The History Book Club discussion

Hi Shuai Li and thank you for your thoughtful introduction. I'm sure you'll find some like-minded people here, as well as others who can engage you in great discussions. Welcome!

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

Hello Stevi and welcome to the HBC. I share your love of Ken Follett historical fiction books. You'll get lots of ideas for your to-read pile here.

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

Ken Follett

Hello Reem. I'm happy to welcome you to The History Book Club! I suspect that many of us here also have trouble tearing ourselves away from books. You're in good company. Can you tell us where you are located? It's always fun to know where our members are reading, as we have a large global community.

Our club has many different focus areas. Please take a look around at all our different offerings:

History Book Club main page

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you.

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 books that you mention should look:

by Stephen Hawking

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

Hello Elizabeth from Virginia and a warm welcome to you from all of us at the History Book Club. We are happy that you have joined us. You may want to check out the group read of SPQR that is scheduled to begin April 17th. I look forward to your posts.

Lorna
Admin (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

by Mary Beard

So many new members! Welcome, all. You might want to check out our 50 BOOKS IN 2017 section. You can see what other folks have been reading and may find great suggestions there. Or you may want to participate. (You don't actually have to reach the goal of 50 books, but it's nice to have something to shoot for.)

Reem - I noticed that you were from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and we are so happy to have you with us.

For our group members this shows us where Jeddah is:




"The next tallest building in the world - completion date planned for 2019 - Jeddah Tower or Kingdom Tower

We like to know city and country generally speaking so that we can add a map and photo. Thought it would be nice for all of our global members.

And for Elizabeth - you did not give me a general city location in Virginia but I thought this was nice: (shows where the state of Virginia is located for our global members)



Norfolk

Ramiro where in Peru are you from? I will add a photo in honor of your joining representing Peru.

Thank you Andrew, Lorna, Mary, Bentley and Savanna for the warm welcomes!

For Namun from Thailand - welcome.

Beautiful Thailand

Savannah wrote: "Stevi412 wrote: "Hello! My name is Stevi and I am I high school social studies teacher from Texas. I am an avid fan of historical fiction and am currently enthralled with the Kingbridge series by K..."

I noticed I did not cite the the book I mentioned correctly so I'm going to remedy this! His series revolve around the descendants of the first book over a span of centuries and he does does a wonderful job wth multiple perspectives! This is the one I just completed.The Pillars of the Earth

I hope I did it correctly!

For Tan Firat

For global friends - a welcome to Ramiro from Peru:




Machu Picchu

Stevi412 wrote: "Savannah wrote: "Stevi412 wrote: "Hello! My name is Stevi and I am I high school social studies teacher from Texas. I am an avid fan of historical fiction and am currently enthralled with the Kingb..."

Stevi - bookcover, author's photo, author's link - like this:

by Ken Follett

Bentley wrote: "Hello Stevi - what part of Texas are you from. We have a lot of fellow Texans in the group. One of our assisting moderators will be along soon to help you out with the guidelines and to give you a ..."

Where in Texas are you from - we will add a photo in your honor.

For James: welcome

Welcome Jabour from Israel:

Bentley wrote: "Stevi412 wrote: "Savannah wrote: "Stevi412 wrote: "Hello! My name is Stevi and I am I high school social studies teacher from Texas. I am an avid fan of historical fiction and am currently enthrall..."

Thanks Bentley for the help and photo!

I am from south Texas near San Antonio!

Hello Ramiro - it's so nice to welcome you to The History Book Club! We have great discussions on history topics of all kinds.

We have many different focus areas, so be sure to check them out. Based on your post, you may find something to interest you in these topics:

Philosophy and Politics
Science
Exercise

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you. Here's a list of discussion topics:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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 books that you mention should look:

by Stephen Hawking

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

Hello Firat, and welcome to The History Book Club! I'm so glad you found us. I think you will find a comfortable home here. We have a wide variety of folders which may be of interest to you.

Based upon your introduction, here are some folders that you may want to look at:

Middle East
The Ottoman Empire

The HBC's discussion list can be found here, on our main page:
The History Book Club Discussion List

Here is a link to the HBC's Focus Areas, to help you find all of our topics quickly:
The History Book Club Focus Areas

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you.

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 books that you mention should look:

by E.K. Hunt (no photo)

by A.C. Grayling

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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

Betty
Admin (T) - Health - Medicine - Science

Welcome Levan, from Tbilisi, Georgia. We're happy that you've joined the History Book Club! There are so many wonderful discussions here for you to take part in. Please make yourself at home.

The HBC's discussion list can be found here, on our main page:
The History Book Club Discussion List

Here is a link to the HBC's Focus Areas, to help you find all of our topics quickly:
The History Book Club Focus Areas

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you.

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 books that you mention should look:

by Geraldine Muhlmann (no photo)

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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

Betty
Admin (T) - Health - Medicine - Science

Hello Namun, and welcome to The History Book Club! I think you will find may discussions that will interest you. Please take a look around.

