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Hey everyone a great big Hello from me, I'm Elizabeth. I'm 37 years old and I live in Charleston WV, as for my favorite genre that's hard for me to say because you could say I'm a big book worm at heart, because I love to read just about anything, as for doing challenges I guess you can call me a newcomer, I've done some in the past but only like read a thons,and stuff like that at I do with my other Goodreads group Hooked On Books. Besides reading ,I love to take wildlife photos, play with my 3 puppies Mia ( almost 3 years ,black lab and boxer mix),Freddie (almost 2 ,black lab and retriever)and Spooky (she's our newest puppy,adopted her on Dec.11,2014,she's not yet one because she was born on Halloween,and she's terrier and boarder collie mix)(there's photos up of them on my goodreads home page if you want to see what they look like)and I love to watch old black and white syfi movies from the 30s,40s,50,and 60s as well as listening to music.
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Lanelle wrote: "Welcome to The Challenge Factory, Elizabeth. You've found the right group if you like a variety of genres. And you've joined at just the right time. All of the monthly challenges will be starting i..."thinks,andI'm looking forward to them.
Hello, I'm Joe Cosentino, avid reader, and author of MM romance novella from Dreamspinner Press AN INFATUATION (thanks AmyI for your rave review), and mystery/romance novel from Whiskey Creek Press PAPER DOLL (Jana Lane mystery book 1). Happy reading everyone! Check out my Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show.... I love to answer questions about my books. Joe_Cosentino.
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Hey Joe,
Welcome to TCF and feel free to join Buddy Reads and other challenges to get to know members in the group. Feel free to utilize this thread to advertise your books as we have a number of people who Read to Review. There are many here who read m-m books (myself included) so free free to post on that thread.
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Like Lanelle said, we have a very diverse group in our reading tastes. So welcome to TCF and jump in on the Buddy read thread. I will admit that my genre is Romance--whether it's HR, CR, NA/YA or M-m. I must have an HEA or something close to it.
Hi y'all, I'm Janet. I currently live in Sacramento CA. I was born and raised in east TN. I prefer to read rather than watch television. I love sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal, Christian, historical, self help and anything that catches my eye. I'm definitely new to reading challenges. Im very excited about joining this group. There seems to be something for everyone. I look forward to exploring more of what this group is all about.
Hi everyone!I wasn't going to originally leave anything, but this seems like a great crowd of people :).My name is Briana.I'm from MD & definitely a newbie to challenges.I joined good reads originally to keep track of the books I've read, but now my tbr has *exploded*.I love all the book recommendations! Challenges definitely help me narrow down my list though♡
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And you're right, Janet. There are challenges for everyone. And different reading speeds as well.
Briana, I can't guarantee that your TBR list won't keep exploding, but the challenges will definitely help you read those books.
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I am sorry but your TBR pile is definitely going to triple in this group. I see books all day that look interesting in various genres.
Check out our Buddy Read thread
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Welcome Myriam. If you want challenges, this is the group for you.
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Welcome to all the new members.
Welcome everyone!! I hope you enjoy yourselves at the factory!!
Hallo. My name's Amber, and I'm wishing terribly that I could read through all the introductions before me before posting my own, but 1,100+ is too intimidating of a number for me, so I guess I'll just have to meet everybody as I go along. I found out about this group through my friend Trea, and her numerous responses from here on my feed. Everything she was talking about made me curious, so I decided to join in on the fun myself. I'm from Ohio, but I'd love to get out of it some day (I would do almost anything to take a vacation to Ireland or to Wales). There's a reason so many movies/TV shows take place in Ohio: because it's so average and dull that you can place any plot into it and it fits just fine. Blarg. *checks the list from the first post* My favorite genres are horror and romance (nice and eclectic), but I'll read almost anything that sounds interesting, except true crime stories because that stuff creeps me out like crazy, with the exception of historical ones like Jack The Ripper or something along those lines. And when it comes to reading challenges, I'm about as new as they get. I used to do those Book-It things in grade school (and came in first place every time, by about thirty books or so on average), but that's about it. I was hoping that by joining this group, I'd be more inclined to read more non-graphic novels, since I've read over 70 so far since the beginning of the year. -_-; Manga, why must you be so addictive? But yeah, I'd also love to get through some of these ebooks that I obsessively hoard (I probably have almost 2,000 by now), and what better way than through a challenge or ten? Oh, and I already filled out the "I challenge myself to ..... books in 2015!" thing on the main page. I already was keeping an unofficial list of non-graphic novels that I read this year (the base GoodReads challenge lists everything I read, including manga and comic books), but now I don't have to wonder how on track I am because it tells me. Yay for being lazy! Oh wow, I sure have written a lot so far. I think I'll go wander around a bit now. ^_^
Welcome Amber! Make yourself at home =]
Amber! Glad to see you, hun! *hugs*Now, my question to you: Wanna do Monopoly that I told you about?
Trea wrote: "Amber! Glad to see you, hun! *hugs*Now, my question to you: Wanna do Monopoly that I told you about?"
