Introduce Yourself to the Group - 2016! Showing 951-1,000 of 1,288

[Tracey]

Hello everyone, I'm Tracey from East Yorkshire in the UK.
I only read physical books, love hardbacks. I like all kinds of genres but I guess literary fiction is what I read most . I like intelligent books , books that make me think and smile. Favorite authors to name a few Colum McCann, Haruki Murakami, Susan Fletcher who wrote Witchlight/Corrag not the other one and love love love Charles Dickens.
I have joined the good reads yearly challenge and set a goal of 50 books I'm already at 43 so I think I'll up it to maybe 80 and see how that works out.
I don't work as I'm disabled with MS and reading is what keeps me sane, there's a trillion world's to visit in books :) :)

[Alice-Elizabeth (Prolific Reader Alice)]

Jessika wrote: "Hello! I am Jessika and I am from the United States, Illinois. I found this group by using the search word, 'goals' and when I checked out the group I thought, "Why not join?" I like to read all ki..."

4000? That's awesome, good luck! :)

[Sophie]

Gemma wrote: "Hi everyone

I'm Gemma from Scotland and I've just joined the group. I'm aiming to read at least 15 books this year, no particular genre.

I'm looking forward to seeing some recommendations and co..."

Hi Gemma! Always great to see a fellow Scot.

My recommendations, for anyone, will always be Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. If you want YA fiction I implore you to read The Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Clare.

[Lisa S]

HI, I'm Lisa

I've been a member of this group for a few weeks now, but this is the first chance I've had to get on here to look around. I'm 49, I live in SC and I'm raising 2 of my grandchildren. They are 6 and 11, so they really keep me busy.

I'm mostly into mystery/thrillers, but I have been known to read Christian fiction, to YA. I'm really all over the place. LOL I don't really care for historical romance, but if I have nothing else to read, I will read those.

My personal goal for this year is 150, and I'm on # 55 now.

Hopefully, my grandkids will let me check in more often. Thanks for having me.

[Chrystall]

Hi everyone,
I'm Chrystall. I'm from Pennsylvania. I like to read almost anything but my favorite authors are Anne Rice, Christopher Moore and Toni Morrison. I have used Goodreads for a while to track the books I read and want to read but wanted to get more involved with challenges and discussing books and found the group by looking around for a few minutes. My reading goal for this year is 30 books and I'm on track so far. I work full time and am a full time college student. I read real books when I can but right now audiobooks work best since I drive at least 2 hours each day.

[Angie]

Hi! I'm Angie, I live in very rural Southwest Georgia (Americus, to be exact) and I love most books except romance novels. I started a book club about a year ago, and funnily enough most of our books have been biographies or memoirs (we all wrote down titles we wanted to read and threw them into a jar, so it was very random. all our books are on my Book Club Shelf). I think I found this group simply by perusing the Community Groups page :) I am trying to take my time away from time spent in front of a TV, so my goal is to simply to take more time to read, thus reading more. Officially on GR my goal is 30, but I'm guessing I'll walk away with 24 (12 book club reads and hopefully 12 more).

[Hannah]

Hello all!

I'm Hannah. I currently live in Buffalo, but I am from Cleveland. I love all types of books and I am willing to give anything a try at least once. :) This year my goal is to read 30 books. So far I've read 8 including: all 7 Harry Potter books (for the first time), a biography of Caesar, and The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell. Currently reading We Are Not Ourselves.

I'm looking forward to participating in this group!

[Roger]

Hey!
My name is Roger, I'm from Wakefield, Quebec, Canada. I'm not really difficult as for genre, but I mostly like murders and mystery, thrillers... It may be a little weird, but I like it when somebody dies in it. I'm a big Horror geek (books as much as in movies also).

I found your group when I was looking at a member's GR page to find new books to add, and saw it.

My reading goal is to read at least 30 books this year and I would like to expand my knowledge in books, I want to try to read classics for starters also, but I don't wanna go to far from what I love.

[Gary]

Welcome Roger. I'm sure many of us can help with suggestions. Who are your favorite mystery authors? Have you read Poe and Lovecraft in the horror genre?

[Roger]

Gary wrote: "Welcome Roger. I'm sure many of us can help with suggestions. Who are your favorite mystery authors? Have you read Poe and Lovecraft in the horror genre?"
Thanks, that's the thing I don't have any favorite authors. And no I didn't read those.

[Christine]

WELCOME EVERYONE!

[Nymphia]

I'm Nymphia & I'm from India. I love reading fiction books except horror. My reading goal is 25.

[Kelly]

Hi! My name is Kelly and I'm from New York. I like to read primarily mysteries and crime novels but am a voracious reader and will rarely turn down a book. Because life gets in the way I try to read at least 2 books per month but I recently suffered an injury that has me on be dress for 8 weeks so I am going through a book every couple of days. I am looking forward to meeting other readers and getting more recommendations.

