Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

[missmeadowsweet]

Hi, my name is Miss Meadowsweet (well, not really, but that's the username I chose). I am from the very northern part of Wisconsin where it is winter for nine months out of the year. There are many cons about living here, but one pro is that the long winters give me a lot of time to think about stories that need to be told, and then to write them, which is what I truly love doing.

I have written three novels. The first two were really just warm-ups, I suppose one could say, but the third I just recently finished, and I believe it may be truly worth getting published, which is what I'm working on at the moment. So basically, I love, love, love writing! And of course, to love writing, I had to first love reading.

I like to read a diverse range of books. I love a lot of the classics and want to read more of them, but I also love a lot of other genres. I get inspired by many things I read and do and see in life and this makes me want to write more. I especially love the outdoors and natural things, and I love digging my hands into the earth.

Right now I am a newspaper reporter for my small local newspaper. I like it, but what I really want to do is become a writer, not just a reporter of the facts. This fall I am hopefully going to be in Virginia going to school for my masters degree in English.

I am so glad to have found this forum and look forward to interacting with y'all!

[missmeadowsweet]

Hey, Gwynhwyfar, just a quick question: I was wondering if your user-name comes from a book called "The Perilous Gard". There is a fairy-girl in that book named Gwynhfara (not exactly sure of the spelling). I was just wondering because it's one of my favorite books.

[Aurora]

Hi everyone, I've just joined the forum today. My name isn't Aurora but Sleeping Beauty is my favourite Princess =) I'm from the Uk, Yorkshire =D I'm 21 and I'm in my third year of an English Literature degree. My favourite poet is Mr Keats.

[serendipitywym]

hey there,
i'm new here and i am in high school. i'm having bit of a trouble with my extended essay topic and so i thought that i'd give this a try to see if i can benefit from this and help others on here also. i love to write and read if it suits my style. i love mystery and romance novels. i love to make new friends so hope to hear from anyone who reads this!
serendipitywym

[ICTOAN5895]

Hi! I'm new. Just an everyday reader... especially classics.

[SpringZhang]

Hi all! I am an English language and literature student. I find this a very good place for language learners. Hope we can learn and grow (http://www.google.com) together!

[spellbanisher]

Hello everyone. History buff here from California who loves classic literature.

[KateM12]

Hello all
I have just came across and registered to this forum. I assume I am older than most in here.
I am Greek and live in Piraeus, Greece - something I have tried to change, but with no results so far. In life, I consider myself to be a late bloomer. Professionally, I was a wanderer, not knowing what I wanted to do. A fact that led me to gain experience in a variety of fields. Later, this proved to be a valuable asset in life and professional experience. In mature age I studied Psychology and specialized/ an MSc in Applied Forensic Psychology. Today I work as a drug counsellor/therapist with drug addicted offenders as well as prisoners.
During the last years I developed a wider interest in p[hilosophical issues and a special interest in astrology.

[Lanfear]

Hi people :)

I am Lanfear (the name of a character from a series I love). I have loved reading since I began learning the alphabet - thank Darwin for learned behaviour!!!

[Bubbles]

helloo my name is melanie and im from beaumont California
i hope i wont be that much of a stanger here thanks =)

[chipper]

hi... i just love reading. i don't discriminate. i read everything i can get my hands on.

[gbebooks]

Greetings all,

I'm a retired English teacher missing conversation about books. (I do run a bookstore now, but it's online, so not much conversation going on.)

Hoping to fill that void here.

[chipper]

Greetings all,

I'm a retired English teacher missing conversation about books. (I do run a bookstore now, but it's online, so not much conversation going on.)

Hoping to fill that void here.

where's your bookstore?

[liji]

Hi Everyone,

Itz really nice to be a part of it. Hp to find nice people with gud interactive skills.:)

[yrahcaz2]

Hey, I'm Zac. I began my pursuit of writing just last year so there is a lot I am still new to. I feel that I have made great progress in just one year, but I desire to refine my writing whether it is for essays, reports, or just for pleasure.

[gUfo]

buona sera le gente,

my name is eric. i live near the shallow side of lake erie. just here looking for some virtual socialization. holla back.

