Introduce Yourself here and say Hi. [Archive] - Page 10

Barlo

08-06-2007, 07:21 PM

Hello everyone! I accidentally found this forum while searching for some direction in which books I should read. I am particularly interested in philosophy, law, sociologiy and partialy in history but i also enjoy an occasional book for pure brain relaxing:) I hope that I will read some interesting thoughts and that all of you will not mind my limited knowledge of philospohy and literature in general. I am studying a law faculty. I am also fond of music (love Radiohead). One last thing, my english is vary bad in the best case scenario so please don't be overcritical:thumbs_up

Weisinheimer

08-07-2007, 11:16 AM

welcome Barlo! Join in and have fun.

bookseller

08-08-2007, 12:37 AM

I'm just now reading Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey and just today purchased The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell. I was just surfing around for information on Elizabeth Gaskell when I found your site.

I'm a bookseller for a major chain. I live in Southern California with my husband of 28 (almost 29) years. Our son is a fourth year student at UCLA. I'm first and foremost a bookworm, and I feel I have fairly eclectic taste. It's probably obvious that I love the Brontës and their ilk. (I'm more a fan of Charlotte and Anne than Emily).

some favorite titles:

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hay

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

Following the Equator by Mark Twain

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

(I'm sure I'm missing some favorite titles. I love so many books!)

My favorite genres are literature, popular fiction, travel literature, books about books, biography, and mystery.

I think I was born to be a bookseller. I love my job! I even handsell books to friends when I'm not at work, lol!

I'm also an avid Bookcrosser. (If you've not yet heard of bookcrossing.com, check it out!) I am MissTree on Bookcrossing. (If you join, I'd appreciate being listed as the referer.) We are a very fun, eclectic group of people whose main hobby is to spread literacy and good vibes by leaving books (labeled with an identification number) in public spots for people to find. The finder may remain anonymous. The hope is that, whether anonymous or not, the finder will write a journal entry describing his or her experience with the book. It's even better if the finder releases the book in his turn for someone else to find and help the book continue its journey.

I guess that was a pretty long introduction, lol, so I'll stop here.

Marijn

08-08-2007, 07:20 PM

Hello everyone,

I'm Marijn, from The Netherlands, 29 years of age. Though English is not my "native tongue" I think I've a good comprehension of English grammar and vocabulary. English Literature is an important part of my life, my personal education. Still reading and re-reading.

At this moment my main interests are William Blake, D H Lawrence, rereading Moby Dick; more longterm on Keats and Byron and Shakespeare.

Loved Hemingway's The old man and the sea, and had more then once some good fun with catch-22.

Pensive

08-08-2007, 09:46 PM

Hi Marijn, Bookseller and Barlo! :) Enjoy yourself here. :D

Tabula_Rasa

08-10-2007, 08:18 AM

I'm Iris. I would like to say "hello" to everyone...
would want to say more... but I'm quite lost these days... and can hardly say what I want to say... So, most of the time I find myself silent and randomly engaged in thinking about nothing in particular.
Its only recently that I came across this site.. and I believe its going to be great being a part of it...
I`m already feeling good here...

dramasnot6

08-10-2007, 10:14 PM

Welcome mr.Blank Slate! :p (love the username, very creative)
I understand your feeling, we all get a little lost sometimes. LitNet always cheers me up, hopefully you'll find yourself a little more here! :)
We are glad to have you, enjoy!

Tabula_Rasa

08-11-2007, 01:59 AM

:thumbs_up :)

yea.. tabula rasa .. make that to be an another intro of me... fits me always already.. :)

SleepyWitch

08-11-2007, 05:38 AM

hi to all newbies :)
hi Tabula Rasa, I like your avvy and sigpic!

Tabula_Rasa

08-11-2007, 05:55 AM

hey... thanks ...

about the sig pic...
a little blue could make all the difference...

ukmiss

08-12-2007, 09:54 AM

:wave: Hello all I have just finished reading George Orwells 1984 and done a google search to read a few discussions on the book and I was lead to this forum.

I mainly read crime (both fact and fiction), thrillers and true storys but I love recommendations and discussions on books.:banana:

andave_ya

08-12-2007, 01:20 PM

Welcome all!

NickAdams

08-12-2007, 08:37 PM

Hi everybody!

I love crime too. Mostly true crime. Fascinating stuff.

kiz_paws

08-12-2007, 11:32 PM

Welcome everyone, thanks for taking the time to say hello! Take care and keep those pages turning! :)

rainsummer

08-13-2007, 01:06 AM

Hi Everyone,
My name is Erin and I love to read. I won't take up all of your time but I just wanted to stop by and say hi.

devi14

08-13-2007, 02:35 AM

hi i am devi. my hobbies are reading books ( mainly fiction), listening to music, playing chess and i love to play piano too.
i hope we have a good time here

Samanthaaa

08-13-2007, 04:46 PM

Hello, my name is Samantha,
or it's whatever sticks with people, I have so many nick names...

I am not really sure about what to say, except I typed an entire introduction up and then my computer went weird and its gone now. :(

So, to start, I am from all over the east coast or the US, but born in Rhode Island, and now reside in Virginia. However, I am in love with New England, and hope to live there again someday. I am a city chick at heart, but stuck in the middle of nowhere for now. I am young, about to embark on my junior year, and from what I hear, this year could make or break the rest of my life, I hope not.

I stumbled upon this site while google-ing The Scarlet Letter, which I have just finished for a summer reading assignment. I love English, perhaps not the grammer so much, but I do love it overall. I have been in love with reading for as long as I have been able to read. I am not the type to not read a book and go the sparknoted route, but I do need help at times with the underlyng meanings and some of the questions that come up. I have been in Advanced English classes for as long as my school had offered them, which in my school, ( student population about 400, staff about 30) AP classes are few. I am about to begin AP English Lit, and AP US History. Which are the only two AP's offered for jr's.

My reading favorites are all over the place. I enjoy classics, some more then others though, and I will enjoy or find something good about every book I read, except usually the awful books that the girls my age are addicted to (the ones that read at all) such as 'gossip girl'. However, I will admit I am a diehard Harry Potter fan, I will not claim I am one of the best, but I love playing the trivia games, and I went to the midnight magic parties, and I have read all the books atleast ten times a peice. But really, I have so many favorite books. Pride and Prejudice, The Princess Bride, Wuthing Heights, The Giver (from back in the day, haha), To Kill A Mockingbird, Lord of The Flies, The Devil Wears Prada, Running With Scissors, The Poisonwood Bible, 1984. Then I love so many plays and poems!

My last Intro was much better then this... :[

Hmmmm, other things I love are fashion, I can certainly be a material girl at times, I write all the time, Theatre is one of my biggest passions, I have been in all of my school plays since seventh grade, and am auditioning for Goveners School in the fall. In school, I am the year book editor this year, and am so thrilled. I don't really fit in anywhere, but will be friends with anyone, I'm really friendly, but can be verrrrry shy.

I know I wrote more last time, haha. Darn it. This one is probably to long anyway and I have got to get back to my summer work. Thanks for reading this, and I hope I am welcome here even though I am just some highschool kid, ;)

post script: If you meet any spelling errors, I am so sorry, I have never been able to spell....:blush:

Niamh

08-13-2007, 04:59 PM

welcome one and all! :wave:

Tabula_Rasa

08-13-2007, 05:12 PM

Thats some introduction Samantha!
Bienvenue!
:)

you will find this site very helpful, no doubt.
Have fun.

kitten

08-14-2007, 02:30 PM

Hello everyone. I originally introduced myself back in January, but then went away until now. I'm an avid reader. I will generally read anything, although I haven't become a fan of horror or sci-fi. I go thru phases where I will read what I call "fluff" just to give my brain a break but then I go back to the heavier stuff.

I've been a part of a different forum (work related) that is EXTREMELY clique-y and the posts typically become hostile, political, or filled with sexual innuendo. While that may have appeal in some circumstances, it gets old really fast. From the browsing I have done here so far, I haven't seen any of that. (thankfully!!!)

I hope to get to know some of you better in the future. I'm glad to be back.

WalperE

08-14-2007, 05:38 PM

Hi my name is Eric. Ever so recently I have begun to beome increasingly interested in many subjects relating literature. I have explored this site and will hopefully become more at home on it in the near future. Anyways please go easy on me im new to these subjects so see ya soon!

Crapbuster

08-14-2007, 11:12 PM

Hi. Here's the math lover who's still in the process of trying to like Math.
Here's the math lover who thinks she's always failed Math but wants to love Math.
Here's the math lover whose main interest is literature.

Virgil

08-15-2007, 12:09 AM

Welcome crapbuster. I take it you like literature. I love you subname: "Mathochist." :lol: Hope you enjoy it here.

jscho77

08-15-2007, 12:37 AM

I just signed up tonight, and this looks like a really great forum! I've just recently gotten back into reading more since the new year (no, it wasn't a resolution lol), and I'm rediscovering my love for it.
Currently, I'm reading East of Eden/Steinbeck and loving it.

