The History Book Club discussion

Welcome, Rene. Alisa is so right, your reading shelf will expand fast, which is a good thing.

Rene.....you will find so many recommendations here at history central that your TBR list will grow by leaps and bounds. We are so glad you joined us. Please browse the threads and join right in the book discussions/recommendations.

Hi everyone,

My name is Bev and I'm from SW Pennsylvania.
I enjoy nonfiction and American history and bio autobi
are high on the list.
I'm "learning" goodreads format and am happy to have found this group

Hi Bev.....we are glad you joined us here at the place for the history lover. Please look around and join the book discussions/recommendations.

Hi, I'm Ana. My appreciation for history was launched in the DC area, where my father took me to every historic site and museum he could locate. I loved it! Later, I was fortunate enough to study history and work in the historic preservation.

I live in the San Francisco bay area where I write technical documentation for software developers. I'm an avid reader of American history and am currently focusing on WWI primary & secondary sources.

Welcome, Ana. Glad you could join us.

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 comment 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.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

When you mention a book, this is how it should look:

by Joseph E. Persico


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

And a warm welcome to Marianna, Sharon, Rene, and Bev. So much here to interest you. Have fun.

Glad you found us Bev. Enjoy, a lot to explore.

Hello Bev, nice to have you here. Look around and join in any of the discussions, and take advantage of the many book recommendations found here.

Bryan wrote: "Welcome, Kaj. I hear Sweden is pretty amazing and you have a wide area of interests.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. (There is a ..."
Thank you Bryan,
I will familiarize myself with the rules and started with the add book and author feature by adding one of my favorite books. I will read the rest of the rules too and hope I can be a worthy member of this group.
The Long Ships
Frans G. Bengtsson

Hello all. I'm Peter Eisner, a foreign correspondent and writer. I've spent a lot of time in Latin America and Europe. I tend to lean toward reading about untold sidelights to history and interesting characters who may not have gotten their due.

I'm very interested in WW2, Europe and Japan, in part because my dad was one of the generation--a Naval officer in the Pacific--- and typically didn't speak much about it. I like to fill in the details. So of course, a book like Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand takes me there.

But I've also just read Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard, surrounding the assassination of James Garfield. Fascinating, from new details about Alexander Graham bell to a history of the practice of medicine in the United States.

I look forward to chatting

Welcome, Peter . Glad you could join us.

My father was in the navy in the Pacific in WW2 also. Like yours, he also didn't speak much about the war.

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 comment 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.

When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is how the books you've mentioned should look:

by Laura Hillenbrand

by Candice Millard

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/5...

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

thanks for that. will do.
Kathy wrote: "Welcome, Peter . Glad you could join us.

My father was in the navy in the Pacific in WW2 also. Like yours, he also didn't speak much about the war.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself ..."

Welcome Peter, I hope you find the group rewarding.

Hi, my name is Ngaio. I live in Canada and am currently attending university. This sometimes cuts into my reading time unfortunately, but such is life.

I love all history really, but my particular areas of interest include medical history (plagues etc.), WWI/WWII, the Tudor period, and the Industrial Revolution.

Edit: Oh, and religious history. Knew I was forgetting one :)

Hello Ngaio, glad you found the group and decided to join. Welcome, we are glad to have you as a member.

As 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. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post. Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. This is how books you mention should look:

by Joseph E. Persico

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

Take a moment to read our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Thanks and glad you joined us.

Welcome Ngaio.....great name, the same as one of the great golden age mystery writers, Ngaio Marsh. Glad you joined us and that you find much here to pique your interest in all things history. Questions?......ask any of the moderators.....and enjoy!!

Hey all. I'm glad to be part of the group. I'm a big fan of American history, but also have interests in Korean history and the history of the Middle East.

I'm looking forward to the group.

Hi Jeff! ~ Welcome, we are glad to have you as a member. We have a Middle East challenge going on right now you might be interested in joining, or at least browing those threads.

As 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. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post. Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. This is how books you mention should look:

by Joseph E. Persico

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

Take a moment to read our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Thanks and glad you joined us.

Welcome Ngaio and Jeff

Hi everyone..I'm Ana and I'm 24 years old. I'm an International affairs and political sciences graduate. After college I didn't read any other history books, so I joined the group to see what you guys are up to and get inspired. I really want to read about ancient history (I didn't get the chance to do this in college) and more about art history, U.S and oriental history :) thanks for accepting me here and sorry for any english mistakes. Xoxo

Hello, everyone. My name is Clara, I am currently a undergraduate in Northwestern University. My major is chemistry.
I like reading books, especially history related books such as historical fiction, biographies, and romance. I'm a relatively new member in goodreads, hope I can find more wonderful books.

Welcome Ana and Clara, we are glad to have both of you as members. There is a lot here to see and do so please jump into the threads.

