Introduce Yourself to the Group - 2020 Showing 551-600 of 1,236

[András]

Hello guys!
My name is András from Hungary.
I like reading books on fantasy, classical literature, sci-fi and non-fiction.
I found the group by searching for one here on Goodreads. :)
My reading goal is to read 100 pages a day.

[Sara]

Hi, I'm Sara. I'm from California. I just found this group while scrolling through the community page. I've been looking to join more groups and challenges now that I have all this spare time (thank you coronavirus? but not really) I'm looking to challenge myself to read more. I read a little of everything but I'm more of a fantasy/sci-fi reader than anything else. My goal for this year is to read 175 books and I'm at 50 books read right now.

[Σταμάτης]

greetings everyone! im Stamatis, from Greece. i mostly read philosophy, psychoanalysis, history, poetry, theatrical, science, theology and political books. i found this group on the top of goodreads groups and joined because goodreads alone didn't look much fun without anyone else sharing and rating books.
my reading goal is 30 books for this year.

[Blagica , Challenges]

El 🌹 wrote: "Hi! I’m Eliza from the Philippines. I love YA and romance but I’m pretty much flexible to other genres. I live enemies to lovers, hate to love kinda romance. I’m currently reading the Lux series by..."

Hi Welcome happy to have you join our group! I think you will find that buddy reads are super active here. our group is super friendly. Here is the link to our buddy reads.
Buddy Reads

[Blagica , Challenges]

Isabelle wrote: "hi! i’m isabelle and i’m from the us. i read a little bit of everything, so i’m open to anything. i wanted to join some groups and this one seemed fun so i decided to try it out. my reading goal fo..."

Hi Welcome! I think that being ambition with books is a good thing. I think you will find that reading with friends and doing challenges makes it more fun

[Blagica , Challenges]

András wrote: "Hello guys!
My name is András from Hungary.
I like reading books on fantasy, classical literature, sci-fi and non-fiction.
I found the group by searching for one here on Goodreads. :)
My reading go..."

Welcome to the group I hope you have fun with every page you read.

[Blagica , Challenges]

Sara wrote: "Hi, I'm Sara. I'm from California. I just found this group while scrolling through the community page. I've been looking to join more groups and challenges now that I have all this spare time (than..."

Welcome to the group!

[Blagica , Challenges]

Σταμάτης wrote: "greetings everyone! im Stamatis, from Greece. i mostly read philosophy, psychoanalysis, history, poetry, theatrical, science, theology and political books. i found this group on the top of goodread..."

Hi welcome! I hope you enjoy your time here I always have a hard time picking poetry books to read suggestions are always welcome.

[Tomasz]

Hi everyone!

I’m Tomasz from Sweden, nice to meet you all :)

Goal 2020: 100 books

I enjoy reading both fiction and non-fiction (philosophy, business, history, politics, art etc.). I try to vary as much as possible but usually end up a bit heavy on the non-fiction side. On the other hand, most of my top rated books are fiction – isn’t that weird? :)

I always read in original language when it’s Swedish, Polish and English – the rest will vary depending on language similarity, quality of translation and availability.

My goal for this year is 100 books, which will be a challenge as I’ve never read more than 50 books a year (also, I’m already behind as January and February only generated 4 reads). I’m curious to see if I’ll manage. Hope to get some inspiration from and perhaps participate in some insightful discussions together with all the rest of you.

Cheers!

[Iris]

Hi everybody. I am an active knitter and crochet and I love to read as well That is how I learn English. I was scrolling and found this group, hoping to keep on my reading goal. Thank you

[L Y N N]

Hello! I am a bit late in introducing myself, but now that I am working from home I have more time to spend on Goodreads AND read! :)

I have been a lifelong reader and recently began participating in reading challenges, most of them here on Goodreads with different groups, of which 2020 Reading Challenges is one. I am working really hard to try to reach an overall goal of 100 books read for 2020. I read 99 in 2019! Dang! Just one more!

I also participate in four IRL book clubs as well as another two online book discussion groups. I started blogging book reviews, but since joining reading challenges last year I haven't been posting many of those. It's such a conundrum. Spend time composing a book review or keep reading!

One of the things I appreciate most about Goodreads is the immense diversity of readers from literally all over the globe. It is so enlightening to hear/read others' reactions to the same books I read. For me, that is one of the best benefits of Goodreads!

[Taylor]

Hello everyone!

My name is Taylor and I am from Illinois in the USA. I am very close to being an elementary school teacher which allows me to read a variety of book genres; however, lately I have been very into historical fiction. I just had a baby so my reading goal is just two books a month since having less time. I am so excited to experience all of the new books that I get introduced to through this group!

