Newbie corner - what do you expect from this group?

[Dale]

My friend and I just started a new blog.Check it out please :) https://bedsidescoop.wordpress.com/

[Achuth]

Hello folks, I joined Goodreads a few months ago and I wasn't totally active in this site. Now, I'd like to be more active here and learn about people's expectation and usual reactions on books. I am planning to publish my new book this year and I hope there's a lot to learn from you guys. Also, I hope to get some quality readers for my book. Would you guys be able to help me and my book reach its target audience?

[Vaibhav]

Hi.. I am looking forward to some sci & tech books and autobiography recommendations...and exchange of books if possible..
I currently finished elon musk.

[Vijay]

When it comes to reading I am very picky and always rely on the input and recommendation from friends about the book to read. I am looking forward to friends and get similar kind of help from this group also.

[Ahtims]

Vaibhav and Vijay, you will get what you seek in the various threads.
Achut, for your book promo, you may have to join author centric groups as this group caters more to readers than authors. Good luck. :-)

[Ghani]

Friends, if anyone are ready to sell any book, post your free ads on http://classibook.com/item/new and make money....

[Sharadha]

Vaibhav wrote: "Hi.. I am looking forward to some sci & tech books and autobiography recommendations...and exchange of books if possible..
I currently finished elon musk."

Hi Vaibhav, if you like sci-fi then I suggest you give 1984 by George Orwell a read. It's one of my current reads (tends towards the dystopian genre but lots of tech concepts in it) and has been good so far. One more suggestion is I, Robot by Isaac Ashimov if you haven't read it already. I've seen the movie and it was pretty awesome. Will read the book sometime in future but my hands are full at the moment :) Not a big fan of non-fiction, but I've heard great reviews about Dr. Kalam's autobiography Wings of Fire (also check out India 2020 by him). Hope these help :)

[Ahtims]

Abhinav wrote: "John Billington: A Dream

Hi,
Please review the above mentioned book, a historical ficiton. It's available on amazon kindle store.

With Love,
Abhinav"

Abhinav, this is not the apt thread. You have to post your queries here
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

[Rina]

Hi everyone,

i started reading books very late....but as everyone says its better late than never :-)....i am here for some very good recommendations :-)

[Mohamed]

hiii....i am new to goodreads...can anyone help me how to use this goodreads

[Ahtims]

It is difficult to explain at one go. You will slowly learn th ropes if you regularly navigate the site. There are book recommendations, book reviews and you can make virtual friends.

[Mohamed]

Syl. A.k.a Topo di biblioteca wrote: "It is difficult to explain at one go. You will slowly learn th ropes if you regularly navigate the site. There are book recommendations, book reviews and you can make virtual friends."

i am a slow leaner and also i am not good in english. so how can i made this goodreads community useful to me.

[Ahtims]

Shubendra wrote: "Want to find out hidden nuggets written by Indian authors"

you will get those. We have ample threads on Indian writing.

[Ronnie]

New here. New Challenge The Last of the Mohicans

[Sanjay]

What? I'm expected to expect something from this group, didn't know that! Just joking :) I'm glad there are real readers in India and looking forward to exchanging reader as well as author notes with many of them.

Happy to be here. After all, what is an author if not a reader first!

[This fish likes to read]

I expect engaging book discussions. Great recommendations. And hopefully no spam.

Will be trying out the games as well,heard its fun!

[Harsha]

This fish likes to read wrote: "I expect engaging book discussions. Great recommendations. And hopefully no spam.

Will be trying out the games as well,heard its fun!"
Hi, do go through the different discussion threads in the group, you're sure to find something that will interest you. And we do try to keep the group spam-free. :)

[Ahtims]

Fish, you are sure to find all you want, and more... from this group :-)

[Sreejib]

Hello!

Though I am old to reading, I am new to Goodreads.

I am looking for book-friends who could suggest good novels, discuss classics and help me with this complicated site. (Too much going on here or may be I am web-challenged!)

