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Welcome to the Group - Introductions
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Welcome Shima and good luck with your challenges!
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Hi everyone, I'm Lindsay. I just joined this group because I've read some classics and I want to read more. Since graduating high school, I've realized that I need to be able to talk about classics with people or risk them going over my head. Though I do love a good classic short stories. My hope for 2022 is to eliminate three monster sized classics - War & Peace, The Counte of Monte Cristo and Les Miserables of my shelfs! I'm eager to try and complete some of the challenges on this group!
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Nibble at the challenges or pile up your plate...all for fun!
Welcome Lindsay! The Count of Monte Cristo is one of my top five favorite books of all time. It’s one I read over and over again.
I actually just finished War and Peace last week and I finished Les Mis last year.
Sounds like you’ve got some fun reading ahead!
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Hello, I am from UK, and I have always been reading classics. But as I have grown older, I have ranged further in literary time and space.
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Hello all! I'm Noor. I'm from a small city in Canada. Now that I have a little more free time I've decided to get through some classics. My favourites thus far include the Count of Monte Cristo and Frankenstein! I have just finished Les Meserables and read Gone With the Wind a few months ago. I'm currently reading Crime and Punishment. I have Middlemarch, War and Peace, Call of the Wild, Overstory and Anna Karenina on my shelf that I still need to read. Hope to read some of them on here with you all. Thanks!
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Welcome Noor! Count of Monte Cristo is one of my top ten fave books of all time. ❤️
Hi everyone! I'm Maider, from the Basque Country. I've already read some classics —The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Frankenstein: The 1818 Text are some of my favourites—, but I thought it would be nice to start the year by joining this group and some of its challenges!
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Welcome to the group. I am so glad that you have joined us. I look forward to see what reading challenges you decide to do for the year.
Welcome to the group, Maider! It will be fun to discuss books with you.
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Katy wrote: "Another thread that has gotten very long: Please Introduce Yourself will be closed and this one will replace it with a place for new members to let us get to know them better. Welcome to the group."
Greetings to all. My name is Stephen. I am a septuagenarian Englishman who has lived in the USA for most of the second half of his life, and the last fifteen years in the Pacific Northwest, a few miles north of Seattle.
I have read so many books in my time, and am now doing as much re-reading as I do reading for the first time. I have a strong preference for the loosely defined classics, books that have survived the test of time.
I am deeply involved in life long learning; organizing programs, teaching a bit, and taking a lot of classes, mostly involving history and literature.
Looking forward to some good discussions......
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Stephen I am pleased that you chose to join this group and look forward to your contribution to the discussions.
Hi everyone, I'm Stephanie! I've been on Goodreads for a couple years but I just lurked, and I finally joined an actual group! Yay!I'm a linguistics student and I enjoy learning languages too (German and Mandarin). I'm looking forward to talking about classics with all of you!
Hi Stephanie! Welcome! That’s so impressive speaking multiple languages.
Hi, I'm Joanna and I'm from Poland. I'm a bit overwhelmed by the amount of activity in this group and while I'm not new to goodreads, I'm not very familiar with the group functions ^^' feel free to add me as a goodreads friend! As you can see from my profile, I read a lot of speculative fiction and classics (especially Russian ones). I'm on my way to read more and I hope this group will help me with that.
Hi Joanna! Welcome! There is a lot going on in this group. Jump in on whatever sections you’d like. It’s a friendly group. 😊
Hello ^^ I am Marine and I'm from France. I love classics and languages so my new ambition is to read as much classics in their original language as I can ^^
This is my first group so sorry if I make mistakes please don't hesitate to tell me ^^
Also if you're interested in exchanging stuff and like my profile don't hesitate to add me as a Goodreads friend ^^
And lastly sorry for my English mistakes, I'm still learning ^^
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Oh and you might want to vote on our Listopia. It will let you see which books we have already read and vote on your favorites.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
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hedwidgebook wrote: "Hello ^^ I am Marine and I'm from France. I love classics and languages so my new ambition is to read as much classics in their original language as I can ^^
This is my first group so sorry if I ..."
Your English is excellent! I speak and read French pretty well, but not at a native level. When my various book groups choose books that were originally written in French, I read them that way. Thanks to Project Gutenberg, ebooks of all the classics are available free or very cheap. Right now I am reading Les Liaisons dangereuses and will soon start The Man in the Iron Mask. I actually find it easier to read French classics than contemporary French books that have a lot of slang or modern words from technology.
Robin P wrote: "hedwidgebook wrote: "Hello ^^ I am Marine and I'm from France. I love classics and languages so my new ambition is to read as much classics in their original language as I can ^^
This is my first..."
I always found Zola the easiest to read in the orginal. Perhaps, like me, he had a limited vocabulary!
Hello,I am a long time member. My name is Jerilyn, and I am a retired librarian. In the recent couple of years I have not participated much because I have struggled to locate discussions as I read the books. It’s nice to receive emails about upcoming reads, and I always choose at least one.
Is it possible to link from announcements to the discussions somehow? I felt victorious yesterday after locating the current discussions after failing for months. Now today I can’t find them again. I finished The Gambler last weekend, Carmilla yesterday. Starting Razor’s Edge today.
Thank you to the moderators for your efforts.
Jerilyn
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If you select the "group home" at the top right of this page, it will take you to the main page, scroll down and you will find everything you are looking for. If you want a quick path to a particular discussion, you can always bookmark the page in your browser.
Hope this is helpful.
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Jillian ❀‿❀ wrote: "Hello, happy people! I'm Jillian. I've been a member of this group since September 2021, but I never introduced myself. I actually do so over here for those who are interested. I've had a blast s..."
Wow, Jillian, I went to your link and I am so charmed by your description of yourself! I see we are already GR friends, and it's great to know more about you. I only joined this group last year, I think, and I haven't been as active in it as in several others. But I agree, people are interesting and welcoming.
For someone who started reading "late", you certainly have made up for lost time!
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I am a long time member. My name is Jerilyn, and I am a retired librarian. In the recent couple of years I have not participated much because I have struggled to locate discussions as I read..."
In the emails that I send out, there is a link to the folders for both the current and upcoming reads.
You can also find links to the reads in our announcements thread here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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I've had a blast s..."
I am so glad that you are enjoying the group and are being so active. Welcome.
hi! My name is Radhya. I'm from Sri Lanka, and currently living in Utah, USA, as a grad student.I mostly read 19th century literature, but this year I have been reading more modern classics. So far I have read Slaughterhouse-Five and The Handmaid's Tale and enjoyed them both. Right now, i'm reading 1984.
I'm new to groups, but I really like the books on your group reads and look forward to discussing them with you! :)
Welcome Radhya! It will be fun to discuss books with you!
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