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My name is Terrence Perera and I am a newcomer to this group. I wish to give some details of myself.I attended Holy Cross College and the University of Ceylon in Sri Lanka. I am also a Chartered Accountant.
As a Chartered Accountant, I worked extensively in Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
I am now an author and have written four books, all set in Sri Lanka.
The books I like most are Victorian novels, detective & mystery novels and novels set in Sri Lanka. Some of my favorite authors are Anthony Trollope, Jane Austen and Agatha Christie. I also enjoy reading "children s books" such as the Harry Potter series and the "William" books by Richmal Crompton.
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I attended Holy Cross College and the University of Ceylon in Sri Lanka. I am also a Chartered ..."
Welcome Terrence! I enjoy Austen and Christie too - hope you enjoy the group!
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I attended Holy Cross College and the University of Ceylon in Sri Lanka. I am also a Chartered ..."
Hi Terrence, welcome to the group:)
Welcome Terrance! I like Trollope and Christie too :)
Hello everybody! I'm Suzanne but feel free to call me Suzi if you prefer, I'm living in Glasgow, Scotland with my toy boy husband and my favourite authors include but are not limited to Jodi Picoult, Liane Moriarty and George R.R. Martin. I also love music, theatre, films and I'm a huge wrestling fan too.
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Welcome Suzanne!
Suzanne wrote: "Hello everybody! I'm Suzanne but feel free to call me Suzi if you prefer, I'm living in Glasgow, Scotland with my toy boy husband and my favourite authors include but are not limited to [author:Jod...Welcome, good reading Suzanne
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Me too!!!!
And welcome Suzanne!
Hello! My name is Jason. Just found this group through Goodreads, and thought I would give it a try. Anyways, I read alot. Most of my books are on Kindle, however I own hundreds of physical books.
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Welcome Jason! Hope you enjoy the group!
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Greetings all. I am new to site and have added just a few books read in history category. I will load in a lot more literature lately. For a few years I loved Shelfari and am hoping this site can be half as much fun. I love reading, flying seaplanes (and anything with wings), playing guitar, and working out.
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Welcome Shawn! I think we have a few other Shelfari veterans too. Hope you enjoy the group!
Hi everyone, I'm from the UK and I am married with two beautiful children. I have been a Goodread's member since 2013 but this is the first time I have posted or joined a group! I have hundreds of books mainly on my e-reader but i also have many many physical books to.
Wow, a lot of new members lately. Welcome all!
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Welcome Victoria, we're happy to be your first group! Hope you enjoy it!
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Hello everybody! I am a 76 year-old-son of an old post-Gutenberg printer. My father did not just print books. He “composed” them letter by letter, printed the sheet, inked and pressed it, folded and sewed the pages, glued and sold them. But he was also a book collector. I've been busy for past few months filing my paper library into GoodReads shelves. This is called “evolution” …
Manny wrote: "Fantastic Antonio. Welcome."Thank you!
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Thanks LauraT. That was of course last century and millennium ago. Now things are very different ... that was a small world, we have now "a brave new world" ... at least, so they say ...
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Greg wrote: "Welcome Antonio! I've seen some of those old typesetting-printers on a vacation to Williamsburg, Virginia. It really is a wonderful piece of history your father participated in!"When I think of how things have rapidly/deeply changed in only few years, both in reading and writing, when I think back to those days when I was very little and I could hardly see the difference between a vowel and a consonant in those letters you Greg mention seen on a vacation, when I think of me, now, digitalizing letters on my Chromebook and instantly communicate with you in some far part of this wonderful world, well I don't know what to think more ... thank you Greg ...
HiMy name is Ron. I hope that all is well. I’m an author of light, and inspiring comedy, romance, poetry, and short stories. Sorry for taking so long to respond. I’ve just come off some leisure from engaging in book giveaways, promotions, and discounts. I’ve joined your book review group for the means of trying to get, as well as give reviews.
