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[Kelly]

Annie wrote: "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 "

Start date is Feb 22nd. If you look at the thread for the book it will give the start date in the thread title. link.

The mods will post a reading schedule once someone gets a book to break it down. It's usually about 50 pages per day but varies a bit based on chapter breakdown and font size and such. You can come and answer questions if you've already read the book or just respond to others. You can also skip questions that deal with things you already know because you're ahead of the current day.

Hope to see you there :)

[Leelynn]

Kelly wrote: "Leelynn wrote: "Hi Kelly, is there anything you would suggest for me in getting started?"

Are you interested in a challenge that is mostly for fun and you can use whatever you're currently reading..."

Hi Kelly! Thank you so much for asking. I would like to do one that can let me use whatever I'm currently reading, but I would also like to read books that are outside of my usual pick of books. Is that alright?

I didn't catch the RPG challenge. I'll definitely check it out.

Thanks again!

[Kelly]

The most straight forward quest is just one for people who read a lot and can be used for whatever you're reading.

For some new ones that just were released:

Since you like mysteries, this one might be up your alley.

And here's a monthly challenge that would direct you to choose which books but is still fairly open. You can always use the "cheat codes" to lower the difficulty to a level you enjoy.

Also, as far as older ones are concerned, I'm a fan of this one because it applies to so many areas and you can slowly work to fill it out.

[C.]

Birthday: May 17
Favorite Book(s): The Shining, The Vampire Lestat
Favorite Book Genre: horror
Favorite Author: Stephen King
Favorite Color: black
Favorite Food: bacon
Any Pets: Neo, the very expressive, opinionated Bengal Cat.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Sometimes I forget about the beauty surrounding me. I live on the west coast of Florida at Tampa Bay. I think I'm where I want to be.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because…. Okay, time for full disclosure. I love to read, but not like I love to write, and there's the admission. I'm a writer, a horror writer to be more precise.

The official release of the second edition of The Bookseller is on hold pending reviews and I'm here seeking reviewers.

Across from Boston Common, nestled into the corner of a cobblestone mall, sits The Bookseller, a bookstore owned by a lovable rare book dealer and his wife, who runs a coffee parlor inside the store.

The parlor is the morning greeting place for business people from around the mall where the complementary coffee is hot and delicious, the croissants are a quarter and the lively banter is free. George and Elizabeth lead a happy life surrounded by many friends.

Their happiness is about to be shattered by a violent South American drug cartel with a new, high tech process for smuggling cocaine.
The Bookseller

I have the ePub file ready to go. Agree to write a review, give me your email address and I will send it.

Reviewers or not I'm happy to meet such a warm, friendly group. I hope that means I will not encounter a mob of angry villagers with torches and clubs when I leave.

ScaryBob

[Kelly]

C. wrote: "Birthday: May 17
Favorite Book(s): The Shining, The Vampire Lestat
Favorite Book Genre: horror
Favorite Author: Stephen King
Favorite Color: black
Favorite Food: bacon
Any Pets: Neo, the very expre..."

Please move this either to the Freebies & Discounts folder or the Author Self Promotion folder.

[Holli]

Hello all, I'm Holli

Birthday: October 12
Favorite Book(s): too many to list
Favorite Book Genre: paranormal and futuristic romances, military (memoirs and the like)
Favorite Author: I have to name only one?
Favorite Color: purple, apparently, as I have a lot of purple stuff
Favorite Food: chicken
Any Pets: Dorian, my (insane) cat
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: somewhere warm with little to no bugs
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because....I'm drowning in a sea of TBRs.

[Bella]

Hi,
I'm a stay at home mom of three. I homeschool two and the oldest- who's sixteen- just started college. I, like millions of people, am an unpublished writer. I just finished writing my first book last November. However, I swear that I'm here as a reader. (If this is too spammy, please spank my hand and tell me to delete it.)

I read all genres, except erotica. My GR challenge goal for 2015 is 400 books. So far, I've read 45. Due to life being crazy and taking time to write, I only read 339 books last year. I think that's the least I've read in my whole life, unless you count the years I couldn't read.

Favorite Book(s): Too many to list.
Favorite Book Genre: Literary
Favorite Author: Too many. Like favorite books, I don't think I could narrow it down even if I broke it down by genre and time period.
Favorite Color: Black (at least for clothes)
Favorite Food: Almost anything Asian
Any Pets: dog, bunny, husband, two sons
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Scotland, Greece, NYC
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I own 10,000+ (dead tree)books, plus a few thousand from my classroom library (I used to be a teacher.) And out of all of those books, I've read all but about 300-400.