Based upon your introduction, here are some folders that you may want to look at:

Ancient History
Europe - European History

The HBC's discussion list can be found here, on our main page:
The History Book Club Discussion List

Here is a link to the HBC's Focus Areas, to help you find all of our topics quickly:
The History Book Club Focus Areas

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you.

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 books that you mention should look:

by John W. Dower

by Gordon Kerr (no photo)

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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

Betty
Admin (T) - Health - Medicine - Science

Welcome to the History Book Club Shuai Li! We are so happy you have found us. Please make yourself at home. We have a wide variety of folders which may be of interest to you.

Based upon your introduction, here are some folders that you may want to look at:

China
Ancient History
American History

The HBC's discussion list can be found here, on our main page:
The History Book Club Discussion List

Here is a link to the HBC's Focus Areas, to help you find all of our topics quickly:
The History Book Club Focus Areas

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you.

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 books that you mention should look:

by Sarah Bakewell (no photo)

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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

Betty
Admin (T) - Health - Medicine - Science

Hi Stevi, and welcome to the HBC! Take a look around. I think you will find a comfortable home here. We have a wide variety of folders which may be of interest to you.

Based upon your introduction, here are some folders that you may want to look at:

Renaissance
Medieval History
Historical Fiction

The HBC's discussion list can be found here, on our main page:
The History Book Club Discussion List

Here is a link to the HBC's Focus Areas, to help you find all of our topics quickly:
The History Book Club Focus Areas

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you.

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 books that you mention should look:

by Ken Follett

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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

Betty
Admin (T) - Health - Medicine - Science

Hello James. Welcome to The History Book Club! I'm so glad you found us. Please make yourself at home. We have a wide variety of folders which may be of interest to you.

Based upon your introduction, here are some folders that you may want to look at:

Brittish History
American History

The HBC's discussion list can be found here, on our main page:
The History Book Club Discussion List

Here is a link to the HBC's Focus Areas, to help you find all of our topics quickly:
The History Book Club Focus Areas

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you.

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 books that you mention should look:

by Frederick Jackson Turner (no photo)

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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

Betty
Admin (T) - Health - Medicine - Science

Ramiro, a warm welcome to you from all of us at the History Book Club. We are happy that you joined us from the beautiful country of Peru. There are a lot of interesting history threads for you to explore. We look forward to your participation.

Lorna
Admin (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Reem, a warm welcome to you from all of us at the History Book Club. I am sure that most of us can relate to your addiction to books. Please feel free to explore as we have a lot of interesting history threads.

I have a special affinity for Jeddah, as my husband was in Saudi Arabia for two years with Jeddah being one of his favorite destinations.

Lorna
Admin (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Hello everyone! I am Prapti- I live in western India and I am 16 years old. My favourite history subjects are ancient Egypt and the Pre-Columbian civilizations in South America. I love reading, especially history, because you get to learn so much about people. And studying people has always been a hobby of mine. Human psychology is indeed very intriguing, and it hasn't changed a lot over the years.
In more recent history, I love reading about the Communist movement, the two World Wars and the breaking of the USSR.

I am absolutely thrilled to have found this group! Can't wait to get started and thanks for having me!

Hello Mary Ellen - you will be hearing from one of our wonderful admins who will help you out with your intro. We are delighted to have authors and readers like yourself join but we do not allow even the tiniest hint of self promotion or self advertising or spam. We know you will (with the admin's help) figure out what went wrong and then you can repost - thank you for joining.

Welcome Prapti - generally speaking what is the largest city in Western India that is not far from you and I will put up an image of the general city etc. in honor of your being a part of the group. And a map of India as part of the global world map. You converse in English very, very well Prapti. It must be because you love reading so much and that you are so interested in the world around you which is a good thing. One of our admins will be along soon and will post some other helpful hints about the group and I know that you will be able to jump right into the discussions in no time.

For Prapti: (from Western India)




Udaipur, Rajasthan

Welcome to the group, Prapti. We're glad you're here. We have discussions on a number of the topics you mentioned, so feel free to dive in.

We have many different focus areas, so be sure to check them out. Based on your post, you may find something to interest you in these topics:

Ancient African History
Pre-Columbian Americas
World War I
World War II
Russia and Russian History

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you. Here's a list of focus areas:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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 books that you mention should look:

by Stephen Hawking

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

Bentley wrote: "Hello Mary Ellen - you will be hearing from one of our wonderful admins who will help you out with your intro. We are delighted to have authors and readers like yourself join but we do not allow ev..."

Bentley, Thanks for the help. Mary clarified it for me in a PM.

I am a retired high school history teacher. Although I taught many levels and subjects, my favorites were AP U.S. History and Civil War Studies, a course of my own design. These are my two main historical interests. I have been a Civil War reenactor since 1993.

