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[Mirel]

Mirel, from Jerusalem, here (yes, that Jerusalem, capital of Israel and once again in the news). Did the challenge last year, and finished it in July. Now ready to start again.

Love to read and like the chance to turn it into a game and broaden my horizons.

[Emmanuel]

Hi

My name is Emmmanuel Ramses, Im from Guadalajara, Mexico and recently turned 32.

Im a middle school teacher and I considerer myself a person with a "book eating" problem, old-school gamer, TV series addict and newly obsessed traveler.

The reason why I joined this group is because I wanted to read a book per week this 2018, and I though doing it in a fun way, so after I established my goal in the reading challenge of goodreads I found the popsugar page on google, read the post about the challenge and decided to do it, so im happy to be here with you guys, hope to meet you in the process

[Laura]

Hello! I am Laura, I am from the US. But I currently live in Korea and teach English at an all boys high school. I found this challenge on another website and it will be my first year doing it! Excited to get out of a genre slump :)

[Ursula]

Hi everyone, I'm Ursula and I live in Fresno, California. I just moved here in June of 2017 - I have lived in a lot of places in my life, including 6 different ones in multiple countries between 2013 and 2017. I'm originally from the Monterey Bay area, and have spent a good chunk of my life in the Silicon Valley. I am married to a mathematician and have 2 grown children who are working on their own academic journeys in different states.

I always love the idea of challenges, and start off enthusiastically, but tend not to be a strong finisher. I have an ongoing challenge to read from the Boxall's 1001 books list, and last year was a disappointing one even on that front so I'm hoping to use some of those here as well.

[Andrea]

Hello! My name is Andrea and I live in Arkansas. Last year, I completed my first challenge in awhile. I'd been going through a bit of a book slump, so last year was a success. It was for me at the very least, even though I do know it was a small number if I were to compare it to others. This year, I've kept the number game the same, but I'm hoping to add a challenge to my goal. If I achieve this challenge, I will surpass my number. I'm excited!

[Claudia]

Hi everybody! I'm Claudia and live near Wichita, KS. My favorite genre is historical fiction but with 3 book clubs, I am gradually expanding my horizon. I have always been a reader but my career as a Title I reading teacher and then a director of a small town library gave me very little time to read what I wanted. Being retired gives me more time for reading and my other passions, knitting and gardening. I always set goals that are too high but do enjoy a challenge!

[Nancy]

Hello! I'm Nancy, 25 years old from New York City. I've been at a lost for books to read since I stopped reading for a while and am hoping that this challenge can help me get back into finding authors and series that I'll love.

[Gretzi.]

Hello, I'm Gretzi and I'm from Venezuela. I really wanted to do a reading challenge this year for the first time in my life so, here we go!!!

[Hazel]

Happy New Year from the San Francisco Bay Area! I joined last year's challenge, but was a few books shy of completing it. Hope to complete this year's challenge.

[Angelita]

Hi!! I’m new to this reading challenge. I always start off reading and then get busy with Life. I’m hoping this will help me stay on track. I want to broaden my knowledge and imagination as an adult. Lol. My name is Angelita and I live in Northern Virginia. Busy mom of two.

[Dolly]

Hello everyone, I’m Dolly from Baltimore (MD). It’s been a while since I’ve done any serious reading so I wanted to participate in this challenge to get a jump start into reading again.

[Rosie]

Rachel from Minnesota looking to expand my reading horizons with my first Reading Challenge.

[Lova]

Hi! I’m Lova. This is my first year doing reading challenges. I’m 42 (yikes!) years old. I’m a kindergarten French Immersion teacher during the day and am a mom of 5- ages 20 down to 4 months, well 24/7. I’m joining the challenge to try to force myself to find some “me” time so I can get back to my love of reading once again. I only finished a sad 7 books in 2017 and meanwhile my tbr pile is growing nonstop.

[Nikki]

Hi everyone, I'm Nikki from Sydney, Australia. I've done this challenge since 2015 but this year I thought it would be fun to join the group! I read a lot of books every year (300+) so this challenge is a great way to make sure I don't just read the same old thing all the time.

Really looking forward to seeing what everyone is reading.

[Erin Leigh]

Hello Everyone! I’m Erin from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I just turned 34 years old last week and I decided to give this particular challenge a go so I expand the genres I’m reading. Good Luck Everyone!!