[Karthik]

hello Indian readers,
I'm Karthik from Hubli, Karnataka.
I usually love to go through the narrative of people who accomplished great things even after all their shortcomings.
I liked simply fly ,think and grow rich ( examples and stories ),loosing my virginity,etc so on and do forth.please suggest me such books which have been I strumental for me

[Harsha]

Sreejib wrote: "Hello!

Though I am old to reading, I am new to Goodreads.

I am looking for book-friends who could suggest good novels, discuss classics and help me with this complicated site. (Too much going on..."

Hi! ☺

Like any other site, GR too needs a little getting used to. Don't worry, you'll learn quick enough. As for this group, you may browse through the different discussion threads in the group and join in any of the interesting discussions here. We have a thread for discussing Classics (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...) here. I think I found some Bengali titles in your profile, so you might also be interested in checking out the Bengali Literature thread in the Regional Indian Literatures folder. Do go through the various threads and join in the discussions. :)

[Harsha]

Karthik wrote: "hello Indian readers,
I'm Karthik from Hubli, Karnataka.
I usually love to go through the narrative of people who accomplished great things even after all their shortcomings.
I liked simply fly ,th..."
Hi Karthik, I think you mean Motivational books. I don't read the genre much, so can't really suggest any, but do check out this thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The thread isn't active now, but you may revive it, hopefully someone interested will respond. Alternatively, you might also ask for recommendations in the 'Recommendations' folder
(https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...)

[Sheeraz]

i have been on and off on this group for most of the time, the biggest mistake i did, sometimes due to lack of time and sometimes i felt so new but anyhow this time i expect myself to be active and learn new things from this group and honestly i learned a lot after my first book got released that its not about promoting my book at all lol, i can rather have a list of friends who will eventually be there for me when am ACTIVE haha

[Shobhit]

I am looking for connecting with readers from various cities to grow my knowledge. I am willing to connect with writers as to gain from their experience. No specific genre but I prefer whodunnit, romance, selfhelp, poetry etc. I am in general a fast reader in many languages and can read any kind of book. I am always open to suggestions about what book should I read next. If any new writer seeks any assistance like reviews or publishing guidance, I am happy to do that, free of cost, to support them.

[Ahtims]

hi Sheru and Shobhit, hope you find all this and more from the group. I made many friends here, and feel blessed to discuss books and related.
Shobhit, a good idea, helping out those in need. :-)

[Shobhit]

:)

[Sheeraz]

yeah am looking forward :)

[shahez jahagirdar]

Hi all ,

I am Shahez .I like to read self help ,Biographies and non fiction .
Looking forward to know and share great book titles and reviews with you all .

cheers

[Rags]

Welcome Shahez to the group :)

[Ahtims]

Please do so, Shahez :)

[Ahtims]

Jigsaw. .it is there. you just have to go to the folder Group reads. This month we are reading " My grandmother told me to tell you she's sorry ".

[Ponyo]

Em wrote: "Jigsaw.. .it is there. you just have to go to the folder Group reads. This month we are reading " My grandmother told me to tell you she's sorry "."

Jigsaw!!! :P

[Ahtims]

Ufff. ..me and my autocorrect
Sorry Jigyasa. ...am currently travelling. .and accessing the app. After a week I will put up the links for group book discussions (BOTMs) and cozy reads. :)

[arnab dasgupta]

Hi I am really new in Good Reads, so I do not have such knowledge about this social networking site. I need to understand a lot of things. But I can assure that I will be very active in this group.

[Abhijeet]

Hi,
This is Abhijeet. A solution Architect, Engineer, an Author of Fiction and avid reader of non-fiction. Best work which I have read recently is feast of vultures by Josey Joseph. I believe there are exceptional stories out there and what we are feeding our generation is a same old stale pizza.

