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[Edith]

Hello! I'm Edith, native North Carolinian transplanted to New York decades ago and happily living in Brooklyn. I just discovered Goodreads and this travel book club. I just purchased several books about female adventure or science travelers and am about to launch into reading them. The keystone book is Women Travelers: A Century of Trailblazing Adventures 1850-1950. I have traveled widely in the U.S., and have visited a number of far-flung islands and coasts in the Caribbean and Pacific for scuba diving. I really want to see Australia and New Zealand.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Edith wrote: "Hello! I'm Edith, native North Carolinian transplanted to New York decades ago and happily living in Brooklyn. I just discovered Goodreads and this travel book club. I just purchased several books..."

Hello, Edith! Welcome to the group! I hope you will enjoy your recent acquisitions about women travelers. Sounds like very interesting reading.

[Amy]

Hello, I'm Amy and I'm a Graphic Designer who has a obsession with escaping reality by reading printed works of fiction and tweeting about them.

Please follow my blog http://amyheughauthor.wordpress.com/

I thank you!

[jb]

Hello, my name is JB. I currently live in Florida. I have travelled a bit: England, Israel, and lived in Panama for 3 years. I love to read books set in other lands.

[Jessie]

Hi everyone, my name is Jessie and I live in Melbourne, Australia. I love to travel and have been lucky enough to at least briefly visited a number of places; Egypt, Israel, China, Thailand, London, Paris, Belgium as well as my home country of course. I'm completing my Honours in History and work at a florist. I love to read true travel stories from pretty much anywhere as well as fiction set in any country, I'm not fussy!

[Rita]

Hi Danielle - I'm also entranced by Eduardo Galeano; even met a writer who knew him (in Uruguay,I think!)a number of years ago. Since you're interested in Latin America, I hope you read my new memoir, about growing up on a coconut plantation in the Dominican Republic during the rule of a dictator. Title: "The Coconut Latitudes: Secrets, Storms and Survival in the Caribbean." Launch date is Sept 16; there have already been many advance reviews on Goodreads.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Danielle wrote: "Hi Everyone,

I'm a military spouse, mother of 3 daughters, and a Ph.D. student living in Germany (near Nürnberg)! I have a love of Latin American authors, especially my literary crush Eduardo Gale..."

Hi, Danielle! Welcome to the group! I have yet to read Galeano, but I have one of his books on my list of books to read this year. I have heard lots of good things about his writing.

[Margrét]

Hallo, I am a recruitment consultant from Iceland, mother of 2. I am actually new to using this site and a bit lost in this group, but I hope I will get the hang of it. I am interested in expanding my horizons and read books from other places, because I have been quite limited to just a few countries in my reading so far.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Margrét wrote: "Hallo, I am a recruitment consultant from Iceland, mother of 2. I am actually new to using this site and a bit lost in this group, but I hope I will get the hang of it. I am interested in expanding..."

Hi, Margrét! Welcome to the group!

[Sonja]

I'm so excited to find this group! I am the author of Booktalking Around the World so obviously I love to read about different countries and cultures. I am passionate about helping kids find books that will spark their curiosity about the world. I would love to hear your recommendations!

Like Margret, I am still learning my way around this group so please have patience with me!
Sonja

[Mercedes]

Hi, My name is Mercedes, from Argentina; I recently joined goodreads and i was interested in a cool bookgroup, to get recommendations and expand my library. I am quite focused on USA and UK literature, but i'd like to read books from different countries.

I have just finished To kill a mockingbird, and I started Catch 22.

In case you're interested in some Latin American literature, i'd be glad to chip in my suggestions for a book of the month.

[[deleted user]]

Hello everybody, my name is Maggie and I am a warehouse supervisor in Ontario. I am a little bit of a homebody, so I really love travelling the world through my reading material. :) I adore all genres, and am always looking for new titles to try out.

[Chris]

Hello, all. I love the idea of this group. For the last few years, I've been mapping some of the books I read at a web site called The Atlas of Fiction.

I'm not sure if I'll try for 80 in a year, but I'll definitely be mining the "Books Set In..." section to try to fill in some of the blank spaces on the map!

[Tesa Fiona]

Hi, new members! Nice to have you all here :)
Welcome!

[Belinda]

Chris that site sounds cool. I like the idea of a map. I will check it out.

