2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Hello! I'm 21 and I'm getting back into my reading after having an off few years. I love to read but I've not strayed far out of the YA genre yet. :)

Hi, My name is Dalton. I love to read most kinds of books. I am currently reading the, Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. I have 4 books left, then I will have finished the series. Im also reading, The Storied Life of A.J. Fickery. I have also had the pleasure of writing and publishing my first story about my brother. It has won 3 awards and been featured on radio shows and in magazines, So please check out my book, Brotherly love and watch the trailer by clicking the link. http://youtu.be/WU8ATgrncR4

Hello. My Name is Megan. I was heavily into the YA genre for awhile. Now all the stories seem the same so I am taking a break. But I love reading so I am just jumping around- mostly going off of recommendations or well known books. I am currently reading Don Quixote, which is rather funny and I recommend if you are okay with a lengthy book.
I am obviously new- and you can probably tell that I joined to get more suggestions on books to read.

My name is Shlomo, I live in Panama.

Married, father of 3.

I like to read a lot, although I wish I had more time. I travel a lot, and read during my commute to work.

I recently finished, The Girl on The Train, and just started Station Eleven.

Hi Everyone! I'm Klaudia and I'm 24 years old:) This year I hope I finish my studies. And I love to read! :)

Hi, i'm Sara and i'm italian.. Sorry, my English is not perfect. Whatever i like to read horror and thriller but i read a lot of YA and fantasy too.

Hi everyone! I'm Sruti and I've always loved reading. Even though a lot of what I usually read is fantasy, fiction and crime I love to explore other genres.

Hey all. I'm Jen, and I'm a bibliophile. (Hi, Jen)
lol. No but seriously. I'm a big fantasy reader and enjoy the challenges on GR. Some years I haven't been as proactive about keeping track, so here's to improving that record this year.

Greetings All!

My name is Mary Pat and I am a 60-year-old single mom with a crazy job as an IT Manager for a healthcare practice. I also write and hope to finish several projects this year. (I wanted to mention my writing but also want to stress that it is not my reason for joining the group!) My 18-year-old son graduates from high school in June and heads off to start his own life and I am looking forward to returning to some of my own pursuits.

I tend towards science fiction, fantasy, chick lit and, more recently, memoir but love all kinds of stories. I am fairly tolerant and will try almost any kind of book but if the writing is poor or lackluster, it is likely I will not finish it. I tend to figure out the story line fairly early but great writing, great characters and great creativity will keep me there. I especially love when a writer can surprise me. An author who can keep me guessing and engrossed until the very end is likely to get a five star rating!

In joining this challenge, I hope to average a book a week and to vary the kinds of material I read. I especially hope to work in some classics! And some day I want to read a book a day like my 83-year-old dad! :)

Hello,

I'm Gabs, I'm 20 years old from Bulgaria and I'm in love with books and reading, I've had a Goodreads profile for about an year now, and I finally decided to be more active with it. Also this year I ambitiously embarked on the 50 books challenge despite having a ton of side books connected to my studies to read and getting hooked on Wheel of Time (I managed to sneak some of the books in my challenge but I get the feeling that I'll be reading both the Wheel and all the other books at the same time)
Anyway, I'm always grateful for recommendations and I like being a part of such a wonderful community that is Goodreads ^.^

Hi :)

I'm 29 years old and love reading. I love studying the Bible, but I also read lots of novels. My taste is quite varied. I get "periods", like fantasy, and then novels, classics and so on:)

I'm not a fast reader though, so I spend some time deciding what to read. 40 books a year average is my guess, but I have so much I want to read so I made my goal 50 books. We will see how it goes :)

Welcome everyone! I look forward to getting to know you all better this year.

This is kind of like a support group for readers, except we only encourage your habit! ;)

updated my reading challenge to 60 books, I found the challenge from pinterest and it's so amazing! It will keep me reading different kinds of books and books I never get too :)

Hi! I am Robyn. I joined this group last year and had a lot of fun with it. Unfortunately, some medical issues interfered and I couldn't focus on much of anything, even books. That's bad for an avid reader. :-(

Anyway, I am feeling better and hoping for a better 2015. I am looking forward to getting back in the Goodreads game. My favorite genre is historical fiction (heavy on WWII Europe), but I also venture into Contemporary Fiction, Science Fiction, and maybe the occasional Romance.

Happy to be back and looking forward to reconnecting.

Hi, I'm Dug. I live near London, England and I am a keen reader. My favourite author is Dickens but I do want to widen the range of my reading experiences.

