Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Welcome, Alathea!

Birthday: December 9
Favorite Color: Blue and green, especially combinations of the two
Favorite Food: Today, flat bread pizza
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): A Nothing Town in Texas Oh my lord, I haven't thought of this in ages, but I remember it clearly. I think I was 11, maybe, and I was already reading at a high school level and devouring books at such an alarming rate that A. my parents couldn't keep up to censor my reading, and B. I'd run out of "kid" books to read, and I found this at the library. Boy was I shocked. I think it was a while before I read another romance. My second was Desire by Amanda Quick.
Favorite Romance Genre: I will read anything, but I guess I am more likely to purchase paranormals.
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because my life is defined by the following quote: “When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.” Desiderius Erasmus

Hey! Jennie! Welcome :D

Hi i am new to the group so I thought I would start here :D

Birthday: September 12th (today yay! lol)
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Food: Sushi!
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember):Summerhouse by Jude Devereaux
Favorite Romance Genre:I am not very picky I love most genres
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... We just moved to Germany and when the movers came I fussed more over my books than any other thing in my entire house. lol

Happy Birthday Heather! Have a gooood one!

Kasia wrote: "Happy Birthday Heather! Have a gooood one!"

Thanks! it's been interesting so far lol

Welcome Jennie and Heather.

Happy B-day, Heather.

Hope you'll enjoy hanging out with our group.

I guess I'd better get in on this too :)

Birthday: December 30
Favorite Colour: Jewel tones
Favorite Food: Thai
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): No idea - would have been from my mother's bookshelf - probably something from Danielle Steele or Catherine Cookson or a Mills & Boon.
Favorite Romance Genre: Paranormal, historical and recently I'm starting to get more into romantic suspense.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because … I used to stitch every night in front of the tv but now I prefer to read, and; I am pretty much on a first name basis with the security guard and staff at my local Borders because I am in there so often adding to my ever increasing library at home.

*grins*

Now, you are officially welcomed to the group!

:D, thanks, Yz!

Hey all you addicts...I am right there with you!
My name is Pam (only my mother calls me Pamela). I read my first "romance" through 10th grade Chemistry class! (I made an "A"!) It was a hand-me-down Joanna Lindsey and I was hooked. Read everything I could get my hands on...historical, modern, Christian...you name it. My husband hates moving because I have two HUGE boxes of books and now my kids are adding to it with their own collections!

My 46th(hard to believe) birthday is September 22nd!
I love blue...(got that through the genes--everything my maternal grandmother owns has blue in it!)

My favorite time of year is fall for dozens of reasons..cooler weather...blue sky mornings and crisp evenings...football (college and high school)...and the apple crisp my mother used to make!

I ALWAYS have a book started or two or three! Does anyone keep one in their purse? Or is it just me? I've recently discovered Sandra Brown and Nora Roberts...(where have they been all my life?!)

I am wide open to new book suggestions and know the used book store owner by name! LOL

Mel wrote: "I guess I'd better get in on this too :)

Birthday: December 30
Favorite Colour: Jewel tones
Favorite Food: Thai
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): No idea - would have been f..."

Mel! I am right there with you girlfriend! I am so glad I'm not alone!

Welcome to the group, Pamela.

And yes, I carry a book in my purse all the time, too....Hey, you never know, when you can find some spartime to read, like grab a few minutes while standing in line at the bank, the grocery store..etc...LOL

Hi Pamela! Welcome to the group. Seems like your Birthday is coming soon, yay!

Heather wrote: "Hi i am new to the group so I thought I would start here :D

Birthday: September 12th (today yay! lol)
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Food: Sushi!
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember..."

Happy Birthday...Hope someone gives you a good book for a present!

Yz wrote: "Welcome to the group, Pamela.

And yes, I carry a book in my purse all the time, too....Hey, you never know, when you can find some spartime to read, like grab a few minutes while standing in lin..."

Especially the doctor's office...I had a short novel in the exam room one time and almost finished it before the doctor came in!

Kasia wrote: "Hi Pamela! Welcome to the group. Seems like your Birthday is coming soon, yay!"

