2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion
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Introduce Yourself to the Group - 2021
Hello! My name is Jona. I am from Albania. I love love love mystery novels, an Agatha Christie fan, find me with one of her books and a cup of tea anyday haha. I have been listening to a lot of audiobooks since last year when I really picked this up as a habit. My 2021 goal is ambitious, but I want to read 12 books a month of 144 books total!!! Woohoo!
Hello! I'm Renáta, and I live in Hungary. My reading goal this year is at least 15 books, and I want to read more in english language. This year I plan to read more poems, mainly from hungarian poets.I really enjoy books that are thought-provoking, and can teach me something about life. I also like adventurous books with full of twists and turns.
I just started to explore Goodreads, and I think this group will be a good start.
Nice to meet you :)
Welcome to the group everyone happy to have you!
Hello! I'm Sue. I mostly read YA, romance and fantasy but I enjoy reading other genres too. My reading goal for this year is 40 books. Looking forward to join buddy reads and read together :)Nice to meet you all!
Hello! I'm Paula and I live in rural Michigan, USA. My reading tastes are all over. I like to read children's books, YA, graphic novels, and manga. I read lots of different genres as well. I like horror, science fiction, fantasy, history, funny, mysteries and others.
I found the group looking for Popsugar's group.
My Goodreads goal this year is 175 books.
My name is Emma My reading goal for the year is 35 since I am a slow reader and am also a student.
My favorite genre is probably YA dystopian but I enjoy many genres of books
Thank you. I live on the west side of Michigan too.
Heya! 👋🏼I’m Pooja and from East Midlands, UK. A fairly new joiner to Goodreads, and given my love for books I have no idea how I’ve only just recently stumbled across this platform!
I enjoy reading self-help books and will give any fiction book a go :) Currently reading Where the Crawdads Sing and loving it!
My challenge for this year is to read 30 books!
Nice to meet you all 😊
Hello. My name is Terri. I live in Southern California. I am retired so I plan on reading 100 books this year. I have been reading a lot more since the Covid-19 pandemic too. I am stuck in the house because I am old! I have my garden and crafts to do during the day and reading with my hubby at night. We keep busy. I have been married for years and years and we have grandchildren now. I hope everyone stays safe and I look forward to reading your posts.
Hello everyone! I am vignesh and I am 24.I am from India. I like to read fiction, fantasy and literature .I found this group by searching on the google for Goodreads groups.My reading challenge for this year is 50.
hello! I'm Jaden and I'm from Canada and I like reading lots of different kinds of books but my favorite genres are fantasy, sci-fi, contemporary, and horror. my 2021 reading challenge is to read 15 books this year but I'm hoping to read more.
I just moved to Austin from SF, but grew up in NYC. I love to read all types of books, but especially memoir and SyFy. My reading goal this year is 100 books ( I count new books I read with my grandchildren) I am trained as a neuroscientist, am a former professor, and I am now a full time nanny and musician.
Hello everyone!My name is Shashank and I am 21 y/o from India. I started my journey by reading fiction mostly and now I'm trying my way through Classics and other stuffs. Not a great fan of self help books but I still read them for personal growth and development.
I haven't set a reading goal before this and so it's my first time. I'd like to complete 25 books this year or more.
I was searching for groups to join just like this one and I really hope to have a good time here.
Also, I face a hard time reading from PDFs so I prefer Paperbacks : )
Welcome everyone happy to have you join our group!
Ilona wrote: "Welcome, new members! Please stop in and introduce yourselves. We're looking forward to getting to know you.If you don't know where to start, feel free to answer these questions:
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I'm Dot, I am British by birth but have spent the last 50 odd years living in Victoria, British Columbia, I've been a member of Goodreads for several years but just found this group when I went to write my review of "The Silent Patient'.
Ilona wrote: "Welcome, new members! Please stop in and introduce yourselves. We're looking forward to getting to know you.If you don't know where to start, feel free to answer these questions:
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I forgot to say that I like fiction, crime novels, non-fiction, quite a broad set of interests. Last year I read 163 books, and I am aiming for 150 this year. being retired, I have a lot of time to read and I enjoy audiobooks as well as print.
Dorothy wrote: "Ilona wrote: "Welcome, new members! Please stop in and introduce yourselves. We're looking forward to getting to know you.If you don't know where to start, feel free to answer these questions:
- ..."
Victoria-- such a happening city now! When I was growing up it was a city of the "newly weds and nearly deads" but no more. I haven't been to the Island since I was in my 20s though, must my home town on the Sunshine Coast, etc.
Hi everyone!! 👋My name is April I’m an engaged 30 year old mom to a 10 year old boy. I’m living in Rhode Island USA with family.
My favorite kinds of books would have to be thriller/suspense novels/crime novels. But they have to be kind of different from one another for me to have an interest cause it seems that a lot of them are about one secretive trying to solve a murder/crime and I’m like ehh. My favorite author is James Patterson . I’m gonna be starting to read 3rd degree by James Patterson soon because I am trying to continue the Women’s Murder Club series :) I know, I’m a little behind!! 😆 But anyways...
