Introductions

[Beckiee]

Hello. My name is Beckiee. I'm 28 and live in Oregon. I just recently got started on this website and love it! I love the recommendations for all the books out there! I keep busy by planning my wedding (July 14th) and I'm going back to school taking online classes for my business management degree. Of course, a lot of this gets distracted when I find a good book!

[Amara, Group Creator]

Welcome, Daniela and Beckiee, and nice to meet you both!

(And congrats on your wedding and going back to school, Beckiee; best of luck on both fronts!)

[Ana]

Hi my name is Ana. I'm 14 and live in Massachusetts. I really love goodreads but didn't know about groups until a few days ago. Now I am scouting for books with next months theme I can't wait to talk with every at the end of July.I just came back from seeing my nieces who's ages are 3 and 3 months two days ago, they are so adorable. This is my first full week of summer vacation. I love to play lacrosse, swim, read(of course), and go on goodreads .If I find a really great book I can never stop until the last page.

[Molly]

Hi everyone - my name is Molly, I'm a 26-year-old working professional in the media sphere here in Boston. I've been an avid reader since I was a kid and am constantly looking for new authors and genres to explore (which is why this group appealed to me!) Currently pursuing graduate school for publishing and writing, which is taking up a lot of time, but I still always find time for reading :) Please feel free to add/following me - love meeting new people on here and seeing what they're reading!

[Carol]

Hi--I'm Carol and live in northwest British Columbia. I'm over 60 but not officially a senior yet! I've always loved reading and like the idea of this group.

[Amara, Group Creator]

Hello and welcome to Ana, Molly, and Carol; I really hope everyone finds the group worthwhile! :)

[Melissa]

This group sounds so cool! My name is Melissa, I'm from Missouri. I am a single mom with two kids, a boy and a girl. My daughter and I read a lot, both together and on our own. The two of us will give most any genre a chance so I read a lot of different types of stuff.
I think this group will work perfectly for that!

[Marie-Claude aka MC]

Hey guys! I'm MC, from Montréal, Canada. I'm 28 and like all of you, I am a passionate reader! I read mostly YA, paranormal, fantasy and chic-lit. I do enjoy a lot of styles though and will read pretty much anything if I think it will satisfy my curiosity!

I am happy to have found this group, this should be interesting!! =)

[Rachel]

Hi everyone! My name's Rachel and I am about to be a college freshman in Illinois (so excited/nervous)! I think this book club's flexibility will definitely be helpful as I transition into college life, as it would be hard for me to commit to having time to read an exact book. But this one seems perfect and I'm looking forward to my first book club experience!

[Amara, Group Creator]

Welcome to Melissa, Marie-claude, and Rachel! :D

[melvatoast]

Hey everyone! So excited to find a flexible book club like this! I'm Mel and I live in Georgia. I read mostly paranormal/scifi/fantasy but change it up every now and then with thrillers and historical fiction.

[Amara, Group Creator]

Hi and welcome, Mel! :)

[Katlin]

hi my name is katlin I'm excited to join its basicly my first book club I'm Frm a small town and looking forward to read new things

[Amara, Group Creator]

Hi, Katlin! Welcome to the group. :)

[Jacqueline]

Hey my name is Jacqueline and this is my second group. I'm from Georgia and I like how flexible this group is, I mean you can even rebel from the theme-kinda awesome(:

[Amara, Group Creator]

Hi, Jacqueline, and welcome! I'm really thrilled you (and so many others!) like the idea behind the group. :D

[Amara, Group Creator]

Hello and welcome, Jenn! I certainly hope the group meets your expectations. ;)

[Marie-Claude aka MC]

Teehee welcome everyone. I really like it too, that we can be rebels and not follow the theme from time to time!! =)

[Rachael]

Hi, I'm Rachael. I'm 27 and originally from england, but now living in Spain. I've always read and really like the idea of reading books on a similar theme to each other - it sounds like fun and a great way to pick up new recommendations too!

