What are your hobbies?

[Holly]

Reading (of course!), writing, cooking, spending time with my family, taking walks when the weather permits it, and a little bit of decorating.

[Rach , Moderator]

Hahah! I love reading everyones hobbies. They are always so different yet we all have infinitely more in common than we think we do!

[Kelsey]

Reading, writing (often poems, or my thoughts), starting to slowly work-out, used to ride horses (and hoping to get back into it!), and spending time with the man I love, and our two Siberian Huskies!

[[deleted user]]

I collect cookbooks, and I love to cook and bake. (Julia Child is my idol.) I bake bread usually once a week. My husband and I are trying to eat healthier, and I have a lot of resources about tasty ways to do that. I'm not going to be a total vegan, but I just got a vegan cookbook (Mayim's Vegan Table: More than 100 Great-Tasting and Healthy Recipes from My Family to Yours) that has a lot of information about plant-based diets with some great recipes. Other than cooking, my life is mainly reading a ton and playing with my collie, Charlie.

[Anita]

I love to read when I'm not working. I work in a chocolate shop in NJ. It's a lot of fun but SO crazy during the holidays! I also tap dance, sing, and scrapbook. :)

[A]

Well, I love reading, of course. I find reading refreshing, like I can go and live in a new world, forgetting for a moment all complications of real life. Apart from reading, another passion is music! LOVE music, in fact, apart from studying, I'm ALWAYS listening to music...:) I love writing, collecting pictures, hanging out with friends and passing time on GR:)

[Erica]

I have alot of hobbies

I like to Read, cross stiching, knitting and also crochet but my hands hurt if i do it every day.

but i also love to coocking

[Deirdre]

a few of my hobbies include(aside from reading) Crochet, knitting, and barefoot running

[Rose]

Reading, paper crafting, and some sewing/quilting.

[Tonya]

Other than the obvious (reading), my hobbies include gardening, canning, and cross stitch. I want to learn to crochet and knit, and also to scrapbook. My son is 17 and I only have up to his first birthday in a regular picture book. Oops!

[Cyndel]

My Hobbies:
Reading, cross stitching and crocheting

[Lisa]

Well, the biggest hobby I have is reading, particularly outside on a sunny day. My other big hobby and passion is ballroom dancing, which is also currently my job; I'm now a full-time ballroom dance teacher, and I love it very much!

Other hobbies include scrapbooking, crocheting, and running, although it's harder to maintain those hobbies (I start a project, but then I lose motivation and stop for a while before trying again).

[[deleted user]]

Other than reading, I love to cook, watch cooking shows on TV, and I collect cookbooks. I guess my other hobby is my dog Charlie.

[Natalia]

I like read, write, travel, specially in the south of my country, listen my favorite music, sing, swimming, crafts, watch my my favorites TV Shows, search for sea shells on the beaches to collect them, make floral arrangements and more. :)

[[deleted user]]

Andrew wrote: "my hobbies...apart from reading include terrorising folks with my ukulele playing..apart from that listening to music and trying to get back into running..."
I just bought a ukelele (I play guitar a bit) and I'm trying to get back into cycling!

[Holly]

Okay, let me see what I can say about me. I love to read! Goes without saying really. However, I also love to swim, dive, snorkel, and go body boarding (at this point I feel I should say I live on an island in the Caribbean). I also enjoy baking and playing around with arts and crafty things. Oh, and I love cats and currently have a black and white cat (8 months) called Pipsqueak. Anyway, that's enough about me for now. Looking forward to joining the club.

[Hajar]

the thing I love the most is drawing (I draw female anime characters) besides that, I'm a huge fan of asian culture so I try to keep a track to everything related to it..I love learning new languages (I'm currently learning korean)and I like watching movies

[Marian]

Besides reading..I love to cross stitch,always up to date with the news,astronomy(we use to have a telescope.Taking pictures of the night sky.Hubby and I are movie buffs and really like my music:)

[Louise]

i love to read, cook, bake, keep up with news and current affairs, meet friends for coffee, play tennis, tend to my pot plants, travel, learn languages.

[Jeatherhane Reads]

I have so many interests and so little time (and too many kids - five!)
I have always loved reading and writing.
I was a potter for a while. I also knit.
I love cooking (not baking) and eating. I travel a lot and my trips are always planned around food.
I listen to 80s music and other oldies. I love to watch movies and go to Broadway plays.
But mostly I spend most of my time looking after my kids and trying to keep my house clean. Luckily my husband tells me I'm gorgeous every day and is an equal partner in all the boring stuff. Life is good. :)

[Clayton]

Photography, climbing, running, reading

[Beudant]

Photography, chess, hiking, riding horses (dressage mostly), reading, kayaking

[Judith]

I love reading, gardening, photography (especially of the garden), beading, cooking and knitting. My husband and I just enjoy spending time with our cat, too. :)

[sonya]

I love writing, weightlifting and walking

[Tamia]

My hobbies include reading, journal writing, and spending time with my kids and cooking.

[Martina]

Hmmm I had lots of hobbies like martial arts, swimming, latin dancing, studying....but now I just try reading and making new recipes ... a bit settled now I guess... I also love designing

[Yvette]

I have a lot of hobbies. I needlepoint, cross stitch, latch hook, punch needle, crochet, knit and read. I am disabled and started having seizures again so I became very bored sitting at home very quickly. I taught myself how to knit from books. I am still learning.

