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Introduce Yourself Part Two

I'm glad to be here. :) "
And we're glad to have you. Welcome to the thread Natalie. :D
Amanda wrote: "I've just joined goodreads and this group. I'm glad I found others who enjoy reading like I do!
Birthday: September 13
Favorite Book(s): Too many to name!
Favorite Book Genre: YA, Christian, ficti..."
Hi & welcome! And tuning out the world when I'm reading? Totally agree! I've missed my bus stop before now, being lost in a book :)
Birthday: September 13
Favorite Book(s): Too many to name!
Favorite Book Genre: YA, Christian, ficti..."
Hi & welcome! And tuning out the world when I'm reading? Totally agree! I've missed my bus stop before now, being lost in a book :)
Nathan wrote: "Birthday: August 2nd, 1971
Favorite Book(s): Dark Bites
Favorite Book Genre: anything
Favorite Author:Cassandra Clare
Favorite Color:Blue
Favorite Food: Chili
Any Pets: a cat named Squeektoy,he is ..."
Hi Nathan.. only two books? I can't travel without my fully loaded kindle. and a hardcopy book too, just in case...
getting cold sweats just thinking about being too far from reading material!
Favorite Book(s): Dark Bites
Favorite Book Genre: anything
Favorite Author:Cassandra Clare
Favorite Color:Blue
Favorite Food: Chili
Any Pets: a cat named Squeektoy,he is ..."
Hi Nathan.. only two books? I can't travel without my fully loaded kindle. and a hardcopy book too, just in case...
getting cold sweats just thinking about being too far from reading material!
Natalie wrote: "Hi everyone! My name is Natalie. My birthday is August 11th. My favorite book is Angels & Demons by Dan Brown. My favorite author is Jodi Picoult. My favorite color is red. Food is sushi. I have 2..."
Hi Natalie, welcome :)
Hi Natalie, welcome :)
Isobel wrote: "Wow, just found groups on Goodreads! I read books and I write books. Here's a bit about me.
Birthday: January 19th
Favorite Book(s): Changes all the time. Loving Anna Funder's All That I Am at the..."
Hi Isobel
Iain Banks or Iain M Banks? such a good writer, and such a loss when he died :( though it was a good excuse to reread some of my favourites: Wasp Factory is amazingly creepy, isn't it?
Birthday: January 19th
Favorite Book(s): Changes all the time. Loving Anna Funder's All That I Am at the..."
Hi Isobel
Iain Banks or Iain M Banks? such a good writer, and such a loss when he died :( though it was a good excuse to reread some of my favourites: Wasp Factory is amazingly creepy, isn't it?
Hira wrote: "Hello and a very good day to all the book lovers out there :-) My name is Hira Zunair, doing M.Phil in English Literature.
Birthday: 4th September, 1987
Favorite Book(s): The fault in our stars, Pr..."
Hi & welcome :)
Birthday: 4th September, 1987
Favorite Book(s): The fault in our stars, Pr..."
Hi & welcome :)

I'm Kate!
Birthday: June 05
Favorite Book Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Horror
Favorite Author: Rick Riordan, JK Rowling, Jane Austen
Favorite Color: sunshine yellow
Favorite Food: Korean and Asian
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Fiji or any pacific island
Aside from reading, I also spend time watching tv series (which are mostly crime drama), playing the piano or ukulele, and doing community service. :)

I'm Kate!
Birthday: June 05
Favorite Book Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Horror
Favorite Author: Rick Riordan, JK Row..."
Hi Kate :)
Welcome to the group!


Favorite Book : Divergent and Rebel Belle
Fave Genre: YA Fantasy
Favorite Author : Veronica Roth
Favorite Food: Pizza
Pets: No pets
If I could live anywhere in the world, it would be: Australia
Thats all i have to say about myself!

Hi, Nathan. Welcome to the thread.
Squeektoy, what a cool name for a tomcat. Does he like to sharpen his teeth and claws on a squeeky ru..."
no,he sounded like a squeekie toy when he meowed when a kitten

Birthday: 16 February
Favorite Book(s): The Giver (childhood favourite), A Song of Ice and Fire series, Harry Potter Series, and Persuasion by Jane Austen.
Favorite Book Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Favorite Author: Don't have one really.
Favorite Color: Yellow
Favorite Food: Chocolate!
Any Pets: Getting a kitty soon!
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: in Italy. I fell in love with the country when I visited in 2007.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because sometimes I'd rather read a book than talk to anyone XD

Birthday: 16 February
Favorite Book(s): The Giver (childhood favourite), A Song of Ice and Fire series, Harry Potter Series, and Persuasion by Jane Austen.
Favorite Book Genre: Thril..."
Ooo, a kitty. You'll have to come post pictures since no one can resist kitty pictures.