Hope to meet some interesting folks as well!
Call me J...

RoCKiTcZa

08-15-2007, 01:07 AM

sure J... glad to meet you! Welcome to the forums and have a great time! I agree with you it is a nice forum... I'm glad you're one of those who've come to like it as well... so did my classmate. She's a member now... BEXsezthat. ;)

Pensive

08-15-2007, 05:20 AM

Hi all! :) Welcome to the forum!

mormondiva

08-17-2007, 02:50 PM

Wow, well, I will try to make this short and sweet...

I'm in high school and am loving it. I'm in Journalism and was in the Math and Poetry Club... Classic nerd. :) I also play the viola in my school's orchestra. Basically, I love the arts. I love drama and music and I play the piano and sing once in awhile in the shower. I love my life, my friends, my family and my religion-(LDS). I wouldn't switch my crazy life for anything...

I love to write Poetry and I am aspiring to write a novel... Hopefully that works out. I look forward to seeing the stuff on here! This should be a great resource! :)

~Oh, and just call me mormondiva. :)

formality hater

08-17-2007, 02:57 PM

Welcome mormondiva!
Like your signature!:)

littlelit

08-17-2007, 03:22 PM

Hey, i m Kritika and would like to say hello to everyone.
Introducing myself is one of the most difficult situations that i face because i never know what to say, or maybe there's never pretty much to say about myself.
My life is quite uneventful but my flyaway imagination and advanced day-dreaming abilities kind of compensate for it.

I am quite a reclusive person and take a lot of time to mix with people. I speak less (as people tell me) but that's only because i believe in listening.
I am an Indian. There's nothing much to tell about my childhood so i m coming directly to the present. I am currently pursuing a bachelors degree in english literature. It's only been a month for me in the university and i m loving it. My mother never appreciated my reading novels because she wanted me to pursue a career in the sciences. I used to hide the novels inside my science texts and read without my mother knowing. Well it ended well because i m a literature student now and she is quite happy too.

I am not much into contemporary literature (for now but am thinking of starting it pretty soon) but i love the classics. Dickens, Austen and Thomas Hardy are my all time favourites. Apart from books, i love listening to music and watching a lot of movies.

I stumbled upon LitNet while searching for essays on Emma, and am now completely addicted to this site. I know i will enjoy it with all the rest of the 'book-lover' members. It's already feeling great to be here.

I think i m done now and i request everyone to tell me how good(or bad) an attempt it was for an introduction.

Pensive

08-18-2007, 08:22 AM

Tabula_Rasa

08-18-2007, 09:34 AM

hello to all... :)

Dimmy

08-19-2007, 04:08 PM

Hi.
I'm Dimmy and I live in Cornwall.
Thought I would try this network out, as I love reading 'classic' literature and have nobody in my life who also does! Therefore, my only option is to discuss 'Sci Fi/ fantasy ' books with my better half and children! Not!
I particulary love the work of Emile Zola (at the moment), previously it was Wilke Collins, Charles Dickens, Balzac etc, etc.
Hope to hear from similar minded people soon.:thumbs_up

Divine Comedy

08-24-2007, 05:15 PM

Hi Guys,
Am Divine Comedy from India.Am a litreature buff and I love writing and reading. Well... to be true all that I know is to write and read poetry and short stories.I am passionate about biotechnology and have always made it a point to update myself with the recent discoveries.. I have never believed in inventions. You do not invent anything it just exists as an idea or in some other form waiting to be just discovered. Oops... I did it again I talk too much and I just did that......

I love pets when they are at some one else's home you see... Am wuite interested in travelling and passionate about doing something new each day.. Over all I love leading a simple life on high terms... So here you are encountering a person with whom what you get is what you see... Well.. thats me for all you guys here.. So Hi to everyone and I guess thats all for now.. So see ya around

Virgil

08-24-2007, 06:23 PM

Welcome Tabula, Dimmy, and Devine. You sound like you will all love lit net. Make yourself at home.

Schwapzure

08-25-2007, 01:56 PM

Just got registered. I was looking for some inspiration for my classes and decided to hang around for a while. I can relate to what Virgil said in his intro piece. I've got over 200 college hours myself. When I went to college, my life was laid out in front of me. However, the longer I went, the less sure I became about what I wanted to be when I grew up. I finished college with a B.S. (you can interpret that however you want) in Management with a minor in business. I went to work for about a year and then one evening in July I was sitting on Top of the World in Rocky Mountain National Park, watching the sun go down and I realized that what I was doing wasn't very fulfilling. There had to be more to life. I quit my job, moved back to Oklahoma and re-enrolled in school to work off a degree in English and education. I have been aggravated plenty by what goes on in the world of education but I have never looked back and wished different about what I do in the classroom. Do you want to know what is really funny about all this? I've spent the biggest part of my career teaching computers! I've finally found a position where I can have the best of both worlds because not only do I get to teach computers but I get to teach English as well. I know that my bank account will never be very big but I'm rich beyond my wildest dreams when one of my students I haven't seen in ten years gets in touch with me and tells me that I was an important part of their life. Teaching truly is the only profession that allows a person to live forever. Long after buildings and monuments crumble and our own bodies turn to dust, the things that we pass on to our students, not only the lessons but also the advice, is kept alive for the next generation.

atlgarn

08-29-2007, 09:20 PM

Hello fellow forum trollers. I have just this evening joined this site at the insistence of another member. I wish to keep my thoughts reeling and fresh so that in my old age (>50 and <100 in human years) I do not become stuck in the ways of my youth. Well, maybe that isn't such a bad thing after all. I believe I shall become stuck in the ways of my youth....but perhaps with a little bit of wisdom earned over the years. EUREKA! I believe that is the way to true happiness: I will remain forever youthful in thought and (maybe) deed.
I wish to glean your truths and adjust them to my own. Let me learn from you. And maybe along the way I can have fun too.

Lily Adams

08-29-2007, 10:11 PM

Schwapzure, I can truly tell that you are very devoted and enthusiastic about your work! You know why you were put here, and that is a good thing.

Youthful mind=a powerful thing. I plan to do that as well when I get older. For me mind>body. So yeah. :) You'll find LOTS of mental stimulation and learning opportunities here. :D And just right in your direction. This is a "social experience" after all, atlgarn.

So welcome to both of you!

Truth>Reason

09-01-2007, 03:34 PM

Hi guys. Just registered yesterday, I think. I hope that I'll have a great time with you all.

Truth>Reason

Pensive

09-01-2007, 06:12 PM

Hi Truth>Reason and all others! Hope you like it here. :)

LadyWentworth

09-02-2007, 12:44 PM

Hi! I've known about this site for awhile, but I finally just registered yesterday. I am SO glad that there is a place where I will be able to discuss books beyond just what is on the New York Times current bestseller list! Though I can do that, too! :) I can finally discuss the kind of writing I truly love with others who actually know what I am talking about!!!

Kimberley_S

09-02-2007, 03:05 PM

I've just registered, so hello :-) i'm an avid reader living in London, and am looking forward to exploring these forums some more.

GERBAM

09-03-2007, 06:43 AM

:wave:
Hello fellow bibliophiles, my pleasure to meet you. From the little I read of your posts I am impressed by your conversations and hope to add a bit to them. :yawnb: ;)

As for knowing me:
I am 64 years old and proud of it. I have had an interesting life which ran into a wall and has left me bedridden. Never any pity parties at my place ... just some typos from time to time.

I am a voracious reader and for the last few years have been reading mystery/thriller/suspense because I don't have to concentrate on them. However I do have some favorite authors whose books I cannot miss ... contemporary literary genre.

Plan to read more about you all.

PEACE
GERBAM

Lamark

09-06-2007, 06:04 PM

Hi fellows

I'm a young brazilian writer who speaks no english at all, but I try my best to make it clear. :p

Right now I'm in the middle of a writing process. Hope you can read my words one day. Well, I'm 20yo and a great fan of everything called "literature". My favorite writers are Dostoevsky (and russian literature in general), Gabriel García Márquez, James Joyce, Victor Hugo and José Saramago.

Actually, this is my first post, but I'm always reading the posts. So... Nice to meet you, people!

Telegram Sam

09-06-2007, 10:57 PM

Figured I may as well throw a post into this thread, since I just signed up. The name's Sam if you couldn't guess, and I'm sort of a casual literature buff. I love to read, and am always in search of new good books, but I doubt I'm half as well-read or knowledgeable as most of the regulars here. I majored in it in school, but I'm also something of a slacker, so that didn't bestow any great literary prowess upon me. I generally read for entertainment's sake, but I'm not opposed to being provoked into deeper thought. I'll start just about any book once, but that's not to say I'll ever finish it. I buy books faster than I can read them, and I usually forget what one book's about by the time I start the next. So we'll see whether or not I can contribute anything meaningful to this forum--maybe you guys will revive the intellectual part of my brain that's been lying dormant. I always enjoy a good analytical debate with people who are smarter than I am, and this seems to be a good place to find that.

