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Welcome - there's a lot to read, and regular participation here.
Alicia wrote: "Welcome - there's a lot to read, and regular participation here."Definitely agree with you, Alicia!
Welcome authors and readers. I'm looking for authors to interview on my website www.ritaleechapman.com. If anyone is interested, please contact me through the website.
Hiya fellow book lovers! I live in a seaside town in Ireland and I adore animals and nature. I write contemporary women's fiction and intriguing animals often find their way onto the pages.I'm a big fan of Barbara Pym - 'Excellent Women' is one of my favourite books.
Have become surprisingly fond of Richard Osman and Alexander Armstrong on 'Pointless'.
Hello Grace
Welcome, Grace. What county in Ireland?I have a main character from County Galway.
Hi Everyone! I only just found this board, even though I've been on Goodreads for a while, I feel like I am still figuring it out!I write lighthearted Regency romance, and I enjoy reading both contemporary and historical romance, romantic comedy, and biographies.
I'm English but have spent most of my adult life outside the UK, I returned a few years ago with my American husband. After being out of the country so long, many English things feel as new to me as they are to him! It's great being back in the UK. I'm hoping to meet lots of other writers and readers.
Hi, Alex - welcome. It's a good place.
Hi Alex, and welcome. As Alicia says, it's a good place to be - there's even a thread where you can 'pop in for a chat' which I occasionally do.
Hi!My name is Leigh (pronounced 'lee'). Just joined Goodreads and found this group. I'm an 23 year old aspiring author and excited to join a community of writers. Hope everybody's doing well :)
Hi I'm Jason and I've recently joined Good Reads. Check out my interview with Book Reader Magazine here https://bookreadermagazine.com/featur...
Hi everyone,my name is Juan and i've recently started using Goodreads. It is a great tool to discover new reads!
I have been writing a book since the pandemic and now it has been published and, i can call myself an author =)
I wrote a history book that chronologically compiles what happened in Patagonia since Magellan until the present day. I also give geological, botanical and anthropological insights to make the reader experience what life in Patagonia is like.
That said, i love history and ethimology. I love languages and currently live in Austria in the alpine region.
Nice to meet you all.
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Juan wrote: "Hi everyone,my name is Juan and i've recently started using Goodreads. It is a great tool to discover new reads!
I have been writing a book since the pandemic and now it has been published and, ..."
Hola, Juan.
Hola Alicia! :) nice to meet you all !!
Greetings Group,Hi, I’m Rob. I live just to the west of Chicago and spend my days working as a payroll clerk. My passion and that of my wife is making furniture; of which the house now abounds and has become a small business enterprise (we sell to friends and friends of friends). My wife’s family has a long military history; she was USAF and how we met. I did some time in the British Army (The Pay Corps). We read in our down-time, more so now the boys are getting ready to flit the roost. We tend towards good quality thrillers, espionage and political intrigue. Most of our friends and neighbours spend their time in front of the ‘box’ so we decided to take the step and join an online book club. Any recommendation will be gratefully received.
Hi, Rob. Glad you're readers - you might look at the 'ALL NEW Just finished - just started' thread here - people make recommendations.
I am Bethany (I answer to Beth) and I’m a farmer’s girl. The family have a farm here in Ireland and I just adore the life. I have a great family, Mum and Dad and three bothers: none of whom read.I’m not happy with noisy places, so avoid the pubs and clubs: I fell off a horse when I was young and banged my tiny brain quite hard (weeks in the hospital, as I couldn’t remember too much after it) although the doctors don’t believe or know if that has anything to do with it - I just get wrinkly in crowded, noisy places.
My brothers are all married and their wives are great; me, …. I’m in my early twenties and intend to avoid that BIG STEP for a good few years yet.
My reading has gone all over the place since school; of late - and why I joined Goodreads - I have the urge for exiting recent history accounts and true to life stories: it started by reading, ‘Out of Africa’. A few books later I came upon, ’Touching the Void’, which took my breath away. My eldest brother is a climber (not so much now, as he has a daughter), but that was better that any thriller I had read. I really enjoy reading about girls that have done good and although I’m sure I’ll never stray too far from the farm, I do dream of what some women have achieved. Stories of SOE girls and the like are becoming my favourite right now.
Somebody mentioned this to me https://www.amazon.co.uk/Women-Who-Li...
