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Birthday: 3/30
Favorite Book(s): Too Many to name.
Favorite Book Genre: Historical Romance
Favorite Author: Too M any to name
Favorite Color: Blue blending into purple.
Favorite Food: Asian or Indian
Any Pets: A dog named Snitzle and a cat named George. He indeed thinks that he is the king.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: The Canadian wilderness....far far away from hot Texas with just me and my TBR.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because....see prior answer. ;-)

Birthday: March 15th (Beware the Ides of March)
Favorite Book(s): Standalone - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Favorite Book Genre: Young/New Adult Fantasy/Distopian (Series preferred)
Favorite Author: Cassandra Clare
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Authentic Texas Mexican
Any Pets: I prefer to call them my fur babies (youngest in my pfp)
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Where I am, because I worked hard to get here (DC area), but I would travel the world if I had the opportunity
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... they are always with me - ebook, physical copies, audio - either in my purse or carried outright; my happy place is either the public library, bookstore, or my own private reading library; and I would rather read than anything else "fun" to do.

My favorite books are: Lord of the Rings, The Dresden Files, The Sword of Truth Series, Hunger Games...and ill stop the list before it gets too long.
Finish the line: I know Im a book addict because...I tell myself I can quit whenever I want...but I dont seem to want to.

Favorite Book(s): Lassie Come Home, 101 Dalmatians, Stillmeadow Sampler, The Cat Who Series
Favorite Book Genre: Anything with cats, dogs, or horses growing up, then I had a romance phase, then a romantic suspense phase, currently my go-to are cozy mysteries
Favorite Author: Lillian Jackson Braun and Sue Grafton, though the author I've read the most is Debbie Macomber
Favorite Color: purple, and orange
Favorite Food: cake
Any Pets: 2 cats
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: close to my family, with 1 - 2 week vacations everywhere at least once every 2 months. After winning the lottery, of course.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I doubt I'm as addicted as most people in this group. But I love reading, I love my little home library, and I love going to book stores and libraries. I get sad when I realize that I probably won't be able to read every book that I want to in my lifetime.

Birthday:10/1
Favorite Book Genre: I read across many Genres
Favorite Author: Absolutely too many to list them all. Charles Martin is one of my favorites. I always have a box of kleenex close by when I pick up one of his books.
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Greek
Any Pets: Two spoiled rotten cats, Riley and Elton (Rocket Man)
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: the mountains
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because I am positively exhausted many mornings because I stayed up so late reading. If I am riding with my husband on a trip, I am reading. If I am waiting in the doctor's office I am reading.

Birthday: April 27th (so Taurus it hurts)
Favorite Book(s): Yeah, that's impossible.
Favorite Book Genre: It varies but probably sci-fi, True Crime is up there, and so is historical fiction
Favorite Author: Right now probably Kendare Blake
Favorite Color: Black
Favorite Food: Piiiiiizzaaaaaaa, and my uncle Rubern's tuna ceviche!
Any Pets: two cats, Hades and Lady and two dogs, Nero and Bean
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: London.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I am literally a librarian. Also I keep ending up in Goodreads 1% of reviewers so there's that.

Favorite Book(s)//Genre// Author: It changes all the time
Favorite Color: Golden yellow (and a strong pink)
Favorite Food: potatoes
Any Pets: Yep. And I'm allergic to both
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: no where in particular. Somewhere beautiful with the ability to travel and visit other beautiful places
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I like books
Doing this has made me realize I'm both high maintenance and easily content lol

Favorite Book(s): Catcher in the Rye, Invisible Man, Devil in a Blue Dress
Favorite Book Genre: Coming of Age/Literary Fiction
Favorite Author: J.D. Salinger, Walter Mosley
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Food: Pizza
Any Pets:
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Where I live now...Bermuda! Turks & Caicos a close second.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because....I simply can't stop thinking about books