[Sarah]

Hi guys. :D

Birthday: The 10th of September
Favorite Book(s): Searching for Sky, Love Aubrey, Out of My Mind
Favorite Book Genre: Realistic Fiction
Favorite Author: I honestly don't know!
Favorite Color: Purple & Yellow
Favorite Food: Pizza or french fries
Any Pets: Just two goldfish
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Austrailia.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because I have a whole shelf full of books I've bought in the last couple of years.

[Nam]

I just discovered this group and I'm really looking forward to participating in the challenges. It's actually pretty tough to find someone else who reads as much as I do where I live.

Birthday: August 13
Favorite Book(s): Moonwalking with Einstein
Favorite Book Genre: Mystery
Favorite Author(s): Stephen King, Johnathan Grisham, A.J Jacobs
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Food: mmmmm burgers...
Any Pets: no but I would love to get a dog someday
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Japan
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because things get really trippy when I start to read.

[Alex]

Holli, Bella, Sara, Nam welcome to the group. Lots of fun challenges to participate in and crazy fun people to compete with.

[Missy]

Wow. So I'm brand new to groups but have been on Goodreads for quite some time. Here are a few tidbits about me:

Name- Missy
Age- 45 (yes, I'm old)
Status- married (to a virtual non-reader, no less!)
Country- US
Region- New England
Favorite Author- I'm fickle. It shifts constantly.
Favorite Genre- pretty much anything that grabs me and takes me for a ride. I'm a huge fan of the craft of writing and tend to read deeply more than for speed. If it's a quality read, I'm game!
Favorite color- purple. Always has been. It's one of the few constants in my universe. Clearly I was royalty in a previous life.
Fears- heights (and so I learned to rock climb), deep water (and so I learned to scuba dive), rejection (and so I put myself out there in a Goodreads group)
Loves- my 4 children, my husband, the beauty if a perfectly crafted sentence
Background- English major, political science minor in college (back when the dinosaurs roamed about), former reading specialist, title 1 teacher, club soccer coach and British Airways agent (prior to my current status as a stay at home mom)
Concerns about joining your group- will I be a good fit? (I don't read a book a day or travel the world, my brain has shriveled like a prune since becoming a parent so I may not be able to offer intelligent discourse, I'm not looking to compete about reading-only to share the joy of it)
One request- please be forewarned, I post almost exclusively from my phone which leads to a variety of typos and bizarre word insertions

Overall I'm looking forward to giving this group thing a try. You all sound lovely and I'm excited to see where this foray into new Goodreads territory will land me.

Happy reading!

[Rebecca]

Welcome Missy!! Hope you enjoy GR and this group as much as we do :)

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the group Missy ☺

Don't worry, everyone is good fit as long as they like reading. Not everyone reads a lot, but as long as they are reading we are happy. We don't really expect some great book discussions, but at least share your thoughts about a book from time to time.

You're not only one using phone. We are used to typos and bizarre word insertions (and I don't even have phone for excuse!) ☺


And remember we are here to have fun and to read. Those are only things important here. So have fun and read (preferably good) books.

[Erika]

Birthday: December 4th
Favorite Book(s): Vanishing Point-Jodi Picoult, Tart- Jody Gehrman, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix--J.K. Rowling, The Blackhope Enigma-Teresa Lavin, Deadlocked-Charlaine Harris, Go Ask Alice, Weetzie Bat-Francesca Lia Block
Favorite Book Genre: I love fiction(and write fiction), biography/memoirs, poetry, young adult, fantasy, suspense. Really, I'll read anything.
Favorite Author: Jodi Picoult, J. K. Rowling, Edgar Allen Poe, Jane Green
Favorite Color:Blue
Favorite Food: Currently, Belvita Bites & Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter
Any Pets: nope but lots of puppy friends.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: somewhere they have never even heard of snow
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because....I haven't stopped reading since I was 5 and can't be trusted in a book store

[Laís]

Hey guys, I've just joined Goodreads and I'm actually preatty lost, but this group seems to be very nice and the explanations are really good. So, here it goes:

Birthday: Semptember 23rd
Favorite Book(s): Every book I finish seems to be my favorite, but one oI really like is "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo".
Favorite Book Genre: Adventure, Romance and YA.
Favorite Author: I don't really have a favorite one but I like Jane Austen's books.
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Food: Probably pizza.
Any Pets: 2 guinea pigs and a dog.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: in a cold place with mountains.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... books are the reason I chose my university course!

[❀Tea❀]

Willkommen Mikka. ☺
(and that's my knowledge of German after 6 years of learning. *sigh* I need to pick that up again)

Yeah, we have plenty of members and they are great people. And from all over the world and not only native English-speakers. :)

I'm not sure what you're interested in, but we have some pretty great challenges, and plenty of buddy reads.

