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[Bryan]

Welcome Sigrun, Blossom, Nancy, and Christa. You can to the right place.

Nancy, don't forget to add your book citation:

Colleen McCullough

[Jill H.]

Nancy......also don't forget to add the author link as Bryan demonstrated in post 4601. Otherwise, looking good!!

[Christa]

What a great welcome! Thank you all! I'll be starting to get caught up on your booklist!

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Great glad to have you Nancy but make sure to learn how to do citations.

Check out message 4590 and the links that Alisa left for you.

by Colleen McCullough

For every book and every time we mention it; we post the book cover, the author's photo when available and always the author's link.

If we mention an author, we always do the last two parts: the author's photo when available and always the author's link.

[G]

I am 'mature' in age, but continue to be young is spirit. I am trying to get than hang of this, and find that some of your comments are quite compelling reasons to read a book! I have found out however, that I just don't have enough time, so I will have to be more particular in my choices. I have also found that my appreciation of any given book varies with the day, so I am terribly grateful for my Kindle. I will try again to post a book cover! Thanks.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

You are welcome G. The Mechanics of the Board thread whose link we gave you should help you with citations.

[André, Honorary Contributor - EMERITUS - Music]

Hi Christa, Nancy, Blossom, Sigrun, welcome to the group.
Apart from all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few interesting threads about music - all kinds from all places.
Come take a look/listen if you like.
Best,
André

[Blossom]

Welcome, Nancy! I'm new here too :)
I must admit I am somewhat confused with the book/author 'citation' comments. That is required when I mention a book, correct? Such as right now I am reading A History of the American People by Paul Johnson... But if I am not mentioning a book, then no need for a book/author citation, correct?
I honestly didn't even know about that feature, though, and think it's pretty neat now that I do!
by Paul Johnson

[André, Honorary Contributor - EMERITUS - Music]

Blossom wrote: "Welcome, Nancy! I'm new here too :)
I must admit I am somewhat confused with the book/author 'citation' comments. That is required when I mention a book, correct?..."

Hi Nancy, you're supposing right - and the citation looks perfect!

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Good job Blossom.

[Benedict]

Hi all, my name's Benedict and I live in Leeds, UK. I did an undergrad degree in History and an MA in Medieval Studies. While I'm interested in most history, I'm especially interested in medieval history, religious history, cultural history, the history of ideas, mediterranean history, naval history and the Crusades.

I volunteer at a local archive to keep my paleography and latin skills sharp. Continuing the theme of historically named pets, I have a goldfish named Bohemond for Bohemond of Antioch.

[Bea]

Welcome, Benedict! There's something for everybody here.

For this club 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. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post itself.

Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book itself and/or author and increases the readability of your posts. This is how a cited book should look:

by Barbara W. Tuchman

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...

If you have any questions feel free to ask any of the moderators. Thanks and glad you joined us.

[Alisa]

Welcome Benedict! With your interests I am sure you will find plenty here to discuss with other members. We are glad to have you as a member.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Love the pet theme Benedict and welcome. We are very glad to have you. Please be sure to become familiar with the urls and links that Bea provided for you and try to learn how to do our citations which is an easy task once you get the hang of it. Be sure to check out the Mechanics of the Board thread.

[Bryan]

Glad you joined us, Benedict.

[Duane]

Hello everyone, my name is Duane, I am 46 years old, married and have a six year old son named Jesiah. I retired from the US Navy on 31 Dec 2005 after 20 years of honorable service. I have been married to a wonderful lady named Sandi for the past 14 years. We have a very wonderful 6 year old son named Jesiah who is the light of our lives. Since retiring I have just been enjoying my family and reading those books I never had a chance to read all these years. Currently I am also attending college full time working on two degree's. One in military history and another in drug and alcohol counseling. I have just started work on both degrees and am going to San Diego City College for the history degree using my 9/11 GI Bill and paying out of my own pocket going to Mueller College for the alcohol and drug counseling degree, I don't know how I have time to do that, spend time with my family and read but I'm getting it done.

I love studying and reading all types of history to include world history, history of all nations and even history of such things as coke or pepsi. Lately I have been into reading medical history.

My current book is Henry I by C. Warren Hollister C. Warren Hollister

I look forward to getting to know everyone!!

