Into the Forest discussion

Bumping this thread up!
Welcome New members!
Please feel free to introduce yourselves!

Ella Rose wrote: "Hey ya'll!
I'm Ella Rose, and I ♥ fairy tales best of all, which is why I joined this whimsical group!
My favorite fantasy characters are Rapunzel and King Arthur.
Folks like to joke that I have a ..."

Welcome Ella Rose! I love the nursery idea! I have a newish baby girl (8 months old tomorrow), but we went with a fairy tale woods theme. I say that, but she came early and we are still in the process of decorating it.

One of my favorite board books to read to my daughter is Rapunzel by Chloe Perkins.

Hello. I'm Carrie or AlchemySquirreled on here and other places online. I am fairly new to Goodreads, and this group is right in my area of interest. I also follow three myth/fantasy podcasts. I am really excited to read and learn through this group. :)

I come from a long line of women writers and readers. I don't have a favorite genre or form of text. I love poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Really, I just love good writing. I love to talk about writing, too, and I thank my mom for passing that onto me.

I also love to write. I am a lyrical, imagistic love poet by my base inclination. I'm working with a Canadian hacker to translate the ghuzals of Saidi, Fez, Hafiz, Rumi, and other Persian poets. I also wrote a sci-fi TRPG. And I am working on a collection of myths and folklore; some are originals and others are re-telling of older myths.

Margaret wrote: "Ella Rose wrote: "Hey ya'll!
I'm Ella Rose, and I ♥ fairy tales best of all, which is why I joined this whimsical group!
My favorite fantasy characters are Rapunzel and King Arthur.
Folks like to j..."

Sorry for my late reply Ella Rose! I did not see your post until now! A belated welcome to this group! I love Rapunzel tales too! Have you read Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth?

Carrie wrote: "Hello. I'm Carrie or AlchemySquirreled on here and other places online. I am fairly new to Goodreads, and this group is right in my area of interest. I also follow three myth/fantasy podcasts. I am..."

Welcome Carrie! You are certainly doing many interesting activities. Yes, you will most definitely discover a lot of great Fairytale/ mythology related literature in this group!

Carrie wrote: "Hello. I'm Carrie or AlchemySquirreled on here and other places online. I am fairly new to Goodreads, and this group is right in my area of interest. I also follow three myth/fantasy podcasts. I am..."

Welcome Carrie! We read across genres, so hopefully you'll find a lot to dive into!

Margaret wrote: "Carrie wrote: "Hello. I'm Carrie or AlchemySquirreled on here and other places online. I am fairly new to Goodreads, and this group is right in my area of interest. I also follow three myth/fantasy..."

Thank you. I already really like the books I've found in the reading lists. I am so excited to dig into all of them. Seriously, I'm a kid in the candy aisle.

Jalilah wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Ella Rose wrote: "Hey ya'll!
I'm Ella Rose, and I ♥ fairy tales best of all, which is why I joined this whimsical group!
My favorite fantasy characters are Rapunzel and King Arthur..."

Thank you. I'm excited to be here. :)

Hi all. I'm off an on with my genre reading but lately have been enjoying shorter fiction, fairytale and classic retellings etc. Looking forward to reading your book ideas.

Bonnie wrote: "Hi all. I'm off an on with my genre reading but lately have been enjoying shorter fiction, fairytale and classic retellings etc. Looking forward to reading your book ideas."

Welcome! We read retellings in lots of different genres, from fantasy, to contemporary fiction, to nonfiction.

Hello! I'm Sadhbh, I'm quite new to Goodreads, I recently finished my first novel and I want to get back into reading now that I have a bit more free time. I'm from Ireland and I come from a long line of traditional storytellers, so fairy tales are quite literally in my blood.

I have a few old editions of the Grimm and Anderson stories I like to reread from time to time, I really enjoyed The Book of Lost Things and I am currently reading Ash and really liking it so far. I'm a sucker for Cinderella stories in particular.

S.A. wrote: "Hello! I'm Sadhbh, I'm quite new to Goodreads, I recently finished my first novel and I want to get back into reading now that I have a bit more free time. I'm from Ireland and I come from a long l..."

Welcome Sadhbh! I recently finished Ash, and quite enjoyed it! If you're looking for another Cinderella story, I really liked Geekerella by Ashley Poston.

Margaret wrote: "S.A. wrote: "Hello! I'm Sadhbh, I'm quite new to Goodreads, I recently finished my first novel and I want to get back into reading now that I have a bit more free time. I'm from Ireland and I come ..."

Ooh, Cinderella and cosplay, two of my favourite things! Thanks, I'll give it a go once I'm done with Ash.

S.A. wrote: "Margaret wrote: "S.A. wrote: "Hello! I'm Sadhbh, I'm quite new to Goodreads, I recently finished my first novel and I want to get back into reading now that I have a bit more free time. I'm from Ir..."

Then you are definitely going to love it!

Welcome new members!
You can introduce your selves here!