Hi i am Joanne. I love to read and this is new to me.
I would like to read more new things.

Hello Everyone
My Name is Allison,I'm 44 I live in England UK..... 13 miles from Stratford Upon Avon and Warwick Castle and South of Birmingham.......I love reading books and listening to audiobooks generally non fiction.....mu to a 16 yr old and an 8 yr old......volunteer at local school listening to 4 nd 5 yr olds read and encouraging the positivity of reading

Hi! My name is Berit I live in Southern California. I am the mother of three lovely teenagers two boys and a girl. I love reading, working out, and shopping, for books and everything else ;-) I am looking forward to becoming an active member of this group :-)

Hey, my name is Jesper, and I just recently joined this group because one of my friends did as well. I'm from Norway, and I love reading.

Hi! I'm Hanna from Finland. 21yo mother for almost 2yo boy and due date for our daughter is at june. I love reading! Mostly everything for young adults and fantasy.

Hello, just found this group and made a challenge topic. I like the idea of it a lot. I'm Chris, a 25 year old in Alaska. I mostly read fantasy I suppose because they tend to be fun to read and fly by pretty fast. I also like classics although I don't get through as many as I tend to spend more time on them than the average book.

Chris: You live in Alaska? My big dream is to travel to Alaska sometime, if I get to, where should I go?

Well Anchorage is the "big" city. That's where I live, and the city itself is pretty unremarkable as far as cities go. It's a pretty good hub if you want to do any outdoors stuff though (but why would you ever come here if you didn't?)..tons of hiking, fishing, camping, etc with beautiful scenery literally minutes outside of the city. Rent a car and have an adventure! The further outside of Anchorage the better it gets (until you get to the desolate wasteland that is Fairbanks and beyond).

The southeast (Juneau, Ketchikan) is also really cool but kind of closed off and unaccessible. You pretty much have to fly or take a boat to get there but its seriously the most relaxing place I've ever been too. Just tiny towns on the water and beautiful sites. I'd love to live there if it were possible to find a job.

Hi Chris -

I moved from Anchorage, AK to San Jose, CA two years ago. I'd lived in Anchorage for 11 years. I don't miss the winters (although it looks like you've had a mild one this year) but I do miss the people and the scenery.

Chris wrote: "Well Anchorage is the "big" city. That's where I live, and the city itself is pretty unremarkable as far as cities go. It's a pretty good hub if you want to do any outdoors stuff though (but why wo..."

Sounds amazing! Someday... When I go I want to stay at a calm place with beautiful scenery if possible and enjoy relaxing and the beauty.

I'm not really the extreme sport type, I just want to see it, to look at the mountains, go for walks and read in a beautiful setting. Maybe a weird dream, but I'm 29 now and I think I have had it since I was probably little, maybe 7/8..

Hi I'm Giorgia, I'm 16 and I'm from Italy. I like reading YA books (I really enjoyed the John Green's ones), fantasy (or should I say fantasies?), and in general every book that makes me cry. I'm a fan of the Harry Potter saga and the Hunger Games trilogy. I'm currently reading an Italian book about numbers and maths (Il Museo dei Numeri, Piergiorgio Odifreddi). That's all.
P.S. : please tell me if there are mistakes in this comments and in the others I'll write, I still have to improve my English. Thank you xx

Hey I'm Sheila! I'm 15 years old and I love reading Young Adult books! I am so excited that I've finally found a place to discuss books and I hope to read many book throughout the year!

Hello! My name is Sandra from Vienna,Austria. I love reading and I'm so excited to follow all your 2015 Reading Challenges.

Hi ! My name is Michelle , I have been an avid reader since I was 5 ; averaging a book to 3 books a week. I enjoy thriller novels . Have an awesome day!

Um...a little nervous but I'm Nimran but I also will go by Namine. If you'd like to know me well, just look at my profile. Here I'll say that like you all I love reading. Not a fan of full romance, nonfiction, and books about girls/boys/people on farms or living in little towns attending to their lives.

Hello :) I'm brittany. I work graveyard shift and find myself bring able to read mostly during that time. It's nice to escape. I have over 400 books in the app that I want to read, a couple I started and didn't finish, some I would like to compare to the movies that were made after them, and some I added to my list based just on the cool looking book cover lol

Laura wrote: "Hey, everyone! I've joined this group to motivate myself to read more. My boys are in college so you'd think I'd be plowing through books now that I'm not hauling them to baseball games and tennis..."

My goal is also 50 books in 2015. We can do it! :D

Hi, I'm Gabrielle. I love to read all kinds of books and my reading challenge is to read 150 books for 2015.

