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[Debby]

Annetta wrote: "I really LOVE this group. I haven't been actively involved, yet. I just found your group. But I am already excited of the topics, especially challenges, you have. Better yet, I don't feel like ..."

Sounds good, Annetta. I'm a recent member just trying out a challenge. You get good help from others in the group. Enjoy!

[[deleted user]]

Hello there!

I'm Kathryn, I'm 23, and I live in a tiny coastal town in Northern California. I read just about any genre I can get my hands on, but Romance, Fantasy, Young Adult, and Historical Fiction are my all time favorites. I'm here to hopefully find some new book ideas that I never would have thought of reading before as well as read books that give me a good view of other places in the world.

Looking forward to being here! :)

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Kathryn wrote: "Hello there!

I'm Kathryn, I'm 23, and I live in a tiny coastal town in Northern California. I read just about any genre I can get my hands on, but Romance, Fantasy, Young Adult, and Historical Fic..."

Welcome to the group, Kathryn!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

William wrote: "Hi everyone
First of all excuse me if the spelling or writing is wrong but I'm from Catalonia (Spain) and I'm only 14.
I love travelling and I'm very privileged of beeing able to go to all these pl..."

Hi, William! You are already quite the traveler! That is an impressive list.

[L.W.]

Hi. I'm Laura and I just discovered that i like historical fiction...a lot. I recently read "I Am Livia", about Caesar Augustus' last wife and it was amazing. It's by Phyllis T Smith.
I want to find good historical fiction to read. Because I'm very new to the genre and need help, I'm relying on everyone here to lead me in the right direction. :)
I also enjoy sci-fi, memoirs, and Christian books (both fiction and non-fiction).
Hope to make some reading buddies, because i don't have many in-person friends who like to read.
Happy reading!

[L.W.]

Oh, i live in West-Central Florida and don't work due to medical issues. I am a wishful writer, but haven't arranged my time appropriately so i haven't written much lately.

[Laurel]

Laura wrote: "Hi. I'm Laura and I just discovered that i like historical fiction...a lot. I recently read "I Am Livia", about Caesar Augustus' last wife and it was amazing. It's by Phyllis T Smith.
I want to fin..."

Hi, Laura...welcome! You might want to check out the Historical Fictionistas group, I belong to it as well as this one, and you can find lots of great suggestions there too. Don't know if you have discovered the Listopia function, but you can find lots of great books there that suit your interests and genres you like.

[Debby]

Laura wrote: "Hi. I'm Laura and I just discovered that i like historical fiction...a lot. I recently read "I Am Livia", about Caesar Augustus' last wife and it was amazing. It's by Phyllis T Smith.
I want to fin..."

Laura wrote: "Hi. I'm Laura and I just discovered that i like historical fiction...a lot. I recently read "I Am Livia", about Caesar Augustus' last wife and it was amazing. It's by Phyllis T Smith.
I want to fin..."

Try Lavinia by Ursula K. LeGuin. It is a reworking of the Iliad from a female point of view. I liked it. There are many others. Enjoy.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Laura wrote: "Hi. I'm Laura and I just discovered that i like historical fiction...a lot. I recently read "I Am Livia", about Caesar Augustus' last wife and it was amazing. It's by Phyllis T Smith.
I want to fin..."

Hi, Laura! Welcome to the group! I just purchased I Am Livia book on Kindle but haven't read it yet. I am glad you liked it. I have heard a lot of good things about it and look forward to reading it soon. I, too, have a weakness for historical fiction and read a good bit of it. I love how HF books transport you to another place in time. I read The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk / Palace of Desire / Sugar Street recently and absolutely loved it.
Another good resource for finding books set in a particular era or during a particular event in history is the group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
It is moderated by one of our fellow ATW80 members.

[Cameron]

Hi, my name is Cameron and I live in Washington DC but spend a lot of time these days in Africa and the Middle East for work. I'm mostly interested in Middle Eastern historical fiction. I thought I'd share one of my favorites-- an older book about the life of the famous medieval Persian poet Omar Khayyam but with plenty of political intrigue as well. Some will find it interesting, particularly in light of what is going on these days in Iraq and Syria. Samarkand

Look forward to participating in the group.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Hi, Cameron! Welcome to the group! I have heard lots of good recommendation on Samarkand. I will definitely put it on my tbr list.

