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[Tracy]

Welcome BLAD! Glad you found us on your way back to reading — hope you have fun :)

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Welcome BLAD!

[just lori]

Hi, my name is Lori. I grew up as a ravenous reader. However, sometime between child #4 and child #5 I just ran out of time for "me" reading. Three years ago I made a new year's resolution to get back to reading. I'm happy to say that this is one resolution that I kept. I have joined multiple reading challenges over the last few years to try to stretch myself as a reader. A few I liked but more were ones that I would only do once. I'm trying to find that balance between getting outside of my comfort zone and reading for enjoyment/relaxation. My favorite genres are sci-fi/fantasy, detective/crime, and historical fiction.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Welcome, Lori! With a houseful of kids, I'm impressed you can read at all. I started to get more reading done when my 2 kids were in school and I had a job where I actually got a 15-minute break that I could use for reading.

Many of us share your favorite genres. Feel free to check out our various threads, join our Winter Challenge, and share your reads with us as the year goes along.

[Julie]

Hi,

I saw this group through a GR friend and thought it looked fun! The 52 books should tie in nicely with my year’s goal of 60 books.

I’m after variety in my reading choices, so this is a good way to achieve that. My favourite genres are historical, romance, Biblical, fantasy and mysteries.

Look forward to finding my way around here and joining the discussion threads!

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Welcome, Julie! I see you especially like Georgian and Regency romance, as do I (also Historical fiction, fantasy and mysteries). If you would like to do our Winter Challenge, you can count any books you read since the date it started. We will have a Read-a-thon late in January and there are many discussion threads you are welcome to participate in.

[Julie]

Thanks very much Robin. :) I love how creative all the prompts are, look forward to joining in!

[Rachel]

Hi all,
I’m Rachel, sorry I joined last Nov/Dec but didn’t get a chance to introduce myself.
Im 31, soon to be 32.
I am a avid reader since childhood.
Cat mum to Binx 😊

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Welcome, to you too, Rachel! No one is required to introduce themselves but we enjoy learning about you. As a childhood reader, you might like to chime in on our Weekly Question here

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

about the first books you remember.

[Helen]

Hello I’m Helen from Liverpool (UK)
Just joining the challenge in 2023, looking forward to stretching my reading!

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Welcome, Helen! Don't worry, you will get many new ideas for reading here! (too many? no such thing!)

[Rebecca]

Hi, I'm Rebecca and am looking forward to doing this challenge. Reading has always been a big part of my life - for pleasure, education and adventure. I am anticipating a great journey with this group!

[Tracy]

Welcome Rebecca! This is my second year with the challenges, and I’ve loved it! I especially like voting season when we decide on the prompts for the following year. So much great reading to look forward to. My friends think it’s weird when I tell them “oh, I’m going to read that book NEXT year”, like, why would you plan that far ahead?

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Welcome Rebecca!

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Great to have you, Rebecca! You can jump into our yearly challenge or quarterly challenge and count any books you read during the appropriate time.

[Denise]

Hi, I'm Denise in California. I'm a high school teacher, cat mom, and have never met a book I wouldn't read. I found this challenge a couple months ago and am getting caught up posting my reading. My goal was 60 books BEFORE I found the challenge, so this will help me keep up.

Looking forward to joining the summer challenge. I hope I am keeping up with the posts correctly: I created a post with the summer reading list to update, I created my yearly list post to update, have answered a few weekly questions, and have added some reads to the spreadsheet.
Anything else to know?

[Robin H-R]

Hello...I'm Robin from Central Oregon. I'm jumping in a little late, so I'm going to update with books I've read so far for other challenges.
My favorite books are historical fiction. I have a passion for Jack the Ripper and Chicago gangsters. I read a lot of mysteries and my TBR shelf is HUGE. I'm not much of a "planner"; I read what I am drawn to at the time.. I'm also a big sports fan...especially baseball.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Welcome! You picked a great time to join -- we are kicking off our 2024 list making process at the end of this month, so keep an eye out for it!

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Robin wrote: "Hello...I'm Robin from Central Oregon. I'm jumping in a little late, so I'm going to update with books I've read so far for other challenges.
My favorite books are historical fiction. I have a pass..."

Welcome from another Robin! Yes, you can apply any books you read this year. Historical fiction is my favorite also, including historical mysteries. I'll have to check out your shelves!