[Carrie]

Hello my is Carrie. I'm from The USA, Michigan. I've been reading seen I was a teenagener. I started reading James Patterson books in 2002, my 1st by him was Suzsnne's Diary for Nicholas. Ever since then, I've got & tead many of James Paytersons books. Then I started to read books by R.J. Patterson, Melinda Leigh, Kendra Elliot, Danielle Vega (also known as Danielle Rollins), Garrart Drake.

[Cécily]

Hi everyone!

My name is Cecily, I am living in Canada, Quebec Province to be more precise. I read Sci-fi and Fantasy books. I am a huge fan of Star Wars and I love reading the new canon books. I love discussing books with others and get book recommendations. My 2020 Reading Challenge is 40 books. It's the first time that I set up a goal like that. Feel free to add me I would like to make more bookworms friends :)

[Mar]

Hello!
I am Mar and I was born in Spain.
I enjoy reading fantasy or books that leave me thinking about them for a while.
I am not perseverant and I haven't been reading much lately so I joined hoping this would help me a little.
My goal is to read de books on my bookshelf (which are 10 rn) and some more

[Nina]

Hi!
I’m Nina and I’m from Ireland. I mostly reading YA. My goal this year is to read more murder mysteries. I found this group by accident.

[Niya]

Hi everyone!

I'm Niya and I'm thrilled to have found this group! I am originally from Bulgaria but have been living in Scotland for the last 7 years. I enjoy reading many different genres and I typically like to change things around so that I am not reading two books that are in any way alike one after the other, but I do sometimes enter a phase where I would be reading multiple books with a similar underlying theme. I like reading fiction, thrillers, historical, biographies, some romance and since relatively recently sci-fi and fantasy. I am hoping to read 15 books this year :)

[Tentative Reader]

Hello everybody
I'm a student and love SciFi, murder mysteries. Though I started with YA, kinda grown out of it now. I'm just looking forward to explore more new genres this year, and hopefully read more. I mainly look up on communities and groups so that I would get some interesting recommendations <3

[Oladapo]

I am Ola from Lagos, Nigeria.

I love to read both fiction and non-fiction works. I discovered this group while having a random browse through Goodreads.

My goal is to read 30 books this year.

Glad to be here... look forward to meeting my goal while making new friends and having interesting discussion.

[Jesus]

Hello everyone ! I am Jesus. I am originally from Colombia but I have been living in the USA for the last 7 years.

I love to read almost everything I find. My favorite genres are biographies and historical fiction novels. This year my goal is to read 30 books but with the lockdown I have found myself having a lot of free time, I might pass that challenge by June.

What is your favorite book ?

[lucy]

hi! i'm lucy and i'm from america. i have a lot more time to read now and to use goodreads more too! i found this group when i was looking at someone's account from a review, and then ta-da.

i love books that are fiction – thrillers, mystery, horror, romance, etc. and i'm trying to read all of the classics
my reading goal this year is 45! i'm a few books behind but i'm hoping to catch up during my long break.

[Charlie]

Hi everyone! I´m Charlie and I´m from Finland. I found this group by browsing the groups on Goodreads.

Initially my goal for this year was 30, but I´m currently way ahead at 20. Reading hasn´t been a problem during social distancing :D Because of being faster than anticipated, I think my goal is around 50 but I´m not ready yet to make it my official goal.

I think I mostly read classics and fantasy, lately I´ve gotten more into horror/thrillers too. Last books I read were:



Next book that I´ll read will probably be:

[Blagica , Challenges]

Welcome everyone so happy to have you join our group! I love seeing how everyone from all over the world comes together with a love of reading. I hope that you all look around and join what looks like fun to you. Welcome again and happy reading.

[Kesika]

Hello,
My name is Kesi and I am from Belgium. I like to read, I see it as a means of escaping reality and my problems. I have read something out of every genre, but I mainly tend to read fantasies, contemporary and thrillers. I was planing to read 25 book this year, but with the whole Corona crisis I now have more time to read so 52 (but I know I can read more). I've been a member of good reads for a while (like 4 years) and am finally decided to join a group and see what goodreads has to offer. (I'm sorry if my English is bad, it's my third language and I'm dyslexic).

[Rosalinda]

Hi, I am Rebecca. I've set myself the task to read -sometimes work my way through- important contemporary books. Recently I realised that, although I read a lot, I was neglecting new books and contemporary authors completely.

So I decided to do something about that. And here I am.

[Heider]

Hi, I hope you all are doing well.

My name is Heider and I am from Colombia. For unkown reasons, I've stick with certain authors since I started reading as a hobby: Mishima, Kawabata, Tomás González. I would love to read some contemporary stuff, so, I'm open to suggestions.

