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[Duncan]

Hi all i'm Nondi from kenya 34yrs,male im excited to be in this group, to challenge myself more to read. i love reading fiction, biography,self help/motivational and almost any book. hope will be at home in this group. Thanks all

[Sam]

Hi All

I'm Sam, I read a wide range of books depending on my mood. I also listen to audiobooks although mainly do this whilst at work. I look after a friends baby 4 days a week and have also begun the process to become a foster carer so my challenge to read 100 books this year may become more difficult!

[Brian]

Welcome to the group all new members! We're so happy to have you and hope you enjoy our challenges and discussions. Feel free to ask us any questions you might have :]

[Kimberly]

Hi! My name is Kim, I'm 43 years old and new to your group. For me, my reading this year will include more Faulkner and I'd like to tackle some Dostoyevsky. However, I am also interested other genres such as mystery/ suspense, Christian/ inspirational, non-fiction and like I mentioned-the classics.

My passions include my husband, my church, my family, my animals, and singing chamber music.

Admittedly, I'm not well versed in poetry, after a lengthy study of the poem Song of Myself by Walt Whitman, I found it to be one of the most interesting ( and perplexing) things I've ever read.

As I am recovering from surgery, I will post as I can. Look forward to participating when possible.

[Sarah]

Hi Kristi
I am so glad you are in remission! I hope and pray you stay that way! Welcome back to reading! I like you have read all my life and wouldn't know what to do with myself if I did not have a book in my purse a book in my car, a book in the bathroom and book at my desk and heaven forbid I not have a book on my night stand!
Happy Reading this year!
Sarah

[Vikki]

Hi I'm Vikki, I'm 23 and I love reading, always have. I am currently reading and have been really enjoying it. I don't always have a lot of time to read but I decided this year I'm going to make more time to just sit down and read a good book.

I don't have a particular genre to read as I love all sorts of books, like I love Charles Dickens to Stephen King, autobiographies and just loads of different books to be honest, if the blurb interests me I'll read it basically :)

Vikki

[Tessa]

Hi yall! My name is Tessa and I just found this website today. It has already inspired me to read even more than I do now! I'm so excited to get going on the 2014 Reading Challenge! Anyway, I am 20, in the Navy, and got married about six months ago. I look forward to hearing from yall!

[Vikki]

Aw I got married 6 months ago to :)

Vikki

[Valerie]

Hi Everyone I am Valerie! I am currently reading

[Sarah]

Hi Vicki
You will love Catching Fire and all her other books. Have you seen the movies yet? They are really great too!
Enjoy!
Sarah

[Kirsten]

Hello - I'm participating from the Northeastern US. I like fantasy, scifi, murder mysteries and gothic novels. Occasionally I like light horror, though my imagination brings me nightmares when it becomes over-stimulated. I'm glad to join you all :-)

[Ayelén]

Hello everyone!
I'm Ayelén, new in the group. I'm 23 years old and I'm from Argentina.
I love to read all kind of books, my fav author is Nicholas Sparks, I love the way he writes and describes people and places, situations, and of course I love the love stories, even more if they can make me cry, and they do!

Well I hope to talk to all of you and share our opinion of different books.

[Vikki]

Hi Sarah, I haven't watched Catching Fire the film but have watched the first one. I thought the first one was amazing but don't want to watch the 2nd one until I've finished reading the book haha

[Jave]

Hello! My name's Jave. I'm from Chile and I'm an English teacher. Nice to meet you

[Wajeha]

Hello everyone! My name's Wajeha, 24 years old and living in Dubai, U.A.E. I read pretty much anything I can get my hands on but I have particular soft spots for Gabriel Gracia Marquez, Isaac Asimov, Jhumpa Lahiri, Paulo Coelho (his earlier works to be honest), Stephen Hawking, Kazo Ishiguro, Khaled Hosseini to name a few that I can think of at the moment.

I'm hoping to read a good mix of classics and new books in this years' 2014 Reading Challenge. Good luck to everyone and nice to meet you!

[Sarah]

Vikki
I don't blame you and please don't! Can't wait to hear what you think when you do! Let me know!
Sarah

[Vikki]

Sarah
Don't worry I won't, I have a thing about needing to read the book before the film! I was the same with the first one and any other book to film
Vikki

[Cosmic]

Hi I am Cosmic,
I am doing my thesis on The Catcher In The Rye, Breaking the Code. I love to crochet lace for lingerie and listen to classics. I'm 50.