~il gUfo

[aly_weir]

Welll, hello(:
I've never really been in a forum before! But I wanted a place where I could rebound story ideas and whatnot and this seems like such a welcoming place to do so! Can't wait to get better associated with you all!

[wonderer]

Good evening. (From my side of the world.)

Call me Kate.

I'm new here so I'll make a brief introduction. I'm 19, taking up English. I'm a literature lover especially of classics. I also fancy books of suspense, mystery and the likes. I would love to have an intellectual exchange from everyone in this site. I really welcome diversity in ideas. Also, I'm into literary criticisms and theories so if anyone wants to share thoughts about the matter, I'd gladly appreciate it.

Enjoy reading! :angel:

[EricW]

AHOY! It is I, the anti-ego! The timid bearer of wisdom peering in from beyond the socio-gate!
Foreign to any sort of realm such as online forums, I was hoping to meet some like-minded people for the sake of my faith in humanity! I mostly indulge in modernist works for I don't feel the human race has progressed; mentally, ethically, morally, at all.

All I can say for myself is that nothing pleases me more than roaming the country roads of upstate NY in an auto or in my shoes. I fish, I read quite a lot (from Homer to Delillo I say!)

I am a student and certainly will never cease to be so. I am finding it more and more difficult to break the barriers that exist between myself and those who need help in this country. Not in an economic sense, but in an enlightened sense. I believe we are on the brink of cultural revolution, up to the young minds of this technological age to reinstate the importance of the power and potential education holds to the development of the ingenious American citizen.
I hope some folks on here feel the same way.

Remember, we're responsible! Don't feed the beast!

[jambojersey]

Hello EricW, I think you will enjoy your stay here.I have never been to New York . But have written about it could you tell me how near the point I am Eric thanks buddy.
Embracing A Life Challenge In New York City.

by jambojersey


We arrive into New York City full of Contradictions.
Old residents Algonquians and Iroquois Indians gone.
Searching for Paradise among those grazing Buffalo.
Squirrels red coats remind us of Dead British troops.
Some forgotten a treasured Scalp on that Indian belt.
Vicissitudes of Human Life in Battles not forgotten.
Oh! I would have more lives to lose for my country.
Continental Musket balls converted back to red dust.

America's deceased Son's & Daughters remembered.
Washington's farewell bade from “black-Sams Tavern”.
A City enthusing flavour's of Seafarers & Buccaneers.
Lobster Palaces in Times Square Gay Nineties History.
Winston Churchill's Mother Jenny schooled in an Alley.
North Shore Oyster Vikings living in “Captains Row”.
Weird eccentrics congregate in cliches in Central Park.
Creamery Park “bit of Patrician London” remembered.

Largest most populous metropolitan area in the world.
An Intimate skyline penetrated with outstanding beauty.
Nationalities dominating a metropolis of Architecture.
Butterflies flutter quivering songs of meadow-larks echo.
A library terrace is just one of many beating City hearts.
Lower Broadway precariously hidden in a great canyon.
Dwarfed a forgotten smoking chimney bellows smoke.
Woolworth's site sitting on nineteenth century history.

Remembering hostelry days of Pepys Knickerbockers.
Dracula's big eyes peering at you on Washington Avenue.
**** crowing on top of Fifth Avenue Heckscher Building.
Indescribable sensations of a Condor or Vulture missing.
Hoofed Locusts overgrazing in big blossoming valley's.
Destroying most of that outstanding beauty Gods Earth.
Real People finding quite refuge in a distant wilderness.
Blue-Tailed Mole Skunk have now moved to sandy Polk.

Manhattan being ruled by a murky early morning fog.
Kill Van Kull Sound arched by a Bayonne Steel Bridge.
Great cantilever bridges spanning over a vast east river.
Panoramic views Madison Avenue & Fifty-second street.
That all embracing vast unimpeded Rockefeller Centre.
Giants hovering over a guild-ed domed World Building.
Two hundred and sixty miles of underground railway's.
Leaving NYC you have a Million Rules and Rhythms.

[Sherb]

Hey everybody!
I am an avid reader and hope to have good fun here!

