2025 Reading Challenge discussion
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Introduce Yourself to the Group - 2016!
Hi,Its Saturday, and YES I am home reading...?!?! At 10:30 pm?!?!
Yes..
I just finished a good book, rare for me, and for some reason it has convinced me to continue on with this minor hobby of mine and maybe turn it into a full blown obsession.
So, I now find myself on the internet searching for other good novels/authors and subsequently here introducing myself to a discussion group like a junkie at an AA meeting.
I do not know what I like to read because I have yet to encounter enough of it.
The last book I remember enjoying was in High School, and as I recall I was chastised quite often for even mentioning it among more scholarly and qualified intellects. This being the Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. (((braces)))
However, if you do have any advice or interesting leads to good fiction, only fiction and no real stuff, please introduce them to me through the group for it is my goal to live the rest of my days buried between the pages.
Sincerely.
Hello. My name is Rebecca. I love to read I read just about anything. Mysteries, historical fiction, history, science fiction, suspense etc. Over the last several years I have found more and more love of reading. I also enjoy discussing books. Right now I am reading/listening to audiobook of Return of Moriarty by Gardner. It is an excellent Sherlock Holmes novel. I started following along with the audiobook. 4 hrs. out of 16 hrs. Really enjoying it.
Hi. My name is Erin and I am from Racine, WI. I enjoy reading many different types of books. Some of the genres I tend to gravitate to are fantasy, romance, young adult and general fiction but read based on what sounds good to me at the time. I am currently reading The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood.
My name is Deb and I'm from the United States. I love reading horror, true crime and young adult like the vampires, werewolf type books. I really don't like reading to much romance as I find them boring. Some of my favorite authors are Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Robin Cook, V. C. Andrews and Sue Grafton. When I am not reading I love to do crafts such as quilting, cooking, baking and watching some TV
took me a while to figure out I could not join a group using mobile app . I am a truck driver and read every night ... I read alot about the holocaust. .. but like most any book based on true stories or events ... my goal is a book a week this year ...
Hello my name is Rebecca. I am from the United States. I have become an avid reader over time. I enjoy reading almost all genre of books. I really enjoy mysteries, science fiction. I have read and always wanted to expand my knowledge of the classical literature. At one time I was going through the 1001 books of the 20th century. I set my go2al of reading 150 books a year for the last 2 or 3 years. This year though has been rather hard to find time to read with other obligations. There is always 2017.
Thanks for the welcome. I am also a member of Reading Sprints 2.0 and read a lot during the read-a-thon. Hopefully this will keep me on track. Happy Reading!
Hi All!I'm Maureen and I'm from Northern New York. I found this group by searching on "challenge." I did the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge successfully last year, but this year I've given myself a pass on a few of the categories that I just couldn't care about...and I feel a little guilty. I try to fulfill all the categories I can with my own books as a way of making a dent in them. Next year I was thinking that maybe I would create for myself a personalized challenge where I use a random number generator to pick a book I already own to read. I have more than 500 between piles and two kindles so....gosh that sounds geeky, LOL. On the side I also run a monthly book club and get usually one of more ARC's a month to review, so I stay busy! See you in 2017!
Maureen wrote: "Hi All!I'm Maureen and I'm from Northern New York. I found this group by searching on "challenge." I did the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge successfully last year, but this year I've given myself..."
Hi Maureen and welcome!
That sounds like a really interesting challenge -- you'll have to tell us more when you have everything finalised.
Awesome! Busy busy!
Happy reading.
Nick wrote: "Maureen wrote: "Hi All!I'm Maureen and I'm from Northern New York. I found this group by searching on "challenge." I did the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge successfully last year, but this year I..."
Actually I was messing around with my shelves after posting this and I can get the same result just by picking random sort on my to-read list, so it is even easier!
Maureen wrote: "Nick wrote: "Maureen wrote: "Hi All!I'm Maureen and I'm from Northern New York. I found this group by searching on "challenge." I did the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge successfully last year, bu..."
That's awesome!
It's fun! We had a TBR Randomizer challenge this year for exactly that.It's one of my goals next year to try to read some books that have been on my to-read list for a really long time.
Cassandra wrote: "It's fun! We had a TBR Randomizer challenge this year for exactly that.It's one of my goals next year to try to read some books that have been on my to-read list for a really long time."
Exactly what I need!!
Hi all!I'm Alva, I'm 15 years old and from Sweden.
I've always liked reading but I didn't start loving it until last year.
