Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

[webmagnate]

Hi everyone. As of the moment, I'm the newest member in this community. :D

I'm an English teacher and have traveled almost all of Asia teaching English. I love what I'm doing for it makes me happy and I have the opportunity to experience other culture as well.

[Christine1152]

Hello!

And Hi Kate - I'm also a middle aged woman who has discovered literature. I like the look, the feel, and the smell of books, and I am mesmerized by the beauty of the language of the classics.

I am working my way through Alexandre Dumas' work at the moment.

But one thing aside - I am researching (for a surprise Christmas gift) the rest of an old English children's nursery rhyme/game that starts something like this:

Here come I, stiff as a stump,
Selling my blacking for a penny a lump.

It goes on to hush the children, and warn them to behave, or do as their told.

Anyone know this?

Thanks for being available everybody - this is a wonderfule site.

Christine

[CataclySm1c]

Hello everyone. Glad that I actually found a site like this. I am keen in literature, which is apparently quite detested in my area, Singapore. I have read 1984 by Orwell, Simulacra And Simulation by Baudrillard, Brave New World by Huxley, and currently reading The Brothers Karamazov by Doetoevsky. Took me half a month plus to reach the 300 page milestone. Man my concentration span is really short. Many of my friends do not read books like this, stuck with their game books and normal novels, which I quote Orwell "prolefeed" hehe. Oh yeah, and I'm 14 this year. Its hard to find peers that are close to me to talk about literature you know. Anyways, I am really glad and excited that I've found such an online community which will benefit my knowledge for years to come O_O (again, I shall state, I AM 14, nothing to brag though, just feel that I'm a little young hehehehe)

[MattG]

But one thing aside - I am researching (for a surprise Christmas gift) the rest of an old English children's nursery rhyme/game that starts something like this:

Here come I, stiff as a stump,
Selling my blacking for a penny a lump.

It goes on to hush the children, and warn them to behave, or do as their told.

Anyone know this?

Thanks for being available everybody - this is a wonderfule site.

Christine

I googled 'til my fingers bled and only found the three lines you refer to.

I wonder how you came across it in the first place, and what the signifigance is, but that would be the part of the conversation where my wife would kick me under the table (which I know is a sign to shut up though I'm often unclear as to why) and later tell me to mind my own business. :D

[lrtress]

Hi, I am thrilled to have just found this site and registered on it!

Christine,

Here come I, stiff as a stump, selling my blacking a penny a lump.
I don't know this rhyme, but I can reference its meaning for you.

There's piece called 'Humorous Fancy' by Deering or Dering from 1610, which is made up of the street cries of those hawking their goods and trades. I have a collection of some songs from Shakespeare's plays and from him his time. 'Cryes of London' is a song a I know that derives from the text above.

'Buy any black, buy any black...will you buy any blacking, maids?'

Blacking was a substance used like shoe polish, for boots to keep them black.

I don't know the exact source of your poem, but at least I could shed some light on its meaning. Hope it helps. Really interesting.

lrtress

[Christine1152]

I googled 'til my fingers bled and only found the three lines you refer to.

I wonder how you came across it in the first place, and what the signifigance is, but that would be the part of the conversation where my wife would kick me under the table (which I know is a sign to shut up though I'm often unclear as to why) and later tell me to mind my own business. :D
Hello Skull Farmer,

(Don't know the reference, if there is one).

Thanks for trying! I'm trying to find it because I work with a woman whose grandmother immigrated here to the States as a young woman, and taught it to her when she was a young girl, and she would dearly like to hold on to some pieces of her heritage. The rest of her family that would know or remember have passed. So, I was going to find it and surprise her and make a miniature script of the poem/rhyme as a Christmas ornament for her, but the only reference I find on line that has it, requires membership:

Google search:
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0015-587X(19320930)43%3A3%3C249%3ASNOTFO%3E2.0.CO...
Website:
http://www.jstor.org/pss/1256121

I am neither an educator nor a member of any university group that has a membership to the above, so I'm not allowed in to search the database.

But, I do really thank you so very much for trying, and please let your wife know you certainly don't deserve a kick (not this time, anyway!).

[Christine1152]

Hi Irtress!

Great site, isn't it?

Thanks so much for your help. I'm not sure where to go with this now, if anywhere. But perhaps someone else will read this and have something to add.

Very interesting research you quoted. Your collection sounds fascinating.

I'll keep an eye out, and thanks again for your help.

[kiz_paws]

A warm welcome to all of you new members, it is great to have you here! :)

[lrtress]

Thanks, kizpaws,

Christine, You're welcome. I am, like you, intrigued by nursery rhymes. I hope you can find out more about this one.

Yes, it's a great site!

lrtress:)

[Yeahforbooks]

Hello!

My real name is Nicole. I'm not entirely sure how I found this site...I think I started googling sites about literature and stumbled onto this site not long ago. I just decided to take some time and register on the boards because I absolutely love talking about literature. I try to read a variety of books, and joined an online book club last year through my local university to get more exposure to recently released books I might not otherwise read.

I graduated with a master's in public policy a little over 2 years ago and in tandem with building a career I've probably spent just as much time immersing myself into literature. That first year after being out of college was a tough transition and I started reading books left and right and as much as I wanted to discuss some of the works I was reading, my friends and co-workers could only take so much ;). I'm also very interested in writing and had the opportunity to participate in a literature project with a California university earlier this year. Since then I've started taking a few writing workshops and courses, and I hope to further cultivate my writing.

Aside from reading and writing, I have a lot of other interests... music, art, comedy, podcasts, tv, watching football, travel, walking aimlessly during my lunch hour at work ;p, etc...I just try to enjoy each day as best I can.

Well, this introduction is long enough. Look forward to being a part of this community.

[Silas Thorne]

I made my way here, bounding through space, much as Nicole my predecessor did, linked by rogue key-typings to this position. To make a short matter long, I followed Yeats here to the stand where he left his mask and then was intrigued by this meeting-ground of minds.

A minute ago I was writing erotica, and a few minutes before that typing words into Endnote for a PhD.

Lots of literature exists in digital spaces, but I love to cuddle a book before bedtime. If its good enough, I need not sleep. Books I have liked in the recent past have been : Kurt Vonnegut 'Slaughterhouse Five', Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island' and 'Kidnapped'. I also like fantasy, thrillers (like Hannibal- which is so much more fun than the movei based on it) , and Chinese 'roving errant' fiction (by Jin Yong). I used to like Anne Rice a great deal, but her writing ceased to be addictive for me after 'Lestat'.

Pleased it be to meet you all and may your halls be finely decked with folly!

[malcolmx]

hello to all members
hope this will be a good begining.
thanks

[farx]

hi guys im Farx =) I am currently a senior at high school and literature is my favourite subject.I'm simply fasinated by it.I love poetry,reading poems,writing em,studying em.I love also love writing stories and articles.
I write for local magazines,newspapers,and blogsites.I work for my school newspaper.I want to pursue journalism and literature in college.

I love music (coldplay especially).I'm an animal freak and I want to someday take part in the WWF campaigns to save polar bears from global warming.
I have three cats,Nics,Ron and Danny.

I live with my older brother and sister and they're everything to me.They have raised me and taken care of me and they're putting me through school.

I'm generally a very happy person who likes to read,write and hang out with her siblings and friends =)

Thats all =)

[hoba]

hello, everyone.nice to share u this wonderful site.i'm lucky to find here alot of people who share me love of literature. I'm really fond of it .let's begin sharing ideas.

[Bitterfly]

Here come I, stiff as a stump,
Selling my blacking for a penny a lump.

It goes on to hush the children, and warn them to behave, or do as their told.



I found the next two lines! Nice quest, by the way.

Here I come as stiff as a stump,
Selling my blacking a penny a lump,
You must neither laugh nor smile,
But say right down "I will"

The same player then proceeds to ask a number of nonsensical questions with the object of making the other players laugh. As soon as one of them does so, the game is over.

[johnsweeney]

Im a teacher of Lit and drama;used to act a lot; like Yeats and french fries and most things irish--like Joyce and the Pogues. and poems by hardy and...Ani Difranco... and I really like PAti Smith's stuff.

[sallypunchclock]

its late. way late. and i need to get back to my paper.

but i wanted to say how very awesome i think the LNF are! :thumbs_up

[FreeRunningGhst]

Hello all,

I'm a guy on break from the university for a year or so more while I sort through what I want to do with the rest of my life. Found this site while looking for a short story that I had read a handful of years ago but can't find anywhere and thought it looked like a great community.

I was a runner and idealist in my younger years. Now I'm just me and playfully exploring all the wonderful ups and downs of that understanding :)

Love to be active; running, swimming, fencing, parkour, and every sport I've ever been so lucky as to have played. Which reminds me that I'm still looking for some people that would be up for a game of rarajupari ('foot throwing'), haha.

I like to read but have been limited in how much I can do of that lately with time constraints from work. Plan to make up some time over the holidays.

Anyways, figure this isn't nearly as long as some but it will suffice as my introduction. Any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Amos :D

[angel92]

Hello everyone I am new to this site and I hope that I can meet new people like me that like to read.
Has anyone read the book Lamb by christopher Moore if yes what is the meaning of the story.:idea:

[Greg B]

Hi. My name is Greg Bauder and I have had 5 books published. I have a BA in English from The University Of British Columbia and I am fascinated by Milton, particularly his
supreme epic PARADISE LOST.

[pratz]

Hello...i am Pratima Dang...My friends call me Pratz..i am very new here...hope i will get good friends over here...

[clopez.read]

:) I have always loved to read. It's my window to the world. I am currently reading "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry. I met her a couple of weeks ago when she gave a book talk at our town. Our community college presented a musical of her book. It was great! Following the performance the audience was able to ask questions of the author, the playwright, and the song writers. That was fantastic!

