Oprah's Book Club (Official) discussion

I've tried to introduce myself properly, so allow me to introduce myself. I am Shaheer Henderson I've been an author for 3 months now and I look for to learning more about being an author. In addition, I seek to learn about story writing, the structure of writing, and building a story. Sometimes, we ravel in things and we come out unraveled. Thus, I look to ravel in things and come out structured.

Shaeer congratulations on your Book. Just read as much as you can. Write as much as you can possibly write. Keep up the good work.

Zorina thank you.

You are welcome. :.)

Shaheer, I apologize, for misspelling of your name. On my first response.

Don't worry about it.

Hi everyone, my name is KERRIAN. I am from Trinidad. I don't have a favorite book, but I love to read crime and mystery (genres) books, something to keep me excited.

HI, My name is Kimberly and I really enjoy mysteries and contemporary fiction. I recently finished reading Grant Park by Leonard Pitts Jr and Ruth Rendell's Dark Corners.

I am really looking forward to reading Colson Whitehead's new book. Once I heard about it and Oprah announced it, I bought it on my Kobo ereader.

I am looking forward to this read.\

Hello Shaheer. Good luck to you. Keep reading and just keep writing.

Hi Kerry I have just read a great book I know you will like it's by a new author Mal Kyri it's called The Inheritance of Mr Rupert A Bridlington totally different website is www.malkyri.com

Sylvia thank you.

My name is Larry Farmer. I just joined. I am a writer and hope to read from the club and share some of mine.

CONGRATS to you Shaheer on becoming a published author!! How does it feel? Are you working on another book yet? Any tips for an aspiring children's book writer? (:

Congratulations from me toi Shaheer.

Larry, where can I find your books???

Hi Larry your books sound fascinating. I will also have a look.

Thank you, Larry. Good luck with your writing!!

thanks. I love history and such. Psychology. I read very much of this. But I prefer to write novels over non-fiction. It's been said you can tell the truth more through fiction, and I don't mean political double talk type fiction, but as genre of writing. Novels let you get so much more personal and in depth. To give a falsehood like Columbus discovered America in 1959 will get you eternal disrespect and finish you off. But in novels I must get my historical facts straight just like a historian, but I get to include love stories or alter a particular setting perhaps for poetic license, then tell the gist of what really happened in a personalized way. So I love history but write it in novels. To have lived the stagings preceding the Marcos overthrow and then to have witnessed the People's Power Revolution itself or the landing of Sadat in Jerusalem, and to not relate this to people is impossible for me. I have to tell people or die you might say. But not just talk about it. Relate it. Feelings, fears, aftermaths. All these years later no one knows of the most dramatic and overwhelming overthrow of a dictator in history, the masses of Filipino citizens unarmed and singing about Jesus confronting soldiers, helicopters, and Army tanks. And I saw it and lived it. It just seemed a crime for people not to know this. So I wrote a novel and The Wild Rose Press published it, I WILL BE THE ONE. Thank God. Now to get the word out.

Hello from Malaysia! I'm Liyana binti Yamin, a research assistant from University of Malaya. I grew up with books thanks to my supportive dad that never get bored with my enthusiasm in reading books.

I have always enjoyed self development books. I joined Goodreads with the aspiration to monitor my reading progress. I wish to learn to review books and put it up on my blog. Oh yeah - I love writing a little bit here and there in my blog to improve my writing skills. Looking forward for inspirations from others.

Great to be here, thanks for the approval! :)

Thank you Michele and Julia. Michele to answer your three questions. 1. It feels great become a published author, because I worked so hard to get my work out there. In addition, I always wanted to share my stories with others, so this is an experience I've been waiting for. 2. My next book is going to be called, "Murder In Hartsville" now it's not complete, but ya'll are the first to see the title. 3. Writing children's books can be difficult, because the material has to fit the audience. Thus, for you to reach them, you must bring out your inner child. I hope this helps.

Hello, I am Carletha AKA Desiree, the author of A CRY FOR HELP/WHO'S LISTENING? I am also new at this, I decided in 2014 to write my autobiography. I am in the process of writing my second book. I enjoy writing, but will read more. At 60 I just received my high school diploma and graduated May 26, 2016. One of the best days of my life. At this moment I'm continuing my education and writing at the same time. Thank you all for the book titles to read and I promise I will get to reading again as soon as possible.