[Samantha Clark]

Hello there! My name is Sam and I live in Victoria, British Columbia. I'm part of management at a Neapolitan-styled pizzeria in town, and dang do I love pizza! I've seen such an itsy-bitsy percentage of the world, but have set goals to change that:) Here's my list of my travels:
Kenora, Ontario

[Samantha Clark]

OOPS! I pushed enter!
To continue:
Las Vegas, Nevada
Seattle, Washington
Maui, Hawaii

That is my sad little list. BUT! It will grow, I am sure of it:) As for books, I love too many to count. Genre doesn't matter so much as content, and I'm always game to read any recommendation. I'm stoked to be a part of this group now! WOOT!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Samantha wrote: "OOPS! I pushed enter!
To continue:
Las Vegas, Nevada
Seattle, Washington
Maui, Hawaii

That is my sad little list. BUT! It will grow, I am sure of it:) As for books, I love too many to count. Genre..."

Hi, Sam! Your list will grow. Happy to have you in the group!

[Laura]

Hello! I'm new to the group and dipping my toe into the waters of international fiction. I've set a personal challenge of reading books from all the continents this year, and found this group when looking for book recommendations. I think I'd eventually like to do the 80 books challenge, but feel better starting small. I'm especially interested in fiction or nonfiction written by authors from the identified country or continent. I enjoy books set in other countries by American (or other western) authors but want to push my own boundaries with this challenge and find books that don't approach their topic or narrative from a western perspective.

[Will]

Hi, I'm Will. I currently live in Las Vegas, NV, but I'm from upstate New York. I decided to join the group because I love to read book from other cultures. My favorite regions to read about are Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, but I've read books from at least every (inhabited) continent.
As Far as my travels, I haven't gotten very far yet. I've moved across the country twice, so I've been to a lot of places in the US, but other than that I've been to:
Ottawa, Canada
All over Upstate New York and NYC
San Antonio, Texas
Reno, Nevada
Anaheim, CA
San Francisco, CA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
and most recently Detroit, Michigan

[Elizabeth]

Hello! I'm Elizabeth, born and raised in the Midwest (USA), and I love vicariously traveling to other cultures via books! I read widely across all genres, and it seems lately I have 2-3 books going nearly all the time (print, audio, and ebook). I'm married with 3 1/2- year-old twins & a father-in-law to look after which doesn't allow me to read as much as I'd like, but I do the best I can. I'm looking forward to reading along with all of you!

[BookScorpion]

Hi! My name is Anna, I'm 39 and live in a village in the north of Sweden. I try not to judge a book by it's genre. Since it's already July I think I'll be a rogue traveller this year and try to be a trekker 2015. The world cup sounds like a fun challenge, need to start planning and take another trip to the library. :)

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Laura wrote: "Hello! I'm new to the group and dipping my toe into the waters of international fiction. I've set a personal challenge of reading books from all the continents this year, and found this group when ..."

Hello, Laura! Welcome to the group! Another challenge here that you may be interested is "Read a Book from an Author of Each Country", found here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
There is no time limitation. Be sure to check the country lists and bookshelf for ideas.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Will wrote: "Hi, I'm Will. I currently live in Las Vegas, NV, but I'm from upstate New York. I decided to join the group because I love to read book from other cultures. My favorite regions to read about are Sc..."

Hi, Will! Welcome to the group! I, too, have a fondness for Scandinavia and Eastern Europe.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Elizabeth wrote: "Hello! I'm Elizabeth, born and raised in the Midwest (USA), and I love vicariously traveling to other cultures via books! I read widely across all genres, and it seems lately I have 2-3 books going..."

Welcome to the group, Elizabeth! I can see why you are so busy!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

TheBookScorpion wrote: "Hi! My name is Anna, I'm 39 and live in a village in the north of Sweden. I try not to judge a book by it's genre. Since it's already July I think I'll be a rogue traveller this year and try to be ..."

Hi, Anna! Welcome to the group! I bet it is just beautiful in Northern Sweden during this time of year.

[Etain]

Hi Everyone,

Its as simple as this, I just love reading and I've got worse in later life, as I read all the time, whenever I can fit it in,am attempting to write flash fiction, very new to all of this.. Prefer reading to movies and t.v, visual media, is good but find it sometimes lacks in the sense of the imagination, no matter how good the film or video is perhaps,it will never quite capture the true, essence of a book, the depth and the atmosphere, plus the emotional content, have studied film before, and am not averse to this form of communication in any way, but I would chose the latter, although I do appreciate, both have a special.
appeal., depends on your perspective, I guess.

Really enjoy reading travel and about cultural traditions etc.

Am currently reading "A Mercy" by Toni Morrison.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Etain wrote: "Hi Everyone,

Its as simple as this, I just love reading and I've got worse in later life, as I read all the time, whenever I can fit it in,am attempting to write flash fiction, very new to all of ..."