Favorite Book(s): Ready Player One, The Lunar Chronicles series, The Harry Potter series, The Percy Jackson series. Many, many others, but those are probably my tops.
Favorite Book Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Cake
Any Pets: Three cats
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Ireland
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... You should see the size of my library.
Birthday: July 11
Favorite Book: Skyward
Favorite Book Genre: Fantasy and Sci-fi
Favorite Author: Brandon Sanderson and Cinda Williams Chima
Favorite Color: Basically any shade of blue
Favorite Food: My mother's homemade potato soup, chocolate cake
Any Pets: No :(
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Hawaii or New Zealand
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because... I always get distracted from my homework by reading books, and I go in my high school library so often the librarians know me by name.
Favorite Book: Skyward
Favorite Book Genre: Fantasy and Sci-fi
Favorite Author: Brandon Sanderson and Cinda Williams Chima
Favorite Color: Basically any shade of blue
Favorite Food: My mother's homemade potato soup, chocolate cake
Any Pets: No :(
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Hawaii or New Zealand
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because... I always get distracted from my homework by reading books, and I go in my high school library so often the librarians know me by name.
Hello everyone! I'm Sophie, one of the mod team here.
It's great to hear a bit about you all and I hope you are enjoying our mix of challenges. I think there's something for everyone; from yearly long ones (including to clear your TBR), shorter monthly challenges, team challenges and our ongoing novel role playing game. There's also buddy reads and our books of the month.
See you around the group!
It's great to hear a bit about you all and I hope you are enjoying our mix of challenges. I think there's something for everyone; from yearly long ones (including to clear your TBR), shorter monthly challenges, team challenges and our ongoing novel role playing game. There's also buddy reads and our books of the month.
See you around the group!

Favorite Book(s): Harry Potter, Shadow and Bone Trilogy, The Hobbit, The Six of Crows, and Lord of the Rings.
Favorite Book Genre: Fantasy/YA
Favorite Author: Leigh Bardugo, J.K Rowling
Favorite Color: green, purple, peach, and teal
Favorite Food: I love trying new foods. I like trying them and learning about where they come from.
Any Pets: three cats Momo, Misty, and Reggie
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be the Rocky Mountains in Idaho in a small cottage.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because... I get engrossed in my reading. I feel like I am sucked into another world. It's the best feeling ever.

My fav feature on GR is the compare books feature. If you don't use it a lot, give it a try. It can help you find great recs from friends with similar reading styles. It also gives you some good ideas on WTR next if you are in a rut.
If any of this sounds familiar, shoot me a friend request!
Favorite Book(s)
Favorite Authors
Favorite Book Genre: Horror
Favorite Movies: really, too many to name, but here is a sample- The Godfather (obviously!), Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Jurassic Park/World series, Psycho, Get Out, Blair Witch (yes I LOVE IT), Toy Story series, The Princess Bride, and pretty much anything with Bill Murray
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be:


Favorite Book(s): I really don’t have a favorite.
Favorite Book Genre: romance. But starting to venture out.
Favorite Color: purple
Favorite Food: Mexican food
Any Pets: I have two dogs and two turtles
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Hawaii
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because....
I would rather read then do anything else.

Birthday: May 11th
Favorite Book(s): The Nightingale Me Before You
Favorite Book Genre: Thriller, Contemporary, Chick Lit
Favorite Author: Louise Penny, Ruth Ware
Favorite Color: Pink
Favorite Food: Wine!!!
Any Pets: Lizzi the yellow lab, used to have Maddie, Bailiey, Lucy, Cabbi (thus the Maddielucy GR name)
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: beach anywhere
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because….i have too many books for my house :)

My Birthday: September 3
Favorite book: the list is far too long
Favorite book genre: Historical Fiction
Favorite Author: Not sure
Favorite color: purple
Any pets: I have my collie, Mac
Place I would most want to live: On the beach. I read by the ocean everyday!
I know I’m a book addict because: I went to the library one day and asked the librarian if there was a limit on the books I could take out. She replied that there wasn’t but then looked at my stack of books and said I should limit it to 10.

my name is Lucie. I am from the Czech Republic.
Birthday: April 28
Favorite Book(s): Too many to name.
Favorite Book Genre: Fantasy, sci-fi, comics, romance
Favorite Author: Neil Gaiman
Favorite Color: red
Favorite Food: Italian
Any Pets: I have a dog, Charlie.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: In a library.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because... I have a lot of unread books, but I can´t stop buying them.

