Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion
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Hi A., Maria and Mary Ann!! Welcome to the group! Glad you enjoyed some challenges Mary Ann and I hope to see the rest of you around too!
Hi I'm Isa I live in the UK thank you for welcoming me into your group, for me it was Twilight what got me into reading but 50 Shades what got me hooked and since then I have enjoyed other genres I do feel I have an eclectic taste, I'm a book junkie and my "to read" list seems to grow every day! I enjoyed reviewing new authors so do visit my goodreads page and have a look. Xx
Hi Isa! I hope to see around in some of the challenges - they are a lot of fun!
Hi I would love to! I might need some pointers as to how to go about xx
The sign ups for the November Pick-It-For-Me Challenge are open through this evening. It is one of my favorite challenges, someone picks books for you and you make picks for someone else and then you read one of their picks to complete the challenge - it is explained better in the challenge thread. Also the Monthly and Read the Month challenges for November have been posted, they don't start until the first though. The Featured Author Challenge is also a fun one and a good way to discover new authors or an excuse to revisit an old favorite! Just check out the different threads and see which ones sound good to you! Feel free to ask questions, everyone here is really nice and helpful too!
Hi Maria! Welcome to the group! Just jump on in to any of the challenges and you will be making lots of friends I'm sure!
Thanks for the welcome, Kat and Deborah! I've really enjoyed reading your posts and am looking forward to November's Challenges! Could one of you answer a question for me? Can you read the same book for 2 challenges? Example: Monthly Challenge and the Dutch Challenge? I wanted to do the Dutch but would have ended up with 1 or 2 of the same books from my Monthly choices and didn't want to break the rules! I saw on some of the challenges where it was ok but couldn't find it on these. I'm assuming it is only ok if the moderator specifies from the start?
Sorry, more than one question but clarification would be great! Thanks for the help!
Absolutely Mary Ann! Many of us multitask that way!! The only time you couldn't would be if it specifically says you can't, but I can't think of any challenges that have done that. You can usually only use a book once in a challenge though, so you have to figure out where it fits best sometimes!
Hi everyone, my name is Holly! Love to read and get lost in a good book! Your group looks like fun and hope to try a challenge soon!
Hi Holly, welcome to the group! I think the monthly challenges are the easiest to start with, jump right in! If you have questions, just ask - everyone here is really helpful and nice!
Welcome to the group Carla, A, Mary Ann, Isa, Maria and Holly!!! I've been traveling a lot lately and haven't been able to jump into this thread :)Glad to see so many ppl joining the crazy challenge addicts here ;) Hope you enjoy our activities - we have some great new challenges coming up soon.
Hey.. my name is Belinda and I have become a ROMANCE reader since July when I finally broke down to read 50 shades. Since then its become almost an obsession. I read roughly a book a day or at least every 2 days. I was a die hard fantasy/fiction reader but 50 shades and the like have become my best friend. Any and all suggestions on new and old books is always welcome.
Hi Belinda! Welcome to the group! I think the best way to get new ideas is to check out what others are reading and the challenges are an easy way to do that! The Monthly Challenge is about to start, several others too. Just poke around, see what fits you best and feel free to ask questions!
Welcome to the group Belinda! There are plenty of other romance converts here from various backgrounds - just jump into any of the threads & you'll find heaps of books to check out.
Hi! My name's Kimberlee Jane. I'm 25 years old, living in central Jersey.You can find my author page on Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/vi...
I started studying bdsm at eighteen and I write about real-life s/m experiences. (Masked through fiction.) I follow SSC- safe, sane, and consensual, and the RACK, Risk, aware, consensual, kink- mottos.
Welcome Kimberlee! Good luck with the writing and hope you enjoy our group :)
Hello! I'm Theresa and I live in South Lake Tahoe, CA. I've been lurking on GR for a while and have finally officially joined. I'm an avid reader,Romance is # 1, contemporary fiction and mysteries in the mix. Looking forward to joining the challenges! Already loving the recommendations I'm getting from these discussions.
Hi Theresa! Welcome, I hope to see you over in some of the challenges!
