You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

New members, please introduce yourself here. Tell us as much or as little about yourself as you'd like. We love getting to know each other.

Hi everyone,
I've joined the group a few days ago, and already posted some comments, but only now I'm introducing myself properly (sorry!).
I'm from Uruguay but I live in the US. I'm a mom of 7, so I have little free time, but when I'm free I like to read, discuss books, knit, drink some coffee (generally all at the same time).
I read many genres but probably historical fiction is my favorite, followed by classics.
I'm enjoying YLTO! Looking forward to sharing readings and discussions with you!

Welcome Sandra. Don't apologise at all, sounds like you are an incredibly busy lady! Look forward to sharing reads with you as well :)

Hi Sandra. I was just catching up on the posts in What Are You Reading and Why, and saw you there. Glad to see you jumping right in, and hope to see you in the December activities!

Welcome Sandra! You sound like a busy lady and I'm glad you've found some time to join us. :)

Hi I'm Laura and I've lurked in this group for quite some time. You all seem like a friendly bunch and I'm glad to be here.

Besides reading, I'm into yoga and meditation, quilting and genealogy. Due to not being able to tolerate gluten, dairy or corn, I spend lots of time in the kitchen, and audiobooks are wonderful company. I live in Maryland, which is eastern US.

I enjoy historical fiction, mysteries, the classics and also biographies and a little history now and then. I got burned out a couple of years ago from trying to do too many challenges, and was bummed to discover this group too late to start your Alphabet challenge....so I'm staying tuned to see what Janice pulls out of her hat next. :)

Welcome also to Sandra!

Laura wrote: "Hi I'm Laura and I've lurked in this group for quite some time. You all seem like a friendly bunch and I'm glad to be here.

Besides reading, I'm into yoga and meditation, quilting and genealo..."

Hi Laura,

Glad to see you emerging from lurk-dom ;)

There are a lot of audiobook lovers here too - multitasking is never a bad thing!

I think we are all stalking the 2014 challenge thread. Patiently of course!

Haha, of course, lol. Thanks, Kat. :)

Thank you everyone for your warm welcome!
And Laura, Welcome!

Thanks, Sandra! I don't know how you do it with seven kids. What are their age ranges? Christmas must be quite a challenge too.

It is a 24/7 work, of course, but thank God I can stay at home and take care of them. They go from 10 months-old to 15 years-old. 4 are at school and 3 at home with me.
We survived Thanksgiving break, so I'm confident we'll survive Christmas too. :)
Have you got children?

I do, but just one. She is 22 and finishing up college in Virginia. I'm the youngest of 9 though, so I do have some idea of what you're handling there.

God bless you is all I say. :) My parents only had 5 at a time, max. There was quite a gap between the oldest three and the rest.

ETA: You must have lots of patience! Something I sadly lack lol.

People usually says that the youngest of a numerous family is the spoiled one. But I'm absolutely sure that the youngest one is a survivor! Good for you!
Hope we can share some readings and discussions in the future!

Thanks, Sandra, I hope so too. :)

My siblings would say I am the spoiled one, but I like survivor much better.

Woohooo! So glad that you came out of lurkdom, Laura. Your avatar looks familiar, so perhaps I've seen you in another group. Are you in the Audiobook group?

It's nice to have another quilter in the group. :)

I hope to post the 2014 challenge tonight. It's storming here with blizzard conditions, so it will be a perfect night to stay warm and cozy. Speaking of cozy... check out our December challenge.

Thanks, Janice. Yeah, I am in the Audiobook group, and I have seen you and your crystal ball over there a time or two!

Stay safe in that blizzard, and I can't wait to see what the 2014 Challenge brings. :D

Ok, I just managed to get to this thread after joining a few days back.

Found the group through Thing Two, after getting curious seeing the alphabet lists and challenges. I love challenges. I frequently fail to achieve them due to unforeseen outside challenges! However, I have learned to just shake it off.

