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1.Monkey.
Déc 13, 2016, 4:11 am

Welcome to Club Read 2017! Please pull up a chair, say hello and introduce yourself to the group!

2torontoc
Déc 13, 2016, 9:49 am

Thank you for starting the 2017 group- I am a retired art teacher. I am still very busy with my participation in a pottery co-op, the Kensington Market Historical Society and a number of lecture series. .. and exercise! I now have the time to read more and go to film festivals.

3.Monkey.
Déc 13, 2016, 10:08 am

Quite welcome :)

So, I'm Monkey, an avid eclectic bookworm since birth; I also love photography, cooking/baking, travel, horror, movies, stationery, lists, cats, ladybugs, and monkeys, to name a few things. ;P I'm an American ex-pat (*sings* sweet home, Chicago) and Belgium is where I happily call home. I am married to a lovely Dutch fella, and we have three feline furbabies, all with their own special brand of Trouble.

I read some of nearly everything, just no fluffy romance/chicklit junk, anything but that! :P Otherwise, I give nearly anything a shot. Horror, classics, and all variety of thriller/suspense/mystery are generally at the top of my list, but my shelves are full of many other things, including (auto)biographies/memoirs, "literature," religion, history, science, graphic novels/comics, historical fic, sci-fi/fantasy, etc and so forth.

Welcome to CR 2017! :D

4tonikat
Déc 13, 2016, 12:12 pm

Hi, to CR17, those I know and those I have to get to know. Thanks for setting another up .Monkey.

I am a keen reader though I don't seem to finish as much as many here. I tend to read a lot of poetry at the moment - partly as I’m developing as a writer of it and have huge holes in my reading to repair as best I can. But also as I get so much from it, from what love in it. I also read fiction, literary and occasional other things (several crime novels lined up at the moment). Also philosophy and mythology and I’ve been drawn to spiritual reading again more recently, especially by people often described as mystics. I also like to read counselling and therapy books and hope to increase that again. Aside from all that I love film, music when I get the chance and am in the right mood, art. Also to get out for good long walks, counsellors will know we spend too much time sitting down. I’m a trans person and show that more these days, a lighter side perhaps (though still seriously interested in the above), it is a big part of how the light gets in anyway, and, hopefully, out. I've rediscovered how good it is to dance, but also how important the right shoes are.

5jjmcgaffey
Modifié : Déc 30, 2016, 10:38 pm

Hi, all - this will be my second year in Club Read, and maybe I'll actually get around to the club threads! I mostly stayed in mine this year, and even that had big gaps in posting.

I read mostly F&SF, then most genre fiction - romance, mystery, etc. Science, history, biography, craft books, poetry, childrens books... a bit of everything except horror and literary fiction (in both cases, because I don't enjoy being depressed). I read fast, and I do a lot of rereading - I used to say it was because I couldn't get enough new books, but the heaps of books I own but haven't read are showing that up as a lie. I'm working on it!

I also do crafting (weaving, braiding, stitching, sewing, leatherwork, etc), garden, cook (mostly baking), do a little computer programming, and run my own home computer repair company (just me). I'm a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, which weaves its way into a lot of what I do (especially cooking and crafting). I'm also a Foreign Service brat - grew up traveling around the world, and never living in the same place for more than three years. I've been in my condo in California (SF Bay Area) for 11 years now, and it still feels very strange...

See you around!

I've set up my thread, though I won't be doing much there for the next day or so.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/244953

6thorold
Déc 14, 2016, 5:22 am

Hi, everyone! It seems a bit early to be starting 2017 threads, when I still have some serious reading to do in 2016, but there's a bit of a lull at the moment before things get hectic again next week, so maybe it's a good opportunity...

I'm Mark (thorold), also on my second year in Club Read. I've found it a very positive experience to make the effort to link together what I was reading and share it in a (fairly-)coherent thread, and I really appreciated it when people stopped by to wave or comment. I also found myself following some other members' threads with considerable interest, and got one or two new ideas along the way, I hope...

I'm another expat: grew up in the UK, but have lived and worked in the Netherlands most of my adult life. I read all kinds of things when the fancy takes me (as it often does...). Lately the focus has been on things like literary fiction, biography, crime, history, travel, and poetry, but there are no guarantees that that's where I will remain in 2017. I do enjoy reading books in languages other than English, especially French and German, and I'm hoping that the coming Benelux thread in Reading Globally will inspire me to read more Dutch as well.

7The_Hibernator
Déc 14, 2016, 9:26 am

Hi everyone! I'm Rachel. I live in Minnesota and work in healthcare.

After a discussion over on Darryl's (kidzdoc) 75ers thread about the pros of each group, I've decided to try a Club Read thread again this year. I want to be encouraged to write long, thoughtful reviews and this is the place to be for that. I started a thread last year, but it petered out because I felt I was posting too much fluff. But this year my plans are pretty solidly non-fluffy. :)

I read a variety of books including fiction and nonfiction. This year, I expect my nonfiction to stay in the current events and social justice genres, though I also like science and medicine. I'll read both modern literary and classic fiction, though I tend to hover over the classics. I also read genre fiction including just about any genre, though I tend to hover away from romances unless they're classics.

8AnnieMod
Déc 15, 2016, 9:30 pm

Another expat here - I moved to the USA (from Bulgaria) in 2010.

I am Annie, had been in Club Read since 2010 I think. Living in Phoenix, AZ these days, just changed apartments so now I have more space for my books and will be able to buy more bookcases.

I read pretty much anything - in some cases I will be changing the genre with each book, in some cases I get stuck on a topic/author/series for a while. I like series and I like short stories. I collect books (and read them) but I also have a kindle and a lot of books on it. I get a lot of magazines and journals and I really should get around to reading them.

I do not read too many romances (although I do occasionally) and westerns (although again, I do read some). My genres are science fiction and mystery although fantasy, horror, crime and the rest of the speculative genres are close to it. I like books in translation - because of the window in a different world. I can read in 3 languages (English, Russian and Bulgarian) but I also like reading translations between them - more curious than anything else. I very rarely read poetry and plays although I love plays usually - I just rarely get around to them.

I don't abandon books unless if they are really bad (probably a couple per decade...). My main goal this year will be not to abandon my thread late in the year as I end up doing in the previous years. At least in the last 2 years I continued to keep track of what I am reading even if I was not posting about it.

9avaland
Déc 16, 2016, 8:14 am

As noted elsewhere, we (avaland & dukedom_enough a.k.a. Lois & Michael) have been with Club Read since its inception in 2009, although we have been less frequent visitors in the past couple of years.