Most of the books I read are YA books. I really like creepy books, dystopia, fantasy and sometimes contemporary. Some of my favorite books are shatter me, the 5th wave and bad girls don't die (which is really underrated). My reading goal for this year is 50 books and I really hope that I will reach that goal because I don't have that many books left to read.
I would love it if you would like to send my a friend request or a book recomendation!
Alva wrote: "Hi all!I'm Alva, I'm 15 years old and from Sweden.
I've always liked reading but I didn't start loving it until last year.
Most of the books I read are YA books. I really like creepy books, dystop..."
Have you discovered Margaret Atwood yet?
Maureen wrote: "Alva wrote: "Hi all!I'm Alva, I'm 15 years old and from Sweden.
I've always liked reading but I didn't start loving it until last year.
Most of the books I read are YA books. I really like creepy ..."
No i haven't read her books, do you think i should give them a try?
Absolutely, I first started reading her when I was about your age, with The Handmaid's Tale. After that, try the Maddadam Trilogy.
Alva wrote: "Maureen wrote: "Alva wrote: "Hi all!I'm Alva, I'm 15 years old and from Sweden.
I've always liked reading but I didn't start loving it until last year.
Most of the books I read are YA books. I rea..."
I forgot to hit reply, see below :~)
Alva wrote: "Hi all!I'm Alva, I'm 15 years old and from Sweden.
I've always liked reading but I didn't start loving it until last year.
Most of the books I read are YA books. I really like creepy books, dystop..."
Welcome Alva!
Hi everyone! I'm Kendra. I'm currently living in Las Vegas. I have been all over the left half of the United States. :-) I love traveling!I've been looking into challenges for 2017 and this seemed like the perfect group! I'm looking forward to participating in new things. I found the group by googling 'reading challenges'. It was one of the first things that popped up!
Romance, thrillers, and erotica are my top genres. Looking forward to meeting new people!
Hey Kendra welcome to the Group! Vegas is on my list of places to see. I was born in Macedonia but live in NJ now and take one family vacation a year to a place or state we haven't been to. You picked the right group if you are looking for different challenges and to make friends we have a great bunch of people here. Your genres are some of my favorites as well feel free to send recommendations my way and happy reading.
Hello, I'm Abby, and I'm a fourteen year old from the United States. My favorite series are currently The Lunar Chronicles and His Dark Materials (although I still have not finished it), although it changes constantly. I mostly read YA, although I do sometimes read books that are middle school level. I enjoy reading fantasy and science fiction especially, but I will read other genres if the books sound interesting to me. I found your group when I was looking through the groups tagged "bookclub". My 2016 goal is 70 books, although I am really far behind, since I have not read that much this year at all (sadly). I am hoping to read a lot more next year.
Hey Kendra! My parents visited Vegas a couple of years ago, said it was absolutely amazing. Welcome Abby! As we always say, there is always next year!
Welcome everyone! Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions. There's a lot of fun going on here even if it seems a bit overwhelming to navigate the threads at first. I'm looking forward to getting to know you all.
Hello! I'm Carol, and I'm fromBrazil. I enjoy reading mystery novels but lately I'm into romantic comedy and fantasy.My goal is to read at least 15 book in 1 Year - by looking for some ideas about Reading Challenge on GoodReads I ended up here ;)
Thank you all!
Welcome Carol! Glad to have you in the group.
Greetings! My name is Amy and I live in Texas. I enjoy all kinds of books but have been reading a lot of historical fiction over the last month. I have been a Goodreads member for a while, and follow some challenge groups but have been too intimidated to join! My 2017 reading goal is to read 25 books.
Hello!I'm Pooja from Bangalore, India.
I havn't been able to read for a while now [Used to read anything and everything before] In 2017, I'm trying to get back to my prior self :)
I'm setting myself a goal of 5 books a month. So that is 60 books in 2017 :)
Hello everyone!This is exciting, the first Goodreads group I've ever joined! My name is Heta and I'm an 18-year-old girl from Northern Finland. I used to read all the time as a kid but stuff happened and it was not until this year that I got back to reading and I love it so much. My goal for this year was 30, just beat it last night and for 2017 I will be going for 50 books. Best of luck everyone! :)
Hi everyone!I just joined this group and am excited to join in on some 2017 Challenges. I mainly read mystery/suspense and current literature. I blog at CMash Reads. I also own 2 tour companies, Partners In Crime Tours (www.partnersincrimetours.net) for mystery/suspense titles and Providence Book Promotions(www.providencebookpromotions.com). If anyone that has a blog and would like to join our team, please check out the sites and sign up.
welcome Amy, I am so glad that you could join us! Historical fiction has never been my strong suit so you might have to give me some pointers! we are a great group of people here so don't be shy please feel free to reach out.Happy reading!