[charlottedutton]

Hi everybody. Thankyou for welcoming me. I'm a 34 year old woman from the UK and love reading. My favourite novels are The Collector by John Fowles, The Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler, Winnesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson and various crime novels by english authors Mark Billingham and Peter James.
Here's my query that I really hope someone can help me solve. I read a book 5 years ago and cannot remember the title or any character names and vague parts of the plot but enjoyed it and hope to relocate it. Any suggestions will be much appreciated.
It was set in London and written in the 60s or 70s. A single man in his 50s or 60s is renting an upstairs lodgings from an old lady. He is strange but non threatening but then a young woman rents one of the downstairs rooms. I think she may be a student. The older man uses every excuse to lure her upstairs, playing records, giving her food but she begins to be unnerved by him. He goes into her room when she is out and becomes enraged when he finds out she has a boyfriend as he thought she was a 'nice girl' I thinkl he kills her in the end. Any ideas???
Thankyou. Charlotte.

[Pensive]

Welcome, Charlotte! :)
I am afraid I personally can't be of any help to you regarding this matter but judging by the story it does sound very interesting! I hope somebody else would be able to help you!
The Collector is also one of my most favourites! :) Have you tried The Magus as well?

[21Faces]

Hello everybody, I'm Faces. I shoot around the net popping in to various fourums, and I joined this particular one because I aspire to become a writer once I leave school, and I love books... LOVE them. I hope to get along with everyone here. :)

[Venerable Bede]

Hello everyone. Despite my avatar, I am not very old at all :smilewinkgrin:. I am actually a 19 year old university student majoring in English and History. I like reading from pretty much any area of literature but my favourite type is probably the literature of the 19th century, particularly the works of Scott, Stevenson, and Dumas. I hope to have many interesting discussions with all you fellow literature lovers :smile5:.

[Desertsky]

Hello there,

I am a 24 year old college grad who is interested in literature but I don't have much knowledge. It's hard for me to concentrate because I suffer from chronic pain, but the prospects of creating a worth while work is somewhat a diversion.

[michelle.marm]

Hello everyone. My name is Michelle and i'm from the Dominican Republic. I'm 18 years old and in the fall will be entering university. I'm studying law. i originally wanted to become an English major, but when looking at job options with and english degree I wasn't so excited with what i found. So i'm staying in the Dominican Republic and studying law, but I can't stay away from books and discussing them, so I decided to join you guys :p

My favorite book of all times is Frankenstein. My friends don't understand why I love the book so much, but hopefully you guys will. :p

[Vignette]

Hello everyone!

My name is Cathy and I am from California. I am a single woman in my late 40’s who has recently discovered the joy of writing, thanks to a friend who has encouraged and mentored me for the last several months.

This same friend recommended this site, and I must say, I am quite excited after seeing the feast of writing that is here! There is such variety and a wealth of technical knowledge and discussions and constructive criticism. These are the very things I am seeking in order to accomplish my goal of improving my writing skills.

I am a novice writer of mainly poetry, and have recently decided to venture into short stories as well. Beyond that, I set no limits so I am open to exploring many forms of writing.

I have no formal training, and only my deep desire to connect with other people, through the observation and expression of my thoughts, emotions, and life experiences as depicted by words, to try to capture that human element we all resonate with.

I chose poetry as my first exploration because it is an art form so rich, succinct and acute, in its expression of those human experiences that tie us together - the efficiency of words so exacting right down to the very syllable. On the surface they may seem inadequate when singled out, but when carefully crafted together, as with the artist’s brush, each stroke - each word - can penetrate the armor of the soul. It is those moments of shared human intimacy and vulnerability of the human spirit that I find so nourishing for my own soul.

I look forward to making new friends here, to learn how to improve my skills, and to learn about different forms of writing. I am glad to be here and am eager to get started!

[Vlad Dracula]

Hello, everybody! My name is Aurel D, I am from Bucharest, Romania I like both to read and write! I am passionate especially by history and in this respect, in 2010, I finished a detailed e-book about the real life of Vlad Dracula the Impaler. I also wrote more articles on Internet about this subject, and others.