[Adagio]

Hey people. New here. Looking forward to discussing some great literature with you guys. :)

[proletario]

I i i i...

[shunkahato]

Hello everyone,

I'm shunkahato, a simple college student majoring in English (literature). My favorite works are skattered throughout realms of consiousness and history. They range from Madam Bovary to Crime and Punishment to The Go-Between. I like T.S. Elliot, a little bit of e.e. cumminnings, and odd short stories (like "A Rose for Emily" and "Flowering Judas".

It's nice to meet all of you, and I hope that we have many thought provoking conversations in the future. =)

Off to finals,

--shunkahato

[kiz_paws]

Good to have all you new people sign on. Welcome! :)

[decameronbamron]

What up in this. Im so happy to find this site. I dont think i will ever have to make up anything for english class again. I already was able to copy a lot of comments and make a paper. Omg this **** is amazing grace~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Furbla]

Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum, so I created this little quiz to help you get to know me better :)

Name;Riley, but you can call me Furbla
Age; I am seventeen years of age
Hobbies/Interests; I enjoy writing, and reading of course.
Are you the writing, or reading type? Writing, but I do love to read
Favorite Writer? JK Rowling
Favorite Book? Endymion Spring - By far the most thrilling book I have read.
Additional Information; I am nice and easygoing, so don't feel as if you are treading on glass when talking to me. I request one thing from you, use proper grammar and spelling when around me.
Signed,
Perfectionist

[Mopey Droney]

Hey guys, I'm Drew and obviously I'm a reader.
I don't have one favorite author, but I go through phases where I attempt to read everything one particular author has written. Right now it's David Foster Wallace. Before that it was Roth. Before that there was a period of just trying to read everything with no one particular obsession. And before that it was Bret Easton Ellis (ugh), who came after Palahniuk (ugh) and Vonnegut (whom* I still enjoy).
I don't have one favorite book. Possibly Swann's Way but of course that's not a full novel. Starting to read Great Expectations has me thinking this could become not only my favorite Dickens but a number one favorite of all time, though I of course haven't finished it yet. I'm a pretty big fan and defender of all those standard high school English books I was supposed to "get over" like Catcher in the Rye and The Great Gatsby.
The story of my life right now is that while I always feel like I read more than the people around me in my life. Usually in a small crowd I am considered "the literatue expert", but this doesn't feel right because deep down I know I haven't even come close to a proper sampling of all the literature there is to step into out there. I hope this forum will help me challenge myself to read more, and to know what to read, in what order, etc.

*Proper use? Don't want to sound like a pseudointellectual but at the same time I'm not sure if that's correct.

[prasenjit]

hi all,
this is prasenjit, a comp sci undergrd studnt. i liked the forum and the whole site, has a lot of book lovers. looking formward to have good times in here.
cheers.

[Gustavo L.]

Hello everybody,

I hope you’re all doing well.

I live in Brazil and I’m a graduate student in Arts. I came here by chance, and what a happy chance it was, because one of the topics here led me to the amazing novel I’m reading now (“The blind Owl” by Sadegh Hedayat) .

I’m a fan of medieval literature (though by no means an erudite on the matter), as well of the Romantic and Symbolist movements.

Nice to meet all of you!

[kiz_paws]

A warm welcome to those who have just joined! See you in the forums! :)

[Caffinated.Tea]

Hello! I am just a humble high school student who is looking for some 'out of the class-room' discussion. Thank you for creating such a fantastic opportunity to do such!

[ChinaRose]

Hi,I was used to be a student, but my majoy is not english or literature, However, I am really interested in literature, and hope some day, I could have my own novel. Well, It sounds a bit of ambitious, but i am trying now. And I hope I could find true friend here. Thank you.

[skasian]

Greetings to all voracious readers,
First, thank you to the project creators and managers for making this site and providing an opportunity to discuss the power of literature with people across the world..

I am a recent high school graduate and intending to do a bachelor of biomedical science or psychology. Having a great extent of interest in the human brain/mind, become a neuroscientist, neuropsychologist or anything along the line would be the greatest accomplishment for me yet.

Back to literature, I am looking forwards to the a great experience of connecting with serious readers, sharing invaluable insights and ideas that most people may miss in a timeless novel.

[Virgil]

Welcome ChinaRose. A lovely name and I hope you will enjoy lit net. :)

And welcome to you too Skasian. I wish you the best of luck in your studies. Hope to get into a good discussion over some book with you. ;)

[skasian]

Your welcome is much appreciated!
I'm loving this site already:):):)

[12345fingers]

I never know what to say on these things. I'm new, I love to read, and am excited to join in.

[stlukesguild]

Welcome to Lit Net, China Rose:wave:

[stlukesguild]

Welcome to Lit Net, China Rose, skasian, 12345fingers, Caffinated.Tea, Gustavo L.:wave:

[Gustavo L.]

Hello, everyone, and thanks for the greetings!
Like skasian, I'm enjoying the forums very much. Lots of interesting discussions. :thumbs_up
:wave:

[landlink]

My name is Seow It Sze. I always wanted to be a writer but work took me away for more than 50 years. Yes I am quite old. I have however kept up a lively interest in Literature but again most of it was read in my youth. I have read Homer, Goethe, Charles Dickens and Russian writers, my favorite Leo Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. I tell you that my worldview underwent a change when I read The Brothers Karamozov. I was also influenced by the Bible and the Qur'an. I became a Muslim in mid life and Tolstoy's Haji Murad rang deep bells in my soul.

[Afterperson]

I've never used a forum before, and I don't ordinarily like talking to people, but this seems like a place in which I can meet ones worth meeting. I started out reading out of a need for peers. I found the interests of everyone around me idiotic and childish, and Sartre was the first person I found I was capable of identifying with. My current tastes include, among Sartre, Witkacy, Kafka, Beckett, Genet, Hesse, Pessoa, Kiekegaard and just recently Dostoevsky. I've read only little bits of Tolstoy, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, J. K. Huysmans and Eugene Ionesco, but I enjoy them as well.

[dreamy76]

hello,

I am a new memeber, I have joined today this wonderful site. I am an M.A. student of English langauge.

Best Regards.

[cmankin]

Hi Everyone! I am here to introduce my new book, "The Key" A Romance Mystery Novel. I'm very excited about my accomplishment and want to hear from you'll. Please visit my website: www.cmankin.com and sign my guestbook, and my new book. Happy Holidays!

Synopsis The Key:

In 1901, after the Spanish American War had ended, a small town along the shores of Spain is shortly awaken. Myra discovers a wooden key that is carelessly tossed about,yet it mysteriously keeps reappearing amongst them. Daniel is chasing after Mary, whom he thinks is his lovely Myra, only to find himself a prisoner of the evil Captain William. Louis returns from a business trip and searches for answers to the bizarre circumstances that have evolved while he was away. Good and Evil Spirits lurk surreptitiously in the background, as they fight for their own existence. Rascal becomes the keeper of the key, as he desperately pursues after Myra in hopes to keep her safe. Will he succeed? Find out in "The Key"

[JoeLopp]

Hi everyone, new here. it looks like a great site, glad to have made my way here. :)

[andave_ya]

WElcome all. This place is fantastic ;)

[Niamh]

Big welcome to everyone! Hope you all enjoy your time here! :D

[moonish]

Hello all!:)
I'm new here and really excited of finding this forum as I'm interested in literature very much and actually I'm studying English language and literature at university.
I started learning English at the age of 12 at school but actually the education system is so disorganized in teaching language here at schools and doesn't hep at all since it's mostly focused on grammar and I believe this is almost the worst way to approach a new language.
Painting is my other passion beside literature and i'm especially interested in digital painting.I enjoy music too, almost any kind of music except heavy metal and this sort of noisy musics I say.
hmmm well I forgot to say that I'm 20 and Persian;)

[Syrinx]

Hi, I'm Kari.

I am in love with books. I get lost in the beauty of language, and I adore symbolism. I

I thought it might be fun to have a place to discuss these things, and I found you. =)

[Skooter]

Hello, I'm Skooter, a 20-year old girl from Belgium.
I joined because, obviously, I like reading. And thinking about books. And talking about books! So I imagine I'll like it here just fine!

I like literature from several eras, from Shakespeare to Ali Smith. Currently I study English and Dutch at university.

[Mr.AlSuNiAn]

Hey everyone

Iam Muhammed an Arab language student

hope to participate actively with u In Shaa' Allah ( God Willing )

[kiz_paws]

Welcome to all you new people, it is great to have you here! See you in the forums. :)

[Darkflare]

Hey, I'm Darkflare. To keep myself enigmatic, and because I'm rather lazy, I'm not telling you anything else. I'll tantalisingly reveal however, that I play guitar and am in lower sixth form. Tell me what you think of the following story and I may reveal more about myself. Maybe.

The dusty brown path continued in a straight line towards the mountains;
which towered impressively over the surrounding countryside. A simplistic rail fence encompassed the path, and alienated it from the luscious green grassland which stretched out far towards the blue horizon, completely embracing the little village I had recently exited. A small village on the outskirts of nowhere, behind some generic mountains. The perfect place for the king of this not-so-fine country to hide his greatest treasure. The treasure which not so coincedently, happened to have found new residence within my pocket.

I strode brisquely, but not too brisquely away from the soon to be in panic village. I casually admired the blue cloudless sky and the smug sun, whilst considering how best to spend my new found spoils. I wore all black, from my fingerless gloves to my large black collar, right down to my black leather boots. My long brown scruffy hair effectively covered the top half of my face, while my black and white bandana covered the bottom half. Suspicious? Maybe. Warranting of curiousity? Not if I remained outwardly aggressive. The cowardly, backwards villagers would not approach that which may bite.


