Archived - WELCOME MESSAGE FOR NEWBIES!

[Debora]

Hi all - waving. Sucked in by the Nora Roberts title, so I'm off to figure out how to join that challenge :). I've spent the last 4 weeks editing, so the chance to just read for a while sounds delightful!

[Twila Marie]

Heather wrote: "Hey all! I am super excited to have stumbled on to this website. I have been an avid reader my whole life, until -dun dun dun- college hit. Now that I am constantly being forced to read, reading fo..."

hi Heather! im glad to see someone right here who has the same problem hahah college is a hell for me too, and schoolwork has clogged up my reading time and it's hard to finish challenges when you just dont have time. but reading has helped me de-stress alot... so i hope you'd look at it like that too ;) this group has helped me regain interest in reading :) it's so much fun to do the challenges! :)

[Juana "Darkness"]

Hello and welcome Kristin.

[Chloe]

Hey I'm Chloe. I just joined this site about 30 minutes ago and I'm excited I found this group. I love reading but also, because of college, I haven't had much time. My boyfriend of two years and I just broke up and I'm hoping this will help take my mind off things and keep me distracted! :P

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Chloe wrote: "Hey I'm Chloe. I just joined this site about 30 minutes ago and I'm excited I found this group. I love reading but also, because of college, I haven't had much time. My boyfriend of two years and I..."

Happy to have you join us, Chloe. Just be careful. GR is addictive. : )

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

LOTS to distract you here Chloe - so long as you love reading, and more specifically, reading romance! :)

[Lisa Kay]

Welcome, Chloe! Glad you are jumping into the PIFM challenge.

[Terri]

Hi, I'm Terri and I am addicted to books. I'm not a fussy reader, and I am looking forward to adding to my TBR list as well as to my ever-expanding collection of books...currently at somewhere around 2300. The challenges are what drew me here...they all look great! I can't wait to start the Reading Tournament; it will certainly be a challenge.

[Lisa Kay]

Welcome, Terri! There are some great challenges in this group.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Happy to have you join us, Terri. Hope you'll have fun with the group.

[Laurie]

I joined this group because I enjoy the romance genre of books. Then I've found that I'm intrigued by the various challenges, all of which have jarred me out of my very comfortable rut, so I'm reading many books now that I'd have passed by before.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Welcome to the group, Ken and Laurie. Hope this group will encourage you to read a lot, not necessarily limited to romance. : )

[Rossy]

Welcome Ken and Laurie!

[PJ]

Hi everyone. I'm Patti. I am new to this group, but have been active in a few otherson GR since I joining in March. I am 34, married with 2 young children and live in Michigan. I love romance and erotica. Just recently gotten into BDSM and find them interesting. I tend to prefer HEA and am not into historial or PRN. I am always looking for new books and authors to become addicted to. I don't mind trying new things/books. Can't live without my Kindle. I don't think I ever leave home without it.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Welcome Patti :)

I'm sure you'll find plenty to discuss with others in this group!

[Rossy]

Welcome Patti!

[Lisa Kay]

Welcome, Patti!

[Becky]

Aloha! My name is Becky and I just discovered that goodreads had groups!! Yay for romance! I tend to like historical romances or ones that have a meaty story like Outlander or Phillipa Gregory's books. But also have a soft spot for the Stephanie Plum series, aaaaand Twilight too. :0)

[Lisa Kay]

Welcome, Becky!

[Rossy]

Aloha Becky! E komo mai to our hui!

[Becky]

Mahalo nui loa Lisa Kay and Rossy!! I feel right at home. ;0)

[Marcella]

Hello everyone! I am knew to this group but have been a memeber of GR for quite some time. I love PR, YA, UF and HR. Look forward to talking to you.

[Rossy]

Welcome to the group Marcella!

[Marcella]

Thanks Rossy! It's good to be here.

[Elke]

Welcome to the group Marcella...you will love it here!! Everyone is really nice!!

[Marcella]

Thanks Elke for letting me know about this group.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Welcome to the group, Patti,Becky and Marcella!

