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[Diane ~Firefly~]

Hi. My name is Diane and I love reading challenges. I tend to read mostly romance, cozy mysteries and urban fantasy. I saw your 2018 yearly challenges and a bunch looked interesting, so here I am.

[⚜️XAR]

Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "Hi. My name is Diane and I love reading challenges. I tend to read mostly romance, cozy mysteries and urban fantasy. I saw your 2018 yearly challenges and a bunch looked interesting, so here I am."

Welcome, Diane! I tend to read mostly romance myself, so most of my challenges are written with that in mind! I highly recommend that you check out the "A Year of Romance" challenge in our Yearly Challenges folder, that one is such fun! "TCF's Themes, Settings and Plots!" is the follow up to that as well. I hope you find some great challenges here!

[[deleted user]]

Hi!

I'm Minerva, but I've gone by Minnie ever since before I could speak. I am from Seattle, Washington born and raised (all 15 years). I tend to gravitate towards chick-lit, romance, and YA. I do prefer reading about happier stuff, but I am open to most everything because variety is good.

I am pretty new to all these challenges.

I actually just found all of these challenges after joining so many clubs for the new year and am signed up for about a million (just an exaggeration, I know. It's really just around 20.) that I can barely keep track of. They all seem fun and these challenges will be a great incentive for me to read more this year.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Hey, Minnie. Welcome to The Challenge factory. I prefer reading happier books, too. I avoid books that might make me cry. They affect me too much!

[Becca]

Hi, I'm Becca, I live in a small town in Ontario. I love any genre of book, I cannot pick a favourite genre! I am very new to reading challenges but I am excited to try them!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Hi, Becca. I'm so glad you found The Challenge factory. Be sure to ask if you have any questions about our challenges.

[Louise]

hi I'm Louise I like reading a bit of everything mainly non fiction history like tudors, world war two and victorian era - and also like this in historical fiction
but I also generally read anything else that appeals to me in general - if its a pretty book cover 9/10 it will end up bought by me aha! I like buying books cheap and second hand - if I can raise money for charity by buying out of the shop I would prefer to do so as its a bit of me.
In regards to book challenges this year its mainly try and get as much reading incorporated into my life as possible as last year I couldn't as much which annoyed me. One way I have done this is with the group Drop Everything And Read - which has incorporated everyone in the group between them to read a million pages and this has given me a extra boost to read and enjoy a book more.

[Ringo]

Hi everyone!
I'm Melissa and I live in Italy :) My fav genres are dystopia, fantasy and historical fiction! I don't really like poetry or non-fiction but there are exceptions. I love challenges, but I'm not very good at completing them XD But I have so much fun doing them!

[⚜️XAR]

Welcome, Louise and Melissa! We're glad you found your way to us here at The Challenge Factory! We have a lot of different challenges to choose from, so don't hesitate to ask any questions you may have!

[Lara]

Hi All

My Name is Lara, I love reading but don't have any favorites, i'll read anything if it catches my eye. As for challenges i'm a new comer, but definitely looking forward to it

[⚜️XAR]

Lara wrote: "Hi All

My Name is Lara, I love reading but don't have any favorites, i'll read anything if it catches my eye. As for challenges i'm a new comer, but definitely looking forward to it"

Welcome, Lara! There's many different tiers of challenges here, so just jump in anywhere. We're glad you joined us!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

*waves* Hello, Lara.

[Leslie]

Hello All,
I'm Leslie. I live in Maryland with my husband. We have seven children from 36-16. Three still at home.

I'll read just about anything as long as I'm enjoying it.
Just started my first challenge.

[⚜️XAR]

Welcome, Leslie! We're glad to have you here! Please ask if you have any questions on our challenges!

[Clifford]

Hi everyone Namaste! My name is Cliff and I am a Zen teacher and coauthor of a book called Find the Seeker! which I coauthored with Zen Master Genro Xuan Lou, Laoshi. The book just came out six days ago, and we started a giveaway for it. We think it is very special, but I guess just about every author thinks this of her or his book. It was a lot of work and a lot to think about, but a rewarding experience. I look forward to being part of the group, making friends and seeing what people like to read. Best Cliff

[Marija]

Hello, I'm Marija. I'm an Art History and Linguistics student and I'm from Croatia. Books, art and movies have the biggest part of my heart. You can see I'm awful at introducing myself. I'm also awful at organising my time or picking good books to read, so I hope this group will help me with my choices.

[⚜️XAR]

Welcome, Marija! We're glad to have you here!

[Ash]

Hey I'm Ash I'm from the Midwest and an avid reader. I just joined the group but I've been wanting to do reading challenges for so long now. So excited to find so much of what I've been looking for in one place.

[⚜️XAR]

Ash wrote: "Hey I'm Ash I'm from the Midwest and an avid reader. I just joined the group but I've been wanting to do reading challenges for so long now. So excited to find so much of what I've been looking for..."

Welcome, Ash!