Hey! I'm Trouble and I'm here to find sonme good recommendations of romances :D I hope I can make some friends here xD
Hi Delisional! Or Trouble as it may be! =) Welcome to the group, lots of recommendations to be found in the different challenges!
Hello, everyone! New to the group, joined just today as a recommendation from a friend of mine. There isn't much that I won't read. I don't have favorite genres. Though I do have some favorite authors. I'm always looking for new books and authors to read. When I'm not part of the writing world (I'm dipped into several aspects of it) I read. I will pass up nearly everything just so I can read.
Hi Gianna! Welcome to the group! I'm sure will get lots of new ideas with all the challenges we have here!
Welcome to the group Theresa, Delisional and Gianna!!!Sounds like all of you will fit in well here :) We have new challenges starting each month, so keep your eyes peeled (both monthly and longer term). The Pick It For Me (PIFM) challenge is always the best for recommendations and that is a monthly challenge. Sign up for the next one will be around 20 Nov. Jump in!
Hello everyone! My name is Katerina, I am 40 years old and living in Germany. Since joining GR I have become addicted to reading romance novels in English. This group looks like fun and that´s why I joined!
Welcome Katerina - hope you find lots of lovely books to read through our group :)
Hi Katerina! Welcome to our addict support group - we are all addicts! =)
Greetings! I joined this group awhile ago but am just now getting around to introducing myself. My name is Janet, 54 years old and live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Contemporary/erotic romance plus certain paranormals are my main reading interests. I'm also a budding writer myself and am excited that after three decades I finally finished writing a book that will be available on Amazon next month.
Hi Janet! I hope to see you around in a few of the challenges!
Welcome Janet and good luck with your writing :)
Hi all, my name's Gynnie and new to the group and of course I'm addicted to reading. I love paranormal romance but now I'm kind of into anything. My kindle is second to my twins :)
Hi Gynnie! Welcome to the group - hope you have a great time here. We are all romance junkies, and I love the PNR as well :)
Hi Gynnie! I love your screen name - so sweet! I hope you enjoy the group!
Hi, my name is Donna. I have been a huge fan of Romances since I was a teen, I started with contemporary and moved onto Historical now I am a huge paranormal fan.My favorite authors are Sherrilyn Kenyon, J.R. Ward, Gena Showalter, Larissa Ione, I could go on and on.
Hi Donna! Welcome to the group! I hope you have fun here - I know I do!
Donna wrote: "Hi, my name is Donna. I have been a huge fan of Romances since I was a teen, I started with contemporary and moved onto Historical now I am a huge paranormal fan.My favorite authors are Sherrilyn..."
Welcome to RRRC Donna - your list of authors will fit right in here :) I think PNR/urban fantasy is my fav genre at the moment too... (It does shift though, doesn't it? LOL)
Thank you :), It does shift once in awhile I want a thriller but not too often my paranormal's give me another thrills sometimes :).
Hi! I'm Audrey. I'm a huge romance fan! Pretty much of any genre. My only real criteria is that there be a good story to it. I get bored with the formulaic "girl has troubled past, meets bad boy, reforms bad boy, boy heals her broken heart". It's played out. I like new ideas that take me by surprise. Hopefully I'll find some great suggestions for original romances here in this group :)
Hi Audrey and welcome! The challenges are a great place to get new ideas, I find my TBR mountain growing all the time!!
Audrey wrote: "Hi! I'm Audrey. I'm a huge romance fan! Pretty much of any genre. My only real criteria is that there be a good story to it. I get bored with the formulaic "girl has troubled past, meets bad boy, r..."Welcome to the group Audrey! Our members' reading is pretty diverse here - you are bound to find some new books in amongst all the popular ones :)
Hi group - I'm a huge romance fan of most genres from historical to futuristic, and I'm looking forward to the reading challenges! Any suggestions on where I should start on this group for a starter challenge? There seems to be so much going on... Thanks!
Welcome Netnella! I think the best challenges to start with are:December Monthly Challenge
Read-the-Month Challenge
Featured Author Challenge
I hope you have fun with the challenges! Feel free to ask questions, everyone is really nice here!
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I finished the October Monthly Challenge and the PIFM Challenge and really enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to November's Challenges!