He's the science PhD & I'm the English major, both semi-retired, and yes, like most of you, we have a houseful of books.

Michael admits to spending way too much time on Twitter, but still manages to read SF and some fantasy, nonfiction (current events, some economics, science ...), and some poetry (Auden, Whitman, Larkin...).

I am busy creating stuff and somewhat addicted to ancestry.com, both things cuts into my reading time. I read all manner of fiction (mostly things not on award or bestseller lists), nonfiction (fairly wide-ranging, a bit of this or that) and poetry (Duffy, Kenyon, Dickinson...but I mostly like to browse anthologies these days).

We have a 19 month old grandson, so Nana & Pop-pop are also busy reading board books these days.

If he had to pick three fiction authors he most identifies with: Poul Anderson, Greg Egan and Bruce Sterling. If I had to pick three fiction authors that I think I got most of my literary DNA from, (today) it would be Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood and Angela Carter. We both agree that the first two were easy choices, the third much harder to choose.

>1 .Monkey.: Thanks for starting the group for 2017, Monkey. As it's original creator, I'm thrilled to see it (and Reading Globally) continuing!

10Nickelini
Déc 16, 2016, 1:10 pm

Yes, thanks, Monkey. And thanks Lois for starting this group originally.

My name is Joyce from Vancouver and I've been around ClubRead since 2009. I left the corporate world in 2004, but now my eldest is in 3rd year university, and my other daughter is almost 17, so in three weeks I'm re-entering the corporate world. I'm not sure how much time I'll have for LT in 2017, but I plan on being around.

As for reading, I try to read broadly because I'm a life time learner. I tend to prefer literary fiction (I think this is due to my English literature degree) but I'll try anything if I have a reason to.

11rebeccanyc
Déc 16, 2016, 3:02 pm

I'm Rebecca and I live in NYC (surprise!). As I disclosed on my thread last year, I'm not well and thus I've been reading more mysteries and fewer serious books.

12Book-Dragon1952
Modifié : Déc 17, 2016, 12:22 pm

Hi! I'm Donna from Connecticut, lived here my whole life. I am a mother to 4 daughters, grandmother to 13, wife to my husband of 47 years. I am a former paralegal and now retired due to blindness. My reading is slow but steady, I'm try to read audio books but they usually put me to sleep. I read a lot of sci-fi and fantasy, but also non-fiction - science, U.S. history, biographies and memoirs, space travel. I don't read horror, and short stories and poetry very little. This is my second year in this group, didn't keep up very well last year, due to health problems, but hope to do much better this year. You won't see any fancy stuff, like pictures and tickers, not very good with the tech. Hope to read a large selection of diverse books this year.

13bragan
Déc 17, 2016, 11:04 pm

Hello, and good to see you all again for another year of reading! I don't have a 2017 thread set up yet, but I'll be sure to get around to it sometime between now and the end of December.

Anyway. I'm Betty, I live in New Mexico, and I'm a radio telescope operator, which is probably less interesting than it sounds. But it does mean I have some long night shifts when I can get some extra reading done, as long as all the telescopes are behaving themselves.

I've been a big SF and fantasy reader from the time I was too young to grasp the concept of what a genre even is, but I've found that the older I get, the broader my reading tastes have gotten. These days, they're pretty all-encompassing, or, as I like to think of them, "eclectic." (Well, it sounds much better than "indiscriminate.")

I also have a little bit of a book-buying problem, which I know many of you folks here can relate to. I think one of my goals for the year is going to have to be keeping my TBR from hitting quadruple digits.

14kidzdoc
Déc 19, 2016, 6:33 am

Hi, everyone! I'm Darryl, and I've been a member of Club Read since the spring of 2009. As my user name implies I'm a pediatrician, or more correctly a pediatric hospitalist, as I and my partners provide care to children who require hospitalization in our large free standing children's hospital just north of Atlanta.

Like Joyce I prefer literary fiction, despite not having a background in English literature, particularly works in translation and ones from the African diaspora. I follow several literary awards closely, most notably the Wellcome Book Prize (which focuses on books dealing with health, medicine and illness) the Booker Prize (I'm the administrator for the group), and the new Man Booker International Prize, which replaced the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize this year. I also enjoy non-fiction, about medicine and its history in particular, along with current affairs.

I love to travel, and in doing so I've met 55 LTers by my count, including a dozen past and current members of Club Read, several of whom I see at least once a year, in the US or Europe. I also love to cook, and I'll post new recipes in Club Cucina on a regular basis. I enjoy learning about new recipes, so I would encourage all of you to share your favorite ones with the rest of us!

15ELiz_M
Modifié : Déc 23, 2016, 12:13 pm

G'morning! In real life I generally go by Liz. I am still a relative new member of Club Read; this will be my third year. I am delighted to have found so many individuals with wide-ranging reading habits and writers of thoughtful reviews! I keep up with all your threads, although I rarely comment.

I currently live in Brooklyn -- been there long enough to call myself a New Yorker -- but I grew up and attended college in MN and still consider myself a Midwesterner at heart. I moved out East for grad school and now I work at a performing arts venue in a logistics/management capacity. Lately I have been spending a fair amount of free time at the Met Museum (I'm trying to visit every room -- there are 492 or them), and will post images of the favorite object from each room. Sundays are usually reserved for cooking a week's worth of food and I sometimes bake cookies as a way to relax, so I may post a recipe or two in Club Cucina.

Obviously, I love reading. I have been working my way through the 1001 list for many years but also, thanks to Club Read and my book club, read quite a few other classics and contemporary literary novels as well. I don't particularly enjoy writing and am perpetually behind on reviews in my thread, but I appreciate having a space and a reason to contemplate a little about what I've read rather than mindlessly moving on to the next book.

ETA: my 2017 thread

16AlisonY
Déc 20, 2016, 8:45 am

Hi everyone! I'm Alison (no surprise there), and this will be my third year in CR. I live in Northern Ireland, have two kids of primary school age, and am co-founder of a healthcare tech startup which is exciting but accelerating my grey hairs like you wouldn't believe.

I've had to significantly reduce my reading time lately due to pressure of work, but will be slowly plodding on in 2017. I enjoy literary fiction mostly, but occasionally stray into the odd noir thriller or non-fiction read.