Screams and shouts erupted from the village behind me. A little sooner than I expected, but still, I was a good few hundred metres away. I casually placed my hands in my pockets and glanced behind me. Apparently I wasn't far enough. I ceased any pretence of innocence and sprinted at the kind of speed only I could run. Kicking up dust with my arms punching the air in front of me. The armoured guards I had neglected to account for rapidly became specks in the panorama behind me. I could just see their shocked faces. I smiled. They shouted. My eyes widened in surprise.

"Vampire!!!" They screamed.

[Zee.]

Hey :]

Well, i'm Lima, and i absolutely love, love, love books. I go through stages of needing to read certain genres and completely going off other books for a long time and vice versa.

I think my favourite novels all tend to have certain things in common, most are set in America during the 40's - 60's. Of course i don't look for novels that have that in common, it just seems to be a general trait my books share. I love fantasy and sci fi novels, and novels about supernatural things - but they're a guilty pleasure of mine because some of them are so trashy (verging on goosebumps stuff)

And right now i'm reading The Sound and the Fury :]
peace.

[xlxlauraxlx]

Hey I'm laura and I live vicariously through books - yes I know it's quite pathetic but I'm ok with it.

I study English lit at College along with other subjects such as psychology, pe, english lang and art.

I live in England and I have just finished reading The Boy in Striped Pajamas (admittedly not a difficult text but a sad one none the less)
xx

[Martini]

Hi, my name is Martini... uhh, I'm new here... I haven't been able to write anything for almost a year. I'm hoping some of you will read my work and comment honestly. It seems its always hard to find people to read your work =(. I'm looking forward to reading some of yours too.

here's to... (thinks) whatever you want

[Reread]

Hi I'm Susan. I really love books and I spend a ton of time on this website so I decided to become a member. My favorite books are usually fantasies but I'm very open to suggestions. Literally. I've been rereading The Lord of the Rings for four years. I need something new.

[tj433]

Hello, new face saying hi. Er... what do you want to know? I have pretensions to being a writer myself (bet I'm not alone there!), love Shostakovich and my son (no, not in that order!) and I'm funny. I think.

Alright, I'll settle down. I found this place by accident when looking for somewhere to read Paradise Lost online (can't find my copy and am too skint to buy a new one at present.) It looks like a fantastic place but I haven't even begun to explore it yet, thought I'd follow the suggestion to say hello first.

The profile set up asks you for your favourite author, and all I could write was: Er...
How are you supposed to answer that? For today I think I'll go with Steinbeck because I may only have read three of his books but all three were fantastic pieces of work. But that'll change tomorrow. By the way, I'm aware my grammar is awful. I do it on purpose to present a more conversational style of writing, I feel that it allows readers to get to know me better. would be interesting to get some feedback on that as a matter of fact.

Anyway, my eyes hurt now so that's it for the moment. Nice to meet you all!

[Janine Grace]

Hi
It's been interesting to lurk around these pages and see what people have been discussing so I thought I would finally say hello! I am an English teacher (in the UK) and am also head of our Media Dept. I could go on to write a series of books just about these experiences alone but will spare you in these early days :) Happy new year (or at least a peaceful new year...) to you all, Janine.

[Maletbon]

Reading is better than living. Hate to say it, but somehow books just aren't quite so hard and all. There's so much beauty and love and danger that isn't really dangerous in the least, unless you're reading H.P. Lovecraft and are in danger of being sucked into an alternate and very slimy dimension.

But as long as you stay away from that guy, you'll be okay, readingwise. More people get killed in auto accidents than ever hurt themselves reading a book.

I'm delighted to find this forum. I had to go join some forums since my web guy said I had to do that get my site ranked better for search engines. But it turns out that it's a great opportunity. I've looked over some of the postings already and am majorly jazzed to get the idears flowin.

My hobbies are Photoshop and writing and editing and now, apparently, posting in forums online. I'm a fantasy author, but a closet literature freak. Worship Shakespeare and the word he rode in on.

Not so overly fond of modern artistic endeavor, however. It's just too goldurn artistic for me. I take my art straight please, only when it happens accidently, in the pursuit of communication.

Words, words, words,

Maletbon

[JacobF]

I just realized I never *formally* introduced myself here. Hello, my name is Jacob (obviously), I am a high school student from Ontario, Canada. Reading, video games, listening to music and writing are my main hobbies. I'm a sedentary person as you can tell. I snowboard in the winter, but that's about it.

I've always been eager to hone my craft of writing and learn about literature. I came to this site to do those two things. I don't really learn much about literature in school, or as much as I'd like. Not to sound like some sort of elitist, but the public education system is so dumbed down that it is not about learning anything anymore. The ideals of liberal education are absent from the public schools. "Teacher gives sheet, student completes sheet, student hands in" is the mentality. So I do most of my learning on my own, and hopefully I can from this site.

I'd like to be a writer someday, or perhaps an English professor. I want to devote my life to reading and writing, and as long as I have enough finances to just get by I will be happy. I'm probably going to major in either English or journalism in university. I like this thread, because it's the only time I can get away with talking about myself and not alienate other people. Unless I already have. Well, if you're still reading this, I probably haven't alienated you. And if you stopped reading, then we'll never know then, shall we. Anyways, that's all.

[sixsmith]

Hi

I'm Matt. Avid reader and lover of literature.


Cheers

[Delta40]

I'm Delta40 Don't do so much reading these days as writing. Find the two don't mix right now but I am sure they will at some point so I am going where the flow takes me. Am in this forum to post stories and poems and read other offerings, which I expect will assist me and hopefully others.

In Australia. Very hot right now.

[Shruti Amar]

Hi , everybody

I am a new entrant in your world.Literature has been my world since my chlidhood days .I am also a graduate student of english literature. little have I read and among them I love PRIDE AND PREJUDICE ,ANANDMATH(BENGALI),
Short stories of GUY DE MAUPASSANT and AMARNATH(MAITHILI, Indian regional language).

I myself enjoy writings stories ,novels and poems.I am a complicated sort of person and so donot posses many friends.But I am also a compassionate and loving person with whom of course you will enjoy talking.My hobbies are not great.I enjoy listening music and watching T.V.I am a simple inividual and hate ostentious attitude in a person.

[damaris77]

I enjoy reading Literature & am looking for a group of people to discuss the books with. Currently, I am working my way through some of the 100 best book lists, picking and choosing as I go. I get a lot more out of these books in a forum setting. I am looking forward to this!

[Peggy-O]

Hi, I'm Georgia. I have a full-blown passion for both reading and writing, and always have. I mostly read American authors, but not confined to. I'm 16, turning 17, and live in Australia.

[Viola Hathaway]

Hello there, everyone. I'm a quiet girl from northern England and stumbled upon this site quite by accident while doing research for Eng Lit homework. Pretty soon, research was forgotten and I was lost in the forums.

My two great loves are literature and music, and when not playing viola, I'm probably reading. I'll read just about anything, really, though I draw the line at the more obscure, experimental modern books. I love Jane Austen and Persuasion is my favourite, though it's closely followed by the Lord of the Rings trilogy, hence the picture. I'm also a bit of a Shakespeare obsessive, hence the name. Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and Henry V are a few particular favourites. The soundtrack to my life is mostly classical, particularly Beethoven and Elgar, and just about anything by Bach is great fun to play.

I'll avoid mentioning anything from the "real world", as my love of literature is mostly for the sake of escapism. What better than forgetting about coursework deadlines and rubbish weather for a few hours with a good book?

I'd love to be an author one day, though if that doesn't work out, a career in academia doing something English-related sounds good. Thanks for reading.:rolleyes:

[AmmieMarie]

Hi, name's Ammie. I came across this site today, and liked what I saw. Can't say I'm much for posting, but I will when there is a topic that arouses my interest, and opinions. I currently have no favorite book, for I love all books that I finish. As for favorite authors, well I'm at a loss for one as well. As for a brief summary on my personality, let's just say that I'm complicated, and not too keen on talking about myself, but love finding out about others.

[Zoe_11]

Hello, my name is Zoe, I'm from Minnesota, USA. I found this site yesterday, and thought it was pretty cool.
I'm not so good at posting, but I dearly love to read. :)I also love music, mainly all I do is sing (poorly), play piano, and read.
That's all I have to say.

[mystery_spell]

Hello, everyone! My name is Monika. I just found this site today and thought it would be nice to join in on the discussions and whatnot. Of course, I love to read and write. I also love quotes of any sort. I have various tastes when it comes to what I read, anything from sappy romances to murder mysteries to the classics.

[suzz]

Hi Everyone, newbie here. I love to read, I read all the time...I'll read the cereal box if there is nothing else around. It's a problem. I work as a designer and aspire to be an artist but the reading gets in the way.:crash:

[Moray67]

Hello everyone
Nice to be a part of this forum. Does anyone have some information about the novel 209 A Story - about the only Australian to die on the RMS Titanic???? Steven Rafter is the author?????

[sytalls]

Hello everyone!

I'm looking for Lote Tree. We lost touch three or four years ago. Yesterday, while reading Tagore, I felt a pull in the universe and stumbled across this site and his name.

[David S]

Hi all.

This is my first post to say Hi. I am from England and currently studying for a degree in English Literature, so you will probally see me here a lot. Judging by the age poll, I fall into the older category and so can be classed as a "mature student." (That only applies to my age) A few years ago I decided a change in career was in order and became a teacher. I currently teach English language whilst at the samee time am in my second year at Uni, as I want to expand my teaching capacity. Apart from reading my biggest passion is keeping fish. I have a salt water tank, a tropical tank, a goldfish tank and a Koi pond. Due to mine and my wife's strange nature we shunned the option of living in a house and bought a boat, which we live on in central London.

I think that's enough of an introduction for now. More later

David

[mou224]

Hello.

Well, I just joined here because everytime I wander around on internet searching about some books I like I always got here somehow, so I thought it would be quite interesting to join and explore this interesting forum, I hope not to be annoying and if I can help in anything I'll be glad to do it.

