Challenge Corner discussion

Welcome Welcome!

Hi Deidre,

We're so happy you joined and hope you'll have fun in our group. Actually, one of our other members, Victoria, is also from New Zealand.

Hi Deidre!

So glad to have you in the group! Sounds like you enjoy quite an array of books. :) I love discovering new things as well and will read almost any genre at least once. Goodreads is a really nifty place for us readers. So many great groups and people to connect with. :)

Hi Dee!
I hope everything's alright with you? I just wanted to take the time to welcome you to our group and I hope you will enjoy it here. If you need any help let me know :)

We are happy to have you:)

Hi! I'm Analee, and I blog over at Book Snacks. :) I love anything YA, but especially fantasy, dystopia, paranormal & contemporary/romance. A few of my favorite authors are Cassandra Clare, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Sarah J. Maas & Kasie West. I'm a bit late joining in on this group, but I'm looking forward to joining upcoming challenges and discussions!

So glad you joined! Feel free to join any of the ongoing challenges and if you join the quarterly challenge, post any reviews you started in June.

Hi, Analee! Glad you're here in the group! :D

Courtney wrote: "Hi, Analee! Glad you're here in the group! :D"

Thank you Jackie & Courtney for the warm welcomes! :) I'm looking forward to join in on the challenges. <3

Hi my name is Ora. I live in North Carolina. I love all kinds of books. I really don't know if I can say I have a favorite genre. I do go through cycles in what sounds good. Lately I have read quite a bit of PNR, historicals and chick lit.

Ora wrote: "Hi my name is Ora. I live in North Carolina. I love all kinds of books. I really don't know if I can say I have a favorite genre. I do go through cycles in what sounds good. Lately I have read qui..."

No way! I'm in Chapel Hill for college! That's really cool. Anyway, sorry for my ignorance, but what's PNR?

@Ora So cool! I live in South Carolina! I have a couple sisters in NC. :)

@Jackie I didn't know you were in Chapel Hill for school! So cool.

@Courtney: Really? I thought I mentioned it. Yes, i'm at UNC for college. :) If you're ever here, we should meet up.

Cool! Yes, we definitely should. It's only about 3 or so hours from me and I'm occasionally up there. :)

What are you studying?

Courtney wrote: "Cool! Yes, we definitely should. It's only about 3 or so hours from me and I'm occasionally up there. :)

What are you studying?"

Right now my major is Public Relations. I want to maybe add business or administration to that. I am also considering a French minor.

PNR is paranormal romance.
I'm not too far off in Charlotte.

Charlotte! I'm not far from Charlotte. I go there a lot actually.

Think it's about an hour away from me yeah?

I think it's probably closer to two, but I can't remember. It's not real far.

Hey! My name is Nadia. Im a stay at home mommy of a 3 year toddler and one on the way. Joined this group to get back into reading more. I find myself in a broad range of genres, from self-help and nonfiction to mythical fiction.

Welcome to the group Nadia! Thanks for joining our group:)

Elizabeth Emily wrote: "Welcome to the group Nadia! Thanks for joining our group:)"

Thanks Elizabeth. So where do I go from here lol

Haha, well we have several challenges starting this month which are:

October Scare Fest
Trick or Treat
These are both monthly challenges^^

We also have a quarterly challenge that starts this month. You are welcome to join any or all:)

We have a book of the month poll where you can vote what you would like to group buddy read in October.

Soon we will be posting review threads for the challenges and challenge widgets where you can create a shelf for each challenge and then set how many books you would like to read for it.

Hope that helps :)

Nadia wrote: "Hey! My name is Nadia. Im a stay at home mommy of a 3 year toddler and one on the way. Joined this group to get back into reading more. I find myself in a broad range of genres, from self-help and ..."

It's nice to have you in the group! Hope you enjoy the challenges. :)

Nadia wrote: "Hey! My name is Nadia. Im a stay at home mommy of a 3 year toddler and one on the way. Joined this group to get back into reading more. I find myself in a broad range of genres, from self-help and ..."

Hi Nadia. We're so happy you've joined our little group. As has been mentioned before, we have three challenges starting in October so you've joined at the perfect time! We're also currently reading Throne of Glass and Red Rising and will be continuing with those series next month if you'd like to join in the current group read or in the one for the next books. We'll also be reading the top two books from our current poll which you can go ahead and vote on. Feel free to ask any questions.:)

Hi ive been in the group for a while but just realise I never introduced myself. Im Gracie , 17 and I live in Wales (UK) I am hoping to study archaeology in university and read most when I travel on the train to and from my college! I am hoping to burn through some of those to - read shelves I have :)

Hey! Just like Gracie, I've been in the group for a while, but it never occurred to me to introduce myself until now! :-) My name is Amalie, 19, and I live in Norway! I am currently studying to become a teacher with religion as my main subject. When it comes to reading I prefer classics, but I'll read basically everything. :-D

Gracie wrote: "Hi ive been in the group for a while but just realise I never introduced myself. Im Gracie , 17 and I live in Wales (UK) I am hoping to study archaeology in university and read most when I travel o..."

That's really interesting. Are you in your first year of university?

Amalie wrote: "Hey! Just like Gracie, I've been in the group for a while, but it never occurred to me to introduce myself until now! :-) My name is Amalie, 19, and I live in Norway! I am currently studying to bec..."