Greetings to all! I had a career of 32 years as a Financial Analyst, working in mainly in Healthcare. I was blessed to do a very, very early retirement, in 2015. I am the author of a book that was just published: Life is a Faithwalk. I am currently in the throws of setting up marketing plans, book signings and let’s start a blog and get signed up for Facebook while I’m at it. Wow – that was a trip!

Facebook is daunting! I wonder if there’s a Facebook for Dummies book? How late am I exactly? Eight or nine years? I don’t even know.

I do a lot of research from YouTube and like to share of crazy events happening over the world. (I recently told a group about a Satanic church opening in Texas and they were shocked)

Happy to be a part of this group.

Hello to you all! Again :.) my name is
Zorina Payne Jacobsen.
I am a mother of 5.
Three year old triplets, seven year old daughter,
soon to be 14, year old son.

There's so much more to the story,
when people are being bullied.
I have seen many negative results
in a bullying situation 1st and 2nd hand.

I decided to write my own stories. (Fiction)
My first book is now published.

Bullied and Shadowed Abuse.

It's now available at Amazon & Barnes and Noble.
Teens will love it.
Parents will love it. Also if you love to read you will finish it faster than you hoped. Sorry but it's a real page turner.
After I had my triplets, I realized that I couldn't wait until they turn 18 to become an Author. I write everyday and now I'm going to online school to learn much more.

I'm so happy I joined this group❤️

HI, I'm Corine. I'm from Johannesburg, South Africa.
I'm a mom of 2 wild little boys, so not always time to read, but I try my best. I love reading and exploring new authors.

I had a nervous breakdown about a year ago and ended up in hospital, but things are slowly getting back to normal.

I joined this group to make some new friends and find some new authors. Thanks for the opportunity

Carletha wrote: "Hello, I am Carletha AKA Desiree, the author of A CRY FOR HELP/WHO'S LISTENING? I am also new at this, I decided in 2014 to write my autobiography. I am in the process of writing my second book. I ..."

Well done to you Carletha :)

Hello, I'm Janine from Holland, the name Oprah brought in some good memories (watched the show years ago) and so I decided to join this group. I'm a mother of two girls and working as a visual artist. Reading is a hobby I'm picking up again after years of not much reading, due to having no concentration left after taking care of children ;-) That gets better now and I hope the great reading vibe here is contagious.

Hello, Hola

Mi name is Martha from Colombia, I love reading, curious about a reading club. Looking forward for recommendations and insight sharing

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Hii my name is Bhavin antala .
I am from India &
I am eighteen.
I love reading.
I read everything except horror.
I have more interest in mysteries based on history & technical mysteries & science fictions.
I do also read love stories if it is very very well known.

Hi Everyone.

My name is Ayesha and I'm from the Caribbean twin island of Trinidad and Tobago.

I enjoy learning and getting a new insight of things around me. and because of that, reading has become my passion and way of life.

I love to immerse myself into a new book, where I am taken on a journey.

I wish all newcomers a great time here.

Cheers to all book lovers!

Hello Myself Anthony Tornambe working at Stamford Advocate. I am an expert in the field of financial reporting and accounting. Specializing in financial software and the family office space.

Thanks,
https://twitter.com/tornambeanthony

Hi! My name is Laura and I work as a high school teacher in Northern Ontario, Canada. I'm very excited to take part in this book club! Just reading your introductions looks like we have a great group of people from all over the world! I haven't obtained the novel we are reading right now, but I plan to. I teach English so I LOVE to read. I may have to wait until the next book so I can stay up to date with everyone else. Read on everyone! Yay!

Hi. My name is David and I watched Oprah when she was a newscaster in Baltimore a long time ago. At that time I never thought I would write anything. I read mostly historical books, but a few years ago I caught the writing bug and wrote short stories and three award winning feature screenplays. Not many people read screenplays, but they are fun to write, just 90-120 loose pages for a feature movie. They contain only location, action and dialogue. The reader imagines the rest. Amazon has published "The Last Vikings", a fictional adventure/love/family story about 15th century Greenlandic Vikings fleeing the Little Ice Age and sailing to America. If this is successful I would like to publish "Tales from the Confessional", a collection of fictional stories narrated by Catholic priests. Wish me luck.