Hi Pooja, welcome to the group! Finding yourself is always fun I always tend to feel like I find a different part of my personality in picking up different books. I hope 2017 treats you well and you find at least one or two books you love!
Hey Heta! welcome to the group and congrats on finishing your goal of 30 that's awesome. We have tons of challenges here still left for the month of December! we also have a few things already in the work for next year please feel free to jump right in! good luck with your 50 books next year.
hi Cheryl welcome to the group we are happy to have you! Suspense and thrillers do you branch out to romance at all? I use to live for true crime but even I need a break sometimes. there is tons of stuff to do around here I hope you enjoy and make tons of friends!
Hi Juliette, welcome to the group! France another place on my bucket-list. One book a month is actually very reasonable if your working on your studies. if I come by a book you MUST read I will pass it your way.
Hello my name is Saskya. I'm from Fl, USAI love genre fiction like science fiction, fantasy with a touch of romance
I stumbled upon that group by browsing the group section on goodreads. The challenges look like fun and are doable.
To read more like 100 books on average a year. There most be more than 1 non fiction in total. Connect and make book/nerd friends.
hi Saskya, what a pretty name! One of my closest friend calls me a book nerd, so you definitely find friends here happy reading!
Peter wrote: "Hi,Its Saturday, and YES I am home reading...?!?! At 10:30 pm?!?!
Yes..
I just finished a good book, rare for me, and for some reason it has convinced me to continue on with this minor hobby o..."
Hi Peter, I think you will enjoy in "Sophie's world" that is an interesting and useful novel :)
Blagica wrote: "hi Saskya, what a pretty name! One of my closest friend calls me a book nerd, so you definitely find friends here happy reading!"Thank you :D
Hi everyone!- I'm Sarah. I a originally from Ohio, but have been living in Maryland for the last two years.
- I like to read pretty much anything! I've been reading the Outlander series have fallen in love with the story - so much so that I am planning on visiting Scotland. I tend to gravitate towards light-hearted reading with mostly happy endings.
-I use Goodreads to keep myself organized on what I have read and want to read. I love connecting to other "bookworms/nerds!" ;-)
- I read 20 in 2016. With my hectic and sometimes unpredictable schedule, reading can be hard. I managed to surpass my goal and read 26, with some time to squeeze in hopefully one more!
I set a goal of 30 books for 2017
Hi Sarah, welcome to the group and good luck with your reading goal for 2017!
I'm Becky and am happy to have found this group. I'm setting my challenge of 52 books for 2017. Reading makes me very happy and I'd paid way too much attention to the news lately, so I'm returning to my happy place.I love literary fiction. I also love the trend towards literary genre fiction because I love beautiful, well written stories of every kind. So, I'll read good historical fiction, fantasy (love Neil Gaiman), thrillers (I'm currently reading I Am Pilgrim) and YA fiction. Goodreads is such a wonderful resource to find new, interesting reads.
I'm American, but have spent much of the past 26 years living overseas due to my husband's career. We're now back in the States for the foreseeable future or at least until our kids both graduate from high school.
I look forward to getting to know you all in 2017!
Hi everyone!!!I'm new here!!!! I'm glad to be accepted here.
My name is Ana Celia and I'm from Brazil.
I always loved to read, I start to read more and more and more because now I'm a foreign language (English) teacher in High school here.
My favorites genres are YA (those I can talk with my students) NA and Romances.
I discovered this group through a mutual friend.
When I found Goodreads was amazing because now I can keep myself organized on what I have read and want to read.
Welcome to the group Rebecca and Ana!
Ilona wrote: "Welcome to the group Rebecca and Ana!"Ilona wrote: "Welcome to the group Rebecca and Ana!"
Thanks!!!!
Hi! I'm Alexandra and I live in Bucharest, Romania. I enjoy reading all kinds of books with historical novels, fantasy and contemporary being my first choices. I kept my distance from horror books so far simply because I'm a bit of a scaredy cat. It is a 2017 challenge to read my first horror novel.I found this group on a search for groups to join. I liked some of the discussions and challenges and decided to join.
My reading goal for 2017 is to read an average of 4-5 books per month. I am a tour guide so during summer season there is not a lot of time for me to work with.
Hi Alexandra, another scaredy cat over here :)Welcome to the group! I am also not a horror reader, but curious to try it! Check out our yearly challenge Genre Bingo, it is perfect for trying out new genres!
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