Introductions - 2016

[Lisa]

Welcome to the group, Lynne!

[Janice, Moderator]

Hi Lynn, welcome! I hope you find that the group is fun. We all think so. :)

[Tejas Janet]

Hi Lynne, hope you join in. Lots of fun activities and discussions.

I wish sometimes that I lived in Colorado instead of Texas. But would rather live in New Mexico than either, just a personal opinion : )

[Carolyn]

Hello fellow readers. My name is Carolyn I'm from Minnesota, USA. I'm a new mom and I'm now a stay at home mom so between all the business I read. Some genres that I gravitate towards are YA and Fantasy. Fiction is great! I love getting to "escape" this world and dive into the world the author has created. I have never done buddy reads but they sound fun. Looking forward to getting to know some more people.

[Janice, Moderator]

Hi Carolyn. Welcome to YLTO! Reading is a great escape, isn't it? I'm glad you've decided to escape with us.

[Cherie]

Welcome to "the great escape", Carolyn. You will never be the same!

[Sarah]

I know I welcomed you Carolyn over in the group read threads but I'll second my welcome here too! I too read to escape. I hope you enjoy your time here at YLTO, I know I do.

[Tejas Janet]

Welcome Carolyn. Hope this group helps you escape and go to new places!! Buddy reads can be really great. Hope you explore and enjoy this site.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Welcome Carolyn! Lovely to have you join us!

[Sandra, Moderator]

Welcome Carolyn! Here we are in the endless escape!

[jaxnsmom]

Hi Carolyn. Glad you're joining us and hope you check out all of our activities.

[Suzanne]

Hi all--I'm Suzanne from Frederick, MD (USA). I like the classics, but I love Eco and Borges. Anybody else a sucker for surrealism? I'm here to see what others are reading and to widen my appetite.

[Janice, Moderator]

Hi Suzanne, welcome! I've read some surrealism, but there are others in the group who have read more. We enjoy a wide range of tastes in this group and hopefully you'll be tempted.

[Lisa]

Welcome, Carolyn and Suzanne!

[Casceil]

Suzanne, Welcome. Have you read The Manual of Detection?

[Suzanne]

Casceil, I have not, but reading the synopsis really makes me want to!

[Sandra, Moderator]

Welcome, Suzanne! I've read a good amount of Borges when I was younger, but I'm not too engaged in surrealism now.

[Sarah]

Welcome Suzanne.

[Tejas Janet]

Hi Suzanne, I enjoy breakfast surreal on an almost daily basis. What surrealism do you love most?

and welcome to YLTO!!

[jaxnsmom]

Welcome Suzanne. I listened to The Manual of Detection and really liked the narrator. It wasn't quite monotone, but straightforward, kind of like Sgt. Joe Friday (if you're old enough to know who I'm referring to).

[Suzanne]

jaxnsmom wrote: "Welcome Suzanne. I listened to The Manual of Detection and really liked the narrator. It wasn't quite monotone, but straightforward, kind of like Sgt. Joe Friday (if you're old enoug..."

Oh I'm quite old enough to remember Joe Friday :) I sounds like a really interesting book.

[Lippes]

Hi all,
even though Goodreads calls me Lippes my real name is Peter and I'm from Germany. I simply love reading, ever did and I always have a book with me. Always! Everywhere!
Even though I'm not a fast reader. Maybe I'm not just not clever enough... but my own challenge of reading at least 30 books this year really is a tough one for me.
What kind of books do I read? I started with historic fiction but somehow they almost all follow the same plot and so I broke with them. Now I prefer crime novels or temporary fiction and I really love the American authors such as Joey Goebel, Annie Proulx, John Irving or T.C.Boyle. Unfortunately my English isn't too good to read them in their own words - so I usually have to wait until they're translated into German, which is sometimes quite annoying.
While waiting I love to read some European writers. Like Geert Mak, Harry Mulisch, Benedict Wells,... Especially I love those who have their own way of writing or telling a story like Wolf Haas.