My name is Will, I just turned 37, I live just outside Chicago in sleepy Winfield, IL., where I have a studio in my home in which I am a composer of classical music, and I'm a retired professional Fencer and Fencing Coach, and most recently have been appointed/elected to my Public Library's Board of Trustees. I read a great deal, and buy hundreds upon hundreds of books a year thanks to my many friends in the literary, publishing, reviewing, and used book dealer worlds. I have seemingly innumerable hobbies, which is probably why my chosen vocation is "Gentleman Adventurer."

I tend to read challenging fiction, classics, ancient works, a great deal of history, with a special focus on two parallel tracks, one a chronological study of U.S. Presidents, wherein I read the 1 to 6 most highly thought of books on each one, the other the same but of U.S. conflicts. Currently I'm working on Ralph Ketcham's massive missive on James Madison (a dry book, but a far more interesting president than I expected) and I'm in-between books on the War of 1812, which is amazing reading.

I've lead several book clubs online and off, and have lead a seeming zillion book club discussions, done a little reviewing, and am not looking to do either at this point, as I'd like to focus on starting a good book club in my town (which I moved to about 20 months ago) and an public education project on top of all of that. Also, Thing Two and I have an increasingly famous fight/discussion/reference to The Adventures of Captain Underpants that I'm sure will come up often.

Hi Will! I've seen your repartee with Thing Two. I'm looking forward to your fights over Captain Underpants. :)

We're better than William Powell and Myrna Loy.

Welcome Will!

Hiya Sandra, Laura and Will!! Welcome to YLTO!

Welcome, Will, and thanks, Amy!

Welcome Laura and Will! I hope you enjoy our fun challenges. Looking forward to some spirited discussions.

Hello everyone! Looks like lots of fun in here! :)

I work as a healthcare professional/manager, and like to read (of course) as well as sew. I also love technology and reading and learning about the latest new devices. So as you might guess I love my Kindle!

I enjoy reading a variety of things from Nora Roberts to classics to fantasy. And non-fiction, too!

Nice to meet you!

Welcome LRM!

Hi LRM, and welcome.

Welcome Laura, Will and LRM :D

Welcome LRM! I hope you'll try some of our challenges.

Hi there everybody, and Happy Holidays. Hope you all having fun. Anyways not only am I reader, I am an Author as well. Better said I am a Horror/Sci-fi Enthusiast. With this I mean I enjoy to Read and Write in the Horror/Sci-fi Genres and dark Sub-Genres, but also enjoy these Genres in other media such as music or games or movies. Even though I was born in Europe, I live in Egypt for the time being. Hmmm what else? I enjoy long walks on the beach...haha no not really...(Living 10 years by the beach can make you hate it). Ehm if you wanna know more or just drop me a line or say how unfunny I am (Haha) Feel free :) I always enjoy reading and being in touch with new people. And if you want to know about me, just check out my profile.

Welcome Robert. Good to see you've already checked out the Dec Challenge thread. Looking forward to your reads!

Hi, I'm Tasha. I was planning to lurk for a bit but after looking at the coming year's challenge and looking at my tbr, I decided to just dive right in. So, here I am. I was introduced to this group by Laura ^^^. *waves hi*

I'm a mom to 2 amazing kids (7.5 yo and soon to be 12 yo) who are unschooled, a fancy way of saying homeschooled without a daily curriculum. My kids just immerse themselves in their own interests and learn so much in their own ways. I'm married to a wonderful man who fortunately has the same ideas (mostly) as I do.

I love to read, meditate, eat healthy and try my best to workout. Dogs are my passion and we have 2, both rescues.

I'm really looking forward to using this group to help me work through my tbr. I love the idea of monthly challenges.

Welcome, Tasha, it's great to see you! :D

And welcome as well to LRM and Robert.

:D

Hi everyone! I joined the group a few weeks ago (a bit sneakily) and have been lurking a little. I've been wanting to become part of a relatively small group that shares some of my reading interests and with which I can get recommendations and have discussions. Perhaps meet some lovely people along the way, too.