CR has hugely changed my reading, and I love the interaction with everyone. I don't think I'll ever get to the bottom of my reading wish list as there are always so many good book bullets here, but I think that's a good thing. In 2017 I'm going to try to get back to posting on other people's threads more regularly - there just haven't been enough hours in the day lately.

17avaland
Modifié : Déc 20, 2016, 9:34 am

>14 kidzdoc:. Darryl, were you really not here at the inception? I would swear you were one of the invitees during Nov/Dec '08 when the group was still private.

Note: I did go back and look around in '09. Ah, memories! Where are some of those people now, I wonder. It's nice to see many are still here.

18Matke
Modifié : Déc 20, 2016, 10:12 am

Hi, all! I'm Gail, and brand new to CR, although I've been an LT member since 2008. I'm retired and live in a small Alabama town about a hundred miles from Atlanta. My true home, in every sense of that word, is coastal Massachusetts.

Hobbies, after the obvious, include messing about with art, crocheting and knitting, and the occasional burst of gardening and cooking. My second obsession major interest after books is movies..

My reading is eclectic although I avoid romance, westerns, and vampire/zombie sorts of things.
ETA: I read a lot of mysteries, but do have a set of criteria in my head.

I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone is reading and their thoughts about it.

19jnwelch
Déc 20, 2016, 9:24 am

Hi, I'm Joe. Darryl (kidzdoc) has spoken highly of Club Read, so this is my second year.

I used to manage bookstores, and my reading is all over the store. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, mysteries and thrillers, YA, and so on. I used to say, except for romances and westerns. But I very much enjoy Heyer's Regency "romances", and Lonesome Dove, among others, is a top read for me.

I'll be retired after the turn of the year, and look forward to reading and writing more in '17.

20This-n-That
Déc 20, 2016, 11:48 am

Hi, I am Lisa and live on the west coast of the US. My professional background is varied, including a university library gig, but currently I am in stay-at-home mode for various reasons. Occasionally I take on some editing and social media work as an independent contractor. My hobbies include sketching (not that I am very talented) and practicing yoga. Although I usually have the tv turned off, I do enjoy watching The Big Bang Theory and many BBC miniseries shown on PBS.

This is my second year with CR and I am looking forward to viewing everyone's individual reading updates throughout the year. My reading tastes are varied but I usually steer clear of westerns, zombie/vampire horror, Harlequin type of romance novels, etc. I am finding myself wanting to read more nonfiction now, but am choosy about the subject matter. It needs to be about a subject I am interested in to keep my attention.

Wishing everyone an enlightening and entertaining reading year!!

21japaul22
Déc 20, 2016, 1:39 pm

Hi everyone! I'm Jennifer and I've been a member of Club Read since 2012 and LT since 2009. My interactions here have made me a much more well-rounded and knowledgeable reader so thanks to all for that! I read lots of classics and current literary fiction, many off of the 1001 books to read before you die list. I read occasional mysteries and historical fiction for light reads. I also like nonfiction, usually historical biographies or social/cultural analysis. The majority of books I read are by women and I love that!

I am a professional musician (I play french horn), have been married 11 years and have two little boys, ages 7 and 4. All of that keeps me pretty busy, but I watch almost no tv and spend little time on the internet (except for my LT time!), so I find plenty of time to read. I live in Northern Virginia, just outside Washington, DC.

One of my goals this year is to start reading Proust. I've been gathering knowledge from those of you who've already done this, but if anyone has any tips, I'd love to hear them this year!

22kidzdoc
Déc 21, 2016, 10:05 am

>17 avaland: I wasn't one of the original invitees to join Club Read in late 2008, but there is a very good reason for that. I didn't join the 75 Books group until the beginning of 2009, on the invitation of akeela and deebee1, who I got to know from another LT group, probably What Are You Reading Now? I don't think anyone else, save for one or two other LTers, knew me before then. IIRC I found out about Club Read in March of that year, when it became an open group, and joined once I saw that the two of them were also members.

23VivienneR
Déc 21, 2016, 3:27 pm

I've been around in Club Read since 2013 and love hearing about what everyone is reading. Western Canada has been home for many years (Alberta and British Columbia) although I grew up in Northern Ireland. Since I retired from a university library and from the board of a public library, I have doubled the amount of books I read, since I have the time and don't need to read professional literature. My reading is varied but I particularly enjoy British novels and crime fiction from all eras and Canadian novels.

I don't post in threads as often as I'd like, but I read all of your posts - which has helped create my TBR mountain.

24kaylaraeintheway
Déc 21, 2016, 3:55 pm

Hello everyone! I'm Kayla and this is my 3rd year in Club Read. I'm originally from California but have been in Arkansas for the past year and a half living and working at a university. I have an inordinate amount of books in my apartment that I have not yet read, so I'm hoping to tackle those in 2017! I'm anticipating a job change/big move at the end of the school year, so hopefully that won't knock me too far off of my reading track.

I would also like to be a more active participant in the group (or at least keep up with posts/replies throughout the year instead of virtually disappearing halfway through...)

Here's to a year of great reading!

25RidgewayGirl
Déc 23, 2016, 9:04 am

Hi, I'm Kay and I've been happily knocking around here since 2009, enjoying some brilliant reviews and the reminder that books published before a year ago have not gone moldy.

I've given myself over to just reading whatever I want, with a focus on authors who have a harder time being published in the English-speaking world; so women, PoC, works in translation or authors located in places we don't hear much about. This has improved the quality of my reading considerably, as well as pulling me out of my comfort zone. I still read plenty of crime novels, too, though. The grittier and more hopeless the better. And short stories are a favorite, too.

I'm a sucker for the literary prizes, and love a shortlist. I'm especially fond of The Morning News Tournament of Books (the Rooster), the Man Booker and the Man Booker International prizes. I'm easily influenced by the denizens of Club Read, which has led me to dive into Trollope, finally get around to Middlemarch and to become a JCO fangirl. Who knows what this year will bring?

26SHERl0ck
Modifié : Déc 24, 2016, 1:28 pm

hi everyone i am venkatesh from bangaluru, india.

i am new to librarything even though my account was created 4 years ago i reopened in recently ;)
reading as been my passion and have bought new kindle so, stack of my books has drastically reduced....

can anyone plz guide to through all the things that we can do in here, it would be really nice of you.

27cindydavid4
Modifié : Déc 24, 2016, 3:59 pm

>8 AnnieMod: Hey Annie, another Phoenician here! Live in the east valley which is right now having a dust storm to beat the band and at the same time its raining.....