As 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. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post. Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. This is how books you mention should look:

by Joseph E. Persico

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

Take a moment to read our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Thanks and glad you joined us.

Hi all. My name is John Porter.

I live in Michigan.
I am 48 and I love History.

I have been reading books about it since I was 10. I am a Combat Vet from the Iraqi war. I served 23 years. I am retired from the MI Guard and I am a Firefighter/EMT.

My early interest was in the Aviators of WW2. The last few years I have branched out into all areas of Military History and other things as well. My favorite author is W.E.B. Griffin and Tom Clancy. I have all Griffin's books. New one coming out soon and am ready to read it. I hope to get into a lot of talk about History here.
Book below was very interesting to me because it showed how we sometimes only look at History from one side.


Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

HI, I am a lifelong reader and bibliophile. I have hours on my PhD in English literature and have spent 30 years as a journalist and editor. I love nonfiction, biographies and the best of fiction (Pulitzer Prize winners.) Looking forward to reading comments here.

John, Rusty, welcome to the group.

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment. It makes things 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. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post. Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. This is how a book you might mention should look:

by Antony Beevor

John, this is how the authors you mentioned should be cited:

W.E.B. Griffin
Tom Clancy

John since you're interested in WW2 you might want to check out our WW2 folder or participate in the discussion for "Roosevelt's Centurions". Here are the links for those folders:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the information available below

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

Guidelines: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

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

If you have any questions, that's what us moderators are here for. We look forward to your contribution.

Jerome

by Joseph E. Persico

Hello everyone, my name is Patrick and I live in San Antonio, TX and came across your group and thought it would be a great group to join as I'm a big fan of history. My particular favorite is ancient history, though I enjoy reading about any era of history. It's nice to meet all of you...

Hello group! I'm excited to join this group after my new-found interest in history after visiting Williamsburg, VA and Washington, DC. History came alive, so now I want to dig deeper into many aspects of American history (especially between Jamestown and Civil War). The World Wars also fascinate me, so I can't wait to delve in. Thanks for hosting this group.

Paul wrote: "Hello group! I'm excited to join this group after my new-found interest in history after visiting Williamsburg, VA and Washington, DC. History came alive, so now I want to dig deeper into many aspe..."

Welcome, Paul. Please note that there is an active WWII discussion group, among many others. (So many choices and so little time!)

Hello all ^.^
My name is sheena and I am a history newbie after all these years after high-school i need to let my brain no more then it already knows for some odd reason I don't know why I fell in love with it with this idea in my head to why i want to study history more and thinking this group could help me study when needed.... I really don't know what made me think on history but i thought the writing for books and the history in the olden days would be a good fit to understand where i am today in the world I figure history is my news and not the news of today if this makes any scenes at all I just want you to know how grateful I am to be here with you all today. have a nice day.

Clara wrote: "Hello, everyone. My name is Clara, I am currently a undergraduate in Northwestern University. My major is chemistry.
I like reading books, especially history related books such as historical fict..."

Hi, Clara. Welcome to the group from a "downstate" academic. You will find lots of good reading here.

I have been an advid reader all my life and one of the subjects I most like is history. I was very happy to find this group of like minded people who find history fasinating.

Welcome Patrick, Paul, Sheena, and Nina! So glad to have you all with us. There is a lot to see and do here and we hope you avail yourselves of the recommendations and participate in the book discussions.

As 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. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post . Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post. This is how books you mention should look:

by Jeffrey Toobin

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

Take a moment to read our guidelines:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

and the orientation to get you started:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Thanks and glad you joined us.

FYI: the "add book/author" feature does not exist on the goodreads mobile app. (At least I can't find it).

Jeff, the goodreads app does not do a lot of things actually. To use the add book/author feature you do have to be using a web browser.

Hello
My name's Lucy, I'm 28 and I'm from the UK. I've joined this group as I've developed a real interest in history of late. I used to hate history class as a teen probably because we weren't taught in a way that allowed me to see how it's shaped the present. However I was recently both inspired by the film Lincoln and through my shame at how ignorant I am of basic history. I am particularly interested in British history from the Saxons onward and American political history.
Look forward to chatting to some of you and reading some great books.
Lucy x

Hi everyone! I have read history my whole life and can't get enough. Historical fiction is fun to get lost in and recently I have read some alternate history 'what ifs' that are thoroughly entertaining. I spend my free time playing in a couple swing bands, playing dance music from the 30's on up...a real hoot!

Hi, my name is Doreen, and I am a long ago history major from UCLA...and have been reading history, literary novels, mysteries, etc. ever since. My favorite reads lately have been the wonderful books by Candace Millard on Teddy Roosevelt and James Garfield. I look forward to interesting discussions in this group.

