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['Aussie Rick']

Hi Nylne, welcome to the group and I hope to chat with you soon about some good ancient history books.

[Karolina]

Hi everybody. I am from the Antipodes, make that Australia. Ancient History is probably one of my greatest passions. Yeah, sadly I am too old for many of the others. I have a cat who rules the house, her name is Roxana Taj. I am putting together a little quiz about Zenobia, and that is how I found myself here. Favourite historians Herodotus, Suetonius, and although a bit of a misogynist sometimes, Gibbon. I studied Modern Greek for four years at Uni and am qualified to teach it. At the same time I studied Ancient Greek and became a bit confused. One of the best history books I have read recently is Bettany Hughes' excellent bio of Helen of Troy. At the moment reading "The Odyssey". Greece is my monomania! Like Dick I love calling my pets by exotic names. I had a beautiful Abbysinian whose name was Zenobia, a big boofy Abby X called Fengari, a possum called Persephone and a budgie called Icarus. And, of course, I can't forget Oedipuss a much loved silver tabby.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Karolina,

Welcome to the group, good to see another Australian joining up, 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 the book that you mention in your post should look:

by Homer


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...

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Karolina and welcome. A special thank you to Aussie Rick for helping you.

Please familiarize yourself with the group's rules and guidelines and start experimenting with the add book/author feature above the comment box. We require all books and authors to be cited in a certain way to take advantage of the powerful goodreads software.

Also, when mentioning historians who are also authors - one has to cite the authors as well and you have noted a bunch of them.

For example, this is how all of the ones you mentioned should be cited in your post:

If we just mention an author; we always add the author's photo when available and additionally always the author's link.

Herodotus

Suetonius (no photo available)

Edward Gibbon

There was also this other book mentioned which needed to be cited properly as well:

by Bettany Hughes - (no photo available)

[Bryan]

Welcome, Karolina. I hope you find some good discussions and books here in the group. Enjoy!

[Alisa]

Welcome Karolina, glad to have you in the group!

[Karolina]

Thank you for your warm good wishes and helpful comments. I just posted some pix you may like to look at in my profile. Mainly Greek inspired. Enjoy. More coming. Sounds like a slide night ;-) but, don't worry, I have left my descriptions brief.

[Patrice]

Hello all,
My name is Patrice. I'm a recent graduate of Fordham University, where I double majored in History and Classical Languages (well, Latin). I'm working as a legal and financial proofreader for the moment. I've studied a lot of different kinds of history, so I have a lot of favorites: ancient history, especially of the Roman Republic; early modern European and 20th century European, and I'm becoming a fan of American history again (after four years of taking a much-needed break from it).

In my newly discovered free time post-graduation, I'm a musician, a composer, a martial artist, and a bigger nerd than I thought I was. I'm looking forward to reading everything I didn't have time to read before. Cheers!

Patrice

[Alisa]

Welcome Patrice, glad you could join us. With your interests I am sure you will find plenty to explore.

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 of a proper book citation:
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 Patrice,

We are glad to have you with us. Thank you to Alisa for giving you some helpful links.

[Bryan]

Glad you joined us Patrice. I hope you find some interesting books and discussions here in our group.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Patrice and welcome to the group, I am sure you will have a lot to offer in our discussions and I hope you find lots of new author's and books as well.

[Tim]

Welcome from a fellow Classics major, Karolina and Patrice! I spent more time with Greek than with Latin, but enjoyed both. This is a great place to discover new books to read.

[[deleted user]]

Hi!
My name is Genevieve. I have a BS in Psychology with an emphasis in social work and a minor in photography and chemistry (it took me awhile to make up my mind lol). My husband, 18 month daughter, and I are currently in South Carolina. I'm nervous but excited about joining the group because I'm fairly new to history. I recently discovered my enjoyment of history while reading basic (coffee table type) world history overviews such as:
by Adam Hart-Davis.
I have been wanting to get more into historical reading and expand my personal knowledge, but have found that, sadly, not all histories and biographies are created equal. I'm hoping that this group will help introduce me to more quality reads and provide a resource for me to delve into the subjects matters. I hope to be able to add to the discussions, but hope that ya'll will be open to questions (at least at first)!