My name is Elizabeth
Birthday: 10/30
Favorite Book(s): Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Favorite Book Genre: Mystery/Suspense
Favorite Author: James Patterson, Kristen Hannah, Emily Griffin
Favorite Color: Pink
Favorite Food: Sushi
Any Pets: 2 dogs, Gus and Jax
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: London
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... i own about 400 books

Favorite book: so many! Perhaps, "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."
Favorite genre: Historical fiction, Historical romance, mystery
Favorite Author: Mario Puzo, Isabel Allende
Color: white
food: Italian anything
Pets: too many. My grandchildren moved in and brought 2 dogs, 3 cats.
If I could live anywhere in the world, it would be wherever they have al long history of storytelling--like Italy.
I now own more books than I can possibly read in my lifetime. However, that doesn't stop me from acquiring more and trying to them anyway.

Birthday: 3/30
Favorite Book(s): Freshwater, The Bloody Jack series, House of Spirits, The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, The Accursed King Novels, Song of Ice and Fire novels, this could really go on for ever.
Favorite Book Genre: historical fiction, magical realism, some fantasy
Favorite Author: Philippa Gregory, L.A. Meyer, Isabel Allende, Akwaeke Emezi, Alice Hoffman, Helen Oyeyemi, Yaa Gyasi, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the list goes on
Favorite Color: none I favor them all at different times
Favorite Food: A good slice of pizza or fufu in lightsoup with goat
Any Pets: 2 dogs, Floki and Khaleesi, 4 cats, Wyatt, Iseult, Lazslo, and Guillermo, and 1 rabbit, Zeus.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: anywhere in the Caribbean, Ghana, New Zealand, or Greece
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because it is March 4th and I've already finished 4 books this year. And I've mastered the art of reading while walking even down busy New York streets.

Birthday: 10/31
Favorite Book(s): So many! The Poet X is the latest favorite!
Favorite Book Genre: Fantasy, YA, contemporary, science fiction, historical fiction
Favorite Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Simona Ahrnstedt, Brandon Sanderson and many more
Favorite Color: Blue or purple
Favorite Food: Chicken with homemade marinade or homemade pizza
Any Pets: I have a cat called Sotis (translated: Blacky or something like that).

Birthday: 7/9
Favorite Book(s): Many, non in particular
Favorite Book Genre: I read anything
Favorite Author: no idea
Favorite Color: green?? Never thought about this since...
Favorite Food: I don't have a favourite food but I rather enjoy Northern Spanish
Any Pets: cat, Leo
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: I would like to live in many countries but I am happy where I am now.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because....i'd probably die if I couldn't read.

Birthday: 9/11
Favorite Book(s): Lost December, The Infernal Devices, The Fountains of Silence, If tomorrow comes, The hating game, Everything Sarah J. Maas
Favorite Book Genre: Fantasy, Contemporary, Historical fiction
Favorite Author: Sidney Sheldon, Sarah J. Maas, Ruta Sepetys
Favorite Color: Cream
Favorite Food: Korean food (e.g. samgyupsal, kimbap, ramen, kimchi)
Any Pets: sadly no
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: London or Hawaii
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because....I read nonstop and sniff my books like crazy

Favorite Book(s): Too many to name, but at present these series are among my favorites:





Favorite Book Genre: Scifi/fantasy, some romance and mystery, but open to dabbling in other genres!
Favorite Author: Mercedes Lackey has been a consistent favorite!
Favorite Color: Green!
Favorite Food: Pizza, or tacos. But also, I'm a huge fan of Thai, Filipino, and sushi.
Any Pets: Three cats: Khajiit, BB8, and Susuwatari.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: In the PNW, which I've just moved to.
I know I'm a book addict because.... I buy so many and tend to buy even MORE.

