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[Janet C-B]

Hi everyone. I am Janet, a MA native, living in FL. I have been a member of GR since 2011, but I have not been active recently in the groups. Thank you the invitation to participate in the June read-a-thon.
My reading interests including fiction, historical fiction, non fiction and some memoir. I do not enjoy paranormal, sci fi, dystopia, or scary thrillers.
In the summer, I pick up my pace with reading due to the extreme heat here in FL. In addition to reading, I enjoy swimming in the summer and riding my bicycle in the winter. I am a member of the local Audubon Society and do a lot of volunteer work through my church.
I look forward to being involved with this group and broadening my reading horizons.

[Angela M]

Janet , nice to see you here , my friend! This is a great group of people and I think you’ll enjoy it here !

[dely]

Janet C-B wrote: "Hi everyone. I am Janet, a MA native, living in FL. I have been a member of GR since 2011, but I have not been active recently in the groups. Thank you the invitation to participate in the June rea..."

Welcome Janet! I looked at your profile and I've seen that you read christian fiction or books about spirituality. We have also a discussion for philosophy and religion: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Do give a look if you have some free time. I feel so lonely there. This year I'm reading several books about religion but the discussion isn't very active.

[Alannah]

Janet C-B wrote: "Hi everyone. I am Janet, a MA native, living in FL. I have been a member of GR since 2011, but I have not been active recently in the groups. Thank you the invitation to participate in the June rea..."

Welcome Janet. Lovely to meet you.

[Janet C-B]

Angela M wrote: "Janet , nice to see you here , my friend! This is a great group of people and I think you’ll enjoy it here !"

Angela, what a surprise to find you here! I just finished the weekend read-a-thon, which was a fun activity in this sweltering heat.

[[deleted user]]

Welcome Janet, I hope you find our group friendly and entertaining (we certainly think it is!)

[Bookish]

Hi all, I'm Bookish. I try my best to read across genres although I still have a few blindspots, mysteries being one of them. I love to talk books as I'm sure you all do too :)

[Alannah]

Bookish wrote: "Hi all, I'm Bookish. I try my best to read across genres although I still have a few blindspots, mysteries being one of them. I love to talk books as I'm sure you all do too :)"

Hi, welcome to the group. Lovely to meet you.

[LauraT]

Hi Bookish. Nice to see you around

[Bookish]

Thanks Alannah and Laura! Nice to meet the both of you as well :)

[Greg]

A belated welcome to Bookish, Janet, Janet, and everyone I missed during my Goodreads hiatus!

And a very belated welcome to you too Tamara - so good to see you here! I am eager to head down to the poetry section and see what everyone is posting! I used to be very active in that section and hope to be again.

[Bookish]

Thanks Greg :)

[Tamara]

Greg wrote: "A belated welcome to Bookish, Janet, Janet, and everyone I missed during my Goodreads hiatus!

And a very belated welcome to you too Tamara - so good to see you here! I am eager to head down to the..."

Thanks, Greg. Nice to see you here, too.

[Leigh]

Hi Im from Nebraska in the states! Ive allways been a big fan of reading it is my favorite pasttime! Im here to talk about books Ive been reading and to also expand my reading horizons. Im mostly into horror novels but I do enjoy young adult and the classics along with royal biographies.

[Alannah]

Hi Ashley, welcome to the group.

[Leslie]

Welcome Ashley!

[Melanie]

Hello Friends,
My name is Melanie Bikowski and I am an artist/poet just exploring the world of goodreads after some friends told me you can get on here and discuss stuff!

I'm a bookworm. I have also a published my first poetry collection, WILD and taking some time to settle and find some more inspiration as I move forward to write and create more art.

Nice to meet everyone
Wildly,
Melanie

[LauraT]

Welcome Melanie the bookworm!
I think you'll find a lot of fellow friends here!
Browse along and tell us how you feel

[dely]

Stjepan wrote: "Hi everyone! Here is my (extended) introduction. And I am here - to have fun only 😊

I was born in 1982 in Zagreb, Croatia. A chemist by training and a scientist by profession, with a PhD in Health..."

Welcome Stjepan and Melanie! I hope you will like this group.

[Greg]

Welcome Stjepan and Melanie!

[Greg]

peach wrote: "Hey guys, my name is Brenda and I'm a nursery school teacher.
Beside reading, I love to travel and to relax at home with a cup of tea and a good movie/tv show.

My favourite book genre is probably ..."

Welcome peach, I like many different sorts if books but definitely fantasy as well. What are some of your favorite writers?

[LauraT]

Welcome all new members!

[Greg]

peach wrote: "Greg wrote: "peach wrote: "Hey guys, my name is Brenda and I'm a nursery school teacher.
Beside reading, I love to travel and to relax at home with a cup of tea and a good movie/tv show.

My favour..."

I love Ishiguro!, especially The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go, and The Buried Giant. I also read and liked Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall, though not quite as much as the other three.

I find Victoria Schwab very enjoyable as well. I've read more than one of her books.

The others you mention I've heard of but haven't actually read yet.

Another writer I'm fond of in the fantasy area is Neil Gaiman - I prefer the more fanciful stuff like Stardust, The Graveyard Book, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane to the more hard boiled American Gods, but I haven't disliked anything I've read by him.

[LauraT]

Greg wrote: "peach wrote: "Greg wrote: "peach wrote: "Hey guys, my name is Brenda and I'm a nursery school teacher...
I love Ishiguro!, especially The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go, and The Buried Giant. I also read and liked Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall, though not quite as much as the other three...."