Idril

09-07-2007, 07:30 PM

I always enjoy a good analytical debate with people who are smarter than I am, and this seems to be a good place to find that.

Well then, you've come to the right place, we're all brilliant here. ;) :D

CrazyDiamond

09-08-2007, 02:08 PM

Urm, Hello everyone. I registered here for inspiration for classes, also. It's nice to see that there are people out there who appreciate great literature. *high five*

Peace!!

RobinHood3000

09-08-2007, 05:05 PM

I wonder if anyone' (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14634)s interested in who I really am...

Niamh

09-08-2007, 05:06 PM

my god robin! just come out with it!!!!!!:p

RobinHood3000

09-08-2007, 05:07 PM

...but I have...

;) ;) ;) ;)

You didn't think I wouldn't make you work for it just a little more, did you?

If you seek the end, go back to the beginning...

Niamh

09-08-2007, 05:35 PM

Hi, thought I might as well see what this thread was about and introduce myself.

Call me Robin. I like my anonymity. Nice to meet everybody :p.

:rolleyes:

andave_ya

09-08-2007, 06:04 PM

Hang and dash it all, dude!

I'm shutting up. Spill or not. I don't think you're planning on telling. Ever. :lol:

Nightshade

09-08-2007, 06:35 PM

I thought wed decided his name is Lincoln Green...its why he fell in love with the idea of being robin hood:p? Arent I a good guesser or what ..I desrve a cup of tea:nod:

Niamh

09-08-2007, 07:39 PM

I thought wed decided his name is Lincoln Green...its why he fell in love with the idea of being robin hood? Arent I a good guesser or what ..I desrve a cup of tea:nod:

and cake.

motherhubbard

09-08-2007, 09:28 PM

this is killing me! Robin, are you my long lost sister?

RobinHood3000

09-09-2007, 02:11 AM

Ooh, Niamh is on the right track, it is indeed a puzzle...but go even further...

Clearly people haven't been reading my last post on page 154 closely enough...does anything look funny or odd?

Niamh

09-09-2007, 05:46 AM

ROBINHOOD3000: KING OF THE SHAPESHIFTERS
Rubber Ducky
Green Arrow
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Garfield Logan
Fox McCloud

????????????????

RobinHood3000

09-09-2007, 09:13 AM

Quote something else, and you might see it...

manolia

09-09-2007, 09:18 AM

Hahahaha very clever. Niamh go back to his last post in page 154 and click the apostrophe. It is a link to another thread :lol:

RobinHood3000

09-09-2007, 09:21 AM

:cool:

Niamh

09-09-2007, 09:22 AM

I was staring at that for ages going there is something there....!!!! clever

RobinHood3000

09-09-2007, 09:24 AM

Aww, c'mon now, Niamh - make the others look for it, too, won't you? The reason I didn't make a new post in the Introduction thread was so that only the regulars who cared enough to look could see it, as opposed to every newbie that pops in here...

Niamh

09-09-2007, 09:40 AM

Alright! i'm throwing you a bone.....

RobinHood3000

09-09-2007, 10:48 AM

Much obliged...

Was I overhyped? ;)

Lily Adams

09-10-2007, 10:55 AM

You must not like your anonymity too much...

Very clever.

RobinHood3000

09-10-2007, 06:00 PM

Thank ye kindly. :D

motherhubbard

09-11-2007, 11:15 AM

very fun Robin. thanks

BulletproofDork

09-14-2007, 06:24 PM

Hi.
My name is Leah, I'm twelve, and I live in California.

scarlet pain

09-15-2007, 04:41 AM

NikolaiI

09-15-2007, 05:15 AM

Welcome to the forum Scarlet. A lot of people have poems worth checking out. Littlewing53 comes to mind. I write poems, too...I wrote a ton for a period of 6 months or so, and now I only write occasionally. They aren't good, I know that, I mean of like 400 maybe 20-40 are pretty good...maybe that's too critical, I dunno...but I never felt like stopping or slowing down, you know? I mean they all have a little value. And I was rewarded in that I understood poetry written and heard a whole lot better by writing. So, have a good time here and see you.

I always wanted to write better poems, and I had them in my mind somehow but I still haven't gotten them fully unlocked. I've had a lot of fun trying, though. Anyway I'm sure you will make a lot of progress in it as you go. That is all I had to say... :)>

symphony

09-15-2007, 06:07 AM

Hello!Nice to meet eveyone.I'm a college student who loves to read anything and everything.I write poems but not so goods,my friends say that those are more of some bare feelings without good phrase or ornamental writings but so far i love them.Anyways thats all about me,i'd love to make some new friends here and share my writing.Oh!If i didn't mention symphony and ahsiam are my best friends and classmates,and i heard about virgil,pendragon.....so,see you ,and fragrance of autumn to you all,since its autumn here.

DAMN i wasnt the first one to welcome u in here! :brickwall

Anyway, WELCOME
:D
And I do NOT think ur poems 'are more of some bare feelings without good phrase or ornamental writings', I admired and loved everything u ever wrote!

andave_ya

09-15-2007, 11:13 AM

2 things. First, welcome to Scarlet Pain! You'll find lots of good poems here.

Second, everybody say hello to BulletproofDork, my sister!

symphony

09-15-2007, 11:45 AM

Thats so nice! Hey BulletproofDork! :wave:
WELCOME :banana:

dauntfreesparro

09-16-2007, 03:14 PM

Hi, I'm amari. I'm new to these forums.
I love reading and I write poetry and short stories. I need people who will critique my work, because I plan on publishing sometime soon. I am also an aspiring actress.
My favorite books are Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, The Inferno by Dante Alligheri, Roots by Alex Haley, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares. There are many more, but that would take pages upon pages to read. So, I exist.
:wave:

BulletproofDork

09-17-2007, 12:28 AM

I like Ann Brashares' books, too; and I'd love to critique your work.

WELCOME:);)

kiz_paws

09-17-2007, 12:33 AM

A warm welcome, one and all, to LitNet! YAY! :)

JuicyJ79

09-18-2007, 09:54 PM

Hello

I am brand new to this site. I love poetry and can't wait to read the poems posted here by all of you. I hope you like what I post. :)

JuicyJ79

09-18-2007, 10:20 PM

Hello

When I read your intro I immediately related to you. I have many thoughts and words just jumbling around in my mind but I'm not very good at making it look pretty on paper. I just write but not in any specific format. I still posted something though. It's not as great as some of the other folks on this page but I posted anyways. Talk to you later!

Virgil

09-18-2007, 10:25 PM

Welcome to lit net Juicy. I'm looking forward to seeing your writing.

Gadget Girl

09-20-2007, 07:07 AM

Hello there everyone! I just saw this thread and decided to say hi to you all. *shakes everyone's hands one by one* I love writing stories since I was a little kid and I also love reading so much. I got interested in reading in a few years after I wrote my first stories. It's kinda weird that I liked writing first than reading. *laughs*

GChandler

09-20-2007, 10:56 AM

Hi folks, I'm Gerry, a new member. Delighted to find this forum, a rare oasis indeed in the vast wasteland of the internet. Thanks for having me!
:yawnb:

Granny5

09-20-2007, 11:08 AM

Welcome Gerry. Enjoy yourself.

BrokenHeart

09-20-2007, 12:00 PM

Hi i'm megan, i'm new here, i was referred here by stephofthenight, a friend of mine. She knows how much i write and read! i lov u steph!

Afrasiyab

09-20-2007, 01:04 PM

heLLO ! ! ! this is Afrasiyab from Turkey -. ! ! ! i have studied EngLish Literature and i have made etymologicaL reseraches !

dauntfreesparro

09-20-2007, 01:52 PM

heLLO ! ! ! this is Afrasiyab from Turkey -. ! ! ! i have studied EngLish Literature and i have made etymologicaL reseraches !
that's cool, Afrasiyab. what kind of etymological research have you done?

shinigami

09-21-2007, 07:45 AM

Hi dears, I'm shinigami... somewhat of a brat as some would put it... well, i'm back from a long journey of self-discovery and school... And I just thought of introdicing myself, well, reintroducing actually but you people get my point. I'm actually 15 this year and I started at 13. And for more about myself, add me up at [email protected] or PM me...

P.S. I'm a changed lil' death goddess now. :)

Pensive

09-21-2007, 10:56 AM

Hi all! :)

Plauen

09-23-2007, 05:23 AM

Hello, nice forums here. I enjoy European literature, particularly Russian and German.

thelastmelon

09-23-2007, 05:30 AM

Hello, nice forums here. I enjoy European literature, particularly Russian and German.

Welcome Plauen. I joined yesterday, so we're almost as new.
Do you like any certain authors, or just Russian and German literature in general?

