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Hi Mary, Welcome. :) For the Top 100, just pick the 5 genres you like. You'll read 20 books each in each genre to complete the challenge.
OK great. I can usually knock out 200+ a year. But I have nearly 1100 books already and am making it my mission for 2012 to read from my physical TBR and not acquire a lot for challenges.
I just realized what a dumb question that was. If I'd thought about, I would have realized that reading 20 for each would be more than 100 books.
Those are great suggestions, Jennifer. Thank you so much. I'll start with a mini challenge and the year challenge.
Hello all!! :D
Well I joined into a challenge before posting my introduction. My name is Monica. If there are any other Monica's you can always call me Monica Lynn or Monty.I am from Pennsylvania. I have lived in PA my whole life just now in a different part.
I love just about every genre. Right now I have been reading mostly mystery, suspense, thrillers. I love to read anything and will give most any genre a try.
I wouldn't consider myself a pro at challenges. I have done challenges on another site and do enjoy them.
A little bit more about me:
I have two grown children. A daughter who will be 21 this December and a son who is 19. I also own two cats and currently have my daughter's and her boyfriend's dog living with me. I am going through a divorce and reading has been one way to escape that heartache.
Happy Reading all!!
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Hi I am Katie. I live in Michigan. I love books and am willing to jump in and try anything. I am new to challenges but am excited to start some!
Hi Irene and Katie! We're happy to have you both. Have fun with the challenges! ☺
Hi all!I'm Tiffany from Houston, TX. My favorite genre would have to be Fantasy or Paranormal although I read just about everything. I've never participated in a reading challenge, so I'm curious as to what this will be like. If I'm not reading, then I'm crafting or singing really bad karaoke.
Hello - My name is Sheila and I am a challenge addict.-- group says "Hi Sheila" --
I just turned the BIG 6-0 and have recently retired after working 37 years as a respiratory therapist. I live along the Mississippi River in Illinois, USA.
I really didn't read much for pleasure since high school until a few years ago. I seemed to get so burned out by all the required reading in college that once I graduated, got married and had a family I just stopped reading.
Now however I tend to be reading a minimum of 4 books at a time. I only get in trouble if the books are similar. I read a lot of mysteries/police procedurals. I have however lost the ability to pick out what to read next. That is where the goodreads challenges come in.
I am VERY excited to find this group and look forward to being an active participant.
Hi Tiffany and Sheila! Welcome to the group.
Hi! My name is Kayte and I am from Garfield Ohio. I read many different kinds of books. I have not found a book I dislike yet. I am new to the challenges and can't wait.
Hello! Sorry not to have introduced myself sooner. I'm Laura from London. I'm looking forward to challenging myself to read a little more widely.
Hi Kayte and Laura. Welcome! I hope you enjoy the challenges we have so far!
Hi everyone! I'm Melissa and I live in Michigan. My genre is pretty much suspense/thriller/horror, but I pretty much will read anything. I'm fairly new to challenges..I attempted 2 in the RIME group and failed :( although, in my defense, my last challenge I read Under the Dome (a monster novel of 1100 pages) and my goal was to read the 1st two Game of Thrones books...not exactly light reading :) I managed to get 600 pages into the Game of Thrones by the end of Oct...and still working on it :)
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Hi I'm Natalie from San Antonio, TX. Hard to say what my favorite genre is because I'm obsessed with what I just read. <> Until I read a new book. Right now I'm reading Gothick literature especially Victorian. I'm a newcomer to challenges and always open to suggestions for a good read. :)
Hi Natalie, Welcome to the group!
♥You name? (what you would like to be called) I'm Irene.
♥Where are you from?
Denmark.
♥Your favorite Genre?
A don't really have a favorite, but I read a lot of chicklit and YA.
♥Are you a pro at challenges or a newcomer?
I've tried it before, but I guess I fit in to the newbie-category
♥Any thing else you would like to share!
I'm 21 and still live with my parents. My interests are my dog, to write, knit and crochet. I think that's it...
Welcome Irene! I've just learned how to knit. :) I meant it to be relaxing, but I think I'm a little too OCD to enjoy it as a hobby.
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I'm Denise, originally from Germany but currently living and studying in Finland. I've been addicted to books ever since I learned to read and never leave the house without one.
My favourite genres include fantasy (incl. lots of UF), PNR, thrillers, historical fiction, also M/M romance and classics. While I don't usually read other romance stuff, I do admit to having a weak spot for Nora Roberts. XD
I'm a newcomer to challenges, been wanting to try it out for a while now and finally went and searched for a challenge group on GR. :)
Yo! I'm Maggie, I'me from the US. I like action and suspense books and I've been reading a lot of dystopian fiction recently (wonder why). I'm definitely a newcomer at challenges. The only one I've done is setting a challenge and competition with my friend to see how many books we can read in 2011.
Hello! I am new here and would like to introduce myself!♥You name? (what you would like to be called) : I am Sherry. Please call me Sherry unless you feel otherly inclined.
♥Where are you from? I am originally from the US, but having been living in Sendai, Japan for about 3.5 years.