[Meliha]

Hello everyone,
I guess I'm the youngest here since according to the comments you're way older than I am. So my name is Meliha and I'm coming from Center of France. I have no idea how I ended up here (I'm not entirely new, but it's a huge job for me to log in and join the challenges) but I decided to present myself. I just turned 16, though I love reading and having views about the books I read. I would like to join the challenges as much as I can but the school, lessons, and other activities won't let me do so. I love many kinds of sports except the savage ones and I also enjoy theater. I'm the screenwriter and cameraman at school, we do many social activities like that here. And I've finished writing my first book a few months ago. I have several readers online and many outside where I send them a copy of my book as pdf version.
I hope you enjoy my ghostly presence.
Meliha.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Welcome to The Challenge Factory, Meliha. We have a few challenges that only require a little bit of participation. It sounds like you are quite involved at school, and that's good. Congratulations on writing a book. That's a wonderful accomplishment!

[Jeanne]

Hello all,
My name is Jeanne (pronounced like Jeannie with the light brown hair). I am married to a wonderful guy (he'd have to be for me to stay married to him for 53 years) and have two children, and three grandchildren. As they all live some distance away (9 1/2 to 12 hours) I don't get to see them as much as I would like. We live in Northern Michigan with long snowy winters and wonderfully cool summers. As my husband has cancer, we spend a lot of time in doctors' offices for him as well as for me. It's basically where I get to read.
I read many different genres, but I spend most of my reading time on cozy mysteries and historical fiction, which I just love. I have been a member of a cozy mystery group or two for a couple of years and have tried a couple mini-challenges (one or two months) and enjoyed the challenge. It also helps me to choose a variety of books and authors.
I am dipping my toe into the Reporter Challenge (which I ran into quite by accident) and am excited to get started.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

*waves* Hi, Jeanne. I'm so glad you found our group.

53 years! I think you both must be wonderful to have stayed married for that many years. My husband and I have been married for 35 years, so we're working up to wonderful ourselves.

[Jeanne]

Lanelle wrote: "*waves* Hi, Jeanne. I'm so glad you found our group.

53 years! I think you both must be wonderful to have stayed married for that many years. My husband and I have been married for 35 years, so w..."

Thanks for the welcome, Lanelle. The 53 years have been both fun and rewarding. Good luck to you on your next 35 years of marriage.

[Erica, Quality Control Supervisor]

Hi to all the newcomers! I usually stop by more often to welcome people but have been CRAZY busy for the past few months. You will enjoy this group immensely - it is full of fun, wonderful people who are always willing to help with whatever question you may have. Your reading will likely go WAY up too, as mine did...

[Jeanne]

Thanks, Erica. Looking forward to this.

[Sruthi]

Hi all..I am Sruthi and have already introduced myself before..just wanted to check the challenges for the month of April..I am unable to find the challenges..would be glad if you can help me out..:)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Sruthi wrote: "Hi all..I am Sruthi and have already introduced myself before..just wanted to check the challenges for the month of April..I am unable to find the challenges..would be glad if you can help me out..:)"

Sruthi, scroll all the way down to the Monthly Challenges folder. April's challenges are there.

[Sruthi]

Label thanks in ton for your response..didn’t check the bottom part :)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Sruthi wrote: "Label thanks in ton for your response..didn’t check the bottom part :)"

No problem.

[Nicole]

Hi All,

My name is Nicole and a fan of challenges! Stumbled across this group and love trying out new challenges. I basically only read romances, with historical being my least favorite and contemporary my absolute favorite. Looking forward to tackling these challenges!

[⚜️XAR]

Nicole wrote: "Hi All,

My name is Nicole and a fan of challenges! Stumbled across this group and love trying out new challenges. I basically only read romances, with historical being my least favorite and contem..."

Welcome, Nicole! I too am a Romance junkie, and my tastes follow yours exactly! Many of my challenges are written with that in mind, so be sure to check them out! We're so glad you stumbled onto us!

[Erica, Quality Control Supervisor]

Hi Nicole!! *waving*

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Hi Nicole and welcome. 👋🏾

[Angela]

Hi all!

My name is Angela and I currently live in the Sacramento valley, in northern California. I don't know if I'd consider myself a pro at challenges, but I certainly have an addition to them - I've discovered so many amazing authors and fun sub-genres while searching for the right book! I love classics and women's fiction, but Latin American authors hold a special place in my heart too, as well as Daniel Silva's espionage novels, sci-fi and non-fi (is that a thing???), LGBT romance, Italian mystery series...so it's hard to say that I have a favorite genre. If someone had the guts to follow an idea for 100+ pages over many months and put it on paper, I'll give it a try. :)

Looking forward to getting to know you guys!

[Erica, Quality Control Supervisor]

Hi Angela, and welcome to The Challenge Factory!! You will truly enjoyed this group. Everyone is friendly and helpful, and there are tons of challenges to choose from. I do the Dusty Bookshelf every month - you post up to ten books on your TBR list, and then another person picks two of them and also recommends one or more books in a genre you like. You try to read at least one of the books chosen for you and sometimes get to them all. It's fun! Sign ups for that challenge start mid-month, with book selections made in the last week of the month. Hope to see you there!

[KM]

H'lo everyone!