Plauen

09-23-2007, 05:35 AM

I like them in general - but I have to say my favorite German author of all time is Goethe, and my favorite Russian is Dostoevsky. I don't much like the modern literature in either though, excluding Solzhenitsyn and a few others.

mosimo

09-24-2007, 10:52 AM

Hello

My name is Dallas. I love to read and write and stumbled across this forum by chance.

Granny5

09-24-2007, 10:54 AM

Hello

My name is Dallas. I love to read and write and stumbled across this forum by chance.

Welcome Dallas. I hope you didn't hurt yourself when you stumbled.:lol:

dauntfreesparro

09-24-2007, 11:11 AM

welcome dallas. what kinds of literature are you into?

andave_ya

09-24-2007, 12:25 PM

Hi to all!

Bartholomew

09-24-2007, 01:10 PM

You can call me Barth. I've been browsing around here for a few months and posting occasionally, but I hope to be around more frequently and get to know this joint a little better.

mosimo

09-24-2007, 02:27 PM

welcome dallas. what kinds of literature are you into?

I read almost anything I can get my hands onto. I prefer to read things in paper as I find it hard to stare at a computer screen. I usually read classics as they already have passed the test of time but I have a wide range of interests.

dauntfreesparro

09-24-2007, 02:52 PM

I read almost anything I can get my hands onto. I prefer to read things in paper as I find it hard to stare at a computer screen. I usually read classics as they already have passed the test of time but I have a wide range of interests.
i like the classics as well. and i understand the computer thing. I have a hard time staring at a computer screen trying to read a lot.

brainstrain

09-24-2007, 10:26 PM

Weisinheimer

09-25-2007, 08:57 PM

Welcome back, brainstrain.

windhover

09-25-2007, 11:39 PM

how do i sign in to this forum?

Niamh

09-26-2007, 05:49 AM

Hello again, again, again...yes, that should cover it!

I do seem to drift in and out of these marvelous forums, but I think I might stay for a bit longer than usual this time around.

So - howdy LitNet! It's been too long =D

:lol: wondering what happened to you! Welcome back!

And Welcome everyone else! hope you like the forum!

jennmur

09-26-2007, 09:29 AM

Hey all i just joined and i find this a nice site.

Granny5

09-26-2007, 09:57 AM

Hey all i just joined and i find this a nice site.

Welcome jennmur. It is a nice place. Enjoy yourself!

Mrs Darcy

09-26-2007, 02:40 PM

Hello! I just found this site today. Nice to meet you all!

Granny5

09-26-2007, 02:50 PM

Welcome Mrs. Darcy

mosimo

09-26-2007, 07:19 PM

nice to meet you too

jpatterson

09-27-2007, 02:09 AM

hello everyone, I just joined this site and I think it's great. I am a big fan of russian literature and I think it's awesome that so many russian authors are included on this site.

ahsiam

09-27-2007, 02:31 AM

hello!this is REALLY a excellent site.i have newly joined .i am a 16 year old girl from this beautiful world and its really nice to meet you all.

onyxwriter

09-27-2007, 01:40 PM

Hey hey everyone! I'm NEW!

:D

lili student

09-27-2007, 06:59 PM

hi every body,

i am a new member here. i am a college student studying english in my country. i love english literature, and i am studying the 20 century novel & drama. the hapiest thing in my life is that my graduation is this year. now, i am taking margaret drabble's novel "the neddle's eye" & the play "major barbara". i registered here to have some information and experience about literature.

Bakiryu

09-27-2007, 07:01 PM

Hullo n3w P30PL3! n1(3 2 m337 j00!

spam

09-28-2007, 04:19 PM

Hi, I am new and am here looking for assistance with a poem that would have been floating around in the early 20th century. My grandmother, who was born in 1906, and is now deceased, used to tell me this poem and I can't remember it in its entirety. I never knew the name of the author or any other pertinent info. "I've got a dog, his name's Spot. My name's just Jim. He's all I got..the rest's inside of him. One day he catched a chicken that belonged next door to us. Mrs. Smith had a fit, she raised an awful fuss. My Pa said 'That dog must go' and so he did, but 'fore night he come home agin." That is all I remember. It was a really neat old poem. If anyone knows this one please reply to me. Thanks!!

kiz_paws

09-29-2007, 02:12 AM

Welcome to all our new members! :)

Spam, for your poem, I do have a book entitled Dog Music - Poetry About Dogs. If I find this poem you refer to, I will post it (or a portion of it, gotta watch the copyright laws), or at least give you a solid lead, in the Poems, Poets, and Poetry portion of LitNet.

Take care everyone. :)

spam

09-29-2007, 12:53 PM

Kiz Paws, Thanks so much!!

mikey1932

10-03-2007, 05:52 PM

I am a 75 year old retiree. living in Tulsa, Ok. I'm a lifer, except for 2 years spent as a Lieutenant in the Army 1954-56 in Munich, Germany. I have been an avid reader since childhood. Politically and socially, I am a flaming liberal, not a common life form in Oklahoma.

Weisinheimer

10-03-2007, 06:23 PM

Welcome Mikey :wave:

andave_ya

10-03-2007, 08:54 PM

Hey everybody! Welcome to the LitNet!

Dedalus_45

10-05-2007, 03:57 AM

Hello i'm a 20 year old student from New Zealand. I guess i'm here in the hope of finding some like-minded literary buff's, sadly my friends and family aren't big readers.

At the moment I'm re-reading Ulysses, and slowly making my way through Proust.

My favourite books: Ulysses, Blood Meridian, Suttree, C&P, The Brothers K, Notes from Underground, Anna Kaerina, The death of Ivan Illich, Death in Venice, Steppenwolf, To the Lighthouse, Mrs Dalloway, The Trial, The Metamorphosis, The Stranger, The Age of Reason, The Edge of the Alphabet, Intensive Care, The Rainbirds and anything by Nietzsche.

So hello again, I look forward to some interesting discussions.

Gadget Girl

10-08-2007, 05:16 AM

Hey Dedalus! I'm sure you'll have a great time here on LitNet.

Zybahn

10-08-2007, 11:31 PM

Just floating around... perhaps I'll settle.

Hmmm... Dedalus, you and I have very similar tastes. Perchance we shall collide on a post or two.

I will add some Eastern Europeans to my list of good reading, particularly the Hungarian György Konrád and the Czech Ivan Klíma.

RPMI

10-09-2007, 12:16 PM

Hi, just joined... Not much to say really apart from that I study English Literature and i'm intrested in sports quite intensly. (That doesn't include football though). I also write a bit of poetry now and again, but I don't think I'm very good at that. Well that its really. Just popped in because I got a little message as I registered telling me to do so. :)

MarileeRixon

10-13-2007, 03:09 AM

Hi all,
Just thought I should pop by and say hi, and tell you all a bit bout myself.

I'm from Australia...I "kill time" by writing short stories (I don't like to write poems very much, though I'm often told I'm good at it), and playing my guitar...My favourite authors include Matthew Reilly, James Patterson, Nora Roberts, Patricia Cornwell, Janet Evanovich, and many more....My favourite singers include Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, George Strait, Alan Jackson, Chris LeDoux, Jimmy Mattingly (OK, so he's a fiddler, not a singer, but he's still totally awesome by my book!), Pink, AC/DC, The Eagles, Tim McGraw, and many more. As you can see, I definitely like country music, though I also like a bit of pop or rock (preferably the older stuff).....I hope someday to be an author myself, or a singer....I absolutely love going to Vocal Group at school, because of my awesome friends (some of whom I actually would never have met if it weren't for VG!), and the two conductors who pull us all together and make us sound as good as we do....Ummm I guess that's all I can say right now....I'll post some of my work in the forums from time to time, when I can get away from my homework and chores.
Bye!!

CdnReader

10-13-2007, 04:53 AM

Welcome, Zybahn, RPMI, and Marilee. Looking forward to seeing you all around the LitNet forums. :)

Newera

10-17-2007, 12:28 PM

Hi everyone,

I stumbled on this forum this afternoon and it look very interesting so i decided to join. I work in a financial institution but my passion is writing. I have written two books - both published and I hope to write many more.

I think I'll have a great time here.

airun_71

10-18-2007, 11:51 PM

Hi everybody,
I'm new here. Well, what can I say, I'm a free spirit looking in all directions to find new stimulating inspiring resources to enrich my life.
I'm a designer, an apprentice of visual arts since I was born 36 years ago.
Actually I cannot tell I'm a good reader, but, I certainly have a few favorite books:

"Journey to the West" by Wu Ch'eng'en (I've already posted a link in the proper thread)
"Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
"Jonathan Livingston Seagull" by Richard Bach

to mention some. Relax and enjoy!

