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Brian wrote: "I am a currently a part time labor arbitrator, living in Springfield, Illinois, U.S. A. but grew up in Chicago, having retired from directing a state government labor relations agency in 2003. Par..."
Welcome Brian! whale-oiled out! I can understand, it is a one of a kinder, and perhaps you need to be in the mood for it. I LOVE that you said 'my precious' about your collection - I feel the same way even though I have run out of shelf space and some of my precious sits in totes in my basement. Which I feel bad about.
Greg wrote: "Hi, I'm Greg, and I live in Florida, and I am thinking about moving to another country, so if anyone has a nice townhouse for sell in downtown Dublin, and at my price point, let me know. (Yes, ther..."Greg welcome! You always crack me up and brighten my day even though sometimes you can be quite the sass master ;) Are you joining us for moby dick in jan? I think you are kidding about moving from florida, right?
Tracey wrote: "Greg wrote: "Hi, I'm Greg, and I live in Florida, and I am thinking about moving to another country, so if anyone has a nice townhouse for sell in downtown Dublin, and at my price point, let me kno..."I was there once and got of the car to take pictures of sheep and people looked at me like I was insane. So worth it though! Oh I also saw U2 and coldplay at slane castle on that trip. yeah, that dates me but it was awesome!
Tracey wrote: "Greg wrote: "Hi, I'm Greg, and I live in Florida, and I am thinking about moving to another country, so if anyone has a nice townhouse for sell in downtown Dublin, and at my price point, let me kno..."Agreed. Ireland is stupendously beautiful, so green, and never hot, never freezing cold, and yes, I agree with that Miss America candidate in the movies, my favorite date also is April 24th (or so).
Brian wrote: "Greg wrote: "Hi, I'm Greg, and I live in Florida, and I am thinking about moving to another country, so if anyone has a nice townhouse for sell in downtown Dublin, and at my price point, let me kno..."Hi Brian, yes, I've tried to read Shakespeare all my life. Didn't care for it, especially when it was forced on me in grade school, just cause I HAD to read it . Now, I listen to it because I WANT to.
Christopher wrote: "Brian wrote: "Greg wrote: "Hi, I'm Greg, and I live in Florida, and I am thinking about moving to another country, so if anyone has a nice townhouse for sell in downtown Dublin, and at my price poi..."Christopher, thanks for the link! This'll be great for later today after dentist apt!!!
Hi I'm Tanya! I am from Canada and work as an HR Professional- more specifically in Labour Relations. I currently have one son, and one more baby on the way (due January). I love reading chunksters- you get to be submerged in the world for a lot longer than a short book. I read some of the previous reads with the group and started a lot but life always got in the way. I'm hoping this year to make the chunksters more of a priority!
Hello I’m Stephanie. I am a pediatrician with a busy practice. Sometimes those little people suck the life right out of me. But the hugs and watching them pretend to be me makes up for it. I’m a Disney junkie and I love my zoo (home if Fiona the hippo). I read when I can though especially in the winter months I fall asleep with my closed kindle in my hand. I’m excited to see Miby Dick as the first read for the new year. This is a book I’ve always wanted to read and I’ll do my best to keep up. Stephanie
Hello everyone! I'm Pip - British but living in Spain since 1993. I enjoy all kinds of literature, including thick chunky novels to lose myself in. I'm afraid I won't be participating in the Moby Dick read but look forward to mulling over future chunksters with you all.In the meantime, have a great New Year's Eve, and wishing everyone a very Happy 2018. xx
Tanya wrote: "Hi I'm Tanya! I am from Canada and work as an HR Professional- more specifically in Labour Relations. I currently have one son, and one more baby on the way (due January). I love reading chunksters..."Hi Tanya, great to see you here! Hope you can join us for a read soon :) Best of luck with your new baby, keep us posted!!! When is the big day expected to be?
Stephanie wrote: "Hello I’m Stephanie. I am a pediatrician with a busy practice. Sometimes those little people suck the life right out of me. But the hugs and watching them pretend to be me makes up for it. I’m a Di..."Hi Stephanie, Wonderful to have you and happy you can join us for Moby Dick!
Pip wrote: "Hello everyone! I'm Pip - British but living in Spain since 1993. I enjoy all kinds of literature, including thick chunky novels to lose myself in. I'm afraid I won't be participating in the Moby D..."Hi Pip, Haven't chatted with you in awhile but very glad to have you join! Check out our Feb nominations thread and see if you'd like to chime in :)
Pip wrote: "Hello everyone! I'm Pip - British but living in Spain since 1993. I enjoy all kinds of literature, including thick chunky novels to lose myself in. I'm afraid I won't be participating in the Moby D..."Hi, Pip. Long time no e-see.
I hope you'll rethink your decision not to participate in Moby Dick. It's well worth the time and effort.
But I also understand the tyranny of priorities.
