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Welcome, Joy! And congratulations on your shiny new degree!

Welcome, Erica, glad you've joined us.

Hello Joy & Erica!

My name is Elizabeth and I'm 24 years old. I live in Kentucky (Louisville, to be precise). I have a BA in psychology and did two minors in English with a concentration in literature and Medieval Studies. I studied French for 5 years and have experience with Japanese, German, and Latin. One of my dreams is to translate Medieval Latin and French manuscripts. The other is to eventually become an archaeologist.

Currently, I work with toddlers as a teacher in a daycare. It's not exactly my dream job, or the best use of my degree, but it works for now. I am going back to school in August to work towards a degree in education so that I can become a third grade teacher. I also plan on doing another major in either microbiology or anthropology. I do enjoy some aspects of my job such as being able to teach my children and the joy that I receive when they finally catch on to what I've taught them. I also enjoy the smiles, hugs, and kisses that I get from my kids when I come to work in the mornings.

I am an avid reader and have been since I was a child. I generally read anything except westerns, romance, and inspirational/Christian books. I quite enjoy horror, fantasy, historical fiction, and mysteries. I have also gotten into the Quirk classics recently. Right now, I am reading Android Karenina. Classic literature is another favorite of mine with Edgar Allan Poe, Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, HP Lovecraft, Victor Hugo, and Gaston LeRoux being among my favorites.

I look forward to making new friends and participating in the challenges.

-Elizabeth

Elizabeth, glad to have you with us!

Hi I'm Rena, I enjoy non fiction books such as the psycopath test and fiction books such as" the invisible ones." I am writing books as well and have published on amazon kindle, Wattpad and smashwords.

I enjoy being a mother, cooking, music and photography.

Welcome, Rena. Hope you enjoy the challenge!

Thanks

Welcome, Claire - we look forward to getting to know you better! If you have questions, just ask. In the meantime, don't forget to check out our FAQ.

It's nice to have you join us, Claire!

My name is Theresa, and I'm so glad I found this group! I've been looking through all the posts before posting an intro, and I really look forward to the Fall 2013 activities. I now live in Texas, but grew up in New York. I work as a CPA, and I really love to read and/or listen to books. My daily commute has me in the car at least 1 1/2 hours a day, so I always have books loaded on my iPod. I carry a Kindle with me for lunch breaks and such. I love almost all genres of books and hope the group will encourage even more diversity in my reading.

Welcome, Theresa! We look forward to seeing what you read in the upcoming months. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Welcome to you, Theresa. This is a great group and I'm glad you've joined in!

Teresa,

I'm glad you found us, can never have to many former, recent, or born and bred New Yorkers. Feel free to jump into the Summer Challenge -- any book you've read since June 1st that fits a task can be claimed. That way you can get your feet wet in the understanding the crazy, ever-changing bonus points we use! or just sit back and plan for the Fall challenge.

Hi Theresa! Welcome!

Thanks for the welcomes! Liz, I think I'll just finish out August with the reading plans I'd already had in place. That will leave time for planning the Fall Challenge.

Hi Everyone!!! :)
My name is Malissa. I am 20 years old and live in Oklahoma. I am currently a sophomore in college. However, I am not currently enrolled in college at this time. I recently moved back to the United States from living in Japan so I had to put my college studies on hold while I get settled. Once I get more settled, I'm hoping to attend the University of West Florida as an English or Library Sciences major. Even though I miss being in school full time, I love having the extra time to read the books that I want to read :)

I am excited about this new group and am looking forward to participating in discussions with y'all! :)

Welcome, Malissa!

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Welcome, Malissa!"

Thank you, Elizabeth! :)

It's nice to have you here, Malissa. I'm a high school librarian and I love it!

Karen GHHS wrote: "It's nice to have you here, Malissa. I'm a high school librarian and I love it!"

Hi Karen! :)
That is an awesome job! When I was a senior in high school, I volunteered at an elementary school library and I fell in love with it. I started going to college as a psychology major but it just didn't "feel" right. When I thought about changing my major, I remembered how much I loved being around books so that's what helped me make my decision to switch majors :)

Maryann wrote: "Hello!
Maryann. Age 37. grad of Harvard Medical School. Married,no children. 1 cat. Voracious reader. i prefer the classics but tend to be eclectic."

Welcome, Maryann! It's great to have a new member reading with us.

Welcome, Maryann! Hope you enjoy the challenges - feel free to ask any questions. Someone is always willing to help out.

Maryann,

Glad to have you with us! This challenge are complicated, but fun (I hope). Please poke around the group -- the Welcome folder is a general overview of the challenges and "Challenge Home (Fall 2013)" contains the information about what we're currently doing. And like Elizabeth said, don't hesitate to ask questions.

I look forward to seeing what you're reading!