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[Valerie]

Hello, my name is Valerie and I'm from Ohio USA, I'm a wife of 14 years, a mom to 5 kiddos and reading is my favorite hobby. I love Fantasy, psychological thrillers, and Historical fiction. If some of your favorite authors include Tracy Hickman, R. A Salvatore, Christy Golden, Or Richard Knaak I think we just became best friends :)

[Hinesh]

If you don't know where to start, feel free to answer these questions:
Hi,

My name is Hinesh and I am from London.
I like to read thrillers and non fiction books.
I found this group by accident and am aiming to read 20 books this year (I am on 5 so far).

[Blagica , Challenges]

The Memories of a Reader wrote: "Hello,
My name is Kesi and I am from Belgium. I like to read, I see it as a means of escaping reality and my problems. I have read something out of every genre, but I mainly tend to read fantasies,..."

Hi Kesi welcome to the group! Your English is fine nothing to worry about! I speak two languages myself. Who is your go to author for fantasy I always have a hard time finding fantasy. please look around and let us know if you need anything

[Blagica , Challenges]

Rebecca wrote: "Hi, I am Rebecca. I've set myself the task to read -sometimes work my way through- important contemporary books. Recently I realised that, although I read a lot, I was neglecting new books and cont..."

So glad to have you! Glad you will be reaching new goals with us.

[Blagica , Challenges]

Heider wrote: "Hi, I hope you all are doing well.

My name is Heider and I am from Colombia. For unkown reasons, I've stick with certain authors since I started reading as a hobby: Mishima, Kawabata, Tomás Gonzál..."

Welcome to the group! Not sure if you like thrillers but Lisa Jewel is great and so is JP Dalany.

[Blagica , Challenges]

Valerie wrote: "Hello, my name is Valerie and I'm from Ohio USA, I'm a wife of 14 years, a mom to 5 kiddos and reading is my favorite hobby. I love Fantasy, psychological thrillers, and Historical fiction. If some..."

Hi Valerie welcome to the group! Happy to have you I love thrillers so suggestions are welcome! Please look around and see looks like fun

[Blagica , Challenges]

Hinesh wrote: "If you don't know where to start, feel free to answer these questions:
Hi,

My name is Hinesh and I am from London.
I like to read thrillers and non fiction books.
I found this group by accident an..."

Welcome happy to have you join us! I hope your 20 books comes easy.

[Heider]

Blagica wrote: "Welcome to the group! Not sure if you like thrillers but Lisa Jewel is great and so is JP Dalany."

Thank you so much Blagica, I really hope you are doing well this days. Thanks for the recommendations, I wanted to start reading female authors a long time ago. Waiting for more recommendations.

[Blagica , Challenges]

I will see what I can come up with =)

[Sudha]

Hi! I'm Sudha, and I'm from Florida. I like reading memoirs, interesting research-based books (like When by Daniel Pink), and non-fiction books that read like stories (like Radium Girls by Kate Moore; open to more suggestions!). I want to read at least 50 books this year, and am trying to make sure I read a few pages or listen to an audiobook every day.

[Khushi]

Hello! My name is Khushi and I'm from India. I love reading thrillers.
I'm very new here so still figuring out stuff. I get stuck between work and studies and find it difficult to manage to read regularly but I want to change that. I want to read a minimum of 15 books this year. In dire need of recommendations (thrillers, classics or any new genre I don't mind)

[Iana]

Hi everyone. I’m a russian girl with not-so-great English and I struggle to find any friends who love books. Like, seriously, anyone. I sometimes wonder if any of my friends even know how to read — because if they knew, how could they possibly not want to read books?

So I decided to join your group and will try to keep up. If any of you would like to point out mistakes in my english — you are welcome.

I love thought-provoking and beautifully written modern novels. Style really matters. Also classics, biographies, science, etc. My favorite authors are Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy, Umberto Eco, Marcel Proust, Julian Barnes, Henry Miller. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is brilliant too, love her. Also Faulkner, Mann, Böll, Dostoevsky, Pasternak. Just, you know, those who are great. I love great authors.

Currently reading Michael Chabon. Love him. But not too much. Like 4 out of 5 or so.

So yeah. That’s it. Keep safe everybody. Take care. Wash your hands.

[Hadjer]

Hello everyone ,am Hadjer from Algeria , my first language is Arabic but I mostly read English books , lately I've been trying to diversify my reading list with different genre and am currently reading some classical books.
I found this group by searching since I was looking for a place to have discussions about what am reading.

[Mikaela]

Hello Everyone!

My name is Mikaela. I'm an avid reader from the United Stated that loves to unwind with a good book at the end of each day. You can usually find me curled up with a mystery novel but my interests vary and you'll often find me dabbling in fantasy, romance, and nonfiction as well.

