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Introduce Yourself Part Two

My name is Laurie and I am a youth services librarian. This means I am surrounded by fabulous children's and YA books all day long! And I am in charge of our YA book collection (grins and rubs hands together maniacally).
Favorite Book(s): Just some of my favorites are Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, the Harry Potter series, everything by Tamora Pierce, and The Raging Quiet by Sherryl Jordan
Favorite Book Genre: YA Fantasy and YA Historical Fiction
Favorite Author: Tamora Pierce, Jane Austen
Favorite Color: sunshine yellow
Favorite Food: carbs
Any Pets: A sweet little dog
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: I don't know about live, but I'd love to visit pretty much everywhere!
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because....I have a compulsive need to carry a physical book with me wherever I go, even when I know I won't have a chance to read it.
Birthday: April 3
Favorite Book(s): Child 44, Star Wars Lost Stars
Favorite Book Genre: Dark Comedy
Favorite Author: Thomas Pynchon
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Food: Pizza
Any Pets: a dog
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Right where I am :P
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I buy a lot of books
Favorite Book(s): Child 44, Star Wars Lost Stars
Favorite Book Genre: Dark Comedy
Favorite Author: Thomas Pynchon
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Food: Pizza
Any Pets: a dog
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Right where I am :P
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I buy a lot of books

Favorite Book(s): There are just too many to list!
Favorite Book Genre: Romance, Historical Fiction, History
Favorite Author: There are so many
Favorite Color: Pink
Favorite Food: Stew
Any Pets: Louie (dog)
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Washington DC
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because..my husband and I have run out of room in our apartment and I still buy books.

Thanks for the template! It's always hard to know what to say:
Birthday: 3/19
Favorite Book(s): I could never pick just one. So far my favorite book read in 2016 is Magic Shifts
Favorite Book Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Historical, Paranormal - favorite books typically combine at least two of of these genres.
Favorite Author: I'll say Ilona Andrews because so far I haven't read anything of hers that I would rate below 4
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Food
Any Pets: Not yet but plan to add to my house this year
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Australia
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I have enough books in my TBR list to carry me easily through the next 200 - 300 years

Birthday: September 21
Favorite Book(s): Lord of the Rings. Plus all the other books set in Middle-Earth. I like to blame Tolkien for my obsession with elves.
Favorite Book Genre: I love Fantasy in general, but I also like Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance. Thanks to Google, I've also recently figured out that a kind of stories I like actually have a genre: Portal Fantasy (Character from World A ends in World B).
Favorite Author: See, here's where I'm torn. I love Tolkien, but since I started to read Discworld a few years ago I've started to also like Terry Pratchett.
Favorite Color: Blue.
Favorite Food: Do desserts count? If so, it's freixós.
Any Pets: A cat that loves to ignore me and hisses at strangers before running away to hide.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: I'm where I want to be, :)
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because... I'm starting to run out of space for books. Thank God for my Kindle.
Birthday: August 3
Favorite Book(s): The Book Thief was a life-changer for me when I first read it. And then I guess that my favorite series would be the Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J. Maas. The first book was the best, but while going on the quality started steadily declining, but it's still a great read!
Favorite Book Genre: Anything that's fiction, but if I were to go a little bit more specific than that, historical fiction is my favorite of all time. I fantasize and daydream or time traveling back in history (kind of unusual for a teenager) and my books give me into an escape.
Favorite Author: A brilliant writer that can leave and let lightning from a bottle is Steig Larsson. He can really make your head explode, and he makes morning routines even sound interesting.
Favorite Color: Aruba teal, my whole room is painted this color and I adore and obsess over it.
Favorite Food: Grapefruit. Awesome source of Vitamin C and also I could eat three of these everyday for the rest of my life. I'm really dedicated man ;)
Any Pets: Just something like 40 or so fish. So casual,their all my dad's
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Near the ocean. Anywhere in the world that near a beautiful beach.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because... I usually don't get a good night's sleep if I start on one that's a page turner. No sleep for me today...
Favorite Book(s): The Book Thief was a life-changer for me when I first read it. And then I guess that my favorite series would be the Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J. Maas. The first book was the best, but while going on the quality started steadily declining, but it's still a great read!
Favorite Book Genre: Anything that's fiction, but if I were to go a little bit more specific than that, historical fiction is my favorite of all time. I fantasize and daydream or time traveling back in history (kind of unusual for a teenager) and my books give me into an escape.
Favorite Author: A brilliant writer that can leave and let lightning from a bottle is Steig Larsson. He can really make your head explode, and he makes morning routines even sound interesting.
Favorite Color: Aruba teal, my whole room is painted this color and I adore and obsess over it.
Favorite Food: Grapefruit. Awesome source of Vitamin C and also I could eat three of these everyday for the rest of my life. I'm really dedicated man ;)
Any Pets: Just something like 40 or so fish. So casual,
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Near the ocean. Anywhere in the world that near a beautiful beach.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because... I usually don't get a good night's sleep if I start on one that's a page turner. No sleep for me today...

