Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Welcome Toni from Kentucky! :D
Stick around.

Hi everyone! I see some familiar faces around here. Thanks for the invite Nancy.

Birthday: May 24
Favorite Color: Indigo
Favorite Food: anything with pasta!
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): The Mallen Girl by Catherine Cookson
Favorite Romance Genre: Erotica, Paranormal and M/M (I can't pick just one)
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because....I always have a book with me and my tbr pile would rival some small bookstores. : /

Glad you joined, Collette!

My anniversary is on your birthday. :)

Hi, Collette! We've just missed your B-Day by a few days. Happy Birthday!!! anyways
;)

Aww thank you Kasia.

See? I knew it was a good day to be born. :D Happy Late Anniversary, Nancy.

A warm late welcome to Toni and Collette. Welcome to our group.

Hey Collette! Good to see you here. I've been having a lot of fun with this group. Hope you do too.:-)

Birthday: March 9
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Chicken, Mexican
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): The Taming by Jude Deveraux
Favorite Romance Genre: Historical Romance
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because....a)My TBR is over 100 and I keep buying books every month, b)I decided to reduce sleep by 1 hour each night to have more time to read, c)I will immediately pick up a new book if I finish the one I'm reading before 11 p.m. and d)I usually don't pick up the phone when I'm home reading.

Welcome! To one fellow book addict to another, you are in the right group.

Happy reading!

Hi Fanip!! I've noticed you're in on a monthly challenge already, that's just great.

I'm giving it a try since I always have trouble choosing what book to read next. Maybe this will help out reduce my TBR list which has been growing with escalating speed this last year, ever since I discovered Amazon forums and Goodreads:(

I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

But even though I read more (thanks to GR and this group) my TBR is still expanding. It's hopeless in my case... If I just could NOT add new stuff all the time, it all would be fine.

Hope you'll do better than me.

I hope so as well, though I don't have very high expectations at this point:)

Birthday: March 18
Favorite Color: Blue/Mauve (I have a hard time choosing just one)
Favorite Food: Creole
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): something by Barbara Cartland
Favorite Romance Genre: historical, especially regency, with paranormal a close 2nd
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... we build more bookcases rather than give books away ... I don't walk past a bookstore, I walk in ... my TBRs take up one whole bookshelf, 3 deep x 4' long ... I join challenges like this one

Happy to see you here in our group, BJ Rose.

Birthday : Jan 31
Fav Colour : Black
First Romance Novel Read: Love Story by Erich Segal
Favourite Romance Genre: Fantasy
I know I'm a book addict because all the rooms in my house contain books and I'm nearly always reading. People are always trying to convince me to donate books to charity shops as I've run out of bookshelves and some booksa re in a pile in the bathroom but they clearly do not understand the concept of re-reading

Oh wow! Now I have that mental image of your place... I rather like it ;D

Welcome to the group, Karyn.

I love Erich Segal's books.

It's good here. The kitchen is straight ahead, take the left at the Laurrel K Hamiltons ang the first left at the Gregory Maguires and make sure you step over all the horse related equipment (my saddle lives in my bedroom but the bridle's in the kitchen)and then you're in the kitchen.

LOL

Birthday: April 8th
Favorite Color: green
Favorite Food: Thai or Sushi
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): ROMEO AND JULIET...an oldie but goodie, right? Hehe
Favorite Romance Genre: paranormal or historical
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because....my TBR list is over 700 or something ridiculous like that...and I keep adding to it!!

Birthday: Nov 29
Favorite Color: Purple,black,brown lol
Favorite Food: chinese
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): first?? emm.. dunno-- the thickest- gone with the wind
Favorite Romance Genre: i dunno.. :)
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... i love books..i so want to find a way to disappear into the world of novels n never come back!!!

Hi Michelle, Mizla!

Welcome, Michelle and Mizla. Hope you'll have fun reading with us.

me too :)

Thanks..I know I will. Can't wait to talk to you all about books, life, whatever. Take care everyone!

Yz wrote: "Drop by and tell us something about yourself:

Birthday: 10/14/90
Favorite Color: lime green
Favorite Food: fettucine alfredo
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): Irish Hearts by Nora Roberts
Favorite Romance Genre: contemporary
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addicted because I just spent all my graduation money on books!

Glad to have you aboard, Lauran. Welcome to the group.

Birthday: 11/27/50
Favorite Color: Pink
Favorite Food: Chocolate
First Romance Novel Read: Menfreya In The Morning by Victoria Holt (that is showing my age lol)
Favorite Romance Genre: Historical Romance - Medieval
I know I'm a book addicted because, I buy books before food lol...

Welcome aboard, Ann. Hope you'll enjoy our little group.

Hi Whistledom. Welcome!

Birthday: April 14
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Food: Chicken
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): Knight and Shining Armor by Jude Devereaux
Favorite Romance Genre: Historical
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because I have at least 2 books in my purse all the time and I read multiple books at time. I even read at work, shhhhh... I buy books regularly and put them on my to read shelf and ebooks too.

