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Hi! I'm Jen. I have a lot of time on my hands that I am filling up with reading. Sadly, I'm still adding to my TBR faster than I am subtracting. I just want to discuss, get excited, and have deep conversations about what I've read and get recommendations.

Drew wrote: "Hi! I feel quite similarly. My TBR keeps growing, especially as books in series are announced. I just joined the site after a few people recommended it. Looking forward to this group."
Hello! I am still putting it together... slowly. I'm listening to Never Flinch. Not a true Stephen King fan but I do love his Holly Gibney character. King created my daughter exactly and even given her the same name. It's a little spooky. Have you read/listened to this series? It starts with Mr. Mercedes.
Hello! I am still putting it together... slowly. I'm listening to Never Flinch. Not a true Stephen King fan but I do love his Holly Gibney character. King created my daughter exactly and even given her the same name. It's a little spooky. Have you read/listened to this series? It starts with Mr. Mercedes.

I’m new to Goodreads and fairly fresh into my midlife book era 📚 I’m hoping to find some likeminded bookworms to chat with.
I fell victim to the classic set-up: a seasoned book girlie lends a budding book girlie (me) ACOTAR; said book gets devoured; budding book girlie’s life is forever changed — and suddenly her bookshelf (and bank balance) are in grave danger ⚠️
Fast-forward six months, I’ve devoured 22 books and I’m loving every page of this new chapter. I also enjoy writing reviews and seeing what everyone else is reading.
Feel free to add me as a friend if you’d like ☺️
@LePossume: Welcome! Yes my shelves and bank balance are always off balance. One has way more than the other, especially when working together.

@Drew: I saw Holly and only because I wanted to be cute with my daughter, Holly, I wanted to read it even though it was Stephen King. The jacket made reference to other books that featured her but this the character's "debut" story. Holly could be a stand alone but I wanted to enjoy the character development so I read the first book she was introduced in. I liked it because it wasn't what I expected from a Stephen King book. It was more murder mystery, thriller. I will say out of total respect for King, he uses his books as a great platform to address serious issues and creates characters that hold all view points.

I too have a big pile of TBR at home,as well as a mental list 🙈. I find it go through stages of reading a lot,then suddenly dont look at a book for 6 months or more, before delving in to read 4-6 books in a row.
I also find if the book hasn't grassed me in the first 2 chapters then im not interested.😄
Welcome Hollee! My daughter is Holly, too. Great name. I was like that too with books when I was working. Now that I'm on medical leave, I thought I could get my TBR down a bit, instead I've added to it and read books that were not even on my list. Goodreads is a great and dangerous place. I used to read from only a few genre but now I've expanded (so has my TBR).

Welcome Brittany! This group has many great recommendations. My TBR has been filling up. Right now, a few of us are reading Wonder by R.J. Palacio and discussing it. We just started so if you want to join, we are talking under "Book Buddies".
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