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[Eric]

if you have any gay books let me know

[Kadijah Michelle]

To everyone that reads less that 50 books a year, never feel embarrassed, life is busy! I know. While I was in college, I could only fit in one audio book a month if I was lucky because my eyes were exhausted from all the reading I had to do from my classes and my time was stretched from working part time and taking care of my family. The point is you are here and reading! Life is full of peaks and valleys and all anyone can do is the best they can. That is why this group just hopes you enjoy the books you do get to read.

[Penny]

Kadijah Michelle wrote: "To everyone that reads less that 50 books a year, never feel embarrassed, life is busy! I know. While I was in college, I could only fit in one audio book a month if I was lucky because my eyes wer..."

Thank you for the encouragement! I work full time, have a family and a house to take care of. Also I really into BASEBALL! I am reading more than I did this time last year so I am doing better!

[Stella]

Hi, my name is Stella and am from Illinois.

I read all the book genres but my genres are fantasy and literary fiction.I am currently reading a short story collection, The Animals by Abby Geni and so far so good.

I was recommended to this group by Goodreads.

My reading goal this year is to read more about a total of 10 books and so far am on track with two books already read.

[Susy]

Welcome Stella!

[Gillis]

Hello, I'm Gillis, I 'm from Lubbeek, a small village in Belgium.
I like reading very much, but as is the case for many - I suppose - the busy life often gets in the way of reading as much as I would like.
I just recently discovered goodreads and am very exited about this "new world"... I hope this community with its enthousiasm for reading will help me create the time to read more...
I mainly like reading fantasy, sci-fi, historical fiction, mysteries and thrillers, but occasionally I also like to "taste" from other genres.
Being from Belgium I mostly read in Dutch, but sometimes also enjoy reading in English...

My goal for 2017 was to read a total of 30 books...
However, since I just recently started with a series of books with over 700 pages, I'm not really sure anymore that I will make it... But we can try!!!

[Ilona]

Welcome to the group, Gillis!

[abhilekh behera]

i am abhilekh from Odisha,India. i have been a member of Goodreads for some time now. My goal is to read classics as much as i could in 2017.

[Ilona]

Welcome Abhilnekh! Since you like classics, I think that we have the perfect challenge for you. In the Classics around the world challenge groupmembers are reading classics during the months April, May and June. Feel free to join them!

[Victoria]

Hi it's nice to meet you all! My name is Victoria, I'm from Canada in a place where people live in igloos, just kidding! It's cold but not that cold, we get summer to you know!

My reading goal is 100 this year, I forgot to set it earlier on so I failed to enter other books I had read this year, but that's okay! I'm ready for an even harder challenge.

I generally read Fantasy, mystery, thrillers, manga, and yeah. I'm not a fan of romance books but if I have to I will, maybe when there's action and fantasy involved then it's okay!

When I read, all I see is a movie, it's as if I'm watching a movie not reading. I get so involved that people have to tap me or take the book away in order to get my attention. Haha.

[Susy]

Hi Victoria, welcome! I'm like that too, getting into the story so much that I don't hear people calling me, or at least I was. Haven't been reading for quite some time, but hopefully with this group I will get back into it. Good luck with your goal!

[Susy]

Welcome Gabriel! Good luck with your goal. I think it's a good start. Most important thing is you enjoying yourself. I'm getting back into reading myself and finding the support from this group very helpful. Hope you have the same experience!

[abhilekh behera]

Can someone gimme tips how to read as many books as possible (inspite of having other works and studies to do) and that too in a good way( i mean understanding each and every line and also improving my english vocab and writing skills.
P.S- i read from my kindle.
Thanks in adv.

[Marie]

Hello everyone my name is Marie Williamson. I think this group is a great fit for me because I love a challenge. I am a non-fiction author and currently working on my second manuscript. God bless you all.

[Susy]

abhilekh behera wrote: "Can someone gimme tips how to read as many books as possible (inspite of having other works and studies to do) and that too in a good way( i mean understanding each and every line and also improvin..."

Sorry Abhilekh, can't help you there. English is not my first language so I don't understand every single line myself, but that's ok with me as long as I understand the story/what's going on. I choose to not look up every single word I don't know because that slows down my reading way too much. Reading in English does however improve my English.
Besides that I'm a slow reader so I don't read a lot of books myself. I'm starting with 12 books this year and hope to get to 24 a year someday. I would love to read more, there are so many books on my TBR list, but I have a busy life working and I love to do other stuff as well. I do experience that reading more in English helps me read a little bit faster + I read faster in my own language, but I will never be able to read 100 books or more like other people in this group do. But hey, we're all different, not everybody is a fast reader, and that's ok. Most important is that you enjoy reading the books you do read.
I wish you good luck and happy reading!