Thanks Kasia...it's awesome to find like readers!

Hi Pamela and welcome to the group :)

Yes, I carry a book in my handbag all the time. You just never know when you are going to get stuck waiting somewhere!! I'm spending quite a lot of time reading in my car in the school carpark waiting for my kids to finish school at the moment. I have to get there a good half hour before they let out if I want to get a park. Reading has helped me retain most of my sanity *grin*.

Mel wrote: "Hi Pamela and welcome to the group :)

Yes, I carry a book in my handbag all the time. You just never know when you are going to get stuck waiting somewhere!! I'm spending quite a lot of time r..."

Hey Mel...thanks for the welcome! I agree with reading helping keep me sane...especially when my kids were younger and I was always somewhere with them! I did a lot of reading while they were practicing and such!

Hi everyone! I'm relatively new to the site and thought I'd say hello!

Birthday: 11/26
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Food: Cheeseburger
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): Hmm, probably something by Jackie Collins when I was 13, I used o keep my dictionary next to me to look up all the words I didn't know!
Favorite Romance Genre: PNR
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because I always have a book with, every time I go to a bookstore or a library I pull out my notebook and jot down titles and authors that catch my eye while I am looking for what I actually came for, and everytime I pack, i ended with and entire bag of just books!

Welcome to the group, Tara.

Welcome, Tara :) You sound like me in a bookstore - I go in looking for particular books on my wish list but usually come out with something completely different - lol!

Birthday: 2/24/69
Favorite Color: changes often, but currently probably the color of an angry sea with flecks of gold.
Favorite Food: again changes often. Right now I could go for rare ahi tuna with a tequilla raspberry glaze
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): a Harlequin Blaze.
Favorite Romance Genre: contemporary all the way
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because I always have a book with me. Cargo shorts, back pocket of jeans, camera bag, wherever. Also, when I bought our first house, the biggest reason for picking it was the floor to ceiling bookshelves lining the family room walls. When we moved, I had more than 40 boxes of books.

Welcome! 40 boxes of books!! Wow! Actually, I can picture me with that many by the time we are ready to pack up and head back to the home country :)

The sad part is that we had a pipe break last January and I lost 40% of them in the aftermath. I took half of what was left and drove them over to Half-Priced Books to sell.

I realized that I hadn't gotten out more than half dozen books from the boxes in the nine years we've lived in our current house. Why was I keeping them? Some sort of trophy collection?

Even though I said I wasn't going to start hoarding them as I was, and I have been giving/trading them with friends, I still have maybe 100 more books than at the start of the year. Good thing it is a big house.

And Mel, I would hate to have to pay the freight shipping all of those books back to Australia.

Oh no! Water and books just do not mix :)

I find it really hard to part with my books although if I will part with them if I can't get into them. I'd much rather have that space taken up with a book that I will read and/or re-read :)

And I'm hoping my husband's company will cough up the freight costs - lol!

Oh, hi!

:D

Hi Anya!

Welcome, Anya.

Yeah, so I've been here for a few months and I'm just now getting around to filling this out. I'm SUPER organized. *LoL*

Birthday: May 8
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Food: Italian or Chinese
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): A Jackie Collins I think. *LoL*
Favorite Romance Genre: I pretty much am open to anything, book genre wise.
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I'm currently unemployed and, in between looking for work, I'm still trying to figure out ways to acquire more books.

;D Better late than never, right?

Kasia wrote: ";D Better late than never, right?"

PRETTY much my motto. ;^)

Birthday: July 22
Favorite Color: My favorite color changes from day to day. But right now it's lime green.
Favorite Food: Pizza and Chocolate
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): Well, Twilight is what crossed me over into the vampire paranormal addiction. So I'll go with that!
Favorite Romance Genre: Paranormal Romances
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because every spare minute of my time I have my nose stuck in a book, and on the rare occasion that I don't, my family asks what's wrong! LOL! I also stay up into the wee hours of the morning reading, there's no better time!

Welcome, Kristen!