[glamorous]

Hello everybody, at the beginning, I apologize to you for being a non-effective member because of my work and study.
I shall be a member, who can be relied upon in the future
I'm your friend Ala'a from Jordan

[Silas Thorne]

Hi Calicatt. Welcome! :) You have an excellent website. Sorry about the short message, but I must run...

[beatnic]

Hello All,
I must say that I am excited to find a forum of this sort; considering that I am an avid reader as well as a writer. I am extremely interested in existentialism and would consider myself an existentialist, but I despise labels. I am also interested in the "Beat Generation" writers, namely William Burroughs, as well as Oscar Wilde, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Søren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche. I believe this introduction shall suffice, good day all.

[Cipher_101]

Hello, it's nice to meet everyone here. I am a Physics undergraduate student studying in the local university. Literature (Chinese and English) is one of my interest alongside my major subject.

[Cat_Brenners]

Hi all...I'm Cat from PNW in United States. I'm 30, single and love to write. I guess that's why we are all here lol. Hope to read your poetry and would like my critiqued. Thanks for having me here.
Hugs, Cat:D

[djy78usa]

Howdy to all the new users! Cat, what part of the PNW are you in? Apart from my native Florida, that is my favorite part of the country. I used to live in Juneau, and I've spent a decent amount of time in Washington.

[Cat_Brenners]

Hi Dustin,
I'm from Wa. state about an hour from the Canadian border. It's beautiful here.
Hugs, Cat

[kiz_paws]

Hello and a warm welcome to all you new LitNetters!

Hey, beatnic -- LOVE your signature, ha ha! :lol:

[Oliver Fan]

I'm glad to have found this board. I'm not sure how well I'll be able to keep up but at least I can finally chat some with people who have similar literary interests.
I am a second grade teacher in upstate NY (one of the only male teachers in my building). My favorite literary works are Oliver Twist, The Adventures of Tom Sawer, The Adv. of Huckleberry Finn, Peter Pan, among others. I've also made it partway through Les Miserable and am currently reading Treasure Island.

[kiz_paws]

Hey, another New Yorker! Welcome indeed! We should start a club of folks who hale from New York! :) (now I am not one of these, just an observation, though I'd LOVE to live in New York!) :)

[djy78usa]

Hey, beatnic -- LOVE your signature, ha ha! :lol:

I didn't even see that the first time around. Heartattack and Vine is one of my all-time favorites!

[Morbid Misery]

Hi -

I am a 26 year old from Australia. I like a variety of novels but am not ashamed to admit that I prefer dark, morbid, brooding, and gothic novels. My favourite authors are H.P. Lovecraft, Dean R. Koontz, Stephen King, John Marsen, Jeffery Deaver and Peter Robinson. Also my favourite film Directors are Tim Burton, Ridley Scott, Neil Jordan, Christopher Nolan, and Francis Ford Coppola.

[Chasing Fantasy]

Hi everyone, im 19 years old and I live in the UK.
Im open to a variety of novels and just enjoy to read in general. thought it would be cool to have a look around and see whats going on. :)

[Cat_Brenners]

I'm Cat from WA. state. I'm 30, single and love writing...of course! Welcome everyone else!
Cat

[Virgil]

I'm Cat from WA. state. I'm 30, single and love writing...of course! Welcome everyone else!
Cat

Welcome Cat. Glad to hear you like writing. Love to read something you've written. Fiction or poetry?

[Cat_Brenners]

I love to write poetry but also write some short stories when the mood hits me. Mostly fiction when I do. Drop by my site. I have also entered some contest to view some poetry.
Hugs, Cat

[Neo_Sephiroth]

Yeah!!!:blush::blush::blush: SHOW THE LOVE, YO!!! :banana::banana::banana:

[Zee.]

Hello everybody :) welcome. I'm also sort of a new here.

[MattG]

Hello new people and welcome to the Lit-Net lobby.

Drinks are at the bar between the palm trees, and the elevators are off to your right.

Please enjoy at least a stiff drink or two before entering the elevator and pressing any button that will take you to floors marked "Twilight" or "Religion".

For all other needs and requests please contact our lovely concierge, limajean. She is well versed in all subjects ranging from general plant care to quantum physics.

To sell your soul, press the bottom most red button. I'll meet you when you arrive :D

[Zee.]

Haha - yep yep.

[Joreads]

Hello new people and welcome to the Lit-Net lobby.

Drinks are at the bar between the palm trees, and the elevators are off to your right.

Please enjoy at least a stiff drink or two before entering the elevator and pressing any button that will take you to floors marked "Twilight" or "Religion".

For all other needs and requests please contact our lovely concierge, limajean. She is well versed in all subjects ranging from general plant care to quantum physics.

To sell your soul, press the bottom most red button. I'll meet you when you arrive :D

You are the funniest man

Please press the Twilight button you are more then welcome there - but if you could read the book first we would appreciate that I hope that is not to picky:D

I will see you later with my Soul I don't need it anyway.

[Plumbum]

Hi, everyone. I'm very much new, having just registered. I haven't participated in message boards in years, but when I found this place, I felt compelled to try again. Everyone seems nice, I look forward to being here a while!

[speck]

Hello all! This is my first day, so I'm a little nervous... I love to read, but I've had trouble finding others who like to read. Isn't that odd? I live in a rural area, so there really aren't any reading groups. The local library activities are geared toward kids, so that's not really an option. I live 50 miles from the closest bookstore, so you can see my dilemma. I do have a friend that reads, but she doesn't keep her books which confuses me because I horde books. Currently, I'm reading Twilight. My 16 year old niece gave it to me for Christmas. She loves the series, and it thrills me that she's reading. Although she picked up the reading habit in detention... So, I guess being tardy every other day isn't a bad thing. I host a Monday morning talk show called, ADM. So, if you've ever run through my mind on the first day of the work week, you've probably heard it. It usually runs 7:30 to 8:00 during my commute. On occasion, special guests are featured. This week it was Elvis. He works at the Louisville Slugger factory, which I find interesting. I asked him why, but we were interupted by an Amish buggy making a right-hand turn. Well, I've rambled on enough. It's about time to run home, throw on every purple-colored article of clothing that I own and head to the ballgame. Wish us luck!

[clau19]

hi my name is Claudine :) humm me too im still in high school . I play a lot of sports like soccer, hockey ( yes typical for canadians :P), basket-ball, volley ball and a lot of canoe camping and outdoors activities. I have a horse named Houdini. I love to travel, been around a few places, and pretty much me ;)

[tjefferson85]

I’m Tony Jefferson, a relative newcomer to sharing my work with the world. I’ve been writing for about 16 years now.

I feel with each day that i write i get more insight into who i am and as i discover myself, hopefully i can help others express themselves. I love writing, it’s one of my passions, my other being massage.

As i’ve said before i am a soldier currently serving for the second time in Iraq. I will post a few journals about my time over here, hopefully by doing this people will start to understand, if only a little, the life of a soldier in Iraq.

More than just poetry, i will start to branch out into other things such as short stories and other things. For now, i just want to bare a piece of my soul to the world and help others discover themseves through poetic expression.

A little background on me. I was born and raised in Pine Bluff, Arkansas a little town in the southeastern part of the state. I come from humble begginings, but that didn’t stop me from going after my dreams and achieveing a few goals.

I love all forms of art, poetry is my thing, but i have an appreciation for art, music, and other forms of poetic expression.

[datulakan]

I'm a Filipino, presently working in Kuwait "in the service" of the filipinos here.
I'm a wanderer when it comes to religion, born Catholic, then JW, then Kabbalah, Theosophy, Satanism, Islam. I'm not a good writer. My talent is to 'grab' other people's ideas bit-by-bit and mixed it to create a new one, but I never present it as my own. I am not trying to plagiarize anyones' splended ideas. For me Plagiarism is copying one man's work, but copying the works of many is RESEARCH.

"I have here made only a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the string that ties them." (Montaigne)

Thank you very much.

[AshleyEliz]

My name is Ashley Elizabeth, but I've always gone by "Ashley-Eliz." It was just something my mother called me from a young age, that never seemed to go away.

Though my major has nothing to do with literature (I've fallen into the crack of Biotechnology, and health research) history, languages, and literature were my very first loves that never left my heart. I'm an avid reader, and I'll give practically any book, poem, short story, etc. a chance.

I decided I wanted to join a forum that let me be a geek. :-)

[myrolite]

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! :)

hi! everybody

[Gustavo L.]

Greetings to all newcomers! Hope you enjoy Litnet. :)

[BJS]

Hey Y'all! I'm a 48 year old otherwise educated person who has read almost no literature. As a kid, I thought I liked to read but the truth was I'd just sit with a book and stare at the page reading the same words over and over. I got through HS with cliff notes and college without taking a single lit course. It wasn't until a few years ago when I was finally diagnosed with ADHD that I found out what I thought was mild dyslexia was vastly improved by taking one silly little pill. What a lot of time I've wasted! So, I decided to try and start catching up on the world's great literature. I started with Moby Dick, which was intriguing but didn't strike me as something that should be called 'great'. In trying to understand it better, I found your forum. Lots of well thought out entries. I've never participated in something like this but am looking forward to it. I think I'll try to finish Dante's Inferno next. I started it a few years ago when my daughter took a HS course on it, but I couldn't keep up. Any other suggestions?

[colorbliind]

Hello hehe :blush:

[moodindigo]

I am a 50+ married lady in Cleveland, Ohio who just can't stop reading! I started reading when I was 4 years old and read twice the books required in summer library reading clubs and it has just gotten worse! :lol:

I don't have a lot of computer time and maybe that's good :crash: so I will pop in now and then. If I don't reply to messages right away that is why.

