ARCHIVE ONE: PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF ~ Showing 2,901-2,950 of 6,553

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Judy,

Glad that you will be joining us for the upcoming spotlighted read.

I look forward to reading your posts.

Regards,

Bentley

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Alex Sinclair and Judy and welcome to the group, I hope you both enjoy your time here discussing great books and authors and your favourite periods in history.

[Alisa]

Hello Carrie, glad you found us and hope you enjoy your experience here. You are among many other fans of history and the TBR pile grows for all of us. Please participate wherever and whenever you can, we look forward to your contributions too. Sounds like you have your hands full, and we are happy to be part of where you spend your spare time!

As you get started, please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. An example:

Rebecca Skloot


More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...


Take a moment to read our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Thanks and glad you joined us.

[Bryan]

Hello Carrie and welcome.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Carrie and welcome to the group, I hope you have a fun time here :)

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Carrie from Canada - we are glad to have you with us.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Carrie! Those babies must keep you hopping. Someday you'll finish your degree as well, and then you'll have everything. :) Glad you could join the group.

[Victoria]

Hi Everyone,
I am fairly new to Goodreads so am finding my way around and getting to know the groups, etc. I am a passionate researcher, reader and writer of history. I generally prefer nonfiction, but am open to excellent fiction and have several favorites in that genre. I currently live in Texas with my husband and our two cats. We are both freelancers and work at home. My husband as a translator and interpreter and I as an author and public relations professional. Look forward to getting to know everyone and figuring things out.
Best,
Victoria "Tori" Martinez

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Victoria,

Welcome to the group, I am sure you'll have a great time here discussing your favourite books and authors.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the reply box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

This is how a book that you mention in your post should look:

by Simon Winchester

More information:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a moment to read our guidelines:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[Victoria]

Thank you, Rick!

['Aussie Rick']

I hope you have a lot of fun and find heaps of new books and authors :)

[Alisa]

Victoria, welcome, we are glad you found us. Hope you enjoy discussions with the group. Aussie Rick pointedyou in the right direction with our guidelines, good to read those before you get started but am sure you will get the hang of it soon enough.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Victoria, welcome glad that you have found us. Enjoy the group and familiarize yourself with the rules and guidelines.

[Victoria]

Thank you, Alisa. I will certainly read the guidelines to make sure I don't make any faux pas! :-)

[Bryan]

Welcome to goodreads and to this group, Victoria. I hope you enjoy our group.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Pudding,

Welcome to the History Book Club. We love folks who love books and history here so you will fit right in. If you have any suggestions for good books, please feel free to let us all know.

Just to help you get started: whenever citing any books and/or even when you are simply citing just authors, you must for a book, utilize the add book/author feature of goodreads and always add the book cover, the author's photo when available and always the author's link which is the author's name in linkable text.

If you are adding simply an author's name, then you must add the author's photo when available and the author's link (which is the author's name in linkable text). However, you did a great job with the very first citation you did. Well done.

The guidelines are not optional and we want everybody to get off to a great start.

Here are some examples if you mention any authors:

Agatha Christie

Rex Stout

Ngaio Marsh

If you are citing a book and I will use an Agatha Christie book as an example, this is how that book would look:

by Agatha Christie

If you would like to take a look at our rules and guidelines and orientation; here are a few links:

Guidelines

About Us - The History Book Club

Mechanics of the Board - Help Desk

Orientation

We are delighted to have you and hope you will enjoy yourself here. You may want to make the acquaintance of assisting moderators Aussie Rick and Michael who are both from down your way.

Bentley

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Pudding, welcome to the group, I hope you have a good time here and pick up a few good titles and authors on the way.

[Alisa]

Hello Pudding, welcome to the group and glad you joined us.

[Leah]

I am Leah Banicki from Michigan. I love history and am looking forward to finding a ton of new historical novels on goodreads.
I will be reading through the forums to get to know what everyone is reading and enjoying.

[Alisa]

Welcome Leah! If you love history and are looking for ideas about what to read you have come to the right place. There are LOTS of threads to explore so please look around, participate in the discussion, and of course we would like to hear your recommendations as well.

As you get started, please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them. An example:

Rebecca Skloot

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...


Take a moment to read our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Thanks and glad you joined us.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Leah,

We are glad to have you with us. Please take the time to look over the links that Alisa has kindly provided.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call upon one of the moderators to assist you.

All best,

Bentley

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Leah and welcome to the group I am sure you will enjoy yourself here chatting about your favourite books and authors and picking up a few new ones on the way :)

[Bryan]

Hello Pudding, welcome.

[Bryan]

Welcome, Leah. Glad you could join us.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you are ready to cite a book. (There is a link on the top right of the reply box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

[Victoria]

Thank you, Bryan!
Bryan wrote: "Welcome to goodreads and to this group, Victoria. I hope you enjoy our group."

[Katie]

Hello!
I'm Katie, and I'm currently a senior Music Education major in NY. I've always loved history and during my undergrad I've enjoyed studying the history of Eastern European and Byzantium as a sort of hobby. I just recently started using goodreads, and I can't wait to find more books to read!

[Bryan]

Welcome, Katie. Glad you could join us from New York.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you are ready to cite a book. (There is a link on the top right of the reply box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. Thanks for joining the group.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Katie,

We are happy to have all new members to the group. Please familiarize yourself with the rules and guidelines that Bryan was so kind to add for you.

I hope that with your background that you will be able to add to our discussions and I look forward to your posts.

