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[Shellbelle]

Welcome Rosa! Glad you joined, make sure to ask any questions you might have!!!

[Rosa]

Jenne wrote: "Welcome!"

thank you

[~Jennifer~]

Welcome everyone! :)

[Stephany]

Hi! :) I'm Stephany, from Illinois. I'm just a high school student and I try to read as much as I can! I really prefer historical/modern fiction, mystery, fantasy, and non-fiction. Adventures are fun too :) I'm new to challenges!

[PepperP0t]

welcome Rosa, Claudietta & Stephany, its good to have you all

[Rosa]

Pat wrote: "welcome Rosa, Claudietta & Stephany, its good to have you all"

thank you

[Alyssa]

Hi, I'm Alyssa. *waves* I live and do my reading in Illinois.

Most of what I read has some kind of paranormal element in it. Vampires, zombies, shifters, gods/goddesses, etc. I think I'm probably most excited to read something with some type of mythology in it. I'm a Greek/Roman myth junkie. I do read some contemporary stuff occasionally.

I've dabbled in some challenges. I've been playing Bookshelf Bingo over in SOS since Round 2. Just this year, I got into the Scavenger Hunt over in The Lost Challenges. I played last round, Round 2, and am now currently playing in Round 3.

I kind of stalked Paris to get here. Lol. We were over at TLC in the The Scavenger Hunt thread talking about SOS Bingo starting, and she mentioned that she was also playing Words with Friends over here. (She's going to be in 3 team challenges at once! That's pretty awesome. I don't know if I could do it.)

So, I stalked my way here and first thing checked out Words with Friends. Pretty brilliant. Sounds like a ton of fun. I'm crossing my fingers for a round 2 of it, cuz I'm in.

I do the occasional year-long challenge. I haven't really had the time to do any monthly challenges. (I have before though.) I find it hard for me to keep up with the monthly challenge while I'm playing a team challenge. (And those have been one right after the next lately. Yay!) I like to focus on my team and what I need to get done for them.

Well... that was A LOT about me.... Hehe. I think it's time for me to do some lurking around the group.... *cough* I mean exploring... :-D

[Paris]

Hi Alyssa!! Glad you stalked me to get here. I love this group. It's really where I honed my challenge skills to be able to try and keep up with 3 team challenges at once. I hope you find this place as awesome as I do!

PS: Totally didn't know you were a Greek/Roman myth junkie too! I wish there were more books that incorporated that (well good ones anyway, I've seen some real crap out there). We'll have to compare and discuss sometime.

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Welcome, Alyssa! :) I'm fairly sure if Words with Friends continues to go as well as it started, there'll be a second round. (Though it's Jenne's thing, so I can't make any promises. ;))
If you want to try a monthly challenge despite having little time, we usually have a few that require only 1-3 books to be read. And of course there's a bunch of year-long challenges you're welcome to join in! Hope you'll have fun here. :)

[Alyssa]

Squee! Hugs for everyone! *hugs Paris and Denise*

[Jenne]

We'll definitely be doing another round of WWGRF! I'm afraid I'm thoroughly addicted to team challenges now lol. Glad you joined our little corner of GR :)

[Shellbelle]

Alyssa, glad you followed Paris over here! (we love Paris, she def. knows how to juggle her challenges! lol) Hope that you enjoy our challenges here!

[Jenne]

Glad to have you Risa! Feel free to jump on in ☺

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Welcome to TCF, Risa! :)

[Shellbelle]

Welcome Risa!!!

[Marla]

I am Marla also living in Illinois, but originally from Honolulu, Hawaii.

I like YA, Paranormal Romance, Mystery involving a serial killer and I'm kind of on a Horror kick.

I like reading challenges, but I really haven't done too many, so I'm not a newbie or experienced...how about a beginner.

Love GoodReads!

[Jenne]

So glad you joined Marla!

[Harri]

♥You name? I'm Hester. Hello everyone.
♥Where are you from? Newcastle, England. Home of the geordies.
♥Your favorite Genre? I'll read anything. Right now, I'm big on classics, mainly romantic ones. But sometimes it's sci fi, sometimes fantasy, other times something else. I just read a lot.
♥Are you a pro at challenges or a newcomer? I've done writing challenges before but never reading challenges. I'm pretty excited. xD
♥Any thing else you would like to share! I'm nearly 18, I'm studying English lit, lang and maths at sixth form and I want to be a primary school teacher.

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Welcome, Marla & Hester, great to have you join us! :)

[Alexandra]

Hi everyone! I'm Alex. I'm from Florida where I live with my husband, my corgi, two cats, and two pet rats. My favorite genre is either fantasy or science-fiction but I'll give anything a try. I'm not really picky and there are very few books I honestly didn't enjoy to some degree. I'm a newbie at challenges, so I need to do some discussion reading before I actually start participating!

[Jenne]

Great to have you Hester and Alex!

[Alexandra]

Thank you!

[Shellbelle]

A big WELCOME to our new members!!!

