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[Nik]

Hi Mark & welcome to the group and goodreads in general!

Cool photo with lionesses. Sounds like an adventure combined with a lofty purpose. Where in Africa?
Congrats on releasing a novel and best of luck with it.
Hope you'll enjoy this virtual, but not always virtuous, community :) and contribute to the discussions

[Jim]

I'm Jim Vuksic.

Formerly: Roman Catholic Seminarian (1961 -1965) - U.S Marine (Vietnam Veteran) - Professional Musician (1968-1976) - H.J. Heinz Co. Employee (Management Positions: 1968-2001) - Husband (1970-2005).

Currently: Father (4 Adult Children) - Grandfather (4 Grandchildren) - Retiree (2001-Present) - Published Author (2011-Present) - Traveller (45 of the United States & 5 Foreign Countries, so far.) - Widower (2005-Present).

I have been a member of the group for quite awhile and apologize in advance if I have previously posted a self-introduction.

I only post a comment or opinion if I have something new to add and enjoy sharing ideas with others. In fact, some of my best ideas have come from others.

[Nik]

Hi Jim & welcome!

Great to greet you formally. An impressive life path and achievements!

Thanks for contributing from your wisdom and pertinent quotes. Hope you enjoy your membership

[Nik]

Hi David & welcome!

Yeah, the world must be heavy. People coming to the group to converse are certainly welcome, as are those who remain silent.
Good luck with the essay.

Hope you'll enjoy and contribute

[Teensy]

Hellooo everyone. Thank you Nik for inviting me to this group.

I'm new to Goodreads. I'm a primary teacher and I have recently started working on my first novel. I've been dreaming about writing a novel for years now but finally I gathered the courage to actually start. I have a loooooong way to go but I'm really excited haha.

Wish you all a lovely day!!
Leanne

[Nik]

Hi Leanne and welcome here and on GR in general!

Hope you'll have an excellent writing journey and a resulting masterpiece :)

Meanwhile, hope you'll enjoy, share your experience and achievements and otherwise contribute to the discussions

[Mary]

Hi, to everyone. My name is Mary. I still class myself as a young adult and impressionable. I'm the only person in my family that reads: they laugh at me. I started out with run-of-the-mill thrillers: I shan't mention titles. My family would say, "Why waste your time and money. Watch the film."
I am the youngest in the family and I lived in a small house with all my brothers, my mum and her boyfriend. My brothers are just thugs: never work, sit in front of the telly all day, drink, fight and cause trouble. My mum and her boyfriend are little better.

I used to work in a supermarket (shelf-stacker) and read on the bus when going to and from work. An elderly gent used to say, "hello," whenever he saw me and once asked about my book. I wasn't too complimentary. He said, "A good book teaches you something." That comment put me on a path to learn from my reading. A short time after, I joined Goodreads and since have moved to live with a lady who once taught English and History. Her son, who I think must be on first name terms with just about everyone in the country, found me a job in a garden centre and paid for me to go to Open University; where I'm reading History.

I'm in my first year and so studying like mad.

My life has changed, I am the luckiest girl in the world and all because of a man on a bus.

[Nik]

Hi Mary & welcome!

Don't let anyone laugh at you because of reading. Usually, it's time wisely spent, especially if you derive not only pleasure but something useful out of it too.
Good luck with your studies and I hope you'll have more of those lucky and fateful encounters :)

Hope, you'll enjoy our company and share your insight and maybe what's up the "thugs" every once in a while :)

[DrWJK]

Hey All! I just joined. I'm DrWJK. Political scientist. Read widely. Been doing research on China as a political system for last year or so. Hope folks will read my book reviews and comment.
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...
William J. Kelleher, Ph.D.
https://interpretat.blogspot.com/
@InterpretivePo1

[Nik]

Hi DrWJK & welcome!

Is Dr for doctor? Would like to hear your insight on China-related and other issues on different running threads.

Hope you'll enjoy and contribute

[DrWJK]

Thanks for welcome, Nik! I look forward to chiming in on talk about China.

Hope you'll check out my newly posted review of Red Roulette. About how a couple became Billionaires in China, then one of them got caught. ("Doc" as in PhD)

[Nik]

I did. This makes sense:
"....After Mao’s death in 1976, CCP leadership agreed that the “command economy” Mao learned from Stalin had resulted in disaster for China. Perhaps 50M people died of starvation because of Mao’s ill-informed and rigid economic policies.

The new policy of the CCP economic reformers, following the thought of Deng Xiaoping, puts in place a Middle Way between Smith and Stalin. The intent of this policy is to free the entrepreneurial spirit in China just enough so that the resulting modernized economy could become the basis for a “common prosperity.” "
"...The Visible Hand of the CCP has recently begun to curb the selfish excesses of the nouveau riche and start reducing inequality. Xi Jinping’s crackdown on corruption curbs the privileged use of government that the rich have enjoyed, and which they used to become rich...."

