Hello

[Christopher]

Wanted to say hello. Just joined this group. I'll be back. I've read some tutorials, anybody have any ideas how to jump start my presence here. I've joined groups, posted, done quizzes-WHACKED OUT HISTORY FACTS, and trivia questions. Say Hello.Christopher Volkay

[Kellie]

Hi Christopher!

[Mystqx]

welcome :-)

[CBRetriever]

this is a pretty dead forum though

[Kelly]

how can I edit membership for the group?

[John]

Hello, I’m John. 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.

[Jimp]

Hello Group,
James Patrick, I'm known by all as 'Jimp' - my elder brothers started that (short for JimmyP) and so it was carried over to school and then my adult life. My wife-to-be, when we first met, thought it most funny. Jimp, I find from her, [a Norwegian], in the English dictionary means: scant, slender and I am slender [long-distance runner slender]. A sport I love and love much more as it helped break the ice when I met Tordis (Tor): an angel. Tor she told me means Thor. I'm most fascinated by thriller/suspense - fiction/non-fiction and have always taken an interest in books concerning the modern history of Europe and of late more the second war and the years post those dark times. If anyone has recommendations, I would be most grateful. Happy reading to all.

[Kellie]

Hi John and Jimp!

[Beth]

Hi, …. one and all,
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.
I hope to pick up tips from y’all, who’ve probably been at it far longer than me.

[Kellie]

Beth wrote: "Hi, …. one and all,
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: ..."

Hi Beth!!!

[Joseph]

Hi Beth!

[Jeb]

Jeb Wright

Just a quick hello! I'm trying to figure out my newly acquired kindle fire, so I'm sure I will have plenty of questions :-)

[Kellie]

Hi Jeb!!!

[Niths]

Hey beth!

[Amanda]

hi! I'm Amanda. I love to read, and I joined Goodreads to try and keep track of what I read, and find recommendations.
I am married, but my husband isn't much of a reader!!! I like fiction, memoirs, and Y/A. I might be in the minority, but I am not a fan of spicy books. Romance is fine,but I can do without the graphic descriptions! I hope to like it here and maybe make friends.

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Amanda wrote: "hi! I'm Amanda. I love to read, and I joined Goodreads to try and keep track of what I read, and find recommendations.
I am married, but my husband isn't much of a reader!!! I like fiction, memoirs..."

Hi, Amanda. My new book, a memoir, might fit the bill in terms of your expressed preferences. An Angel, a Book, and a Secret is the true story of my spiritual journey, a quest that began when I stepped away from blind faith to confront the unresolved questions at the core of my Roman Catholic beliefs. I traveled a winding path, resigned myself to atheism, and at a critical moment called on the God in whom I no longer believed. The result was an encounter with the principles that made both God and spiritual reality comprehensible. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CL2VPQ4Y/