Lezlie

10-19-2007, 01:49 AM

Hello, my name is Lezlie! I am currently trying to read all the books listed on the College Bound Reading List Compiled by Arrowhead Library System, which I found on the internet. I started like three weeks ago, so I still have a long way to go, but I'm pretty excited about it. I'm a total book nerd LOL

symphony

10-21-2007, 10:02 AM

Hello all! Welcome to LitNet! :)

Hira

10-22-2007, 09:09 AM

Hello everyone!!

I got registered about two years or so ago but never posted or said hello. So well, hello and I am Hira and well, thats about it, I suppose.

lady_pirate

10-22-2007, 07:27 PM

so this is my introduction. My name is lady_pirate and this is my first time on litnet. I have yet to post anything, but will after this formal introduction. I write poetry and also read it along with short stories and novels. I love to have feedback on my work, as I am sure most people do, but I also love to give feedback. I'm not into bashing what people write and don't expect the same treatment; though, I'm not easily offended by it. I respect an honest opinion and would never take someone's point of view away from them just because I may not agree. Looking foward to reading other's work and hope that you think the same of mine...

Virgil

10-22-2007, 07:34 PM

Welcome Lady Pirate. I'm sure you'll get some feedback. Join in the discussion. We'd love to hear what you have to say. :)

andave_ya

10-22-2007, 07:41 PM

lady pirate, I am supremely happy to see you here. You'll love it I promise you. Though, if you think my bookishness is odd, wait till you see the splendid nuttiness around here!

cleo

10-24-2007, 06:03 AM

hey to all, my name is Cleo and I haven't posted anything realy since last year. I decided to check out this site again and noticed so many new people. Can't wait to start chatting once again.

ahsiam

10-24-2007, 06:13 AM

welcome back cleo. hope you will have a nice time here.(again)
:)

cleo

10-24-2007, 07:07 AM

thank you ahsiam

Gadget Girl

10-24-2007, 01:23 PM

Hey there, cleo! :wave:

zapoteco

10-24-2007, 01:59 PM

Hi there! I'm a Mexican Zapotec Indian with Spanish German French Algerian roots! I love reading and it is my first time in this wonderful site. Right now I'm rediscovering Moby Dick! With age this book is as an aged wine...so good that you have to drink it sipping slowly and getting your whole body full of its flavour, passion and emotion. Just great!
Zaopoteco

ahsiam

10-25-2007, 02:55 AM

welocome zapoteco. it IS a wonderful site, indeed. you WILL enjoy your time here. :D

Gadget Girl

10-25-2007, 03:42 AM

ahsiam is right, zapoteco! You will enjoy a lot!

Zobot

10-25-2007, 09:57 PM

G'day everyone! Thought I had better introduce myself here, my name is just Zobot, well, it's Zoe, but everyone calls me Zobot. I'm a 19 year old girl from Australia, and stumbled across this site while researching for my upcoming exams.
Looking forward to getting to know you all and being able to discuss my favorite (and least favorite) books, poems and all that jazz on this here forum.

Virgil

10-25-2007, 10:25 PM

Welcome Zobot. I hope you will like lit net. I enjoy it a lot.

SunChild133

10-26-2007, 11:51 AM

Hello everyone....

This is my first post here (I've yet to fill in my profile)

Ummm, my name is Nicole and Im a senior in highschool....not much else to say but you can check out my profile later if ya want.

I look foward to being a member here and meeting you all.

adampearson

10-26-2007, 02:27 PM

My name is Adam, I've read a bunch of books and I am looking forward to sharing my views. Favorite writer of all time, my paisano, Herman "the custom's inspector" Melville. If you haven't read Moby Dick and felt the sting of emotion in your eyes when Ahab launches into dominating tirades, I am not sure you and I bleed the same blood.

Also, as most people, I would assume, I am a Tolstoy buff. No man understands both genders of the human species as entirely as my main man Leo. Pierre's death in War and Peace, perhaps the single most wonderful and transcendent moment in any book I've I ever read. The poetry, the soul, brilliant!!! Too bad he divorced his wife after 47 years of marriage. It sure seemed like he had things figured out.

Roots, although partially stolen from another author, is another absolutely stunner. You're telling me you can find something more heart wrenching than Kunta being shackled in the tall grass. Alex Haley, ghost writer for the autobiography of Malcom X, another life changer, is underrated as an author. Forget about it.

Three criteria I use for judging books:

1. Pure artistic beauty
2. Depth of meaning
3. Sheer entertainment value

Three favorites of all time:
1. Moby Dick
2. Anna Kerennina
3. Grapes of Wrath (Best, most shocking and perfectly symbolic closing to a book in history, in my opinion)

I am a sucker for writers that are from countries who participated in the cold war, obviously.

Adam

Stormy

10-27-2007, 02:45 AM

Greetings to all..

I am a writer and lover of poetry, it is a passion of mine as well as music. I love nature and am very nocturnal, I'd say..lol. I find inspiration in so many things. I love the rain, watching storms blow in...the night sky with all its beauty. I cannot 'not' write, it's a part of who i am. A way to express freely and a way of cleansing the soul. I can speak clearly through my pen when my voice can't be found. I'm the Mom of two great kids, a son (who has blessed me with a grandson, I'm a young grandmother, lol) who is 23 a daughter who is 14. My daughter also writes and just loves words..she reads the dictionary sometimes..lol, I guess that's a good thing, yeah. She writes short stories and has some amazing ones about wolves, her favorite subject.
Anyway, I've rambled on long enough, sorry. I'm looking forward to being a part of this community and meeting the members.

Peace,
Stormy

willwilisovsky

10-27-2007, 05:08 AM

Hey,
I'm an Englishman living in Russia these last ten years. I am obssessed with reading, writing and language generally. It would take too long to do a list of favourites; I've been a fairly prolific reader since childhood, and childhood was many moons ago. Besides the list changes everyday.
I like what I read here and will likely post a fair bit if I don't forget I registered and wander off like an idiot.
ermmm....that's it.

Gadget Girl

10-27-2007, 08:16 AM

Hello to SunChild133, adampearson, stormy and willwilisovsky! Welcome to the forums!

andave_ya

10-27-2007, 02:57 PM

Hello everybody! have a great time here on the LitNet!

adampearson

10-27-2007, 06:38 PM

I made reference to the death of Pierre in War and Peace. My bad. Pierre doesn't die, I meant to say Andrei Bolkonski.

chayes030

10-28-2007, 07:02 AM

Hey, i'm Conrad, a year 12 english lit. student =]

Princess_1986

10-29-2007, 10:10 AM

Mornin'

I'm an English MA Student from Yorkshire. I'm quite a poor working class girl, hoping to take my PHD if I can find the cash from somewhere. My interest in reading is usually acedemically based, but I do love Virginia Woolf, and enjoy reading and writing poetry. My favourite poem being 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night' by Dylan Thomas. My other great love is music - I have an ecclectic taste. I enjoy a boogie.

Welcome to all the newbies, and hello to all the established members.
Hopefully you can all offer me some nuggets of wisdom.

motherhubbard

10-29-2007, 10:17 AM

Hi and welcome!

loveistheanswer

10-30-2007, 12:44 AM

My name is Jesa and I'm new. :wave:
I love to write and I love to sit and think. That's it. Anything else in my life is extra.

Gadget Girl

10-30-2007, 02:30 AM

Hey there, loveistheanswer! Have a great time here on LitNet! I'm sure you will. :)

tamora

10-30-2007, 04:05 PM

Hello everyone! My name is Tyra and this is my first post. I love to read a great many things and sometimes I enjoy writing. I have two great friends that drew my attention to this site and I love reading the stories and poems that everyone has posted. I look forward to spending more time here in the future!

Weisinheimer

10-30-2007, 06:08 PM

Welcome to the litnet, tamora.

Granny5

10-30-2007, 06:31 PM

motherhubbard

10-30-2007, 10:43 PM

Wow!! you posted. I can't believe it. I'm so glad you are here

imthefoolonthehill

11-01-2007, 01:39 AM

Hello all, I am currently taking a break from my studies for approx. 4 days, and am returning to the forum of my childhood.

Any old-timers around?

summeronly

11-01-2007, 07:18 AM

hiiiiiiiii

soso is here

any hiiiiiiii?

Gadget Girl

11-01-2007, 11:42 AM

Hello :D

dongbei

11-02-2007, 06:57 AM

Hello everybody,I'm very glad to be here.My English is not very good,but I love this language.I will be here as much as possible to learn to you.Thank you all.

knulp

11-02-2007, 08:41 AM

hello everyone i am new around here! thanks for accepting me!

Weisinheimer

11-02-2007, 12:37 PM

Welcome, dongbei and knulp. I hope you have fun here.

befida

11-02-2007, 01:33 PM

Hello all from Turkey..:wave:
I'm an elt student so I hope this site will be very useful for me...

Sarie

11-02-2007, 05:58 PM

Hello,

My name's Sarah and I am in love with good books. I just finished reading Pilgrim's Progress, Frankenstein, and Pride and Prejudice (which I was reading for the umpteenth time!) and I've just begun reading Gulliver's Travels, Bleak House, and The Brothers Karamazov, each for the first time.