[DrWJK]

Thanks for comment, Nik!

[Michael]

I just received an invite from Nik. I read through some of the discussions and it looks like a very interesting group, so I decided to join. I'll try to contribute whenever I have the time.
https://www.businessstudynotes.com/hr...

[Nik]

Hi Michael & welcome!

Hope you’ll have time to contribute to the discussions in addition to placing links and to enjoy your membership

[Jade]

Hi I'm Jayson , I'm writer and researcher

[Nik]

Hi Jayson & welcome!

Quite a prolific author you are. Well done.
What’s your research about?

Hope you’ll enjoy and contribute

[Jade]

Nik wrote: "Hi Jayson & welcome!

Quite a prolific author you are. Well done.
What’s your research about?

Hope you’ll enjoy and contribute"

Thanks Nik,
I research locations for my books and weapons that my spies use

[Nik]

Cool, please feel free to fill us in on interesting locations and exotic weaponry on dedicated threads 🧵

[Kate]

Hi everyone! I'm Kate. I have insomnia and I'm fast reader so I move through a ton of books. We're living in an RV for a year so sometimes I document that on Instagram. thanks to chaplain walle for the invite

[Nik]

Hi Kate & welcome!

Thanks for preferring us 😎 You are welcome to share your reading and RV journeys (if you are traveling 🧳 and not stationary) in appropriate threads.
If a chaplain helps our community grow, that might be a serious tailwind.

Hope you’ll enjoy and contribute

[Leia]

Hi everyone, I'm Leia and I'm an author. My new dystopian crime thriller book Ruffian is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, and Kobo.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B1VX2BW6
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ruff...
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ruff...

[Nik]

Hi Leia & welcome!

Glad it's not "Russian" instead :)
Congrats on the publication and good luck with it.
Hope you'll enjoy and participate in the discussions.

[Philip]

Hello group. My name is Philip. I am British, live in Spain and I write and read when I have time. I do have a new book ready to go, where it has stayed for a year for no particular reason. The last one, Eileen McHugh, a life remade is free and is available from http://philipspires.co.uk/eileen.htm where there is also more about me. I write a review of every book I finish, largely to clarify what I think it was trying to say. I'm retired and listen to a lot of music as well. Hello again!

[Nik]

Hi Philip & welcome!

Reading your profile - you've got an interesting assortment of locations that you have a firsthand experience of. Good luck with the new book.
I hope you'll find lots of threads resonating from musical to business and will otherwise enjoy and contribute to the discussions.

[Gabriela]

Hey everyone :) my name is Gabby ; I’m a sophomore college biology major who loves books more than anything in the world. My favorite genres are science, psychology, science fiction, historical nonfiction, and philosophy and my favorite book is The Martian by Andy Weir. I joined this group hoping to expand my vocabulary and get more book reccs from people who share my common interests mostly ! Still trying to figure out how this app works… hope to have some great discussions with you all !!

[Nik]

Hi Gabby & welcome!
Your expectations are quite realistic - both on vocabulary and book reccs counts. Acquiring new friends, you’ll soon be drowned in them 😎
Hope you’ll master the site (better on comp than on cell), enjoy it and contribute to the discussions at hand be they about 📚 or life in general

[J.]

Gabriela wrote: "Hey everyone :) my name is Gabby ; I’m a sophomore college biology major who loves books more than anything in the world. My favorite genres are science, psychology, science fiction, historical non..."

Hello Gabby. Looking forward to reading your options on other threads.

Nobody likes using the app. The regular site is easier to use.

[Brad]

I used to work in Hong Kong with a company that had its origins in the opium trade. That lead me to China where I started to live in 1988, when it most resembled North Korea. After investing all over the country, I finally returned (to Austin) after having spent COVID in a lovely city called Dali (Yunnan Province). Just this week I launch a four novel series based on contemporary China, called THE CHINA AFFAIRS. Hello to everyone. It is a joy to be here.

[Nik]

Hi Good Sir & welcome!

Sounds like quite an experience and we’d like to hear more on appropriate threads 🧵.
Best of luck with the series.

Hope you’ll enjoy and contribute

[L.C.]

Hello everyone,
Thanks for the invite to join the group Nik.
My pen name is Lincee and I am a first time author learning to navigate this fiercely competitive literary landscape. Look forward to sharing thoughts and ideas fellow readers and writers. : )

[Nik]

Hi Lincee & welcome!

Hope you’ll come atop a competition. For navigation use google maps or waze 🗺🧭😎
Hope you’ll enjoy and contribute to the discussions

[Vicki]

Hi everyone!
And thanks for the invitation, Nik!