[Winter, Group Reads]

Welcome everyone! I look forward to getting to know you all! Don't hesitate to reach out for questions :)

[Kirsten]

From-Farmington Mo.Us
Books-Mystery, dystopian, romance
Friend
50, but i am already completed

[♎ Nereta♎]

Hello, my name is Nereta. I am from Lithuania. I like to read romance, young adult, fantasy, crime books. I found out about this group because I was searching for reading challenges. My reading goal is to get as much knownledge from books as I can

[Marina]

Nereta, I love it that your reading goal is not just numbers, but something much more important. That's very wise.

[Tim]

Hi, I am Tim. I live in Rockford, Illinois, USA. I read most genres, both fiction and non-fiction, but due to a tight budget I mainly read books that are in the Public Domain or from the library.

I joined this group a while back after coming across it while browsing. This is my first post in the group since of where I get my materials and what I fell like reading when I start reading a book.

I had set a goal of 50 books earlier this year, but fell behind in my reading. I just finished reading Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis which is my fourth book so I have a long way to go to get to 50.

Yesterday I came across and joined the Public Domain Readers group where instead of reading books from a specific list, we pick books from a specific genre or category for the month. That makes it easier to find something I like and should help me reach my goal.

I look forward to see what everybody is reading and get into discussions if I've read the book. I've been an avid reader ever since I was young and am now in my 50's, so there is a chance that I've read something that someone else in the group is reading.

[Jessica]

Hello, my name is Jessica. I am 23 years old and I am from Alabama, US. I will read anything that interests me, but I mostly read Fantasy, Paranormal, and Scifi. Its been a few years since Ive been really active in reading but I used to be a big reader and I am hoping to get back into it again. My goal is the read 25 books this year, but I am a bit behind. I joined this group because it seemed like a good way to get me back into reading.

[Kadijah Michelle]

Welcome to the group everyone! I hope you enjoy all the challenges this group has to offer!

[Gary]

Welcome to all the new folks who have posted.

[Lady Clementina]

Hello everyone,

I'm Mallika from Gurgaon, India. I enjoy reading pretty much everything but especially classics, historical fiction and non-fiction, some fantasy, children's literature, mysteries and also popular math and science books.

I found this group as I noticed I friend from another group here is a member.

My goal this year is to read at least eight books a month (I haven't been keeping up very well because of work) but more broadly to cut my TBR pile down by at least half. Counting e-books and actual books, I'm a little embarrassed to say I had over 200 on my pile at the beginning of the year,

[Winter, Group Reads]

Welcome everyone!

[Lady Clementina]

Winter wrote: "Welcome everyone!"

Thanks :)

[Steven]

Hey all! Just joined this group! I'm Steven and I'm living in St. John's Newfoundland. Not originally where I'm from, but it's a beautiful place to be! I like to read fantasy novels, but I'm really open to reading anything. I like to read as much as I can, but try to finish at least one book a month. Look forward to talking to you all on these discussion boards!

[David]

Hi everybody, I joined last night, but kind of skipped this part, sorry. Um, I'm the States, New York to be exact (state not city). I like to read, lately mainly biographies but I also like fantasy fiction, contemporary fiction, romances, history books, and philosophy.

[Kara]

Hey, all! It's great to see so many new faces from all over the world. Let us know if you have any questions!

[Brittany]

Hello! I am just kind of looking for someone to discuss books with and have a monthly reading challenge. I read more then one book a month generally, but this will give me ideas on books to read and a little personal challenge as well!

[Emily]

Hi Everyone!!
I joined a couple days ago....
some of my favorite genres are YA, Fiction, Fantasy,and Dystopian.
My Personal Reading Challenge for 2016 is 50 books!
and I'm always looking for Recommendations.

[Kim]

Hello! My name is Kim and I typically use Goodreads to keep track of what I've read. Looking for a more interactive group than the other one I'm in. I love reading all sorts of things, riding horses, gardening, knitting and being outdoors. Married with 2 adult children, retired from teaching after 33 years. I'm in the middle of A Prayer for Owen Meany right now and loving it! Trying to stay on track to meet my reading challenge this year...

[Margaret]

Hello, introducing myself here... I've been on Goodreads for a while but am craving more book talk than I get in real life, so thought I'd give this group a try. I see it's pretty busy here.

I was one of those nose-in-a-book kids, but put off personal reading for several years while homeschooling my kids. Now that they are older, not only do they not need me so much, but we can enjoy and discuss the same books. So I decided to challenge myself to read 50 books this year, with the hope of doing more.

My reading is kind of all over the place; this year I'm reading some geology-related books along with one of my kids, a fair bit of high-school-appropriate lit either for the first time or as a re-read, and some mysteries for fun.

Looking forward to getting to know people here!

