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Welcome Giorgiaelisa. You are in good company with all your books. I have enough to keep me busy for a long time, and thanks to this group, I keep discovering more!
welcome giorgiaelisa. have fun here! :)
Hi everyone,I'm Colleen,married with 4 children,I love to read and get lost in a book
Colleen wrote: "Hi everyone,I'm Colleen,married with 4 children,I love to read and get lost in a book"
Welcome Colleen!
hey colleen welcome to the group! have fun.
Thank you all!!!@ Jean and Jenny: the thread about Anna was the reason I joned the group!!!
Oh good :)Now you're in here though, have fun! It's a great group :)
Welcome Giorgiaelisa and Colleen! Please feel free to join in any of the ongoing discussions or to ask questions.
Welcome new members Giorgiaelisa and Colleen have fun.
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LauraT wrote: "The house is really great! The only "problem" is that we have 3 big bedrooms and I've lost my kids:before they were always in ourvliving room, now each in his room!!!"Haha! So peace and quiet for you! Extra reading time!. I'm so glad your house is so lovely Laura :)
Hi Everyone ,I was looking at groups to join and noticed that several of my Goodreads friends are here - Tracey , Beth, and Jean so I knew this would be a good place to be . I have been a Goodreads member for several years , but have only been involved in groups for less than a year and I really enjoy the interaction with other people who love to read . Looking forward to the conversations here .
Welcome Angela! Feel free to jump into any of the discussions, or to browse and lurk for a while :)
Yeaaah!! Hello Angela brilliant to see you on here. This group is great and really friendly. Hope you enjoy it and find loads more books to enjoy !!
Hi Angela! How lovely to see you here too! It's a great group to be in. Welcome :)
Thanks for the welcome , Leslie , Jean & Tracey !
Hi Angela, welcome to the group, I hope you enjoy all the discussions!
welcome to the group angela! have fun. :)
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Shirley , Amber & Laura T - thanks so much for the warm welcome . I think I'm going like it here .
Tina wrote: "Not sure I ever introduced my self. My name is Tina. I work quite a bit so I try to take my relaxation with books. Problem is I collect more books than I wil ever be able to read!! Hope I can stay ..."Welcome Tina! You have a problem common to many of us :)
hey tina welcome to the group! :)have fun.
Welcome Tina, Colleen and Angela! Hope you'll like it here!
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Welcome Tina!!! This problem is about the same for all of us, and I have to say that since I'm here it has worsened a lot!!!! Thank God they invented ebooks: at least they don't take room in the house!!!!
LauraT wrote: "Tina wrote: "Not sure I ever introduced my self. My name is Tina. I work quite a bit so I try to take my relaxation with books. Problem is I collect more books than I wil ever be able to read!! Hop..."Welcome Tina, I share your "problem" I love cataloguing my books and collecting sets and I noticed I have some days when I prefer sorting to reading! I find the goodreads book club really gets me back to reading and enjoying books! Do you want to tell us about your job it profession?
Angela wrote: "Hi Everyone ,I was looking at groups to join and noticed that several of my Goodreads friends are here - Tracey , Beth, and Jean so I knew this would be a good place to be . I have been a Goodrea..."
Hello Angela, good to see you. Have fun!
Giorgiaelisa wrote: "Hi from Italy! I'm Giorgiaelisa and probably own enough books to build a home using them!"Ha ha! You are definitely right for this group then! We seem to have quite a few Italian members. Look forward to catching up with you around the threads.
Colleen wrote: "Hi everyone,I'm Colleen,married with 4 children,I love to read and get lost in a book"
Welcome Colleen with a name like that I am guessing you have Irish roots ....
✵❇❅❄ⓗⓘⓒⓒⓤⓟ+ⓑⓡⓔⓝⓓⓐ❇❅❄✵ wrote: "Hi! I'm Brenda! I love reading and writing a lot. I read 20 books a week and am currently writing a novel. I also have a book blog which you can see here: http://thebookwormwhoneverstopsreadin......"Hello Brenda! 20 books a week! That's pretty amazing but I guess if you are writing a novel and doing a book blog you need to keep ahead of the game!
Welcome to the group.
LauraT wrote: "The house is really great! The only "problem" is that we have 3 big bedrooms and I've lost my kids:before they were always in ourvliving room, now each in his room!!!"Hi Laura so glad your move has gone well and hope you are settling in to your new community. :) :)
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Today we had half hour od sunshine and I even managed to read in my terrace! Really looking forward to this coming spring!
Hi, all! I'm from the U.S., Illinois. My reading interests include magic realism, psychology, classics, art, religions, native peoples... I'm here because groups help me expand my reading horizons! My profile is private from the www (I hope), but I'm happy to friend people in the same interest groups. Happy reading!
Welcome Leann! It sounds like you read a lot of nonfiction, which is something that I am trying to incorporate more of in my reading mix. Who is your favorite author of magical realism?
My how we've grown ! Welcome all new members I know you will enjoy AAB it is by far imo the best group on GR.
Tracey wrote: "My how we've grown ! Welcome all new members I know you will enjoy AAB it is by far imo the best group on GR."We have, haven't we? And a thank for your lovely comment!
Thank you, Leslie, Tracey, and Jenny. AAB certainly seems the most active! Leslie, I read more fiction than non-fiction overall. Alice Hoffman is my favorite author for magical realism. Do you have a favorite in that genre?
Leann wrote: "Thank you, Leslie, Tracey, and Jenny. AAB certainly seems the most active! Leslie, I read more fiction than non-fiction overall. Alice Hoffman is my favorite author for magical realism. Do you have..."Lol Leann yes I do believe we all have a lot to say on our favorite topic...
LauraT wrote: "Tina wrote: "Not sure I ever introduced my self. My name is Tina. I work quite a bit so I try to take my relaxation with books. Problem is I collect more books than I wil ever be able to read!! Hop..."Oh Tina! I too like yourself, Laura T and innumerable other members have the same problem trouble is with me though they're all physical books and mostly hardback which I love but I am always loathe to part with.
Leann wrote: "Thank you, Leslie, Tracey, and Jenny. AAB certainly seems the most active! Leslie, I read more fiction than non-fiction overall. Alice Hoffman is my favorite author for magical realism. Do you have..."It changes with time and my mood - right now I am into Charles de Lint. However, that descriptor (magical realism) is one I am unsure about so I don't know if this is a good example...
Magical realism is hard to define. I tend to use the term broadly. De Lint is on my to-read list, just haven't gotten to him yet.
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P.S: Thanks Tracey: we are a great group because of all of you together!!!
Leann wrote: "Magical realism is hard to define. I tend to use the term broadly. De Lint is on my to-read list, just haven't gotten to him yet."I loved the magical realism created in novel(s) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Juan Rulfo and Italo Calvino.
Will have to try Alice Hoffman. Welcome.
hi everybody, I' m silvia from rome in italy....i also have too many books to read, many of them already done with and be extemely happy to share my feelings about it with all of you. for the beginning i' ll try to find something to read for your feb topic :-)
Silvia wrote: "hi everybody, I' m silvia from rome in italy....i also have too many books to read, many of them already done with and be extemely happy to share my feelings about it with all of you. for the begin..."Welcome Silvia.......Nice to have a Roman with us.
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