[Nancy Haworth]

I think I'm probably at the far end of the spectrum of the community here as I've just retired from teaching literature. I'm having withdrawal so look forward to reading some fresh ideas!

[Ashwath]

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! :)
Friends, I am fond of literature

[TheDreadPilgrim]

Hi everyone. I've often browsed this site yet never signed up. Today is different. I hope to engage in interesting interaction with other humans.

[Elizabethke]

hello,everyone.I am an English major.Recently I am thinking of my future seriously.Virtually,I know action is the first thing to do .I am eager to improve myself.So,I found the forum when I was looking for Sophie's World .I determined to join it instantly.How wonderful it is .:hurray:

[yellow apple]

I'm pretty new at this. I have always loved reading and now, in my retirement years, I have decided to try writing. Never had time while I was working. It's harder than I thought! But I'm having fun and that's what counts, right?.

[Nepenthe_DejaVu]

I'm delighted to find this forum. Not exactly new to literature, I have recently been soaking up everyting Vonnegut I can get my hands on. Now I'm reading Dickens' Our Mutual Friend And what's best about reading the classics at this time in my life-I'm 73- is that it's my idea and I am enjoying every word.

I came on this site looking for something written about Twemlow in Our Mutual Friend

Looking forward to browsing the forums.

[sophiedbl]

Hi. I'm new, and I'm here to get some help from people with more knowledge than me!
Now how to start my own thread....

[Sherlyn]

Hello to every one

[english_rose]

I'm Rachael. I found this forum today in my Women in Literature class whenI was looking for a poem. : )

[Tusitala]

....there was a storyteller, Tusitala, with a penchant for the old tales including those that involved woods and witches...

I'm also a common reader with an interest in modernism amongst other things.

[Brock]

I've only just found this thread. So I guess I should say: hello!

[L€lä RËmØ MÅðçÂ]

Ummmm.... I am not exactly new I just came in last week but I written a lots.
I love writing stories and mangas, which I take seriously, not just as a side thing, but an important task. Favorite book not mentioned.

[Pensive]

Welcome all! :)

[distortedlogic]

I just found this delightful little forum. Hello everyone. :)

[Francisd.]

Just a quickie to say hi to everyone. I'm new to the site but looking forward to engaging with people on different strands.

I'm a struggling writer who is enjoying the challenge of getting my work out to a wider audience.

Currently have just published on Kindle and am seeing where that takes me.

As for the rest of it, I'm currently living and working in the UK, but have a dream that revolves around writing and self-sufficiency in rural France.

That's the plan, anyway.

KTF

Fd.

[muffinofdeath]

Needed an alternative to the dreaded Facebook since I deleted it. Can't stand all the meaningless of that site and needed a place where I could talk about my actual interests and not be bombarded with boring status updates constantly. Hopefully make new friends too=)

I am presently reading for the 2nd time A Handmaiden's Tale by M. Atwood. I love several other books by her as well. My favorite author is Brian Evenson, but a lot of people don't seem to know who he is. I also adore Flannery O'Connor!

Anyway, have a good weekend!

[Liinita H'Ranzi]

Hi. My name is Liinita, and I'm currently a stay home mother, with a 7 month old, an 8 year old, a 13 year old, and two step children who come for the summer only.

I speak fluent Swedish, English and German.

I taught high school English and drama for many years, 3rd grade for two, and served as an adjunct English professor for two years, as well.

I've also written lots for newspapers, mostly freelance, but for awhile, full-time.

I love literature.

I hate crappy writing.

I am a good editor and article writer, but a poor creative writer.

I love Flannery O'Connor, Leif Enger, William Shakespeare, John Steinbeck, to name a few.

[zombieheadache]

Hello, my name is Nate.
I always had a facisnation with books and literature. One of my goals on my bucket list is to have a wide variety collection of books, all neatly kept in my personal Library. As of now I am a high school student and on my way to college in Fall.
A favorite hobby I do is to collect rare antique books. :D
So yeah, I have a thing with books. :)
I am currently attending college to become a biomedical engineer and a minor in filming. I am hoping that they will have enough room in the dorms for my books. :)

[Richard_]

Hey, I'm Richard. I like reading Science Fiction.

