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[Audrey]

My name is Audrey and I am a mom of one daughter and two pugs. I love to read a variety of topics, and am especially interested in anything to do with history. I have been very fascinated with ancient Chinese history, medieval and early American history. It's great to be a part of the group!

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Lindsay and Audrey, Nice to see you both join the group. I am sure you will both have a great time discussing great books and great moments in history.

Below are some links that will help you navigate the History Book Club and what our requirements are.

It would be very helpful if you took the time to familiarise yourself with these:

Policies & Practices
(this one is helpful for when you want to add book covers and author's photo's/links)

and:

Orientation & Roadmap


This is an example of how we like to highlight books and authors by using the 'add book/author' function/button:

[image error] by Martin Windrow (a book I'm currently reading)

[Alisa]

Hello Lindsay and Audrey! ~ Glad you found us. We look forward to your contributions. Plenty out here to join in on so make yourself at home. The rules outlined by Aussie Rick are an important and actually very easy way to make it a more productive experience for all of us. You can always pose questions to any of the moderators if you need help as well.

Welcome.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

L. wrote: "Hello Everybody,

My name is Lindsay, I am 33 years old and live in Utah. I don't really like talking about myself but I love to talk about history. My hobbies are reading, gardening, quilting, ca..."

Welcome to the History Book Club Lindsey. We are happy to have you with us.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Audrey wrote: "My name is Audrey and I am a mom of one daughter and two pugs. I love to read a variety of topics, and am especially interested in anything to do with history. I have been very fascinated with an..."

Thank you Audrey and we are very glad to have you join the group.

Bentley

[Bryan]

Welcome Audrey and Lindsay!

[Harvey]

Welcome all, Bentley is a great moderator and has even complimented me! You are both (Audrey and Lyndsay) in excellent hands, notwithstanding the assistants. Good eggs all!

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Thanks Harvey and you are making me laugh again.

[Randy]

Hi everyone, my name is Randy. I'm 43 and married with two kids (8 and 6). I live near Gainesville, FL and spend a lot of time with the family attending my son's sporting events. Also, we attend Gator sports whenever possible. When I find time to read, it's mostly U.S. history. I also love a good road trip and almost always try to find historical sites along the way. Anyway, I look forward to getting involved with the group very soon.

[Harvey]

Welcome! Bentley, Aussie.. whoever, will doubtless orientate you with the links you will need to use; suffice to say that this group is excellent; some good, if not great minds, and good fun!

[Bryan]

Welcome, Randy. Glad you could join us.

As Harvey states, I'm one of the assistant moderators. If you haven't already done so, please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you are ready to comment on 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. This is how a book should look:

Patrick O'Brian

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

Take a few moments to read our policies:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

and our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Thank you Bryan for your post; great welcome.

Randy, welcome to the History Book Club. You should find a lot of threads which interest you so take a look.

And let us know how we may help you.

All best,

Bentley

[Alisa]

Hi Randy! ~ Welcome to the club, glad you found us. Lots to explore here, including a section to discuss travel if you are looking for recommendations of spots to visit of historical significance on your journeys. ~ http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Randy, welcome to the group and I hope you have a fun time discussing your favourite books with the rest of the group.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome to Lindsay, Aubrey, and Randy. Glad to have you all with us!

Lindsay, I lived in Utah for the first 7 years of my marriage. Beautiful state.

Audrey, it looks like you have an interesting mix of historical interests!

Randy, road trips are definitely great. You can learn a lot of history from driving the country.

I hope you all enjoy some great discussions with us. :)

[Mary Ellen]

Welcome, all! As a new member myself, I think you'll find the group friendly & helpful and the discussions rich in variety.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Thank you Mary Ellen for those kind words. We appreciate members saying hello to all newcomers. Great job.

[[deleted user]]

Hi! Just joined. I love reading all kinds of genres. I live in Florida, but originally from New York. Happy to join this group.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Martha, Nice to see you join the group, I am sure you will have a great time discussing good books with the rest of the great people here.

Below are some links that will help you navigate the History Book Club and what our requirements are.

It would be very helpful if you took the time to familiarise yourself with these:

Policies & Practices
(this one is helpful for when you want to add book covers and author's photo's/links)

and:

Orientation & Roadmap


This is an example of how we like to highlight books and authors by using the 'add book/author' function/button:

[image error] by Martin Windrow (a book I'm currently reading)

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Martha to the History Book Club..I am certain you will find something of interest on this site.

If you need any assistance, please do not hesitate to ask us.

Thank you Aussie Rick for the incredible help you have given Martha.

Bentley

[[deleted user]]

Thank you all. It is nice to feel so welcomed. Appreciate pointing us in the right direction.