Hi, glad to have you here, Jacqueline.

Birthday: February 20
Favorite Color: Pink
Favorite Food: Mexican & Grilled Seafood
First Romance Read: Endless Love
Favorite Romance Genre: Historical & Contemporary
Finished the line: I know I am a book addict because I cant go anywhere or do anything unless a book goes along for the trip.

Hi there Sallie. Welcome to the group.

Welcome, Sallie. Visit us often.

Birthday: May 6
Favorite Color: purple
Favorite Food: mexican
First Romance Novel Read: not sure probably one of my moms harlequin books back in the 80's
Favorite Romance Genre: historical
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because I visit the library twice a week and always waiting for a book in the mail.

Welcome, Jackie. Feel at home and enjoy the challenges with us.

Hi there!

Kasia wrote: "Ah, hi Purple! Welcome!"

Hi Kasia, Hi Yz, Ive been out for a while. I got sick, flu actually. Im better now so i hope that it doesnt scare you. =) I'm also a bit quiet makes up for my kids (pre-schoolers) kakulitan =). Nice to hear from you all though.

Uhm, Kasia, "kakulitan" means ..well, you know how pre-schoolers are.. so thats pretty much it. sorry, can't find the exact term for it, uhm, Yz, can you help me out here? thanks =)

No problem, Purple. Hope you feel better now. Glad to have you back.

The word that comes to mind as a translation to "kakulitan" would be mischief or mischiveousness (sp?).

Favorite Color: Teal
Favorite Food: dark chocolate
First Romance Novel Read: Kathrine by Anya Seton
Favorite Romance Genre: Paranormal/Urban Fantasy/erotica
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because everywhere you look in my house there are piled of books. And I feel perfectly content with it.

Birthday: June 18
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Pasta
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): Judith McNaught - Whitney My Love (I was thirteen and I had no idea what I was getting into lol)
Favorite Romance Genre: Historical and Contemporary
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because I hoard books like a miser and when I come close to finishing them off, I panic and go buy/download more. I like a hefty TBR list.

Oh, hi Ori! Welcome to the group.

*extends a hand of welcome to Reacherfan and waves hi to Ori*

Hello all! You will find me on Amazon forums, mostly in mystery and erotic romance. The romance forum has some hard core fans so I mostly keep my mouth shut. I'm also on PaperbackSwap forums for romance, paranormal (romance and non-romance), and mystery. I am Reacherfan, Reacher Fan or Reacherfan1909 on all locations. My name refers to Jack Reacher, the character created by Lee Child, this years President, Mystery Writers od America. I also have a blog where I review books, mostly romance, romantic suspense, mystery and erotic romance. Wave if you see me.

I have to admit I rarely visit the Amazon forums lately because of the almost vitriolic arguments and sometimes personal attacks on authors in the discussion boards, or if I do, I just simply lurked.

I haven't read a Lee Child book yet, although I'm curious about Jack Reacher. I first heard of him as Z's favorite book character (Z or Zsadist is a book character in Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series), and since Z is a fave of mine, I'm curious about why he like such a character.

Jack Reacher literally walked off the pages of noir mystery thrillers in a book titled The Killing Floor by then first time author Lee Child. It was amazing. Admittedly, his syntax could - and still can - be annoying, but Reacher became an iconic character almost immediately. He is the ultimate loner hero - part Shane, part High Plains Drifter, part Kwai Chang Caine, and part Death Wish. He's a former MP that's a West Point graduate and all around tough guy and natural investigator. As he wanders he gets drawn into different situations. He is, by choice, a wanderer.

Lee Child allowed the books to slip in quality since One Shot, and his Nothing to Lose cause a firestorm of negative feedback from fans that he got very nasty about. Talk about UGLY! There are people on Amazon that will never buy him again. I came very close myself, but I did buy and read Gone Tomorrow, released last month and it was solid, back to his One Shot level, but not up to The Killing Floor.

The Amazon forums have too much promotion on some threads. A part of me understands that. Authors have a tough time getting people to try new reads, so it isn't easy making a living these days, but most promote books that are not what's being looked for.

I read voraciously and have for decades. Reacher and John Rain - Barry Eisler's brilliant assassin - are two of my favorite action mystery thriller type characters. When I chose a screen name, I found the one I was famous (or infamous) for on Trip Advisor was already taken, so on book forums I decided to take the name of a favorite character. So here I am, ReacherFan. I'm not 6 feet 5 inches of all muscle with short blond hair and a penchant for violent action, but I manage. :-)

PS - I have not read the BDB, but I have two of Ward's novels in my TBR pile.

Birthday: 10/12
Favorite Color: purple
Favorite Food: does ice-cream count lol?
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): The Proud Breed
Favorite Romance Genre: It's a toss up between Historical Romance, and Modern day Romance.
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I can never put down my Kindle.