[johnbriner]

Hello ya'll. My name's John. I have always been fascinated by literature. Hence, I registered here to connect with like-minded people. Hope to have a good stay here and I'm looking forward to build new friendships within the community.

[RRC770]

Hey all. My name is Rachel. I'm a English Literature Major at the University of South Florida. I'm realizing after taking my first 4000 level course (The British Woman novelist) that I have not read enough. My summer is going to be spent catching up as much as possible and since I don't have access to a classroom setting during the summer I wanted to find like minded people to discuss some of the stuff that I am reading. I'm excited to participate in conversation with all of you.

[Reddleman]

I really don't know what to say.
I am an undergraduate engineering student. I love reading. And painting, though my abilities are almost certainly negligible.
Well, this is about saying hi, right ? So, may we get together and reduce our miseries.

[DesertNomad]

Greetings all, the name is Scott, Im a recent college grad (though I may soon find myself being dragged back into grad school) and am finding myself with a lot of free time. I used to read for fun and not just school and have decided to try and get back into the swing of things. I just finished a few ebooks my mom reccomended to me and plan to try my hand at a review of one of them.

That aside, I would love to get some good reccomendations from people here. I really enjoy science fiction but would never snub a good book so if anyone has a few favorites I'd definately check them out.

[Otokonoko]

Hi everyone,

Just thought I'd introduce myself. I'm an English teacher from Townsville, in sunny Queensland, Australia. I'm pretty passionate about literature, reading and all those other things I got to do way back in my uni days but rarely find enough time for nowadays. Most of all, I love a good chat - something that stimulates thought, perhaps a bit of controversy and the occasional dispute. Anything that keeps my mind ticking over! Hopefully I'll find that here.

[boscospants]

hello all, i am currently a first year arts student in Ireland, i love books and will read anything. looking forward to interacting with you all.

[Psyche Zenobia]

Hello! I graduated with my B.A. in English lit just last week and will be starting grad school next Fall, so needless to say I love literature (I guess we wouldn't be here if we didn't!) I am particularly fond of American gothic writers, for those of you who are unfamiliar with my handle, she is a character in one of my favorite Poe stories (well, actually 2 of them.) I even plan on writing my thesis about Poe. That's about it!

[CheeseTree]

Hello everyone.

This is Yvonne. I am from Chengdu, China. Has anyone heard of my hometown? :P.

Currently, I am a gradutate student in university. My major is English and education, but not sure if I will be a teacher in the coming future.

I have many hobbies, like photography, travelling, reading different kinds of books and so on.

I hope to meet people who can share their views with me and exchange ideas. Isnt it what we are supposed to do here? Have a nice day~

[citronella]

Hi, I'm citronella from Italy. I'm very interested in English Literature of the Victorian Age. Also in the English novelists of the first part of the 20th century (Joyce, Woolf, James, Forster, Conrad, Maugham and so on). I'm sure I'll find food for thought here.

[Roysson]

Damien, in West Yorkshire in England. I'll be studying English literature at Lancaster this autumn, hopefully!

Currently reading through Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand and doing a presentation on the postmodern and existentialist aspects of Fight Club!

[palash174]

Its almost 0100 hours in a remote corner of Assam (in India) from where I am writing this. Came across the site when I was searching for Literature Forums to interact and share views with people who love the written word.

I am an engineer by profession (there are still very few degrees in india which can actually land you a job). But my heart has always beaten for the magic that springs up from words woven so craftfully. I started writing poems ever since I was 6 years old. The themes and the content kept varying as I grew older,also being greatly influenced by some frozen-in-time experiences of my life. Recently, I also started dabbling in short stories-but I understand its a pretty long way for me to travel in this path.

Hope to meet and make new friends here!

[Ancient Mariner]

Hi, I'm an engineering student who enjoys writing now and then. Anyone reads this?