[Kadijah Michelle]

Hello All! You have picked a really exciting time to join our group. We have just started our 10K Celebration!

[Cassandra]

In that case, welcome back! Jump into anything that sounds interesting. :)

[Winter, Group Reads]

Hi everyone! Welcome to our group!

[Lea]

Hello everyone,

I'm Lea, I'm from Switzerland and my reading goal for this year is 25 books.
I can get excited with every genre at the moment I'm going through a YA phase.
I've decided to join this group to share my book love with others and find some more awesome books to read. I'm also very excited for a few challenges :)

[TapMyShoulder]

Hello all, I'm Agathe and I'm originally from France, but I'm currently studying in the UK. My reading goal for this year is to read at least a book a month (different from the books required for uni), plus I'm aiming to read a longer classic during the summer holiday.
I am a very classics-oriented reader, but I enjoy any type of fiction, especially fantasy and romance. I would love some book recommandations. Any genre is welcome, since I am joining this group partly to broaden my horizons!
I look forward to this challenge!

[Blagica , Challenges]

welcome you are in good company happy reading!

[Kadijah Michelle]

AgatheReads wrote: "Hello all, I'm Agathe and I'm originally from France, but I'm currently studying in the UK. My reading goal for this year is to read at least a book a month (different from the books required for u..."

When I was in college my goals were the same. I only had the brain power to read one non school book a month, and I always made it a classic.

[Anna]

Hello everyone,

My name is Anna. I am originally from Poland, but I'm currently living in Scotland. I like to read all types of books as every genre has something great to offer! However, my favourite genres are crime, mystery and thriller. My personal reading challenge for this year is 20 books.

[[deleted user]]

Hello my name is Ashlee "ash"
24
Christian
In a relationship of 6 years
Going to school for vet tech
Currently writing a book (just for fun)
Love sims 3
Thinking about starting a booktube but, don't have a good camera
also thinking about starting a book blog? Might just do that
Love to sing (just not around people)
I love books!

[Shirley]

Hello all, I'm Shirley. I'd like to read 50 memorable books this year.
Have a great year.

[Lauri]

Aloha! My name is Lauri and I'm from Hawaii. Reading is my most favorite thing in the entire world! I love real books made from ink and actual paper. I enjoy visiting my public library weekly and checking out shopping bags full of books!
My favorite genre is historical fiction. I'm also a sucker for pre-history, Asian, ancient Egyptian, colonial Amerian & Early European stories. Guilty pleasure: vampires & werewolves!
I will read just about anything -- my rule is to give it 100 pages. If I am not loving it by that point, I just move on. This rarely happens, though.
I've been on GR for years, but this is the first year I've joined any groups or challenges. I may have bitten off more than I can chew, but I sure am having fun!

[Lauri]

Ash wrote: "Hello my name is Ashlee "ash"
24
Christian
In a relationship of 6 years
Going to school for vet tech
Currently writing a book (just for fun)
Love sims 3
Thinking about starting a booktube but, don'..."

Hi, Ash! I love to sing, too! Anytime, anywhere! You should try it in front of people. It's amazing when they sing, too. ;)

[Winter, Group Reads]

Welcome Lea, Agathe and Anna!

Anna: I'm trying to learn Polish ^^ I'm from Norway so it's a totally different way of thinking when you speak it. Not the easiest, but it's the most beautiful language I know.

[[deleted user]]

Lauri wrote: "Ash wrote: "Hello my name is Ashlee "ash"
24
Christian
In a relationship of 6 years
Going to school for vet tech
Currently writing a book (just for fun)
Love sims 3
Thinking about starting a booktu..."

lol I'm too shy! :)

[Luz]

Hello!!! my name is Lucy and I'm from Puerto Rico
45
Married for 15 years
with two kids, Angel and Lorena
I'm a pharmacy Tech
love to read, art craft and art journalism
I have a passion for horses and Alpacas. Love them.
This is the first time I joined a group challenge. :)

[Ambisaurus]

Hi guys,
I'm Amber. I'm 25 and a next wife/mother of 2. Reading abs binge watching shows is a bit theraputic for me. I love YA fantasy though I'm trying to read more contemporary. I also dabble in other genres, it sort of just depends on my mood. I've thought about making a booktube but I don't think my camera is good enough so I might make a blog instead or just try and get a bit more use out of twitter and instagram.

[Precious]

Hi! I'm Precious and I am from Mississippi!

I give every genre a chance, but I'm particularly drawn to & love Vampire Lit, Horror, YA, Contemporary, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy.

I love audiobooks just as much as physical copies.

My goal is 50 books!

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[Eric]

hi I'm Eric i read lots books but i wanna read gay erotica if possible

[Anna]

Winter: Thank you for warm welcome! I'm happy to hear that you like my mother tongue. You're right, Polish is totally different than Norwegian and very difficult language to learn but don't give up! ^^