Everyman wrote: "Pip wrote: "Hello everyone! I'm Pip - British but living in Spain since 1993. I enjoy all kinds of literature, including thick chunky novels to lose myself in. I'm afraid I won't be participating i..."Hello, Everyman! It has been a long time. For health reasons I've been a bit absent from GR on and off, but hoping to make more of an effort in 2018 :-)
Thank you for the encouragement, but I have genuinely tried to get into Moby Dick a couple of times, but it's not for me. (view spoiler)
Anyway - I'm sure we'll find something in the near future which we can have a good, meaty discussion about. Much love and good wishes to you and yours for 2018. X
Hello, I am Cara. I'm a soon to be grad student who really loves classics and Russian literature (which is probably tied to my love of chunksters haha.) I also love Murakami, and books about polar exploration. I am currently reading the chunkster Where Tigers Are At Home by Jean-Marie Blas De Robles.
I'm looking forward to reading and interacting with this group!
Welcome Kathleen and Cara! Very glad to have you!!
Hi, I'm Ellen and no longer a professional librarian. However, I am very active as a volunteer for my local library. You can take the girl out of the library but you can't take the library out of the girl!I am now a political blogger (from a liberal perspective) but don't worry, I never discuss politics here nor do I care about anyone else's politics. Reading is my escape from the world I inhabit so I almost never read political books. Otherwise, I am open to reading almost any genre.
I've been a member of this group for years and have always liked it because the group reads serious books and has intelligent discussions. However, my free time is limited and I have become very picky about which books I start and if I don't like a book, I don't usually finish it. That plus the fact I have frequently fallen hopelessly behind on the group books I do read, has turned me into more of a lurker than a participant.
That said, I am up to speed on Moby Dickens and am enjoying it more than I thought I would.
Hello! I'm Hummingbirder, and I was lured here by the smell of whale oil. I recently retired from the federal government. I used to post in the Amazon forums. I'm only just joining groups on Goodreads.
Hummingbirder wrote: "Hello! I'm Hummingbirder, and I was lured here by the smell of whale oil. I recently retired from the federal government. I used to post in the Amazon forums. I'm only just joining groups on Goodre..."I love your comment. Yes the whale has summoned us 🤗.
Pip wrote: "Everyman wrote: "Pip wrote: "Hello everyone! I'm Pip - British but living in Spain since 1993. I enjoy all kinds of literature, including thick chunky novels to lose myself in. I'm afraid I won't b..."I would be very interested to know what you think of Darconville's Cat when you finish.
Paula wrote: "Hummingbirder wrote: "Hello! I'm Hummingbirder, and I was lured here by the smell of whale oil. I recently retired from the federal government. I used to post in the Amazon forums. I'm only just jo..."Thank you. I'm sort of reading along. I've already read it. I thought there was a discussion for February's read, including a poll, but I can't seem to find it.
Hummingbirder wrote: "Paula wrote: "Hummingbirder wrote: "Hello! I'm Hummingbirder, and I was lured here by the smell of whale oil. I recently retired from the federal government. I used to post in the Amazon forums. I'..."Here is the poll hummingbirder:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...
Sure! Please vote as we have a four way tie! Aack!
Dianne wrote: "Sure! Please vote as we have a four way tie! Aack!"I did vote! I came across the poll before, voted, and was searching for it again to see the outcome. I asked about it because I hadn't been able to find it. I will say this: I've read two of these already.
Hummingbirder wrote: "Dianne wrote: "Sure! Please vote as we have a four way tie! Aack!"I did vote! I came across the poll before, voted, and was searching for it again to see the outcome. I asked about it because I h..."
Oh now I see the tie is broken! My work is done!
Ellen wrote: "Hi, I'm Ellen and no longer a professional librarian. However, I am very active as a volunteer for my local library. You can take the girl out of the library but you can't take the library out of t..."Hi Ellen I realized I missed saying hello to you! I fully agree that you can't take the library out of the girl :) Hope you can join us for our next classic read!
I think we have a number of new members - please feel free to say hello and tell us a little about yourself!
Hi, I'm Doug. I'm an ex-Navy submariner, retired after decades in the electric utility industry. My degree is in Nuclear engineering. I love to backpack, bike, and play blues guitar. I'm a proud husband of 40 years, Dad, and Papaw to three great kids. I've been taking advantage of the free time to read all the books I've always wanted to read, and re-read my favorites.
I'd love to read Les Miserables with the group. I may be one of the few people in the world who hasn't read the book, seen the movie, the play, or even listened to the musical soundtrack. Should be fun.
I'd love to read Les Miserables with the group. I may be one of the few people in the world who hasn't read the book, seen the movie, the play, or even listened to the musical soundtrack. Should be fun.
Hi Doug, it's so great to learn a bit of your background!For Les Miserables, I saw the recent film adaptation & thankfully remember almost nothing from it.
Welcome Doug. I love everything about Les Miserables the musical but have never read the book. I am so excited to tackle this one. Welcome aboardStephanie
I'm Crystal, I took 2017 off work to simply read books. It was a dream & a far cheaper alternative to travelling the world. I just returned to Canada from teaching in Korea for a few years where I met my husband. For reading, I try to read everything & as widely as I can. My degree is a General Arts one (Liberal Arts) which means I studied everything interesting in University but nothing practical!!
