Introductions - Thanks for Joining!!

[Sherri]

I love him too!!! <3

"Are you questioning my bad-ass-ness?"
Puck

[Zakiya]

Fill me in here????

[Sherri]

Puck is from Glee the TV show.

[Zakiya]

Oh.... No wonder I've never heard of him :)

[Cynthia]

My husband and I are new to GoodReads. We are still adding books. We have catalogued 1300 books. Our best estimate is we have 5000-6000 books. Assuming 200 pages per book 1,000,000 pages is 5000 books, we probably have both reached the goal years ago.

We have neither read all of the others books, I am not a big fan of mysteries and he doesn't like science fiction/fantasy (Not to mention the Wittgenstein/Pragmatism rift in the house).

[Sherri]

Well when you put into that perspective...this is gonna take forever!!! 5000 books, shesh!

[[deleted user]]

Welcome Heather and Katie! I'm glad you found this group.

[[deleted user]]

Sherri wrote: "Well when you put into that perspective...this is gonna take forever!!! 5000 books, shesh!"

I know right. I'll have dentures and be in diapers (again) by the time I finish this goal. Whew! I'm ready to take the challenge!

Robyn, Brianna, Cynthia & Husband. Thanks for grabbing the bandwagon by the wheels and jumping on!

Ladies, I had no idea who Puck was either. I tried watching Glee once and couldn't handle it.

[Tracy T.]

Hi everyone. I'm Tracy, I live in NJ, and I'm 26 years old. If I counted the books over my lifetime, I'm probably very close to this goal already, due to my nature to devour books and the fact that I have a degree in literature.

I really love the idea of this group. Time to go back and find all the books I read this year!

[Zakiya]

Good luck Tracy!, And everyone else as well!

Thanks for joining to all our new members :))

[[deleted user]]

Thanks for supporting this idea and this group!

Good luck to you and all (and me)!!!

[Zakiya]

Lol! Yes, the best of luck to everyone, including myself and of course Elyssa. :)

[Cynthia]

Cynthia wrote: "My husband and I are new to GoodReads. We are still adding books. We have catalogued 1300 books. Our best estimate is we have 5000-6000 books. Assuming 200 pages per book 1,000,000 pages is 5000 ..."

I should mention that I am 44 and he is 52. So it does not seem like a lot to us. If you figure that we started reading longish books at 10, 5000 books over 35 years is 140 books a year so a new 200 page book every 2-3 days. Plus college and graduate school and the pages add up in no time. Just wait until you are older it won't seem so daunting.

[[deleted user]]

My goodness. Were we supposed to read in college?

My favorite quote from a friend... "I'm in college. I don't have time to read".

I have to agree. I put homework on the back burner so I can read. A few assignments have been passed up because of this. But I also pick and choose which ones I decide to ignore ;)

[Rebecca]

Hello, all. My name is Rebecca (Becca) and I'm an avid reader:)

[[deleted user]]

*Trumpets blow everywhere some song I don't even know*

Welcome Welcome Welcome.

Thanks for joining our humble group.

Our members are great and they barely steal pages.

King Arther is a must! LOL! *Watched last night*

[Andrez]

aint that right lyss'?

[[deleted user]]

LOL

[Zakiya]

Hahas, hello Rebecca! Like Elyssa said, welcome to the group. I hope you enjoy it here!

Lyss: Are you sure you're okay?? It's not possible to skip assignments for me. I have a worrysome conscious...

Cynthia: Wow. . .that's just. . .wow. Lol :)

[Zakiya]

Oh and Elyssa: One - the period goes inside the quotation mark. Two - That's a good quote! :)

[[deleted user]]

quick finger typing... You know how that is!

[Zakiya]

Hahas, def. :)

[oıɔoɹ/rocio♥]

Hi everyone! I'm Rocio and I just joined, obviously lol. Thanks Cara for inviting me! Um, I'm not sure what to do here. Does the challenge start today or do I have to wait until next year?

[Heather]

today and u take all the pages from the books u read this year and that how much u read so far

[oıɔoɹ/rocio♥]

ok but i dont really know what books i have read this year, since january. can't i maybe do a challenge that is for just the summer?

[Heather]

yea theres other ones on this club just check out junes challenge

[[deleted user]]

Thanks Heather for pointing Rocio in the right direction.

