Classics

[close] Welcome to our group! This group is for everyone. We have monthly reads, games and challenges, general discussions and a special corner for authors. I want this to be a fun and relaxed place for everyone. A place for readers to get together, discuss book and make friends. A positive atmosphere for bookworms. Even if you don't drink coffee, you are more than welcome to join!! :) This is a brand new group so we are still working on some stuff but please feel free to join us and invite your friends!!!

[close] **Learn how to get started here** **Join in our monthly Genre Challenge** **Check out our mini, maxi, and year-long challenges** Looking for fresh ways to chip away at your TBR shelf or try something new? We have a variety of challenges, readathons, and buddy reads to help with that! How many books are you planning on reading in 2018? Want to discuss what you've read/how to meet your goals? This group is great for that too. Discuss your favourite books, track your progress and encourage each other!

[close] Welcome to the Roundtable Our passions include literary fiction, the classics, and serious non-fiction. In 2018 we've planned structured reads in the following categories: Classics, Author Reads, International Reads, Nonfiction, and Literary Prize winners. We’d love for you to participate in our “Roundtable Tournament” pitting our favorite books against each other to determine RT's "best book"! Or you can sign on for our yearly TBR reading challenge, the year-long International and/or Doorstop challenges, or revive the threads from past projects and group reads. The fine print: We're a smallish group, but active, and we'd like to have actively participating members. If you've been a member for more than four months without participating, we will assume that you are not interested in the group and you will be subject to deletion (one post after acceptance into the group is not considered active). This may take the form of participation in one of the structured features described above or something more free-form. While we've all got our guilty pleasures -- vampires in love, celebrity gossip, books from our childhoods -- these books don't fit with the group's vision and purpose. It's strictly "quality" writing for an adult audience; for us this means literary fiction, the classics, and serious non-fiction. We like to see a diversity of opinions about what we read and a strong passion for books is a plus. However, we ask that our group members keep it about the books; be respectful of others and refrain from the ad hominem. Finally, you'll see that we're a private group and you'll need to "apply" to join us. This means that we'd like a word from you about why you'd like to join and what you're hoping to get from a group. It also helps if we can see your shelves and your profile. If your profile is set to private, you will not be approved for membership in the group.

[close] This group is for enthusiastic people seeking a different type of reading challenge. Rather than tallying how many books you read, keep track of what you read and how many pages are in each book you finish. It's easy-start a thread with your name in the title (and make sure to bookmark that thread for later) and then as you finish a book, jot down the title, author and number of pages in the thread. As you add books, also track the grand total of pages you've read so far. You can set a goal of how many pages you want to read in a year, or just see how far you can go. Best of all as Goodreads usually lists how many pages are in each edition of a book you don't have to join at the start of the year-you can jump in any time and go back and add up everything you've already read so far. Of course you are always welcome to discuss anything else you'd like-start a thread about it! And make sure to comment on others' lists if you're of a mind to. Remember to add your books to the group shelf and have fun! Bookworms! welcomes new authors-tell us about your book! However discussing the same topic again and again is called spamming. I understand if you have a book you want to sell or a story you want to tell. But repeated posts regarding that book or story when you in no other way contribute to this forum tells me that, sadly, you might be happier posting somewhere else.