I'm in, but I warn you, it'll be a long game, because I don't read anywhere near as fast as you do. ^_^
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I really like to read old gothic books. And the definition of a gothic book is horror and romance combined. In fact, there might be a challenge coming soon featuring gothic novels.
Hi Amber **waves**I live in Wales, believe me unless you are partial to being wet through from rain ALL the time you are not missing much haha.
I'm kidding of course it is very beautiful here, very green (because of all of the rain lol)
V Audio Nerd wrote: "Hi Amber **waves**I live in Wales, believe me unless you are partial to being wet through from rain ALL the time you are not missing much haha.
I'm kidding of course it is very beautiful here, ve..."
The biggest reason I want to go to Wales is that I've been in love with Stonehenge for about a quarter of a century (which is quite a feat when you know that I'm only 31). There's other awesome stuff to see, of course, but that's the big draw for me. Ireland, though, I just want to live there and exist there and breathe there and listen to all the accents.
yummy, there is nothing sexier than an Iris accent!Stonehenge is in Wiltshire in England which is over the border from Wales but not too far to dive, a few hours at most, I've never been.
Hello! My name is Meagan and I am from Nova Scotia, Canada. It's hard to pick a favorite genre but right now it has to be young adult contemporary and fantasy. I am a some what newcomer to challenges although I have participated in a few in some other groups and I'm super excited to participate in some more.
Welcome, Meagan! I'm new here too (just joined yesterday, in fact), but there's so many different challenges that I'm 109% certain you'll find a bunch that you'll love and want to start on immediately. The people seem pretty awesome so far, too. I love fantasy as well, and even at 31, I'm still obsessed with YA. ^_^
I'm Lauren, 20 from Scotland. My favourite genre is YA but I do try to read other genres. I would say I'm a newcomer to challenges because I have only participated in a few. Feel free to add me because I love making new friends that I can chat about books and other stuff :
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Hi, I'm Deb. I live in Pennsylvania. This is my 2nd year for 2015 Good Reads challenge. So this is only my 2nd challenge I've joined.I like Romance, Adult Romance and mysteries. Though I must say if someone tells me a book is good, I'll give it a try, unless it's history LOL I read Still Alice and absolutely loved the book. I also like books that have humor, sometimes you need that to get away from the stress of life.
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Hello there. I'm Erika, 25 years young, mother of 2 girls and 1 boy. I love reading romance mostly, but I do like mystery as well. I will read most anything it seems. I like books that make me laugh or cry or both. I'm new to the good reads community and challenges but I love a challenge!
Hi Erika **waves **You'll have a great time on this group, everyone is so lovely.
There are loads of challenges to choose from, have a read through some of them and dive in :○)
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Welcome, Erika. It's always good to meet another romance addict. What are your favorite types? Mine are paranormal and contemporary (if there's a kid or two involved in the matchmaking, all the better), and I am a total sucker for any Christmas-themed ones.
I'm a busy mom (who isn't) who loves reading. I can usually get about 30 minutes in before bed each day. I'll read anything, have no qualms about not finishing a book it's crap and I still can't decide which I enjoy more, reading a great book or the search for a great book.
Nicole wrote: "I'm a busy mom (who isn't) who loves reading. I can usually get about 30 minutes in before bed each day. I'll read anything, have no qualms about not finishing a book it's crap and I still can't decide which I enjoy more, reading a great book or the search for a great book."Why can't you like both equally? I do!
A very warm welcome to the group to you! I followed a good friend here and haven't regretted it since. The challenges are awesome!
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My favorite part is starting the book. I'm terrible about finishing it, but there's nothing so wonderful to me as starting a new book that sounded so interesting.
♥You name? My name is Stephanie
♥Where are you from? PA, USA
♥Your favorite Genre? Horror, Mystery, Fantasy
♥Are you a pro at challenges or a newcomer? In between. I've done at least one challenge that I can remember last year so that makes me technically not a newcomer but then again im also no pro
♥Where are you from? PA, USA
♥Your favorite Genre? Horror, Mystery, Fantasy
♥Are you a pro at challenges or a newcomer? In between. I've done at least one challenge that I can remember last year so that makes me technically not a newcomer but then again im also no pro
Hello :)My name is Tammy and I am new to Goodreads. I have only been here for about a week and it is my new hangout place *giggles*
I just love to read books and I have always been into challenges since grade school.
I am a 44 year old female (soon to be 45) living in Los Angeles.
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Hello! My name is Claire, even though my goodreads name is Angel. I've wanted to change it but then I entered a few team challenges and didn't want to confuse my team mates. So it has to stay like that. Either name is good for me :)
I'm super happy to have found another challenge group. I've started doing book challenges last year and I haven't been able to stop since then. It's really motivating me into reading more books. My favorite book genres are: YA, Urban fantasy, MM Romance and some fantasy now and then.
Huge welcome to all of our new members!
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Hi my name is Anna I'm from Louisiana I recently got into why e-books I love religion expense as well really into Christian take a bath and now that I love you and I'm excited to be a part of this out talk to you guys later
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Hi Anna,
So you like Christian fiction?
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Welcome to group, Buddy Reads are a good way to get to know people, try out that thread.