I was looking for a place to share and pick up suggestions from others so that I can expand my reading choices beyond the genres I normally gravitate towards. This year my goal is to read at least 55 books :)

Happy reading, everyone!

[Britt]

Hello!
I am from Florida and currently living in Miami. I love being a part of book groups where I can see others opinions and get great recommendations. I’m currently in graduate school and sometimes feel like I never have the time to read which has been upsetting me lately. I’m trying to be better about setting time aside to do more of the things I love. I figured a group that motivates reading challenges would be a great start. Looking forward to engaging with you all (-:

[Alissa]

My name is Alissa, I live in Arizona. I like to read a lot of different genres depending on my mood, mostly mysteries or thrillers. I’m kinda new to being a avid reader, didn’t like it as a kid, but now it’s a passion. I love rainy days in Arizona, they are perfect for grabbing a good book and cup of coffee and hunkering down. I like to go hiking with my dog, Goliath. I kind of stumbled on Goodreads, by accident, didn’t know the social aspect of until recently, and here I am!

[Sthéfani]

Hi! My name is Sthéfani and I'm from Brazil. I like to read all types of books but lately I've been into epic fantasy and Sci-fi books. I've had a goodreads account since 2017 but 2 days ago I finally updated all the books I've read since 2010. Until 2017 I used to read a lot (like 5 or more books per week) but since then I've been having a hard time liking books so I imagined that with a buddy I would be more excited. Because of this I found this group by searching for book clubs with buddy system!
I don't have a reading goal and I just want to find joy as a reader again :)

[Cynthia]

Hello! I’m Cynthia from Brooklyn, NY. I have been a bilingual teacher for more than 4 years in East Harlem.
As a teacher I enjoy reading to my students fiction and non-fictions books.
I like to introduce books that can address social emotional issues as well as diverse books. As a school we read a monthly book that can spark ideas and motivate students to be better.
I’m also a mother of three beautiful kids. I enjoy reading to them. They are 5-6 years apart so finding books for all the three can enjoy is challenging.
My goal for this year is to read more. I do not want to included my children books there. I will include however, the books that I read to my students.
Well I’m glad that I can be part of this reading club!
Read you later!! Take care

[Marty]

Hi all! I'm from New Jersey. I'm an avid public library user currently missing my local library (closed until further notice due to COVID). Fortunately, I was able to take out quite a few books right before it closed its doors, 20 in total -- probably 2-3 month's worth at my usual reading pace. My hope is that I won't get to finish the lot before I'm able to return them to the Circulation Desk, since that would mean this terrible virus will have subsided throughout the state, and the whole Northeast, by then. So my true temporary goal, oddly enough, is to fail at reading through these 20 books before the library contacts me to bring them back in person. I'm very much hoping that I fail to read all of them!

I give my thoughts to everyone affected by this virus, and a big thank you to everyone helping out during the crisis. Take care everyone, and looking forward to being part of this group!

[Katherine]

Hi there. Well I am from Wellington, New Zealand. I work in a small office for a small company called Bata shoes. Every Sunday I have a day in pjs reading a book on the couch. Due to Covid I have been working from home & reading books that I have got on my bookshelf here. I am waiting for the library to open up again.

I really enjoy reading the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich & the In Death series by JD Robb.

I know people say they shouldn't judge a book by its cover, I do. If the cover looks good, I read the back of it & if I like what the back of the book says I will read it.

Hope everyone is keeping safe

Goal is to read 60 books for 2020 & so far I have read 39

[Christine]

Wow, so many new posters. Welcome everyone and happy reading!

[Steph]

Hi, my name is Steph and I live in Las Vegas. I love to read, but have struggled to find time with kids, full time work and student. During this time period I am making the best of it by reading in large pockets of time I currently have.

I usually read historical fiction, contemporary fiction, books about women, political books, mysteries and thrillers. I am loving my time back in my groove and I'm hoping to get lots of book read during this stay-at-home order.

My reading goal is 30-60 min a day with the goal of at least 30 books a year. I tried to keep the number of books moderate as I don't want to overwhelm myself with a number. I'd rather hit it and set another goal :)

[Savanah]

Hello everyone I am Savanah! I am from Colorado and currently am a first grade teacher living with my husband and dogs!
I love reading really any kinds of books. I like mostly fiction and fantasy, but am willing to read just about anything!
My reading goal is 30 books, but I am hoping to at least get to 20! I am setting high expectations for this year!

[Nina]

hello there hope you're fine
I am Asmaa from Algeria my literary journey in English started two years ago now, therefore, I tend to veer towards the contemporary and chick-lit books My reading goal for this year is to read some classic literature and book that trait the self discipline them I am a voracious reader I tend to read a lot without taking the time to analyze and assimilate my books so I hope to do so through the discussion of the books that the group offers