I've loved The Remains of the Day, not so much
Never Let Me Go. I'm waiting for the right moment to start The Buried Giant

[Maggie the Muskoka Library Mouse]

Hello all! I’m an old user of Goodreads, but haven’t been active for the past couple years while my girls were super small. Now that they’re a little more independent, I plan to up my group participation! My husband and I live in Muskoka, and I work as a librarian. We have two kids, and we all love to read. I’m the biggest reader by far, but I’m sure the girls will catch up soon. I love any and all genres, but I have a soft spot for a good family drama!

[Greg]

Maggie wrote: "Hello all! I’m an old user of Goodreads, but haven’t been active for the past couple years while my girls were super small. Now that they’re a little more independent, I plan to up my group partici..."

Welcome Maggie - hope you enjoy the group!

[Nichole]

Hello again, guys. This is Nichole. I left the group a couple of months ago in a fit of pique. I want to apologize to all of you. I miss this group and want to be a member again.

Thanks.

[Greg]

Nichole wrote: "Hello again, guys. This is Nichole. I left the group a couple of months ago in a fit of pique. I want to apologize to all of you. I miss this group and want to be a member again.

Thanks."

Very glad to have you back Nichole, and sorry for whatever it was that happened! Hope you enjoy the group! :)

[Nichole]

Thanks!

[LauraT]

Welcome back then!

[Alannah]

Welcome back Nichole.

[Cleo]

Thanks to seeing your fun discussions and challenges on Beth's feed, I joined this group today! I read mostly classics with a few moderns thrown in here and there. Looking forward to getting to know some of you and joining in!

[Greg]

Cleo wrote: "Thanks to seeing your fun discussions and challenges on Beth's feed, I joined this group today! I read mostly classics with a few moderns thrown in here and there. Looking forward to getting to kno..."

So glad to have you Cleo! Welcome!

[Karin]

Cleo wrote: "Thanks to seeing your fun discussions and challenges on Beth's feed, I joined this group today! I read mostly classics with a few moderns thrown in here and there. Looking forward to getting to kno..."

Hi, Cleo--so great to "see" you here!

[Cleo]

Thanks for the welcome, Greg!

Hey, Karin!! *** waving*** Great to "see you too! (even though we live on completely opposite sides of the continent, Karin and I once met in person. Fun times! :-) )

[Greg]

Cleo wrote: "Thanks for the welcome, Greg!

Hey, Karin!! *** waving*** Great to "see you too! (even though we live on completely opposite sides of the continent, Karin and I once met in person. Fun times! :-) )"

How wonderful Cleo & Karin!

[Karin]

Cleo wrote: "Thanks for the welcome, Greg!

Hey, Karin!! *** waving*** Great to "see you too! (even though we live on completely opposite sides of the continent, Karin and I once met in person. Fun times! :-) )"

True, we met on a homeschool forum and then IRL once :) I was born and raised on the side of the continent where Cleo lives.

[LauraT]

Welcome Cleo!

[Cleo]

Thanks, Laura! :-)

[Karin]

Welcome, Jasmin!

[LauraT]

Jasmin wrote: "Hey there, Laura, and hey there, folks. I'm here because I love to read and wish to meet, befriend, and follow others who love to read as well and thus create a community of friends and avid reader..."

This is the right place then!

[Robin]

Hello, I just joined. I have been on the hunt for a group that allows my love of reading to grow with getting exposed to books I may not have normally read an to have fun while doing it.

[Maja]

Hi everybody! My name is Maja and I am from Denmark. I have loved reading ever since I was a child, I particularly enjoy fantasy and histocial novels. Normally I am a solitary reader, and while I have been a member of Goodreads sinde 2010 I have actually never gotten into groups here. But now I would like to give it a shot because I recently started a blog about books and reading, so I thought this was a great way to get some inspiration, meet some cool people, have someone to talk to about books that aren't scared by how much i talk about books and maybe get some feedback to improve my blog.

[Maja]

Hi Robin!

I am also new to the group and just wanted to say hello and welcome!
What kind of books do you normally read?

[Nichole]

Welcome!

[Robin]

Maja wrote: "Hi Robin!

I am also new to the group and just wanted to say hello and welcome!
What kind of books do you normally read?"

I used to read a lot of Mary Higgins Clark, Torey Hayden, Kristen Hannah and Sue Grafton. Don't care for romance. Now as I have been in some other groups online and in person I read almost anything. I even enjoy YA as I got hooked trying to get my boys to read. I even read my first Stephen King book11/22/63

[Maja]

Robin wrote: "I used to read a lot of Mary Higgins Clark, Torey Hayden, Kr..."

I wasn't really into romance either before I discovered historical romance, that is really my guilty pleasure now. I also enjoy Stephen King, especially Carrie and The Green Mile. YA books are a good read because the stories are usually really good and they are usually not that long or hard, so they are easy to go through and a good way to just turn off and relax.

[LauraT]

Welcome Maja and Robin! Glad to see you here and around!

[Dana]

Hi! My name is Dana, and I'm an English teacher by day and author by night - a bit like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ;) I got married this June with the love of my life, and we just returned from our long honeymoon! A few days ago, I published my second thriller novel on Amazon, and I hope it goes well :) Looking forward to read more amazing books and perhaps succeed in writing a few of my own <3

The False Mirror: A Female Sleuth Mystery

[Norton]

Dana, You sound like a very special person leading a very special life. That makes me think your book is special too. I'm looking forward to reading it.