Hope you'll have fun here with us. And if you have any questions feel free to ask.

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the group Erika ☺

Erika wrote: "I haven't stopped reading since I was 5 and can't be trusted in a book store "
I love it!

Hope you'll have fun here with us.

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the group Laís. ☺

If you feel lost, some of our members made great GoodReads 101 hints and tips. Check them out and feel free to ask if you have any questions.


Laís wrote: "books are the reason I chose my university course! "
And what would that be?

[claude]

Hi! My name is Claudia. I have been using Goodreads for years but I just recently came across this group! It looks really fun. I'm planning on reading a lot of the BOMs and maybe even attempting the RPG. Anyway I'm excited to see what you all have to offer!

Birthday: June 6
Favorite Book(s): The Fault in Our Stars, The Book Theif, The Hunger Game trilogy
Favorite Book Genre: Young Adult, Memoirs
Favorite Author: John Green, Colleen Hoover, Rainbow Rowell
Favorite Color: Purple and turquoise
Favorite Food: Spaghetti, chocolate, peanut butter
Any Pets: Dog
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: London
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I absolutely love discussing and sharing books with others!

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the group Claudia. ☺

I'm glad you plan to join us in reading BOMs. More the merrier.
And you should join RPG. It's created for everyone no mater how many books you are reading and we are having so much fun. ☺


Claudia wrote: "Favorite Food: Spaghetti, chocolate, peanut butter "
Um, together? Hope not. :P

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Birthday: 12. July 1997
Favorite Book(s): too many :p
Favorite Book Genre: fantasy, detective, thriller
Favorite Author: John Flanagan
Favorite Color: black and blue and green and....let's go with every single one
Favorite Food: spaghetti
Any Pets: none, but wish to have a cat
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Italy or Finland
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because I always have one with me anywhere I go.

[Laís]

I'm Brazilian, so my course is kinda different from what US offers(I think), it's a mix of language studies and literature. (:
Thank you for the tips!

[Kelly]

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Um, together? Hope not. :P "

It's a thing Tea. :) http://ilovepeanutbutter.com/recipes/...

[claude]

Haha no separate!

[Britt]

Birthday: June 30.
Favorite Book(s): Harry Potter series and To Kill a Mockingbird
Favorite Book Genre: Any! I'm really open.
Favorite Author: Don't really have an absolute favorite.
Favorite Color: Perwinkle (pretty color & funny word:P)
Favorite Food: Mashed potaotes
Any Pets: A kitty named Blair
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: hmm..England.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because....I buy more than I read :x Oops.


I'm Brittnee, by the way! :) I stumbled upon this group and it seemed interesting, so figured I would join! I LOVE Buddy/Group Reads and Challenges!

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the group Mimi & Britt ☺

Hope you'll have fun with us here. :)

[[deleted user]]

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Welcome to the group Mimi & Britt ☺

Hope you'll have fun with us here. :)"

Thanks! already signing in the RPG ^^ love games.

[Kelly]

Mimi wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "Welcome to the group Mimi & Britt ☺

Hope you'll have fun with us here. :)"

Thanks! already signing in the RPG ^^ love games."

Yay! We're happy to have you join in our questing.

[Alex]

Mimi, Britt, Claudia welcome to the group. First round at the Tavern is on me!

[RachelvlehcaR]

Mimi wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "Welcome to the group Mimi & Britt ☺

Hope you'll have fun with us here. :)"

Thanks! already signing in the RPG ^^ love games."

Awesome! It's a great challenge/game. I love it! I hope you enjoy as much as I do. Heck, I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I do.

[Kari]

Welcome to the group Mimi. The RPG game is fun, fun, fun!

[Stacie]

Britt wrote: "Birthday: June 30.
Favorite Book(s): Harry Potter series and To Kill a Mockingbird
Favorite Book Genre: Any! I'm really open.
Favorite Author: Don't really have an absolute favorite.
Favorite Color..."

Welcome Britt! I too buy more than I read. I'm pretty sure it's a sickness and one I'm glad to have. Glad to meet someone who has a thing for silly words. Periwinkle is awesome. I have a fondness for pizzazz. Look at all the z's!

[Stacie]

Janis wrote: "Hi!
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..."

I have four cats as well! It's crazy but it's totally fun at the same time. Welcome to the group!

[Stacie]

Kristin wrote: "Hello. I'm new and shiny. Or something.

Birthday: august 18th

Favorite Book(s): Rebecca (Daphne du Maurier), Mistborn (Brandon Sanderson) and Sleep, Pale sister (Joanne Harris). To name a few.

