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Leslie
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Apr 08, 2017 12:38PM
Welcome Diane! You can join any of our group reads or get recommendations in the book chat threads. The problem I have is I can't read fast enough to keep up!
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Hi everyone, I'm Marie-Laure from France. I love to read (obviously, or I wouldn't be here :)). I read all sorts of books both in French and English. I look forward to reading some books with you all.
hello
i am amine from Algeria " north of africa ".so it is my honor to be one of this Wonderful group, i like to read about all topic but mor about history and literature " english, arabic and french"
thank you
i am amine from Algeria " north of africa ".so it is my honor to be one of this Wonderful group, i like to read about all topic but mor about history and literature " english, arabic and french"
thank you
Antonio wrote: "Welcome Arbi."
Thank you very much
Thank you very much
dely wrote: "Welcome Marie-Laure and Arbi!"
Thank you very much lady Dely
Thank you very much lady Dely
Leslie wrote: "Welcome Marie-Laure and Abri!"
Hi Leslie thank very much
Hi Leslie thank very much
Arbi wrote: "helloi am amine from Algeria " north of africa ".so it is my honor to be one of this Wonderful group, i like to read about all topic but mor about history and literature " english, arabic and fren..."
Hello, and welcome. Is the name you are usually called Arbi or Amine?
Marie-Laure wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm Marie-Laure from France. I love to read (obviously, or I wouldn't be here :)). I read all sorts of books both in French and English. I look forward to reading some books with you all."Welcome, Marie-Laure.
Thank you all for your warm welcome!
Gill wrote: "Arbi wrote: "hello
i am amine from Algeria " north of africa ".so it is my honor to be one of this Wonderful group, i like to read about all topic but mor about history and literature " english, ar..."
Hi Gill, thank you very much for your welcome, you can call me Amine
i am amine from Algeria " north of africa ".so it is my honor to be one of this Wonderful group, i like to read about all topic but mor about history and literature " english, ar..."
Hi Gill, thank you very much for your welcome, you can call me Amine
LauraT wrote: "Welcome Marie-Laure and Abri!"
Thank you very much
Thank you very much
Hi, my name is Anik, Im happy to a part of this group, it seems to have a lot of differents topics going on. Im from Mexico, Im a doctor, I love to read about pretty much everything, mostly novels, but Im open to anything.
Anik wrote: "Hi, my name is Anik, Im happy to a part of this group, it seems to have a lot of differents topics going on. Im from Mexico, Im a doctor, I love to read about pretty much everything, mostly novels,..."Welcome Anik! Give a look around in the group, there are discussions for every taste.
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And which Mexican author would you recomand to all of us?
Hello, I'm Elena, I'm 31 and I'm from Italy!Even if the italian community is pretty big on Goodreads, I'd like to practise my english talking (or better "writing") about something we all love: books!
I'd like to apologize in advance if I make some mistakes in english, and please feel free to correct me whenever you like!
I like reading basically everything, it just has to have a captivating story and well defined characters! I try to read in english as much as i can, but most of my readings are in italian. I hope the group reading in here will bring me to read more in this fantastic language.
Klela wrote: "Hello, I'm Elena, I'm 31 and I'm from Italy!Even if the italian community is pretty big on Goodreads, I'd like to practise my english talking (or better "writing") about something we all love: boo..."
Welcome, Klela--it's great to have you here. Overall your English is good- You seem to have a good grasp of semantics and grammar. Because I am Canadian, I also spell practise with an s, so if you see it spelled with a c, that's American spelling; I suggest you stick with whatever spelling you've learned since you live in Europe.
Since you asked, we capitalize the names of languages and nationalities in English :). If Italian is like French, then you probably don't do that in Italian, but here they are considered proper nouns. (See how I used them a lot to illustrate ;) I am doing this with a kind smile so hope it doesn't come across unfriendly).
I'm looking forward to getting to now you.
Welcome Klela! I hope you will enjoy this group.
Hello guys! I'm new here. :)
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And this is a really glood place to improve your English - even if members are usually too polite to stress your mistakes!!!!
And welcome Yoshita! Where are you from?
Thank you everyone!And thank you Karin! The kind smile was noted and appreciated!
There are a lot of discussions to go through but i will join soon!
