Introduction

[Bhavana]

Hello bookworms! I am Bhavana from Andhra Pradesh, South India. Happy to be a part of the group. Looking forward to meet many like minded people.

[Deadly Corvid]

Hi everyone! I'm Priyadharshini from Chennai. I am a final year engineering student. I like to lose myself in books, and pretend I don't have exams or projects or any other unpleasant stuff. I don't come across many hardcore readers in my daily life, and it is terrific to see this many at one place! Hope to have a good time here :)

[Gorab]

Welcome Bhavana and Priya. Whats your favorite genre?

No hardcore readers??? Bet you won't be able to say that here.... after you know Manasa (aka Mishty) better :)
Happy reading folks!

[Rahul]

hi i am rahul reddy from andhra pradesh, india. i love to read books, i read all genres nothing in particular but i dont go with autobio and self help ones.i love to watch anime and i read manga too. as of films or tv series i go watch them as per my institution.

[Sundara]

Hello:D
Welcome Rahul!!

If you're interested join in for the October group read:)

[Annette, The Manager]

Priya wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Priyadharshini from Chennai. I am a final year engineering student. I like to lose myself in books, and pretend I don't have exams or projects or any other unpleasant stuff. I don'..."

Hey priya. I am in chennai too :) welcome to the group

[Abhipsa]

Hi...this is Abhipsa.I am 16 and I am from Bhubaneswar,Odisha.I am a typical bookworm and I read every genre I can get my hands on.Everything except non-fiction.
I started reading with the odia novels and short story collections lying around my place when I was 6.Then my cousin introduced me to Harry Potter Collection and I feel like I didn't stop reading after that.I have read Harry Potter like a numerous times but it still feels fresh and new everytime I open it.Okay,enough of fangirling..
My favourite books are:
1.The Beast's Garden by Kate Forsyth
2.Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
And a lot others.
Basically I like to read High Fantasy Romances but that's not a mandatory thing.As long as its written on pages and is dark and intense,I would read it.
I guess that's all about me.Thanks.

[[deleted user]]

Welcome Bhavana and Priya :):)

[[deleted user]]

Welcome, Rahul :) and have a hi-five on self help books. I, too, can't stand them.

[[deleted user]]

Welcome Abhipray :)
Guess HP fans are not hard to find ;)

[Ashish]

Namaste everyone, This is Ashish from Rajasthan. Doing B.Com. I love readin books, listening songs and surfing web.I read all genres, no restriction on that :P

[Annette, The Manager]

Welcome Ashish :)

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Welcome Ashish :)

[[deleted user]]

Welcome Ditsa :)

[She who must not be named]

Hello everybody :)
I prefer to remain anonymous online so I won't tell you my name :P
I like to keep my reading as diverse as possible but I have a particular fondness for fantasy because I feel that it is one genre which has a bit of every genre in it.
Apart from reading,I love watching tv shows,including anime .

[Gorab]

Welcome SWMNBN :)

[[deleted user]]

Welcome She-who-must-not-be-named!!
Since your pseudonym is too long to type, I would use the abbreviation Gorab made.

[Priyal]

Hey,
I am not very sure how to do this, as I am really new to all this and additionally I am a tad kiddish, Okay I confess, I am a lot kiddish.
Anyways, I loveee books and watching movies and am finding ways to make money out of that to pay for the therapy I obviously need.
I don't have any specific genre as such, just a good book would do.
So this is me, PRIYAL. I am looking forward to all the time I am gonna spend hogging the lappy to be active over here!
Cheers!!!

[[deleted user]]

Welcome, Priyal :)
Good luck for your plan of monetizing your reading :)

[Priyal]

Thank you very much!!!
*WINKS*

[Lina]

Heyy, everybody:) My name is Lina and I'm 18)) I study applied linguistics and learn programming and languages) apart of that I'm in love with reading)) my currently-reading book is "The silence of the lambs" but my favourits are "The girl with pearl earring", "The Thorn birds", "1984", "Divergent" trilogy and "Harry Potter" series. I'm really glad to be in this group))) and Have a nice evening everyone)

[Gorab]

Silence of the Lambs - Haven't read but loved the movie.
Welcome Lina :)
Hope to interact more on books and stuff here.
Happy Reading.

[Lina]

Thank you:)) Of course)

[martin eden]

Hi everyone! I'm joining this group. I love to read (of course) all kinds of books. Hope we can share thoughts, reviews, ...

[Gorab]

You won't be here if not for love of reading Martin :P
Being an English teacher, any particular genre you don't like to read?
Welcome to the group. Glad to have you here.
Cheers!

[martin eden]

Thank you Gorab!
There is no specific genres that I don't like. I'm really open-minded, I love to try, to discover and experiment new things. That's really important in my job actually, so I can discuss with my students. It's really enriching!

