Introductions & welcome to the group

[Bedtime Booknerd]

Hi I'm new to this whole joining a group for people who love to read...I've been wanting to for years & now finally did it. I love to read especially the classic lit. & open to any recommendations...my dream is to have one of those rooms where the walls are just covered with books with a comfortable couch in the middle...lol...

[Gerry]

Welcome Ingrid. I have often had the same wish except I see myself sitting in a comfortable rocking chair before a roaring fire on a snowy cold night. Maybe one of these days.

[Bedtime Booknerd]

To Gerry: yep someday...so far I only have bout 10% of books in my room...looks like I still have a long way to go...oh & I also want a small table next to the couch for my hot coffee or tea or cocoa...

[Gerry]

Ingrid, I hope you don't think this is a stupid question, but since I'm a book addict, my number one problem is storage. if you only have 10% of your books in your room, where do you store the rest??

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Lori Glad to have you in this group!!!

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Welcome Donna, Vicki, Tom, Ingrid & Carrie!!!

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Tom Wrote: " Is this group reading a specific book this month or is the discussion random?"


This month's read is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. If you would like to participate with Steinbeck Summer we are reading East of Eden.

I just opened up nominations for July 2009 so please add a nomination!!!

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Hello & welcome to all our new members, Amy A.Bibliophile, Dawn, lily, Dina, Beti, jennifer lmeeker, Widyseno, Sarah, Callum, Carrie, Isabel, laura, Michael, Elizabeth S., Jennifer, Tom, Jerin1701, CFSR, Cait, julie, Matt & Do.

I hope i didn't miss anyone!!! :)

[Kristine]

Hi everyone, my name is Kristine but you can call me Kris. I've been on Goodreads for a year now because I just love it so much lol I enjoy reading general fiction, historical fiction, chick lit after a particularly heavy taxing book, some mystery, and a little bit of fantasy. Basically, if it sounds good to me, I'll read it :)

[Gerry]

Welcome a board Kris.

[Bedtime Booknerd]

Ingrid wrote: "To Gerry: yep someday...so far I only have bout 10% of books in my room...looks like I still have a long way to go...oh & I also want a small table next to the couch for my hot coffee or tea or coc..."

I have my other books in the garage or I donate some to the library to make room for the ones that I really really want...

[Gerry]

Over the last 10 years I have seen my collection of close to 6,000 books shrink to about 1,500. I carelessly stored most of them in my basement in cardboard boxes. Two instances of leaky hot water heaters did a fair amount of damage and I took the opportunity to cull some more out and donate to the library. I now store all my books in plastic totes, so hopefully no more water damage. It was very depressing to have to get rid of water damaged books.

[Bedtime Booknerd]

Gerry wrote: "Over the last 10 years I have seen my collection of close to 6,000 books shrink to about 1,500. I carelessly stored most of them in my basement in cardboard boxes. Two instances of leaky hot water ..."

oh man...that is very depressing especially for book lovers...we treat our books like its our child...lol...

[Gerry]

Well I have learned (I'm slow learner) a valuable lession on how to treat "old friends". But the good side of this whole morbid tale, if there is a good side, is that I did free up some room for some new books.

[Carrie]

Gerry wrote: "Well I have learned (I'm slow learner) a valuable lession on how to treat "old friends". But the good side of this whole morbid tale, if there is a good side, is that I did free up some room for so..."

Carrie wrote: "Hi, my name is Carrie. I love to read really good books, not fluff. I also work p/t at a city library. I have already read "East of Eden" and loved it. Also, read "Glass Castles" and loved it. ..."
Have never read War & Peace, but have read "Anna Karenina" - I remember liking the book, but it was difficult to slog through the Russian names.

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Welcome to the group Kris!

[Gerry]

Carrie wrote: "Gerry wrote: "Well I have learned (I'm slow learner) a valuable lession on how to treat "old friends". But the good side of this whole morbid tale, if there is a good side, is that I did free up so..." I found that with War and Peace. Granted I was a lot younger when I attempted to get through it. Maybe it is time to tackle it again.

[Alanna]

Hi everyone, my name is Alanna. I now live in Joliet, Il, but have also lived in OH(Dayton, Marion,& Cincinnati), CT(Danbury), NH(Londonderry), AL(Birmingham), and VA(Virginia Beach). I have been married for 39 years and we have three grown children and three grandchildren. I love to read and joined Goodreads last summer after my daughter recommended it to me. I really love this site and it comes in handy when picking a book for our neighborhood book club. I found your group and I chose to join because the book shelf has books I've read or want to read.

[Bedtime Booknerd]

hi Alanna...

[Gerry]

Welcome Alanna.

[Tracy]

Hi,
My name's Tracy and this group was recommended to me by my mom. Books are my passion and I love that you're having a Steinbeck Summer. East of Eden is one of my all-time faves. I'm married with 3 kids and a golden retriever. I also love to write and recently started a blog for parents of tweens. I've started reviewing YA books on there. Looking forward to meeting all of you and seeing what you're reading!

[Gerry]

welcome aboard Tracy.

[Kandice]

Welcome Tracy and Alanna. We are always happy to talk about good books. (or trash the ones we don't like!)

[Alanna]

Welcome Tracy. I knew you would love this group's choice of a Steinbeck Summer.

