a big mistake!!!!

[Jane]

Hello everyone!

I'm Jane and I live on the coast of Cornwall with my fiance, my border terrier and a house running out of room for books. Which doesn't mean that more won't be arriving ...

[Shirley]

Jo wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Jo, I live in the UK. I adore reading and I will give anything a go. I'm one of the horrible people that judges a books by its cover, I'm a bit like a magpie in this respect if its..."

Welcome Jo - it's great to have you here with us - right from the start!

[LauraT]

Hi Jane. How I loved Cornwall!!!

[Shirley]

Jane wrote: "Hello everyone!

I'm Jane and I live on the coast of Cornwall with my fiance, my border terrier and a house running out of room for books. Which doesn't mean that more won't be arriving ..."

Welcome Jane!

[LauraT]

Welcome Judy!!!! Nice to see you here!!!

[LauraT]

Same for me!!!!

[Shirley]

Judy wrote: "Thanks, Laura, its great to come back to my GR "home" group. :-)"

In that case, welcome home, July!!

[Alannah]

Welcome Judy, lovely to see you here.

[Kelly]

Hello! So wonderful to be amongst friends, old and new!
My name is Kelly and I'm a book hoarder.
I live in Massachusetts, USA. With my husband, two children and 5 (yes, 5!) cats all rescued.

Looking forward to chatting with all about our favorite subjects!
I have just started a reader review blog so that I can post my Net Galley reads. It's still in its infancy so any suggestions from expert bloggers are welcome.

Http://www.bookwormreviewblog.blogspo...

:)

[Alannah]

Welcome Kelly. It's so nice to see you here.

[LauraT]

Welcome Kelly!