[Marcella]

Thanks for the welcome!

[Carla D.]

Hey, Hey Everyone. :)
My name is Carla. I'm from Portugal.
I discovered GR recently and I'm totally newbie on this thing. So, give me a break, ok? :) I love read (duh, obviously xD) and I need a little help to choose books to read because I have so many book I want to read - i just don't know where to start. ;) I think I'll love be here. It's just perfect for me, challenges make me read more.
I'll try be active around here.

[Marcella]

Welcome Carla! This site will help you discover many great books to read.

[Bianca]

Hi, all! :)

I love reading...well...pretty much anything. I used to read more sweet romance, but I lean towards naughtier stuff now However, I still get the urge once in awhile to pick up old favorites like Johanna Lindsey and Katherine E. Woodiwiss.

I'm rarely at a loss of what to read, but I'd love to chat about books and maybe find new authors I haven't tried before. Being an author myself, I know if I read in my own genre too much, my writing gets stale. So, yeah, save me from going stale! lol!

So glad I found this place. Can't wait to get to know some of you! :)

((Hugs))
Bianca

[Marcella]

Welcome Bianca! I look forward to getting to know you.

[M]

Hi everyone! I'm Monica. n_n

I'm new to GR and a little bit nervous about posting for the first time on here. However, I've been a fan of the romance genre (and particularly the historical romance sub-genre) for a long time and hope to use the challenges here to expand on my reading experience. I also enjoy fantasy books and hope to find some good ones with a little romance mixed in. :)

I am also prone to becoming addicted to good forums though... so hopefully the books prove more addicting and time-consuming than the threads! :P

[Marcella]

Welcome Monica! No need to worry about posting. Everyone is very welcoming.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Warm welcome to Bianca and Monica. Hope you'll visit often. Don't be shy about joining the discussions. : )

[Rossy]

Welcome Carla, Bianca and Monica!

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Hi Meagan. Welcome to the group!

[Marcella]

Welcome Meagan!

[~Melissa~]

Hi everyone! I'm Melissa
I recently saw your group and all the wonderful challenges on here that will (hopefully) help me decrease my TBR pile..... however seeing many of your lists I think my pile may just grow instead lol.......
Looking forward to doing some challanges with you all!!

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Welcome to the group, Melissa! Hope you'll have fun with all the challenges. : )

[~Melissa~]

Thanks! I'm trying to decide which challenges to join and I figured out how to utilize the "reading list/challenge" thread which will be most helpful......

[Lauren]

Hi everyone.
I'm Lauren and I saw the link to this group over at the Paranormal Romance group. I'm addicted to challenges so I came right over.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Lauren wrote: "Hi everyone.
I'm Lauren and I saw the link to this group over at the Paranormal Romance group. I'm addicted to challenges so I came right over."

Welcome to the group, Lauren. Hope you'll have fun with our challenges. : )

[Marianne]

Hi my names Marianne and I'm a sucker for a happy ending! I live in the mitten (AKA Michigan) and am excited to read some wonderful romances with everyone here!

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Hi, Marriane! Welcome to the group. : )

[Shayee]

Hi! Im new to this group as well..my name is kalondria Carter and im from memphis Tn. After reading a book the next day im usually done with it and im back to get another one. Sooner or later i wouldve read the whole library bt in the mean time any suggestions for another book i should read?? p.s im very excited to have joined this group

[Lady Jaye]

H everyone. I've been stalking this group for awhile and now I want to join the fun! I just moved to England after living in the US for four years. Before that, I was living in Ghana, my home. Looking forward to joining the challenges.

[Jojo]

Hi - I'm new to this group, I'm from the UK and I'm hoping the challenges will encourage me to read my many TBR books I already have on my kindle (I'm addicted to the free books on amazon) as well as the piles of books I have in every room.

[Lady Jaye]

Hi Jojo! Welcome to the group. Hope we'll both have lots of fun with the challenges, lol.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

A warm welcom to Kalondria, Lady Jaye and Jojo. Hope you'll enjoy being part of the group. :)