I have always loved history. I read every biography in my school library when I was in the 4th grade and requested the librarian order the remainder of the series. My father was in the military, and we traveled across the U.S. four times by car, stopping at every historical marker and site along the way. Like Lt. Dan of Forrest Gump, I have ancestors who fought in every U.S. war going back to the Revolution, so military history is of great interest.

I joined the group to connect with others who read both non-fiction and fiction, mostly from the Civil War and Old West period. Thank you for allowing me into your group.

Your Obedient Servant,
Miss Mary Ellen

Mary Ellen wrote: "Bentley wrote: "Hello Mary Ellen - you will be hearing from one of our wonderful admins who will help you out with your intro. We are delighted to have authors and readers like yourself join but we..."

Wonderful and you are welcome

Wonderful Mary Ellen

Mary Ellen wrote: "I have always loved history. I read every biography in my school library when I was in the 4th grade and requested the librarian order the remainder of the series. My father was in the military, and we traveled across the U.S. four times by car, stopping at every historical marker and site along the way. Like Lt. Dan of Forrest Gump, I have ancestors who fought in every U.S. war going back to the Revolution, so military history is of great interest."

Welcome to the group! I just joined the group and they've been a nice group to discuss with.

There are a lot of military members in my family, and I also served. I LOVE military history. The Civil War is not my favorite conflict, but I am obsessed with World War II and the Cold War. Can't get enough. What are a few of your favorites, from the Civil War and from other wars?

We're so glad to have you join us, Mary Ellen. I'm sure you'll find plenty of people here who share your interests. I've had the opportunity to see a few Civil War re-enactments - what a great way to bring history to life.

We have many different focus areas, so be sure to check them out. Based on your post, you may find something to interest you in these topics:

U.S. History
U.S. Civil War
Military History
Historical Fiction

There are many other folders where you can discuss topics that interest you. Here's a list of Focus Areas.

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 books that you mention should look:

by Stephen Hawking

More information:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Take a few moments to read the orientation:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And our guidelines:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

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

Mary
Admin (T) - Russia and Russian History

Hello! My name is Brianne, but I prefer to be called Bri. I've been reading a lot of fictional books over the past years, but I really enjoyed history in high school as well as in a college course. I'm looking forward to trying to read more historical non fiction as something that I enjoy reading.

I really enjoy learning about art history - especially as related to WWII. Although I'm open to learning about other topics as well. Like I mentioned before, my goal is read more interesting non fiction and get out this current reading slump that i'm in!

Hello group;

My name is Taylor. I read a lot and most of what I enjoy are historical non-fictions. I am, however, new to goodreads. My realms of expertise are mostly in classical history ranging anywhere from ancient Mesopotamia or ancient China to Rome and Greece. I also read my fair share of American and war history (ancient and modern alike) as they attribute to my profession. Admittedly, historical weak spots are the middle and dark ages for which I intend to read further. Anyway, thanks for having me.

Mary Ellen, do you want to tell us your general location - I am assuming you are in the United States - just give city and state - general location so that we can honor your membership with a locale photo and state map.

Bri welcome - one of our good admins or moderators will be along shortly with some helpful hints for you to get acclimated to the group - in the meantime welcome. If you give us your general location - nearest city and state location or if you are from overseas - city and country - we are a global group.

Taylor welcome - you have some great topical interest areas. One of our good admins will be along shortly to welcome you officially. In the meantime since we are a global group - could you share where you are reading from - city, state, USA or city, country somewhere around the globe. It is a lot of fun to know where everybody is from globally.

Oops! I forgot about that. I'm reading from Pennsylvania.

Bentley wrote: "Mary Ellen, do you want to tell us your general location - I am assuming you are in the United States - just give city and state - general location so that we can honor your membership with a local..."

Florida.

Andrew wrote: "Mary Ellen wrote: "I have always loved history. I read every biography in my school library when I was in the 4th grade and requested the librarian order the remainder of the series. My father was ..."

Do you mean a few of my favorite books or topics? Specific area of interests within the Civil War era would be Stuart's cavalry and medicine. WWII interests me as well since I had an uncle who was a medic with the 101st Airborne from D-day to the Battle of the Bulge when he was captured by a German panzer division. He was a POW from Dec 44 through May 45.

Im reading from Libya.

Mary Ellen wrote: "Bentley wrote: "Mary Ellen, do you want to tell us your general location - I am assuming you are in the United States - just give city and state - general location so that we can honor your members..."

Do you have a city that you are closer to in Florida that you want to tell us for instance I say Metro New York City for mine.

Bri, a warm welcome to you from all of us at the History Book Club. Thank you for your interesting introduction. Please feel free to look around as we have a variety of history threads related to WWII as well as art history. We have all experienced a slump in reading but I think that you will find a variety of subjects here that may interest you. Welcome.

Lorna
Admin (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Brianne wrote: "Oops! I forgot about that. I'm reading from Pennsylvania."

Do you want to tell us a close city or other location within Pennsylvania - I say Metro New York city area.