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message 1: by LauraT (last edited Aug 08, 2013 02:39AM) (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14294 comments Mod
Hi everybody!!! Welcome here!
Tell us who you are and why you're here with us.
Obviously I'm a bookworm, born and living in Italy with a husband, two kids and thousends of books i don't know where to put!!!!


message 2: by Leslie (new)

Leslie | 16369 comments Hello all! I am back from vacation, tan and bugbitten from hiking and kayaking in Maine U.S. with a pile of books that didn't get read...

I mostly read mysteries, historical fiction, and classics; however, about a year ago when I joined GoodReads, I started trying to read more widely. Toward that goal, I am trying to read books from the Guardian's list of 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read:




message 3: by LauraT (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14294 comments Mod
Welcome back Leslie! Now we are really ready to start!


message 4: by A.L. (new)

A.L. Butcher (alb2012) Hello:) I am from the UK, I live with my partner, an elderly bunny and some naughty guinea pigs. I also have way too many books:)


message 5: by Gill (new)

Gill | 5719 comments Hi I'm Gill. First thing I did when I got up was check to see if the new group had started. And it's here! Thankyou so much to all the moderators.

I love lots of types of books, and am looking forward to being a member of the group.


message 6: by [deleted user] (new)

Hi everyone! I'm Heather, junior doctor in Hull, UK. I enjoy books, talking about books and thinking about books. In my spare time from work my other interests are running, cycling and going to the pub!


message 7: by LauraT (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14294 comments Mod
hallo!!!!!
So happy to welcome the first two members!
Alexandra and Susan, we hope you'll feel at home with us. Just stroll around and see what we think, tell us what you think, and what we could do to improve things here.


message 8: by Shirley (new)

Shirley | 4177 comments Great to see you here Gill and Heather!
Welcome Susan and Alexandra!


message 9: by Gemma (new)

Gemma (gemmagem20) | 460 comments Hi Everyone. Nice to see everyone here. This already seems like a lovely group. I'm Gemma. I live in Worcesrershire with my Fiancé, baby and crazy dog. We are getting married in September, so this year with planning that, and a baby I have not read nearly half of what I have liked. I enjoy reading reviews though and discovering new books.


message 10: by Paul (last edited Aug 12, 2013 12:10AM) (new)

Paul (halfmanhalfbook) Hi, I'm Paul. I live in the beautiful county of Dorset, and have no cats, and three children. I am a prolific reader, tending towards travel, science and all other types of non fiction as well as science fiction and some fantasy. I am trying to read more fiction and will give most things a go. Feel free to add me as a friend.


message 11: by LauraT (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14294 comments Mod
A full year I see Gemma!!!! We'll think about you in september!
When is the exact date?


message 12: by Meran (new)

Meran | 80 comments Paul, what are "not cats"?


message 13: by LauraT (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14294 comments Mod
Paul wrote: "Hi, I'm Paul. I live in the beautiful county of Dorset, and have not cats, and three children. I am a prolific reader, tending towards travel, science and all other types of non fiction as well as ..."
Meran wrote: "Paul, what are "not cats"?"
I had the same question! We've posted at the same time Paul!


message 14: by [deleted user] (new)

Welcome everyone! So happy to have you all here :-)


message 15: by Paul (new)

Paul (halfmanhalfbook) Perils of cut and paste. No cats...


message 16: by Tracey (new)

Tracey (traceypb) | 1193 comments yipheeeee :) I am a happy bunny now to see so many familiar faces.


message 17: by Gemma (new)

Gemma (gemmagem20) | 460 comments It's the 6th, Laura. It's come round very quickly!!


message 18: by LauraT (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14294 comments Mod
You don't know how happy we are!!!


message 19: by Cheryl (new)

Cheryl Hall | 138 comments Hey everyone!

I'm Cheryl and I'm very glad this group exists!


message 20: by Shirley (new)

Shirley | 4177 comments Cheryl wrote: "Hey everyone!

I'm Cheryl and I'm very glad this group exists!"


Lovely to have you join us Cheryl, also Tracey, Gemma, Paul and everyone else who has joined us on our first day!


message 21: by LauraT (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14294 comments Mod
Welcome Cheryl!


message 22: by Vanessa (new)

Vanessa (vll1990) Hi, I'm Vanessa and I live in Scotland! So glad that this group exists now, missed the old one :) I'm here obviously because I'm migrating over from TPOBAB and I love books! My usual choices are cult, classics, horror and contemporary :)


message 23: by LauraT (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14294 comments Mod
Welcome Vanessa! We all hope we'll feel as much at home as before!
Since you like classics, what do you think of coming along with me in my reading the last novel of Dickens?


message 24: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14447 comments Mod
Hi everyone, nice to be here. For anyone who doesn't know me, my name is Alannah I'm a university student currently studying English and History. I can't wait to get stuck in, I like that you've kept the challenges and the book lists so I can transfer them over.


message 25: by Jenny (new)

Jenny (jeoblivion) | 4893 comments Hello all! Really glad to see you here!


message 26: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14447 comments Mod
Hey Jenny. :)


message 27: by Shirley (new)

Shirley | 4177 comments Welcome Vanessa and Alannah - lovely to see you here!


message 28: by Claire (new)

Claire (bookworm_29) I am Claire from South Wales, UK. I have an ever growing list of books to read and not enough time to read them :-)


message 29: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14447 comments Mod
Hey Shirley, lovely to see you here too.