Happy reading! :D

[SoonerSoul]

Just been on the gender poll, decided to make it clear HERE that im male.
Other than that im a mere 14 years of age, struggling through the rest of my legally required education, and the only thing i have ever really had a passion for in school is literature. Now whenever anybody asks, i tell them i want to be a writer to keep them hushed. I have my doubts, my freinds say the phrase "crash and burn" comes to mind when i talk of my future career, mind you, they've always been supportive....:bawling:

[Macaw]

Hello. First post. Short and sweet.

[xsteff1991x]

Um, I don't like posts like this lol but I'm steph, I usually just spell it steff for the ease of it... I am 17, studying literature and a literature/language course aswel lol :)

[WanderingGirl]

Hey, everyone! I'm from Ireland, and I have just turned 15.
I love reading and writing, otherwise I wouldn't be here.... My favourite author/book is Emily Bronte with her only book Wuthering Heights.

[amalrachid]

hello i am palestinian but i live in lebanon.

[Zee.]

Hey, everyone! I'm from Ireland, and I have just turned 15.
I love reading and writing, otherwise I wouldn't be here.... My favourite author/book is Emily Bronte with her only book Wuthering Heights.

You should talk to Niamh, she's in Ireland :D

[saddness2003]

:yawnb:Hi I am new member in your nice site i hope that i can find my subjects in learning more about your language.







thanks a lot>

[stellaf]

I am New in this forum and I just want to make some friend with the help of this site. If you want to be a friend of mine please reply.


Stella

[zhangka8384]

hi , everyone , I am Eric, I come from China, it is my pleasure to be a part of you. I am interested in O Henry. I love sports in my spare time.

[Niamh]

Welcome to the forum everyone!!! :D

[dafydd manton]

All Hail -one new member crawls out from under a stone, somewhere in England, to found out what the rest of the world reads. We in this sceptred Isle tend to be a bit conservative, and the education system stills drills Shakespeare, Bacon, Chaucer, Dickens, Anthony Trollope and a few other classical English writers. The thought of doing Steinbeck, say, at school would have aged teachers swooning in the clas-room, then throwing themselves under a passing double-deck bus.
I have been brought up with a lot of the great Welsh writers, starting obviously with the Mabinogion, a catalogue of very early Celtic writings, then later poets like Dylan Thomas, Idris Davis, Housman and others. Much of Welsh literature is still produced in Welsh, which is the oldest European language, a matter of much pride in Wales.
I try and write myself, but having seen the thread about the worst writer in the world, stop searching, lads and lasses, I'm here!! I am also a photographer, working mostly with local stuff in the City where I live, Sheffield.
I love Rugby Union Football, speaking Welsh, and I collenct different translations if the Bible, my oldest dating from 1641. I have some in German, Russian and Obviously Welsh.
I'm looking forward to learnig lots from this Forum, and hopefully expanding my horizons beyond the North Sea. Thanks for the welcome

[oopsycandy]

Hello all :)
ok I'm 29 female and in the midlands in England. I've always always loved to read about pretty much everything so am looking forward to spending time here x
Daffyd I studied Of mice and men in school (a few years ago and badly mind :p)

[zbss]

Hi! hi hi hi hi

[Joreads]

Hi everyone and welcome

[Aroungaschan]

Hi everyone!
A little crisp breeze from California to all of you!
I am a college student and majoring in engineering
but that does not mean I do not read books! I enjoy
reading occasionally when I have the time for it.
I did not like reading when I was in middle school
or high school but my senior English teacher, who is
now good friend of mine got me started on literatures.
Anyways, I look forward to having great discussions,
chats, and fun times in this community!
Cya!

[Bev]

Hi there. I'm from Canada, Montreal to be exact, and I'm a classics student by love of it, rather than for grades. I am retired and taking regular undergrad Classics classes, but not for credit. I was an English teacher at a junior college here for 32 years, and I taught the Odyssey and Greek myth in my course. It's nice these days to sit with the students for a change and learn Roman literature. I am currently reading the Aeneid, and find it very much like the Odyssey and the Iliad, especially in the way that Virgil borrows many of Homer's ideas on things. For example, he has Venus clean up the recently-shipwrecked and therefore messy Aeneus before he meets Dido; Homer had Athena do the same thing for Odysseus after he was shipwrecked and about to meet people.

[dafydd manton]

Hello all :)
ok I'm 29 female and in the midlands in England. I've always always loved to read about pretty much everything so am looking forward to spending time here x
Daffyd I studied Of mice and men in school (a few years ago and badly mind :p)

I have to confess that much as I love Steinbeck, he makes me feel uncomfortable a lot of the time, so I don't read as much of it as I should. I think that it's too close to reality to be treated as fiction, even if it is. (Sounds a bit convoluted, that, but I hope you know what I mean). As I get older, now 54, I'm getting more into poetry. It won't be long before I'm wearing flowing clothes, carrying a daffodil and quoting huge chunks of "The Ballad of Reading Gaol".

[Pensive]

Welcome to litnet, all! :)


I have to confess that much as I love Steinbeck, he makes me feel uncomfortable a lot of the time, so I don't read as much of it as I should. I think that it's too close to reality to be treated as fiction, even if it is. (Sounds a bit convoluted, that, but I hope you know what I mean). As I get older, now 54, I'm getting more into poetry. It won't be long before I'm wearing flowing clothes, carrying a daffodil and quoting huge chunks of "The Ballad of Reading Gaol".

First of all, welcome to the forum! And I can understand what you mean by 'feeling uncomfortable' while reading Steinbeck's works. But I don't see why anything close to reality shouldn't be treated as fiction. Fantasy, no. But fiction, yes.

[Thesemindz]

Hello everyone, I'm new to this site. I've always enjoyed writing poetry and prose and have recently been writing alot of short one to three page stories. I was looking for a place online to begin publishing them so I started a blogspot blog called "Created Writings" where I've been publishing my literature. I also looked around for a place where I could share my work and find work by other authors and this seemed like the site which was most relevant to my concerns.

I'm looking forward to spending some time on this site.


-Rob

[Alialiac]

This seems like a good place to talk to others about the written world. It's wild to have forums like this to talk to other people who actually read and even like to talk about it. This should be a good experience. It's nice to be with your own kind sometimes.

[dlavergne]

Hello everyone. I just now registered. I will be using O. Henry's short stories in my ESL listening class at Namseoul University in South Korea. I will be interested in locating some quizzes on O. Henry's short stories.

[Miray]

Hello everyone! I am Miray from Turkey. I study English language and literature at University of Kocaeli in Turkey. I have been looking for some websites that will be useful at my studies and have found this forum at last. I hope that I will have some help from you all when I need it:)
Thank you...

[kiz_paws]

Welcome one and all! :)

[MissyRobbins]

I'm very pleased to have found this site. It's nice to have a place to meet aspiring writers. Thanks for having me and have a blessed day.:)

[Tsuyoiko]

Hello :)

I was searching for somewhere I could share my love of Russian literature and came across this site. I'm currently reading Anna Karenina, but I'm more of a Dostoevsky fan :thumbs_up

[Alibeg]

Hi everyone.
"There must be a place where people who read lots of books gather, right?", that's what I thought. Well, I came on this forum (after I stumbled upon it) to find out how do different people (who read books) look on life in general, and maybe to exchange couple of words with them.

[GX4146]

Hi.....

[Mouse]

Howdy all. I'm a business writer and also currently attending college - English major. I love writing and reading (of course) and since I don't really have anybody outside of my classes that are interested in literature, this seems like a very nice place for me to be.

[Alan kikani]

Hello everybody,
My name is Alan , now I live in Syria , the country where I was born ,
my native language is Kurdish , bowever , my education language is Arabic .
I am inrerested in literature .
beside my work as a doctor , I read poetry , short stories , and novels in English, Arabic, and Kurdish

[Nseriez]

Hey poets n poetry loverz. My name is costas. I work partime 4 nokia in kenya n i love poetry. No other way best expresses ur heart feelingz like poetry. N thats y am here. 2 learn and make friends. Thanks guyz i hope am welcome

[salman]

hi,
my name is mohammad salman siddiqui and i am from lahore pakistan. i am doing my batchelors in political science as a major subject and history and english literature as an allied subject. ih hope that i will get lot of information from here.
friends, i need text of story "phantum palace" by iezabell alland please if anyone find he or she can send me on my email. i shall be very thankfull.
[email protected]

[dfloyd]

My name is D Floyd and I have a passion for the classics. I considered myself fairly well read, but there are some books I would like to read in the near future. Right now I'm working on Joyce's 'Ulysses. I hope to learn from the members here.

[mar&elle]

hey im new
i was just passing by:P

[Snake_Lady]

Hi everyone,
As you may have noticed I'm kinda new around here!:D
I'm kinda shy too, so please be gentle with me! LOL:yawnb:
Hope I can settle down,
Snake_Lady.

[rimbaud]

Hi, I should introduce myself first, so here

I'm 18 and like reading, but I guess who doesn't. In this forum at least.
so I should say things I like and dislike, right?
I love movies, good ones. my fav is PULP FICTION and yes, TARANTINO RULES!
comic books- batman is my fav. and the Joker is just brilliant
music even though I really really can't sing
LOVE Dostoevsky and the last book i read, and just finished it today, is THE PICTURE OD DORIAN GRAY, and it was great work

so that is for now
nice to meet you all

[alyssaleeeeeeee]

Hey, I just joined today because I wanted to find a place where I could discuss the novel The Great Gatsby. I'm a junior in High School, a member of the dreaded IB program, and a big fan of English, consequently :)

I really joined because I wanted to get some feedback on an essay I wrote. If anybody would be interested, please let me know. Thank you!!!

[patroller]

Hello folks, forgive me, i'm not really into literature, the reason i am here is because i own a hand written letter by Alfred Lord Tennyson, i am looking for somewhere to sell this, i can provide photographs upon request, once again, apologies if i annoy anybody, kind regards.

[AnaKiss]

Hi everyone!