**Wow, I just checked and our tastes are 88% similar, that is one of the highest I've seen. I will send you a friend request.

[Robin H-R]

Robin P wrote: "Robin wrote: "Hello...I'm Robin from Central Oregon. I'm jumping in a little late, so I'm going to update with books I've read so far for other challenges.
My favorite books are historical fiction...."

Awesome!

[NancyJ]

Robin wrote: "Hello...I'm Robin from Central Oregon. I'm jumping in a little late, so I'm going to update with books I've read so far for other challenges.
My favorite books are historical fiction. I have a pass..."

Welcome Robin! I did the exact same thing when I joined late in the year. This will be good practice. It’s a nice way to ease into the process. There is a lot of flexibility here, which makes it fun.

[NancyJ]

Denise wrote: "Hi, I'm Denise in California. I'm a high school teacher, cat mom, and have never met a book I wouldn't read ..."

Welcome Denise! You are going to love the variety of ideas that come out of this group then! Assuming you have the summer off, be sure to follow the planning process for next year’s prompts. Check out the Wild Discussion thread if you haven’t already.

[Denise]

NancyJ wrote: "Denise wrote: "Hi, I'm Denise in California. I'm a high school teacher, cat mom, and have never met a book I wouldn't read ..."

Welcome Denise! You are going to love the variety of ideas that come..."

yes I will be sprung for the summer soon. I have been reading some of the ideas in the 2024 discussion but have not offered feedback yet.

[Christine]

Hi! I'm Christine in Minnesota. I feel like I've been in a bit of a reading dry spell lately, so I'm hoping to get my reading jump started again by jumping into the ATY 2023 challenge! I will use the books I've read so far this year. I doubt I'll finish all 52 by December 31, but it will be fun trying. :-)

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Welcome Christine! I joined in June my first year doing the challenge and ended up finishing the year with exactly 52 books read -- the most I had ever read in one year. Here's hoping you have a successful first year!

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Welcome Christine,

I lived in MN for over 25 years before moving a bit south to Wisconsin. Feel free to join in our Seasonal Reading Challenge if you like, as well as the year-long one. And you are just in time to participate in the crazy months-long ritual of nominating and voting for our books of the next year!

[Karin]

Hi--I've heard of this group so often that I was sure I used to be a member, but I've never posted in this thread so may be mistaken. I have done a challenge like this and thought it was here.

It might be because I have 34 GR friends in this group and some are very active (like Robin P). I may be too late for this year unless we can jump in and use any books we've read within the year, but hope to do this in 2024.

[Joanne]

Hello, I am Joanne (and also a friend of Karin and also of Robin from other groups). I have been looking for new group challenges since last year-been on GR's for many years doing the same challenges and it is time to change things up a bit.

I am a fan of HF and Fantasy and I read a lot of NF. Looking forward to a new adventure in 2024

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Welcome y'all! It's the perfect time to join -- we just started making our 2024 list. The polling process is a lot of fun.

You're welcome to use any books you've read this year and apply it to the 2023 challenge. We are very open and welcoming here... you won't find the book police in this group!

[Book Concierge]

Hi. Following Robin P, Karin and Joanne all of whom I know from another group. I like reading challenges and look forward to seeing what ATY prompts make it for 2024.

I'm in six F2F book groups, so those books always take precedence in my reading schedule. If they fit a prompt that will be a bonus!

[Bea]

Book Concierge wrote: "Hi. Following Robin P, Karin and Joanne all of whom I know from another group. I like reading challenges and look forward to seeing what ATY prompts make it for 2024.

I'm in six F2F book groups, ..."

Hi, Book Concierge. Nice to see you here. You, too, Karin!

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Great, welcome friends! Happy to see you all here. I have joined several groups thanks to Book Concierge (who I think of as my GR Concierge too!) and we have been able to meet in person several times since we live about an hour and a half apart. Glad to return the favor!

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Karin wrote: "Hi--I've heard of this group so often that I was sure I used to be a member, but I've never posted in this thread so may be mistaken. I have done a challenge like this and thought it was here.

It..."

Yes, Karin (and others), you can count any books you read in 2023 toward this year's challenge. So it's not too late and I know you are all big readers who will be able to fit your books in. In ATY, the rule is "if you say it fits, it fits" - "creative" interpretations of prompts are accepted, even appreciated.