[Chan]

Hi! I'm Luo Qi from Singapore! I like reading any types of books actually, as long as they're good books:) I'm a competitive person who likes to take on challenges, so I guess I've found the right book:) I look forward to having fun in this club:)

[~Jennifer~]

Welcome to everyone who joined in the last month! Sorry I missed you during my time away. :)

[Joni]

Hi I'm Joni. I'm from So Cal. I"m new to challenges and not very quick at doing them yet but am trying. My fave genre is Mystery and Urban fantasy. I am looking forward to having a good time with everyone!

[Jenne]

Welcome to the Group Joni!

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Welcome, Joni! I'm sure you'll fit right in and have a great time! :D

[~Jennifer~]

Welcome Joni!

[Barb]

I thought I'd joined this group ages ago, but GR tells me I haven't, so here goes ... :)

I'm Barb, living in south-central Pennsylvania, where I work part-time at our local public library. I'm mom to two twenty-somethings: a US Air Force 2nd LT who just got married a month ago and is preparing to leave (with his wife, thank goodness!) for a 3-year stint in Okinawa, and a recent college grad who has come back home while she figures out what she wants to do with her life.

I'll read almost anything -- no bodice-rippers or horror for me, thank you! -- but my favorite genres are mystery/thriller/suspense and historical fiction. When I'm not reading, I like to scrapbook, cook/bake and sing with a local community chorus.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone here :)

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Welcome to TCF, Barb, we're glad to have you! :)

[Gen]

Shellbelle wrote: "
Introduce Yourself!


Introduce yourself to the group and tell us a little bit about yourself☺ Let us know...

♥You name? (what you would like to be called)
♥Where are you from?
♥Your favorite ..."

Hi my name is Gen. I am from a small town in Michigan approx 30 miles north of our state capitol. I live with my husband of 27yrs and we have 3 adult children and 3 doggie children :). "Gone with the Wind" is my fav book of all time. Now, however, I am into paranormal mysteries, historical mysteries or I guess I should just say mysteries in general LOL! I hope to be an active member as soon as I figure my way around! nice to meet all of you:0)

[Jenne]

Welcome Barb and Gen! Make yourselves at home and jump right in!

[Marla]

Natasha wrote: "I was here and then I was gone. Now I'm back. Basically, I had entered into too many challenges and tried to pretend all those unfinished challenges don't exist. But now I'm back since 2013 will be..."

That's the attitude! It's a new year and a fresh start. Welcome back.

[~Jennifer~]

Welcome! :)

[Lynn Blackmar]

Hi, I'm Lynn. I'm a professional author who has written three books, one of which is out, and one which is about to come out.

Since I started writing, I noticed my book reading habits have declined, and I'm trying to set aside time to read more, as well as read a larger variety of genres and styles.

[Jenne]

Welcome to the group! Hopefully the challenges will help you with your reading :)

[~Jennifer~]

Welcome Lynn! :)

[Shellbelle]

WELCOME to all of our New Members!!!

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[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Welcome, Lynn! :)

[[deleted user]]

Hello everyone!

My name is Karen. I'm from Kolkata , India .
I just finished my graduation this year and am currently doing a course on finance (C.A.) And Corporate law (C.S.)
I have pretty much been an avid bookreader my entire life (It kinda runs in the entire family :D)
I initially read mainly mystery /crime/ sci -fi and a chance encounter with mills and boons blaze when I was 12( I still think that was way too early) started me off on romance.Over the past 2 years I have been solely obsesses with Historical Romance and a little bit of contemporary thrown in.
Goodreads is like my second home, I love all the amazing people I have met here, the great books I have discovered here and of course the wonderful challenges.

I love The Challenge Factory because while earlier all the other groups I joined had mainly romance challenges, this one gives me an opportunity to read other genres again ,like in the 100 book genre or crime in You have the Right to remain Silent. Also love the idea of series challenges. And since I'm a challenge addict that will def give me the way to revisit my old favorites :D

And that's a lot about myself !
Hope to interact and make lots of new friends here,
Cheers and happy reading everyone :D

[Jenne]

Well we're happy to have you Karen! We try to cater to all sorts of genres with the challenges around here, feel free to jump on in :)

[[deleted user]]

Jenne wrote: "Well we're happy to have you Karen! We try to cater to all sorts of genres with the challenges around here, feel free to jump on in :)"

Thank you ! I have already joined quite a no of challenges :)

[~Jennifer~]

Welcome welcome welcome. :) We're very happy to have you in the group, Karen!

[[deleted user]]

~Jennifer~ wrote: "Welcome welcome welcome. :) We're very happy to have you in the group, Karen!"

Thank you so much Jennifer :D

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Glad to have you, Karen, welcome! :)

[[deleted user]]

Denise wrote: "Glad to have you, Karen, welcome! :)"

Thanks Denise!

[Tarryn]

Hey everyone! My name is Tarryn. I'm from Arizona and I've done a few challenges before but not in a while. My favorite genre is romantic comedies, but I'll try pretty much anything. This is really exciting! :)

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Welcome to TCF, Tarryn! Hope you'll have fun with us! :)

[~Jennifer~]

Welcome Tarryn!