Favorite Book(s): Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Hunger Games
Favorite Book Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Historical Fiction
Favorite Author: JK Rowling, Rick Riordan
Favorite Color: Silver
Favorite Food: Pizza and chocolate
Any Pets: Nope
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: the US and Canada, which I am moving to soon.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I can’t stop reading and often gets scold for reading too much, and other parents complain their kids don’t read enough

Oh man, totally relatable about the 'rents, too. They'd take away my books when I was in trouble. /rolls eyes./ Never made much sense to me.

Favorite Book(s): Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson's Wheel of Time series, Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich, Harry Potter, Dr. Zhivago, Gone With the Wind
Favorite Book Genre: I read just about anything from the classics to romance. I love historical books (nonfiction and fiction), true crime and and mystery/thrillers.
Favorite Author: Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson, Janet Evanovich, Charles Dickens
Favorite Color: blue and purple
Favorite Food: Chocolate and just about anything else
Any Pets: 2 kitties, Andrew and Kane
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: where I feel at home. Right now it is in the USA.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because....I am not allowed to go to the bookstore or library without supervision

Birthday: September 10
Favorite Book(s): Warcross, The Mara Dyer Trilogy
Favorite Book Genre: YA & Fantasy
Favorite Author: Cassandra Clare
Favorite Color: Black
Favorite Food: Pasta (ikr)
Any Pets: no but I hope I can adopt a cat in the future
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Definitely London.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because I am %100 I won't be able to survive without books.

Favorite Book(s): Heartless, TOG series
Favorite Book Genre: fantasy, sci-fi and dystopian
Favorite Author: Sarah J Maas and Marissa Meyer
Favorite Color: lavender
Favorite Food: chocolate
Any Pets: yep! I have a pet dog :))
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: London!!

I'm Kimber from Florida 🌞
Fav Genre: mystery/thriller, SI/FY
Fav Author: Stephen King (others in my bio:)
Fav Color: blue like the ocean
Fav Food: Pizza and Mexican
I know I'm a book addict because everywhere I go I always have a book or 2 or 3 ;) with me!

Favorite Book(s): Six of Crows duology, Wayward Children series, The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
Favorite Book Genre: Fantasy, horror/thriller, hard hitting contemporary and scifi
Favorite Author: Mindy McGinnis, Seanan McGuire and Grady Hendrix
Favorite Color: Cliche, but probably black
Favorite Food: I will literally eat anything but favorites would be chicken strips, ramen and sushi
Any Pets: One cat, two bearded dragons, monitor Iizard, emerald swift lizard, a rescued common backyard Iizard and a hamster
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: France or
Canada
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because I have to have a seperate category for books in my monthly budget.
Amanda wrote: "I have to have a seperate category for books in my monthly budget." I should probably set this up for myself!
Kimber✌ wrote: "I know I'm a book addict because everywhere I go I always have a book or 2 or 3 ;) with me!"
This is definitely easier to do in the world of ebooks on kindle or phone!
Kimber✌ wrote: "I know I'm a book addict because everywhere I go I always have a book or 2 or 3 ;) with me!"
This is definitely easier to do in the world of ebooks on kindle or phone!