Hello- I'm Sher, a retired interdisciplinary humanities professor. I read mostly nonfiction, but I am interested in returning to reading books like you read here -- myth, fables, fairy tales, and magical realism. I have read many of these works in the past. I am working on a series of essays with a magical realism bent having to do with animals as a memoir- and this project is just to share with friends and family- someday, so no self-promotion at Good Reads or any place else. Just a personal project that is made easier for me by reading in related genres. Reading these types of books now helps me with my writing.

And during the past eight years or so, I have been overdoing it on nonfiction.

Lastly, I see some different people in this group, which I really am looking forward to get to know better.

I will participate as much as I can, and thank you Susan Budd for introducing me to the group.

p.s. I run a nonfiction buddy read group for GR, and it's a small group but active, so a fair amount of energy goes to that group. Still, really pleased to have found this group!

Sher

Hi Sher,

Nice to meet you :)

We have much in common. You're a retired interdisciplinary Humanities professor. I was a professor of English for 18 years before moving into administration. I retired from my position as VP of Academic Services in 2013.

I read in your profile you like reading about world religions. I share your interest and I combine it with my interest in feminism. I wrote a multicultural/international text for Women in Religion classes years ago.

This is a wonderfully supportive group with varied interests. Folks here have led me to some great book recommendations. I'm more interested in reading and writing about mythology than fairy tales but because of some of the discussions and group reads here, I've lately developed an interest in magical realism. Who would've thunk it?

Welcome, again. I'm glad you're here and look forward to your comments and recommendations.

all best.

Welcome, Sher!

I came across this group last autumn, where I picked up some brilliant reading suggestions and even quietly took part in the 2018 reading challenge.

I've already started interacting with you, but have only just found this thread.

So, belatedly, hello. I'm Amanda and I live in Britain's rural south west with my husband and two personality-plus border terriers, Carlos and Carmen. My background is in plant science from where I evolved into international development. I also write creative fiction. I love trees.

In reading, my favourites are myths (most familiar with Greek and Norse) and their retellings, and magic realism.

I'm not wild about YA. At least, I don't think so, but I'm sure there is a YA book out there that could engross me.

Best wishes.

Amanda wrote: "I came across this group last autumn, where I picked up some brilliant reading suggestions and even quietly took part in the 2018 reading challenge.

I've already started interacting with you, but..."

Welcome! Glad you joined us! I also lurked for about a year before I started contributing to discussions. :)

Hi, my name is Julia, I've been lurking here for a while. I've just noticed this thread and I decided to introduce myself. I hope I will finally start to participate in other discussions from now :)
I read quite a lot in English, but it isn't my native language (I'm Polish), so please, forgive me my mistakes ;)
I love fairy tales, retellings and myths, so this is just perfect group for me!

Warm welcome to all new members :). Julia, don't worry, just write and share your opinions (Psst, nice to see another Pole on board).

Julia wrote: "Hi, my name is Julia, I've been lurking here for a while. I've just noticed this thread and I decided to introduce myself. I hope I will finally start to participate in other discussions from now :..."

Welcome Julia!
It's great to see people from all over the world in this group!

Welcome, Julia! (I am Polish-American but sadly I speak no Polish.)

Julia wrote: "Hi, my name is Julia, I've been lurking here for a while. I've just noticed this thread and I decided to introduce myself. I hope I will finally start to participate in other discussions from now :..."

Welcome welcome!

Hi! I’m Danielle! I enjoy folklore, mythology, and everything else this group is dedicated to. I read other types of literature but these are my favorite. I’m an English Literature major, so I read a lot for my degree, but so far haven't been able to find time for leisure reading during the semester. I don’t know how much I’ll be able to participate in the challenges, but I look forward to the discussions about folklore and mythology!
Edit: I thought I should add that my favorite fairytale is East of the Sun and West of the Moon and recently I’ve been enjoying Angela Carter’s collection Strange Things Sometimes Still Happen: Fairy Tales from Around the World.

Danielle wrote: "Hi! I’m Danielle! I enjoy folklore, mythology, and everything else this group is dedicated to. I read other types of literature but these are my favorite. I’m an English Literature major, so I read..."

Welcome, Danielle! I completely understand about having trouble finding leisure time in college: that's why I ended up writing all my papers about fairytales and SFF, ha! :) Participate where and how and whenever you can. East of the Sun is a favorite around here, as is Angela Carter. Of course!

Angela Carter fan base is strong here.

Danielle wrote: "Hi! I’m Danielle! I enjoy folklore, mythology, and everything else this group is dedicated to. I read other types of literature but these are my favorite. I’m an English Literature major, so I read..."

Welcome Danielle! You will definitely discover many new books here! Don't worry about participating in challenges! Not every one does! Feel free to browse around and leave comments if you like! All our threads stay open!

Hi. Fairly new to Goodreads. Looking for like-minded mortals, so it was exciting to stumble upon this group.

Welcome!

All in the wrote: "Hi. Fairly new to Goodreads. Looking for like-minded mortals, so it was exciting to stumble upon this group."

Welcome!

All in the wrote: "Hi. Fairly new to Goodreads. Looking for like-minded mortals, so it was exciting to stumble upon this group."