Hi, everyone! I am Cindy and I have always been interested in history even as a young child. I majored in history in college. Once in college my focus became centralized with women's roles throughout history and I wrote my senior thesis on women's roles within the French Revolution.

Bentley wrote: "This is a thread where you can introduce yourself to the group. This is one of our rules and guidelines.

Please introduce yourself here so we can welcome you. Tell us a little bit about yoursel..."

Hi,
My name is Sam Honeycutt. I am 60 years old and a very eclectic reader. I read everything from Cicero to Church history. Star Trek to Harry Potter. The Code of Canon Law to Bacon and Marx. Mystery to fantasy, military history and Churchill to Washington and Jefferson.

Hello, my name is Keely. I live in the UK and I am currently a student at university studying for a History degree.
The history I am interested in is more modern, however I would like to learn more about earlier history.

Hello! My name is Roslyn and I live between Baltimore and DC in Maryland. Being a history buff, it's a great place to live because I am surrounded by Civil War Battlefields, War of 1812 and Revolutionary war sites. My favorite genre for reading is historical fiction followed by historical biographies. I look forward to hearing all of your thoughts on the books we read!

Hello Arnie, Doreen, Cindy, Sam, Keely and Roslyn and welcome to the History Book Club.

@Arnie: sounds like you enjoy good music and great non fiction books.
You might like the Music threads:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

Or you might like to get this thread off the ground:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

@Doreen - sounds like you would like to read about the Presidents or participate in discussions about them.

Here is a link to the Presidential Series folder:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

Here is a link to a folder where we are discussing a book about FDR and his military leaders - called Roosevelt's Centurions:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

@Cindy - sounds like you might be interested in our European History folder and possibly Civil Rights in America -

Here is a link to the European History folder:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

Here is a link to the Civil Rights folder:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

If you have some suggestions for threads - here is the link:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

@Sam: - sounds like you might enjoy the Presidential Series folder, the Roosevelt's Centurions discussion and even our Religions of the World folders.

Here is a link to the Presidential Series folder:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

Here is a link to a folder where we are discussing a book about FDR and his military leaders - called Roosevelt's Centurions:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

Here is a link the Religions of the World folder:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

@Keely: - we have quite a few history folders on the site. Simply look at the folders and their titles which are in alphabetical order.

@Roslyn: - sounds like you might be interested in the Civil War folder, and the American History threads. We also periodically have an historical fiction offering.

Here are the links:

American Civil War:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

American History:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

All, take a moment to familiarize yourself with the "add book/author" feature when you comment.

It makes things 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. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link after all of the text of your post at the bottom of the post. Placement at the bottom of the post calls the reader's attention to the book and/or author and increases the readability of your post.

@Doreen, here is how the authors you mentioned should be cited on the History Book Club:

Candace Millard (no photo)

Theodore Roosevelt

James A. Garfield

@Sam, here is how the authors and books you mentioned should be cited on the History Book Club:

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Star Trek (no photo)

by J.K. Rowling

by John P. Beal (no photo)

Francis Bacon

Karl Marx

Winston Churchill

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

Please take a moment to read over the information available below

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

Guidelines: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

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

If you have any questions, please contact one of the moderators.

Regards,

Bentley

by Joseph E. Persico

I want to welcome Ana, Clara, Rusty, Patrick, Paul, Sheena, Nina, Lucy, Arnie, Doreen, Cindy, Sam, and Keely to our group. Thanks for taking the time to introduce yourself.

We have a lot to offer and I look forward to seeing you around the threads.

Hi, everyone. I'm Leo Scanlon, a retired technical writer in the Maryland suburbs of DC. I'm primarily interested in US history and World War II. I'm also interested in music, particularly jazz and swing, and cooking. Glad to be hear!

Welcome, Leo. Glad you could join us. We are now reading a book on WWII:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

And we have a lively music area:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

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. When citing a book and/or author, please put the book cover, author's photo and author's link at the very bottom of the post after your text. Because it is on the bottom, it calls the reader's attention to the book/author and increases the readability of your posts.

This is how a book should look:

by Joseph E. Persico

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/5...

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

Leo wrote: "Hi, everyone. I'm Leo Scanlon, a retired technical writer in the Maryland suburbs of DC. I'm primarily interested in US history and World War II. I'm also interested in music, particularly jazz and..."

Welcome, Leo. It seems that a great many of us share a vital interest in World War II.

Welcome Leo. There are lots of threads here about US history and WWII. Hope you can join in on some of the book discussions.

Welcome Lucy, Arnie, Doreen, Cindy, Sam, Keely, Roslyn, and Leo! Exciting to have so many new members in our every expanding global reading club. We hope you participate in the book recommendations and discussions found here.

Bryan very nice welcome - I liked it