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Hi there
I'm Ricka and I love reading. Looking forward to the challenge

[Yamaguchi]

Hello!
This is my first reading challenge, good luck to everyone participating!

[Jo]

Hi, my name is Joanna and I am from the UK! Really looking forward to reading more books this year as my usual reading habits practically died last year :(. Still, i am hopeful for this year and excited to expand my reading to other genres. My favourites are young adult and fantasy, but i am willing that increase! Happy reading!

[Cathy]

Hey everyone!

I'm Cathy and I'm from Belgium. I went along with the first challenge back in 2015 (but then didn't join this group, apparently) and felt like following it for another year, so here's to a lot of good reading in 2018! :)

[Lisa]

Hi, I'm Lisa. I'm in my 40s (just) and live on the south coast of the UK. First time doing the Popsugar challenge though I've done various 50 book challenges.

[Juliana]

hello! I'm juliana, 32, industrial designer, from são Paulo, brazil. I've Always used popsugar challenge more lika e reference to get ideas on what to try to read, but never quite followed it. Now I think it's the time to start seriously and get back to my old habits of Reading! I've got this terribly habit nowadays of starting a dozen books at the same time, I expect to correct this also.

[Bert]

Hello. I am Rebecca. I'm from Augusta, GA and work payroll for a State Institution. I am a voracious reader who usually has 4 - 5 books going at a time. When I discovered this challenge, it just seemed a natural fit.

[Emily]

Hey everybody, really excited to start this challenge! It's myf irst year doing it, I'm 21 in Oxford, England. I've never done any kind of reading challenge before but I think I'm going to really get into it.

I've only just started using Goodreads and don't really have any friends/follow any people - if anyone would like to add me or would like me to follow them I think Goodreads will be a lot more fun once I have some more people to follow!

[Melanie]

I'm a high school special education teacher in Kansas. Every Monday in our 30 minute seminar class, the whole school reads silently. I started the school year by reading books from my classroom library but would like to broaden my horizons and read some books that aren't in the Young Adult genre occasionally. The challenge looks like a fun way to motivate myself to try new books.

[Mafer]

Hi, My name is Mafer, 18. I’m new in goodreads and I’m loving it. I’m from Mexico, and I’m so happy to have found an app that has so many readers.

[Juana]

First time doing this challenge excited to see what everyone recommends.

[Nicole]

Hey I'm really excited to be doing this challenge as my New Years resolution especially since I'm graduating from UCONN in May and will finally have time to read books rather than published studies. I've never done this challenge before so I'll be coming here for motivation.

[Patricia]

Hi, I'm Patricia and I joined this group to get out of my reading rut. I feel like I have brain freeze but I still keep sipping at the light stuff. Time to return to the golden days of yesteryear and opt into at least something with more meat. I live in Texas, was born and raised in Indiana. I'm retired and read a lot! Looking forward to getting some guidance when choosing books outside my comfort zone. I'm excited to tackle some for fun and for challenge. Glad to be here.

[Crystal]

Hello! My name is Crystal. I live in Maryland. I've done the Goodreads challenge every year for the last few years, but this is my first time with this challenge. Sounds like a great way to discover some books I may not attempt otherwise. I have a 3-4 hour daily commute to work and use audiobooks to keep me sane but read the old fashioned way as well. Can't wait to get started here!

[Miriam]

Hi! I am Miri. I live in Brooklyn and am so pumped for this! I read 19 books in 2017, so 40 is a bit of a stretch for me, but I'm looking forward to the challenge.

[Gwen]

Hi! I'm Gwen. I've got a 9yo anti-reader, and I'm trying to get him to read more. I read a bunch of the beginning of last year, and then things tapered off. I'd like to be a more consistent reader this year. It's my hope that my anti-reader and I can help each other to be better readers. This challenge should work for both of us!

[Jessica]

Hi everyone! I am Jessica from Alabama. I read/listen to books constantly and surpassed first GoodReads challenge of 50 books by reading 80 in 2017. This encouraged me to participate in the Popsugar challenge this year. I'm very excited to have the prompts push me out of my comfort zone.