Favorite Book(s): This is a super difficult question for me right now since my reading tastes have drastically shifted recently, but here are a few books I really loved: Jane Eyre, the Harry Potter series, Into the Wild, and The Truth About Forever.
Favorite Book Genre: I've mostly read YA contemporary and fantasy, but lately I've really been getting into adult thriller and literary fiction!
Favorite Author: I don't have a favorite author currently, but I really like Jon Krakauer and Gillian Flinn. In the past, my favorites were John Green and Sarah Dessen, both of whom I still really like, but I wouldn't call them my favorites anymore.
Favorite Color: Greeeeeen (:
Favorite Food: Pizza!
Any Pets: I have an 11 year old black and white cat whose really grumpy but secretly loves me as much as I love him. ;)

Favorite Book(s): The Book Thief was a life-changer for me when I first read it. And then I guess that my favorite series would be the Throne of Glass Series by [aut..."
I picked up Throne of Glass from the library the other day since everyone seems to be talking about it. I'm really excited to start that series!

Favorite Book(s):
Favorite Book Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, just to name a few
Favorite Author: James Rollins and Clive Cussler
Favorite Color:purple and pink
Favorite Food: blueberries ,blackberries and raspberries,
Any Pets: 3 dogs and one love bird
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: I have no idea
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because....of all the books I have, wither their paperback, hardback , nook , kindle , or ibooks, . I don't know how many of the paper or hardback books I got or nook or iBooks but I do know I have over 500 and some kindle books,
Ginny wrote: "I picked up Throne of Glass from the library the other day since everyone seems to be talking about it. I'm really excited to start that series! "
Everyone talks about it because it's like... the best opener book ever! I adored it, because of the characters and the different aspects of the plots that were going on. You will probably enjoy it, but let me know anyways!
Everyone talks about it because it's like... the best opener book ever! I adored it, because of the characters and the different aspects of the plots that were going on. You will probably enjoy it, but let me know anyways!

Birthday: December 11
Favorite Book(s): I read The Book Thief a few years ago and it's been my favorite ever since along with The Song of Achilles and Uprooted. I read We Are The Ants recently and that may very well be a new fave.
Favorite Book Genre: Probably fantasy, paranormal, or magical-realism but I read pretty much everything
Favorite Author: I don't think that I've read enough of any author to call them my favorite but I really like Laini Taylor and Markus Zusak
Favorite Color: Teal
Favorite Food: Macaroni and cheese is so good mmmm
Any Pets: One dog and one cat that
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: No clue lol
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I can spend hours adding books to my TBR list.

I definitely think I'll enjoy it - seems like it'd be right up my alley. I'll let you know!

Birthday: December 11..."
Welcome Shaynee. I was born on a December 11th, too! :-)

Birthday: December 11..."
Welcome Shaynee. I was born on a December 11th, too! :-)"
ahh that's cool! i don't think that i've ever met someone with the same birthday as me before :o

Favorite Book(s): Green Angel by Alice Hoffman
Favorite Book Genre: Anything, really. Top favorites are YA, Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Favorite Author: Ellen Hopkins
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Food: Macaroni & Cheese
Any Pets: Sadly, no.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: I am pretty happy where I am. I wish I could travel more though.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... my husband regularly reminds me that we are running out of space for my books. All of my bookshelves are full and I have piles of books in random places around the house.

