Who Doesn't Love a Classic? discussion

Welcome to Who Doesn't Love a Classic? group! Please take a moment to introduce yourself. We're happy to have you join us.

Hi, I'm Karin and am migrating from Shelfari. I read a variety of books, including some classics. In fact, I'm on here to write a review of one at some point today (I hope). I have three "teens" (one is nearly 21, but young for her age, so I include her in that) that keep me busy chauffeuring (none get to drive until they can pay for it all themselves; partly so they are more responsible, and partly because our money is going to other things for them).

Welcome, Karin ... glad you found us!

Hi, I'm Tessa (or BC). I've had a parallel Goodreads shelf since about 2008, and started getting involved in various groups in 2012, so I'm helping the team get this group going.

I'm originally from Texas, but have lived in Wisconsin since I came to college at the age of 17, and fell in love with winter. (I really hate hot weather...)

I'm married - no children, no pets. I work in healthcare administration for a group of pediatric surgeons (General Surgery and Plastic / Reconstructive Craniofacial Surgery). I am also an active volunteer in my community, serving on the board of both the Skylight Music Theatre and my local public library. In addition to reading I enjoy theater (especially musical theater), gardening, travel and cooking.

Hi Jerry-Book from Richmond, Virginia but born and raised in Iowa. I like the classics, history, historical fiction, biographies, some Sci-Fi,
and some fantasy. Hoping to wind down my law practice in a few years. I am the father of two (one is still in college). I like to spend time at our Virginia Beach condo but don't like hot weather. I am an active participant in the University of Richmond's Osher Program which is continuing education for people over 60.

Hello, Terris here from Shelfari (Terri-S). I'm so glad to see you all here (even though I'll miss Shelfari terribly!). Seeing friends here makes it a little easier ;)
I'm a recently retired Kindergarten teacher so I'm getting to read a lot more than I had time for before. And I'm trying to keep adding to my Classics list all the time, and you guys are my inspiration!!

Hi everyone!

I'm Lara (though you probably know me as llevinso for Shelfari). I'm the head moderator for this group though I have NO IDEA how Goodreads works, so please be patient ;) Special thanks to BC who has stepped up to set this group up!

Anyway, I live in Evanston, IL (right next to Chicago) with my fiance. We've been together almost 5 years and will be getting married in the beginning of April in Puerto Rico! Woohoo! That's also why I haven't been as active this last year. Wedding planning (plus a promotion at work) takes up a lot of time.

I got back into reading the classics several years ago (and that's when I took the reins in the Shelfari group). I also enjoy reading all other different varieties of books: non-fiction, historical fiction, memoirs, etc. I just love to read. So I'm always happy to get a good book recommendation (or give one!).

I know you've been working on the wedding for awhile. We're all excited for you!! :)

Jerry-Book & Terri S - so glad you found us!

Hello again, everyone! I'm Tracy, on Shelfari I was tstan. I'm from Grinnell, Iowa, and have two grown sons, both in college at this time, neither at the local ones. I am a pharmacist, and recently took a position that allows me to work from home- overnights, seven days on/off, so I have lots of time for my hobbies of gardening, quilting, and, of course, tackling my TBR mountain.
Thank you, Lara and Book Concierge for continuing the group, and I'll see some of you over at the 1001 group, too!

Hello everyone! I'm Debby in Northern Virginia. I'm married and we have a grown son. I am starting a new business dealing with interior design and home renovating because I love all that. I also like to read, learn foreign languages, general history, art history, military history and some classics, and biographies sometimes. I crochet, do jigsaw puzzles, crossword puzzles, make homemade cards, things like that. I love snow and rain and dancing and chocolate.

Welcome, Tracy (tstan) and ilikeboox ....

Welcome Tracy and Debby! Glad you found us :)

Hi I'm Janelle (formerly nuclearblonde on Shelfari). I love many genres and live a little north of Richmond, Virginia. I love a lot of nerdy things as well as hitting the gym and getting outside. Good to see so many here already.

Hi, I'm Amy (Amester from Shelfari). I'm a Colorado native currently living just south of metro Denver.

My husband and I have a 10 year old son and his daughter who's a junior at CSU (plus a rotating cast of foster dogs!). I'm a director with an after-school theater program and an avid gardener.

I'm so glad to be back with this group! The kitchen renovation is still under way but I'm determined to get more 'WDLAC?' time!

Hi goodreaders! I'm Diane (some of you know me as bookkaddict on Shelfari). Living in rural So. Illinois there isn't much to do here but READ...and I do that. I'll read just about any genre and I do love the classics. Glad to have moved with the Shelfari group and looking forward to more great reviews and discussions.

Hi, NuclearBlonde (Janelle), Amester (Amy) and Bookaddict (Diane) ... great to see you here!

So good to see all of my Shelfari friends here! Welcome! Welcome! :)

It's so lovely to be reconnecting in our various groups. I'm starting to get used to Goodreads even though I miss Shelfari. But I'm not one for being homesick, so am probably going to be fully adjusted relatively soon despite my original antagonism to Goodreads. More than anything I enjoy staying connected with reading friends, which is why I started going on Shelfari; having shelves and keeping records is fine, but not extremely important to me.

Hi, I'm Bianca , same name on Shelfari, from Michigan. I've been on Goodreads for a while, even though I liked Shelfari more and will miss it. I love to read just about everything.
When not reading I like to crochet, consider myself a foodie, and anime and manga fan.

Hi, Bianca (which happens to be the name of my youngest niece). So glad to see you here.

Welcome Bianca! Glad to have you :)

Hi everyone, I'm Monette. Like most of you, I miss Shelfari a lot, but I'm happy everyone can reconnect here. I'm looking forward to meeting and getting to know more book friends. I love reading so many different genres, but my first love are the classics.