Hi, Etain! I feel exactly the same way about books vs. visual media. Since I started reading more, I lost interest for television. I have watched very little TV in the last four years.

[paintedsigns]

Greetings, I am Vrubel. A voracious reader, I don't always have as much time to read as I would like! I am based in London, UK and have a particular interest in Russian culture, but I am always interested in learning more about other people and cultures.

[WroteTrips]

I travel a lot through books, and since I'm a freelance travel writer, I travel a lot in real life.

I try to find images to go with my reviews, since I like to be able to imagine the place I'm reading about. Sometimes, we choose our travel destinations based on a novel I've read; other times I select a novel after I've gotten a press trip.

My book posts are really part review, part travel feature. I have two up now, but I'm having a bit of a problem. Can anyone tell me how to get YouTube links embeded? I've gotten the images properly formatted, but I can't get the video links embedded properly.

I'm trying to get my Goodreads posts to look like my blog posts.

Thanks for your help.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

WroteTrips:
http://wrotetrips.wordpress.com/2014/...

[WroteTrips]

William wrote: "Hi everyone
First of all excuse me if the spelling or writing is wrong but I'm from Catalonia (Spain) and I'm only 14.
I love travelling and I'm very privileged of beeing able to go to all these pl..."

Hi William,
Are you looking for book recommendations for the US? I read a lot of SF/Fantasy, although a lot of US YA books feature dystopian societies these days.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Vrubel wrote: "Greetings, I am Vrubel. A voracious reader, I don't always have as much time to read as I would like! I am based in London, UK and have a particular interest in Russian culture, but I am always int..."

Greetings, Vrubel! Welcome to the group!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

WroteTrips wrote: "I travel a lot through books, and since I'm a freelance travel writer, I travel a lot in real life.

I try to find images to go with my reviews, since I like to be able to imagine the place I'm re..."

Hi, WroteTrips! Welcome! I like your blog. I wish I knew the answer as how to imbed Youtube links. I am sure there has to be a way.

[WroteTrips]

Diane wrote: "WroteTrips wrote: "I travel a lot through books, and since I'm a freelance travel writer, I travel a lot in real life.

I try to find images to go with my reviews, since I like to be able to imagi..."

Hi Diane! Thanks for your kind words. I'll be posting a lot more books on my travel blog next week. I'll go ahead and post some of them here too. Not all of them have videos.

[Holly]

Hi, everyone. I'm Holly Michael from Kansas City, MO. I've traveled to India, England, Scotland, Canada, and love to read and travel. I'm also an author of Crooked Lines, set partly in India. Glad to be here.

[Etain]

Diane wrote: "Etain wrote: "Hi Everyone,

Its as simple as this, I just love reading and I've got worse in later life, as I read all the time, whenever I can fit it in,am attempting to write flash fiction, very ..."

Hi Diane, me to, I do watch the odd program, if it's interesting enough, but plan ahead etc

[Alberto]

Hi everyone!
I'm Alberto, economics college student from Italy.
Reading, travelling and coffee are my greatest passions

[Heidi]

Aloha everyone everywhere! My name is Heidi Siefkas. I'm an author living in Kauai, but also an avid adventurer traveling a lot. When I'm not traveling, I love traveling through others words and books. I just completed my memoir, which will be released in September, When All Balls Drop: The Upside of Losing Everything. In this memoir, I have a vignette entitled, "When One Cannot Travel, Read." I used reading as my escape when I couldn't five years ago when I broke my neck in New York's Hudson River Valley. If you would like to get a free 40-page excerpt, pre-release (late August), sign up here: http://eepurl.com/SZxcb

Mahalo!

Here's to looking up!

[[deleted user]]

Hi Im Myrtle from Pittsburgh, PA. I look forward to getting to know all of you.

[Ann]

Hi Everyone,
I am both an avid reader and traveler through books as well as beginning my own mystery series where each book is set in a different country. I grew up stuck in the middle of the woods with parents with no interest in travelling. I had to break out of that in my early 20s and have never (ever) looked back. I did it in a big way by moving to Japan. Since then I have visited over 25 countries. I enjoy reading books set in those countries before travelling to them (but also enjoy reading them while I am on-site). The last number of years I have been increasingly picking up well-written mysteries which are set in the country I plan to travel to. I live in Portland, Oregon, USA right now; but most of all I enjoy expat life.

[Ann]

Ann wrote: "Hi Everyone,
I am both an avid reader and traveler through books as well as beginning my own mystery series where each book is set in a different country. I grew up stuck in the middle of the woods..."