Anyway, who knows? I may be a good addition to the forum.

Gadget Girl

11-03-2007, 08:06 AM

Hi to you, befida and Sarie. Welcome to Literature Network Forums. Enjoy your stay! :)

ahsiam

11-04-2007, 05:52 AM

welcome summeronly,dongbei,knulp,befida,Sarie.
just hoping that you will have a wonderful time here.:)

Minori

11-05-2007, 01:50 AM

I thought I would drop in and introduce myself.

My name is not actually Minori, but when I do end up publishing, I'll be doing so under a pen name, and I haven't quite decided on a good one yet.

Anyway, I'll be sharing some of my stuff, at least the stuff I consider not offensive; don't want to upset anyone with my harlequin writing style.

Gadget Girl

11-05-2007, 02:25 PM

Hey there, Minori! :wave:

museme

11-05-2007, 03:55 PM

i was wandering the net looking for a specific Emily Dickinson poem and thought I'd say hi as here is where i ended up, so to all hi

Lacey23

11-05-2007, 05:38 PM

Hello everyone

I'm a 23 year old French girl and I came here to discuss and debate about writers especially Joseph Conrad who I'm very fond of. I wrote a master's thesis last year about the Nigger of the Narcissus and Typhoon and I'm looking for new ideas to write a second one next year.
Thank you for your help and have a nice evening:)

ntropyincarnate

11-05-2007, 06:58 PM

Hi! I'm Megan. I'm 15 and I read too much. Right now I'm working on War and Peace, and The Last of the Mohicans.
:D

transalater

11-06-2007, 07:15 AM

hi everybody :)
im a student of english languge and literature, in Bahrain university.
im happy to join you.;)

yewon

11-07-2007, 12:15 PM

hi ! i'm a twenty-year-old korean girl and i major in russian literature.
i wish i could be an active member in this forum.
i wanna get along with all of you :)

thegreenthing

11-07-2007, 03:02 PM

Catgirl

11-07-2007, 03:22 PM

Could somebody please tell me if the version of this poem, that I read on this site is correct. I know that Emily Dickenson had different versions of her poems. On this site I read, "yet more than once at morn". I'm sure the version that I read said, "yet more than once at noon". There were other differences as well. I am very familiar with this poem and would like to know if errors have been made.
Catgirl

Chenga

11-07-2007, 07:02 PM

Hello:yawnb:

I'm a-19-year-old Dutch student at a university college in the Netherlands. I'm majoring in Arts & Humanities with tracks in Literature, Linguistics and Philosophy and a minor in Rhetoric & Argumentaton.
I'm hoping to do my master in Literary studies or Stylistics.
The reason I came here is that I - how suprising - love literature and I thought this would be a good opportunity to meet some more literaturelovers and exchange ideas etc.

You'll see me around!

ahsiam

11-08-2007, 05:48 AM

welcome chenga. i am sure you will enjoy here. this is a wonderful forum. have a happy time.:)

ahsiam

11-08-2007, 05:51 AM

Hi, I'm 16 years old, going to highschool(Swedish equivalent). And right now I have far too much studying to do, so I'm not really reading much at all (I actually don't have time to write this either, but whatever...).

welcome thegreenthing.
just like you i dont have time to spare either but.................:D
by the way hoping for your best.

andave_ya

11-08-2007, 09:40 PM

Welcome everybody!

Persivalis

11-09-2007, 02:26 PM

Hi everybody!

I am new in this forum. I am 35 y.o., student (slavic literatures), and interested in all literature - great and small.

UltrAhmet

11-09-2007, 04:12 PM

hi to all,

I am new in this forum.I used to have another nick but when I wanted to log in I saw that I have been banned.
Anyway, let me introduce myself.My name is "Ahmet", I am from Turkiye working as an English teacher at a primary school.
I love literature, that's why I am here.I try to write my own stories and love examining literary texts.

Gadget Girl

11-10-2007, 07:50 AM

Wow, so many members already. :p Hehe, welcome everyone!

stately,plump

11-10-2007, 05:10 PM

Hi everyone, I'm also new...hmm, I should choose a good avatar for myself! I'm not a lit student but I'm an avid reader, especially of classic American and English texts.

Laurelle

11-11-2007, 08:49 AM

I just joined and I would like to say hi

I have been reading up on the features on this site and hopefully i can get used to it real quick. I have an interest in learning about poetry.

Inphallible

11-11-2007, 07:20 PM

Hey people, I was doing some research for the International Baccalaureate Organization's Extended Essay assignment (basically a thesis paper for high school students who enter into a program to take classes of a higher standard--or some crap like that) and I stumbled upon this.
The topic of my Ex. Essay is the effect of time imagery on Edgar Allan Poe's tone in various short stories ("The Masque of Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," et al) and if you can offer any help on that it would be GREATLY appreciated.
I have to say, I've been looking for a forum like this for a while, but this is the only one that I thought I'd feel comfortable with--not too many people, but enough and some of them seem knowledgeable and intelligent, and easy to navigate--so I decided to join.
Also, I fancy myself a poet and a writer so I'll probably post some of my stuff on here soon.
Hope to make a few new friends here and I promise I don't bite, so contact me if you like.

brextyn33

11-12-2007, 02:02 PM

Hi muy name is Ireland, I am new here wanted to stop and say Hello.

ahsiam

11-13-2007, 06:56 AM

welcome brextyn33.

billwen

11-13-2007, 08:54 AM

Hello, all friends here.
Well, i have no idea how to start my self-introduction.
I'm Bill, from China.
Glad to be one of the members in this forum.

Joreads

11-13-2007, 09:00 PM

Hi my name is Jo and I also new to the Forum. I am from Australia and I am looking forward to getting the most out of this site.

kiz_paws

11-14-2007, 02:21 AM

And a warm welcome to all our new members! Enjoy your visits here and happy reading all! :)

ahsiam

11-14-2007, 03:05 AM

welcome joreads and billwen.

glenn71

11-14-2007, 12:37 PM

hello everyone . i thought id introduce myself as im new on this site .
my names Glenn , im 36 and from a county called suffolk in east anglia , England . i have got two young children that live with me half the time which keeps me pretty busy. the other half of my time i spend reading and now studying for a degree in literature that i should have finished last time round .
i have always enjoyed reading from a young age , novels poetry and biographies mainly .
just wanted to say i have enjoyed reading these forums the past couple of days and i am glad i found this site.

ahsiam

11-17-2007, 03:43 AM

welcome glenn71.:)
you will have a good time here. this site is really nice.

Nía

11-17-2007, 06:45 PM

Hello everyone,

Just thought I'd drop in and introduce myself: I'm Nía; 22 years old; female; living in the UK.

I'm studying for a degree in Literature and am currently enjoying 'Fiction Writing' and 'Poetry' modules.

I'm so grateful to have found a place like this - I look forward to getting to know some of you a little better!

~ Nía

Gadget Girl

11-18-2007, 03:19 AM

Hey there, Nia! I'm sure you would, all of us here are enjoying! You should join the party! :banana:

mcpacek

11-18-2007, 10:05 AM

Hello everyone!

I would like to introduce myself on account of joining your forum so hi all and greetings from Poland. My name is Tomasz. (19 years old male)I hope this forum will be wonderful opportunity to discuss literature especially becasue I'm going to study it for next 5 years.

See you on commenting old and new threads.

Susanta

11-18-2007, 01:42 PM

ahsiam

11-21-2007, 06:37 AM

Hello all,
I am from Bangladesh. My first language is Bangla. I don't know English very much. But I am learning. I am a teacher of Bangla language. I am very happy joining with you all. I am male & 34.
Many thanks

hey there susanta. welcome.:)
and i am from bangladesh too. i am sure you will have a nice time here.:D

rgdmalaysia

11-22-2007, 08:20 AM

Hi,

I'm an American living in Malaysia.

I teach English and I love to read.

I also write fiction based on my experiences and poetry.

Glad to be part of this forum.

thescholar

11-22-2007, 10:55 PM

hey all, im new to the forums. by the way, I loved dracula, any related reading?

angiedawn

11-23-2007, 03:39 AM

Hi everyone! I'm Angie, I live in Wild and Wonderful West Virginia, but I've lived all over America (thank you Uncle Sam). I'm a college student at Fairmont State University; history major, English minor. Also, I'm a veteran of the USAF, a single mother, and I own my own salon. I've been making people beautiful since 1995, and will always do some hair...I just wanted to break the typical hairstylist image and be smart and pretty. haha

I love to write, poetry seems to be the genre I've fallen into over the years, but my true passion lies in memoirs (fictional/non-fictional) and fiction. This semester I'm in 17th c. Literature and would love some opinions on "Paradise Lost."

Currently, I'm writing a paper of the importance of history in literature. I'm analyzing the characters of Adam, Eve and Satan. Any opinions or persecptions would be fabulous!