Kiki here, in steamy DFW
I've done some year-long reading challenges and really love them to keep me motivated and help me select my next read without assigning anything. :P
Super excited to get started on some new/different challenges!

Been trying to read more non-fiction this year (personal goal), as well as trim down my TBR list. I do a lot of mysteries and suspense, but every now and then need some mental cotton candy on the weekends to decompress.

Thanks for having me!

[Caroline]

Hi, I’m Caroline. I am from Pennsylvania the United states. I love just about any genre of books, as long as it is interesting really! I think I’m pretty good good at challenges, but sometimes i can get distracted if I have a lot on my plate, especially since school starts up again soon!

[⚜️XAR]

Caroline wrote: "Hi, I’m Caroline. I am from Pennsylvania the United states. I love just about any genre of books, as long as it is interesting really! I think I’m pretty good good at challenges, but sometimes i ca..."

Welcome, Caroline! We have lots of different timed challenges, so I am sure you'll find something you can fit into your school schedule!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I'm so glad you found The Challenge Factory and our scavenger hunts, Gabi. They're a lot of fun, aren't they? We're a friendly group, so don't be afraid to ask any questions.

[VampAmber]

Name: Amber (or VampAmber, I've been using that name online for 19 years now)
Location: London, Ohio (when my brain isn't in the Bunker or a '67 Chevy Impala)
Genre: Horror, and for a guilty pleasure, romance
Challenge rating: rusty pro, because way back forever ago (a little over a year and a half), I used to belong to this group, but was lured away from books by the siren song of Destiel fanfiction, though now I return
Other junk: For those that haven't already figured it out, I'm huge into the TV show Supernatural, and especially one of the main actors, Misha Collins. I'm also in love with the show Lucifer, but those are pretty much the only shows I care much about at the moment. I read a lot of completely random stuff, including anything from the non-fiction section that sounds interesting at the time. I always love finding new things to read, but my attention span varies from reading a 300 page book in one sitting to not even being able to pay attention to a Facebook post for more than a few seconds. I never know where I'll be at any given moment, attention-wise, so I might finish fifteen books one month, and two the next, so I'm going to try and limit my challenges. I can get stressed if I feel too overwhelmed, even when it's unimportant stuff, so hopefully I can pull that off properly. Oh, and I talk waaaaaaaaay too much. ^_^

[Erica, Quality Control Supervisor]

VampAmber it's good to see you again. I did your Dewey Decimal System challenge and it was way cool.

[Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)]

Hello, I'm Jamie. I'm from Texas and I only started doing reading challenges earlier this year but I'm completely obsessed with them and I have a bad habit for signing up for them when I'm currently knee deep in like 30 others. LOL. This group seems like it'll be right up my alley from just the name alone so I'm super excited to be here. :)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

VampAmber, I'm so glad you're back. We missed you!

Jamie, you've found the right group if you're reading challenge obsessed. And there's no bad habit when it comes to reading ;) Welcome to the Factory!

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) wrote: "Hello, I'm Jamie. I'm from Texas and I only started doing reading challenges earlier this year but I'm completely obsessed with them and I have a bad habit for signing up for them when I'm currentl..."

Welcome Jamie,
I am also a Texan (North Dallas) so YAY! I am glad you are here

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

VampAmber wrote: "Name: Amber (or VampAmber, I've been using that name online for 19 years now)
Location: London, Ohio (when my brain isn't in the Bunker or a '67 Chevy Impala)
Genre: Horror, and for a guilty pleasu..."

Hey!! Welcome back!

[lorii (Loriidae)]

Hi everyone, waving hello from northern Australia. I enjoy challenges as a way to push me through a series, and for trying to resist the continuous allure of that first in series book. My favourite genre at the moment is Urban fantasy, but I am also tending back to traditional high fantasy - (elves and goblins), which I used to read when I was younger.

[⚜️XAR]

Loriidae wrote: "Hi everyone, waving hello from northern Australia. I enjoy challenges as a way to push me through a series, and for trying to resist the continuous allure of that first in series book. My favourite..."

Welcome, Loriidae! I used to read fantasy when I was younger as well, though not as much now. I do still squeak in the occasional World of Warcraft book from time to time though! We're glad you came to join us here!

[Vanessa]

Hello there! Vanessa here from Maine.
I am a challenge newcomer, recently bitten by the cozy mystery bug. I discovered the wonderful world of reading challenges through a few of the cozy groups and now, like Jamie above, I have become quickly obsessed! I was in a long-time reading slump and a new job with a longer commute got me back to audiobooks. And now I have at least one audiobook, a couple of Kindle books, a Scrib'd book and a couple "real live" books going at the same time, so the challenges help me pick my next TBR! Excited to be a part of this group!

[⚜️XAR]

Vanessa wrote: "Hello there! Vanessa here from Maine.
I am a challenge newcomer, recently bitten by the cozy mystery bug. I discovered the wonderful world of reading challenges through a few of the cozy groups and..."

Welcome, Vanessa! We're glad you made your way over to us here in TCF! It's a great time to jump into challenges, we have a ton that just dropped in the monthly and quarterly divisions! I hope you find something that tickles your fancy!