Well and enjoying goodreads now for quite a while I thought maybe I should try out this group thing. I'm not too sure about the challenges but I do love the idea of buddy reading. Would be great to find buddies and friends around here and to read your thoughts and comments on all those wonderful books! So of course you're very welcome to add or comment whenever you like :)

Right now I've started "All the light we cannot see" and honestly it takes me a while to get into this book... Anyway, enough of me. Looking forward to read you all...:)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Welcome Peter /Lippes!

Don't worry about your reading speed. it is much more important that you enjoy what you read. look forward to see what you get to read this year and maybe have a buddy read or two.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Welcome, Peter!

[Janice, Moderator]

Welcome Peter. I'm glad you found your way to us. We do have a lot of activities, but they are all voluntary. Hopefully, you'll find some to your liking and join in on the fun.

[Lisa]

Welcome Peter! This is a really fun group with some great people. I'm sure you will feel at home here :)

[jaxnsmom]

Hi Peter. You'll find many good book discussions here.

[Tejas Janet]

Welcome Peter. There are always interesting discussions and buddy reads going on. The monthly book group reads are another type of buddy read this group offers so be sure to check those out as well. Happy reading : )

[Lippes]

Wow - thank you all for the very warm welcomes. I already feel at home in this group! And I'm so looking forward to dig into the all the features! Thanks so much - and happy reading! :)

[Sarah]

Welcome Lippes/Peter. We are a diverse bunch, some slower readers and some super speedy readers. We also have wide interests in genres so you're bound to find someone who likes similar books to you. The buddy and group reads are good fun so feel free to jump it.

[Jess]

Hello! I'm Jess from NWPA...I was very kindly added to the group by my friend and yours, Heather M. I, of course, love to read, write, sing and listen to music, and am obsessed with my Shetland Sheepdog, Bella! I am looking forward to all of the fun I've been hearing and reading about! Thanks for allowing me to join!

[Cherie]

Hi Jess. Welcome to the group!

[Sandra, Moderator]

Welcome, Jess!

[Janice, Moderator]

Welcome Jess. It was good of Heather to entice you to our group.

[Konnie]

Hello I am Konnie from sunny Florida USA! I love historical fiction, suspense, fantasy and YA. Heck, I just love to read! I don't have time for face to face book clubs, but this looks like it will be fun!

[Sarah]

Welcome to all the new members.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Welcome Konnie. I join a book club in real life, and I love it. But we only meet 1.5 hours a month to discuss one book. I spend many more hours here at YLTO talking about books. And adding new ones to my TBR, of course!

[Janice, Moderator]

Welcome Konnie. I'm glad you've found our group. You'll find lots of people here with similar interests. Me, for one. I also belong to a real life book club and we meet every other month. Even still, some members don't get the book finished, but they still come and we have a great time.

[jaxnsmom]

Welcome Jess. You'll have to post a picture of Bella in the Our Pets topic.

Hi Konnie. The good thing about online book groups is that you can chat whenever you want, and about whatever book you want.

[Tejas Janet]

Hi Jess and Konnie. Welcome to YLTO! Lots of fun here and good reading discussions and recommendations. Hope you join in the group reads, challenges, and/or topplers as your interest and time allows!

[Dee]

Hi I'm Dee from Perth, Australia. Looking for some good book recommendations. I've recently fallen back in love with my local library and borrow out most of my books. I'm also a fan of pre loved books and do dabble in e-books on my kindle for convenience. Look forward to reading this month's book.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Welcome, Deanne! I borrow out most of my books too. My local library is such a nice place, and very complete. I bring my kids to visit it every Friday morning too. That means today in a couple of hours!

[Janice, Moderator]

Welcome, Dee. I'm glad you've joined us and I'm looking forward to chatting about books with you.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Hi Dee! Welcome and lovely to have another Aussie with us. Hope you have lots of fun reading with us.

[Konnie]

Dee, I recently fell back in love with my local library too. My only problem is that I can't keep up with the holds that are coming in.

[Lisa]

Welcome to all the new members!

[jaxnsmom]

Welcome Dee! I hope you'll enjoy our activities, they're really fun.

[Tejas Janet]

Howdy Dee!

[Tejas Janet]

I borrow most books I read from my local library. Some paper, some e-things from the sky.

[Dee]

Thanks everyone for your warm welcomes! I'm going to cross my fingers my local library has this month's books!