Favorite Book(s): right now I'm completely obsessed with I'll Give You the Sun
Favorite Book Genre: YA I guess but I'm open to pretty much anything
Favorite Author: don't have a specific favorite
Favorite Color: any and all shades of blue
Favorite Food: prooobably pizza
Any Pets: my cat is the most important!
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be:
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... whenever I leave the house I take something to read with me

Favorite Book(s): That's a hard choice for me. I'll say the Harry Potter series, because they were such a big part of my childhood and are the books I have reread the most.
Favorite Book Genre: Pretty much anything that interests me. I mostly read Young Adult, Paranormal, Fantasy, and Scifi though.
Favorite Author: I don't really have one.
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Food: Chicken
Any Pets: Not at the moment, but I want one.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: I have no idea.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I am always adding books to my to read list.
Birthday: August 1st
Favorite Book(s): Growing up it was the Harry Potter series, followed by Lord of the Rings. Though I still love Harry Potter.
Favorite Book Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Science Fantasy.
Favorite Author: Too many good authors to choose
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Chicken
Any Pets: 7 dogs living in the house, 2 0f which are mine. Names Sam a few years old whose name came from my favorite LOTR Character. Piper, who is only 6 weeks old and her name comes from Charmed. I love my dogs.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: I like where I'm at, though I'd love to Britain.
Favorite Book(s): Growing up it was the Harry Potter series, followed by Lord of the Rings. Though I still love Harry Potter.
Favorite Book Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Science Fantasy.
Favorite Author: Too many good authors to choose
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Chicken
Any Pets: 7 dogs living in the house, 2 0f which are mine. Names Sam a few years old whose name came from my favorite LOTR Character. Piper, who is only 6 weeks old and her name comes from Charmed. I love my dogs.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: I like where I'm at, though I'd love to Britain.

Birthday: July 21st.
Favorite Book(s): (in alphabetical order) Contact, The End of the Affair, Jane Eyre, The Martian and The Remains of the Day.
Favorite Book Genre: Science Fiction, Magic Realism, Science, Romance and Historical Fiction.
Favorite Author: Carl Sagan and Jorge Luis Borges.
Favorite Color: Blue.
Favorite Food: Mexican (vegan).
Any Pets: There are 5 dogs in my house. I love them all, but the only one that's mine is Doris (Day), a schnauzer.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: I think San Francisco would be a good place for me.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I read every day, I think about books all the time and I can't go to sleep without reading.

Birthday: October 14th
Favorite Book(s):Thirteen Reasons Why
Favorite Book Genre: fantasy, romance, scifi
Favorite Author: Pam Godwin
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Food: Lasagne and sushi
Any Pets: Two labrador retrievers
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: San Francisco
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because I like to run away from boring dull life into the magical world of books.

Favorite Book Genre: Horror
Favorite Author: Stephen King
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Food: Chicken Nuggets !
Any Pets: a dog called pippa and a bird called blue :D
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Seattle
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I read book series in one day sometimes i can read up to 6 books a day ooops

I am a certified book addict who loves Sci Fi, Fantasy, YA, Middle Grade, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, and Historical Fiction.
I can't name one favorite book (!) so I'll name a few: Ender's Game, The Wheel of Time Series, the Outlander Series, The Happiness Project, and anything written by Brandon Sanderson.
My real job is as a lawyer and for fun I blog about book reviews and a whole bunch of other stuff (like recipes and subscription boxes) at Plan to Happy.

Favorite Book(s): Too many
Favorite Book Genre: Fantasy scifi romance
Favorite Author: Too many
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Food: Chinese or Mexican
Any Pets: none
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Hawaii
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I've been a book lover for as long as I can remember.

Favorite Book(s): oh god, I can't even...
Favorite Book Genre: fantasy/magical realism/historical fiction
Favorite Author: I'm really into Neil Gaiman right now?
Favorite Color: yellow
Favorite Food: pretty well anything put inside a pie crust??
Any Pets: two cats, and one of them hates me
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: florence, italy
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I think about books all the time.

