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Introductions & welcome to the group
Hi Amy and Caley,Welcome to the group!!!
Heyaz everyone my name is Annabell! Glad to meet everyone :)
Hi everyone,I'm Lisa from Massachusetts. I'm a homemaker and avid reader (though not as avid as some of you all are!).
A friend introduced me to GoodReads and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. Looking forward to some great ideas from this group.
Hi Annabell and Lisa....Welcome to the group!!!!
Hi- My name is Melanie. I have been an avid reader most of my life. Iam 53 now. i like all types of books and enjoy recommendations. I look forward to sharing opinions with other members on various books. I tried THe Time Traveller's Wife and couldn't get in to it. I will try again.
Hi there. I'm Becky... I'm 26ish, live in northeastern PA, and am a book addict. I'm willing to read just about anything and everything, but I have a special love for apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, classics, horror and YA. Stephen King is my favorite author. I like kittens. I'm currently listening to 30 Seconds to Mars. K, I think that's enough random information for today. Nice to meet you all, and thanks for inviting me Emilee!
Haha, thanks Emilee,So yeah.. I'm Sharon, 18, book junkie!
I enjoy just about everything and some of my favorites are The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Price of Salt, Kushiel's Dart, and The Count of Monte Cristo.
I'm currently working my way through It's All Right Now and The Second Sex.
Becky - what's your favorite Steven King book? I love his Firestarter and Shawshank Redemption
Sharon, that's a difficult question. I can't narrow it down to just one, so here is my list:The Stand
The Shining
The Talisman
The Dark Tower series (but especially The Drawing of the Three and Wolves of the Calla)
The Green Mile
I'm currently listening to the audiobook of Duma Key. It's really good!
Hello my name is Susan and I absolutely love to read. It's my one passion and obsession. I'm looking forward to finding out about new authors and books.I run a bookclub at the local library. We are in our 9th year, with about 12 regular members. I would like to suggest to all of you our all time favorite book - Pope Joan. I also enjoyed reading the long book And Ladies of the Club. It's well worth the length.
Thanks for letting me become a new member.
Susan C
Becky - Yeah, it is... haha. The Green Mile is good. Actually, I've enjoyed the majority of his work... except Tommyknockers. That one just was not at all what I expected. And hello Susan! Long books are so great.
Hey, I'm Roisu.I'm 20, female, and I live in Ireland. Like everyone here, I love reading :-) Love books on politics and current affairs, psychology, and I have an unhealthy obsession with Harry Potter! I will read pretty much anything.
This group seems pretty cool!
This group seems pretty cool!
Welcome to the group Roisu! I think you'll like our group feel free to add book discussions!
Welcome to the group Melanie, Susan, Wendy, Kyle, Sue & Judaye! :)
Hello & welcome to the group Janny!
Hi Melanie, Becky, Sharon, Susan and Roisu,Welcome to the group!!! :~)
Hi, I'm Sue, I work at a small public library in Sudbury, Ontario. I have a wide variety of interests when it comes to reading, fiction, nonfiction, romance sci-fi. The only thing I won't try is westerns. 
Hello everyone,My name is Avigail and I am from Israel. I am a stewardess and I study at the open university political science and communications. Well I love to read as anyone of you, I am an avid reader of everything that I can catch in my hands. I always have a book with me, no matter where I' am going. I have a habit of completing a book whether I like it or not. If I' ve started it, I' m going to finish it. I had a lot of surprises both good ones and not so good ones.
Hi EveryoneI am Wendy from Brampton, Ontario Canada and I LOVE to read. Last year I read over 100 books and hope to do the same this year. I read a wide variety of genres.
Sharon wrote: "Becky - Yeah, it is... haha. The Green Mile is good. Actually, I've enjoyed the majority of his work... except Tommyknockers. That one just was not at all what I expected. And hello Susan! Long b..."
They definitely are some of my favorites. IT by Stephen King was my favorite until I became a huge reader as an adult. I'd still put it down as one of my all time favorites though!
Susan C
Thanks to all of you that have welcomed me!I will now sign out as Susan C since there seems to be alot of Susans.
Thanks again!!!!
Susanc
Hi, I am Dotty. Reading is my passion! And I can spend hours looking through book stores and libraries but sometimes need help deciding on what to read next. I have other passions: family, knitting, beading, knitting. Did I say knitting. My favorite thing to do is to knit while I read.Right now, my favorite books are Life of Pi and A Thousand Splendid Suns but this is a ever changing list of favorites.