[Victoria]

Vikki wrote: "Sarah
Don't worry I won't, I have a thing about needing to read the book before the film! I was the same with the first one and any other book to film
Vikki"

I'm the same, I haven't been able to see Catching Fire because I wanted to read the whole series first. Although that said, I'm not big on film anyway. I'm reading "Mockingjay', and it's great so far :D

[Brian]

Cosmic wrote: "Hi I am Cosmic,
I am doing my thesis on The Catcher In The Rye, Breaking the Code. I love to crochet lace for lingerie and listen to classics. I'm 50."

@Cosmic, that's awesome and sounds really interesting! I love The Catcher in the Rye.

[Brian]

Valerie wrote: "Hi Everyone I am Valerie! I am currently reading"

Hi Valerie! And the Mountains Echoed is this month's group read! Feel free to check out the discussions if you haven't already - the threads are split up by chapters so you don't have to worry about spoilers :]

[Brian]

Kirsten wrote: "Hello - I'm participating from the Northeastern US. I like fantasy, scifi, murder mysteries and gothic novels. Occasionally I like light horror, though my imagination brings me nightmares when it b..."


Hello, Kirsten and welcome! I live in the Northeastern US too. Getting quite a bit of snow where I am for the past hour or two. Hope you enjoy the group :]

[Brian]

Ayelén wrote: "Hello everyone!
I'm Ayelén, new in the group. I'm 23 years old and I'm from Argentina.
I love to read all kind of books, my fav author is Nicholas Sparks, I love the way he writes and describes peo..."

Hello and welcome Ayelén! I have always wanted to visit Argentina SO badly and hope to some day soon. I have only been to Ecuador in South America, and I absolutely loved it.

I hear amazing things about Nicholas Sparks and have not read any of his books. I am thinking of reading Stardust soon. I hope you enjoy the group - feel free to participate in any book discussions!

[Brian]

Jave wrote: "Hello! My name's Jave. I'm from Chile and I'm an English teacher. Nice to meet you"

Hello Jave! See above^ I've also always wanted to visit Chile SO badly and hope to some time soon!! How do you like being an English teacher? I am a linguaphile and have taken courses in a bunch of different foreign languages and taught myself some others. I've always thought about maybe teaching English some day for a time. Anyway, welcome and have fun!

[Megan]

Welcome to all the new members!

[Brian]

Wajeha wrote: "Hello everyone! My name's Wajeha, 24 years old and living in Dubai, U.A.E. I read pretty much anything I can get my hands on but I have particular soft spots for Gabriel Gracia Marquez, Isaac Asimo..."

Hello Wajeha! My parents visited Dubai, U.A.E. and they really liked it. How do you like living there? Yet another place I've always wanted to visit!

Gabriel García Márquez and Khaled Hosseini are two of my favorite authors, too. Welcome, and I hope you enjoy our group!

[Sarah]

Hello, my name is Sarah. I like to read science fiction, historical fiction and I try to read as much as I can. Hoping that this group will help keep me on track with my goals!

[Ava]

Hello! I am Ava, and I love to read, and I try to read as much as I can. I usually am interested in young adult/teen novels, but I do enjoy reading other genres, non-fiction and historical fiction mostly. I am trying to expand my book genre "pallete" this year!

[Sherry]

Hi all! My name is Sherry. I read mostly Christian Fiction...anything from Amish to Suspense, with suspense being my all time favorite.

[Debbie]

hi my name is Debbie. I love reading and read anything I can get my hands on. especially historical fiction, philippa Gregory mostly.
look forward to booky chats xx

[Nadine]

Hello everyone,
I'm new here. I used to read a lot when I was younger and I just stopped. I'm starting up again. I'm also thrilled to be a part of a book club.

[Gaby]

Hello all, my name is Gaby, I travel everyday on the train to go to work, that is what I have enough time to read. I love science fiction, youth adults and classic children books. I also like to read book in spanish from Latinoamerica. My challenge this year is to read 100 books, I will try to read some non-fiction and german literature to introduce more variety into my list. Any suggestion is welcome.

[Cosmic]

Gaby wrote: "Hello all, my name is Gaby, I travel everyday on the train to go to work, that is what I have enough time to read. I love science fiction, youth adults and classic children books. I also like to..."