Favorite Book(s): Dark is Rising series
Favorite Book Genre: Fantasy
Favorite Author: Susan Cooper
Favorite Color: Orange
Favorite Food: Sushi
Any Pets: Shih Tzu Tucker
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: near the beach
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... visiting the bookstore or library is always exciting.

birthday is in october 24
my favorite books are the book thief, into the wild, harry potter (i only read the first book tho) and other books in my 5 star shelf or favorites shelf.
favorite book genres are historical fiction, memoir, YA, and mystery although I do read books out of my comfort genres.
favorite author i have no idea tbh i have never read too many books from one author but i guess the authors who wrote my fav books.
favorite color is either red or black but i also love watercolor colors.
favorite food are potatoes and every way you can cook them, fried, baked, mashed etc...
I have a pit bull puppy, she's so cute and her name is clea. or and I also have 5 zebra finches.
if I could live anywhere in the world it would be in europe, because if i move to europe I can visit other european countries.
I know I'm a book addict because I absolutely love reading, collecting books and spending all my money on them.

Birthday: October 4
Favorite Book(s): Probably the Harry Potter series
Favorite Book Genre: Dystopian/post-apocalyptic
Favorite Author: Holly Black
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Bread
Any Pets: 1 cat (Lannister) and 2 horses (Scarface and Lily)
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Scotland, but only if I have enough money to fly back to Canada whenever I want)
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I love books.

Favorite Book(s): The most recent one is "The Nightingale" by Kristin Hannah
Favorite Book Genre: Historical Fiction
Favorite Author: Jonathan Kellerman
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Grass Fed Steak
Any Pets: Riley (the rescue dog- he's a hound), Java (my 8-year-old mare), Dolce (my 14-year-old mare) and Charlie (my 20-year-old gelding). I also have 2 dozen chickens and a rooster named Romney.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: The Lowlands of South Carolina
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because I have a stack of 20 books sitting next to my recliner, another stack of 10 on the nightstand next to my bed, I have a TBR list that has more books on it than I could read in 3 lifetimes, and I keep adding to it. It makes me sad to think of all the books I'll never read. :-(

Favorite Book(s): Paula, The Nightingale, A Monster's Call, and many more!
Favorite Book Genre: Historical Fiction, YA, Romance...
Favorite Author: hard to pick one... I have many!!!
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Italian
Any Pets: a Tabby Cat, Pomeranian, Rat Terrier Chihuahua, Husky
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Greece
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I read several books a week and I love finding adventure in words.

Favorite Book(s): Harry Potter, Twilight and some others more recent...actually I value so much books and I can't name only one XD
Favorite Book Genre: I read everything litterally, but I prefer romance, contemporary and young adult
Favorite Author: Recently, Rebecca Donovan and from all times J.K. Rowling
Favorite Color: red
Favorite Food: pastas, sushis and fried chicken
Any Pets: I have a ferret name Billy :)
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Paris in France or Toscane in Italy
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because they make me travel anywhere I want whenever I want to get away from reality.

Favorite Book(s): Room
Favorite Book Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Favorite Author: Gillian Flynn
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Risotto
Any Pets: Not currently but desperate for a puppy!!
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Personally, I'd rather not live anywhere and just travel around the world constantly (unfortunately, money doesn't really make that a very realistic idea...)
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because if I'm not reading a book, I'm generally listening to a podcast about books or reading an article about books and adding to my TBR shelf on Goodreads.

Favorite Book(s): 40 rules of love/1984/Harry Potter/To kill a mockingbird and a lot more^^
Favorite Book Genre: Fiction
Favorite Author: I can't choose... it's too hard
Favorite Color: blue
Favorite Food: sushi
Any Pets: none
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: in a small village next to the sea and with a library :)
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I spend more money on books than everything else

Something about me: I'm 42, married and have a son (Yannick = 10) and a daughter (Annika = 7). We live in the east of the Netherlands, close to the German border, in Nijmegen (the oldest city in the country - a few years ago we celebrated its 2000th birthday!). I love reading, walking and cycling in the forest, hugging my 2 rabbits and playing with my children.
Birthday: 2nd of June
Favorite Book(s): so many!
Favorite Book Genre: historical fiction
Favorite Author: Isabel Allende, J.K. Rowling/Robert Galbraith, Ken Follett, Rebecca Gable, Joanne Harris, ...
Favorite Color: red
Favorite Food: chocolate and cheese
Any Pets: 2 rabbits, named Sissi and Theresia after 2 Austrian empresses
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: still in Nijmegen, because I really love the city (and it is not too far from my parents, who already have a child living in another continent...).
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I never look at my mobile phone, but a lot at my e-reader.