I'm Kellie and read like a fiend. I cant find how I keep track on everything I'fe read so far this year

hello. I'm Alfredo,24 years old an really big fan of fantasy books. also eead whichever food book cross my path but fantasy books are my fav.

Hi, I'm Kathryn. I have a 3 yr old so when I'm not reading childrens books, I'm reading mystery/thrillers. I most recently started to find interest in some non-fiction as well.

Welcome, all! Good luck with your reading goals!

Welcome! This is such a good group!

Today's a good day to read a book!!

Hello everyone! I'm Barry and I have recently had the pleasure of getting back into something that I truly love to do. That would be, of course, reading. I have always loved mysteries, thrillers, horror novels, crime/suspense and some of the old classics, but I just have not had the time to devote to reading the past 4-5 years.

I was able to read 14 books last year, so I set a goal of 20 this year. I am also trying out several new (to me) authors and I have yet to be disappointed.

Some of my favorite authors include: John Sandford, James Patterson, William Kent Krueger, Richard Layman, Bentley Little, Frank Perreti, Randy Alcorn, and Dean Koontz. While these are the staples I often return to, I have gained several new ones of late and I am looking for more.

Hi im 28 and joined goodreads in december 2014 I have read many book but decided I'm only going to put the books in read shelf as I read them instead of getting feed up trying to remember book I ve read before this way I can keep a record of them. I love to read anything but not a major fan of poems.

Hi, I am Anissa..28/F/WY. I have been on Goodreads for about a year now but this is my first foray into joining a group. It seems like it will be fun even though I am not the fastest reader. I most like historical romance/fantasy but I am open to expanding my reading horizons. I think the book club I started at work is a step in the right direction but I am open to any suggestions.

Hi I am Christine. I have been on Goodreads for 3 years now. I like to read many different genres. I used to be one of those people that could only read 1 book at a time, but now I seem to juggle multiple books depending on what mood I am in and what sounds good to read.

My goal is to read 60 books this year and I am well on my way with 17 read so far. I cannot pick a favorite book, but some of my favorite authors are: Laurell K. Hamilton, Katy Evans, J.R. Ward, Christina Lauren and Stephen King

Hi! I'm Chasity. I have always been an avid reader but honestly I haven't been reading as much as I would like in recent years because of being busy with other interests and college. I'm really looking forward to this year and working on this challenge though I'm still kind of trying to work out how many books I want to challenge myself to read.

I like to read fantasy, historical fiction, and graphic novels particularly though I'm interested in all books with a good story!

Hi, am Linda Ann from kalamazoo, MI.
Love to read!
Am in a monthly F2F book club. Read books in there that I normally would
Not of read... It's good to think out side the box!!!!

Favorite authors.... James Patterson, dean Koontz, Amy tan, Mary Higgins Clark,to name a few..

Linda

Hi, I'm Pam and I'm a science writer. I like science fiction, science nonfiction, historical fiction, and general silliness. I most often listen to audiobooks, so I'm especially looking for good audio recommendations. Thanks!

Hi everyone, I'm Molly! I'm 23 and I am from NY (upstate not the city). I joined Goodreads a few years ago, but I only really became active on it recently. I will pretty much read anything but I huge soft spot for young adult novels, paranormal romance, and pretty much anything by Jane Austen and Shakespeare (especially Taming of the Shrew). My favorite book of all time is Jane Eyre but Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is right on its tail (pretty much all the Harry Potter books are). I am really excited to have found this group!

Hello, My name is Eileen and I am a single mom who is trying to balance kids, work, school and my love of reading. I joined this site a few years ago but never did anything with it. I am happy to say I have set my 2015 reading goal and I will use this site as a tool to keep me on track. So happy to be here. :)

Hi everyone ! My name is Sarah, I am 27 and I am from Marseille (south of France). I enjoy reading any type of book (in french or english and sometimes in japanese)though my favorite kind is fantasy stories.
In january I set myself a goal of 24 books and I've read 6 so far. I just learned about the popsugar2015 reading challenge, so I'd like to give it a try. But no pressure of course ! Reading is and should stay 100% pleasure !

I'm happy that I found a group to share this fun "adventure" with !

Hey, I'm Alexis and I enjoy reading adventure memoirs, travel books, teen fiction, historical fiction, (historical teen fiction a plus) and comedian bios. So just a little bit if everything!

Hi there! I'm Sarah in Washington, DC, and there are too many books on my shelves that I haven't read (!). I love anything with adventure, puzzle solving, and psychological twists. And I'm always a sap for a good love story!