Chit Chat

[Emily Rabecca]

Barbara wrote: "Thank you both Andrea and Northern Belle. I know it was a depressing post I just needed to vent to someone and everyone is so kind here. I'm really glad I found this group. I ended up leaving quite..."

I am happy we have you in this group and if you ever need to talk you can message me as well! I just found this group too and really love it already. It is nice to be able to come up here and talk about everything and anything. And I have been in a lot of groups and I never feel like I really belong.

[Megan]

Barbara. I'm so sorry for both of your losses. Please feel free to vent here at anytime. We are all here to listen and only participate with what you can. You definitely don't have to participate in everything. We don't have any requirements. We just want you to enjoy reading and the group. If you ever need anything we are all here for you.

[TessaMarie]

Is it bad that I've literally listenedd to the same song over 150 times the past 4 weeks and I'm still repeating it.

[Inky]

Nope. I've done that quite a few times.

[Andrea]

TessaMarie wrote: "Is it bad that I've literally listenedd to the same song over 150 times the past 4 weeks and I'm still repeating it."

No it is not. I have done it before.

[TessaMarie]

:)

[Andrea]

TessaMarie wrote: ":)"

I did it last night actually.

[TessaMarie]

What song

[Emily Rabecca]

I do that all the time! It drives my BF crazy lol

[Andrea]

TessaMarie wrote: "What song"

It was "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" Mannheim Steam Roller and the whole Trans Siberian Orchestra CD on repeat.

[TessaMarie]

Yeah I can see myself repeating that song

[Andrea]

TessaMarie wrote: "Yeah I can see myself repeating that song"

I love those two groups. They live in my cd player during this time of year. I'm such a band nerd. I was actually a band nerd in high school. Played the flute.

[TessaMarie]

Band nerds united. I Play Clarinet

[TessaMarie]

I am also a theatre nerd. In fact the song I've been listening too is from a Musical

[Megan]

Omg every Christmas my dad plays Mannheim steamroller on repeat the whole day!!!

[TessaMarie]

Omg I love your father

[Andrea]

lol, the best person ever who plays it all day long on repeat!

[TessaMarie]

thanks so much :)

[TessaMarie]

you too

[Cecilia]

hey yall!

[TessaMarie]

Merry Christmas from Austria, don't let Krampus get you.

[Cecilia]

OH KNOW KRUMPUS!!!

[TessaMarie]

A terrifying Austrian Christmas tradition

[TessaMarie]

I shall sum it up

[TessaMarie]

So basically before Christmas December 5th this year, St. Nikklolas Comes and rewards children with candy and other treats that he puts in their shoes. Krampus is St. Nikkolas's assistant who punishes bad children. He does this by putting them in a bag and hitting them with a stick, the really bad children he takes and drags down to hell. He Looks like this...



During the night in Bavarian villages men Dress up as Krampus run through the town, wacking People with sticks, Messing up your hair, and just generally terrifying everyone.

[TessaMarie]

It's quite the way to get children to be good

[TessaMarie]

They just came out with a Horror movie about Krampus this is the Trailer

link

[TessaMarie]

It came out december 5th

[TessaMarie]

Well on that happy note goodnight everyone

[Megan]

Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate it and happy holidays in general!!! Seasons Greetings and all that good stuff!!! Happy Hanukkah too even though it has already passed. I just don't want anyone to feel left out!!!

[Emily Rabecca]

I had to come tell everyone I got engaged last night!!!!!!!!

[Inky]

Congrats!!

[Megan]

Congratulations!!!

[Emily Rabecca]

Thank you!!! I am beyond excited!

[[deleted user]]

Congrats honey!!!

[Emily Rabecca]

Thank you so much!!!

[TessaMarie]

congrats

[Andrea]

Congratulations! We are all very excited for you!

Christmas is such a wonderful time of year to have that wonderful question popped!

[Inky]

Quick question, is there a place either on the internet or someplace where I can have a virtual tbr jar and can randomly pick my next book? I've been thinking of making a tbr jar but there's just too many to read and I don't want to get overwhelmed. I hope I'm making sense.

Sidenote, my boyfriend's apartment is creepy at night. I'm going to need some happy, fun books to read when I stay here and he needs to work. Lol.

[Emily Rabecca]

Barbara, I don't know of a place online but that sounds like a good idea. i have two TBR jars and I barely use them maybe if the were online I would lol

Oh no, I hate creepy places lol. I would have happy movies on and reading happy books all the time lol

[Andrea]

That is a really good idea. I had a TBR jar at one point but I have so many series I would forget to update the TBR jar with the next book in the series so I kind of gave up on it. lol

[Megan]

Maybe you could use something like a random number generator or rafflecopter type of thing. Just a thought.

[Emily Rabecca]

Megan wrote: "Maybe you could use something like a random number generator or rafflecopter type of thing. Just a thought."

That's a really good idea!

[Andrea]

I have heard about random but I just don't know if I could assign my books numbers. lol they aren't a number. lol

[Inky]

I guess I could make up a master list and put the number in a random generator. I could possibly just use the number of my books in a certain bookshelf on my Goodreads. All of my books are there. I'll just need to count up or down to that book (whatever I'm feeling that day). I hope that makes sense.

[Andrea]

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[R.J.]

C.M. wrote: "Ok, So just out of curiosity, What is everyone's favorite Genre? For me I love Dystopian, Paranormal, Fantasy, of course a little romance thrown in, too."
Hmm...a good romance....and if it's a good paranormal romance, well that's even better!

[R.J.]

Megan wrote: "I just wanted to let you know how happy I am to have found this group. I've joined other groups on goodreads and started to feel lost in them. I like that this one is smaller and more personal. Its..."

I agree!

[R.J.]

Megan wrote: "CM I just realized I never added my fav genres. Right now I'm into dystopia, fantasy and I'm loving fairy tale retellings. However I'm pretty much open to anything if it has a blurb that interests me."

I love fairy-tale re-tellings as well! Rosamund Hodge has done an excellent job so far. She's done Beauty and the Best (Cruel Beauty), Little Red Ridding Hood (Crimson Bound). I love them! You should check them out.

[R.J.]

Northern Belle Bookworm wrote: "I think you might be the first person I met that actually love the Selection series. I feel like a lot of people hate it. I own a lot of philippa gregory, The Other Boleyn girl was the first book I..."

I love the Selection Series!