[John]

Hi All, I am new to Goodreads and new to the writing game as well, with my first book On the Road with Kids recently released by Pan macmillan. There is a 2 book giveaway going for aussie readers as well. I look forward to lots of travel-inspired life-changing journeys!
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Sonja wrote: "I'm so excited to find this group! I am the author of Booktalking Around the World so obviously I love to read about different countries and cultures. I am passionate about helping kids find books ..."

Hi Sonja! Welcome to the group! Your book sounds right up my alley!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Mercedes wrote: "Hi, My name is Mercedes, from Argentina; I recently joined goodreads and i was interested in a cool bookgroup, to get recommendations and expand my library. I am quite focused on USA and UK literat..."

Hola, Mercedes! I love Latin American literature! I would love to hear your suggestions!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Maggie wrote: "Hello everybody, my name is Maggie and I am a warehouse supervisor in Ontario. I am a little bit of a homebody, so I really love travelling the world through my reading material. :) I adore all gen..."

Hello, Maggie! Welcome to the group!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

John wrote: "Hi All, I am new to Goodreads and new to the writing game as well, with my first book On the Road with Kids recently released by Pan macmillan. There is a 2 book giveaway going for aussie readers a..."

Hi, John! Welcome and good luck on your new book!

[Marie]

Hi. My name is Marie from Norway, and I (sort of) just joined your group. I love travelling and reading, so this group is perfect. Also, I'm currently working my way through the 1001 books list, so the AW1001books challenge is absolutely briliant!

[Steven]

Hi! Mu name is Steven Swaks. I used to fly commercially in Alaska and I loved it! I also enjoy traveling and hikes in the wilderness.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Marie wrote: "Hi. My name is Marie from Norway, and I (sort of) just joined your group. I love travelling and reading, so this group is perfect. Also, I'm currently working my way through the 1001 books list, so..."

Hi, Marie! Welcome to the group! Thank you for your kind words.

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Steven wrote: "Hi! Mu name is Steven Swaks. I used to fly commercially in Alaska and I loved it! I also enjoy traveling and hikes in the wilderness."

Welcome to the group, Steven!

[ポニョ!]

Hello. I'm Kelly from Perú, I'm a physician and a book lover. I usually read books alone or with my husband, but the idea of a group is too tempting :)

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Kelly wrote: "Hello. I'm Kelly from Perú, I'm a physician and a book lover. I usually read books alone or with my husband, but the idea of a group is too tempting :)"

Hi, Kelly! Welcome to the group!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Melanie wrote: "Hello there,
I am new to Good Reads and was drawn to this group as I enjoy traveling and reading. As a child I especially enjoyed historical fiction which took place in other countries. I admit thi..."

Hi, Melanie. Welcome to the group! I honestly don't know of a tutorial for Goodreads or for groups in general. There really should be one. There really is a lot to the website. I have been on the site for a few years and I am still finding and learning new things here. It can be overwhelming. If I do find a tutorial, I will certainly let you know.

[Melanie]

Thanks Diane
Happy reading

[Kirsten]

Isn't there a Promotions folder?

[Jamie]

I posted here, but then moved it to an authors' thread ... sorry for the faux pas.

Jamie

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Kirsten wrote: "Isn't there a Promotions folder?"

Yes. It is right here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

[Lora]

Hi! My name is Lora and I'm from Ohio. I enjoy learning about other cultures and immersing myself in them, even if it's just through books. While I've traveled internationally a bit, I would love to travel more. In school, I studied International Relations with a focus on South and Central America.
I look forward to being a part of this group!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Lora wrote: "Hi! My name is Lora and I'm from Ohio. I enjoy learning about other cultures and immersing myself in them, even if it's just through books. While I've traveled internationally a bit, I would love t..."

Hi, Lora! Welcome to the group!

[Shailja]

hi, everybody
i'm shailja and this is me http://bookpowncer.weebly.com/about.html

[Emma]

Hi everyone! My name is Emma and I'm a college student in Boston. I'm studying psychology with a (potential) minor in biology or computer science. I've been obsessed with reading and traveling since I was little so this group seemed perfect for me!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Shailja wrote: "hi, everybody
i'm shailja and this is me http://bookpowncer.weebly.com/about.html"

Welcome to the group, Shailja!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

Emma wrote: "Hi everyone! My name is Emma and I'm a college student in Boston. I'm studying psychology with a (potential) minor in biology or computer science. I've been obsessed with reading and traveling sinc..."