Welcome to the group! Have a look around and feel free to leave comments, even in the older threads!

Hello, my name is my Carrie and I joined the other day. I'm from NL, Canada. I read many different kinds of book but I have my go to genre's. Fantasy is my number 1 go to. The name of the group is what got my attention. The woods are magical filled with many stories.

Carrie wrote: "Hello, my name is my Carrie and I joined the other day. I'm from NL, Canada. I read many different kinds of book but I have my go to genre's. Fantasy is my number 1 go to. The name of the group is ..."

Welcome, Carrie! Feel free to jump in on any discussions! Currently, we have a poll for our next group read theme, which ends tonight. Feel free to vote! https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/3...

Tomorrow, I or one of the moderators will post a thread to nominate books in the winning theme.

Carrie wrote: "Hello, my name is my Carrie and I joined the other day. I'm from NL, Canada. I read many different kinds of book but I have my go to genre's. Fantasy is my number 1 go to. The name of the group is ..."

Welcome Carrie!
I'm in Ottawa!
You'll discover many good books here! I certainly have!
As Margaret said, feel free to browse around and leave comments! All our threads stay open!

Welcome! I'm from Vancouver (though don't live in Canada any more). I miss the Vancouver woods though. :-)

Emily wrote: "Welcome! I'm from Vancouver (though don't live in Canada any more). I miss the Vancouver woods though. :-)"

I only lived in Vancouver for two years in the early 2000s, but I still miss it!

Thank you for the welcomes

I just joined. I love mythic things, and hope to find good ideas here, to add to my growing reading list.

I also love what I think of as "contemporary" magical realism--that is, Alice Hoffman or Sarah Addison Allen. And I wrote one, and am working on another! Both of my books involve forests. So Into the Forest sounds like my kind of place.

I'm "retired," which means I have way too many projects, ranging from going to the theatre (I began as a playwright), volunteering for the local arts foundation, and wrangling my three pet cockatiels. Oh, and writing, and reading about writing, and reading and reading and reading!

Judith wrote: "I just joined. I love mythic things, and hope to find good ideas here, to add to my growing reading list.

I also love what I think of as "contemporary" magical realism--that is, Alice Hoffman or ..."


Welcome to our group Judith!
We all love myths, fairy and folktales, retellings of them and magical realism!
You will most certainly discover lots of new books here!
We are currently nominating books for our next group read
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Feel free to nominate something as well as to browse around and comment on any of the threads. They all stay open!

Judith wrote: "I just joined. I love mythic things, and hope to find good ideas here, to add to my growing reading list.

I also love what I think of as "contemporary" magical realism--that is, Alice Hoffman or ..."

Welcome!

Hi Everyone! My name is Michael and I am a storyteller based in Wales. I have an absurd amount of storybooks on my shelves. Everynow and then I found one I forgot that I bought - anyone else do that? I am drawn to stories that are close to an oral source and, of course, love the stories of the Mabinogi/Mabinogion. I am beginning to write more too.

Michael wrote: "Hi Everyone! My name is Michael and I am a storyteller based in Wales. I have an absurd amount of storybooks on my shelves. Everynow and then I found one I forgot that I bought - anyone else do tha..."

Welcome, Michael! I've definitely done that before!

We're currently nominating books for our next group read, which is Fairies/Changelings themed. You can go here to nominate books: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And feel free to jump in on any discussion boards!

Hello, my name is Amanda, I have been a member of this group for awhile but have not properly introduced myself, or participated, but will be changing that :) I love everything myth/fairy tale related and am excited to get lots of new reading ideas.

Amanda wrote: "Hello, my name is Amanda, I have been a member of this group for awhile but have not properly introduced myself, or participated, but will be changing that :) I love everything myth/fairy tale rela..."

Welcome, Amanda! I lurked for a year or so before I started participating. :)

Hi everyone! I'm Marta from Italy. I've lurked too for some months, but now I would like to join the 2020 reading challenge. I am a very slow reader, so I'll probably end up not finishing some of the books, but hey, please let me try it all the same :)

My first love is fantasy books, my second love are fairy tales and myths, about which I would like to improve my knowledge. Nice to meet you all! :D

Welcome, Marta! And don't worry, it's absolutely not obligatory to read all the books for the challenge...it's more of a way for people to discover new books and talk about them with like-minded people!

Marta wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Marta from Italy. I've lurked too for some months, but now I would like to join the 2020 reading challenge. I am a very slow reader, so I'll probably end up not finishing some of t..."

Welcome, Marta! Readers are readers no matter how fast they read. :) Read what you're able, discuss when you can, and have fun!

Marta wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Marta from Italy. I've lurked too for some months, but now I would like to join the 2020 reading challenge. I am a very slow reader, so I'll probably end up not finishing some of t..."

Welcome to this group Marta! As everyone says you are not obliged to read all the books in the challenge, in fact you can choose how many you want to read. We are not very strict here!

Hi everyone. My name is Wanda. I contribute my love of reading to being introduced to fairy tales as a very young child. So this is a perfect group for me. I also like to participate in reading challenges so I will attempt the 2020 challenge.