That is awesome! Teachers are definitely needed and I think not enough religious classes are offered. Just out of curiosity, how is the weather over there?
Please feel free to join in any of our challenges and group reads.:)
I'm so glad you're introducing yourself.

Hi guys! :) we love hearing from our members no matter how long you've been a part of the group:) are you two doing and challenged this month?

Jackie wrote: "Amalie wrote: "Hey! Just like Gracie, I've been in the group for a while, but it never occurred to me to introduce myself until now! :-) My name is Amalie, 19, and I live in Norway! I am currently ..."
The weather is surprisingly good! It's been sunny all week! :-D

Amalie wrote: "Jackie wrote: "Amalie wrote: "Hey! Just like Gracie, I've been in the group for a while, but it never occurred to me to introduce myself until now! :-) My name is Amalie, 19, and I live in Norway! ..."

That's great.:) One of my good friends has family from/in Norway and absolutely loves the traditions and language.

Jackie wrote: "Gracie wrote: "Hi ive been in the group for a while but just realise I never introduced myself. Im Gracie , 17 and I live in Wales (UK) I am hoping to study archaeology in university and read most ..."

Hi,
No I will hopefully be starting next year but at the moment I am studying Archaeology at A-level

Gracie wrote: "Jackie wrote: "Gracie wrote: "Hi ive been in the group for a while but just realise I never introduced myself. Im Gracie , 17 and I live in Wales (UK) I am hoping to study archaeology in university..."

I'm going to sound dumb, but what is that? Is that an equivalent to a BA or BS degree in the states?

I don't know about degrees in the US but A level is what comes after GCSE's if that helps :)

Hi all!
I'm Lauren. I read quite a lot, and have been looking for a group to join to gain more suggestions! I pretty much tend to stick to fiction books, read a lot of Sci-Fi, YA and classics. I tend to read multiple books at a time. Currently reading Neverwhere and Shatter Me, have a few others to start soon!
I live in Virginia and I fix computers for a living.

Hi Lauren,

My favourite genres are fantasy, sci-fi and YA. Oh and I loved shatter me and the whole series it was amazing. I love Warner!<3

Lauren: I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to reply here. Welcome to the group! We love getting new members and interacting with them. Feel free to join in any of our group book of the month discussions, our fresh fall reads challenge, or any of the new challenges we'll be opening soon. I too like reading loads of fantasy. I also enjoy contemporary novels and am getting into a bit of sci-fi. Odly enough, I also live in Virginia though I'm in North Carolina for college at the moment.

Hey everybody!

I'm Unnati from Mumbai, India. I'm 20 and I'm currently majoring in psychology at university. I only read fiction, specially fantasy, romance and mystery. I really want to discuss books I read and make friends who read similar books! :)

Unnati wrote: "Hey everybody!

I'm Unnati from Mumbai, India. I'm 20 and I'm currently majoring in psychology at university. I only read fiction, specially fantasy, romance and mystery. I really want to discuss b..."

Hey Unnati welcome to the group.:) Most of our readers also read lots of fantasy and at least one of our books of the month is always fantasy. Feel free to join in any of our current group reads as well as our fresh fall reads challenge or any of the other challenges we'll be opening soon.

Welcome to the group Unnati. I love Famtasy too and I'm really enjoying our current group buddy reads:)

Hi everyone! My name is Janae, and I'm super excited about this group. It's the first one Ive ever joined, so it's extra special to me! :) I enjoy reading (of course), writing occasionally, music (especially live music), and museums (total nerd - but proud of it!). I work at an education-focused nonprofit organization in Washington, DC, and I have an idea kicking around in my head for a book to write, but it's such a scary endeavor that I haven't gotten anything down but a basic idea. I suppose when the voices get loud enough, I'll put them on the page!

As for my favorite genres - I read a lot of things, so it's difficult to pick, but top 3 are probably adult contemporary, YA contemporary, and YA fantasy, in no particular order. But again, I read pretty much any genre.

Anywho, I'm sure I'll be seeing you all around the group! TTYL!

Hi Janae! We're so glad you joined! What genre do you have in mind for your book? I too like YA contemporary and fantasy! Please feel free to join in any of our November challenges as well as our fall quarter challenge.

Hey Janae and welcome to the group! We love being able to talk to the members on here:). It's nice to have you and thank you for joining :)

So I thought you guys would enjoy this!

Reasons to date book nerds!

That's absolutely amazing! Thanks so much for sharing.

Aha, that is brilliant! Thank you for sharing:)

Jackie wrote: "Hi Janae! We're so glad you joined! What genre do you have in mind for your book? I too like YA contemporary and fantasy! Please feel free to join in any of our November challenges as well as our f..."

I think that my idea fits in the sci-fi or fantasy genres... We'll see, lol!

Lynne wrote: "Hi my name is Lynne. I just signed up to this site today and this is the first group I've joined! I love to read, always got my head in a book! I study business so to take my mind off of studying I..."

Hey Lynne! We're glad you've joined this group and will be happy to answer any questions you have about the site or group. I apologise for replying so late, but I've been quite busy with school as well. I too enjoy fantasy as well as contemporary and a bit of chicklit. Please feel free to join in anything.

Hi! I'm Nathan and I like and read all types,always looking for new authors