[Robin]

Hi Everyone, My name is Robin and I am from Maryland and of course like everyone else I love to read. One of my Facebook friends mentioned this challenge. I don’t have my list together yet but I am excited for this challenge.

[Claire]

Hello! My name is Claire and I am from California. Like all of us, I love to read! I definitely find myself reading books from the same genre all the time. I saw this challenge on Instastories and thought it would be the perfect way to broaden my interests. I am new to the challenge this year though I have been participating in the Goodreads challenges for a couple of years now. I always enjoy it and hope you all enjoy this one as well! Good luck everyone!

[Kathy]

Hi everyone! I'm Kathy and live in southwest Florida. I've been doing the basic reading challenge here on Goodreads for a couple years. My daughter just told me about the Popsugar challenge and I thought lets give it a try.

[Kaytlin]

Hello!
I'm Kaytlin.
I live in Washington state. I have been interested in this challenge or a while now and was so excited to see that this group exists!

[Lily]

Bonjour!

My name is Aline, I am French but I live in England where I teach in secondary schools. I wanted to try this challenge because I've never done on before and it seems quite interesting. I actually spoke to one of my colleagues in the English department ( I work in Languages) and we are going to do a similar challenge for our school with Bronze, Silver and Gold levels.

[Laura]

Hello! I am Laura, a 20 something from Canberra Australia! I have been a book nerd all my life, but I discovered the Popsugar Challenge this year when I had set myself a a goal to read more books!

[Anne]

Hello! I'm Anne from New Hampshire. I read a ton but wanted to do a challenge this year to push me into trying out different genres and novels I would ordinarily pass over

[Jennifer]

Hello, I am Jennifer a book lover who has a problem starting a new book, this means I haven't been able to complete a book challenge but this year. I hope to overcome it and complete several challenges and new books

[Theresa]

Hey everyone! I'm Theresa, a 28-year-old English teacher from NJ. I've completed the Popsugar challenge the past 3 years, and I can't wait to tackle it this year!

My goals in 2018 are:
1.) Complete the Popsugar challenge.
2.) Read at least 50 books.
3.) Complete a re-read of the Harry Potter series.

I'll be blogging about my reading experiences all year over at https://reluctant--fangirl.tumblr.com/ so come check out my blog if you'd like!

[Sandra]

Hi Everyone!
My name is Sandra and I’m new here and new to any reading challenges. I love reading and with a one year old baby I’m looking for more self care time which includes disconnecting from social media and using my imagination with books. So excited about this new journey and the support :)

[Cendaquenta]

Hi! Cenda from Scotland. First time doing the challenge. Already completed one book! :) (The Marvels, for prompt 17, "borrowed/gifted book".)

[Jennifer]

Eilífr wrote: "Hello everyone! Have you all started your first book yet?"

Yep! First 2 actually!!

[Jenn]

Hello! I'm Jenn from Ontario, Canada. First time doing any type of reading challenge like this. Reaching 40 books will be a stretch for me, but I'm up to the challenge! Hoping this will help me branch out into other types of books and make a dent in my tbr pile.

[Sarah]

Hello! I’m Sarah, from Jakarta, Indonesia. I actually know about this challenge since 2 years ago but I decided to join the challenge this year and join the group to keep me motivated. Wish me luck!

[Astraios]

Hello everyone ! I'm Agathe, french student in tourism. Currently I'm living in South Korea and it is kinda hard for me to keep up with my reading objectives, so I'll try this challenge to focus on it. I'm very excited to get started !

[Carissa]

Hello everyone, my name is Carissa and I’m in California, USA. I’ve been a reader my entire life but got away from it through college and starting my own life. A goal for me in 2018 is to read more and what better than to join the challenge. I heard about it years ago and I’ve always wanted to do it-so here I am! I’m looking forward to this year and to getting to know all.

[Rashmi]

Hi, I'm from India. Last year I took the 52books/52weeks challenge just to get back to reading after a long hiatus. This year I want to do this challenge because it seems fun and exciting. Looking forward to having a great year reading!

[Maria]

Hello everyone, my name is Maria, I'm Italian although I've lived in spain for 5 years now. I love reading but I don't have too much free time. I usually prefere historical or romantic novels and I alternate my reading between Italian, English and Spanish langueges. I hope to be able to complete the challenge this year but anyway it will be fun at least to try!