Birthday: April 15
Favorite Book(s): Like Water for Chocolate (sheer brilliance!), The Joy Luck Club, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (a tale for all time, seriously), Harry Potter (all), The Hunger Games series (all), The Great and Secret Show.
Favorite Book Genre: No favorite genre, I'm willing to read a great story in most any genre. I like to keep an open mind.
Favorite Author: No favorite, I like so many.
Favorite Color: Burgundy
Favorite Food: Tacos
Any Pets: Yes, 2 cats and 1 kitten.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: wherever my family is because that place will be home.
I know I'm a book addict because I can't resist going into any nearby bookstore, especially if it has a bargain section! :-)



I'm glad to find such a group of book lovers! I joined Goodreads a number of years ago and then life got too complicated. I came back and have been back to indulging my love of books. Sometimes it takes a really great story to remind us of what we are missing!
Birthday: August 3
Favorite Book(s): Red Rising and Golden Son
Favorite Book Genre: Sci-fi and fantasy
Favorite Author(s): Pierce Brown, Justin Cronin, Jason Hough
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Strawberries
Any Pets: 4 cats
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Australia or New Zealand
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because....when I have a good book I can't stop reading!

I'm Kari (prounounced Car-E) and I'm in Arizona
Birthday: august 16
Favorite Book(s): A spell for chameleon, Mists of Avalon
Favorite Book Genre: Fantasy
Favorite Author: Piers Anthony, Brandon Sanderson
Favorite Color: Yellow
Favorite Food: Thai Curry
Any Pets: one dog
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: San Francisco when it is sunny.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because I seem to get upset when others interrupt my reading!

Welcome Kari! I am reading a lot of Brandon Sanderson this year, well I plan to.
Welcome to the group. :)



Birthday: January 18
Favorite Book(s): There's way to many
Favorite Book Genre: YA, Romance, Sci-fi, and Fantasy
Favorite Author: There's a lot
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Food: Tortas
Any Pets: Scarlett (hedgehog) Ellie (cat)
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: New York
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... ALL my free time goes towards reading

Birthday: Nov. 17th
Favorite Book(s): Harry Potter
Favorite Book Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror (all of the genres, really. except nonfiction)
Favorite Author: JD Robb (In Death is still good even after almost 40 books)
Favorite Color: Orange
Favorite Food: Spaghetti and Garlic Bread. Yummy bad carbs.
Any Pets: 2 dogs. Both Aussies - 5 y/o Max and 2 y/o Finn
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Anywhere but here or northeast USA or the midwest. I'd probably feel out of place anywhere but in the southern USA.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I read every single day. Too many books, so little time.

I keep seeing people mention the In Death series, I think I'll have to check it out.
And I'm doing well, Aaron! How are you? Currently forcing myself to finish a book that I'm not loving but it's so short that I feel like I have to :/


Mickey, if you're promoting one of your books please go over here to the Self Promotion folder.
If you'd like to start up a discussion you can come over here to the Chat Room

I'm glad to find such a group of book lovers! I joined Goodreads a number of years ago and then life got too complicated. I came back and have been back to indulging my love of books. Sometimes..."
Kari wrote: "Hi! Not sure if I did this before but it doesn't hurt to add it again.
I'm Kari (prounounced Car-E) and I'm in Arizona
Birthday: august 16
Favorite Book(s): A spell for chameleon, Mists of Avalo..."
Hi Janis and Kari! It's nice to meet you both :D
Welcome to the group !!!

Favorite Book(s):


Favorite Book Genre: Romance <3
Favorite Color: Red and Black (I'm from Chicago and love Hockey - Blackhawks colors)
Favorite Food: Pasta, I'm italian and it goes straight to my butt lol. Too bad I can't give it up!
Any Pets: 2 dogs! Bella (twilight faze) and Minnie (love disney)
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: New Zealand or Italy!
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... When I am in a bad/sad mood I check my book's list and see how many days it has been since I read a book, and if it if at 5 I want to start crying lol.