[Joy D]

Hello everyone, I'm Joy from the western United States. I have always been an avid reader. I particularly enjoy historical fiction. I also like non-fiction, adventure, classics. I occasionally throw in mystery, science fiction, or fantasy. I have been searching for others to discuss what we've been reading and recommend good books. My reading goal this year is 52 books. I look forward to participating in this group.

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Heylo! I'm Tasnim. I love reading {obviously}, writing, singing and being in the limelight. I have Wattpad [probably the reason why I somehow have managed to read so many books but can only put a fraction of them here].

Anywho, hopefully I can get back to reading books that are published. Otherwise I'll fail this challenge without actually having failed it.

[Tuğba]

Hello everybody! My name is Tuğba, I was born in Arizona and I live in İstanbul, Turkey. I read all kinds of books from Louis Duncan's YA thrillers to theoretical texts, so I really don't know that I can say I like this or that kind of book. I'm fairly new to actively using Goodreads, and I thought joining a book club might be an interesting experience and a good way to expand my horizon as a reader. I'm studying sociology and I have a very busy class and work schedule, so I'm only able to aim for 54 books in 2017.
I hope you all have a great reading year!

[Susy]

Welcome Tugba, good luck with your goal ("only"? 54 books). Hope you'll enjoy the group!

[Ilona]

Nice to meet you all and welcome to the group!

[Tuğba]

Susy wrote: "Welcome Tugba, good luck with your goal ("only"? 54 books). Hope you'll enjoy the group!"

Thank you! I've been a very avid reader almost all my life, but I've been reading less and less lately, so I really want to be able to read at least a book a week (I also need to get to that tempo, especially with non-fiction books, for my studies, so...). I also REALLY need to make a dent in my ever expanding library.
Thanks for the welcome!

[Claire]

Hi my name is Claire and I joined the challenge last year, so I've uped my number of books this year.

[Wren]

Hey guys! I'm Wren.

- Where are you from?
I'm from a small industrial town, in a metropolitan burough, within West Yorkshire, England.

- What kinds of books do you like to read?
Any, all genres of literature retains various forms of intrigue - whether it be socially, historically, characteristically, politically, conceptually or possesses some form of individuality, within it's works, that's different from other genres - though I do love a good book with great, heady descriptions and robustious dialogue.

- How did you find our group?
Through the community group link.

- What's your reading goal?
My current reading goal is set between sixteen and twenty-four novels.

[Ivonne]

Hello! My name is Ivonne and I am from Florida. I read a little bit of everything and average about 10 books a month, most of them as audiobooks (helps pass the time at work!) My 2017 reading goal is to read 75 books :)

[Ilona]

Welcome Jennifer, Claire, Wren, and Ivonne! Good luck with your challenges.

[Leah]

Hi all!

I'm from Pittsburgh and I'm excited to join this group! Recently I've been really into memoirs, true crime and human-interest fiction. Some of my favorites are the Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (I actually met her once!), The Liar's Club by Mary Karr and an old favorite, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

I love books that some might call sad – I think they show both human strength and vulnerability.

Anyway, I've been wanting to join a group on Goodreads for awhile and this one seemed perfect! My 2017 goal is to read 40 books. I've read about 10 so far.

[Ranmali]

Hello everyone! I'm Ranmali from Sri Lanka :) I joined goodreads this year. I've taken the 2017 reading challenge and I'm doing my best to keep up! My goal is to read 24 books. I came across this group while I was looking for groups to join. I mainly read fiction but started reading business books as well a few years ago.

I'm an IT project manager working in Colombo. Reading is my first love and I've been a bookworm all my life. My other big passion is photography. So I try to divide my spare time between that and reading.

[Kristin]

Hi All! My name is Kristin and I'm currently from Carmel, Indiana, USA. I love reading and especially enjoy historical fiction, psychological thrillers, political thrillers, mystery, short stories, and non-fiction. I just attended a neighborhood book club where we read and enjoyed A Man Called Ove. Got some chuckles when I finished Dearest Dorothy Are We There Yet and am currently reading a more technical book Keto Clarity which is opening my eyes to nutrition and how our bodies respond to what we eat. I have a goal to learn something and laugh everyday and am always looking for suggestions on good books.

[Kadijah Michelle]

abhilekh behera wrote: "Can someone gimme tips how to read as many books as possible (inspite of having other works and studies to do) and that too in a good way( i mean understanding each and every line and also improvin..."

To abhilekh and everyone else, a few years back I read this great book, How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines, and it made reading all books entertaining, even ones that were poorly written. I loved this book because it doesn't preach and doesn't need to be read cover to cover. I hope this helps.

[Missy]

Hi my name is Missy! I have been wanting to join a reading group for a while. I am open to read a books. I mostly like YA though. I have been trying to do my reading challenge by myself and it has been boring. I would love support for the challenge. I have never done one before. I love to read so I know I'm going to have an awesome time!