Welcome Monette!

Hello, Monette - it's nice to see you here!

Hi all, I'm Megan S from Shelfari. I'm a paleontologist from Ohio living in Kenosha (in WI, between Chicago and Milwaukee). I recently adopted a schipperke-pomeranian (google this if you need a cute fix for the day!) named Portia, for the Shakespearean heroine of course! I love reading historical fiction, classics, and some fantasy and YA dystopian novels. I miss my Shelfari but am glad to see so many familiar people here.

Hi, Megan .... glad you found us!

Megan wrote: "Hi all, I'm Megan S from Shelfari. I'm a paleontologist from Ohio living in Kenosha (in WI, between Chicago and Milwaukee). I recently adopted a schipperke-pomeranian (google this if you need a cut..."

Good to see you here!

Yeah! The Alot is back!

Megan wrote: "Hi all, I'm Megan S from Shelfari. I'm a paleontologist from Ohio living in Kenosha (in WI, between Chicago and Milwaukee). I recently adopted a schipperke-pomeranian (google this if you need a cut..."

Welcome Megan! Good to see you here!

Hi everyone, I'm Katie. I'm migrating here from Shelfari, where I was a member of this group, though I hadn't been active for quite some time. (I'm hoping to change that!)

Great to see you here, Katie!

Karin wrote: "Great to see you here, Katie!"

Thanks, Karin! Glad to be here. :)

Hello, everyone! Karin dropped a link to this group on the classics group on Leafmarks, so I thought I'd join up here now that LM is closing.

I'm a recent college graduate from the unbearably hot climate of Arizona. It's so hot this time of year that there's nothing to do but turn the AC up and curl up with a book. I love reading just about anything, but especially stuff from the turn of twentieth century.

I look forward to getting to know all of you. :)

Welcome Lysistrata. I don't like hot weather either. (Just 6 months until winter!)

Lysistrata wrote: "Hello, everyone! Karin dropped a link to this group on the classics group on Leafmarks, so I thought I'd join up here now that LM is closing.

I'm a recent college graduate from the unbearably hot ..."

Welcome, Lysistrata! I have my AC set to 68F at night ....

Lysistrata wrote: "Hello, everyone! Karin dropped a link to this group on the classics group on Leafmarks, so I thought I'd join up here now that LM is closing.

I'm a recent college graduate from the unbearably hot ..."

Glad to see you here!

93 here at VA Beach heading for 100

Hey yall. I'm Audra. I live in Georgia and work in a grocery store(not mentioning the name cuz yall will laugh). This is my first group here. Hope to have fun.

Audra wrote: "Hey yall. I'm Audra. I live in Georgia and work in a grocery store(not mentioning the name cuz yall will laugh). This is my first group here. Hope to have fun."

Glad to have you! What do you like to read?

Is the store called Piggly Wiggly?

ilikeboox wrote: "Is the store called Piggly Wiggly?"

I love those stores! They don't have them where I live :(

Lol...yes, it is Piggly Wiggly. I like to read classics, some adventure, westerns, fantasy... I simply love novels that center around a classic writer or story such as The Poe Shadow, Drood, Haunt Me Still, The Historian...I love Jules Verne and Sherlock Holmes.

Audra wrote: "Lol...yes, it is Piggly Wiggly..."

I knew it!

Audra wrote: "Lol...yes, it is Piggly Wiggly. I like to read classics, some adventure, westerns, fantasy... I simply love novels that center around a classic writer or story such as The Poe Shadow, Drood, Haunt ..."

It looks like you are a very well-rounded reader and will fit right in here! (I just finished "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and loved it!!)
:)

Audra wrote: "Hey yall. I'm Audra. I live in Georgia and work in a grocery store(not mentioning the name cuz yall will laugh). This is my first group here. Hope to have fun."

Welcome to the group, Audra! I hope you like it here. Looks like you'll fit right in :)

Howdy all. I'm Jerry and I am a pining Shelfarian. It's good to see many of you from back in the day. If you don't remember, I was the voice of reason in this group :) Actually, the title of Fool or Jester would have been more appropriate.

I will probably be sporadic in my popping in here (if I'm that lucky) due to the fact that GR couldn't quite live up to its promise to import all my books from Shelfari (they ended up only importing about a third). So I have a lot of manually importing.

If some of you remember, I started a real life book group with some of my friends (some of whom had never been in a book group let alone having read some of the finer works in literature). I am glad to say that this group is still up and running, although we are down to 5 people (from the original 8). We just met last weekend to discuss E. L. Doctorow's Homer & Langley and now we are reading Rabbit, Run by John Updike (I want to see what they do with a less than desirable protagonist).

It's good to see NB (Nuclearblonde), BC and Amster, to name a few. I talk to Lara all the time on FB (although I may have to boycott her because her Cubbies beat up on my Giants this weekend).

Welcome back, Jerry! (Go Cubs!)

Jerry wrote: "Howdy all. I'm Jerry and I am a pining Shelfarian. It's good to see many of you from back in the day. If you don't remember, I was the voice of reason in this group :) Actually, the title of Fool o..."

So good to see you here Jerry! Sorry about your Giants...though not really ;)

I'll be interested to hear what you think of Rabbit, Run. It's been on my TBR for a while now but I've never pulled the trigger.

Lara wrote: "Jerry wrote: "Howdy all. I'm Jerry and I am a pining Shelfarian. It's good to see many of you from back in the day. If you don't remember, I was the voice of reason in this group :) Actually, the t..."

Well, Lara, it will be a re-read for me. I didn't find the character all too pleasing. He would get the Alec/Angel award for best jackwagon in a novel category.