A little about myself: I’m from rural MA, where I reside with my husband and four children. For over a decade I have been chipping away at an English and Literature degree on and off (as being a mom took priority), currently I am in my third year with plans to power through the last portion. I do not affiliate myself with a particular political party as I do not agree 100% with either of the two primary parties’ ideologies. I welcome conversations of opposing or similar views that challenge me intellectually and have the ability to possibly change my stance given appropriate, factual or academic proof.
I look forward to participating in discussions about world, writing, and wealth!

Vicki

[Nik]

Hi Vicki & welcome!

Nice intro. Hope you'll master that degree this time around. Good to have an open-minded, ready for debates and conversation member on board.

Hope you'll enjoy and contribute to the discussions

[J.]

Vicki wrote: "Hi everyone!
And thanks for the invitation, Nik!

A little about myself: I’m from rural MA, where I reside with my husband and four children. For over a decade I have been chipping away at an Eng..."

Welcome.

[Lewis]

Nik wrote: "We would like to know you a little better. Please, introduce yourself and share what made you join. No formal CV/resume or last tax return are required -:)"

I became an author during the latter part of a long career in management, finally taking my high school English teacher's advice that I could and should write. My first novel, THE HERETIC, was published in 2000 when I was 60; my 7th novel, AFTER AUSCHWITZ, was published in June 2021.

[Nik]

Hi Lewis and welcome!

Am impressed by both your managerial and writing career, which I hope is still far from over.

I further hope that you’ll enjoy and share from your experience on various sections.

[Lewis]

Nik wrote: "Hi Lewis and welcome!

Am impressed by both your managerial and writing career, which I hope is still far from over.

I further hope that you’ll enjoy and share from your experience on various sect..."

thanks for the invitation

[Tina]

Hey Everyone!
My Name is Tina. Thanks for Inviting me to this group Nik :)
I'm no Writer to be honest, but i love writing for myself. I'm a Dentist, and after going through a storm in my life, i'm recovering and getting back on Track. Books have been my best friends in this journey.
I look forward to participating in different Discussions and broaden my views.

[Nik]

Hi Tina and welcome!

Dentists are equally esteemed here. I wish you were a bit closer, I'd ask for an appointment :)
Past storm tranquility must be something else. Hope the turbulence is over and you'll enjoy a calmer period.
Looking forward to your input on running threads

[Eric]

Self Introduction: My name is Dr. Eric Engle
https://amazon.com/author/quizmaster
and I am 'ere to make the remainder of Vladimir Putin's days on earth a living hell.

[Nik]

Hi Eric & welcome,

A noble purpose, as putler is responsible for probably over a 100,000 dead and many more injured, however I'm not sure many "good wishes" reach him from here in his informational bunker.

Hope you'll enjoy your membership and contribute to the discussions...

[Maria]

Hi everyone,

Thanks for inviting me to the group! My name is Maria Bouroncle and I’m a Swedish writer of true crime living in Washington DC.

My debut “It Came to Me on a Whim – The Story of Ingeborg Andersson, Child Murderess” tells the story of my great-aunt who killed her three children at the age of twenty-seven in 1929. It was recently published in English and this fall it will be used on the Scandinavian Crime Literature course at UCLA.

If anyone is interested in writing a review, do let me know and I’d be happy to send you a PDF version!

All the best, Maria

[Nik]

Hi Maria & welcome!

It’s crime borderline horror, if you ask me.
Well done on getting into UCLA. Best of luck with the book 📖.

Hope you’ll enjoy and contribute to the discussions

[Maria]

Nik wrote: "Hi Maria & welcome!

It’s crime borderline horror, if you ask me.
Well done on getting into UCLA. Best of luck with the book 📖.

Hope you’ll enjoy and contribute to the discussions"

Thank you so much Nik!

[Laurence]

Hello, my name is Lee. I am Ukrainian and my primary interest is gay literature as well as accurate Ukrainian history. I also read a lot of manga in my freetime to destress. I am a senior in highschool and a soon to be English, Ukrainian History, and Law student. I hope to open my own coffee shop eventually.

[Nik]

Hi Lee & welcome,

Inaccurate history is just "story" :) Ambitious of you to pursue all those degrees at once. Good luck with all these aspirations, although opening a coffee shop doesn't require unrelated studies :)

Nevertheless, hope all your plans come to fruition and you'll enjoy and contribute here, in uni and elsewhere...

[Laurence]

Thank you :)

[Laurence]

I happily noticed you have written historical fiction involving Ukraine. Do you align yourself with Ukraine, by which I mean are you a supporter of Ukraine in her fight against Russia's invasion? Often times Ukrainian history gets mistold to improve Russia's image. From what it sounds like you took a lot of care in your writing, I look forward to reading your work!

[Nik]

Lee wrote: ".... are you a supporter of Ukraine in her fight against Russia's invasion? ..."

Yes, that's why you see the Ukrainian flag, as group's banner. Thanks for your interest in my book(s). If you read them, I'd appreciate hearing back what you think