My name is Cindy, and I came to LT with the Book Balloon group (many of the members there have known each other since the early days of our online book discussions on a site called Table Talk) Decided I should expand a bit, see what other groups are doing

I don't remember not being able to read. Used to come home from the library with the maximum number of books we were allowed to check out. Wash rinse repeat every two weeks. I read everything, but esp like HF sci/fi fiction, contemporary novels, as well as non fiction - travel narrative, memoirs, history, geography, scienc. one thing that hooked me about online book groups was discovering authors and titles that I never would have known about, all over the world!

When Im not reading, Im teaching preschool children with hearing loss(this is my 30th year!) , gardening, antiquing and generally staying out of trouble. Did lots of traveling in years passed but injuries have slowed me down a bit

Looking forward to sharing reading with you!

28AnnieMod
Déc 24, 2016, 4:50 pm

>27 cindydavid4: It got awfully windy here (and still is) but the dust storm passed us by for now (Phoenix/Scottsdale border on 101 is the easiest way to explain where I am) and it is raining and cold. I am not a happy Arizonian today :)

Welcome to Club Read:) The biggest problem here is that you end up with a huge wishlist :)

29cindydavid4
Déc 24, 2016, 8:12 pm

>28 AnnieMod: Hee, its raining and cold and Im loving it! But then I don't have to go out in it today. Its days like these I dream of during the long sweltering summer.....

30Rebeki
Modifié : Déc 26, 2016, 6:40 am

Hi all, I'm Rebecca and I live in London with my husband, five-year-old son and two cats. My husband and I love visiting secondhand bookshops and buy books at a much quicker rate than we read them.

This is the sixth year I've started a thread in Club Read. The challenge for me, even though I'm a slow reader by LT standards, is to keep up with my reviews throughout the year, and with everyone else's threads.

I mainly enjoy literary fiction and classic literature. I'm not someone who benefits from planning my reading and this year, more than ever, my aim is to simply to read whatever takes my fancy at a particular moment and to enjoy myself!

31avaland
Déc 27, 2016, 7:39 am

>22 kidzdoc: Interesting history! CR became an open group in late December of 2008 after a private headstart of about a month.

32NanaCC
Déc 27, 2016, 3:50 pm

Hi, I'm Colleen. I joined LT and Club Read in January of 2013, and as I've said before, I'm very glad that I did. I don't plan my reading for the year, because as much as I want to follow a plan, I tend to be distracted easily. All of the great reviews in this group influence my reading. I don't think that's a bad thing. I do plan to continue Trollope's Palliser novels, which I planned to do last year before getting side tracked.

I'm retired, and live with my hubby in a rural town in Northwest New Jersey called Sparta. The deer and bear can be a nuisance, but that's what we get for invading their space. I have three married children and seven grandchildren. I enjoy historical fiction, non-fiction, and mysteries. But, I am usually open to suggestions for anything other than horror.

In addition to reading, I enjoy spending time with my family, and knitting (that's where most of the audio books I listen to come in). I've recently taken up bowling again, and after not doing it for about 30 years, I found out that it can still be a lot of fun.

I hope to do better at keeping up this next year. I seem to have been quite negligent about posting on my own and other people's threads this last quarter.

33PaulCranswick
Déc 27, 2016, 11:41 pm

I was 50 in September 2016 and have enough unread reading material on my shelves to take me safely into my seventies! I have lived in Malaysia since 1994 and have a long suffering (but never quietly) wife, Hani (sometimes referred to as SWMBO), three children Yasmyne (19), Kyran (17) and Belle (12), as well as a supporting cast which includes my book smuggling assistants Azim (also my driver and a part time bouncer who, despite his muscles, lives in almost as much fear of my wife as I do) and Erni (my housemaid, almost-little sister and the worlds greatest coffee maker). I have been a frenetic poster over at the 75 Book Challenge for the last six years and hope to make a little haven over here.


clockwise from top left: Kyran, Paul, Hani, Yasmyne & Belle

34Nickelini
Déc 27, 2016, 11:47 pm

>33 PaulCranswick: Fabulous picture, Paul. Where are you from originally? I'm going to guess Australia.

35PaulCranswick
Déc 27, 2016, 11:54 pm

>34 Nickelini: Joyce, I hail from England in West Yorkshire nearby the city of Leeds. The city of Alan Bennett and Keith Waterhouse of Peter O' Toole and Herbert Asquith, of Caryl Phillips and Arthur Ransome of Scary Spice and Bridget Jones, of Lord Fairfax and Nell MacAndrew.

36Nickelini
Déc 28, 2016, 1:39 am

>35 PaulCranswick:. Paul, thanks for the quick reply. Wow! That's pretty cool. I like that mix, and happen to be a huge Bridget Jones fan. I come from Vancouver. We're a young city, and we do have some famous people from here, but not with that gravitas.

37.Monkey.
Déc 28, 2016, 4:57 am

Hi Paul, welcome aboard; what a great photo, such a lovely family! :))

38PaulCranswick
Déc 28, 2016, 7:06 am

>36 Nickelini: I don't know Joyce; I wouldn't swap Yvonne de Carlo in her prime for many!

>37 .Monkey.: Thanks. It is good to join the group with so many old friends and I am sure soon to be many new ones.

39Trifolia
Déc 28, 2016, 8:52 am

Hi, I'm Monica and after a false start last year, I decided to join this group again. I'm a 50-something historian living in the Flemish (northern) part of Belgium. I work as an archivist / information-specialist, a job far more exciting than it sounds.

I enjoy reading books, mainly world literature, classics, historical fiction, non-fiction and new novels. In between, I like to read detectives and mysteries. I'm not into SF, horror and fantasy, but that's probably more due to ignorance than conviction.

Over the years, I've set myself a few reading-challenges but lost my focus these last few years. However, I realize that these challenges have taken me out of my comfort-zone and were often the more exciting and rewarding reads. So my new year's resolution is to revive and finish some of these challenges and participate in some others.

My thread is open for visitors.

40Nickelini
Déc 28, 2016, 1:27 pm

>39 Trifolia: Monica, you have one of my top dream jobs. Definitely envious!

41benitastrnad
Déc 28, 2016, 5:35 pm

Hi!

I am Benita Strnad and I work at The University of Alabama as an academic librarian. I read. I read all kinds of things, including cereal boxes. I do not have a thread of my own. Instead I lurk on others threads and actively post on other's threads. When I finally retire I intend to start my own thread, but until then I just roam from thread to thread.