Ronald wrote: "HiMy name is Ron. I hope that all is well. I’m an author of light, and inspiring comedy, romance, poetry, and short stories. Sorry for taking so long to respond. I’ve just come off some leisure f..."
Hi. Ron!
Antonio wrote: "Ronald wrote: "HiMy name is Ron. I hope that all is well. I’m an author of light, and inspiring comedy, romance, poetry, and short stories. Sorry for taking so long to respond. I’ve just come off..."
How are you doing Antonio?
Ronald wrote: "HiMy name is Ron. I hope that all is well. I’m an author of light, and inspiring comedy, romance, poetry, and short stories. Sorry for taking so long to respond. I’ve just come off some leisure f..."
Welcome Ron. We are glad to have you here to discuss books but please be aware that we have a strict no-self-promotion policy so "trying to get, as well as give, reviews" would not be appropriate.
May I put you all a question? Do you still read printed books? If not why (not)?
Antonio wrote: "May I put you all a question? Do you still read printed books? If not why (not)?"I do -- I read hardcovers, paperbacks, ebooks & audiobooks! Despite the ease of getting ebooks & digital audiobooks, I still like the feeling I get when reading a really good book in print best.
Leslie wrote: "Antonio wrote: "May I put you all a question? Do you still read printed books? If not why (not)?"I do -- I read hardcovers, paperbacks, ebooks & audiobooks! Despite the ease of getting ebooks & d..."
It would be nice if we could describe and discuss our feelings and sensations on reading a "printed page" and a "screen page". As far as I'm concerned I think that a print page is just like a "dead" reality which comes back to life only when I read it. Whereas reading a screen page, while I'm online, that very page is almost as it was alive. As a matter of fact it has live links and moving pics, I can copy it, share it, discuss in a chat, in another window, with a friend who at that moment is on the other side of the world. I can copy it, transform it, use it and then carry on reading it ... That makes quite a difference, doesn'it?
Antonio wrote: "May I put you all a question? Do you still read printed books? If not why (not)?"I prefer printed books by far but given I've run out of room to store my books and given I never throw out or give away books I get ebooks on occasion. It used to be one would save some money with ebooks but the savings now a days is minuscule.
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I find this irksome as well, especially when I can often get wonderfully discounted paperbacks and hardbacks at used book stores & library sales.
Antonio wrote: "Whereas reading a screen page, while I'm online, that very page is almost as it was alive. As a matter of fact it has live links and moving pics, I can copy it, share it, discuss in a chat, in another window, with a friend who at that moment is on the other side of the world. I can copy it, transform it, use it and then carry on reading it ... That makes quite a difference, doesn'it? ..."I find all that a distraction from the book -- when I read a print book, I enter into it much more fully and sometimes don't even notice if hours have gone by! I don't get as fully immersed in digital media and so I lose some of that magic of being transported.
Greg - I know what you mean! Though for classics, ebooks are mostly free; since I read a lot of classics this is great for me (though sometimes I have to hunt for the book I want).
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I find this irksome as well, especially when I can often get wonderfully discounted p..."
My choice is mainly of "room": I really have my house full of books, and I sometimes found the books I had bought not really worth the space they occupy. I've therefore decided to look for ebooks at the beginnig, only to buy good editions of only those worth keeping - and they're a few
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It's a smart choice Laura! Even in the new house, if I keep getting books, I'll run out of room!
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It's a smart choice Laura! Even in the new ..."
Exaclty!
Good morning/Afternoon, I have been looking for a book club to join, and was happy to see this site. Although, I joined last year and wasn't an active reader. I love reading, and now getting back into reading. If you could recommend books, that would be greatly appreciate it. Thank you, and have a wonderful day!
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I have been looking for a book club to join, and was happy to see this site. Although, I joined last year and wasn't an active reader. I love reading, and now getting back ..."
Welcome Diane! We're glad to have you in the group! :)
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No big deal OJ!!!!
Thanks to you for being here