Emilee wrote: "Welcome to the group Liz, Kristen, Jacqueline, Katie, Zenrin & Judith!"Thanks Emilee!
Dotty,How do you knit and read at the same time? I'm a relatively new knitter, and I've tried with no success.
I prop the book up on the table and have a knitting project that does not require me to do more than just knit. I've been knitting for so long that my fingers just knit by themselves without my looking at them.If you cannot knit yet without looking, just keep on knitting and one day you will be able to do it too.
Beth A. wrote: "Dotty,
How do you knit and read at the same time? I'm a relatively new knitter, and I've tried with no success.
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Thanks Dotty, I'll have to try it again sometime.
Ahlan Wa Salaam!I am a small town midwestern born and raised gal and recently married and relocated to an even smaller village in the mideast (Egypt)
I am a nurse by profession but currently a Music and English teacher, and local oddity.
Currently the books that are really occupying my attention are sciencetific journals, non-fiction books or foodie books (books about food or how it's grown, history ect)
but I will read anything I can get my hands on.
Beth A. wrote: "Dotty,How do you knit and read at the same time? I'm a relatively new knitter, and I've tried with no success.
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I read and knit too. If you find it tolerable try reading a pdf or online book, I find that the easiest way to knit and read.
I am looking for an online book source. Can you point me in the right direction? Thank you.Kipahni wrote: "Beth A. wrote: "Dotty,
How do you knit and read at the same time? I'm a relatively new knitter, and I've tried with no success.
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I read and knit too. If you find it tolerable try readin..."
Dotty wrote: "I am looking for an online book source. Can you point me in the right direction? Thank you."Ya I go to gigapedia.net for fiction and magazines, but there are a lot of journals and text books too. You have to have an account with them to download but it's free
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/20-best-...
has a list of websites but most of teh books are tech, I don't use it as often.
Goodreads has links to classical books to read online
Thanks so much. I'll be using those links. DottyKipahni wrote: "Dotty wrote: "I am looking for an online book source. Can you point me in the right direction? Thank you."
Ya I go to gigapedia.net for fiction and magazines, but there are a lot of journals and..."
Kipahni wrote: "Ahlan Wa Salaam!I am a small town midwestern born and raised gal and recently married and relocated to an even smaller village in the mideast (Egypt)
I am a nurse by profession but currently a M..."
Have you read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver? It's about spending (as a family) a whole year only eating things grown or butchered within I think a 100 mile radious.
Susan C
Welcome to the group Avigail!
Hello Dotty! Glad you found us!
Hello & welcome to the group Liz, PJ & Kipahni!
Susan wrote: "Kipahni wrote: "Ahlan Wa Salaam!I am a small town midwestern born and raised gal and recently married and relocated to an even smaller village in the mideast (Egypt)
I am a nurse by profession b..."
That is on my to-read list. I read omnivores dilema in which he adresses that issue. It's interesting how much my own food philosophy has changed since I moved to this small village (I kill and clean my own chicken and fish, and buy the local farm produce)
Welcome to the group Michael, Flo & Robin! :)
I'm a stay at home wife, due to a chronic illness. My husband is very compassionate and understanding about my limitations. We'll be married 15yrs this summer. Life really does go by fast.I have no children but a wonderful dog.
I run a bookclub at my local library, where I used to work. We are in our 8th year and have about 14 regular members.
We recently moved into our new house that we built (it took only......5yrs) but I have my own office, with built in book shelves. They are almost overflowing.
I love to read either suspence or action filled suspence novels, no romance. The best part of being in the bookclub is that I have read books outside of my "box or comfort zone". Some of our favorites were And Ladies of the Club, The Counte of Monte Cristo (not abridged) and Pope Joan.
I'm always looking for a new author or book to read, so please feel free to make suggestions.
Susan C
Hell Yeah! to a fellow unabridged lover! The Count is soo much better in its full extent, as so many books are! Have you read the unabridged Les Miserables by Victor Hugo? I always associate the too cause we read them in school together.
Emilee wrote: "Welcome to the group Avigail!"Thank you
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Between the Lines
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I'm a compulsive and unapologetic reader from the Southwest US (Santa Fe, NM). Too many fav genres and authors to mention. Also love movies, music, running, and Argentine tango. Two cats and a husband round out the family unit. I look forward to reading the discussions!
Caley