..."

Snicker, your husband is your pet. That made me laugh. Welcome to the group!

[Stacie]

Stormie wrote: "❀Tea❀ wrote: "Welcome to the group Stormie ☺

Hope you'll have fun here with us :)


Stormie wrote: "I have close to 100 books checked out from the library and I have enough books of my own to make..."

That's the greatest thing I've ever heard!

[Stacie]

Katie wrote: "I've been a member of the group for awhile, but am just getting around to this for the Novel Role-Playing Game. :)

Birthday: 7/29
Favorite Book(s): This is an impossible question. Recently, thoug..."

I discovered Kate Daniels this year too and can't stop recommending the series to people. Also now I want rice krispie treats and a corner to go read in.

[Stacie]

Kristine wrote: "Susan wrote: "I also could use friends."
I'd be happy to add you Susan. :)"

I also love friends. Welcome to the group!

[[deleted user]]

Kari wrote: "Welcome to the group Mimi. The RPG game is fun, fun, fun!"

Yesh! Teehee :D

[[deleted user]]

Alex wrote: "Mimi, Britt, Claudia welcome to the group. First round at the Tavern is on me!"

Thanks! I probably should pay the second one,right?

[Aminko]

Hello Everyone - I'm very please to have discovered this group and I am looking forward to being a member.


Birthday: May 5

Favorite Book(s): Pride and Prejudice is the only book I've read more than once, so I guess that must be my favorite.

Favorite Book Genre: Everything, except horror. I mostly find myself reading romance novels of all types.

Favorite Author: Eve Langlais, John Sandford, Jim Butcher and Jodi Picoult to name just a few of the many great authors I've had the pleasure of reading.

Favorite Color: Blue!

Favorite Food: Sour cream and chives potato chips.

Any Pets: Unfortunately none :-(

If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Melbourne, Australia (also not Boston in winter!)

Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I often worry about where the next bookcase is going to go.

[Carla]

Birthday:8-15-74
Favorite Book(s): The Alchemist +many more
Favorite Book Genre: romance, paranormal, fairytales
Favorite Author: Paulo Coelho
Favorite Color: Violet
Favorite Food: bread and olive oil
Any Pets: I've had a Yorkshire Terrier, Tiger. And a black cat, Nina.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: By the ocean or in the mountains.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... My life is a fairytale.

Hello everyone, I'm Carla. I'd love to introduce my new ebook. It's a modern folktale. Hope you read and enjoy!

[Kari]

Welcome Amy and Carla. This is a fun, challenge filled board. Jump right in and have a blast!

[Rebecca]

Welcome to the group Carla and Amy!!

[❀Tea❀]

Hi Carla and welcome to the group.

We have folder set up for authors (Author Self Promotion) so feel free to tell us more about your book there.

[❀Tea❀]

Welcome to the group Amy. ☺

Hope you'll have fun with us here.

Amy wrote: "I often worry about where the next bookcase is going to go. "
That's why I switched to ebooks ;)

[Kelly]

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Welcome to the group Amy. ☺

Hope you'll have fun with us here.

Amy wrote: "I often worry about where the next bookcase is going to go. "
That's why I switched to ebooks ;)"

Heh. Most of my new books are e-books. The older paperback books are piled all along one wall that has a little ledge on it. Or stacked up on my dresser in serious danger of falling over.... or by my computer.... yeah...

[Cubi]

Birthday: 30/04/93
Favorite Book(s): At the moment probably 'The Art of Being Normal' by Lisa Williamson out of what I've read this year
Favorite Book Genre: YA, Dystopian, LGBT* are what I read mainly
Favorite Author: Probably Haruki Murakami but honestly I've never thought about my favourite author.
Favorite Color: Blue or Green
Favorite Food: Carbonara
Any Pets: Molly the family dog :)
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Probably Seoul to be honest.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I've run out of space to put anything else

[Krystal]

Birthday: May 6th
Favorite Book(s): Hunger Games series and Mara Dyer series
Favorite Book Genre: YA and Dystopian
Favorite Author: Sara Shepard and Suzanne Collins
Favorite Color: Pink
Favorite Food: Pizza
Any Pets: A kitten named Puss Puss
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: America because it has so much stuff my little old country doesn't haha
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because....I get out more books from my library than I can even finish!

[Amanda]

Welcome to the group Cubi and Krystal :).

[Rebecca]

Welcome Krystal and Cubi!!!

Krystal wrote "I know I'm a book addict because....I get out more books from my library than I can even finish! "

Ha me too! I always have a whole row of books on the hold shelf. Even my friends say they always see books with my last name on them when they go.