This will be my second year at Club Read. Like others here I love to talk about what I read, and I like some of the themed groups and group reads, so you should see more of me this year.

I have been privileged to meet many other LT'ers at meet-ups around the U.S. I don't come anywhere near Darryl's record of meeting at least 50 LT'ers in many locations around the U.S. but I try, and have a great time meeting everybody.

42Simone2
Modifié : Déc 30, 2016, 8:10 pm

Hi all, I am Barbara and this is my second year in this group. I have been very obsessed with the 1001 list and am happy to have discovered so many new authors and titles last year thanks to the reviews in this group.

I am Dutch, live in Amsterdam with my husband and two kids (16 and 13). I work more or less fulltime as a communication strategist in a company for strategy and design, which I started with some others ten years ago.

In 2017 I hope to read another 100 books, a combination of 1001 books, modern literature from around the world and the Booker longlist.

43edwinbcn
Modifié : Déc 30, 2016, 11:00 pm

My name is Edwin (edwinbcn)

I am a textbook author and lecturer at South China Normal University, where I teach Academic Writing and Educational Science.

Dutch expat, living in China since the year 2000. Recently deserted Beijing, after 16 years, and relocated to Guangzhou (Canton), to be closer to Hong Kong, Thailand, and my home in Nanning (China), just 150 km north of Hanoi.

Ten years on LibraryThing, and 7 years at Club Read.

I mainly read fiction in English, Dutch, German, French and Spanish, and am currently developing my reading skills in Chinese.

Challenges for 2017:
* Find a suitable PhD program
* Improve reading and writing skills in Chinese
* Learn to speak Cantonese
* Read 180 books off my TBR pile

I comment relatively little on other members threads but that does not mean I am not interested or don't read them. I do, but my work is very busy. Sometimes I have trouble to get access to LT because of Internet resytrictions in China (I have no VPN).

44dchaikin
Déc 31, 2016, 5:27 pm

I've delayed posting here because apparently I can't decide who I am.

I'm a 40-something seismic processor/interpreter in Houston, TX and have been with CR since 2009, which, coincidentally, is when I stumbled across a lite book about heavier literature - Beowulf on the Beach and I have been kind of/sort of following the list of 50 books within that one book since. That might seem very strange, as it's just a random list. It seems strange to me. Weirder yet, I started not in 2009, but in 2012.

So, I've been kind of/sort of working my way through the ancient classics and I'm getting very very close to year zero. I've also been following the list backwards, by author. So, I read through Toni Morrison, then Cormac McCarthy and now I'm in the midst of Thomas Pynchon (next would be Gabriel Garcia Marquez and magical realism). At this point, I can't say for sure that I'll continue to follow that course, even this year. I'm kind of revolting, but I've kind of done that several times and then gotten back to this oddball list.

In the mean time, my reading of contemporary work suffers, but I still get to some, largely through audio books.

My of goals in 2017 is to figure out where I want my reading to go.

45dchaikin
Déc 31, 2016, 5:29 pm

>17 avaland: Lois - I remember, think about and miss a lot of our ex-members too.

46qebo
Déc 31, 2016, 7:20 pm

I'm Katherine, a computer programmer residing in Lancaster PA. I joined LibraryThing in 2007, and participated in the 75 Books Challenge from 2011-2016. In 2016 I fell significantly short of 75, and realized it was kinda nice not to feel the pressure. I've kept up with several Club Read threads in previous years, often people who cross-post in the 75 or migrated over, and I respect the thoughtfulness of its members, so I'm gonna give this a trial run in 2017. I belong to two RL book groups; one reads strictly non-fiction, one reads mostly fiction. My tastes tilt more toward science than literature. I'm the negligent admin of Non-Fiction Challenge/Journal (I didn't even start a thread in 2016), and I've kept a gardening record in Gardens & Books since 2012. My Club Read thread is here.

47OscarWilde87
Modifié : Jan 1, 2017, 6:29 am

Hi, I'm Oscar and this is my fourth year in Club Read. As a teacher I don't always have the time or energy to read, but I always try to read at least 25 books a year. I will be reviewing everything I read in my thread and I will be reading as much of your threads as time permits since they are always a great source of inspiration for my reading. I generally read more fiction than non-fiction, but I'm interested in a wide variety of genres (or topics).

Happy New (reading) Year!

48ursula
Jan 1, 2017, 8:02 am

Hi everyone, I'm Ursula. I live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan until May, and then ... ? I'm always moving, thanks to my husband's job as a mathematician. I'm an artist and photographer (more info on that can be found in my profile if you're curious). I like to read fiction, listen to non-fiction, and work my way through the 1001 books list. In fact, I have a bunch of lists I am sort of working my way through, but I keep the rest more as a thing to look at occasionally and get excited to check something off than as a "must be read" task. My thread is here.

49Lunarreader
Jan 1, 2017, 4:35 pm

hi everyone, i do hope everyone started the new year well and i wish you all a good health and a lot of fun.
Thanks to this group i will be listing my books here again in 2017. I do admit i'm not the most interactive one here as my time is already very limited for reading and even more to be active here. But i promise everyone that reacts on my topic an answer.

I'm Herman by the way, i tend to be a late night reader hence my nickname. A family with two daughters at university, an international job in the gas transportation business, a big garden, and some other hobbies keep me busy.

2016 was a good reading year. This year i'll attack some fatties on my tbr list so the number of books will probably be a bit lower. But hey, let's start.

Enjoy your reading folks.

50Linda92007
Jan 1, 2017, 5:23 pm

Hi everyone. I'm Linda and looking forward to my sixth year on Club Read. Due to family circumstances I have not been very active the last few years and hope to do better this year.

I live in the Capital Region of NYS and am retired from a long career in public human service delivery and administration.

I will read anything that appeals to me, but generally prefer literary and translated fiction, classics, travel narratives and poetry. My only specific goal, although very long-term, is to eventually read at least one work by each Nobel Literature Laureate whose work has been translated to English.

51valkyrdeath
Jan 1, 2017, 6:49 pm

Hi, I'm Gary, and this is my fourth year on Club Read, which I'm still finding hard to believe. Since I've started keeping a thread here my reading has diversified a lot and I hope that will continue. I'll read just about any genre or type of book, and I hope to carry on increasing the amount of non-fiction I read. I try not to plan things out any more specifically than that since it never works out, so I rarely know exactly what I'm going to be reading next until I actually start it. And as I did last year, I'll again hope that I manage not to fall too far behind in reading everyone else's threads this year.