Tom wrote: "Howdy
My name is Tom Baca author of The Enrionmental Consequences of Nuclear Disarmament and Did God Create Man or Did Man Create God. I just submitted a new book Suffering and Survival- Finding Su..."
I have the post below (The Last Vikings) a story also about environmental consequences, the the natural global cooling of the Little Ice Age during the Middle Ages. It also has suffering, survival and Christian, Norse and native religions.

David wrote: "Hi. My name is David and I watched Oprah when she was a newscaster in Baltimore a long time ago. At that time I never thought I would write anything. I read mostly historical books, but a few years..."

Good Luck to you, David, I hope you get published, I hope Oprah sees your work and gets you on one of her shows that she has now on her OWN network. Wishing you the best from Florida!

Mary

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I am Shomeret from the San Francisco Bay Area. I have just completed a Masters of Library Information Science Degree. In addition to reviewing books here on Goodreads, I also review books on http://www.shomertmasked.blogspot.com and http://wwwbookbabe.blogspot.com .

I love historical fiction, mysteries, fantasy and science fiction, but I look for originality or fresh approaches. That's why I was interested in The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.

Hello Everyone.
My name is Fatima from Hyderbad, Sindh Pakistan. I am in class 11th. I love reading books. I read to many book till now. Reading makes personality, build your confident and help you in your every step of your life.
I read Agatha Christie's novels.
And Please Suggest Me Some Good And interesting Novels.

Hi! My name is Karen and I am from Waynesville Missouri. I love all types of books. I just enjoy reading whatever I can find! Lately I have been reading historical fiction. My all time hero is Harriet Tubman! Growing up in St. Louis. I had a childhood friend whose house was used as a stop on the Underground Railroad - I was told as a child. Looking forward to reading The Underground Railroad. I just downloaded it onto my kindle.

Hi, My name is Bernadette, I just joined and I love to read.

Welcome Everyone!!!

Hello, my name is Kathy and I'm from Michigan. I am a history and social studies teacher who teaches about the Underground Railroad. I have loved reading since childhood and have an eclectic taste in books as well as formats. I enjoy reading actual printed books, love my Kindle, and listen to audio books on my daily commute. I find Oprah's Book Club recommendations to be interesting and often enlightening reads. I just received The Underground Railroad from Amazon and with school starting it will most likely take me a while to read this book. I'm looking forward to discussing this book with this club and with the length of this introduction I guess one might say I also like to talk!

Hello, my name is Madison Love and I love to read and write. I published my first novel "All Cracked Up" on July 1, 2016. I enjoy reading all types of genres however, I tend to focus on suspenseful fiction for novels I write. I'm really looking forward to discussing books with this book club with hopes of getting some great recommendations.

Welcome everyone!

Hello, I am Sam from London. Interesting posts. Response to message 27, Martha, try out one of the new Volumes of Marital Orientation Series on Amazon. There is a free prologue to all 8 Volumes on Goodreads you can download and see if that is what you are looking for. Find Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

This is me:
I've recently penned and published my first book, working on my second one/ definitely excited to chat up anyone else in a similar place, or anyone who is interested in my book: The Knights of Mudcreek by J.L.Zee/ mine is a story about burgeoning superheroes and the many sides of grief/ feel free to chat this thread, or contact me on Twitter @thejlzee or Facebook JLZee/ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
I look forward to talking books, all aspects of them, with you all!

Hi - I am Patrick McCusker from Ireland. I have written two eBooks: one is a medical thriller and one is a religious thriller. I am now through two re-writings of a third book. Writing takes time and damn hard work - but it is enormously satisfying too! Regards to all Patrick.

Hi Shaheer,

Lovely to virtually meet you. And congrats on your accomplishment.


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My apology, I have forgotten to introduced myself.

My name is Tanya, I love to read... I read most books... My book is called "Utmost love Dark & Light-shade emotions"

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Nice to meet all of you! I look foward to your recommendations & reviews of books you are enjoying!!

Hi my name is Tammie and i live in a small town in iowa!! I have a love for books and reafing!!