Favorite Book(s): many
Favorite Book Genre: memoirs or mystery
Favorite Author: many
Favorite Color: Teal
Favorite Food: Chocolate
Any Pets: Angie the diva terrier
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Oregon Coast
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... not having at least three books to read / in progress with me is very stressful

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My name is Rachel, and I joined NBRC a long time ago, but never had the time (and stamina) to sit and try to figure out all these challenges and rules.
I joined because it's sound really fun to do all challenges, meet new people, (practice my english), and get out a little of my confort zone by reading new genres or breaking trough a realy "meh" book in order to complete a challenge :D (but lack of time and laziness kept me out of here)
All this changed when I recived the wobble's newsletter and I decided to figure out how things here worked.
I signed up for Wobble the same day, and in the next, I discovered the RPG and it sounded amazing!
Now I'm here, introducing myself and really excited to be part NBRC :D
I'm Brazilian, I was born on a city called Natal (It means "Christmas" in portuguese), but now I live in São Paulo (:
Nice to meet you all!
Birthday: January 3rd
Favorite Books: Persuasion, Ancillary Justice, Guards! Guards! and Carry On (to cover all my fav genres)
Favorite Book Genre: Sci Fi is my ultimate Fav, but I really like Classical Romance, Humor and some Fantasy too
Favorite Author/s: Rainbow Rowell, Jane Austen, Ann Leckie, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Favorite Color: Turquoise
Favorite Food/s: Brigadeiro (A Brazilian chocolate ball), Chocolate and Seafood in general (Paella is love)
Any pets: Just Jake (the dog)
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: I don't know. I think all Canada looks pretty nice, and sweden seems incredible. I know chile is beautiful and a really nice country too.
Finish the Line: I know I'm a book addict because...I'm always the person who reads the most in all my friends circle.
I've been a member for a long time, but for some reason I haven't introduced myself yet. I guess I got too involved in the challenges. Anyway here's all about me.
Birthday: July 29
Favorite Book(s): Protector of the Small series by Tamora Pierce
Favorite Book Genre: Fantasy
Favorite Author: Juliet Marillier
Favorite Color: blue
Favorite Food: Salt and Vinegar Chips
Any Pets: boxer/bulldog called Harley
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: by a lake
Finish the line:I know I'm a book addict because...I can't seem to stop myself from buying more and more books despite my budget.
Birthday: July 29
Favorite Book(s): Protector of the Small series by Tamora Pierce
Favorite Book Genre: Fantasy
Favorite Author: Juliet Marillier
Favorite Color: blue
Favorite Food: Salt and Vinegar Chips
Any Pets: boxer/bulldog called Harley
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: by a lake
Finish the line:I know I'm a book addict because...I can't seem to stop myself from buying more and more books despite my budget.

Birthday: 12 September
Favorite Books: So tough to choose but my favourites include Memoirs of a Geisha, IT, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, A Song of Ice and Fire series, The Harry Potter series, Monstrous Regiment
Favorite Book Genre: Primarily fantasy, sci-fi and horror
Favorite Author/s: Stephen King, Brandon Sanderson, George R R Martin, Laini Taylor
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Food/s: Roast dinner and chocolate!
Any pets: A russian dwarf hamster called Bombur but I also desperately want a dog or 5 ;)
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Somewhere with lots of mountains and forest
Finish the Line: I know I'm a book addict because... being in a book shop or library makes me feel like I am home.

Birthday: 4/11 (My husband says he remembers it because I'm full of information)
Favorite Book(s): All the King's Men, Pride and Prejudice, Lioness Rampant, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Murder on the Orient Express
Favorite Book Genre: Fantasy
Favorite Author: Tamora Pierce
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Food: Chocolate
Any Pets: The two best kittens in the world, Oberyn and Winry. Well, they turn two on Friday so they're not kittens anymore.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Switzerland
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because....I have more books than I think I will ever be able to read.
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Hi Anna! Welcome! We have a lot in common. 8-) I love Mint Green too and Sushi and would love to visit China and Japan. I have a passion for the Chinese culture and all things Chinese. Also I have a wiener dog named Pippin! I love the name of yours. How old is he and what color? Pippin is 8 and is a chocolate dapple.