[Amara, Group Creator]

Welcome, Rachael; nice to meet you. :)

[Rachel]

Suzanne wrote: "Hi, I'm Suzanne. I'm 38 and from Edinburgh. I'm going into my 2nd year at Uni studying English Lit. I read mostly Thrillers and the Classics, but I'll give most genres a try.

Who else feels they ..."

Oh my goodness I feel that way every time I add a book to my "to read" page.

[Amara, Group Creator]

Welcome, Suzanne!

Rachel wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Hi, I'm Suzanne. I'm 38 and from Edinburgh. I'm going into my 2nd year at Uni studying English Lit. I read mostly Thrillers and the Classics, but I'll give most genres a try.

Who else feels they will never get through all the books they want to read? :)"

Oh my goodness I feel that way every time I add a book to my "to read" page."

Same here. It's gotten to the point where I'm actually starting to feel guilty adding new books to my massive to-read lists, since I know it won't make it anywhere near the top of the list for a few years... >.<

[Amara, Group Creator]

Suzanne wrote: "I get excited when I see my number of books go down, but then I go and add more books to my list. There are too many books out there that want me to read them. How can I say no? :)"

I definitely feel the same way. ;)

[Rita]

Hi! I'm Margaret and I'm from the Caribbean but raised a Floridian. I'm a college student and I'm always looking for new books to read. I'm soon going to become involved as a reviewer on a book blog so it's likely that any books I read here, I'll also review on The Cozy Armchair. I totally love this idea for a book club. I've been looking for one for awhile and this is the one that offers the most freedom so I'm positively excited to start! :D

[Amara, Group Creator]

Hi, Margaret, and welcome! :D

[Hilary]

Hi, I'm Hilary. I'm 29 and live in Washington State. I mainly read horror and fantasy. Vampires and zombies aren't really my cup of tea, but I love a good ghost story. I have a book in mind for this month's theme, once I've finished the book I'm reading now. I look forward to being a part of your group, this seems like a friendly place. :)

[Amara, Group Creator]

Welcome, Hilary, and nice to meet you; I hope the group lives up to your expectations! :)

[Eris]

Amara wrote: "Are you a new member? This is the place to introduce yourself!

As for me, I'm Amara. I'm an eighteen-year-old, female (US) American. I'm partial to horror, fantasy, and children's books, and I enj..."

Hello I'm Eris I like to dabble in all genres of books but I love fantasy. I'm in high school at the moment.

[Amara, Group Creator]

Hi, Eris, and welcome to the group. I have to say, I'm quite pleased to see so many different age groups represented here! ;)

[Eris]

Thankyou! I was looking at your books just now. Wow you've read loads of books and I've spotted a few to reads too :)

[Amara, Group Creator]

Eris wrote: "Thankyou! I was looking at your books just now. Wow you've read loads of books and I've spotted a few to reads too :)"

I always feel like my "Read" shelf is a bit artificially inflated, since over the past year, I've taken to rereading and rating/reviewing picture books I remember from my childhood. ;)

(And my to-read shelves are definitely over-inflated, lol. Too many books to read, too little time to do it!)

[Cobwebs-Iced-Across-SpaceTime]

Amara, that's my constant theme: "Too many books-too little time, too few of me!"

[Eris]

Same story with me too. That I can't seem to fit enought time for reading all the books I can. When I first used Goodreads I was very intimidated by the amount people had read so I chose to supplement my 'read' shelf with books from when I was even younger.

Thankyou for adding me, my friends and other student library assistants at my school are lazy to join xD

[Isabel]

Hi, I'm Isabel. I'm a 20 year old college student from Texas, but I love to read and thought this group sounded pretty awesome.

[SteinFussel]

hey guys, I am SteinFussel, female 27yr old German and quite a booknerd. I like a lot of genres so I tend to read like just what I feel like... Fantasy, Contemporary, kids books, classics, crime........... it comes with the job... I study literature :D best choice ever!