Virgil

11-23-2007, 01:49 PM

Wecome Angie. That is quite a history. You sound like a great addition to our forum.

Caravaggio

11-25-2007, 11:57 AM

Good evening! or good morning, or good afternoon, I guess depending on where you are lol. I'm in Seoul, South Korea at the moment, and it's late at night here.

It took me a while to find this introduction area, and I've already started making posts elsewhere. I'm American and halfchilean, from central Illinois (my dad's a farmer), I enjoy writing and am working on a fantasy book overhere--160 pages and counting w00t. I just recently discovered this forum when my dad sent me an email with a Yeats poem and a link to this place. The Yeats poem was most excellent btw. Just looking around for good discussion on writing and maybe reading and looking to meet some like minded individuals.

kiz_paws

11-25-2007, 12:30 PM

Welcome to you all, look forward to seeing you in the forums! :)

ClaesGefvenberg

11-27-2007, 05:03 PM

Back after a prolonged absence :)

Some of you already know me, but I have not been around for quite some time. A tremendous workload has made it very important to me to use my time as efficiently as possible, and the sad fact is that this place lost out when I went through my list of priorities.

The burden has not really lessened, but I'm beginning to get to grips with things now, so I hope to be around more often from now on.:thumbs_up

/Claes

Idril

11-27-2007, 05:54 PM

It's good to see you again Claes. I hope to see some more of your pictures soon. ;)

Logos

11-27-2007, 06:30 PM

CLAES!!! Welcome back!! :p :)

reham languages

11-27-2007, 06:39 PM

hi, how do you do all i`m reham i`m new here i hope to be a good community i hope for all of you good luck

kiz_paws

11-27-2007, 10:36 PM

Welcome to our new members, and it is nice to see you again, Claes! :)

dickensfan

11-28-2007, 08:24 AM

Hi, everyone

As you can see I am a huge Dickens fan and I am not afraid to show it. I like other writers as well such as Margaret Atwood, George Eliot and Edgar Allan Poe. I have always been a bookworm and absolutely love reading. I am in my first year of an Education Studies and English course as I want to be a Primary school teacher specialising in English. Next year I will be doing Childrens Literature (including Philip Pullman and C.S. Lewis!) as a module and I am looking forward to that.

I am married and have two children and hope to pass on my love of literature to them;) ;) :thumbs_up

FacialFracture

11-28-2007, 12:21 PM

Hello,

I stumbled across this site the other day, and I had to join. I was raised by two English professors, and after many years of resistance to all things literate and lovely, I have given in to the fact that a love for musty, dusty old words is my birthright.

I particularly like Elizabethan poetry and old detective novels, but I'll read nearly anything...really, anything from Hesiod to instruction manuals for objects I don't even own--I don't discriminate.

LadyW

11-28-2007, 01:01 PM

Hello all,
I joined this forum about... 20 minutes ago and Im somewhat lost but I am sure I can find my way. I am most likely one of the youngest here, I attend a High School in Manchester, England and from an early age have been fascinated with English Literature.
I lead a fairly busy lifestyle and try to cram in as much reading as possible. I enjoy Shakespeare's work, Jane austen, Gothic Novels and admittedly...the Harry Potter books (oh come on.. who doesnt?). At the moment Im addicted to a series of Romance novels by Julia Quinn which I would recommend to all as they have cheered up this sad sad geek for nights on end.
Not really much to say in all fairness... Im currently studying for my GCSE's and have opted for History, Geography and French (English lan./lit. is a core subject obviously) and Im targetted for A's/A*s (waah).
I have JUST completed my first section of English coursework on Romeo and Juliet and achieved an A* (Shut up bragging woman...). Would I be able to post that on here somewhere? Mainly so people can tell me what an amateur I am surely.
Sorry... told you Im a total dork.
Im pretty friendly, have a cracking sense of humour and I listen to punk rock/alt. rock. Not one of the most popular people in my school but I wouldn't have it any other way :)
For the future I am hoping to teach Eng Lit in higher education and lets just see where I go from there.
Thankyou for reading this terribley unarticulated (is that an actual word?) rubbish.
Anna.

MissLarue

11-28-2007, 01:38 PM

Hello Everyone,
My name is Lauren Larue and I am posting my very first blog on this site, right now, as you are reading it, it is a first and a first and a first. I am a fashion designer living in Queens, and I am really delighted to have found this site because I miss being able to discuss books in a semi-structured setting. I have always loved creating stories and I love illustrating my favorites. As a kid I made lots of puppet shows where I wrote the story, made the characters' likenesses and invented voices for each one. As I neared the end of high school, I sort of jumped into studying fashion because I felt that I would be able to nurture the visual aspects of my creative little mind and that I could take English and other classes as a minor... Well wouldn't you know, but my school miss-processed my English AP grade and kept signing me up for the wrong classes, and never helped me fix the problem till my last year there, so I ended up not studying my favorite subject all through college, well not in class anyway. I had read what is now one of my favorite books during that period, Been Down so Long it Looks like Up to me, by Richard Farina, and like my friend Gnossos I felt that I was somewhat exempt from most troubles. I loved that book from the minute I read the first chapter in a thrift store and bought it for a dollar. The man at the register told me that he read it a long time ago, and not to be surprised if it changed my outlook. And it did.
Well anyway, enough about me, its nice to meet you all and I hope that this is the beginning of a fun and enlightening relationship without all the coodies.
love,
larue

Emem182

11-28-2007, 07:38 PM

Hey, I'm new here! I'm Kelsey. I'll be 16 in a week and a half (yay!), and am currently a sophomore in highschool. I have a strange hunder for writing. I'd love to do it for a living, and I really want to start reading more (besides Rowling and Dessen), and as I do so I find myself needing to form and share opinions on what I read...so now I'm here and I really don't have much to say at the moment. Hi!

sandy _point

11-29-2007, 02:04 PM

I call myself Sandy. I grow up in Maine, but escaping what I thought in those youthful years was dreary confinement, I began traveling for the next 25 years. I have lived in both the Northern and the Southern States. After trekking through Mexico, and ranching in Texas, we tried farming in Prince Edward Island where we raised livestock and kids. I home schooled all five of my children. My oldest is 24 and my youngest is 8. While preparing three for college, I have been working on my own degree for the past 6 years. My first love is literature, right next to history, which means reading literature is my chosen method for understanding the past. All the great cannon of works interest me, and I have passed this love of literature down to my children. We have great discussions about what we are reading. Our days are enriched with quotes, references to characters, analyzing philosophies, and critical reviews of current books. A favorite recent discovery was Henry Beston who wrote of Maine, The Northern Farm , and Cape Cod, The Outermost House . His love of nature, written with the heart of a poet and a sage, inspired me to drink deeply of the sights and sounds of life. His love of the small farming community rekindled a longing for my birthplace, so to fulfill an old dream I traveled to my birthplace this summer. My sister and I camped out on the coast of Maine, kayaked in the waves, hiked the shores, and caught up with dear old family members. I was returning full circle, back to my roots, and all that I had lost by running away. It has taken me more than 30 years cherish the meaning of home. So there it is -- a quick capsule of me.

Niamh

11-30-2007, 07:28 PM

A big welcome to all the new members! :wave:

Welcome back Claes!

suicidel

12-01-2007, 08:01 PM

Hi :) My name is Elena and i'm from Romania. right now I'm still a student, though i plan on finishing next year. i love reading and writing, and even though I've read a lot of books i still have trouble answering that annoying question: what's your favorite book? most times i think it's impossible to pick only one when i loved most of them but for different reasons.
I don't have many hobbies but the ones i have my friends tell me i turned them into small obsessions. i like photography and almost never go out without my camera, another thing i really like is skating, be it on the ice or the concrete.
well that's about it. i hope i didn't bore you too much.

joywind

12-02-2007, 07:13 PM

Hello,
I just want to say hi! and do some introducing.
I am Ton and come from the Netherlands. I am 57 years old, married, with 2 sons.
I put the name of James Joyce down as my favorite writer, but it would be better to say that I can't really choose, I love all english, dutch and german poetry, thomas pynchon, burroughs, shakespeare, books on history, elizabethan and jacobean drama, anglo-saxon poetry, and-so-forth, ad infinitam.
I buy books at a greater speed than I can read -sigh- (mainly second-hand though) and am blessed with a wife that looks on with tolerant smile as I pile the walls and floors of my house full :smash: .
It means that sometimes they have to go to charity or the house would burst at the seams.

greenbean1129

12-03-2007, 01:40 AM

Hey everyone!

I'm Leslie. I'm a senior in high school right now, taking AP English Literature. My favorite book would probably be A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving or Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy.
I used to read everything I could get my hands on, but now that school has taken over my life, I've only been reading what I'm required to read. I'm trying to change that. Haha.