I write poems every now and then but I'm never brave enough to let anyone I know read it so I decided to find a forum where full of strangers :lol: where I could publish them and hopefully get a bit of constuctive criticism.

I'm sure I will enjoy it here!:D

[markallman]

Hello there,

I'm a French student. As I study English, and more precisely literature, I want to congratulate those who created this website and everyone who contribute to it. It's very useful for me.
My English is far from perfection and I'm here to improve it so I'll will be very please to discuss with somebody about anything, literature for example...
Don't hesitate to correct my mistakes !
Thanks

Mark Allman

[writerofstories]

Well...

I enjoy classics, like Sherlock Holmes and such. Unfortunately, many of the people I know do not. It's sad to see such wonderful writing be lost to a culture of pop music and slang. Many of the people I know do not even like to read. There are to many electronic distractions in this world. but I am not suggesting that I don't like the concept of electronics. There is information to be found on them, it is easier to write.

I am fond of music. Classical, (some) jazz, and musicals. I just dislike modern music. I was brought up that way.

[aitooh]

Hi everyone,

I'm Alex from Romania. I've always loved reading, but this is the first time I've registered to a literature forum.
I read mostly classics, but I can enjoy almost any novel, really.
I love films too.
I'm not much of a poetry reader though.
I study foreign languages at Uni: English, Spanish and Russian. I've also studied French for a few years in school, but can't remember much of it, unfortunately.

[seanlol]

Hey everyone,

I'm Sean. I'm 16 years old and from the United States. One of my favorite things to do is read and I stumbled upon these forums so I thought I would signup. I look foward to talking to everyone about poems and books.

[icecreamhead]

Hi, Sarah, 18, from England.
I'm going to university in September to study English and American Literature, and have spent the majority of my gap year reading. I'm currently reading The Iliad and The Great Gatsby, and aim to have read at least 50 books by the end of this year. Lovely to meet you all.

[Welsh Musketeer]

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! :)

Whilst Googling for an image of Jules Verne for my computer I came across this and thought I should join as I also have an interest in Alexandre Dumas (and you can probably guess which book I am most interested in). Most people online say they got interested in an author due to a stage play, a film or even a television series. I seem to be the only one who got interested by means of a cartoon series animated by the Japanese, made by the Spanish and whose lead character was voiced by the person who did the voice for He-Man in 2002!

[Aleister]

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law!

Hello everybody,

At the moment I'm doing a big study of the tarot and kabbalah. I bumped into this forum and I noticed that the topics go a bit deeper than the Dutch forums I visited until now. I'm from Holland and writing a book in Dutch about Tarot and Kabbalah because in the Netherlands there's nothing written that's really good for people that are interested in the subject(s ).

Of course my book is heavily influenced by the Book of Thoth from Aleister Crowley (of which I'm very fond as you may notice). The book of Thoth is the best book about the Thoth Tarot obviously, but I'm busy to write the very deep meanings in the book in a more easy-to-read style without losing the depth of the words of Aleister Crowley. Quite a job I must say. A very helpful book to maken the symbolism easier understandable is The Qabalistic Tarot of Robert Wang. So, I'm making great progress thanks to those two masterpieces.
The only things I keep staring at is the infinite meanings of the symbolism in the cards. It's easy to name them or to add a proper meaning to them, but before you find the right words to keep it 'simple' without making the mistake to profanize the sacred symbolism... that's not easy. Even if you feel the symbols, it's not that you know them... and vice versa.

So, the reason for me to join this forum is for getting a little help with the tarot cards and hopefully give help if there are any questions about the tarot. Of course I'm looking forward getting to know you all and who knows which other subjects I stumble into on this forum.

Love is the Law, love under will,

Walter

[Sassafras]

Hi I stumbled upon this site a week or so ago when I was looking for wallpaper for my new computer. I'm a lifelong book junkie, word buff and unredeemed English major. I miss discussions about books and literature and this looked like a god place to h ang out.

[maliciousmamba]

Hey guys n gals! I'm the Malicious Mamba! Pleased to meet you all! :D

[lemonade93]

Hi everyone,

I'm new here (ya... I know its pretty self-explanatory if im posting here). I myself am not a big reader. I joined mainly because I need some help picking out poetry to read for a contest (see my thread: http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?p=668440#post668440). Anyway, if I end up enjoying this and you have good ideas maybe I will become more active here.

(So basically since I don't read much I can't answer the questions about my favorite book/author and so on)


I would really appreciate it if you could read my thread and post suggestions. Thanks!

[Grandma Bobbie]

Hi I am a grandma of one granddaughter and one grandson.Have two sons and two daughter-in-laws.I live in Oregon out in the country on my youngests sons farm and help take care of the animals.I love to sew,cook,bake,work in my veggie garden,flowers and read.
Grandma Bobbie

[Silas Thorne]

Greetings everyone! Jelly babies? ;) Welcome, and try not to get sucked into the space between words while you are here. Have fun and enjoy. :)

[badbadman]

I don't bite....Well I promise not to leave any visible marks anyway!!! A dreamer with the soul of a poet, the heart of a lover; a strolling minstral and gentle heart out of context with the bitter and cruel world he no longer understands nor cares to, and man should be somewhere else, who wants to be somewhere else, who will be somewhere else with God's grace.

My faves are Shakespeare, Dickens, Trollope, Poe, all the classics really. Love detective books and poetry, especailly the romantics -Byron, Keats, Wordsworth, Shelly, Blake and all the other guys in the band. Also Bill Bryson, a true anglophile. Things that make me think, with political or social comment.

My hobbies and interests include: Raeding, Writing, Cars, Racing, Photography, Football, Rugby, Cricket, La belle femme, what do you expect I'm a man! Music in many forms and Old Movies.

I've come here to occasionally put some of my scribblings out there, mainly poetry. It's not to find any kind of acceptance, what comes out of me is usually highly personal but it would be nice to know it's somewhere :)

[LiteratureGeekk]

I Love Reading, I am new here, I don`t like to type very often but i will always be the friedliest person you ever see words from! :p :yawnb::thumbs_up

[LiteratureGeekk]

Hi i am very selfless

[channerhewitt]

Hello everyone! Nice to be a part of this forum.. By the way I'm Channer, I'm newbie here...:):):)

[Bancini]

I live in a small town in Ohio. Married with 3 kids. Youngest turns 1 next week, oldest turns 4 next month.

Currently reading The Picture of Dorian Gray. Do most of my "reading" through audiobooks during my daily commute.

[sodr2]

Why, hello there! I'm mainly here to discuss *confusing poetry* which I have homework on, and I'm not getting any of it. Who would like to help me? :(

[Sara213]

Hello, I'm new this forum!

I'm 26 living in ontario, canada and redoing grade 12 classes for entrance into university. :D

[Currer Bell]

This should have been my first post, but it (obviously) was not. So....Hello!

I love books and have been searching for a good lit forum forever, and it looks like I finally got lucky. I enjoy Nineteenth century writings the most, but read just about everything that seems interesting and enlightening.

I hope to enjoy my stay. :)

Ciao

[rohit2219]

Hi rohit here
Now a lil about myself..Im from India,Engineer by profession,working in an IT firm..Love reading books..im here to check out updates on latest books and to pip up my literary concepts..I Love reading classics

[jhsuskind]

I am Joyce Hope Suskind, composer. I have set many poems of Yeats and others such as Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Conrad Aiken. My songs are published and are performed in concerts. Concert schedule available from [email protected]

[Shelly211]

Hello,everyone!I am a girl coming from China.I love reading novels and poems so i am so glad that i can encounter this wonderful forum.i believe i can share my reading and writing experience with you fellows here and if any one of you want to know more about Chinese culture and literature I will be very delighted to share with you.;)Time zone is not a hinderance!:)

[thebeast]

I Am a man, of controversy brewed
a gentleman, in times where manners skewed
Born, of love, under the southern sun
where death forever lives, sorrow never undone

I live in hope,
though grief has been my share
a lover of those who hate me
an end to those who bait me
the heart i touch will never know despair

To top it all I know my bane
that modesty is not mine
to that, myself i answer; oh shut-up you pain
for who adds water to wine.


The Beast :❦

[assya88]

Hi everybody,my name is Assia 21 of age.It s a pleasure to join you on this website in order to share with you my ideas and works,but also to let me know about yours.

Ok,i think that's okay,i hope that you will love my company !!! Take good care everyone :yawnb:

[coleisalive]

hey all
just your regular old english major from a small university in mobile, al dealing with the crisis of the soul and of mankind, and occasionally sounding melodramatic...haha...

[phoenix_ja]

hey all. i'm a student, philosophy major. i love this board. it helps me alot.

[Lokasenna]

Hello! I stumbled across this place while looking up some Shakespeare thingums... looks quite interesting.

I'm doing a degree in English Literature (God help me, I'm a finalist), which I hope to turn into a masters, and then a doctorate. I specialise in Medieval Literature, but really like anything, apart from modern stuff (Evelyn Waugh was the last great writer, as far as I am concerned).

I'm currently reading Kormaks saga, some very random (but very enjoyable) Anglo-Norman hagiography, and The Merchant of Venice for something a little bit different.

[csgraham]

Umm, so I am semi-studying to become a teacher of the High School English persuasion. I felt ill prepared leaving high school and entering college so I thought perhaps I should become a teacher to help point students who would usually not care about anything after high school towards something better in their life. I also believe in the power of words and writing, I use it as a therapy and believe if students can get in touch with their creativity in any way, it will make a better world...I don't know.

I also figured being a teacher would allow me to travel in the summer time and work on writing and possibly any novels that I may want to write.

[OhReally?]

