Hello to all...I'm writernubbin and new to this group. I love-love-love to read and spend many days here in the mountains where I live reading by the fire with lots of coffee! I look forward to getting acquainted.

Welcome, writternubbin. Can we assume that you write to supplement your reading activities, based on your name?

What kinds of books do you read, and if you write, what do you write?

Thank you for the welcome I read all kinds of books but tend to like historical fiction the best, a few memoirs, cozy mysteries and some juvenile fiction (Harry Potter, The 39 Clues, Tamora Pierce books etc.); as for writing it's nothing to get excited about (I wish though!). Mostly I do personal journaling, some poetry, and book reviews on Library Thing and Amazon. How about you? I saw some of what you read in your signature--that's a nice place to put it!

I like historical fiction, too. I've read many by James Michener, Gore Vidal's series of Burr, Lincoln, 1876, etc., and some by John Jakes. And lots of straight history, too.

Lately I've been reading classics in the form of leatherbound books from Easton Press and the Franklin Library, having devoted many hours of my youth to Classics Illustrated comic books. I'm quickly finding that there's a good reason for their being called classics, and that the full books are much better than the comic book forms.

I like to write, too, but just for fun. I have written several travelogues that have links to public-domain photos on the internet so you can read on your computer all about the sights in a certain place and see the pictures of the places being discussed as you're reading. I have written other things too, but I'm starting to babble here, so that's enough for now.

Hello and welcome writernubbin!

I enjoy I good historical fiction novel myself. I've just read, "Wolf Hall".

I hope you enjoy yourself here at BookTalk. And please, when you feel comfortable I hope you will share some of your writing.

Thank you Suzanne for the welcome I haven't read Wolf Hall but I have heard good things of it. Like DickZ, my writing is mostly for fun and personal enjoyment. For now, I'll be learning my way around the site and becoming acquainted with the members who love to read as I do. It's always interesting to me to hear what others like to read and why.

Welcome, writternubbin. My mother-in-law lives in Georgetown, Colo. at around 8,500 feet, and she does a lot of reading there, too!

Thanks DWill...Georgetown isn't too far from where we are! We're at 8300' SW of Evergreen, NW of Conifer-- the Arapahoe National Forest is my backyard These long winters are just perfect for lots of reading and contemplation.

I love your signature thing, "Don't sweat the small stuff...and it's all small stuff" I just read that book! However I have yet to master it. lol

Ha! Neither have I...guess that means we are works in progress!