Hi, I'm Connie from Connecticut and I would like to join the Winter 2013-14 Challenge. I belong to a few library bookgroups, a short story group, and enjoy lifelong learning classes. I read a mix of books, with many of the books set in other countries. I used to work in healthcare so I enjoy books with medical themes too. I enjoy the theater so try to read some plays too. I'm married and have two adult daughters.

Hi, Connie! It's great to get a new member, and I'm sure you will love the challenge.

Welcome, Connie! You found us at just the right time - gearing up for the next quarter's challenge! And I see you've already started finding your way around, I am interested to see what you read for your Pacific Rim journey!

Thanks for the welcome, Karen and Liz. It was fun planning for the Pacific Rim journey, and I just posted my tentative books.

Welcome, Connie! I hope you enjoy our challenges.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Welcome, Connie! I hope you enjoy our challenges."

Thanks, Elizabeth.

Welcome, Connie. The planning and selecting adds to the fun of reading. Enjoy!

itpdx wrote: "Welcome, Connie. The planning and selecting adds to the fun of reading. Enjoy!"

Thanks, itpdx. I'm looking foreward to trying a new challenge.

Hi. I'm Jama and I recently stumbled on this group. I live in the NYC area, but am originally from northern MN. I like to read a wide variety of fiction, classics and contemporary, sci fi and realistic. I am a real sucker for post-apocolyptic novels, and I am very interested in post-colonial lit. as well.

I have three young sons and a busy life, so it is usually a challenge for me to read 50 books a year. I have some concerns that the rules of these challenges will limit my choices and cause me to read less. Usually my book choices are heavily dependent on the one I just finished. I want to continue reading books that take place in one particular place, or time period, or genre. I hope joining this group makes it easy for me to find my next book without limiting my choices.

Jama wrote: "Hi. I'm Jama and I recently stumbled on this group. I live in the NYC area, but am originally from northern MN. I like to read a wide variety of fiction, classics and contemporary, sci fi and ..."

Welcome, Jama. I hope you enjoy the challenge! The 10- and 20-point tasks can be repeated as many times as you want, unless the task says otherwise. That leaves you quite a bit of freedom in choosing your next book.

Jama wrote: "Hi. I'm Jama and I recently stumbled on this group. I live in the NYC area, but am originally from northern MN. I like to read a wide variety of fiction, classics and contemporary, sci fi and ..."

Thanks, Elizabeth! That's good to hear. I am looking forward to trying out the winter challenge!

Jama wrote: "Hi. I'm Jama and I recently stumbled on this group. I live in the NYC area, but am originally from northern MN...."

Hello Jama! I live in Brooklyn, but grew up in St. Paul. Always happy to see another Minnesotan transplant.

Just go for it, Sam and you'll get the hang of it! I mess up a lot but the moderators are nice about it. (smile)

Hello everyone. My name is Norma Padro. I'm the author and photographer of several books. I'm not new here. I have been here for a while now, but didn't come across this forum before. I'm happy to be here. Thanks for allowing me to enter and read many of your posts. Have a great day.

Just visited Italy and loved it! Anyone know any good historical books based in Florence? Thanks!

Stan wrote: "Just visited Italy and loved it! Anyone know any good historical books based in Florence? Thanks! "

Hey, Stan! I went to Rome last month. Loved it but would like to go back when weather not so bad. I haven't been anywhere else in Italt but the whole country is on my To Do list.

Hi, I've just joined and now can't wait for June 1St.
I've been reading for as long as I can remember, I mainly read literary fiction but do like a mixture of genres - although I avoid romance and spacey sci fi. I'm love this style of challenge as I like to look at my the stack in a different way, I do have a rule not to buy books for a challenge.
this group seems ideal, I tried the challenge on bookish but some challenges are just so obscure I wasn't getting very far, and some of the other challenges seem very general, looking at the past challenges here it seems you lot are somewhere in the middle.
I teach English literature at secondary school, I love the teaching side but look forward to the holidays so I can read lots.

Welcome, Katrina.

~waves hello to Katrina~

I love your author chain!

Hi, Katrina---- it's nice to have you!

Hello Everyone,

I'm Natalie and have found my way here through the Seasonal Reading Challenge and have joined up because I am looking for a more flexible reading challenge.

I live in Europe, love to travel, read, and learn new things.

Welcome, Natalie! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask in either the General Questions thread or the Socializing thread.

Hi Group
I just joined , after seeing that this group's system is based a lot like the SRC . This sounds like fun . I have to take a look at the summer tasks since we're early into June . Maybe I can jump in and get a start now !

Welcome Natalie!

Hi Natalie and Kaye----- it's great to have you in the challenge!

Hello Kaye,

You should absolutely jump in! The style points may be a bit confusing at first, but everyone is good about answering questions & Kate, the score-keeper, will find those that are missed.