Welcome to the group, I'm glad you accepted the invite.

Rocio, you can just post the books you remember or start from today. Which ever makes you more comfortable. This is a personal goal. We just created a group to support each other in a good way!

[Zakiya]

Agree with Elyssa! Just start with today, or you can participate in the challenges to get you reading more. We're basically here to support each other's reading. Thanks for joining our group; have a good time! :)

[[deleted user]]

Thanks for agreeing, LOL!

*Otherwise I'd have to come and hide all of your books!*

[Zakiya]

*That wouldn't be a good thing, so I'm glad I agreed as well!*

Have you taken the speed reading test? Go to the "Heather's Dementia" topic and take it; she left a link. I got 157 wpm! :))

[[deleted user]]

I haven't. I"m heading there now!

[Zakiya]

gooD! I'm curious as to how fast you read! :)

[Cara]

oıɔoɹ/rocio♥ wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Rocio and I just joined, obviously lol. Thanks Cara for inviting me! Um, I'm not sure what to do here. Does the challenge start today or do I have to wait until next year?"

Your welcome:D You just start with the books you've read as of this year. It's a lifetime goal because one million pages is quite a challenge! I'm not doing too hot right now but hopefully I'll live long enough to finish *cross fingers*

[[deleted user]]

We are supportive. We will make it! It just means that you will have to stand us for years. :)

I'm personally looking forward to the huge party I'll throw when I meet this goal!

[Zakiya]

I'm completely okay with it--as long as I get invited! And putting up with our craziness is a good thing. It means you have something to look forward to. And we bring good luck :)

[[deleted user]]

We are good luck charms.

And you are so invited! We will be done close together we can have a double party!

[[deleted user]]

And everyone else who finishes should throw big party's to celebrate! Ah... I can see the dancing already! :)

[Zakiya]

Ooh, it sounds like an awesome party! We're gonna need a really big space, and a lot of food, and we're going to have to get the invitations ready starting in a few weeks cuz there will be so many people.... *keeps babbling* :D

[[deleted user]]

I know what you mean!

[oıɔoɹ/rocio♥]

Okay, thanks everyone! I'm going to the June topic now.

[Christine]

Hello! My name's Christine and I thought 'what the heck?' to counting pages since I'm already counting them for an on-going challenge in another group. Besides, it'll be fun!

So... I'm going to backtrack my page count and create a log now. :)

[[deleted user]]

Yes, it should be fun!

(especially the after party)

[Shannon]

Hello! I joined here a while ago and nevewr seemed to get around to posting. So I'll try and make up for that now. I'm 26, I'm a speech therapist who works in a school, and summer is my favorite time of year. I rarely get to read during the school year so I make up for it now (while I still can). I love books and my Nook is my favorite thing I own! I'm gonna try and go back to Jan of this year and start adding up all pages.

[[deleted user]]

Hello again Shannon. So, happy to see you here.

[Zakiya]

Hi Shannon, once again! Hope to see you around soon in the future! :)

[Catrina]

Hi, I'm Catrina! I'm a 26 year old Japanese teacher from Southern California and I am obsessed with reading. It is my goal to read 50 books this summer, though it might be hard to accomplish as I am getting married next week. (I don't think the hubby would appreciate me reading too much during the honeymoon.) I like to read books pretty much about anything but am a sucker for those about Asia, historical novels and young adult fairy tale retellings. My favorite books are the Harry Potter 1-7, the Thursday Next series and Kitchen. My favorite authors are Banana Yoshimoto, Haruki Murakami, Pearl S Buck and Jasper Fforde. My newest reading interest is steampunk novels; I love Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series! Anyway, super excited I found this group!

[[deleted user]]

If you like books about Asia you might want to try Bangkok Tattoo. He paints a wonderful picture of Bangkok. (I miss it so.)

I love Gail too!! Waiting for Blameless to come Out! I just got a book, Steamed by Katie MacAlister.

[[deleted user]]

I almost forgot to welcome you. Thanks for finding us and joining. Hopefully, you can enjoy yourself here.

[Jen]

Catrina! Welcome! and I'm so glad you love Gail as much as I do. I have flown through her Soulless and Changeless and cannot wait for Blameless and then of course Heartless. :D

Glad you joined our group!

[Zakiya]

Hello Catrina! Welcome to the group; I hope you enjoy it here!