Doug wrote: "Hi, I'm Doug. I'm an ex-Navy submariner, retired after decades in the electric utility industry. My degree is in Nuclear engineering. I love to backpack, bike, and play blues guitar. I'm a proud hu..."Hi Doug, I retired this year from DLA Land and Maritime. We bought repair parts for subs. Welcome aboard and thank you for your service.
Biblio wrote: "I'm Crystal, I took 2017 off work to simply read books. It was a dream & a far cheaper alternative to travelling the world. I just returned to Canada from teaching in Korea for a few years where I ..."Hello Crystal, I've never met anyone who took off a year just to read. You are the Bookworm Queen.
Biblio wrote: "Hi Doug, it's so great to learn a bit of your background!"
Same here Crystal. I really enjoy your comments in the Dostoevsky group. Takes a lot of courage to take a year off to read! I'll bet you will always be glad that you did.
Thanks to all for the welcome.
Same here Crystal. I really enjoy your comments in the Dostoevsky group. Takes a lot of courage to take a year off to read! I'll bet you will always be glad that you did.
Thanks to all for the welcome.
Doug wrote: "Hi, I'm Doug. I'm an ex-Navy submariner, retired after decades in the electric utility industry. My degree is in Nuclear engineering. I love to backpack, bike, and play blues guitar. I'm a proud hu..."Doug, fabulous to see you here! I haven't read the book and I am getting SO much more than the book from the show so I am sure will enjoy!
Biblio wrote: "I'm Crystal, I took 2017 off work to simply read books. It was a dream & a far cheaper alternative to travelling the world. I just returned to Canada from teaching in Korea for a few years where I ..."Welcome welcome Crystal! Taking a year off to read - that is my dream! Your life sounds fascinating, I lived all over the world as a child but am pretty much set in the suburbs of philly for the time being. Welcome and hope you can join us for les mis!
Yas wrote: "Hi, I'm Yas, from Brazil. My 2018's reading goal is to read big books. I started with The Magic Mountain and I'm currently reading The Man Without Qualities. I'd love to read Les Misérables with yo..."Yas, welcome! That is fantastic that your 2018 goal is to read big books because we are all about chunksters! I started Man without qualities earlier this year and I need to get back to it - it is very interesting and reminded me a bit of Proust. Thrilled you can join us for les mis!
Hi, I'm Renee, and I'm in Canada. Someone from another group gave me the link to this one because I wanted to read Les Misérables. Since you're just starting it, I thought I would join you. There are many chunksters on my TBR that I still want to read. I have a tendency to plan more books than I have time for, so I hope I don't fall into that problem again, and am able to keep up with the group read. I'm really looking forward to it, and I like the look of the reading schedule.
Wonderful and welcome Renee! Very happy you can join!
Hi, I'm Bron and I'm from Adelaide, Australia. I am a social worker, working part time and studying part time while raising three kidlets with my hubby.I stumbled across this group and thought I'd join as I love a good long book and there are many chunksters on my list to read but I never seem to get to them as they are well, too chunky. Love the idea of having a reading schedule and a group to read along with so hopefully will get some of the big books read finally. I am going to join in reading Les Mis as I think I will be able to catch up over the coming weeks with the group. I look forward to getting to know people here.
Hi all! Joining this group is my first significant goodreads activity, despite being a member for many years. I'm just finishing my first Tolstoy - Resurrection, and kind of shocked that I LOVE IT! So...thinking to read War & Peace of Anna Karenina next, but a bit intimidated (by those books, and honestly, by this group :) ) Hoping you'll help me get over my fears! xo, Chris
Warm welcome to both of you Bron and Chris! We are still early in les mis so plenty of time to join, we will check back on past threads so just post as you go!
Thanks Dianne for letting me in. I live in Florida born and raised near Buffalo/Rochester NY. I am a Les Miserable junkie. I look forward to discussing the novel with y'all!
Welcome Francis and thrilled you can join us for les mis!
Hi my name is Clare and I live in Devon, SW England. I am retired. My hobbies are reading, biking (motorcycles) , bassooning and more books. My book enthusiasms are 19th and 18thcentury books, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Tolstoy and any good book that looks like a brick in size.
Welcome Clare! We are pretty early in our read of Les Miserables so hope you can join us - feel free to post in the threads as you go and we will respond :)
Clare wrote: "Hi my name is Clare and I live in Devon, SW England. I am retired. My hobbies are reading, biking (motorcycles) , bassooning and more books. My book enthusiasms are 19th and 18thcentury books, Shak..."I'm full of hot air, but not enough to play the bassoon. Good for you!
Hello to all, I started reading Middlemarch as a bit of a joke, and then realized I really enjoyed it. I finished Vanity Fair a couple of weeks ago and now I am starting Anna Karenina.
Best wishes to all,
Penney
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Maybe should add I just reached the part about all the killings and some of the descriptions are upsetting."
Ok good to know. maybe I'll save this for halloween or something :)