Hi, Emma. I have had those same obsessions since childhood as well. Welcome to the group!

[Elizabeth]

Hello everyone! I'm excited to find this group. I'm trying to get more involved in Goodreads...

My name is Elizabeth, I was an English major many moons ago in college, and I'm an avid reader. I'm also a freelance writer and aspiring author. I'm currently nearing completion of my first book, which is a memoir about becoming a yoga teacher.

Cheers!

[Diane , Armchair Tour Guide]

E. C. (Elizabeth) wrote: "Hello everyone! I'm excited to find this group. I'm trying to get more involved in Goodreads...

My name is Elizabeth, I was an English major many moons ago in college, and I'm an avid reader. I'm ..."

Hi, Elizabeth! Best of luck on your new book!

[[deleted user]]

Hi, I'm Darlene. I'm in process of cataloguing my huge book collection and desire to read more books from around the world. Your group looks like just the thing for me. I'm intending to keep a log of books read and do this for at least a year. I may be watching the group until the end of the year, participating in a few book discussions as I read along and jumping in in 2015 with more participation. I hope this will be okay with the group.

[Jeffrey]

40 years agoJeremy Gold author:Jeremy Gold|8111378] I set off from California to backpack to Buenos Aires and back. Six months and 12,400 miles later when I returned, I wrote a travelogue and novel about our adventures. I then proceeded to put the books away and pretty much forgot about them until my son found them. He enjoyed them so much that I took a look at them and found them to be a time capsule that captured a way of seeing the world and a time and place when life on Earth was less globalized.
Hippies in the Andes/Freedom Pure Freedom
tries to preserve that innocent voice and is pretty much exactly how the books were written 39 years ago.

[Joey]

Hi, I'm JoeyLim...I'm from Malaysia....and simple to say,I like reading...;)

[T.K.]

Hello. I'd like to introduce myself and explain that I am a new indie published author on Amazon Kindle.In Time of PerilA Difficult Damsel to Rescue. T.K. Naliaka. They are all ages, clean action-adventures at a globally affordable price (at least I intended that!) and I'd love to make them known to an international audience.
I've lived most of my life now in Africa, with a time in India, so I have a lot of normal, everyday experience on both continents, in both anglophone and francophone countries.
I didn't intend to overwrite on the first hello, but once I figure out how all this works, and when the power is on here, I hope to join in on discussions, maybe answer questions people may have about the parts of Africa I am familiar with, to read and ask other folks here their opinions and inputs. Many thanks! T.K. Naliaka

[Barbara]

Hello all. I'm Barbara and have just joined Goodreads and this group was suggested to me. I have just joined a reading group and we are reading A Place of Meadows and Tall Trees which begins in Wales in the 1840s and tells the story of the first emigrants to Patagonia. I live in Wales and I already knew of the settlement that still exists of a Welsh speaking community in Patagonia but am hoping this book will bring that story to life.

[Srividya]

Hi. I am Srividya and am from India. Currently am a stay at home mom with a really active 7 year old daughter who takes up a lot of my time but also shares my love for reading.

I love traveling, although I haven't really traveled as much as I would have loved to. However, I have traveled vicariously, both through books and my husband, who travels a lot for work and is often in really interesting places.

I have always been interested in reading books about different countries, both fiction as well as non fiction and I was planning on getting to it seriously from 2015, when I stumbled upon this group and found it a perfect place to experience and share these journeys.

So looking forward to having a great journey around the world in the future through books and if time and tide permits, I hope I can really travel to all these place. Hoping for some great conversations on books and travels with all of you.

[Indrani]

Hi, I am Indrani. I live and work in Mumbai, India. I love to travel but don't get as many opportunities as I like. My love of reading takes me to many countries and many places in my own country. I love that.

The name of this group attracted me very much. Hope for a great number of book suggestions. Love to be here.

[Tom]

Indrani wrote: "I love to travel but don't get as many opportunities as I like."

I'm guessing a lot of us feel that way.

[Indrani]

thanks Tom. I agree.

[Kirsten]

This is SO me!

[Indrani]

Kirsten wrote: "This is SO me!

"

me too :)