Birthday: August 28
Favorite Color: Beige, Red, Green, Yellow, Pink
Favorite Food: Japanese and Italian
First Romance Novel Read: The Wedding by Julie Garwood
Favorite Romance Genre: Contemporaries and Historicals
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because I consider buying a smaller bed just so I can fit in another bookshelf in my room. My mother kept on saying that I already turned my bedroom into a small library.

Birthday: March 27
Favorite Color: Blues
Favorite Food: Mashed Potatoes/Chicken and Dumplings
First Romance Novel Read(that you can remember): Wild Oats by Pamela Morsi ( thinking about right now, i actually still remember some of book. years since i read it.
Favorite Romance Genre: For me I don't really have a favorite Genre. I love all kinds of Genre Romances. Vampire to Historical.
Finished the line: I dinfinately say I'm a proud Addict to loving all kinds of books to read. I've beat two of my previous records of books read. Now on the last record to beat. almost there too. This is the number of books I own:
1170+ books (all kinds)......

Birthday: September 4
Favorite Color: Pink
Favorite Food: Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes and corn on the cob
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): A Harlequin Romance circa 1972 in the 7th grade.
Favorite Romance Genre: Historical Romance
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because..my extra bedroom is quickly becoming unaccessible because of the boxes of books -- not to mention the boxes in my attic and my hall closet filled with books, along with the boxes of books I've stashed at my parents' house. (Thank goodness my mom loves romance novels, too.)

Hey guys, welcome!

Welcome, everyone!

Welcome to the gang, everyone!

Hello everyone! I've been on GR for about a month and a half but just now noticed this thread. Oops!

Birthday: Feb. 2
Favorite Color: red
Favorite Food: fresh-baked oatmeal raisin cookies
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): one of my mom's harlequins. (However, she denies that my love of romance novels is her doing.)
Favorite Romance Genre: paranormal
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... When I ran out of both shelf space and room for shelves, I cleared out clothes to make room for books in my dresser and armoire. And someone once told me that trying to keep me away from books is like trying to keep a junkie away from crack.

Haha, you're fine. Some people post even after several months of hanging out in the group. So no biggie. But I'm glad to know about your stuffed bookshelves! Fun, fun, fun.

Kasia wrote: "Haha, you're fine. Some people post even after several months of hanging out in the group. So no biggie. But I'm glad to know about your stuffed bookshelves! Fun, fun, fun."

Thanks Kasia!

Birthday: May 22nd
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Korean
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): ooo....all i know it was Harlequin.Um... OH! Last Virgin in California, I think
Favorite Romance Genre: Paranormal or Interracial (BW/?M) erotica
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because I literally sniff books when I buy or check them out. I'm addicted to the scent of books to the point that i'm going to open my own bookstore so I can smell that heavenly smell everyday lol. Plus my mom threatens to disown me if I buy another book hahahaha....

Birthday:June 25
Favorite Color: Green, blue
Favorite Food: Fried Dumplings
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): A Johanna Lindsey (can't remember the title)
Favorite Romance Genre: currently paranormal
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because I hired some one to take care of my kids for the weekend so I could read in peace (I was in my bedroom the whole time...can't remember eating)...spent my honeymoon reading...still don't know how I got the kids. Guess its one of life's great mysteries.

Joelle wrote: "Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because I hired some one to take care of my kids for the weekend so I could read in peace (I was in my bedroom the whole time...can't remember eating)...spent my honeymoon reading...still don't know how I got the kids. Guess its one of life's great mysteries."

Too funny!

Welcome Diandra and Joelle!

Birthday: November 24
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Food: Italian
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember): I think it was The Bachelor by Carly Phillips
Favorite Romance Genre: Paranormal and Historical
Finished the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... There are piles of books everywhere in my dorm room and at home and I am always adding to them!

Welcome, Maritza!

Birthday: Dec 11
Favorite Color: purple//dark jewel tones
Favorite Food: chocolate/sweet tea/fresh baked bread
First Romance Novel Read (that you can remember):as a kid-- forever by Judy Blume/as an adult-- not sure--one of Nora Roberts probably
Favorite Romance Genre: urban fantasy/paranormal --but am open to any
Finished the line: I know I am a book addict 'cause our shelves are full, there are stacks on the floor and we just keep bringing more home