Yes... I'd go on this website a lot... so I want to write in forums too! My name is Mira, I'm going to finish my IGCSEs in a few months (I'm scared :s) then I'm going to do A-Level, go to college, get a good job, and earn some money.
And once I have enough funds I'm going to start a reading campaign to improve adult literacy rates throughout the world (it's 27% in Mali! In 2008!) putting to better use the second-hand books that people usually throw away. And then I'll make a research centre that discovers better ways to build wheelchairs and other facilities for disabled people, and also expanding their options for leisure and social activities, and then if I have time I'll start classes teaching children philosophy and political subjects, raising awareness to the world around them. But I need to pass my IGCSEs first. :)

[Quixotte]

I have a question to everybody. Has any of you red Somerset Maugham's The Moon and Sixpence?

[Quixotte]

Can Namy one help me? has anyone read Somerset Maugham's The Moon and Sixpence?

[MR_MEMO]

:yawnb:The mercy , justice and the right are the only way to World Peace.

[Subhashree]

Hello,

I just joined the forum today and this is my first post. Thought I would say a hi and introduce myself, (which I promise, is very brief) - Indian by origin, a marketing professional, books have been my best friends for as long as I can remember and am constantly on the search for an excuse to travel. Hope to share some good literature from around the world here.

[weeanne]

Hi everyone, pleased to meet you all! x

Having read through some of the intros, I may be out my depth but hopefully gain a deeper understanding of the books Im reading. My background is nursing and in any spare time I just love getting lost in a good book.

Anne

[Fellow]

Hello everyone,
Today seems to be the day that I finally move from stalker status (or 'guest':p) to a forum member. I look forward to being more involved with the site. ...The pleasure is mine.:)

[Jassica]

Hi everybody!
I love literature very much, books have been my best friend since... since I was near 4 years old. So, in this forum I want to discuss different books with other people. Most of all I like to read novels and Russian poems.
I am from Russia and I am sorry of my, maybe sometimes, bad english)

[Ivory_Flower]

Hi everybody!
I love literature very much, books have been my best friend since... since I was near 4 years old. So, in this forum I want to discuss different books with other people. Most of all I like to read novels and Russian poems.
I am from Russia and I am sorry of my, maybe sometimes, bad english)

Welcome Jassica! :D I love your language, I study it at university. Whom is the phrase in you signature?

[Tallgren]

Hi folks

I found this forum a couple of weeks ago, I've been reading the Steinbeck thread and just couldn't resist the temptation any longer. :)

I'm from Sweden and for the moment I'm studying English D, meaning its my fourth term of English studies and the first term only dealing with English literature.

I'll be seeing you in the discussions.

Håkan Tallgren

[Jassica]

Whom is the phrase in you signature?
S. Yesenin, my favorite poet

[iCherry]

Hi everyone!)
My name is Aisilu and I'm from cold Russia) Like reading very much and just can't imagine my life without books) I would be glad do discuss different books and authors with U)
P.S. My English is not very good, sorry!)

[Laïka]

Welcome everyone, and, I am new too;)

[Eugenie]

And I as well. I hope that I shall learn many things here, perhaps share a few thoughts.

[Lord Bas]

Hello all, just start to read literature more seriously, I'm just coming out of a French phase and moving to a Russian phase.

[aishuzhe]

Hi everybody!
I am a graduate student of the Department of Chinese. I like reading and writing , and want to make friends with the Literature lovers.

[Ruslan]

Hello!!
I took a break from reading but seems like I have that book side of me that wants to read and think again
btw, that's my real name

[kiz_paws]

Hey, welcome everyone! :)

[bazarov]

Cool; Russians with strange signatures :lol:

[p.imperfect]

Hi everyone!
I'm new here too, looking forward to being an active member! :)

[Dry_Snail]

Yeah ...i have been inactive for quite long...so not sure if i would see the familiar faces here...seems like returning to your own village after ages and seeing it like a stranger...but yeah I hope, I might just bump into some old cronies and meeting new people has always been intersting...

And, as far as my introduction is concerned, well i am just another addict of literature...

[Madhuri]

Welcome back :wave: I do remember you :) How have you been?

[Dry_Snail]

I am good...nad great to see you here...how is you doing?

[Madhuri]

I am doing good, as well. I remember you quit your job to make a movie; how did it go?

[Dry_Snail]

u remember that...it was couple of years ago...i did made a short film and sent it to couple of festivals...it was screened but dint recive any awards ...after that i joined othe organisation ...what about you?

[Madhuri]

Yes, I remember the crazy moment when you suddenly quit your job. You wanted to go to Goa, and probably there you wanted to shoot the movie.

Congratulations! It went places :) Nevermind the awards :)

What was the movie all about?

My work is going fine :)

[monalisa.jacob]

hey guys n gals... m monalisa jacob (female) frm India... cn i get to knw u all better pl:? cud u plz tel me ur asl?

[The Walker]

hi to you all
i was just reading the first posts and i believe this place suits me.
let me introduce myself...
i'm in high school with great attachment to writings but i still dont know what i'll study in college, i was thinking in social comunications or something like that.
Tennis is one of my biggest hobbies, i simply love it! i can watch a match the long itcan take and especially if Djokovic and Federer are playing.
I love to read and now i realize i need to read more if i want to write; the bad news are that in my hometown there are no book stores at least none where i can get good stuff.i've been searching for books on line. i'm reading persuasion of jane austen riht now on line. it is kind of tedious though to print it everyday, anyway...
On the other hand i enjoy of music (alternative, soft rock, pop), photography, and singing i simply love to sing...i love to stare at heavens and landscapes, i considermyself like a ecstatic person :)

i didnt think i would write this much hehehe

[missuslovett]

Just a quick hello as it's some ungodly hour in the morning and I've spent the entire evening inflating an air bed with a foot pump. I now have the thighs of a Wimbledon champion, sadly still the face and body of a middle aged fat bird. Oh well, you cant have everything. Looking forward to checking things out here. Adieu...

[EmeraldGrace]

Hi everyone!:wave: I'm EmeraldGrace and I just wanted to tell you how happy I am to be here. I've loved books all my life and I can't wait to read every ones opinions. I live in Seattle with my 25 pound cat, Jacob.

[thinkingsam]

Hello everyone! I came across this forum while looking for a place to discuss and share literature. I love how large the community here is! See you all around!

[CountingStars]

Hello all, I just wanted to say hi.
I'm new at this site :) but I already know I will like it. I'm from Sweden.
Hope I'll see you sometime!

[verissimoalex]

I quess this is my introduction:
I am a mother. That's the important thing.
I like to write. And that's why im on here.
My life is my child and my job.
I am an active duty member of the USAF.
I love time to myself.
And time spent creating something incredible.

[Granny5]

Wow! All these new folks here. Been away for a while and hope I have some time to spend with old friends and new ones too.

[dancingkatz]

I stumbled across this forum while doing a web search on commentary on Virgil's Eclogues for my Latin 102 class. I still haven't located exactly what I'm looking for but I think finding this site was serendipitous. It looks like I'm going to learn a lot here. I also hope to make new friends.

I'll stop back in once I get my assignment finished for Monday's class.

Dancingkatz

[mkb001]

Hi folks,
Just joined up. Came across you on the web and took a liking to the site.
Me: Male, did degree in English and American Lit with Classical Civilisation at Manchester UK, so read a little but need to read more and get some insights off you folks.
Look after me!
MGG

[Char (PSI Tutor]

Hi all~ came across this site when looking for resources for the uni/college students who visit my blog. I am looking forward to taking part in conversations and helping out where I can as well as learning from others.

I love love reading though I tend to get caught up in textbooks sometimes. My resolution for this year was to relax with more novels and to write more (I enjoy creative writing).

Currently I am writing a free PDF download to help students to study better at uni/college.

I live in tropical north Queensland in the city of Cairns in Australia. My jobs tend to be casual so that I can also work from home, so I demonstrate coffee machines; am a carer for a man who is paraplegic; empty bins in offices in the evenings and in-between all this I tutor online~ phew.

This is definitly the year to maintain organisation and to persevere in achieving one's goals~ as the credit crunch has not affected my minimalist lifestyle as yet, I want to contribute to helping others achieving their goals.

[c4its]

Hello there! I am super excited to have joined this forum! I just stumbled across this website when I was looking stuff up about existentialism. This place will definitely be a great resource for me in the future. I plan to major in Comparative Literature and I am so excited! Most every area of learning fascinates me and basically my dream is to go to St. John's college one day because it is the best liberal arts college ever. Right now I am a senior in high school but in addition to completing high school, I am finishing my associates degree which I hope to have by May. It's pretty tough but totally worth it. Enough of my narcissism.
Peace to all, I am looking forward to some great stuff!

[Nothronychus]

Your records indicate that I have never posted to your site before!

[Chasing Fantasy]

Hey People. :D
My names Toni. I enjoy reading and english is my forte LOL.

I regularly go on midnight-shadows.org where i brush up on my RPG skills with a magical twist. You should head there if you like roleplay and enjoy shows like charmed, heroes, lost, supernatural ect.

I loveeee Twilight and Harry Potter series.

anything else you want to know? Fire away ;)

[cdickey]

Hello everyone my name is Cindy Dickey and I am currently enrolled in CTU and taking a literature class and I have never really gotten into reading except for maybe a little Dean Koontz. I need help in learning how to read short stories.:yawnb:

[AlyssHeart]

my name's chelsea and I'm terrible at introducing myself... I know it sounds impossible :]

[lukechanning]

Hey there, Literature Network! My name is Luke Patrick. I'm a young author out of the American South, and I am passionate about writing. I have one published novel—a love story for young adults called The Moreau Theatre of Circus Spectacles—and my second is on the way. I'm excited to be here, and you can find out more about my debut novel and myself at my website luke-patrick.com. Nice to meet everybody, and I hope I learn a lot from the community here!

[mystorytoscreen]

Hello. This is cool. My name is Chi and I'm a screenwriter/director. Just love to read the work of "storyists." I also do adaptations of short stories, novels and plays. Anyway - I have a 3 year old son who keeps my happy and active. Just loving life! If you know anyone who would like their story adapted into a screenplay, just holler!