[Sano]

Hi! My name is Luiz. I'm a philosophy undergraduate here in Rio, Brazil. I've always loved books - math, philosophy, history books as well as novels, poetry books, etc. I'm a fan specially of (good-written) fantasy books, and Tolkien is my favorite author. :D

[joelavine]

"The oblong gilt frame disposed its enclosing lines; the poplars and willows, the reeds and river - a river of which he didn't know, and didn't want to know, the name - fell into a composition, full of felicity, within them,; the sky was silver and turquoise and varnish; the village on the left was white and the church on the right was grey; it was all there, in short - it was what he wanted" James, The Ambassadors

sometimes even the most tiresome reads lead to exceptional passages

[Zerstören]

Hello, I am a lit major in the University of Helsinki; live there also. I speak English, Swedish and Finnish most fluently and more or less understand written German, French, Spanish and Italian as well as the variations of Swedish in the likes of Norwegian and Danish.

Looking forward to discussing some topics literary.

Favourite authors (just to mention a few to intro myself) might include Bukowski, Camus, Genet, Celine and such with a twist of philosophical stuff like Nietzsche and Heidegger as well as the kings Joyce, Grass, Perec, Mann. You'll get the idea.

Glad to have found this site.

[author1500less]

I am new to creative writing, but I was a scientific writer/programmer. I liked writing code because it was very functional. Now I like creative writing because I think of it as a function to develop emotion, inspire thought and evoke questions from readers.

I try to follow the standard writing devices I remember from school. I plan on providing lots of sample work or just stories from newspapers or currents I think would be better with exposition or more detail.

[Chad Bloom]

My name is Chad Bloom and I am a high school senior and I am set to graduate in a less than a month. I stumbled across this forum while working on my senior paper for my English class. I liked some of the things said on here and there were a few things on here that made me laugh. I will post quite a bit of a response on things I read and on things I have different opinions about...

[avinashdal]

Hi! I am just a fellow doing my oddjobs here and there. have come accross here as i was looking up some poetry. i do some work like that myself but it is rather neanderthal, still has to evolve a lot. nice to be arround in such places

[XML]

Hi just testing

[deguonis]

Hulo. I'm new. I'm tryin' to learn a little bit about Literature.

[literate]

Hi everyone! I'm new to this page, I'm thrity and am finishing and undergraduate course of languages/education while I work as a teacher. I love reading and always have, and discussing books (when done voluntarily!) does enhance the reading experience for me. Pluss, hearing other people talk about books they really like is inspiring...

On my bedside table right now I have the Pullman-trilogy His Dark Matter, but I'm wanting to re-read The Canterbury Tales afterwards - I once read them on a vacacion years ago.

[Ubercritter]

Hello!

[kyrawright]

Sweet, Hi Everybody! I am a Middle School Student, new to the writing world.... Adivice would be great... I'm afraid I need all the help I can get! Thanks,

[krishimeka]

Hello everone.
This is Pruthvi Krishna Meka. but if its a bit hard to pronounce then i go by Krishi. I say its hard because a lot of my friends got tripped by my name too. Any thats me... i really like to read a lot of books. i cant much time nowadays as my studies dont permit me a lot of free time. But the divinity in reading has been alluring me for sometime now. so, i decided to flex my timetable to read. you know, the best way to relax is to do what you like most. so, here i am. i am really glad to see a forum for books. its really awesome.
and about me i personally like most of the history lits speial quotes to horodotus.. and i really like the harry potter series. and since i am into the sciences, i like robin cook novels. well thats about me litwise.
and i hope i fit into the community soon.:-D

[turanclancath]

Hello.I,m from the Netherlands so excuse for the errors in English not beeing a native speaker.

I,m a retired Academy Professor ( History and also Communication ).
I,m following courses ( no lecture duty anymore :) ) in Art History and researching myself.

My life long interest is culture in its widest sence.

I was always interested in the link between Litterature Art and Music.
A kind of totalerlebniss ( free after Wagner )
For instance Arthurian material or other courtly romances the text and the translation in art and music.( ..... , Tennyson, 19 century paintings of the lady of shalott till the song by Laureena Mc.Kennith album: the Visit )

Or the Chanson the Roland ....Orlando Furioso .... till even today in Sicilian folkart

Or the translation of Greek Mythology in Renaissance and Baroque Art( Ovidius and other sources were important as around 1500 printable translations appeared not anymore the Ovide Moralise but the litteral :) translations )
Of course there was the work of Dante Christine the Pisan Chaucer and many others Ovidius was not unknown in the Middle ages .