[Sundara]

Welcome Martin and Lina :D

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Welcome Martin and Lina :)

[Terrence]

Hi there. My name is Terrence Perera and 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.
In Zimbabwe I also turned Horticulturist and grew roses, for export to Europe, in a metal, plastic-covered greenhouse of extent one full hectare!
I was also a Lawn Bowls player and took part in Zimbabwe National Bowls Tournaments
I am now an author and have written four books. My first book, “Sri Lankan and Zimbabwean Memories”, is a collection of autobiographical reminiscences. My second book, “Hernando Villa: A Sri Lankan Love Story”, is a novel. My third book, “Turmoil at the Villa” is the sequel to “Hernando Villa” and my fourth book, "Unsuitable Boys!", is also a romantic adventure novel with a Sri Lankan background. https://www.amazon.com/author/terrenc...

[Gorab]

Quite an adventurous life Terrence! Welcome to the group. All the best for your books :)

[Halifa]

Hi Everyone , My name is Halifa , i just joined this group.

I like reading Thriller, adventure, mystery, conspiracy and fantasy book. Not soo craxy about romance novels , they make me sad and weepy...lol

Some all time favourite authors of mine are : Dan Brown , John Grisham, Sydney Sheldon , Robert Ludlum. In recent times i have fallen i love with George R. R. Martin.

I think i am still old school . Can anyone recommend new books , authors i can check out ? I would be super grateful.

Thanks.

[[deleted user]]

Welcome Halifa :)
Glad that you joined the group.
Participate in group activities, and you will get tones of recos, I'm sure.

[Brittany]

Hey everyone! I'm a 28 mommy of 3 and wife. I live in Georgia. I love to read! it my little time to escape. I will read just about anything! looking forward to being a part of this group :)

[[deleted user]]

Welcome Brittany!
We are glad to have you here :)

[Shilpa]

hi everyone.... My name is SHILPA frm INDIA..... I like romantic n fantasy novel..... lookin foward to being a part of this gp:)

[[deleted user]]

Welcome Shilpa :)
Have a great time here!!

PS: Romance and fantasy are my genres too :P

[Terrence]

Writers and Readers of Sri Lankan Books
I am interested in contacting writers and readers of books with Sri Lankan backgrounds.

[Alok]

Hello This Alok .... i read non fiction and nature related books .... and love to share ideas with people and learn from them ...glad to be in this group

[[deleted user]]

Welcome Alok:)
I'm thinking of reading more non-fics this year, so you might help me in this. Maybe few recos, or a BR or two ;)

[Alok]

Wow good .....i would be happy to do so ....... If you want to start with astronomy kind of stuff ... god for a book called COSMOS by Carl Sagan and if you want to read some evolution kind of stuff ....go for a book called SELFISH GENE by Richard Dawkins ........These books were my starters , and then i became so addicted that today i am in this group discussing books

[Gorab]

You've found your way to the perfect group Alok.
So far this group was dominated by classics, but its shifting towards non-fiction :)
Welcome once again.

How the group works?
Well, you can browse through what goes around in this group in its various threads here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/list_...

Then we have a monthly group read where the members vote from a list of nominated books and the winning book is read as a group. For instance this month we're reading Matilda here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And you can nominate the book to be read in February here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

You'll also get email notifications of planned monthly group activities at the start of each month.

There are various challenges, buddy reads, chit-chats (non-books too) but books and reading is what connects us all here.
Hope you'll have a good time here :)

[Gorab]

"here" "here" "here" "here" is all I can "hear" when I read that message again!

[Alok]

Well Thank you for that kind and detailed information .... I am glad to be in this group and i have voted too .......... and i recommend this group to read something that is non fiction ...........youll love it

[Drishti]

Hey everyone! :)
I'm Drishti, a 15-year old high school student from India.
I'm quite open in my my genre preferences. Will read almost anything, be it historical fiction, classics, fantasy or contemporary!
Looking forward to having fun here! :D

[Jatin]

Hello everyone!
My name is Jatin and I'm from Kolkata, India.
I love to read (quite obvious). My other interests are playing football, listen to songs, playing the piano and thinking.
My favourite authors are Rick Riordan, Jeffrey Archer, Durjoy Dutta, Stepehn Hawking and Dan Brown!!
I mostly read fiction, fantasy and adventure, but I'm open to all suggestions.
I love science. Physics to be specific. Space, time, dimensions, black holes and all.
My favourite series is the Heroes of Olympus and I staunchly believe that Percy Jackson is better than Harry Potter (and people hate me for that)

Guess I've said quite a lot. I'm new here at Goodreads and I'm looking forward to having a good time.
I'm glad I found this group.

[[deleted user]]

Welcome Drishti!!
Glad you joined this group.
Have fun :)

[[deleted user]]

Welcome Jatin!!
Well, since I haven't read Percy Jackson series yet, so I won't hate you for that unpopular opinion of yours. Just kidding!
Hope you have a great time here :)

[Drishti]

Arpit wrote: "Welcome Drishti!!
Glad you joined this group.
Have fun :)"

Thanks Arpit!! :)

[Karishma]

Hi everyone!
I am Karishma from Maharashtra.
I haven't read a lot of books till date, so I would love to start it now. Please suggest some books. The genre isn't important, although I find crime genre really engaging.

[Snehil]

Hello!
I am Snehil from Kolkata.
21 and Computer Science Undergrad.
I like reading fiction. Very few Non-fiction books make way into my to-read list. Looking forward to becoming a part of this group.