52Narilka
Jan 1, 2017, 10:52 pm

Hi all! I'm Gale and this is my 3rd year on Club Read. I primarily read fantasy. I do read and enjoy other genres (memoirs, sf, thrillers), it's just that fantasy is my favorite. I am participating in two challenges this year. One is to read more of my TBR pile and the other is a Category challenge. I tend to read what strikes my fancy at the moment so it will be interesting to see how I do. 2016 was a great year of reading for me and I'm looking forward to 2017. I don't tend to post a lot in other people's threads though I do follow along and hope to do better about that this year.

Happy reading everyone!

53fuzzy_patters
Jan 2, 2017, 10:00 am

Happy new year! This will be my eighth year on Club Read. My reading is varied. I read a lot of history, fiction, and some poetry. My goal for 2017 is simply to read more than I did last year. The amount that I read tends to ebb and flow based on the stress involved with teaching during different parts of the year. For example, today is my last day of winter break, and I have been doing a lot more reading over the last two weeks than what I was doing when school was still in session. I am hoping that I can change that this year.

54baswood
Jan 2, 2017, 6:36 pm

I am Barry, born in London but now retired to live in rural South West France with my wife Lynn. I have been a member of club read since 2011 and have enjoyed posting my reviews and reading other peoples. I like the sense of community that is generated by our love of reading.

55ipsoivan
Jan 2, 2017, 8:37 pm

Well! I join on Jan. 2, only to find I am already well behind others in planning and posting. Not to worry--that signals a really engaged group.

I'm Maggie. I've perhaps joined this group once or twice in the past, inspired by everyone's commitment to sharing interesting books, but had overcommitted to other groups and lurked in the background. This year, Club Read is going to be my only group.

My reading is mostly literary fiction.

56MsNick
Jan 3, 2017, 12:22 pm

Hi everyone! My name is Nicole and this is my second year as a member of Club Read. I was born in Albany, NY, but fled to beautiful Savannah, GA for college and then some. I've lived in Charleston, SC for almost 11 years. I enjoy literary fiction with the occasional memoir thrown in for good measure.

57mabith
Modifié : Jan 4, 2017, 11:16 am

I'm Meredith, I think this is my third year in Club Read (whoops, actually my fourth, time flies). I'm in Charleston WV, where I've lived for 16 years. I'm on disability due to a chronic nervous system disease, so I've got a lot of time to read. I mostly read via audiobooks due to paper books being difficult to hold and a need to multitask (I cross-stitch or knit while I listen).

I read pretty widely, but I'm especially fond of non-fiction, particularly history. Unsurprisingly historical fiction is probably my favorite fiction genre. I'm also passionate about children's novels and enjoy going back to child-head space.

Other than reading and crafting, I like to cook and bake, collect teacups and vintage toy soldiers, and I'm a passionate postcard sender.

58DieFledermaus
Jan 4, 2017, 6:23 am

Hi, I’m Stephanie. I’ve been on and off in Club Read since 2012 – hoping this will be an on year and I won’t trail off towards the end. I live north of Seattle and am a native of the Pacific Northwest. Last year was a pretty bad one for reading. I have a PhD in molecular biology and have been working as an academic editor for a year, which mostly involves reading scientific papers and staring at a laptop all day. Unfortunately, the work (plus anti-depressants) decreased my reading motivation.

Normally, I like to read literary fiction, classics, and translated literature, but this year will probably be working to get into a normal reading schedule. In past years, Club Read has expanded the TBR and the to-buy pile, and I very much enjoyed following various threads in the group.

I am also an avid operagoer (or watcher) and often post reviews of live shows or streaming/filmed operas on my thread. This year I have subscriptions to the opera and ballet so will probably be reviewing those. I still have not seen my namesake operetta but am hoping to fix that this year.

59ursula
Jan 4, 2017, 10:11 am

>57 mabith: I didn't realize there was another Postcrosser around here!

60mabith
Jan 4, 2017, 12:50 pm

>59 ursula: Yup! Though I've slacked off on actually using Postcrossing, in favor of a regular circle of people I send to and a new group of my friend's that I joined. I need to get back to Postcrossing though, especially as West Virginia postcards were always in high demand for the people who collect all the states.

61benitastrnad
Jan 4, 2017, 7:33 pm

#57
I also send lots of postcards. Every place I go and sometimes events I attend I send somebody in my family postcards.

I also love getting postcards.

62Nickelini
Jan 4, 2017, 9:18 pm

I love postcards too. A bit of a lost art, I'm afraid.

63AnnieMod
Jan 4, 2017, 10:28 pm

I love postcards as well - both sending and receiving :)

64mabith
Jan 5, 2017, 11:02 am

The art of paper mail is still alive and well, you just have to know where to look, and lots of book related postcard sets about to boot. There are two dormant mail groups we could revive...

65ursula
Jan 5, 2017, 11:09 am

>60 mabith: I can imagine WV would be in demand! When I was in Colorado, it was nice to be able to send Wyoming cards because those were often also highly sought.

Definitely alive and well in corners - I used to do mail art in addition to sending postcards, but so much moving plus expensive postage in Italy made me quit that for the last few years. Maybe I'll be able to start up again.

66.Monkey.
Jan 5, 2017, 12:11 pm

If you're interested in letters, I could point out some sites. Also InCoWriMo starts in a couple weeks; it's not something I do (postage would make it prohibitive, if nothing else), but lots of folks have fun with it. :)

67Lunarreader
Jan 5, 2017, 2:33 pm

>57 mabith: Great to see your interest in our Belgian artist Hergé. I do love Captain Haddock as well. :)

68Lunarreader
Jan 5, 2017, 2:34 pm

To all of you,
we should send postcards to each other on our reading achievements and no posts on LT anymore. :)
Social media is so passé ! :)

69cindydavid4
Jan 5, 2017, 8:06 pm

but - how would we spend our time?......

70AnnieMod
Jan 5, 2017, 8:27 pm

>68 Lunarreader: I will need 3 maps of the world assembled together to be able to write the message I cannot post here... That will be very expensive. :)

71Oandthegang
Jan 6, 2017, 2:17 am

I grew up in Canada, in the Maritimes, but have spent all of my adult life in England. I now live just outside London, within easy striking distance if I feel the urge to go up to town (though I feel increasingly bumpkin-like when I do) but also able to ramble about in something approximating the countryside. I have mostly worked in the media (admin, nothing glam) but had to give up work last year due to health problems, and am now trying to decide whether or not I am, unexpectedly, retired. Not being at work is a mixed blessing in terms of my reading. I used to have a long commute which meant I got a lot of reading done (doesn't make sense that I read less now that I'm home, but there we are), on the other hand being at home means that I am less exposed to the temptations of bookshops, though I am more inclined to binge now when I do get to them.