[Karin]

Robin P wrote: " In ATY, the rule is "if you say it fits, it fits" - "creative" interpretations of prompts are accepted, even appreciated.

Love it!

[Doctor]

Hi everyone! I’m late to the party but I always have a good time. I’m Dr Williams, Doc or DW. I like all romance except historical 🫤, mystery, suspense, thriller but no horror. And I read my first fantasy this year! Glad to be here. My goal is to complete 50% since I am so late. 😇

[Bec]

Welcome Doctor Williams! You are just in time to help with next years list. Head over to the 2024 threads to see about voting! We are up to poll 10!

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Doctor wrote: "Hi everyone! I’m late to the party but I always have a good time. I’m Dr Williams, Doc or DW. I like all romance except historical 🫤, mystery, suspense, thriller but no horror. And I read my first ..."

Welcome Doc, and please feel free to retroactively assign books you've read this year to prompts. Lots of people do it that way and find they've read more than they realized!

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Doctor wrote: "Hi everyone! I’m late to the party but I always have a good time. I’m Dr Williams, Doc or DW. I like all romance except historical 🫤, mystery, suspense, thriller but no horror. And I read my first ..."

Welcome! The rule in ATY is, "if you say it fits, it fits", so you should be able to find slots for almost anything you've already read this year.

[Nicki]

Hi, all! I’m Nicki and I live in Northeast Texas. Just retired so I have a lot of reading time available to me now! I’m hoping this group will lead me to new authors & titles I may not encounter on my own.

I look forward to jumping in on the 2024 challenges. For now, I’ll just lurk, read all the threads and get the lay of the land! Thanks for having me.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Nicki wrote: "Hi, all! I’m Nicki and I live in Northeast Texas. Just retired so I have a lot of reading time available to me now! I’m hoping this group will lead me to new authors & titles I may not encounter on..."

Hi and welcome, Nicki! If you feel like it, you can still do the 2023 challenge by plugging in any books you read so far this year. But if you'd rather wait, that's fine too. We have monthly challenges, for instance the Autumn/Fall one just started, and we have weekly questions and other entertainments from time to time.

[Tracy]

Welcome Nicki, and congratulations on your retirement!

[Nicki]

Thank you, Robin and Tracy!

[Sonia]

I'm Sonia and I have been doing the challenge since 2021 but only really engaging in these discussions this year. I am enjoying being part of the voting sessions for next years prompts! I live in Victoria, Australia and work in a public library. Access to lots of books, but not enough time to read them all. I have joined this group to expand my reading and already have so many new books on my TBR list.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

We are happy to have your voice here Sonia!

[Sarah]

good afternoon.

I'm Sarah. I have decided to do this challenge next year. working through all the things I have to do (feel a little overwhelmed) but this one was just introduce myself so that is a start. I live in Cambridgeshire and am an avid reader.. i read all different genres. I'm excited to make a plan and complete this challenge next year! so thank you for reading and hello!!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Welcome Sarah!

We are a very laid back group -- everything is optional, but we love participation. Don't stress yourself out about any of it, but if you have any questions, we are happy to answer them.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Welcome, Sarah! In taking on the 2024 challenge, remember the ATY rule is "if you say it fits, it fits". Creative interpretation of the prompts is allowed, even encouraged, so that they work for you. If you find yourself stuck on any prompt, you can consult the individual threads we have set up where we submit lots of ideas.

[Bec]

Sonia wrote: "I'm Sonia and I have been doing the challenge since 2021 but only really engaging in these discussions this year. I am enjoying being part of the voting sessions for next years prompts! I live in V..."
Hi Sonia, Nice to have another Aussie in here. I'm from Adelaide.

[Bec]

Sarah wrote: "good afternoon.

I'm Sarah. I have decided to do this challenge next year. working through all the things I have to do (feel a little overwhelmed) but this one was just introduce myself so that is..."

Welcome Sarah.

[Keli]

Hi all. I live in Norwich, England. I will read just about any genre but true crime, though I have ben known to read even this on the rare occasion. My favourite genres are UF, paranormal fantasy, sci-fi, space opera, feminist fiction, and historical fiction and classics and contemporary fiction and...well most genres are my favourite. I'm really looking forward forward to this one. I hope to use many of the books I keep buying for it, as I really should read them. Lookong forward to discussions with you all.