[Alisa]

Hi Martha! ~ Welcome to the group. We look forward to your posts and hope you find many interesting topics and books to discuss here.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Martha. Glad to have you with us.

[Allie]

Hello,

My name is Allie. I'm a history teacher in NYC thinking of getting a second masters just in history so any motivation would be great. I'm also new to good reads so any advice or guidance would be much appreciated. Thanks for having me. This seems like a great place for me to start off.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Allie,

It is a great place to start. Please refer to message 1229 for some helpful suggestions and threads on our site which may help you to get started right (Aussie Rick, one of my Assisting Moderators was kind enough to post them).

I believe that you have come to the right place especially with your background and I am sure that we have a lot to learn from you.

I look forward to reading your posts. We are glad to have you. You seem to be in my neck of the woods.

All best,

Bentley

[Don]

Welcome Allie!

I'm new here as well, but this is really a great group of people. Looking forward to participating in the discussions with you; as a history teacher I'm sure you will bring a lot to the table.

Don

[Harvey]

Welcome!!!! Lovely community! I get ticked off occasionally but its OK! The folks are kind!!

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

You are funny Harvey!!

Thank you Don for welcoming others; I hope everyone says hello.

[Harvey]

Well.... you are kind, along with the other good folks!

[Harvey]

I'm part historian... part maverick!

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Allie. Glad to have you with us! There is so much to do on goodreads, and in this group. Please feel free to ask questions. There are lots of experienced people glad to help. Hope you enjoy!

[Bryan]

Welcome Allie and Martha!

[Alisa]

Hi Allie! ~ Welcome, we are glad to have you and hope you find books to discuss which stimulate your thinking. There is a lot out here so take your time and join in as you please.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Allie, welcome to the group and I look forward to chatting with you about some great history and books :)

[Charl]

Hi,

My name is Charl and living in Cape Town, South Africa. I work in forensics, my interests are rugby, golf, music and good books.

Am interested in non-fiction books, mainly European history and to read books about the great war.

Hope you guys can recommend some great books!

Regards,

[Bryan]

Welcome, Charl. Glad you could join us. We have a good crop of folks here to help you recommend some titles.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you are ready to 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 should look:

John Keegan

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

Take a few moments to read our policies:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

and our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us moderators. I look forward to your postings.

[Don]

Welcome to the group Charl, I think you will enjoy your time here!

Take a look at the First World War - General thread in the First World War discussion section - it has many pages of book recommendations from a wide range of WWI topics. It's almost overwhelming, so I'm sure you'll come across something of interest :)

Don

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Thank you Don for welcoming Charl; very much appreciated and for giving him such a helpful suggestion.

Charl, welcome to the History Book Club...you will certainly find some fine books to pursue and even some active discussions.

I look forward to reading your posts.

Bentley

[Alisa]

Hello Charl ~ Welcome! There are a multitude of topics to explore and discussions of books abound within those threads. Hope you explore and enjoy. We look forward to your participation.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Charl! We've got lots of good recommendations about many sections of history. If you don't see what you're looking for, please ask. Glad to have you join us!

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Charl, good to see you join the group. I also enjoy European history and books on the Great War so hopefully we can swap some good book suggestions.

[Markus]

Hello, I'm fairly new to Goodreads and just discovered the group feature. My name is Markus and I'm living in Austria and studying history and latin to (maybe) become a teacher. At the moment I'm browsing through the discussion board and have already discovered a lot of interesting subjects. I'm sure that I will find some interesting recommendations for further readings on this board. I have just started to add some books to my account and I'm sure the list will get longer with time.

PS: By just looking through the board, I have to say I'm stunned how much effort you put into the cultivation of this group, Bentley (a rather rare thing regarding the "web 2.0" fashion today, where everbody has created a bunch of groups and blogs by himself which never get looked after).

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

We are glad to have you Markus and welcome to the History Book Club.

Please make sure to take a careful look at our guidelines.

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

[Alisa]

Hello Markus ~ Glad you found the group. There is a lot to explore covering many areas of history. The guidelines that Bentley pointed you to are important but quite easy once you get the hang of it. Welcome!

[Bryan]

Welcome, Markus!

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Markus. Glad to have you join us. Good luck in deciding if teaching is for you. Enjoy the reading and discussions!

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Markus, another welcome to the group, hope to discuss some good books with you sometime soon.

[Don]

Welcome aboard Markus! Join in on one of our book discussions, they are great fun.

[Steven]

Hi Markus,
Welcome!

[Charl]

Don wrote: "Welcome to the group Charl, I think you will enjoy your time here!

Take a look at the First World War - General thread in the First World War discussion section - it has many pages of book recomme..."

Hi Don,

Thank you very much. I am still in the process also of learning how to work this site - thanks for giving the tip, will have a look at the section.

Thanks everybody for the welcome!

Charl