You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion
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Introductions - 2023
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Sep 02, 2023 09:10PM
Welcome Chris! Lovely to have you with us. We're not short on discussion here :)
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Hi. I'm Brandy and am new to this forum. I'm a slow but dedicated reader who also likes to cross stitch (yeah a lost craft), walk (almost a 1000 miles this year) and weight lift.
Welcome to the group, Brandy! I used to do cross stitch years ago. I recently found a project I finished when my oldest daughter was 3 (she is 25 now) and was thinking that it would look nice in our bathroom. I plan to frame it or something like that. It is something I will do again when I have more time. Same as knitting.
Hi Brandy. Welcome to our group. I have a couple of unflinished projects that I intend to finish. You know what they say about intentions.
Welcome to the group, Brandy.
Welcome Brandy!I've been walking/plodding a lot this year, and have done some lifting in the past. My mum is an incredible embroider, although she does everything except cross stich. I just have an appreciation of how much work all embroidering hobbies take! We have a lot of walkers/runners/crafters in this group, so you will fit right in.
Sounds like you must be an audiobook fan from those hobbies.
Welcome, Kathryn! You will not solve your book-buying problem here, since we are enablers. Your problem might get worse! But you will certainly find encouragement to read with all the challenges, themed reads, topplers, or just other members willing to discuss, comment or buddy read with you. :)
Hi. I am Kirila and have been a member of YLTO for quite a while but the last time I was active here was sometime in 2018... life happened and slowed down my reading. I blame my husband (joking) as my reading decreased around the time he proposed. I guess the wedding planning kept me busy. There was traveling as well afterwards (wedding was in 2019) and then Covid happened. You would have thought I would pick up reading again then but somehow I didn't. Found other new hobbies, enjoyed a new place we just moved to. And then I got pregnant and that took whatever remaining free time I had. Now I have a wonderful two and half year old who drives me crazy but also melts my heart. He loves books too :) and I cannot wait for him to start listening to stories (currently we are at picture books) so I have an excuse for reading some new and old children's' gems.Recently I somehow found some time and read a few good books that got me rolling and I found myself scrolling through this group as well. Janice's next year challenge caught my attention and I started gophering. And I remembered the joy all of this brought to me in the past :).
And when I say I slowed down reading, I don't mean that I stopped reading altogether. I used to read around 40 books per year and the last years this dropped to around 20. So I still read, but fall into the dreaded reading slump more often when life takes over.
So here I am again, hoping that re-introducing myself will take me out of the shadows and motivate me to join the discussions here, while discovering new books.
Welcome back, Kirila! And congrats on your wedding and little boy! We are here as usual. Doing our thing. :D
Welome to all the new and returning members 😃
Welcome, Kathryn! You can now add 'talk about books' to your list! lol Hopefully, you will start to chip away at your to-be-read pile with us! :)Welcome back, Kirila! Good to see you joining back in the group. Congratulations on your wedding and little boy! We look forward to seeing what you're reading.
Welcome to the group Kathryn! I'm so glad you found us.Welcome back Kirila and congratulations on all your wonderful life events. 20 books a year with a two year old is amazing! 👏
Welcome Kathryn, and welcome back Kirila.
Welcome Kathryn, I have the same afflictions lol but this group will have you inspired to start knocking down the pile in no time 😊And, that is wonderful Kirila, start them young and you will get to enjoy reading together for years to come 😊 Welcome back
Welcome Kathryn! I completely understand the problem. While this group may not help with the possession part, we will definitely help with the consumption :DLooking forward to you joining us in our activities!!
Kirila! And here it was me thinking it was the flammkuchen ;)(Kirila, Lexx, and I met up when we were in Zurich in 2017 and had German pizza which is called flammkuchen)
So lovely to hear from you, and what a massive few years for you! Glad you're well and life happened and was great! Wonderful you have a little reader around, and here is to having more time for you again. We are always here to help and enable :D
Was literally thinking about you the other day when I found a book we bought in Zurich. Spidey senses.
Rusalka wrote: "Kirila! And here it was me thinking it was the flammkuchen ;)."When we were in Germany, we thought Pferrer was Pepperoni. We were surprised to get a pizza with banana peppers on it, and no pepperoni in sight.
Oh that's a difference!I also had to laugh as I then had to translate banana peppers, so another layer of not understanding what is going on.
Oops, I see I made a spelling mistake. Pfeffer is the correct spelling.
Hello! My name is Ella, i'm a person who enjoys reading immensely and has recently gotten out of a reading slump. I'm always excited to share my thoughts with others on books I have read. I'm super excited to be here!
Welcome, Ella! Reading slumps are not fun. :/
hiii! my name is frances and i loved reading, and have been trying to get back into it, but it’s hard since i lack motivation :(( hopefully this group will help me! :)
Welcome to the group, Ella & Frances! Those reading slumps are not fun! I hope you both find some great reads to chat about with us here. :)
Welcome Ella and Sandra, I think this group will help you set some goals and start planning your reading for the monthly challenge, toppler, or annual challenge or maybe all of them.
Welcome to the group, Frances!
Welcome Ella and Frances. I think you've come to the right place to help you through the reading slumps.
Hi Ella and Francis, welcome aboard! It's great to see new members ;-)
Welcome Ella and Francis. Here's hoping our group will inspire you to come out of those reading slumps and enjoy a good book.
Hi Ella and Frances! Look forward to you reading and chatting along with us. There is always a lot of activities going on or places you can just have a chat about books or life, so jump in to whatever takes your fancy!
Hi all,
My name is Anna, I live in the south east of England with my husband and our two cats, Milo & Lexi. I've always classed myself as a reader but must admit the act of reading seems to be happening less and less. I love a good thriller/suspense novel but happy to try any genre.
My name is Anna, I live in the south east of England with my husband and our two cats, Milo & Lexi. I've always classed myself as a reader but must admit the act of reading seems to be happening less and less. I love a good thriller/suspense novel but happy to try any genre.
Welcome to the group, Anna! It gets hard to find time or focus to read sometimes, and joining a group for support is a great idea. :)
Welome to the group Anna. I also enjoy a good mystery 😀
Welcome Anna! Lovely to have you join us :) Hope we give you some incentives to pick up a book a bit more! Lots of thriller/suspense lovers here too.
Welcome, Anna! I've also always considered myself a reader. However, at some point when my children were young, I realized that the book I was reading had been sitting on my nightstand for over a year and I had to admit that I was reading very little. I eventually joined Goodreads and ended up reading more than ever. I hope you are likewise encouraged by being here.
Hi Anna. Welcome to our group.
Hello all! I'm Meera. I've been a lurker here forever. I'm an avid reader like most of you I'm sure. I will read just about anything as long as I'm in the mood for it and it's written well. I've been challenging myself lately to read more out of my comfort zone of mysteries. I look forward to participating here more!
Hi, Meera! Nice to see you jumping in. :)
Hi Meera, so glad you've decided to join us.
Welcome Meera! Look forward to you joining some activites, and to snaffle some of your mystery recs :D
Hi Meera, look forward to chatting with you in some of our threads. I love a good mystery too 😀
Hi all! My name is Hannah and I live in England. I've been an on-again, off-again reader for most of my adult life and seem to be entering an on-again stage :-). I love mysteries and thrillers but happy to try any type of genre.
Welcome, Hanna! We have many mysteries and thriller fans in this group, but you will also find people to enjoy any other genre.
Welcome to the group, Hannah! I also love mysteries and thrillers. :)
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