Birthday: June 11
Favorite Book(s): Harry Potter series, Vampire Academy series, House of Night series, Vampirates series, probably more but I forget.
Favorite Book Genre: YA, Supernatural, Mystery
Favorite Author: JK Rowling, Carrie Asai, Richelle Mead, PC & Kristen Cast
Favorite Color: Green, Red and Black
Favorite Food: Salmon and Sushi
Any Pets: 2 puppies named Nyla and Max
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Japan
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I used to read multiple books at a time, and I want to get back into doing so :)

Birthday: august 18th
Favorite Book(s): Rebecca (Daphne du Maurier), Mistborn (Brandon Sanderson) and Sleep, Pale sister (Joanne Harris). To name a few.
Favorite Book Genre: Depends on my mood
Favorite Author: Also depends on my mood.
Favorite Color: Leaning towards purple.
Favorite Food: I like the spicy stuff.
Any Pets: My soon-to-be fifteen year old alaskan husky, affectionately known as Pooch. Also, my husband.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: on my own private island, with excellent wi-fi and no neighbours :D
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... when I look at my to-read list, I get butterflies in my stomach, because I'm a little bit in love with it (but hubby says that's okay).

Birthday: Sept. 10, 1989
Fav. books: Darkness at Noon, A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Brothers Karamazov, What is the What.... and so many more!!
Fav. book genre: anything that keeps my interest. I love finding books that I can't put down
Fav. author: hmm Daniel Handler I think but also Tolstoy and I really like Barbara Kingsolver as well.
Fav. color: blue, green, yellow, red
Fav. food: avocado
Pets: The birds outside I count them as my pets. Also I have a fish tank.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be hm I'm not sure I want to live everywhere in the world. I pick a hot air balloon so I can go anywhere I want, also hot-air balloons are cool.
I know I'm a book addict because I want to read every book in the world and I'm stressed out knowing I'll never have enough time to do that! Also I can get lost in a book store for hours.

Birthday: august 18th
Favorite Book(s): Rebecca (Daphne du Maurier), Mistborn (Brandon Sanderson) and Sleep, Pale sister (Joanne Harris). To name a few.
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Always nice to have a husband who appreciates you reading a lot :)
If you like fantasy you might want to head over to our RPG quest. We also have lots of other reading challenges both short and long and Book of the Month reads.
Welcome to the group!

Birthday: Sept. 10, 1989
Fav. books: Darkness at Noon, A Series of Unfortunate Events,..."
Hello!
If you like hot air balloons you may want to try out the Around the World in 80 days reading challenge. There's also lots of other challenges to try out if you're looking for a way to choose your next book.
The Book of the Months are also a good way to read things you wouldn't have chosen or known about but may still enjoy.

Hi Leelynn!
Kelly may have some different recommendations, but if you're into reading challenges I'd suggest the Harry Potter Sorting Hat challenge.
And of course, we always have a lot of buddy reads going on.

Hi Leelynn!
Kelly may have some different recommendations, but if you're into reading challenges I'd sug..."
Thanks Amanda! I wasn't sure where to start and I'm still waiting to get sorted into a House.

Favorite Book(s): Subject to change but: Harry Potter series, Song of Ice and Fire series, Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, Lost Souls... I could go on.
Favorite Book Genre: Supernatural, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, some romance.
Favorite Author: Haruki Murakami, used to be a big fan of Rice in the early days of the Vampire Chronicles, J. K. Rowling, George R. R. Martin.
Favorite Color: Blue I guess?
Favorite Food: Anything Italian.
Any Pets: Nope, but I grew up with both cats and dogs.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Japan or the U.S.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... My girlfriend tells me so (endearingly, I hope).

Birthday: Sept. 10, 1989
Fav. books: Darkness at Noon, A Series of Unfor..."
Hey! I actually just finished The Martian! I loved it. And now I'm reading Yes Please by Amy Poehler, which I'm also loving. I will look into the Around the world in 80 days group. Thanks for being so nice and welcoming! I'm really new to groups on goodreads (this is actually the only one I've ever have been in) so it helps to have nice people helping me out! I can't wait for book discussions, I'm looking forward to the discussion about The Martian. Am I right in thinking that the discussion will start on the finish date posted next to the book info? Feb. 28th or so? Thanks again! <3

Are you interested in a challenge that is mostly for fun and you can use whatever you're currently reading or one that forces you to explore a bit and maybe pick books that are outside your to-read list?
Also, I'd be remiss if I didn't point out our RPG Challenge. It's a bit intimidating at first but there's lots of friendly people to answer questions and it gives you a little bit of everything challenge wise.
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Welcome to the group Isobel. Have fun!
I'm fairly new to this group but I noticed there is a section for authors where they can promote their books. You might want to check it out.