Welcome Claire. :)


message 30: by Shirley (new)

Shirley | 4177 comments Welcome Claire - hope you enjoy being part of this group!


message 31: by Bionic Jean (last edited Aug 12, 2013 02:38AM) (new)

Bionic Jean (bionicjean) Hello all - I've been soooo looking forward to the unveiling of this new group! It looks just my cup of tea with the planned reads, and has a great upbeat feel already. You can sense all the excitement just brimming up.

I'm a retired (sight problems) deputy head teacher, married, always had lots of pets including a manic border collie, cats, guinea pigs en masse....very varied reading tastes so I love to hear about any new to me.


message 32: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14447 comments Mod
Welcome Jean. :)


message 33: by Charbel (new)

Charbel (queez) | 2729 comments Hello, I'm Charbel. I'm university student from lebanon. I started reading when I was twelve and haven't stopped since. I enjoy fiction and science books, but I' ll read anything that's interesting.


message 34: by Shirley (new)

Shirley | 4177 comments Jean wrote: "Hello all - I've been soooo looking forward to the unveiling of this new group! It looks just my cup of tea with the planned reads, and has a great upbeat feel already. You can sense all the excite..."

Thanks Jean, and welcome!!


message 35: by Shirley (new)

Shirley | 4177 comments Charbel wrote: "Hello, I'm Charbel. I'm university student from lebanon. I started reading when I was twelve and haven't stopped since. I enjoy fiction and science books, but I' ll read anything that's interesting."

Welcome Charbel, good to have you in the group!


message 36: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14447 comments Mod
Welcome Charbel. :)


message 37: by LauraT (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14294 comments Mod
Welcome Charbel, Jean, Alannah and Clare!


message 38: by Jo (new)

Jo (new_romantic) Hi everyone! I'm Jo, I live in the UK. I adore reading and I will give anything a go. I'm one of the horrible people that judges a books by its cover, I'm a bit like a magpie in this respect if its sparkly I want it :). I hardly ever abandon a book and I'm on a mission to rescue mistreated books :) and I have a hatred of bending the spines on books it makes me wince when I see people doing it. Also folding the pages of a book to make a bookmark makes me sad:( Finally I have an obsession with bookmarks, I have about 150 of them but the fun thing is that I only use one I don't change them lol. I can't wait to get to know everyone the group is going to be awesome!


message 39: by LauraT (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14294 comments Mod
Welcome Jo. I suspect that, at least in part, we all judge books by their covers.
And sometimes it can be a big mistake!!!!


message 40: by Jane (last edited Aug 12, 2013 03:11AM) (new)

Jane (beyondedenrock) Hello everyone!

I'm Jane and I live on the coast of Cornwall with my fiance, my border terrier and a house running out of room for books. Which doesn't mean that more won't be arriving ...


message 41: by Shirley (new)

Shirley | 4177 comments Jo wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Jo, I live in the UK. I adore reading and I will give anything a go. I'm one of the horrible people that judges a books by its cover, I'm a bit like a magpie in this respect if its..."

Welcome Jo - it's great to have you here with us - right from the start!


message 42: by LauraT (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14294 comments Mod
Hi Jane. How I loved Cornwall!!!


message 43: by Shirley (new)

Shirley | 4177 comments Jane wrote: "Hello everyone!

I'm Jane and I live on the coast of Cornwall with my fiance, my border terrier and a house running out of room for books. Which doesn't mean that more won't be arriving ..."


Welcome Jane!


message 44: by LauraT (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14294 comments Mod
Welcome Judy!!!! Nice to see you here!!!


message 45: by LauraT (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14294 comments Mod
Same for me!!!!


message 46: by Shirley (new)

Shirley | 4177 comments Judy wrote: "Thanks, Laura, its great to come back to my GR "home" group. :-)"

In that case, welcome home, July!!


message 47: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14447 comments Mod
Welcome Judy, lovely to see you here.


message 48: by Kelly (new)

Kelly (marquis784) | 396 comments Hello! So wonderful to be amongst friends, old and new!
My name is Kelly and I'm a book hoarder.
I live in Massachusetts, USA. With my husband, two children and 5 (yes, 5!) cats all rescued.

Looking forward to chatting with all about our favorite subjects!
I have just started a reader review blog so that I can post my Net Galley reads. It's still in its infancy so any suggestions from expert bloggers are welcome.



:)


message 49: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14447 comments Mod
Welcome Kelly. It's so nice to see you here.


message 50: by LauraT (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14294 comments Mod
Welcome Kelly!


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