My goal for this year: wow that’s a hard one, I’m gonna say 10 for now but that might change if I start reading more. 💕
I found this group in the beginning when I had to recreate my account because my Facebook account was hacked :( but that’s about it! Hope to meet some of you soon!!
Hi! My name is Luciana and I’m from Bolivia. I really like to read, and my favorite books are about mystery, love and fiction! thank you very much for accepting me in the group
Hi all! I’ve gotten back into reading lately and I love using goodreads to track my books. I wanted to explore it more and am excited to join this community :)My name is Emily, I live in Omaha (Nebraska) with my fiancée and our golden retriever Tilly. I work in marketing for a non-profit and lately I’ve been broadening my horizons with books! I was on a non-fiction kick for a long time and lately I’ve begun the Dune series, Witcher books, art history, mystery, and much more. I’m having fun exploring new genres and hope to connect with others here!
Welcome everyone to the group! We are celebrating 25,000 members you came just in time to party! I hope you find a book and a challenge to love with our group!
Hello Everyone! I am Billy and I am from Southern California! I usually read sport books and books on social issues. I am also still trying to find a genre that fits best with me so any suggestions on how to figure that out (Let me know!). I am going to hopefully start dabbling in to sci-fi and fantasy books!
My reading goal is at 12 for the year (one book a month). I hope to read much more than that.
Hi. My name is Monte. I’m a middle school teacher in Florida. I like reading everything but my favorites are YA as it helps me relate to the middle schoolers I teach and I also like historical fiction.
Hey, my name is Jose and I love reading chess books
Hello! My name is Mariajo and I'm from Guatemala City. I've always likes historical fiction based in arabic lands, islands or in a past time. I found this group because I wanted to get to know people (even if our taste in books are different). Reading goal: 12 books :D
Hello all! My name is Katie and I am new to the group :) Mama of two boys, and wife to my handsome hubby, loving life in the Midwest! I’m into all genres of books, but am currently loving fiction and memoirs. My goal for the year is 20. I just finished my 3rd book of the year earlier this evening. Although I am a little behind where I should be, I’m going to try and catch up quickly :)
Hi, I'm Alma and I live in Ireland. I have been trying to read more books and one of my new year resolutions was that. However, as with most of my new year resolutions, I fall off the waggon if I don't have a goal and encouragement. I found this group and thought it will definitely give me the push I need to continue my good work so far.
Hello!!I'm Tulika from Delhi, India.
I like to read all kinds of fiction.
My goal this year is 140 books.
I like to check recommendations too.
Good luck all...
I like character and relationship driven fiction, I live in Winnipeg and my goal is 45 books but hope to reach 50.
Hi I'm Mansi from the UK! I just recently got goodreads and have wanted to join a group/bookclub, I found this one and it sounds so cool! I rediscovered how much I like reading last year in lockdown and so I'm trying to read a lot more now. I want to read 30 books this year (I'm ahead at the moment but want to keep it at 30 because I don't read as much when I have essays and exams).
I couldn't actually say what my favourite genre is, I just kinda find different books that sound interesting to me. I know I don't like Y/A and romance anymore though, and I guess I'm not into science much.
I do want to start reading more non-fiction though so any recommendations would be great!!
Sorry that was long oops
Mansi Vekariya wrote: "Hi I'm Mansi from the UK! I just recently got goodreads and have wanted to join a group/bookclub, I found this one and it sounds so cool! I rediscovered how much I like reading last year in lockdo..."
Welcome as for nonfiction start with a topic your interested in or want to learn about. Examples gardening, I think cookbooks especialy Americas test kitchen would count since Americas test kitchen explains the science of why things work.
AurorainBookland wrote: "Mansi Vekariya wrote: "Hi I'm Mansi from the UK! I just recently got goodreads and have wanted to join a group/bookclub, I found this one and it sounds so cool! I rediscovered how much I like read..."
Hi, thanks for the advice!! That's crazy because I love cooking AND I want to get into gardening this summer!
Hi! My name is Beatrice and I’m from Italy. I’m 16 and I’ve been reading since I learned how to read at 6. For almost two year I stopped reading (you know, the first two years of high school), but thanks to the lockdown I rediscovered how much I enjoy reading. Last summer I challenged myself and I read 10 books in two weeks! Anyway, what I read the most are yellows/crime books, but I actually enjoy reading every kind of book. This year I want to read as many classics as I can, I’ve never got into the genre before, so I think this could be the right time. My current reading is “the song of Achilles”. My goal for 2021 is to read at least 30 books, but I know for sure I’ll read more.Recommendations are welcome, feel free to recommend me every kind of book. :)
Hello everybody! My name is Lydia, I am 42 years old. I was born in Russia, but due to personal circumstances and the course of fate, I now live in Istanbul. if we talk about preferences in literature, then I am almost "omnivorous". I love both classics and modern literature, I read biographies of interesting and brilliant personalities, sometimes I indulge in reading detective stories and modern thrillers by Scandinavian authors, sometimes I prefer to choose poems to relieve the brain and join the beautiful. it's like going to an art gallery). This year I want to read at least 50 books, but most likely I think there will be more. the main thing is probably the quality, not the quantity. )
Mansi V wrote: "AurorainBookland wrote: "Mansi Vekariya wrote: "Hi I'm Mansi from the UK! I just recently got goodreads and have wanted to join a group/bookclub, I found this one and it sounds so cool! I rediscov..."