[Nana✨]

i like to read but thats obvious, watch: series, anime and movies, draw, write (i'm trying to write a book)and also i like to do videos on youtube :3

[Sarah]

My hobbies include reading(of course), writing, listening to music, cooking, and my new hobby is scrapbooking!

[Kelly]

I sometimes enjoy walking my dog, cooking, and of course reading. I just began watching the series Outlander which is new since I hardly ever watch t.v, but it was very captivating! I am wanting a change of pace and am looking for a new hobby. I thought this book club would be nice.

[Capricious_Reads]

I enjoy writing! I've been writing fanfiction and short stories for almost 10 years. I also enjoy fitness. Working out, helping others achieve personal fitness goals, training for marathons makes my world go round. I also have a Husky and a Chocolate Lab so they keep my days busy! I would love to expand my foreign recipes cookbook

[Michaela]

I love buying old and used books - something in me just wants to adopt them all! I enjoy writing, from fiction to poetry and beyond. Sometime I experiment with baking and I love to cook.

Really enjoy taking my tiny black cat outside for walks. The neighborhood loves her. :)

[Yvette]

Michaela wrote: "I love buying old and used books - something in me just wants to adopt them all! I enjoy writing, from fiction to poetry and beyond. Sometime I experiment with baking and I love to cook.

Really e..."

I used to take my cat Salem for walks! He loved them! Thank you for the memory!

[Noor]

I love reading. I love baking and cooking too, mostly desserts. I love to draw especially pencil sketching :)

[Rach , Moderator]

Buying old/used books is great! I love the smell!

Welcome fellow writers :)

[Noor]

Rachel Skye wrote: "Buying old/used books is great! I love the smell!

Welcome fellow writers :)"

It's the best. I love the smell too. I had alot of them but I had to leave them back in my home country while shifting to New Jersey this summer

[Sam]

Agreed. I wish we had a second hand book store around here...

Anyone else interesting in bookbinding? I love it, it's creative and relaxing, too :)

[Kelsey]

Collecting antiques, including old books. Right now I'm really loving Mid Century Modern style. I've almost redone my whole living room, and currently working on my library/office. I also coach a college dance team and teach yoga.

[Ashley]

It goes without saying that one of my hobbies is reading! I have to say one of my favorite things about goodreads is the fact that everyone loves to read! Most of my friends don't read so it's nice to have friends who do!
I also love to eat, workout, play with my dogs, volunteer at the library, shop, be outside, and watch tv!
When I say shop, I really mean going clothes shopping and ending up buying books! And then I lament the fact that I need new clothes haha.

[Pepperpots]

Ashley wrote: "It goes without saying that one of my hobbies is reading! I have to say one of my favorite things about goodreads is the fact that everyone loves to read! Most of my friends don't read so it's nice..."

I hate clothes shopping...shopping for books is wy more enjoyable, plus you don't hve to try books on!!! Bonus.

[Alexcia]

my hobbies are mostly just reading and drawing. I love art, so yeah.

[Gail]

I love touring on my motorcycle most weekends, swimming, and reading.

[[deleted user]]

So regarding my hobby of writing, well, I have decided to more aggressively pursue my goal of becoming a writer. I enjoyed writing a book review of Fahrenheit 451 and the nice comments I received in response. So I blogged something today over on my random thoughts blog, here. I welcome your comments on either.

[[deleted user]]

Besides reading that would be running, cycling, swimming.

[Ari]

For now, writing is a hobby of mine (though I'm working to make it more than that in the future), then there comes gaming, discovering awesome movies of the 40's and 50's, sleuthing (mystery fan over here, so I have endless oodles of curiosity), horror movies and obsessing about things I love.

[Randy]

Rachel Skye wrote: "What are your hobbies? What do you like to do?" I follow the Columbus Blue Jackets during hockey season and the Blue Jays during the summer. I've tried learning the guitar, but I think I should stick with coffee and books!

[Yvette]

I love doing things with my hands. Knitting, crochet, punch needle and needlepoint. I can cross stitch but because of my seizures, it is a little bit harder than the rest for an odd reason. I love to read. I am taking online classes for criminal justice. I love learning new things. I got an old thermometer like Galileo's and now I have to find a barometer to go with it because I love the weather.

[Sobia]

I love everything creative, writing, cooking, making jewellery. I recently taught myself how to knit and I am finding it very therapeutic.

[Bree]

I like to crochet, read, write, go to the occasional party and doing jigsaw puzzles, watch movies and play video games, especially the sims 3. (Anyone a sims fan?!) Right now I am in university so it's hard to find time to do these things as I am reading research studies and performing experimental studies, but when I do have time I love doing these things.

[Catherine]

Sobia wrote: "I love everything creative, writing, cooking, making jewellery. I recently taught myself how to knit and I am finding it very therapeutic."

anything creative is theraputic!! I do crochet, embroider, sew, Cross stitch, needlepoint, and knit..although I'm not so good at it...I always seem to lose stitches!! lol
when I broke up with my last boyfriend...I crocheted a huge afghan blanket, and then kept going! I learnt how to make different patterns, and squares! :)