My suggestion to non fiction would be My Several World's byPearl S Buck. Or Hare with Amber Eyes which is non fiction anda bit of German history.

I would love to have a couple books to put on my book shelf from you.

Welcome to the group,
Cosmic

[Sarah]

Hi Gaby, If you travel by train everyday to get to work, where do you live? I am sure that does make for excellent reading time! So far you are the first I have seen that likes to read classic children's books. Which ones are your favorite. My sister loves to collect children's books, I'm not sure she reads them, but hopefully she does. I have written several children's books and after my daughter does some illustrations (she is an artist) I am going to try and get them published. They won't be what you read, but you might enjoy them. Anyway, welcome to the group!
Sarah

[Ashley]

Hi all, I am living in UK and looking forward to a year in books. My favourite genres include historical fiction, ethics, pop science, and crime thrillers.

Currently I am on my third book of the challenge, Ken Follet's World Without End.

[Leah]

Hi, everyone! My name is Leah. I am a new member here. Upon finishing my literature degrees from university, I realized I was no longer reading. It seemed I had become jaded with it and I wasn't reading enough any more. Now, I have made a conscious effort to read again, and I'm glad I did. There are so many great books, new and old, to enjoy and learn from. Nice to meet you all!

[Gaby]

Gaby wrote: "Hello all, my name is Gaby, I travel everyday on the train to go to work, that is what I have enough time to read. I love science fiction, youth adults and classic children books. I also like to..."

Hi Cosmic, Hello Cosmic,
that I lot for your suggestion, when I was in middle school I read a collection from Short Stories written by Pearl Buck, I really liked them all. Great suggestion I definitely will read My several worlds. Hare with Ambers eyes sounds also interesting, I will put also on my list. What kind of books you like?

[Gaby]

Cosmic wrote: "Gaby wrote: "Hello all, my name is Gaby, I travel everyday on the train to go to work, that is what I have enough time to read. I love science fiction, youth adults and classic children books. I..."


Thanks Sarah, I live in southern Germany in a city called Ulm, but I travel every day to Stuttgart where I work. I recently reread Winnie the Pooh, I think is one of my favorite, is a great novel for kids and grownups. I wish you the best of Luck with the publishing of your books.

[Cosmic]

Gaby wrote: "Gaby wrote: "Hello all, my name is Gaby, I travel everyday on the train to go to wo

I like classics. Right now I am reading books that are about the times between 1900 and 1950. Could you suggest a German classic that covers that time period. It can be anything that reflects how people were thinking or struggling with. It can be fiction or nonfiction or one of both.

[Barbara]

Hi all, I'm Barbara. Excited to join the group. Looking for great recommendations since I am all over the board when it comes to reading. Looking forward to challenges.

[Vicky]

Hi! :))
I'm Vic (short for Vicky) :)
I'm 19. I love to read books. :)))) Any genre but I just realized how fond I am to dystopian fictions. :))) I want to have friends who share the same hobby as mine. :D

[Vicky]

P.S.

I'm a happy person :D

[Mimi]

Hi, I´m Mimi. I love pretty much all books as long as they are well written. :-)

[Jeffrey]

My name is Jeffrey Vollmer and I recently authored the Am-Nord Noir Novel: Faded Gray. Would love to share thoughts and talk Eurasian crime stories.

[Nathaly]

Welcome all new members. You'll love this group!

[Marisabel]

Hello! I'm Marisabel and I just began my own challenge to get me to read in a constant basis. :) So I joined this group for extra fun :D

[Brianna]

Hi, I'm Brianna. I love all sorts of books but my favorites are historical nonfiction, historical fiction, old fairy tales or legends, and some fantasy. Basically, inspiring stories of people's lives throughout the ages and stories with magical beings sprinkled throughout its pages. It has also been my goal to try to read as many "classics" as possible.

[VNerdbooks]

Hi I'm Vicci, I love love LOVE audiobooks and will read anything really but am going through a YA dystopia phase at the moment lol.

[VNerdbooks]

I have also challenged myself to 100 Audiobooks this year so watch this (or my) space hehe.

[[deleted user]]

Hi
I'm Kay , have 3 grown kids and plenty of spare time to read.
I've read mostly nonfiction lately, but generally read almost anything ,depending on my mood .
Hoping to meet new book friends in here and join some fun challenges .