[Bryan]

Welcome, Genevieve. Glad you could join us.

Awesome job on the citation. (If there is no photo of the author, you don't need to add it, just the author link will do.)

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...

Feel free to ask any questions and I hope the threads will get you started.

[Alisa]

Welcome Genevieve, we are glad to have you in the group. Gosh there are so many threads and topics to explore in this group that you are bound to find something of interest. We look forward to your posts, and hope you enjoy exploring.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hi Shelley,

We have a no spam, no advertising, no marketing, no self promotion rule. We are delighted to have you with us. But I had to delete your intro.

I hope you do not mind my having to repost it minus the areas that had issues:

From Shelley,

This site is unique in its wealth of leaders and moderators....Hi, I'm a female Texan writer and college instructor who lives at the intersection of American history and literature. Unlike my students, who (sigh) think history's boring because of all their past textbooks, I find it the greatest story ever told.

Shelley

[Simon Chambers]

Thank you for the nice welcome everyone!

[Alisa]

Madoc we have a very strict rule about no self promotion on this club and we adhere to it for the benefit of all our members including authors. If you missed the multiple mentions of it in signing up for the club then let me direct you to more information about how this club works, which can be found here ~

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...

We welcome all members but please live within these guidelines.

I have deleted your post. You can repost an edited version without the self promotion.

Thanks.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Alisa well put, no self promotion means just that.

[Madoc]

hello

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Madoc. Please follow the rules and guidelines that have been kindly added by Alisa and there should be no further issues.

[Bryan]

Welcome Madoc.

[Madoc]

Thank you Bryan. Most gracious.

[Cheryl]

Hello! Looks like I'm member #1568!
My name is Cheryl and I actually found this group while searching on Google for more information about
Colleen McCullough's 'The Grass Crown':
Colleen McCullough
I just finished it and I can't wait to be a part of the upcoming discussion for 'Fortune's Favorites'!

I am a high school English teacher who has recently returned to reading voraciously now that my son only demands my attention 21 hours a day. I obviously love literature, but I also adore historical fiction, with British history being a favorite. I started reading Phillipa Carr / Jean Plaidy books as a teenager, and was hooked. I'm already enjoying the suggestions listed on this site and looking forward to the discussions!

As an English teacher I must ask - how do you italicize the titles of books on these posts? Thanks!

[Alisa]

Cheryl, glad to have you in the group. Great posting on the books and authors! By posting the book cover, author photo (when available) and author link when you mention a book it allows the goodreads software to connect books to discussions fo them. Sounds like that is how you found us, which is great!

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. Be sure to post every book and author you mention in this way. This is how your mentions should look:

and by Colleen McCullough
Jean Plaidy
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...

As to your question about adding italics, if you click on the (some html is ok) link above the comment box it will provide you with the instructions.

Thanks and glad you joined us.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Madoc and Cheryl and welcome to the group, I am sure you will both have a fun time here chatting about good books and authors.

[Bryan]

Welcome Cheryl.

[Terry]

Hello, My name is Terry. I love to read but don't have much time to do so. I am trying to make time for myself and reading. I joined your group hoping to find some good historical books to read.
I would love any suggestions.
Happy 4th of July!

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Terry,

Welcome to the group, I am sure you'll have a great time here discussing your favourite books and authors and I am sure you will find lots of good suggestions once you start poking around in the various threads.

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 Tim Pritchard

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...

[Bryan]

Hi Terry, welcome to the group.

[Alisa]

Terry, welcome, glad you joined. There are many topic threads to explore so hope you have fun finding books of interest.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Terry; glad to have you with us.

[blacksheep01]

Hello all, I've been a member of Goodreads for a long time, but have kind of ignored it for long periods of time as well. But now I'm starting to use it again as a means of keeping track of books I want to read while tracking what I have read. I've found my own reviews from the past are excellent at jogging my memory about something I read long ago, so why not get more involved!

Anyway, history is my life. I have dual undergrad degrees in history and political science and I was recently accepted to graduate school this fall to pursue an MA in European history. I am very excited.

Ancient history and early modern Europe through the age of nationalism and into WWII are my main interests, but I also love some segments of US history and in fact wrote my undergrad thesis on a US history topic. Basically, if it happened in the past, I am interested in varying degrees!