The Women Who Lived for Danger: The Agents of the Special Operations Executive
I have never read it but it does seem to be well reviewed
Hello, I took early retirement and with a large garden/orchard I have become almost self sufficient: my responsibilities at present rest with a small group of not-so-able hedgehogs. The neighbours became aware that I was caring for a hog with one-eye and a hospice seemed to blossom from there. Returning to university, I read history and that led me to such works as: The Great Game - The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia, On Secret Service East of Constantinople - The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire, and the like; all of which gripped me and I class as exceptional thriller/suspense/mysteries. My grandmother on my mother’s side was a White Russian and as youngster she left Russia in 1921, under the care of her father and mother. Her father was killed in Ukraine; and so she made the crossing from France to Blighty with her mother in November of 1923. From their accounts the journey across Europe was most harrowing. My mother has the family book and the the dairies of both her grandparents. I have often thought of creating a manuscript from those, but feel unqualified and not able to do justice to their story. There is no mention in my great-grandparent’s memoirs of escape lines and safe houses, but my grandmother, during her later years with what she excused as her failing memory, often spoke of ‘the kindest of people’ and how they are the only reason she survived. I spend time researching escape-lines, underground networks and life-in-the shadows. I won’t claim a need to find evidence of who might have helped my grandmother, as I am content with a desire to more fully understand the ways and means by which many sought to resist oppression even in the face of the great risk to them and their family. I yearn for well-researched, real-life thrillers focused on 20th Century Europe.
Hello.... is it, ah, kosher for me to join your lovely number? I'm not in the UK, but apparently a lot of my readers are... and since I just saw a YouTube video singing the praises of Goodreads communities, I decided it would probably be better for my soul and sanity if I hung around in here, talking books with literate people, than snarking around on Reddit (though I dearly love to do that). Anyway: hi
Hi and welcome
Hi Rosemary!Your username leads me to think you’re a Pink Floyd fan.
I'm just a small furry animal!
haha! well played. (both your gambit and the music)
Eva wrote: "Hello.... is it, ah, kosher for me to join your lovely number? I'm not in the UK, but apparently a lot of my readers are... and since I just saw a YouTube video singing the praises of Goodreads com..."This group has made me feel like one of the gang for years (thanks!) - I'm in the States.
You can even have your own thread (I have mine to post the occasional note or review about my books) - useful to get to know you.
Good people.
oh hurray! I’m glad to hear it. I’ll look into the threads :-)
Hi everyone! My name is Amy, i'm a 28 year old who lives in London but originally is from Glasgow. I didn't read for a few years but i seem to have got the reading bug and i'm on my 108th book of the year. you won't catch me without my kindle either in my hand or in my bag haha. i'm a home-body, love nothing more than a cozy evening at home reading and listening to podcasts. i would LOVE to get to know some of you lovely lot, and hopefully make some meaningful friendships through books!
Welcome - just interact, and you'll find it happening.I just checked your profile - and used the Compare books feature. The only book you and I have in common (of what each of us has posted on GR) is The Handmaid's Tale - but that's a significant overlap.
I love that feature, because you learn a lot about someone from what they like to read.
Are you a writer, too? A number of us here are. Questions always answered.
I'm Nom. I live in Madrid with Nat. We're British and ran off. She'll join you now that I have. We do everything together. We'd like to be friends with you all.
Hey all - hope you all are well. I am a 40+ male from the East of England. I enjoy reading a variety of things and also enjoy running, the gym, gaming etc, I work in hospitality (though that might change) and am studying counselling starting soon actually….
Welcome, Darrell. You might enjoy clicking on people's names and then doing a Compare Books with them - it's often under the More drop down menu - to see if you have common interests.
I checked yours - we only have two LotR books in common; I read (and write) mostly fiction.
Not everyone has their profile accessible, but it does give you some information. I'm in California, but like this group.
New here! I’m Laura :) I’m 35 and looking forward to chatting with other book lovers and hopefully getting some great recommendations 😁
It's a quiet group, but what do you read?
Hi,I'm a UK girl, working in the big city. Staying in and reading
Hello,I live in London and I've become a stay indoors whenever possible person. Kindle is now my closest friend: lots of books, all in one place, many for a rather spiffing price.
I'm keen on real-world fiction.
Please be my friend.
Good morning every one.Good to be here.
Thank you for having me
Dr Gasser from Northern Ireland and author of God is not a hypothesis.
Hi everyone, I've just put out my debut short story cycle Young Mancunians on Amazon. This sounds like a good group to join!
Hello! I am getting back into reading again after letting life get in the way for too long. My husband gifted my a new matcha green Kindle for my birthday and I can't put it down now. I hadn't had one since the first generation which I have long since misplaced!Nice to meet you all :). I am from Bolton, Greater Manchester. I like to read a bit of everything but especially memoirs, historical, dystopian, magical realism. I would love to hear any recommendations!
Sakura wrote: "Hello! I am getting back into reading again after letting life get in the way for too long. My husband gifted my a new matcha green Kindle for my birthday and I can't put it down now. I hadn't had ..."Welcome Sakura. Not nearly as busy here as it used to be in our glory days - but you'll find most activity in this thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Hi everyone, I’m J.F. Goulding, a debut author. I’ve just released The Shimmers, a paranormal mystery thriller set in Dublin (part of the Amazon UK Storyteller 2025 contest). Happy to be here and looking forward to chatting about books and Kindles with you all!
Hello Sakura and J.F. Congratulations on just releasing The Shimmers, J.F.
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I've been on goodreads for year but this is the first time I've found the community section! I've been a bookworm my whole life, and now I'm doing my masters in Scotland!"
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