Thank you for joining.

Bentley

[Alisa]

Hello Katie, welcome. Glad you decided to join us, and we look forward to your posts.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Katie and welcome to the group, I see you are interested in the history of Byzantium, a very interesting subject. I hope you have a good time here finding new books and authors and chatting about your favourites as well.

[Kate]

Hi, my name is Kate. I am a Biology and Chemistry student, pre-Med. I have always enjoyed history, but, despite that, I have not read many non-fiction history books. I'd like to delve into this area a bit more, and I was very excited to see the medical history books listed on the group bookshelf. I look forward to reading more books within this genre! I am currently reading
by Molly Caldwell Crosby. (No picture was available for the author)
Medical history (especially pertaining to medical developments during times of war) is my especial forte. Thanks!

[Alisa]

Hi Kate, and welcome! We are glad you found us and sounds like you are already exploring the various discussion threads. Please jump in and join the dialogue.

Thank you so much for citing the book with our guidelines in mind. If you have not looked them over yet please do so as you get started. I think you will find it helpful info but if you have any questions you can ask any of the moderators. Please continue to use the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a moment to read our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Thanks and glad you joined us.

[Kate]

Thanks! I read all of the rules before my first posting. :)

[Alisa]

Kate, you get a hearty round of applause from all the moderators from your last post! :) Thanks much!

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

May I second that round of applause for Kate. We are glad to have you and what a great job with your citation.

We look forward to your contributions and we love the Health - Medicine - Science area. Hopefully, you might be able to help us expand even more interest in that area with your posts.

Bentley

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Kate, welcome to the group and well done on your first post. I hope to chat with you in some of the threads soon about your interest in regards to medical developments during wartime.

[Clifford]

Hi,
I'm a Goodreads author and former international journalist who has been a history lover his whole life. My father nearly disowned me when I announced I was going to major in history at university! My interests extend to many time periods but mainly military or diplomatic history. I'm looking forward to some good discussions here and on discovering some works I have not come across before.

[Bryan]

Welcome, Clifford. Glad you could join us.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you are ready to cite a book. (There is a link on the top right of the reply box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. Thanks for joining the group.

[Bryan]

Welcome Kate and I'm glad you are taking time out of your busy pre-med schedule to join us.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Clifford, welcome to the group, I am sure with your back ground you will have much to offer on many of the threads here.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Clifford...I usually remind authors and moderators to remember that the History Book Club has a strong no self promotion rule.

Your background should be of great interest to our group. I look forward to reading your posts.

And a special thank you to Bryan for his warm welcome.

Bentley

[Joe]

Hello, my name is Joe. I've always been an avid reader but history has never been much of an interest until recently. I am especially interested in British history (and the men behind it), particularly the Industrial Revolution and colonialism. I just don't understand how such a small group of people could grow so powerful. And why wouldn't the people rebel?

[Bryan]

Welcome, Joe. Glad you could join us and I hope you kindle some history reading.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you are ready to cite a book. (There is a link on the top right of the reply box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

And our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. Thanks for joining the group.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Joe, welcome to the group, I hope you find books of interest here and you enjoy yourself chatting about some of your favourite books and authors.

[Alisa]

Hi Joe, welcome to the group. I'm a particular fan of rabble rousers, so in answer to your question of why wouldn't people rebel, I dont' have the answers but it's part of why I love reading about history so much, to understand those who do rebel as much as to understand those who have so much power. Lots of threads to explore here so I hope you dig into it and join whatever discussions interest you. We welcome all perspectives.

[Joe]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "Hi Joe, welcome to the group, I hope you find books of interest here and you enjoy yourself chatting about some of your favourite books and authors."

Hello, and thank you!

'Alisa' wrote: "Hi Joe, welcome to the group. I'm a particular fan of rabble rousers, so in answer to your question of why wouldn't people rebel, I dont' have the answers but it's part of why I love reading about history so much, to understand those who do rebel as much as to understand those who have so much power. Lots of threads to explore here so I hope you dig into it and join whatever discussions interest you. We welcome all perspectives.
"
Hey, thanks for the welcome, I'll do what I can to add to the discussions.

[Michelle]

Hi, my name is Michelle. My interest in reading about history started with trying to go back in time with religious history, especially the Reformation. Of course, that wasn't far enough back, so I found myself more interested in how things have become as they are.

I have enjoyed reading about the issues in the Middle East and clearly see the same battles continue- maybe different countries, different sides and they affect on current day issues.

I enjoy the bigger picture of how all of the events in history have led us where we are now. I completely understand the term - history repeats itself! Russia is also of interest, with the proximity of the middle eastern countries and oil!

I am lacking in interest of American history and the Asian Countries including China. I hope this reading group will expose me to the types of history I have so far - had only minimal interest.

I have a college degree and I am in pharmaceutical sales- so I am no academic lol.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Michelle,

Welcome to the group, I am sure you'll have a great time here discussing your favourite books and authors.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a link on the top right of the reply box.) It makes things so much easier for people to see your book recommendations, because they can see the cover and the links to the author. And it helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

This is how a book that you mention in your post should look:

by Simon Winchester

More information:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Take a moment to read our guidelines:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[Alisa]

Michelle, welcome to the group. With your wide ranging interests I am sure you will find much here to engage in and stimulate your thinking. Please join in any of the discussions, we look forward to your participation.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Michelle, welcome.

We are glad to have you join the group. There are quite a few threads which we hope will be of interest to you.

Bentley