So in searching for Art i discovered this site with a special section for Art .
So i hope it will be a fruigal contact with this Forum.
turanclancath

How can i attach images to my postings ?

[Scheherazade]

How can i attach images to my postings ?Welcome to the Forum, Turan :)

You can find information about how to post images here (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/faq.php?faq=vb3_reading_posting#faq_vb3_attachment s).

If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to PM me.

[AJ Culpepper]

Greetings.

I'm AJ. I'm a great lover of books, particularly of the fantasy genre, although I seldom have as much time to read as I would like. I'm also an aspiring author (of fantasy, surprise! surprise!) and my first book is nearing the final stages of editing to be published this summer. That's the plan, anyway.

Even though I'm a slow reader and haven't much time, I do enjoying discussing books which is a rarity where I live. Seems my husband and I are the only two people who read around here. So it's to find a place such as this. I look forward to many interesting conversations :)

[turanclancath]

just as an further introduction.
I,m ( long years already ) moderator in the Forum The mysterius Etruscans.
I moderate the Vulci tread and 1 of my favourite topics there is Art.
There i can post images easy.
Look for yourself who turanclancath is .
no obligation to joyn the mysterious :) just look and you know more about me and my idys about Art, History etc etc.
greetings from summerly Holland

[bro7i]

Hi , good evening every body

[Virgo Will]

Hey guys. Virgo's my pseudonym, but it's all you guys need to know, so I'm Virgo. I'm a sixteen year old lit nerd that loves rock n' roll. I'm actually really new to the classic lit scene, which is really why I joined the site, so any "mentoring" (NOT patronizing, big difference.) is greatly appreciated.
I love to read and write, obviously, mostly mystery and fantasy. Dragons, faeries, magic(k), elves, dwarves, ancient languages, murder, vampires (real ones, not the sparkly kind), you name it. If it's weird, strange or just different, I probably want to read about it.
However, words are only half of life. The other half is music. I'll listen to anything that's actually music, and my list of favorites is insanely long, but if you're bored and really want to know, message me.
I also noticed a spot for submitted stories/poems, though I didn't look at it in much detail, so maybe you'll see some of my stuff up there, maybe not, but keep and eye or two out.
-V

[Mewmewlova]

hi! I am really new here, i just joined 2 minutes ago XD

[sethyirak_7]

Hello!

I just joined up after going through a few different sites to weigh my options. I chose this forum for a number of reasons, but mainly because it seemed the least hostile.

I am currently deployed in Afghanistan (as a Marine) and I have plenty of time and little to do. When I'm not busy I am usually reading, so I thought getting involved in something like this might be a good way to stay involved in my reading, rather than reading book after book without ever contemplating, and thus ever understanding them.

My favorite author? Couldn't answer that question. You read different authors for different reasons. However, the authors I most often turn back to for pleasure alone would be Oscar Wilde, Nikos Kazantzakis, and Mark Twain.

That is about all I have to offer. I understand that when most people read a book it becomes a mirror, therefore, we rarely see the same thing. However, discussion is rarely counter-productive so I look forward to learning from (and with) all of you.

[WoodyS]

Hi everyone :) After my two neighbours right upon me, I guess it's my turn to introduce myself.
First of all, I apologize for my English ; being French, English is not my first language, and if there is any mistake left, please forgive me. I do my best, though !

I am 17 years old, I'll turn 18 in December. As I said, I'm French, I was born in South France, grew up in North, live in Paris since I'm 11. I love reading since I'm able to, and got literature-oriented even in my scholarship. This is my last year in Highschool, I study in a Literary "branch" (this is the French system : you mainly have to choose between Sciences, Economics and Literature for your two last years in Highschool), therefore I have a lot of Literature and Philosophy each week ! Starting September, I will study English & Film Studies in King's College London -hopefully !