[xyyeinstein]

Hi,everybody!My name is Xiang.I'm a college student of China.I like Physics and thinking about life.Music and Sports are my favorate hobbies.
Im my opinion,through reading we can find the meaning of life.This is only what i want.

[T. Keane]

Hello, All.
My name is Keane, I'm 18 and a resident of Wasilla, Alaska. I dig writing stories, but I'm more into the composition of slam poems and anti-political songs. My main hobbies are riding unicycle and studying Japanese.

[movybuf]

Just stumbled this forum a while ago. I have been looking for a good place to get ideas about books to read. I love reading books and watching movies. I wish reading books wasn't so expensive here in Korea though.

[The Watchman]

hi, just joined but looking forward to staying for a while. I am 35 years old and have loved reading with a passion for most of my live. I come from Dublin in Ireland and work in Administration. My favourite author has to be Charles Dickens, and yet my favourite book would be Silas Mariner by Geogre Elliot.

[Sarahbennet]

Hello,everyone, i am a lover of literature,and i am from eastern Asia.
Very nice to meet you all here today.
Enjoy the lovely life!

[anxietygerl18]

Hello im new here my name is laneeka im just a senior h/schooler who adores books,literature, words everything in that sort and im excited to be a part of this.

[chil]

Hi there,
i'm a newbie here, too. My name is Claudia and i'm from Austria, so German is my first language but i try to read as much as possible in english as i like the language. i don't have any preferences in genres but i really love Stephen King, Sophie Kinsella, Patricia Cornwell, Charles Dickens, Charles Bukowski and a lot more. Besides reading i love doing things with my dog, for example jogging and agility. You are welcome to critizise my english skills as i'm always glad to learn from native speakers. if there are any questions to my person/dog/reading/ please do not hesitate to ask =)

[~Dar~]

Aloha Everyone,

Just came across this website last night for the first time which has done nothing but feed my addiction. I was up until the wee hours and now have yet another list of "must have" books. Oh sure, I could go to my local library but I learned early on in life that libraries expect their books to be returned, and that's where we run into trouble. When I was just a wee little reader my mother was constantly dragging book after book after book out from under my bed which were 2-3, even 6 months overdue. Of course the library would send notices. "Please return our books" but I denied having ever checked them out. "I don't know what they're talking about, those are crazy people". I like to consider myself an honest person but have been known to lie, steal and cheat for a really good book.

As for the type of books I enjoy, I'm all over the map. My collection of books includes mostly non-fiction history or historical fiction but I read everything I can get my hands on. I've recently had to switch breakfast cereals because I've been over and over everything Frosted Flakes has to tell me.

I'm a coffee farmer in Kona, Hawaii. I have a 5 acre farm with about 4000 coffee trees, 40 or so Macadamia nut trees, many banana trees, some pineapple, papaya and avocado. It's a lot of work but I'm perpetually wired. I had always thought having a vineyard would be good but I doubt seriously I'd get any work done being drunk all day long. I came here from Chicago about 5 years ago and have been happily playing in the dirt ever since. I will be making a move back to the windy city in the next year as my mother is just now starting to miss me and would like me closer. I thought certainly I'd have at least 10 years before she noticed I was even gone but apparently not. For the time being however, I'm up to my ears in beans. Harvest season has just ended so I have a little more free time and what better to do with free time than read, which is how I found you, my new best friends! So it's very nice to meet you all!

Dar

[C I Morris]

Hai :)

[shambles]

Hello everyone.

I am new to anything like this. I watched "Lost in Austen" and it has given me a renewed interrest of how wonderful Pride and Prejudice is. I am green in many areas but by being a part of this forum I am looking forward to learning more and gaining more interrest!!. I love the old values of those times and just love the romance of it all. I love craft work and just starting to look at Macbeth, although I am also very green on the works of Shakespear. There is so much bad news in the world I like to escape to the lovely world of Jane Austen and her wonderful characters in her books. Looking forward to taking part in these forums, and hoping I can add some input also. :)

[opynicus]

It's been awhile, so any old friends of Robinhood3000 or Miss Caroline (his Maid Marian), feel free to stop in and say hi....

[oldman]

I came across this site while doing a google search of E. P. Oppenheim, some of whose novel I have recently read. I am a middle aged man, not retired, an avid reader, and have a non scholarly interest in the period from the eighties through WWI: golden age detective fiction and thrillers, bolt action rifles, boy scouting, anarchism, terrorism, Saki, Stevenson, Kipling, Wodehouse (to make a start).

[demonhunter]

hi, im new here , i came across this while doing research on plato's work ,well im 19 years old , im interseted in philosophy and science fiction

[blamelouis]

Hi all , i'm a newbie here so go easy !!:p

It looks a great site and hopefully i'll get some great ideas for my reading list from you all !

[totoro]

Hello to all,

My name is Robin, but my screen name is Totoro because I love the Japanese film: My neighbor Totoro. (Its a classic watch it if you haven't!)
Lets see....

I love film and anything to do with it, photography, etc. I also love art. I paint and draw. My favorite artist is Salvador Dali. His paintings always make me think about things on a deeper level which is why I love his work so much.
I also love to read, and will read basically anything I get my hands on, including big textbooks and encyclopedias that no one else cares about.

I can't honestly say I have a favorite book above all the others, because there are just too many to like. But some of my favorites include:

-A Scanner Darkly by Phillip K Dick
-1984 by George Orwell
-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
-The Magicians Nephew by CS Lewis
-Anything by Andrew Lang or the Grimm Brothers.
-Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

I also have a fondness for children's literature. One in particular is
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault

And another beloved pastime is archery. :D

[Richyb42]

Have been a long time reader, but just now decided to post something. I tend to lean to Keats and Frost for my favorite poems. Just wanted to say Hi to everyone.:thumbs_up

[msulaiman]

hey, I'm Moh Sulaiman from Palestine . I'm a second-year student of English Depatment

[pritiraj2002]

hello friends,

i am priti an indian,currently based in bangkok.i love reading books,in fact one of my friend told me that Gitanjali written by Dr Ravindranath Tagore is a master piece and everyone must read it.so in search of it i landed here.
so have great time bye :)

[A Siege]

I just joined this network a few minutes ago. I got into fiction recently after having only been interested in non-fiction for most of my life. I especially enjoy Anton Chekhov and George Orwell. Reading "The Lady and the Dog" by Chekhov convinced me that there is a mysterious value to reading fiction that I had never known existed. I have a blog about topics that interest me and I'd like to make the URL my signature in order to hopefully drive some traffic there. Can anyone tell me how to make add a signature to my posts?

[blithe_spirit]

Hello everyone,

I have literally just joined this forum after a 'Yahoo' search and liked the look of it. I have been an avid reader for as long as I can remember and am prepared to give most genres a try. Some of the books that I have recently read are:

'Keeping the World Away' by Margaret Forster
'The Secret River' by Kate Grenville
'The Lieutenant' by Kate Grenville
'Engleby' by Sebastian Faulks
'Restless' by William Boyd

As well as reading I also enjoy languages, theatre, music and walking.

I'm very much looking forward to meeting some of you around the forum.:)

[melah]

i,m a new member here *****, really very neat site.

Will read up and hopefully have something good to say.

[Haunted]

hi, I'm new to this site. I grew up on books and my love for reading turned into writing. Then my interests took a new direction, moving away from the written word to visual arts. My friend told me about this site and urges me to join, so here I am. Ready to reconnect.

[Janine]

Haunted, Welcome to the forum. I know you will find it interesting here and soon feel quite at home.

Welcome to all the Newcomers - wow, there are sooo many! I had not realised. Haven't been in this thread for a long time now.

[Virgil]

hi, I'm new to this site. I grew up on books and my love for reading turned into writing. Then my interests took a new direction, moving away from the written word to visual arts. My friend told me about this site and urges me to join, so here I am. Ready to reconnect.

Welcome Haunted. I am sure lit net will be a place of pleasure and a fun way to pass some time. We're a friendly bunch. Several people here are into visual arts as well. :)

[Annabelle]

Hi everybody!
I love literature very much, books have been my best friend since... since I was near 4 years old. So, in this forum I want to discuss different books with other people. Most of all I like to read novels and Russian poems.
I am from Russia and I am sorry of my, maybe sometimes, bad english)

Hello!Even though I live in the southern neighbor of Russia, I think I can feel how precious your language and literature is!

[Bastable]

Hey everyone, names Bastable and i'm from Australia. I'm doing Psychology at uni with a few literature units thrown in as well. I love reading a good book, (i don't discriminate on whether it's a classic or not, I enjoy reading both Dostoevsky and Stephen King) drinking coffee and listening to music... so yeah, i hope to have a lot of good literature discussions with you all

[Pryderi Agni]

Hey all! I'm Pryderi Agni, which means many things in two languages. I'm a big fan of all those huge, multi-volume books not everyone likes to read, and I'm currently reading The Story of Civilization by Will Durant. I'm majoring in Japanese in college, and I like those books as well.

[Haunted]

thanks Virgil! Yes, this sure looks like a great place to hang out :)

[Frizzy_Frog]

Just joined because I love to read, and like to talk about the literature with others that have read the same books.
Recently finished The Awakening, and am now reading Brave New World.
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[afountain]

My name is Alex Fountain. My favorite author is Ray Bradbury

[ericktravieso]

Hello everybody, I am new in this forum.

I have a BS degree in Metallurgy and almost completed Chemical Engineering, but I did not have the time and decision to dedicate more time. Also, I studied a MS in Metallurgy and initiated and MBA, but did not have the money to afford it, as I got married.

I can say it was worthed, as I found my other half and therefore, I am complete as my beloved wife fullfills all my expectations and needs.

I have never written before, other than papers, as research assistant and business plans and reports as an employee in the industry.

I hope to contribute to this community.