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Welcome to the group Celeste, Mister Jones, Gromana, Ashley, Tim, Terri, Angie, Meera, April, Brittin, Danise, Jennifer, Laura, Bookscmc, Traci, Ann, Tiffany, Erin, Pairpair, AJ, Starling , Indra, Adna, Gwen, Phyllis, Jnenikristi, Anna, Ann, Caleb, Shelly, Michelle, Jo, Lori A., Terri, Cady, Sowmay, Ingrid, Emily, Louise, Barbara, Tracy, Janice, Beth, Jennifer, Cinamontoast, Alanna, Christa, Mary, Claire, Michael, Nshepard, Katharine, Peggy, Rachel, Basmah, Lauren Gavin, Sarah, Lindsay, Danielle, Jess, Kaylee, Patti, Dawn, Nebraskaiceberg, Kris, Genevieve, Nora, Beti, Jennifermeeker, Widyoseno, Sarah & Ingrid! Hope you all like it here!

[Gerry]

Emilee wrote: "Welcome to the group Celeste, Mister Jones, Gromana, Ashley, Tim, Terri, Angie, Meera, April, Brittin, Danise, Jennifer, Laura, Bookscmc, Traci, Ann, Tiffany, Erin, Pairpair, AJ, Starling , Indra, ..."
i'm not on your list, but have been here for a while. i really enjoy the comments.

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Gerry: Sorry if I missed you. Welcome to our group! I hope you like it here.

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I am sorry if I missed anyone else. Being off for two weeks has made it difficult to catch up.

[Meera]

Thanks for the welcome Emilee :-) I'm looking forward to reading In Cold Blood. I'm passing on Steinbeck though. He doesn't agree with me.

[Gerry]

Emilee wrote: "Gerry: Sorry if I missed you. Welcome to our group! I hope you like it here."
No problem. Thanks again for the welcome and keep up the good work.

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Meera: Glad you are in the group. Hopefully we will get another read that will agree with you!

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Thanks Gerry!

[Christa (is on top of the world!)]

Wow that's alot of people! I'm not surprized though, this is a very good group to be in!

[Gerry]

I second Christa's comment. I have learned a lot in the short time I have been a member.

[Jennifer]

Hi, my name is Jen. I live in Kalamazoo Michigan and I love to read. This website is fantastic for finding new books. I chose your group as you seem to have the same sort of taste in authors as I do. :)

[Gerry]

Welcome Jen. Great name, my youngest daughter is also Jen and loves to read. How are things in Michigan?? I'm your north eastern neighbour, Ontario.

[Lianne]

Hi everyone *waves* My name is Li and I'm from Canada. I've been on GoodReads for a good while now and yeah, I look forward to discussing books with you all! =)

[Kristine]

Hi Li! You look familiar lol :D

[Sandra]

Hi, everyone --Li, Kris, Jen, Gerry, Meera! Welcome!!
I am Sandra from near Philadelphia. :-y

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Welcome to the group Li! :)

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Hello & welcome to the group Coline, Mary & Felice! :)

[Jennifer]

Ontario is a lot nice than Michigan! Everything down here is okay, even with the car company's crashing :)

[Lianne]

Thank you for the kind welcomes everyone!

Kris wrote: "Hi Li! You look familiar lol :D"

LOL, so do you! =D

[Gerry]

Sandra wrote: "Hi, everyone --Li, Kris, Jen, Gerry, Meera! Welcome!!
I am Sandra from near Philadelphia. :-y"
Thanks a lot Sandra. Been away from my machine for a couple of days so just catching up. How are things near Philadelphia. I want to make a trip down that way soon. Go to some ball games. Any real interesting book stores you can recommend??

[Gerry]

Jennifer wrote: "Ontario is a lot nice than Michigan! Everything down here is okay, even with the car company's crashing :)" I don't know if Ontario is nicer. Michigan seems like a nice state to visit. We are having our problems up here to. Isn't great that we have our books to escape to and leave all the other issues aside for a little while.

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Welcome to the group Sasha, N_anGeL, Kim, Andrea,
Melissa, Joy, Heidi, Heather, Rickie, Noecito, Zarifina, Alias Reader, Sagar, Kaz, Michael, Stuart, Danielle, Richard, Sarah, Laura & Li! :)

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Howdy ya'll from Memphis! I am 37 and recently completed my graduate work in music. Now that I'm out of school, I'm able to get back to my other passion - reading great books.

I have generally stuck to the classics and mainstream fiction, but have ventured into sci-fi and mysteries recently. If I had to narrow down my favorite authors, I'd have to list Mark Twain, Harper Lee, and Charles Dickens....in our era, my favorite is Jodi Picoult.

Looking forward to re-reading the Steinbeck next month!

[Petra X]

Hi there Keith. I agree about Jodi Picoult - apart from her endings.

[Alanna]

Hi Kennith, welcome to the group. Jodi Picoult is also a favorite of mine.

[Michael]

Kennith wrote: "Howdy ya'll from Memphis! I am 37 and recently completed my graduate work in music. Now that I'm out of school, I'm able to get back to my other passion - reading great books.

I have generally..."
Hello mate! I look forward to reading your posts! Happy reading!