Klela wrote: "Thank you everyone!And thank you Karin! The kind smile was noted and appreciated!
There are a lot of discussions to go through but i will join soon!"
It'll be great to have you take part.
Hello! My name is Zachary, but I usually go by just Zach. I love books, they're probably my favorite thing in the world! I can't go a day without reading so I thought it would be fun to join this group and try some new things!
Hi Anik, Yoshita, Kleia and Zach. Hope you enjoy the group .
Hi everyone! My name is Arielle and I'm 27 years old. I love goodreads, and I'm excited to start participating in some of the groups. I was a very avid reader as a child and teenager, but for whatever reason I went through about a 5 year hiatus where I just stopped reading. I read the occasional non fiction book, but I was having a hard time finding books that appealed to me. A few months ago I just got the itch to start reading again and I'm so upset I let this amazing thing slip from my life! I've been rereading some beloved old favorites, and thanks to youtube and goodreads I have a growing list of books that I can not WAIT to start! I love everything about reading. The community, getting lost in a different world, learning and developing through reading, the coziness of it all....anyway, some favorite genres of mine are thriller/suspense, historical fiction, contemporary, non fiction, and true crime. I want to get into more horror and sci fi, and I'd love to give fantasy a shot. It wasn't my cup of tea as a kid, but I'm always evolving and I want to read as much as possible..
Thanks for reading!
Welcome Arielle! I'm sure you will like this group and you will find good recommendations for further readings.
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Each of us has gone thrrough periods when reading was not so important - or possible! - as usual.
In here I hope you'll find, as I do, so many ints and suggestions that it is really difficoult not to find something that suits you!!!
Welcome, Arielle.Having a reading hiatus is quite normal, as LauraT said. I hardly read anything when my kids were little, and even in the past few years I've gone through reading slumps where nothing much interests me in the way of books.
Also, it's very true that our tastes change and/or modify as we get older.
Arielle, so happy for you that you have rekindled your love of reading! This is a fabulous group of people and I'm guessing that you will enjoy the group.
Hello everyone! :) I'm Ana, from Lisbon - Portugal. I love reading, but I'm new in book clubs! I've been in Goodreads for a while, but inactive so far. Surprisingly, I also went through a reading hiatus some years ago. Fortunately, I was able to change that! I'm fond of Classics, but I also enjoy good thrillers, crime novels, mystery, historical fiction, etc. As long as it pleases me, I read! Hopefully, a reading group will give out good recommendations and make me read more. It's always nice to talk about books with somebody else.
Hi Ana, welcome! I'm sure you'll love this group, and I think it'll help you get past your reading slump, since we have so many recommendations, group reads and book discussions going on.I visited Lisbon some years ago and found it wonderful :)
Hi Marina, it pleases me to know you enjoyed Lisbon :) City of culture. I've been slacking a bit on the Classics, so i'll use book clubs and reading groups to improve myself on that (and other genres too).
Welcome Ana! I have never been in Portugal but I'm sure it's a wonderful country.
Thank you Dely! ;) It is a wonderful country indeed. I've never been in, Italy but i hear it's also top country, full culture and nice people! I'm happy to join the group, i'm looking forward on discussing books wit you.
Welcome, Ana! I have met a number of people from Portugal since I live in the area of the US where there are a LOT of people from there (so I have head the language quite a bit since moving here), but I've never been. It's great to see you here :).
Nice to meet you Karin :) Amazing to see how Portuguese people are spread around the globe! The language can be a bit rough for American speakers, but hey everything's possible ;)
Ana wrote: "Nice to meet you Karin :) Amazing to see how Portuguese people are spread around the globe! The language can be a bit rough for American speakers, but hey everything's possible ;)"True. Someone I know explained to me that you often use more words to say things than we do, but it was long ago and it's possible I mixed it up.
Karin, maybe it's the other way around. 1 Portuguese word can be applied in more than one context. English has its own word for each context, like 'tongue' and 'language'. In Portuguese 'lingua' serves both contexts. Confusing, huh :)
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Ana wrote: "Karin, maybe it's the other way around. 1 Portuguese word can be applied in more than one context. English has its own word for each context, like 'tongue' and 'language'. In Portuguese 'lingua' se..."Perhaps you are right, I was in perinatal mode with my youngest at that time so could have been mixed up.
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