Your welcome!
Welcome to you both and good luck with your goals. Happy reading!
Hello My name is Jessica Lamb, I am 22 years old from Florida and I recently developed a love for reading. I work at the public library and picked up a few books here and there that I absolutely loved. I love reading Drama, Romance, children's and Disney Books. I look forward to be part of this new group and will be as active as I possibly can.
Jessica wrote: "Hello My name is Jessica Lamb, I am 22 years old from Florida and I recently developed a love for reading. I work at the public library and picked up a few books here and there that I absolutely lo..."Welcome Jessica! Happy reading.
Hi everyone. My name is Emma, and I'm 17. I am from Australia. I love to read fiction books, mainly I read historical fiction, romance, mystery, and coming of age books.
I came across the group trying to find a book club, where I can talk about the books I'm reading. My family no longer appreciates me trying to engage them in a conversation about books they have never read.
My reading goal for the year is 30 books currently. I would love to aim for about 50 books but as this year is my final year at school, I'm playing it by ear and keeping my goal low. Homework and exams often prevent me from reading, but I'm working around it.
For the last 4 or 5 years, I've read very few books often not reading more than about 10 books a year. But this year I've already read 12 and March isn't over so I hope I can continue with my current binge for the rest of the year, although maybe not in October as exams are then. Browsing on Goodreads and my local library website is my favourite form of procrastination at the moment, I am currently writing this during a study period.
I'm fairly new to Goodreads I only joined mid-last year, but only really starting using it this year, so I'm still learning the website. As I was posting this I realized I never verified my email...whoops?
I'm always happy to hear recommendations for books. Hope everyone has a good week. :)
Emma wrote: "Hi everyone. My name is Emma, and I'm 17. I am from Australia. I love to read fiction books, mainly I read historical fiction, romance, mystery, and coming of age books.
I came across the group t..."
Welcome Emma, happy reading!
Lidya wrote: "Hello everybody! My name is Lydia, I am 42 years old. I was born in Russia, but due to personal circumstances and the course of fate, I now live in Istanbul. if we talk about preferences in literat..."One of my favourite all time names--one of my daughters has this name in one of the various spellings :) Lidya, Lydia, Lidia, etc
Hi everyone.I'm Rita, I'm 21 and I'm from Portugal.
My taste in books is always changing but I do prefer Fantasy.
I'm finally out of a three years slump so I'm enjoying getting back to reading.
It's great to meet you all.
Rita_rs wrote: "Hi everyone.I'm Rita, I'm 21 and I'm from Portugal.
My taste in books is always changing but I do prefer Fantasy.
I'm finally out of a three years slump so I'm enjoying getting back to reading.
So glad you Joined I am getting into reading too we are on the same page. Happy Reading!
HI, Im Lauren, I live in the Southwest of USA where its HOT, HOTTER and OMG the ground is LAVA.I love to read and right now I'm switching between domestic suspense/psych thrillers and non-fiction. For non-fiction I tend to read either memoirs or non fiction psych related books.
I don't have an actual goal since I do other projects as well but we are soon to be in the HOTTER part of the year and my outside time will be nil.
Hello, everyone!My name is Katya. I’m from Ukraine.
I love to read almost all kinds of book..
My challenge for this year is 30 books minimum.. (started late this year).
Welcome to the group everyone so happy to have you!
Hello!I am Nidhi, 25, from India. I used to be an avid reader but got into a reading slump a couple of years back when I felt burned out from work. Have been doing better since, and got back into reading in 2021.
My current goal is to read 75 books in this year. I would love to be a part of a community that loves books. The Group Read concept is pretty exciting as well! Looking forward to getting to know awesome people and having great discussions !
Hi everyoneI am Caterina (trena) and I am coming off of about eight year period of not reading. I used to read avidly and like a variety of different books. My goal is to read 24 books in 2021 and I am already 6 in. I am a busy mom to an eight year old a wife and I work with students who have special needs. I am currently reading one to watch by stayman-London. I just started. I look forward to getting to know more readers.
Nik wrote: "Hi, I’m Nik (she/her), I live in Scotland with my wife and 2 cocker spaniels. They are called Sherlock C Bones (4yr old boy) and Dr J Watson (12 week old girl). I’ve been an avid reader my whole li..."Good luck with your goal,Nik.
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My name is Veera and I live in a wonderful Winterland wonderland of Finland. I just turned 30 and I read mostly romance, poems, biographies, and mysteries.
I really like Sci-Fi and Fantasy and I want to read those more. Very heavily character-driven stories are my favorite.
I read more than I mark in here, and my reading goal is 222 books.. (a crazy amount, and I try to track it this year).
Nice to meet you all. :)