[Tui]

Hello. I am so new to this group this is my very first post here. I was excited to be accepted as I am not living in India but in New Zealand. My reasons for wanting to belong were:
1. I have several Indian Facebook friends who I really enjoy talking to.
2. I think India leads the world in respect for animals
3. I am interested in Indian attitudes to spirituality especially where it relates to animals
4. I am reading a book about the Indian mathematician Ramanujan at this very moment. I am fascinated by Ramanujan's relation to the divine in his life and I think he is almost a one-man proof of the existence of divinity. I wonder if others here may have read this same book. It is called The Man who Knew Infinity

[Ahtims]

welcome, Tui....hope you find what you seek from this group. Am an ovo-lacto-vegetarian, and totally non spiritual :)

[Tui]

Em wrote: "welcome, Tui."
Thank-you Em.

[dely]

Tui wrote: "Hello. I am so new to this group this is my very first post here. I was excited to be accepted as I am not living in India but in New Zealand. My reasons for wanting to belong were:
1. I have sever..."

I had never heard about that book but I added it to my wishlist, it seems very interesting.
I'm not Indian, but I hope you will however enjoy to talk with me. Though I'm not Indian, I'm vegetarian and I'm also interested in spirituality ;P

[Tui]

Hi Dely. You and I seem to have a bit in common.
To get to know other people here I have begun the group read of this book
"The Vegetarian
I'm really enjoying it so far.
The group discussion is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[dely]

Tui wrote: "Hi Dely. You and I seem to have a bit in common.
To get to know other people here I have begun the group read of this book
"The Vegetarian
I'm really enjoying it so far.
The group ..."

Yes, group reads are helpful to know other members. Well done!
I usually never take part in group reads because I want to read whatever I fancy, and I think that I wouldn't like that book. Isn't it a thriller or mystery? I hope you will enjoy both the book and the group read ;D

[Aditya]

Hello everyone!! (And by everyone I only meant to some 10% of everyone, who actually ARE active)

Aditya here, from Hyderabad. An ENFP, who lately developed interest for book reading..

And I am here to literally stalk you all guys (maybe not all, am just exaggerating :p ), see what are your fav genres, to know what all the books that you have read & also how you felt about them.
And this is what I expect from this group, from any group, actually for that matter.

And all this for only one purpose, to just know what are all the wonderful books that are left, demanding to be read by me..
(Might also to get to know you better, & become book-buddies)
Wow that feels so good!
So looking forward to all that..
Happy Reading!! :)

[Muddle head]

Aditya, You might find this thread more welcoming:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Aniket]

Can I start a thread to ask any questions by myself. Or I have to ask a moderator to do so?

[Ahtims]

Aniket. ..you may start a thread. But if it is a repetition.. or it is not adhering to group rules ... we will let you know. Sometimes we change the folders of the thread, of course after informing you.

[Abhishek]

Hey all!
I was wondering if we have an online WhatsApp group dedicated for the same purpose as, to be honest, the UI of the groups at Goodreads is not very seamless
.

[Shivon]

Abhishek wrote: "Hey all!
I was wondering if we have an online WhatsApp group dedicated for the same purpose as, to be honest, the UI of the groups at Goodreads is not very seamless
."

A whatsapp group mean disclosing the contact number which most of the people consider private.

[Dax]

Hi, I'm new here.
Wonder if it's alright to plug one's own book?? :)

[Robin P]

Hey everyone! This is Paritoshika from Delhi. I just wanted to confirm and inquire about a few things.
1. Where and how do we ask people who are interested in reading the same book as we?

2. Is the discussion restricted to only Indian books or we can discuss any book?

3. What exactly is a thread and how to create one? ;)

I am actually a novice 😅 and I am trying to learn how groups function. I will be highly obliged if anyone could help me find answers to the above questions. Thank you!

[Ahtims]

paritokshika .. you may for to the home page and read the first post which answers almost all your questions ..
Am at mobile app... When at desktop later on I will forward you the link.