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[Nancy]

Thanks to all. Hope to get more historical reading done in 2011.

[Bryan]

Welcome,Nancy.

[Dree]

Hello all,
I just joined this group. My name is Dree, I love nonfiction--especially memoirs, food books, and history. I majored in history in college, and then in grad school. Used to be an editor in a university college of architecture, am now a stay-at-home mom of 2 elementary-aged kids/chronic and burnt-out volunteer.

I especially enjoy American social history of any time period.

And I admit, I tend to come and go in goodreads groups as real life takes over :)

[Alisa]

Hello Dree, and welcome. We are glad to have you no matter how sporadic your participation so make yourself at home. Message 1958 by Bentley has links to our guidelines which you should familiarize yourself with before you get started. Glad to have you!

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Dree,

Welcome to the group. We are glad to have you with us. Alisa was kind enough to help you out by giving you great advice about looking at the guidelines, etc. You sound like you have your hands full at home so this should be a great diversion to read a little history now and then.

Bentley

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Dree, welcome to the group and I hope you have an enjoyable time here discussing great books & authors.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Dree. Hope you can enjoy some time with us in between episodes of real life. :)

[Bryan]

Hi Dree and welcome to the group.

[Michael]

Welcome Dree I hope you enjoy our group as much as I do.

[♥Meagan♥]

Hello, everyone. My name is Meagan and I am a 20 year old college student, studying Special Education. I love reading everything, but have a hard time finding good stuff to read. Looking forward to discussions here!

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Meagan, welcome to the group and I am sure you will find many good books to read and discuss here. If you check out message 1958 above posted by Bentley it has some links to the guidelines which you should check out to help you navigate the History Book Club and its requirements. I look forward to chatting with you soon about some great books and authors.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Meagan, we are glad to have you with us. Aussie Rick, thank you for pointing out for Meagan some of our helpful links.

We look forward to reading your posts Meagan and hope you have a great time here.

Bentley

[Alisa]

Meagan, welcome and glad you found the club. Always a lot being discussed here so please join in!

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Meagan. You've come to the right place for great books to read!

[Dree]

Thank you, everyone, for the warm welcome. I look forward to Mr Midshipman Hornblower!

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Don't forget Dree to cite the book and author mentioned:

C.S. Forester

[Bryan]

Hi Meagan, I'm glad you found us here on Goodreads.

[Fernanda]

Hello everyone, my name is Fernanda and I am a student here in Brazil. I just found out about this website and I'm really looking forward to some nice discussions!

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Fernanda,

First welcome and glad to have a new member from Brazil. Please take a look at post 1958 for some helpful hints to some links which may help you get started.

Bentley

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Fernanda, welcome to the group and I am sure you will have a fun time here chatting to people about your favourite books and authors.

[Bryan]

Hello Fernanda. I hope you find the group rewarding.

[Alisa]

Hello Fernanda, welcome to the group. We have members from around the globe with a broad range of interests and perspectives so please join in the discussions wherever you choose. We look forward to your participation.

[Rosenkavalier]

Hi everyone,

I just joined the group. I live in Italy and am interested in 20th century history, particularly the history of the so called three totalitarian systems (to which my country has given a contribution of which we have little to be proud of, unfortunately).
I hope I will be able to take part in the discussions of the group.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Rosenkavalier,

Welcome from Italy. Don't be too hard on your country; every country has something to say unfortunately about. And I love Italy, the culture, the arts, the paintings, the food, and the list goes on and on and especially the friendly and warm people.

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/2878...

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

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


Bentley

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Rosenkavalier, welcome to the group, I am sure you will have a fun time here dicussing your favourite books and authors with members of the group.

[Rosenkavalier]

Thanks Rick and Bentley.

[Bryan]

Glad you can join us Rosenkavalier.

[Alisa]

Welcome to the group Rosenkavalier! Italy, beautiful country. Hope you enjoy your discussions here, we have people from all over the globe. Makes it fun!

[Lindz]

Hey Everyone!!

or G'day from Australia. Am a massive history buff, nerd even geek if you will. I love from anything ancient to modern, I will devour it all.

Currently I am reading the bio John Adams, which has really surprised me, and I am really enjoying it, considering I did not know a lot about revolutionary America before.