This year I must be more disciplined and read my way through what I already have, or some of it at least. I'm a slow reader so what I have unread will probably last me the rest of my life. I'm also a slow writer, so my reviews, when I do them, take me ages. It's fortunate that I'm quite disorganised, as otherwise the reviews I read in CR would have me piling up even more books to read. There are many books reviewed which I would never read, but I'm grateful to the reviewers for sharing their reading and their often very detailed thoughts, particularly on the classics, history, and politics.

My own reading splits between fiction and history, with occasional forays into other fields. For some time now I've tended to read books about or written during the period from roughly the end of the 19C to pre-WWII, but recently books about Plantagenets, Tudors, and Stuarts have been finding their way into the house. That's the problem with history - one starts with a curiosity about, say, the Stuarts, but then one needs to understand what went before, and before that..... I also plan to read more about German and European history.

For the first time I have joined the Reading Globally group, so looking forward to reading new people, particularly the Scandinavian/Dutch/Benelux writers, about whom I know little other than the usual Mankell, Nesbo and one or two other crime writers. I've already seen some suggestions from other people's threads.

72Lunarreader
Modifié : Jan 6, 2017, 12:10 pm

>70 AnnieMod: Okay, that might lead us too far. i was just joking given everybody's love for postcards here... :)

73AnnieMod
Jan 6, 2017, 12:11 pm

>72 Lunarreader: Oh I know. :) I was just pointing out it is not too practical :)

74benitastrnad
Jan 6, 2017, 6:08 pm

I think that readers are also writers and letter writing is an extension of reading. So the writing postcards and letters is all part of reading. Therefore, postcards are a perfectly acceptable thing to discuss on a thread about reading.

75.Monkey.
Jan 7, 2017, 4:53 am

While I find no issues with the thread derailing (besides, most intros have already been made) and people can always discuss what's on their minds, I must say, I really don't think that statement is so true. Sure, there's a bit of a relationship between reading & writing, but I don't believe the majority of readers are writers, especially of letters. Sure, one technically reads a letter (a postcard is far too small to fit more than a couple sentences so I'd be hard-pressed to call that reading), but it's entirely different from reading a published work. Again, not to say the topic shouldn't be discussed here (although if people want to chat about it a lot, a thread for it would probably be better than random discussion amongst the intros ;)), just opining about that particular sentiment regarding it. :P

76janemarieprice
Jan 10, 2017, 3:52 pm

Hi! I’m Jane an architect/interior designer in New York. I’ve been on and off in Club Read for several years now and completely fell off the last half of last year due to a horrid amount of studying I needed to do. I am done with that now and recommitted to getting some good work done this year. I read a lot of classic and contemporary fiction, fantasy/sci-fi, and random nonfiction. Outside of reading, I enjoy cooking, camping/hiking, watching all kinds of sports, going to museums, and travel when I can. Looking forward to seeing what everyone else is reading.

77RecklessReader
Fév 5, 2017, 10:04 pm

Reckless Reader, here in Oklahoma. I'm over from GoodReads because I didn't have any way to keep track of my growing personal collection of books. (blush) I've recently discovered Kindle and ebooks, and learned that free books are not always a bargain. I work in a library, and enjoy every minute of it - almost. As my username implies, I'll read just about anything once. I love Library Thing, but I'm looking forward to keeping track of a more traditional 'read' list. I've found quite a few interesting new reads on LIbrary Thing, and look forward to hearing about what everyone else has found.

78dchaikin
Fév 6, 2017, 12:17 am

Welcome Reckless. Some of us are on GR too. Finding interesting new books is definitely something that just kind of happens here, profusely.

79rjglider
Juin 7, 2017, 9:42 am

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Besides being an avid reader, I am an author. My new novel,Golden Legacy, A Jacsen Kidd Adventure/Mystery is available on Amazon, and B and N. If anyone wishes to review the book let me know and I will send you a copy or gift a kindle on Amazon. About me, I read a book a week as well as write and research my next novel. I'm retired after a 20 year legal career. I am an eclectic reader, anything where the story strikes my fancy. I like rereading the classics. I live in Florida on an island and love to sail with my wife and our Labradoodle, Olivia. I look forward to your discussions.

80booklover2004
Juin 23, 2017, 9:57 am

Hello all, I'm Trish from Indiana. I decided to find a new reading site besides goodreads. I have a huge collection of books and it is so nice to find a group that you can log your own reading. I look forward to talking with everyone.

81dchaikin
Juin 23, 2017, 2:17 pm

Glad to have you here Trish. Welcome.

82benitastrnad
Juin 24, 2017, 12:02 am

#80
You will find a very willing community of readers here. Try the 75 Challenge group. That doesn't mean you have to read 75 books. I don't. I just like to talk about the ones I do read.

83booklover2004
Juin 26, 2017, 9:17 am

Thanks for the suggestion :)

84zkmk
Juil 29, 2017, 7:57 am

Hi every one
I'm a teenage bookworm
and I love since fiction stories
(is it right?)
so glad to join you

85dchaikin
Juil 29, 2017, 8:26 am

From some perspectives it is kind of a post fictional world. Welcome to LT zkmk.

86jjmcgaffey
Juil 30, 2017, 2:06 am

I think you mean science fiction - welcome! That's my favorite genre too.

87chlorine
Oct 28, 2017, 11:52 am

Hello everyone,

I'm Clémence (for those of you wondering, that's a female name ;) and have been a Club Read member for part of 2015 (I dropped out before the end of the year).
I've been thinking of joining CR again for some time, especially now that I'm considering leaving my real-life bookclub, and thought there's no reason to wait for 2018 to do that.

I'm 40, French and living in Paris, where I do research and teach computer science.