Birthday: January 17th
Favorite Book(s):






Favorite Book Genre: Romance & Fantasy/Paranormal. Both combined even better!
Favorite Author: Sarah J. Maas, Colleen Hoover and duo Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Food: Indian and Japanese food. Curry and Ramen...delicious!
Any Pets: None...unfortunately! One day though I would love to have a dog.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Somewhere close to the sea, sunny and warm which is where I am hoping to move soon :)
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because....I love creating stories in my head based on my favorite books

Birthday: April 2
Favorite Book(s): Harry Potter, The Lux series, The Selection series,
Favorite Book Genre: YA, NA, Romance
Favorite Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout, Sarah J. Maas, Clara O'Connor, Shelby Mahurin, Stephanie Garber, Kristin Cashore, Sabaa Tahir
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Food: Junk Food lol
Any Pets: 3 fur babies - Nala, Harley, and Bailey
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Somewhere where life is slower than LA
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because....I have too many books on my TBR and too many books I'd like to add to said TBR

Some faves are ---- Where the Heart Is-- Mere Christianity--- House of Sand and Fog---- Bonhoeffer by Metaxas---- Man's Search for Meaning ---- Happiness is a Serious Problem -- 7 Men by Eric Metaxas ---- Like Water for Chocolate ---

Birthday: 2/26
Favorite Book(s): American Gods, Jane Eyre, Finder by Emma Bull, the Last Herald Mage trilogy by Lackey. Amongst others.
Favorite Book Genre: sf/f, new weird, and mystery
Favorite Author: Neil Gaiman
Favorite Color: red and black
Favorite Food: take me to an Indian restaurant, please?
Any Pets: two cats
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: France.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I have too many books and not enough time to read them.

Birthday: June 20th
Favorite Book(s):




Favorite Book Genre: Fantasy (if the above are any indication xD), paranormal, mystery & thriller, and some historical fiction
Favorite Author: S.A. Chakraborty, Alwyn Hamilton
Favorite Color: Constantly different...
Favorite Food: Anything with spaghetti
Any Pets: None right now, unfortunately...
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Can I choose some of my favorite fantasy universes, pretty please???
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... I want to drop everything and read books full-time!

Welcome to the madness, Cat! :)

My Names Sam
Birthday: 10/15
Favorite Book(s): I should say my own....but probably Outlander...or Hunger games...or Twighlight...or Handmaid's tale...yeah that last one for sure!
Favorite Book Genre: Too many! But the reality is it must have some sort of romance for me to really like it so I'll go with Romance in general.
Favorite Author: Like, I have to pick one??? Anne Lamott because her book Bird by Bird inspired me to be an author
Favorite Color: Pink...I'm not ashamed. I'm a girl and I like pink!
Favorite Food: Asian foods...but I don't like seafood.
Any Pets: We had an English bulldog, Elsa, who recently passed. Her snoring is missed every day.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Hard to say, we are a navy family so we have lived in lots of cool places. It would be hard to pick just one. We are returning to Japan this month though and I would have to say it is at least the top five of my favorite places to live.
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because...I carry a small library around with me every time we move...which is every two years! and I am not ashamed!

Favorite Book Genre:
Favorite Author: Ta-Nahesi Coats
Favorite Color: Black
Favorite Food:
Any Pets: 4 kitties

Birthday: September 29
Favorite Book(s): Harry Potter, Circe, A Promised Land, The Iron Fey Series...
Favorite Book Genre: Any and all.
Favorite Author: Roberto Bolaño
Favorite Color: Mustard Yellow
Favorite Food: Paella
Any Pets: I wish
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Barcelona
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because....I buy so many more books than I can read at my pace, and even though I know it's too many, I absolutely can't stop myself if I see something I want to read.



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I am Arsh
Birthday: September, 7
Favorite Book(s):



Favorite Book Genre: NA
Favorite Author: Colleen Hoover, Elle Kennedy, L.J Shen
Favorite Color: Green, Blue, Black and White
Favorite Food: Pizza
Any Pets: I have a dog, his name is nerf.
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: Italy
Finish the line: I know I'm a book addict because.... my type of man exists in book world only.

But my favorite book of 2021 so far has been a contemporary romance one, "In Five Years." I highly recommended it to you if you want to have a crying party!
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