[Bryan]

Welcome, Lindz, glad to have here. Take a look at message 1986 where Bentley covers the "add book/author" feature and other helpful links.

Here is what your book looks like:

David McCullough

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Thank you Bryan for helping out Lindz and welcome Lindz from Australia. We have a few folks from your neck of the woods Lindz. Get to know Aussie Rick and Michael (both Assisting Moderators) when you get a chance.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Lindz, good to see you join the group and I am pretty sure you'll have a good time here discussing yoru favourite books, authors and moments in history. I'm sorry to say that I have the same passion for history from the Ancients to today so I look forward to chatting with you more soon.

[Alisa]

Lindz, welcome! I think you will find yourself in good company with the membership here. Please insert yourself into any discussion that interests you. We look forward to your participation.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome to Fernanda, Rosenkavalier, and Lindz!

[Lindz]

Thanks guys, what a welcome!!! I can't to discuss and debate :):)

['Aussie Rick']

I've moved this post for Lisa from Australia:

Hello, I'm a keen reader, and I like history. I'm a teacher-librarian in Melbourne, fond of small silly dogs, travel to historically interesting places, reading, writing and blogging.
I studied classical history at university, but I'm also especially interested in Medieval and Renaissance history. This is partly because they took place in my favourite travel destinations, England, France, Italy and Spain.
A while ago I started writing, and one day may get round to finishing, a history of the Draft-Resisters Union here in Melbourne. I'm also writing a memoir of my dear old music teacher who was one of the first home-grown concert pianists in Melbourne. I should get round to finishing that one first, but - as my favourite T-shirt says - I'd rather be reading.

['Aussie Rick']

Welcome to the group Lisa, I hope you have a fun time here discussing your favourite books, authors and periods of history. When you get a chance please have a look at message 1986 above as it provides links to the policies and procedures required here at the History Book Club.

[Lisa]

'Aussie Rick' wrote: "Welcome to the group Lisa, I hope you have a fun time here discussing your favourite books, authors and periods of history. When you get a chance please have a look at message 1986 above as it prov..."
Oops, sorry, I did read the rules, I just didn't figure out the *where* to do the intro bit. I'm blaming the after-Christmas 'relaxed feeling', ok?

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Lisa, no problems, enjoy the group, I am sure you will have a great time here. Take the time to explore the site and you will find there are sections covering your favorite areas of history. I also enjoying reading about Medieval and Renaissance history and love to travel to the very same regions :)

[Lisa]

Thanks, Rick, I've been through the booklist and added a heap to Mt TBR LOL.
(How's the weather in Canberra, are you copping the rain?)

[Alisa]

Lisa, welcome, we are glad to have you. Looks like Aussie Rick has done a fine job of getting you off to a good start. Hope you enjoy discussing great moments in history.

[Lisa]

Thanks, Alisa, will do my best...

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Thanks Aussie Rick for doing Christmas duty while everybody state side was busy with their Xmas. You luckily (being on the other side of the world) had yours a day earlier.

Lisa welcome to the History Book Club and I know you will get used to things here. We have the rules to keep things nice for everyone and I know that they will not be an imposition for you once you get used to them.

Bentley

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Lisa! Sounds like there is a lot here that you will enjoy.

[Maekala]

I'm Maekala, new to Goodreads and was poking around groups and stumbled across this lovely group. I've already read through the rules and guidelines and glanced through some of the discussion threads and this looks like the perfect place for me. I did my undergrad in criminal justice and political science and will be continuing my grad work in international affairs and cultural studies. I read all over the place, ranging from linguistics, medieval history, political philosophy and current affairs. I'll definitely be poking around and popping up in the near future.

[Alisa]

Maekala, welcome to the group we are glad to have you. Thank you for familiarizing yourself with the rules and guidelines, it will be a huge help to get you off to a good start. If you have any questions along the way please feel free to pop off a note to any of the moderators. We look forward to your posts!

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Maekala,

Here in the metro NYC area we are snowbound. Over two feet of snow last night.

Bentley

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome Maekala, glad to have you join us!

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Maekala, welcome to the group, I am sure you'll have a fun time here discussing great books with all the group.

[Bryan]

Welcome, Lisa and Maekala, I'm glad you found us here on Goodreads.