[Bryan]

Welcome back Travis. Glad you decided to get involved.

Here are a few helpful links and 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...

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.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Travis, welcome - we have an emerging Ancient History folder which we hope you will add to as well as a developed military history segment which should make you feel right at home.

Your background should fit right in to the group and its interest areas. Glad you have joined and are back.

Bentley

[Alisa]

Travis, glad you decided to join. With your interests you will find plenty here to discuss. We look forward to your contributions as well!

[Elizabeth]

Hi all, I live and work in Chicago and love reading historical non-fiction, particularly books involving eighteenth and nineteenth century revolutions. Two of my favorite books are:
by Joseph J. Ellis and
by Mark Steel
I look forward to finding suggestions on historical non-fiction that provides insight and detail without being too textbook-ish on all historical eras, and also to joining discussions on how events occurring now impact our evolving understanding of history.

Elizabeth

[Alisa]

Elizabeth, welcome and thanks for the great effort on the book citations. We use all three elements when available (book cover, author photo, and author link), so the Ellis book would look like this:

by Joseph J. Ellis

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.

[Bryan]

Welcome Elizabeth. I hope you find the group interesting to you.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Travis and Elizabeth and welcome to the group, I hope you both have a very enjoyable time here discussing great books and authors.

[Becky]

Hi All,

My name is Becky and I simply love to read, and have been a member of GR for about a year. In December I joined one of the GR book clubs and just saw that a buddy of mine had signed up for this one. When I saw that you read historical fiction too, I was hooked.

I love fiction/non and biographies. I read paper/hardback, eBooks and audiobooks (about an hour on the road for commutes help that).

My reading is eclectic. In the last year I've read about the American Revolution, American Civil War, French Revolution, Russian Revolution, Churchill, Mark Twain, Jews in History, the rise/power/decline of the Nazis, Rome, rock art in the Southwest U.S., Tesla, Holocaust, Japanese internment in America, WWII Pacific theater, immigration in America, the Dustbowl and so much more.

I simply love to learn.

I look forward to the discussions - I think this will be a fun group.

[Alisa]

Hello Becky ~ Glad you decided to join. I think you will find plenty here to discuss with other members and hope you enjoy doing so.

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. This is also true for mentioning authors, so the two you mentioned in your post would look like this:

Winston S. Churchill
Mark Twain

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.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Becky, welcome to the group and I'm sure you are going to have a fun time here.

[Robert]

bob of bob and Karen,

I have been looking for this history book club for years. I was a native New Yorker till 62, when I became a native New Mexican until when I moved to Arizona in 72. I am retired and disabled now.
From 69-94, I was a special ed teacher (in one form or another)in NM and Az. My wife is a Speech Pathologist, semi retired.
On my ColorNook I recently read " and 1861" and "The End of All Wars"

[Alisa]

Welcome Bob, we are glad you found the club! There is a lot to explore here so please join in wherever something interests you.

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. I was only able to locate one of the books you referenced so perhaps you can find it with more information. This is how the books you've mentioned should look:

by Adam Hochschild

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]

Welcome Becky and Bob. I hope you enjoy the group. Jump right in.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Bob and welcome to the group, I am sure you will have a lot to offer and I hope you enjoy yourself here.

[Bob]

Another Bob here. I have been looking for something like this online for quite a while. There are a few book groups locally but they never seem to be reading any books that I am interested in discussing.

I am 57, may be retired (we haven't decided yet). I studied American History and Political Science as an undergrad planning to teach H.S. history. Lack of jobs drove me to law school and I ended up practicing law for about 20 years (and enjoying it for about five years). Switched to teaching elementary school for four years (THAT was fun!) then moved to Italy for the last three years before recently returning to the U.S.

I read mostly history. My fiction reading is very random. I try to limit myself to one fiction and one nonfiction book at a time but just counted 29 books on my night stand in various stages of completion (and that is not counting what I am reading on my Nook which is always in my backpack).

I will be participating in the presidential series to start off with and see where we go from there. You all look like an interesting group.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Bob,

Welcome to the group, I am sure you'll have a great time here discussing your favourite books and authors and I am sure you will find lots of good suggestions once you start poking around in the various threads.

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 Rusty Bradley
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...