[Bea]

Hi Duane! I'm retired too and I'd give anything to have your energy! This group has kept me busy with great reading recommendations.

For this club 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. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post itself.

Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book itself and/or author and increases the readability of your posts. The book you cited should look like this.

by C. Warren Hollister (no photo)


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...

If you have any questions feel free to ask any of the moderators. Thanks and glad you joined us.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Duane and keep up the great effort in life. You really amaze me. Be careful about the citations and read carefully all of the links provided for you by assisting moderator Bea.

Thanks Bea.

[Alisa]

Duane, great intro and so glad you joined the group. We look forward to your contributions.

[André, Honorary Contributor - EMERITUS - Music]

Benedict wrote: "Hi all, my name's Benedict and I have a goldfish named Bohemond ..."

Hi Benedict, I once had a Guinea Pig called Queen Mom and a Hamster called Hercules... (I preferred that over the all too obvious David or Goliath...)

Duane, Benedict, welcome to the group.
Apart from all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few fine threads on music - all kinds from all places.
Come and take a look/listen if you like.
Best,
André

[Grant]

Hello Everyone,

I started on goodreads soon after a picked up a kindle. It has been over a year and I just found this club. Looks like a great group of people and a wide variety of topics.

I tend to read a wide variety of books and switch genres so that I don't get bored. Currently, I am working my way through WWII in the pacific.

I am originally from Seattle, Washington, but moved to Fukuoka, Japan a year ago.

I look forward to participating and reading a few books of the month.

[Brandon]

Welcome to the club, Grant!

[Bob]

I am bob 65 retired.living in NYC..Like to read history .Last book Lionheart..Now reading Enemy of God..Like to be with people who read what I likr

[Bryan]

Welcome, Duane, Grant, and Bob. Glad you could join us.

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. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is how the books you've mentioned should look (I hope):

Robert Daley

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. I look forward to your postings.

[Bryan]

Duane wrote: "Hello everyone, my name is Duane, I am 46 years old, married and have a six year old son named Jesiah. I retired from the US Navy on 31 Dec 2005 after 20 years of honorable service. I have been mar..."

Nice, Duane, a degree in military history, very cool. I enjoy it myself and even applied to a few graduate programs.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Grant and Bob....glad to have you all with us.

Please become familiar with the links that Bea and Bryan have added for you - special thanks to them both for assisting newbies.

Also, please learn how to do citations according to our requirements. Help can be found on one of the links that the assisting mods provided for you on the thread called Mechanics of the Board.

Thanks and all best,

Bentley

[Alisa]

Welcome Bob and Grant, glad to have you in the group. If you need a hand the links provided will be helpful, and you can always ask a moderator if you get stuck. Good to have you with us.

[Bea]

Hi Bob and Grant! I look forward to "seeing" you around the board. We have a great group here and some interesting discussions.

[Joanne]

I read mostly in the fields of American Popular Culture (especially Film History) and Virginia history. Currently, my deep interests are in Thomas Jefferson, the Jefferson family, central Virginia in the 18th and 19th century, and slavery in the American South. When time allows I drift to popular histories, local histories, and, occasionally, to historical fiction. I look forward to recommendations from the group and lively conversation.

[Bea]

Welcome Joanne! I know that your expertise will be a great addition to our group.

For this club 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. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post itself.

Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book itself and/or author and increases the readability of your posts. This is how a cited book should look:

by Alfred Hitchcock


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...

If you have any questions feel free to ask any of the moderators. Thanks and glad you joined us.

[Alisa]

Joanne, welcome to the group we are glad to have you. With your interests I am sure you will find much to discuss with other members.

[Joanne]

Many thanks, Bea. This is very helpful. I'm new to Group and Club activity. Lots to learn!

[Joanne]

Thank you, Alisa. I see you moderate for Civil Rights. There are so many excellent books emerging in the field. As I mentioned, I am very interested in slave culture and societal changes, especially in Virginia, immediately following Emancipation.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Joanne, we are glad to have you with us.

[Bob]

bob 65 NYC retired wife dogs computer stamps books . Reading Enemy of God and Fifthteen Flags last book read Lionheart .

[Bea]

Welcome Bob! There's something for everybody here.

For this club 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. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post itself.

Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book itself and/or author and increases the readability of your posts. I'm guessing one of the books you mentioned should look something like this:

by Robert Daley

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...

If you have any questions feel free to ask any of the moderators. Thanks and glad you joined us.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Bob, you must be a very succinct kind of guy. Make sure to read the information kindly provided by Bea and learn how to do the citations here. And then just have a great time.

[Becky]

Hi Bob - welcome to history. (lol)

[Christa]

Just a friendly question, why are we citing to books we are already reading? I found a copy of Colleen McCulloch's book, and while I'm a trained historian, and a trained attorney, I can't see a reason to site for a pleasure read. If those who have signed up to read the book are discussing up, it seems to be like a reading log, which has been shown to decrease children's desire to read.

[Bryan]

Welcome Bob and Joanne glad you found us here.

[Bryan]

Christa wrote: "Just a friendly question, why are we citing to books we are already reading? I found a copy of Colleen McCulloch's book, and while I'm a trained historian, and a trained attorney, I can't see a r..."

Hi Christa:

If you are discussing the McCullough book in those threads, you don't need to cite it. For everything else, you do need to cite it. So, every time you cite a book, it gets listed under "books mentioned on this topic" and "author mentioned on this topic." This is very helpful for people to see what books are talked about and what you might find interesting. I use that feature all the time and it helps me pick out books.

Colleen McCullough

[Bea]

Christa wrote: "Just a friendly question, why are we citing to books we are already reading? I found a copy of Colleen McCulloch's book, and while I'm a trained historian, and a trained attorney, I can't see a r..."

We are citing for the benefit of other group members. If a book you have already read sounds interesting to me, I can simply click on the cover and get additional info in a flash. We are also citing for the benefit of the wider Goodreads community. You may have noticed that the book and author pages on GR have a feature that tells readers in what groups books or authors are being discussed. That feature is populated by our citations.

[André, Honorary Contributor - EMERITUS - Music]

Hi Grant, Bob, Joanne, welcome to the group.
Apart of all the fascinating discussions on history we also have quite a few fine threads on music - all kinds from all places.
COme take a look/listen if you like.
Best,
André

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Christa, you will find a great many legal eagles in the group who love history too. And Bea and Bryan have given you some of the reasons we cite the books and authors we are reading or mentioning. It takes a second or two; but then your post does not get lost in the shuffle. Others will be able to see what you said about a particular book or author and be able to join in on the discussion with you. Without the citations, then after about 5 posts after yours; your post and everything you have to say would be lost in the shuffle. We also think the book covers look cool and by all means make sure that Jake follows the citation rules too. I am only kidding but such a cute dog should not go unnoticed.

All best,

Bentley

[Mike]

Hello Everyone,
I joined Goodreads a few years ago and didn't visit the site again until a few months ago. I've been a fan of history for as long as i can remember, myparticular interests are the American Civil War and the Second World War. I'm currently working on my Masters in U.S. History at the American Public University.

I'm currently reading, amongst other things, Bitterly Divided. Now we'll see if I can do the citation.

David Williams

[Alisa]

Hi Mike, welcome! Great job with the citation, I can see you will get this down pat in no time! When there is no author photo it is not necessary to insert the 'no photo' icon but the link always goes in. Nicely done.

As you get started it is good to 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. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post . Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. This is how books you mention should look:

by David Williams

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.

[Bea]

Hello, Mike. I am really enjoying our current discussion of Battle Cry of Freedom and hope to do some more reading on the Civil War after that. I hope you'll find what you're looking for here, too.

by James M. McPherson

[Cynthia]

Hello, I am new to the group and currently reading a couple of history books. I usually read history books related to American and European history. I look forward to future discussions with other readers of history books.

by Geoffrey Kabaservice

and

by William L. Shirer

[Bea]

Welcome Cynthia! What an ace at citation you already are! I look forward to discussing books with you.

As you get started, please take a moment to familiarize yourself with these threads.


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...

If you have any questions feel free to ask any of the moderators. Thanks and glad you joined us.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Excellent job on citations Cynthia and Mike. Very much appreciated and it will make your posting fun here at the HBC that much better faster. Please take note of the helpful links that the assisting moderators have provided for you; they make life easier and smooth with no wrinkles.

Delighted to have both of you with us.

All best,

Bentley