♥Your favorite Genre? Fantasy is my favorite, but I'll read almost anything. More recently I have come to enjoy YA novels as well!
♥Are you a pro at challenges or a newcomer? I am a newcomer! The closest to a challenge I've done is trying to read a certain number of books in a year...
♥Any thing else you would like to share: My hobbies are drawing, writing, exercise, cooking, and learning languages. I am always willing to talk, so please don't be shy (trust me, I'm shy enough for all of us!)
Hi Sherry! Welcome to the group. :)
My name is Amy and I'm from New York :) I am studying to be a science teacher and am completely in love with this site. My favorite genre is paranormal romance and some YA. I'm a newcomer to challenges but really love the idea and want to try some :)I am thinking about making a group filled with challenges like this group :) and really hope to get support from people and other groups to help make the mother of all challenge groups by sharing ideas!!
I'm Evana and from Nebraska. My favorite genres (how does anyone pick just one?) are mystery/suspense, history either fiction or non-fiction and science non-fiction.I'm pretty new to challenges but loving them.
Welcome Amy and Evana! We're happy to have you both in the group!
Hello my names Emily but people like to call me Emme. :) I'm from Massachusetts and is still in school so i may be slow with the reading...maybe... My favorite genres are Romance, Paranormal, Thrillers, Suspense, Historical romance, YA, I'll read anything that has romance in it. I'm a bit fan of challenges it bring my competitive side out although im completely new to these type of challenges. :P
Hi, my name is Genevieve, I'm 20 years old and I'm from Montreal, Canada. I love doing book challenges, I often make too much challenges' lists for my own good, lol. I love romance and urban fantasy novels. My favorite authors are Karen Marie Moning, Lisa Kleypas, Ilona Andrews and Jeaniene Frost.
I already created a reading challenge about international movies which unfortunately is not as popular as I wished it would be. I would like to post it here if possible.
If by any chance you absolutely love k-dramas, please pm me so that we can discuss them. :) I would like to create a reading challenge about them with some help.
♥You name? Mhae (pronounced like the month, May.)♥Where are you from? Hogsmeade. I wish. XD I'm from loads of places (I'm in Bahrain right now.), but I'm a Filipino.
♥Your favorite Genre? Action and Adventure, Chick Lit, Children’s, Crime, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror, Humour, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Offbeat or Quirky, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections, Thrillers and Suspense, Young Adult.
♥Are you a pro at challenges or a newcomer? Newcomer
♥Any thing else you would like to share!
Hello everyone! I am new here, and I am really excited to join the challenges since this is only my 3rd time with this. Hopefully I'll pull through. Thanks a lot and I hope to meet new friends as well! :D
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Hi, all! My name is Lacy from OKlahoma in USA. I read all types of fiction as long as it holds my attention as well. I'm a newcomer to challenges.
Hi Lacy! Welcome to the group. :)
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Hi I'm Kat. I live in Nova Scotia,Canada and I'm a bookoholic :) My Favorite genres are PNR, UF and YA but I have been streaching out into Mystery, Epic Fantasy, Thrillers and some Horror. I'm also a Challenge junkie and love trying my hand at as many challenges as I can, even though I rarely finish some of the big ones, but it's all about the fun of trying and finding my next great read. I'm looking forward to joining some the great chllenges you all got going here and making some new book buddies :)
Hi, I'm Mary just joined this group because it looks like a lot of fun!! I live in kentuky. I guess my favorite genre would be UF and PNR. I also like reading historical romance here and there though. Just got into reading some dystopian and feel like that could quickly become a fav as well. Some of my fav authors are Patricia Briggs, Ilona Andrews, Richelle mead, Rachel Caine, and Karen Marie Moning(just to name a few lol). I'm a newbie to goodreads as well as challenges. So I'm looking foward to them as well as talking about books.:)
Hi Everyone! I'm Hayat and I'm from the UK, London. I have very eclectic tastes in books but I mainly read Romance/PNR/UF. I'm new to challenges but I love reading so I thought joining a group dedicated to challenges will help me to discover lot of other book out there. I believe that my next new all time favourite book is just around the corner! So I'm excited to be here. :)
Hello all! My name is Suzanne! I am from Georgia, USA. I don't really have a favorite genre...I'll read just about anything but sci-fi/fantasy and nonfiction. I just love books, basically, and have for as long as I can remember!!
I am definitely a challenge newbie, though! I did the GR 2011 challenge for the past couple of months, but nothing in a group, so I'm still really new to how this all works...but I'm excited to figure it all out and work my way up to doing more than just how many I can read in a year!
I am definitely a challenge newbie, though! I did the GR 2011 challenge for the past couple of months, but nothing in a group, so I'm still really new to how this all works...but I'm excited to figure it all out and work my way up to doing more than just how many I can read in a year!
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I have a question about the 100 book challenge that I was just looking at: we can leave off some categories right? I don't read much Chick-lit or Horror. Some books I read probably qualify for those. But I don't wnat to acquire any to fill the categories when I just don't care for those genres much. I noticed that some of the sign-ups only had some of the categories listed.