[Eris]

Wow that means soon you will be paid to read. That sounds fantastic.I'm very jealous :)

[Amara, Group Creator]

Eris wrote: "my friends and other student library assistants at my school are lazy to join xD..."

Same problem here; I've badgered a few of my friends into joining, but none are particularly active members.

And welcome, Isabel and SteinFussel!

[Eris]

I know they seem to be to wrapped up with 'stuff' and other nonsense. I've asked some people to join but I can't find those who have because they havn't put up a picture and that their names are so common I don't want to add anyone without knowing who they deffinately are.

[Mel]

Hi,
My name is Melissa. I live in the USA and I am 37. I live in a small town and love everything that it has to offer. I am a middle school English teacher. I have a young adult library of over 1,000 books. My favorite genre would have to be historical fiction - more specifically Victorian period crime novels.

[Amara, Group Creator]

Hi, Melissa! Welcome to the group. :)

[Eric]

Hello everyonr. I'm Eric. 28 from Anaheim, Ca. TOTALLY love reading, but often find it hard to find new books/authors. Trying to break out of my comfort zone and broaden my literary horizons. Very excited to join everyone with the blue cover book this month.

[Amara, Group Creator]

Welcome, Eric. :)

[Alissa]

Hey everyone, my name is Alissa and I'm from Australia. I'm 23, work in public relations, love reading on my new Kindle and like most people here, am a lifelong reader.
I like a variety of themes from mystery, thriller, fantasy to historical fiction, romance, classic literature and chick lit. I look forward to discovering more genres and books!

[Amara, Group Creator]

And welcome to you, too, Alissa!

[Rooks]

Heya, I'm Rooks - 29 and from New Orleans, though temporarily living out west, as I finished a graduate degree last year and plan to be starting another one pretty soon. This is my second ever GoodReads group; I'm intrigued by the concept, plus y'all seem like nice people. I'll read pretty much any genre - yes anything, from Barthes to bodice-rippers, cookbooks to Camus - and I have a bad habit of not reviewing or rating everything I read. (I'm trying to fix that, honest.) I have an unholy passion for parentheticals (which is probably obvious), semicolons (used properly), and used bookstores. (Or library sales. Or regular bookstores. Or any place where you can get a book and keep it.) Oh, and sometimes I type too much. :)

[Amy]

Hi Rooks. Former Galvestonian (Texas) transplanted to Washington State. I thought I was up late but it's about three hours later there. Up reading a book, eh? I just joined a month ago and am very pleased with this group :)

[Rooks]

Amy wrote: "Hi Rooks. Former Galvestonian (Texas) transplanted to Washington State. I thought I was up late but it's about three hours later there. Up reading a book, eh? I just joined a month ago and am ve..."

Hey Amy - Nola to Colorado, though hopefully not for much longer! (Not that I hate Colorado, but, you know, it's a very different sort of place.) So not *quite* as late, but not great either.

And yeah, I'm so busted! :D I got a series and loaned the initial books to my parents once I was finished with them. Then tonight I just realized that, since I went on a total book bender and read a mess of other things over the last few weeks, they are catching up on me with alacrity. It seemed like the only right thing to do was finish the next book in the series, and quickly. :) (Or, you know, that could just be a really good excuse to stay up late reading . . . whichevs. When I was a kid if my folks caught me up late reading they'd ground me from reading anything more interesting than the back of a cereal box and my homework for the next 24-72 hours, so now there's always something illicit and rebellious about sayin', "screw sleep.")

[Cate]

exponential growth. hi to everyone.

[Michele]

Hi! I'm Michele, a 36yr young mom of 3, from NC. I'm so happy to have found this group bc I'm totally a rebel and am not always happy to read what I'm told to ;). I read all sorts of books but mostly YA these days and am looking forward to digging into some books with you all.

[Amara, Group Creator]

Hello and welcome to Rooks, Corynna, and Michele!