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[A.J.]

Hello everyone
I am A.J. Deus. History is my life, and I write about it. Social economics of poverty is my primary focus. As one of the drivers of poverty, I have studied religious terrorism through the ages and for all three Judaic belief systems, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Jenny and AJ Deus.

AJ, just as a reminder, we do not allow any self promotion on the site whatsoever. We do have an author's thread which the moderator team uses to post books by contributing members of the group.

Please be mindful of the guidelines for the group.

Link to our guidelines:

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

Take a few moments to read the orientation:

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

We also have a Help Desk folder for those needing some assistance on the format for the citations, etc.

Here is that link:

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

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, A.J. Life is history and history is life. Glad to have you join us.

[Alisa]

Welcome A.J., hope you enjoy the group.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi AJ and welcome to the group.

[Ben]

Hello everybody (in the best Nick Riveria accent i have)

My name is Ben
I am 30
I love the outdoors, American History, and reading

[Alisa]

Hello Ben ~ Welcome, we are glad you have joined the club.

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 how books you mention should look:
by Rebecca Skloot

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2878...

Take a moment and look at our orientation thread:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1851...

Thanks and glad you joined us.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Ben, good to see you join the group, if you love American history and reading then I'm pretty sure you'll have a fun time here.

[Bryan]

Welcome Ben and A.J. Glad you found us and do hope you find some good books to read and good discussions.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Ben. Outdoors, American History, and reading. Great combination. :) Glad to have you join us!

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Ben to the History Book Club. Glad to have you join us.

[Caitlin]

Hi, my name is Caitlin. I'm 21 years old and am a history major at the University of Illinois. I'm hoping to go to grad school in a couple years for either Irish Studies or History (preferably English or French history). I am part of a history club and the history honor's society on campus. I'm also interested in theatre and have participated in a couple student-run theatre groups. I love reading... well, ANYTHING, really. I love music and enjoy some films... Psychology and history are my two favourite subjects... My favourite historical era is either the Victorian era or the Tudors in England. I don't care much for US history, except up to the Reconstruction after the Civil War.

I just wrote a lot and it's so unorganized, sorry!!

<3

[Bryan]

Welcome, Caitlin. Glad you could join us.

When you are ready to cite a book, 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.

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/2...

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

[Alisa]

Caitlin, welcome to the group. With your diverse areas of interest I am sure you will find plenty out here to discuss and explore.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Caitlin. I always enjoy seeing people from Illinois join our group.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Caitlin, welcome to the group and I hope you have a fun time here with everyone discussing your favourite books and authors.

[Tom]

just noticed : members (1021)

we broke 1000 members at some point :)

[Andrea at Reading Lark]

Hi all! I'm Andrea and I live in Washington State. I just moved here over the summer from Georgia. I have a Bachelor's in History and am considering a Ph.D at some point. I have been teaching 8th grade Social Studies for the past 6 years. I also continue to do research and write in my spare time. However, I am writing more fiction than nonfiction these days. My main historical interests are southern history, womens history, antebellum/civil war, and Vietnam War era. I am currently researching life in the Pacific NW during the late 1920's.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Andrea,

Welcome to the group, I am sure you'll have a great time here discussing your favourite books and authors. You seem to have a nice range of interests so I am sure we will see some interesting comments from you soon.

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, it also helps the goodreads software connect books with groups that talk about them.

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

by Nir Rosen
(what I'm currently reading)

Link to our guidelines:

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

More information:

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

Take a few moments to read the orientation:

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

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Andrea. How interesting to move from one corner of the 48 to the opposite corner (Georgia to Washington state). It sounds like you'll have a fun time discussing books and history with us. Glad to have you join!

[Bryan]

Glad you found us, Andrea, and welcome. I salute you for teaching an important topic to 8th graders. Feel free to jump right in if you find something interesting.

[Alisa]

Hello Andrea, welcome to the group and to the Pacific Northwest (I also live in Washington State - Seattle to be exact.) With your subject interests I am sure you will find much to explore and discuss with other members. We look forward to your contributions.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Sandra, Marissa, Andrea, Caitlin - glad to have all of you with us. Thank you assisting moderators for giving all of the new members some helpful links and a warm hello.

Yes, you are correct Tom (smile).

[Zeeshan]

Bentley wrote: "Hello Zeeshan,
sorry for not replying i was stuck in my exams,and yes gojra is in punjab.lahore is about 3 hrs drive from gojra.gojra is famous for eye surgery and field hockey as well.about my degree well i will be a doctor in about 3 years.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Good for you Zeeshan and welcome.

[Christine]

Hello - I joined this group to meet new people who I have interests in common with...I do love my history.

I read most of my books on a eReader - just because it's easier

[Bryan]

Welcome, Christine. Glad you could join us and you should not have any trouble meeting people interested in history.

When you are ready to cite a book, 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.

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/2...

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Christine, welcome to the group, I'm sure you'll have a fun time here and there are heaps of other e-Readers about to chat to as well :)

[Alisa]

Hi Christine, welcome to the group. If you love history you came to the right place. The membership is diverse and there are many threads, please explore and participate wherever you choose. We look forward to your posts.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Christine! Glad to have you join us.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Christine and welcome to the History Book Club. We are glad to have you with us.

Special thanks to Bryan for jumping right in and adding some helpful links for you.

Bentley

[Alisa]

Vince, welcome to The History Book Club and to Goodreads! We are glad you found us, and with your interests I am sure you will find much here to invite your participation. Please join in any discussion thread.

Before 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. This is how books you mention should look:
by Tim Weiner

More information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2878...

Take a moment and look at our orientation thread:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1851...


Thanks and glad you joined us.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Vince. This is the right place to come to talk history and books and (best of all) both!