I AM JINX

12-03-2007, 08:06 AM

Hi, ^_^ I am Veronica, but I am mostly known as Jinx, due to the fact I happen to Jinx a lot of things. I am 17, and female. I am also English but I can speak Frech.
I am at college right now doing my A Levels, I am studying English, History, Ethics, Philosophy and Law. When I am older I hope to be a teacher, or to many invent something random that will make me a fair amount of money.
I live not far from Liverpool with my mother and simlings, I do not have a father as such, but I have a good friend who is like a dad to me.
I can be rather random at times, however I know when to be a good girl. ;)
I am taken, sorry boys ;), I have been with my Kris now for over a year, I am in love, and I do not know love is, if anything I would find myself manybe a little bit like Tess is towards Angel sometimes, I am on that level of devotion to my boyfriend, I really would do anything for him, and love him no matter what. It may seem silly, but I do not care, it is my feelings at the end of the day.
I am very happy with my looks, but maybe I should be a bit more concerned about my weight, however everything says it is a girls thing to be thinking they are fat all the time... ¬_¬
I am a rather big fan of music of any kinds and laguage, however I have a big thing for Japanese rock. I play piano, drum, bass, flute and a little bit of guitar, I would like to play a fair few instrements from around the world, I would love to make a band with each known instrement!
I love anime and manga, Death Note was rather good, but the ending kind of disapointed me, Chobits was good, however Bleach kicked ***! ^_^
I love RPGs such as final fantasy and kingdom hearts, I love my PS2, however I am not too fond on the PS3, but a few good games seem to be coming out on it. I like nintendo and microsoft, [yes kill me if you must] the X-Box has taken my heart! Halo is something I could play on all night long, I love online games, I would love .hack to be a bit more common where I live.
I love books! I could read anything you give me, as long as it is in English or French. ^_^ I am quite good at those languages. My favorite novilist would have to be Steven Kings, however Thomas Hardy was rather good.
I feel I have told you a little bit too much, and I fear that after all this typing no one will actually read it all.
Well e-mail me if you want to know more.

ahsiam

12-03-2007, 08:20 AM

welcome everyone. enjoy here.:)

PanzaFan

12-03-2007, 04:32 PM

My name is Terri. I am 28 years old and terriable at introductions. I have loved reading all my life even before I knew how (so my mother tells me). My favorite thing to do is make lists of all the great books I intend to read then read a few and start a new list because someone small and underage has lost or colored on my latest list. I enjoy discussing good literature and often find the discussing as rewarding as the reading. (Well sometimes anyway.)

Virgil

12-03-2007, 04:58 PM

Welcome Panza. I saw your post in the Don Quixote reading group a little while ago. I bet this forum is a perfect place for you. I hope you enjoy it.

QuietMurmurings

12-03-2007, 07:51 PM

Hello everybody, It's nice that we are getting so many new forum members who share with us their precious views. There should be a place to introduce yourself and say hi; and this is it. :D

Come on and tell us about yourself. :D What are your hobbies? What are your favourite books? And also share with us everything else you would like to tell us about yourself.

Have a nice time browing the wonderful world of books and book-worms! :)

Be gentle with me. I am new to this site. I enjoy writing and reading poetry. I'd love to submit some of my poems and get some comments,critiques.

Virgil

12-03-2007, 08:22 PM

Of course, QuietM. Welcome and make yourself at home. Lots of people here to talk poetry with.

Logos

12-04-2007, 05:49 PM

:wave: hello newbies! glad to have you here :)

Ocelot

12-04-2007, 11:15 PM

Hey everyone. You can call me Ocelot, as the name suggests. I'm fourteen, I live in California. My friend said this site was fun so here I am.

christinaeloise

12-05-2007, 06:57 AM

hullo, my name is christina and i am from australia.
i chanced upon this site after typing into google "antic hay, aldous huxley" as i am performing my first monologue for year nine drama tomorrow from a rant that one of the ridiculously real artists of the novel goes on...
i've been going through this thread and getting an idea of how to introduce myself, lots of people have created detailed and intriguing introductions, and i say hello to all of the diverse and challenging personalities and ideas that i have come across so far.
i love film making from both sides, acting (as mentioned above) and producing on the techie side, as it is such an experimental media that is so influential in our extremely visual golobal community. cinema can be so beautifull and doesn't just have to be generic and formula, as so much of the rubbish that is released from hollywood and promoted to the hills, i prefer the small gems that you pick up in pokey little places that you must search for. you can always find good haircuts there :)
people are a passion that i enjoy interacting with and observing (preferably the latter). i find them very strange and would love to undertand more about them. i think the internet and other means of readily available forms of global communication are wonderful. to be able to experience so many different points of veiw is grand and eye opening. it allows us to "broaden our minds", as professor trelawney exlaims in our favorite characters' first lesson in divination...
i won't even start on literature because i will not be able to stop, heavens to betsy! i've been going on for far too long already, i guess everyone dropped out pages ago! hehe

anyhoo, i hope to meet lovers of everything, from the bizar to the "normal", although everything is normal to those who know it...

kiz_paws

12-05-2007, 12:28 PM

And a nice warm welcome to all new folks who have recently signed on! Look forward to seeing you in the discussions here! :)

warlik

12-06-2007, 04:48 AM

Hello, everyone!Here is the voice from China , which is an old and active country lies in the east. She has the magnificent culture that we can always take as a endless treasure. So does the West. I like both of them and they are my two wings when I soaring in the heaven of literature. Here's my poem. I hope that you can read it if you get time and thank you so much if you like them.Hope all friends enjoy a happy life , and please bring my best regards to your families and friends.
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30712

Shalot

12-06-2007, 10:11 PM

Hey everyone. You can call me Ocelot, as the name suggests. I'm fourteen, I live in California. My friend said this site was fun so here I am.

Welcome to the forum. Interesting avy.

Farley

12-07-2007, 01:09 AM

Hey all,

I'm twenty, and I call Manitoba, Canada home. I googled "literature forum" and this is the first one that popped up so here I am. I definitely like what I see so far so I plan on being an avid poster on this forum.

crazefest456

12-07-2007, 01:19 AM

Hi Farley!
I know you'll get addicted very soon; good luck lit-netting!

WaffenOates

12-08-2007, 04:01 PM

Ahoy all ye bastardry!
The Waffen Oates has hijacked your vessel.

Amigurumi

12-09-2007, 03:58 PM

I'm new too.. I found this forum by chance, I was looking for info about the Bronte sisters and see if there was an american society.. and I ran into this forum.. I know I'll love it!

DickZ

12-10-2007, 10:43 AM

I just discovered this forum, and have briefly checked some of the postings here. There is a very broad range of backgrounds represented by the forum's members.

For the past thirty years I have worked as a naval architect, and for ten years before that, I served in the US Navy. Now approaching retirement age, I have been interested in writing over the last ten years or so. I have written stories ranging from 2,000 words to 80,000. Some of these are fictitious, while others are true. The only published work I've been involved in is a compilation of sea stories that I coordinated, with contributions from eighty others who served in the Navy and Marine Corps, describing situations ranging from frightening war situations to light-hearted comical happenings.

The pieces I'm proudest of include two fictitious items. The shorter one is called The Journal and it describes the life of my uncle before he was killed in World War II. Since he never got around to writing down anything about his life, and we know very little about him, the events that he records in his journal are made up, but are loosely based on my own experiences in the Navy.

The longer piece is called Two Crossings, which describes an eastbound crossing of the Atlantic on the Queen Mary in 1936 by a Jewish couple who have vastly improved their lives since coming to the United States thirty years before, and who recall their westbound journey which first brought them to America, and which was made under much harsher conditions than those aboard the Queen Mary.

Salty

12-11-2007, 01:30 PM

hi there im actually new to this world of literature. its great to see that there is a place for discussion for book worms lyk us ;) neway im really new to this ,and i dont no how exactly to use this forum. if there is any helpful suggestions i would be grateful. Currently i am looking at Emily Dickinson Poetry need alot of work and analysis on her poems. is there any page in particular in the forum that i should look at?

Scheherazade

12-11-2007, 01:50 PM

Currently i am looking at Emily Dickinson Poetry need alot of work and analysis on her poems. is there any page in particular in the forum that i should look at?
Welcome to the Forum, Salty (I love the nick! ;))

Our Emily Dickinson section (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=129)

annakarina

12-11-2007, 02:55 PM

I just happened upon this forum (while looking for stuff on Joyce for an essay; ah, the noble art of procrastination!) and it looked like fun so here I am...
I am a 24 year old film and literature student from France currently on an exchange trip to Montréal, I am a verocious reader, aspiring writer and literary critic, and drinker of red wine, I was born in a gutter and raised by wolves, I like camembert and films from the 60s, I hate smilies and do-gooders; my favorite authors are Margaret Atwood, Marguerite Duras, Alberto Moravia, Dostoyevsky, Nabokov, Angela Carter and many others I can't think of now (but, as you can see, I like a bit of everything...).
I look forward to getting to know you all!