So, I am excited to be a part of this club. And as a bonus, I have been wanting to read The Snow Child, which so far I am enjoying.

Hopefully I'll be talking to some of you a little more soon.

Thanks!
Amy (folkpants)

Welcome Tasha and Folkpants (or Amy if you prefer). Lovely to have you both participating with us as well as lurking!

thanks :)

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! :)

Howdi to Robert, Tasha, and Amy. Dive on into the fun and join us in the reading and frivolity.

Welcome, Amy, nice to meet another former lurker. :)

Greetings!

I just joined the group a few moments ago and it is the first I've actually joined, so that's a fun fact. I'm 23 years old and desperately craving to form a habit of carving out more space for creativity in the coming year. Reading inspires me to write, and writing fuels my soul, so a few challenges throughout the year will be excellent.

Aside from reading, I'm dangerously head over heels with my passion for horses (have written since I was 8 and have a sweet, though wild, horse named Good Witch Glinda at the moment), pottery wheels, running, and international travel. I just got back from India about three weeks ago and am planning to go to Nicaragua (and possibly back to Haiti, if I can swing it) in 2014. I'm also a big fan of quilts, chai tea, German Shepherds, and LL Bean. :)

I'm always looking for recommendations on books - I'm particularly fond of non-fiction lately. I'm excited to be a part of this group!

Wow, and by "written," I mean "ridden." I got my wisdom teeth out yesterday and am on Percocet for pain - clearly not the best time to make first impressions. ;)

Hehe welcome Kayla. Lovely to have you with us.

Hope your teeth go well. I have one bit of advice for wisdom teeth removal. Don't over do the dairy! I ate so much yoghurt (although still eat yoghurt if you're on antibiotics), ice cream, milk, milkshakes, chocolate puddings after my surgery, and felt so ill after a few days. Mashed potatoes to soak up the dairy (and the painkillers) are your friend!

But on to more important matters. Hope you get some reading done while you're recovering, and I am sure you will find some recommendations here in no time :D

Good luck, Kayla, and welcome to the group.

Rusalka wrote: "Hehe welcome Kayla. Lovely to have you with us.

Hope your teeth go well. I have one bit of advice for wisdom teeth removal. Don't over do the dairy! I ate so much yoghurt (although still eat yogh..."

Oh, absolutely. I'm allergic to dairy and don't like chocolate, so no fear of that! I've basically consumed several strawberry and banana smoothies, coconut milk "ice cream," and mashed potatoes. :) I'm crossing my fingers I can have bananas and oatmeal in the morning.

Thanks for the advice and warm welcome!!

No worries. No one mentioned it to me (I got a lot of useless advice honestly), so I felt so ill for a while. I'm just spreading the love now :P

Good luck with the oatmeal. I got over excited on day 3 and tried a curry. I never realised how many spice bits (that's the technical term :P) there were in the curry until I had holes in my mouth.

Kayla wrote: "Rusalka wrote: "Hehe welcome Kayla. Lovely to have you with us.

Hope your teeth go well. I have one bit of advice for wisdom teeth removal. Don't over do the dairy! I ate so much yoghurt (althoug..."

Hey Kayla, I can't have dairy either. Canned pumpkin and full fat coconut milk in a smoothie with 1/4 of an avocado and 1/2 or a whole banana, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg.....is wonderful if you're up for it. I'm addicted to those smoothies right now.

Hi Kayla - hope you heal from the wisdom teeth soon!

Laura - that smoothie recipe sounds good!

Welcome Kayla. My daughter-in-law and granddaughter are both equestrians. My granddaughter loves to bake too, so she combines her two passions by making biscuits for her horses.

Hi! I'm April and a sahm and homeschool 2 of my 7 kids. I love to read when I can which is usually at night after kids go to bed or with the kids or on weekends for the most part. Look forward to chatting with u all! I love Amish fiction , Christian fiction, fantasy and some historical fiction .

Hi April! Welcome. You must be a busy mom with 7 kids and 2 being home schooled!