I should add some examples....though there have been so many it is hard to recall them all. Before travelling to Scotland, I read M.C. Beaton's Hamish McBeth series. Prior to travelling to Israel/Jordan, I read Agatha Christie's "Appointment with Death". Now, as it is looking increasingly probable I will travel to Scandinavia, I am reading Helene Tursten's "Detective Inspector Huss."

[Ann]

Ann wrote: "Ann wrote: "Hi Everyone,
I am both an avid reader and traveler through books as well as beginning my own mystery series where each book is set in a different country. I grew up stuck in the middle ..."

I just noticed the World Traveler for Mystery group....but please let me stay in this group too :) To absolve myself....everytime I travel to Germany I re-read Thomas Mann....anything by him, but particularly "Little Herr Friedeman". Setting is in Germany; but I also enjoy getting that 'feel' / 'ambience' of the deeper culture/personalities prior to travel. I feel like an expert on the people before even arriving...probably foolishly so.

[Dave]

I'm Dave Bricker a book coach, designer, and author working on my sixth book. My latest is an IPPY Award-winning memoir of my solo sailing experiences during the late 80s and 90s, cruising a small boat in the Bahamas, crossing the Atlantic to Gibraltar, and living in Miami's "Secret Floating Village." Experience The Blue Monk in my own web-based eBook format at http://www.thebluemonkbook.com

[Josh]

Hi everyone,

I'm Josh - a writer-director from Hollywood by way of Boston.

My new novel "The Dude Who Did Dictionaries" is now available on Amazon via Kindle Direct as a KDP Selection - www.amazon.com/dp/B00M0DUI8Y


Watch my feature film "Helen Keller Had A Pit Bull" here - www.vimeo.com/ondemand/helenkellerhad...

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Josh wrote: "Hi everyone,

I'm Josh - a writer-director from Hollywood by way of Boston.

My new novel "The Dude Who Did Dictionaries" is now available on Amazon via Kindle Direct as a KDP Selection - www.amazo..."

Welcome to the group, Josh!

[Brenda]

Hi Everyone,
My name is Brenda Mohammed. I am a retired Banker and Insurance Professional. I am also a Trinidad and Tobago Writer. I have travelled around the world and at this time I am writing my Travel Memoirs with Pictures to be completed after I return from London, Paris, and Germany next month.
I have written several books on Amazon, Create Space, Barnes and Nobles and my books are in all Amazon stores worldwide. You should read my book, "Retirement is Fun" I have described several of my trips in that book, but no pictures are available. Nice to be part of this group.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Brenda wrote: "Hi Everyone,
My name is Brenda Mohammed. I am a retired Banker and Insurance Professional. I am also a Trinidad and Tobago Writer. I have travelled around the world and at this time I am writing my..."

Hi, Brenda! Welcome to the group! I would love to visit Trinidad and Tobago someday!

[Brenda]

Sure! We can arrange that after I return from my trip this month.

[Laura]

Hi I'm Laura. I love fiction - especially historical fiction and love travelling to places by 'book' that I will never get to see. im particularly interested in Africa and currently reading a great autobiographical novel by a Kenyan writer Wainaina.

[Amber]

Hello everyone! I'm new to this whole Goodreads thing so bear with me! I'm a 21 year old college student who's currently studying Hospitality and Tourism Management with a minor in Middle Eastern Studies. I'm Russian and Georgian, which is just a random tid bit. But, I love traveling and I'm incredibly interested in world cultures and love reading books centered around different parts of the world! I especially love reading about modern conflicts and areas like the Middle East or the Caucus. :)

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Laura wrote: "Hi I'm Laura. I love fiction - especially historical fiction and love travelling to places by 'book' that I will never get to see. im particularly interested in Africa and currently reading a great..."

Welcome, Laura! I love reading books about Africa,too.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Amber wrote: "Hello everyone! I'm new to this whole Goodreads thing so bear with me! I'm a 21 year old college student who's currently studying Hospitality and Tourism Management with a minor in Middle Eastern S..."

Hello, Amber! Welcome to the group! Your college coursework sounds very interesting (much more so than mine!).

[Alex]

Hi! I am a student from California who loves to travel. I have not traveled much outside of the states but I am planning a trip to Panama this December. Any good books I should read?

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Alex wrote: "Hi! I am a student from California who loves to travel. I have not traveled much outside of the states but I am planning a trip to Panama this December. Any good books I should read?"

Welcome to the group, Alex! Panama is a tough one. There doesn't seem to be too many translated Panamanian authors. I did read The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 by David McCullough, and enjoyed it.