[Susy]

Welcome Missy!

[Luffy Sempai]

Hi there, I'm Luffy from Raftel, er Foosha Village Mauritius. Glad to be here. I was attracted to the group by the buddy reads.

[Kristie]

Hi, I'm Kristie from Mumbai, India. I like science fiction, fantasy and there are quite a few classics out there which I love. I am a huge fan of dystopia and post apocalyptic literature. This is my first reading challenge and I keep increasing it. Currently it is 35 books but maybe I might increase it again later.

[Suzanne]

Hello all, I like to ask if any might help searching for some books.
I look for biographies of:
Bette Midler,
Sally Field,
Olympia Dukakis,
Cybil Shepherd,
Danny Kaye,
Family Erskine and Family Durham of Grange (both Scotland).
Appreciate your help!
Suzanne

[Chloe]

Hi my name's Chloe and I'm from Scotland!

I have quite a varied reading taste but YA is probably my genre of choice. I am definitely trying to read wider though. I study English Literature at University so I'm trying to get back into reading for fun.
I'm hoping to read forty books by the end of this year so I better get pull myself together.

[Geneviève]

Hi everyone! I'm Geneviève and I am from Quebec City, currently living in Montreal.
I love all kinds of fiction and thrillers, but I read anything!
My goal this year is to read 52 books and I hope I will succeed :)
I found this group and wanted to join because I'm thinking you will all be a source of motivation!
Thank you !
Gen

[Lisa]

Welcome everyone! Goodluck with your goals. Hope you'll enjoy the group :)

[Jennifer]

Hi, my name is Jennifer and I'm from Iowa in the US. I'm into reading just about anything I haven't read any that is horror yet. I just stumbled onto this group while looking at active groups. My goodreads challenge is 10 but I hope I can double that.

[Kya]

I'm Kya, I'm from Pennsylvania. My goal is to read 50 books for the year. I work at a bookstore for almost 3 years now. I'm trying my best to read as much as I can and I'm hoping Goodreads will actually help me to read more. I've always liked reading but I'm always so busy. I make sure to keep a book with me everywhere I go because you never know! I'm also hoping to interact with other people and maybe branch out to read new authors.

[Erica]

Hi! I'm Erica, and I'm from Toronto, Canada. I'm interested in classic fiction, crime books and biographies of my favourite musicians, authors and the like. I found this group recommended to me via Goodreads. My challenge this year is to read 30 books, but I'm already at 16 and am contemplating raising my goal.

Thanks!

[Vena]

I'm Vena from New York City. I mostly read memoirs, historical fiction, literary fiction and African American fiction, but I'll dabble in YA and mysteries as well. I haven't been reading as much as I'd like to for awhile so I decided to do a challenge this year to get myself back on track. My goal is to read 24 books this year, though I hope to increase this in the future.

[Ilona]

Welcome to the group everyone!

[THAMBI DURAI]

Hi guys, I'm Thambi durai from Tamil Nadu, India. I have spent sometime in the goodreads to know how to get started. Really i got something good from goodreads that's this group. I had set a goal to read books this year with the help of you guys. I like to read sci-fi, history, fantasy, crime, motivation, love.i hope you guys will help me to reach the goal.

[ANNA]

Hello everyone ....My name is Anna and I am from Kerala, India.
I am an engineering student so I don't think that I will be able to participate every time.But I will try my best.My reading challenge for 2017 is 100 and I have covered 24 .I love reading young adult fiction,romance ,paranormal and fantasy books.

[Ilona]

Hi all, welcome to the group! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

[Katie]

Hi everyone, I only just discovered this group, my name is Katie and I've set myself a New Years resolution to ready more.
I'm sure everyone feels the same and that we are getting to reliant on technology and I want to take a step back away and take time to just sit down with a good book.
I've never been one to read much but for the past 7 months I have been volunteering in Sri Lanka and found that I am able to just sit back and relax with a book (on the beach i might add) on my days off.
I don't really have a favourite genre at present I'm open to any suggestions I'm just currently coming to the end of the first game of thrones books so definitely anything along those lines and I'd also love to get into the old classics so please let me know any of your favourites :)

[Lisa]

Hi all and welcome to the group! Good luck with your goals and challenges this year :)

[Enne]

HIIII, my name is Nadia and I found this group while browsing goodreads at 11 pm.... I love reading fantasy and science fiction books and I also enjoy writing and swimming. My reading challenge for this year is 100 and so far I have read 54 of the 100 I want to.

[Sara]

Hi, everyone! I'm Sara and I live in Florence, Italy. I always read a lot of books of every genres, but lately I realized that in the last years i got stuck on reading always the same stuff, so I decided to challenge myself on opening up on something new.

[Ilona]

Welcome Nadia and Sara! Good luck with your challenges!