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Welcome Vince and glad to have you with us. Glad to have you with us from the great state of Virginia (one of the key states in the history of our country).

Update New York is a beautiful place; spent a fair amount of time up state in Ithaca which is a wonderful spot.

With your fine background, we look forward to your posts. Take a moment or two to look over the links and familiarize yourself with some of the guidelines and how we do citations. Alisa was very kind to add some helpful links and hints for you.

Bentley

[Bryan]

Welcome Vince, glad you found us.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Emily, sorry but our pop up tells everybody before they post for the first time that we allow no self promotion. We are happy to welcome authors; we love authors; but we want them to get to know us first and become part of the fabric of the group. We will honor our contributing authors on the promote authors thread; this is done by the moderation team however.

I have taken the liberty to post your intro minus that segment:

From Emily:

Ahhh, HERE everyone is! I have been a Goodreads.com member since the beginning of the year and am very happy to find a group so intellectually devoted to historical fiction. As a military brat I have lived in a number of U.S. regions, The South, The West, Midwest, and currently I reside in the Pacific Northwest.

Historical fiction written about the Civil War has caught my attention lately, resulting in my just having completed, 'The Wench'. My bookshelf contains mostly historical fiction, and political science-related titles.

This month's reading selection, including 'All's Quiet on the Western Front' should generate impassioned discussions.

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Additionally Emily we do have some guidelines regarding citations:

Erich Maria Remarque

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

The books and authors mentioned should have the bookcover, the author's photo when available and the author's link. We do not allow self promotion for the obvious reasons which we have explained in our guidelines.

[Alisa]

Emily, welcome! We are delighted to have you as a member and hope you enjoy discussing books and exploring areas of history that interest you. Non-fiction and fiction are both discussed here so plenty to choose from in topics. We look forward to your participation. BTW, I also live in the Pacific Northwest - a population that enjoys a high ratio of bookstores per capita which is a nice feature for those of us who read constantly!

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Emily and welcome to the group, I am sure you'll have a fun time here discssing great books with all the crowd.

[Emily]

Dear Alisa and Rick,
Thank you for the generous welcome, I'm looking forward to being a part of The History Book Club.

Dear Bentley,
Thank you for the welcome and the help getting started, it's much appreciated and I know I am going to enjoy the discussions and book recommendations. Again, thanks so much.

[Bryan]

Welcome, Emily, I hope you find some interesting books and discussions here.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Emily! It is fun when you finally find a good group to discuss books with. Glad to have you join us.

[Jennifer]

Hello, I'm Jennifer, but call me Jen or Jenny. I'm 27 years old and currently living in Birch Bay, WA but will be moving to Albuquerque, NM next month (Where I'm originally from). I want to hopefully attend University of New Mexico to major in Anthropology/Archaeology with a minor in History, my dream is to become a Museum Director. I am in love with American and Northern European History. My dream is to do underwater archaeology in the Northern Sea, Baltic Sea and North Atlantic to do research on the viking ships that lay on the sea bed. I love Celtic history, it's truly fascinating. I love studying Colonial America, American Frontier, the stories of the Oregon trail are amazing. I enjoy reading anything related to Anthropology and Archaeology, I love reading about evolution and the many discoveries that come with it.
I also enjoy the light reading of romance novels, fantasy, biographies. I also enjoy some good political reading.
For hobbies I enjoy of course reading, writing (I'm a hopeful to-be some day author lol) I love blogging, hiking, camping. Sitting by a campfire in the wilderness with a good book and roasting a marshmallow is pure heaven for me lol.

I'm looking forward to getting to know others here, this is a great group.

[Elizabeth S]

Welcome, Jen. Glad to have you join us. There are lots of great discussions going on in the group, so read and join in!

When you comment, be sure to always site any books or authors you mention using the "add book/author" feature provided by goodreads. It makes things so much easier for people to see what book you are talking about, 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. And it is a requirement for our group. Here is an example of how a book should look:

Tim Weiner

If you are unsure how to do this, either ask one of us moderators for help or go to the following thread for more information:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/2...

Please also take a moment and look at our orientation thread:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Thanks and glad you joined us.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Jen, we are glad to have you with us and what a wonderful intro you wrote so that we could get to know you better before you post.

Thank you Elizabeth S for assisting Jen with your post and helpful links.

I am sure you will enjoy the group and we are glad to have you.

[Bryan]

Hi Jen and welcome. I visited Albuquerque and had a great time. We are glad the HBC will be part of your journey to become a museum director.

[Alisa]

Hi Jen, we are glad you found the group and hope you enjoy discussing and exploring books and historical topics that interest you.

['Aussie Rick']

Hi Jen, welcome to the group and I hope you have a great time here exploring new books on your favourite subjects and talking about old favourites as well.

[Jennifer]

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome. I look forward to getting to know everyone. :)

[Oana]

Hello everyone, my name is Oana (pronounced like "Juana"). I saw that you will be reading A Distant Mirror, which I was hoping to start again (and finish) this year, and joined this group. I usually read about 5-10 nonfiction history books about wherever I travel during the year. This year, I am going to France, so I am brushing up on my French history. Occasionally, I also read some fiction from that country's authors too.



Outside of reading and travelling, my other hobbies are writing, studying Romanian culture, and German-style boardgames. I live with my husband, a cat and two guinea pigs in Vancouver, and work in the museum field.

[Jennifer]

Oana wrote: "Hello everyone, my name is Oana (pronounced like "Juana"). I saw that you will be reading A Distant Mirror, which I was hoping to start again (and finish) this year, and joined this group. I usua..."

Hello, Oana and welcome! It's so great you get to travel so much, that is one very big dream of mine. It's also great that you work in the museum, that is also another big goal of mine. I would love to know and learn what all you do in the museum. Enjoy all the wonderful reading.