I read mostly novels, though I've recently tried to read more short stories. I've tried reading in parallel a novel and a short-story collection, and use the novel to create some breathing space between short-stories as I think rushing from one to the other is spoiling them for me. So far it works quite well! :)
I'm also a not very active bookcrosser: www.bookcrossing.com

I do not have definite reading goals. I have already reached the two goals I had set for myself in 2017: read books by authors from 20 different countries (this is a challenge on the French bookcrossing forum), and read 50 books.
From now on and for the next year I think I will try to focus on one of my long-term goals: read from the Hugo and Nebula science-fiction prizes winners. Since I'm now reading short-stories I will not limit myself to novels but also try and read short-stories, and novellas, and novellettes (I never knew there were so many categories for short fiction!). I'm also interested in the Pullitzer prize for fiction.
I'll tackle these lists as soon as I'm done with my TBR. Don't laugh, it's only 10 books high right now and one of my goals is actually to bring it to zero at some point during next year.

I read in French (obviously) and in English, and sometimes worry a bit that my reading belongs too much to the Anglo-Saxon world, but I never worry much and never for long.

I'll try to log everything I read in my thread (all complete books and possibly notable stand alone short-stories), but don't expect very long reviews from me.
I'll also try to follow with everyone's thread but I'm not sure I'll be able to do so. The sheer number is very impressive and I don't know how some of you manage. I suspect that not managing to keep up was one of the reasons I dropped out in 2015 so I don't want to put too much pressure on this aspect.
I did already start skimming the threads and I rediscover the pleasure I had in 2015 of reading all of your thoughful comments on a wide variety of books, so thank you all for this! :)

88tonikat
Oct 28, 2017, 12:21 pm

Welcome back Clémence, I remember you of course :)

It's probably quite obvious to regulars but I often do not keep up as I'd like and am an incompleter every year. C'est la vie. We can only try. I love it when I follow up a name I have seen post and discover someone's world of reading that I hadn't known. And back catalogues, sometimes, when there is a moment.

But seeng this thread title I suddenly thought...do other read this (like me) as Club Redders or Club Read-ers?

(Obviously excuse me if I have missed previous discussion of this vital point.)

89dchaikin
Oct 28, 2017, 1:40 pm

>88 tonikat: Ha, It was Clud "REED" to me until I finally thought about it (after an embarrassingly long time), and realized it was likely conceived of as Clud "RED". Now, I alternate in my head...

>87 chlorine: Warm welcome back C. Nice to have you back and posting about your reading again.

90chlorine
Oct 29, 2017, 9:34 am

>88 tonikat: >89 dchaikin:
Thanks for the warm welcome! :) It's good to "see" again so many people I remember from 2015! :)

I thought it was Club "reed" but now that both of you mention it "red" makes more sense. But then not being a native speaker does not help in disentangling this for me. :p

91jjmcgaffey
Nov 4, 2017, 12:53 am

Huh. I always said it (in my head) as Club "red". As you say, both of them fit just fine... I am a native speaker of English, but I don't know if that has any bearing on the question.

92cindydavid4
Nov 4, 2017, 4:27 am

>90 chlorine: 'read' is one of those strange words in English that is the same for present or past tense, without a change in spelling. "I want to read that book" read is pronounced 'reed'. But "yesterday I read that book" read is pronounced 'red' and yeah you can use which ever spelling in the context of the title (my mind hears 'club reed; for some reason

93chlorine
Nov 4, 2017, 4:46 am

>92 cindydavid4:
You've nailed why not being a native speaker makes it hard to think of here as club "red". :)
English can be so strange that sometimes I wonder how English speaking kids manage to learn how to read and write. ;)

94cindydavid4
Nov 4, 2017, 11:23 am

It is magical, isn't it? I teach pre kindergarten, and I see the kids that for some reason, it just clicks and they start reading. Its one of the joys of teaching - seeing kids working hard to learn something, then theres this spark in their eyes when they 'get it'

95jjmcgaffey
Nov 13, 2017, 11:32 pm

Have you ever seen the list that includes
I need to polish the Polish furniture
?

It's 15 or 20 sentences, each containing a pair (or more) of heteronyms (which is apparently the proper term for words spelled alike, pronounced differently and having different meanings). It's very amusing - and the one I saw was labeled something like "No wonder English is so hard to learn..."

Ah, here it is.
http://www.plainlanguage.gov/examples/humor/englishishard.cfm

96chlorine
Nov 14, 2017, 1:47 am

>95 jjmcgaffey:
Aha, very funny list! Some items were indeed hard for me to understand. :)

97cindydavid4
Nov 14, 2017, 8:51 am

>95 jjmcgaffey: oh yeah I saw that list or something like it a while back. Funny, but also astonishing when you realize how hard the language is to learn as adults and yet lots of people do it!

98jjmcgaffey
Nov 15, 2017, 1:05 pm

Yes. I'm basically monolingual, like most Americans, and I'm utterly in awe of people who are actually able to communicate and understand in a language not their own.

For instance - I was in a multi-cultural college in London, taking computer classes. I was working, with another student, on a very complex concept/problem; we were both struggling to understand it, which required very close counting and adding up. She finally apologized and started counting in Farsi...I can't even imagine trying to do that problem in any of the languages I can count in (which is more languages than I can converse in...but mostly I can only count to ten) (Farsi is one of them, so I recognized her counting).

99chlorine
Nov 15, 2017, 2:00 pm

Don't be in awe of people who learn English. I like to complain about how there are some things I don't like in English because I'm the grumpy smurf but in reality English is one of the easiest languages to learn for Europeans. The structure is not too foreign and the grammar is really easy.
Plus we are exposed to a lot of English material, in particular the songs we loved as teenagers. I know I owe some of my English proficiency to The Police. Becoming gradually able to understand the lyrics as I was learning the language in school was a blast. :)

100tonikat
Modifié : Nov 18, 2017, 3:18 am

>93 chlorine: there are quite a few English speakers wonder the same thing, from several perspectives (and both the teachers and the taught, I wonder).

101TheYankeeIrregular
Nov 21, 2017, 12:02 am

Hello, my name is Leslie, but I go by TheYankeeIrregular on most things bibliographic. I am a registered nurse and I live with my wife of almost 21 years and my three furbabies, Stella (13), Izzy (10), and Finnigan (just turned 3). We currently live in Indiana, United States, but are planning a move "Up North" to the Grand Haven, Michigan area next year. We are very excited. My library is pushing on 4000 volumes, mostly US History, and specifically, history of the American Civil War. I also enjoy reading Historical Fiction and Mystery and Thriller novels. Actually I just love to read period. Looking forward to being part of the group. I'm so glad the group encourages "journaling" about our reading, as I find myself doing that quite a bit, especially when reading Non-Fiction.

102AlisonY
Déc 1, 2017, 1:37 pm

>101 TheYankeeIrregular: Welcome, Leslie. Look forward to following your reading progress.