I can't say who my favourite author is, they are so many ! But I would say that William Shakespeare is my favourite author, for I love him both for his plays, poetry and character, for as I discovered his work, I discovered a whole world -the Elizabethan Era- with which I completely fell in love. I also loveChristopher Marlowe, Samuel Beckett, Oscar Wilde, Charles Lamb, Margaret Mitchell, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Alan Benett, Jane Austen, Scott F. Fitzgerald, and many others.

I love Literature and want to share it with plenty of people ; but the reason why I joined this perticular forum is the language. I can talk in French whenever I want, but I really have an affinity with the English language and authors who write/wrote in English, that I want to talk about Literature in English, or at least try to. It'd be a great experience, especially before going to London for a Literature degree !

I'm really looking forward to talking and exchanging with everyone here, for there are so many things that I would like to learn, read and say ! Thank you in advance !

[MNiederauer]

Hello,
First of all, I am brazilian and my name is Marcelo Niederauer. I love to read since I was a child. So, this forum will be perfect to discuss my interests in Literature.
I can say I am a beginner, because there are a lot of books that I want to read, but I am just 16 years old...
I think some of my favorite authors are Oscar Wilde, William Shakespeare and Victor Hugo.
There are many Brazilian and Portuguese writers who are very good, though.
I enjoy poetry too.
Well, please forgive my mistakes for Portuguese is my mother language, but I swear I will try hard to write correctly.
I can speak Portuguese, English and Spanish, so you can write to me in any of these languages.
I am learning German at school and French at home. I wish I could write with you in these languages too.
I can not forget to say that I love classical music. I know that it isn't the topic of the forum... Just sharing, in case some of you enjoy it too, we could talk about some biographic books of composers, for example.:nopity:

Bye for now. See you!

[Edward Prendick]

Hello all.

There is not much to be said about me. I am composed of nothing but facts, really. I'm 18, turning 19 this October. I live on Long Island, and generally sequestered in my room reading. I occasionally work with my father installing auto glass and 'normal' glass though. I read on the way to jobs.

I'm currently on a science-fiction and Albert Camus kick. In all honesty, I can't say how this happened, but I'd easily say that science-fiction is my favorite genre and Camus my favorite author (Wells has to be equal to Camus though.) this undoubtedly will change, but is the current case.

That's it. Not much to look at. The quote, for those interested, can only be attributed to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Note: I misused Carroll's quote. I am the farthest thing from a "great puzzle."

[Livia1986]

Hi all, I just joined today and came across this forum by accident actually! I was looking for some inspiring poetry for a postmodern essay and came across this forum. I like to write poetry when I feel inspired and thought it might be interesting to get a bit more well read and talk to others who like literature etc.

So anyway, hi everyone I guess!

My favourite book is nonexistent, but I have a few favourites that changed my perspective on life; Catch 22, The Fountainhead, Picture of Dorian Gray, and The Road. Off the top of my head.

I'm currently training to be a psychotherapist so my focus is somewhat split, but I want to kind of keep in touch with the side of me that really enjoys literature.

[nelcc]

greetings to all ! I am new here, and cant wait to explore and contribute to the varied topics of disussions.
Cheers

[Kalkin]

Hello everyone!
I am happy to join this community, because i am fond of literature. I like different genres, but I need to say that more often I read Science Fiction and Fantasy books. It seems to me that I know this genre well although I am just 24-years old man. And I want to know more.
My favorite authors are Jorge Luis Borges, Hermann Hesse, Stanislaw Lem, Strugatsky brothers, Roger Zelazny (it is obvious, isn't it? Just look at my nickname), Clifford Simak, Ray Bradbury, Gene Wolfe, Erich Maria Remarque and James Herriot.
I am russian and live in Moscow all my life. So I want to apologize for my English. It is very possible that I already done some mistakes. I try to do my best, and my English is improving.
Currently I am working as a cpp programmer and I like my job, but this is not the point.
I want to say why I have decided to join this community in the first place. I like reading, discussing and reviewing the books, but this is not all. When you are reading a book in original, like me, you want discuss it using the same language, not your native one. So I have joined to you.

[iankropp]

Yikes... I don't really know how to describe myself because I'm at the point of my life where I really don't have a definite answer to "who I am." I feel like last week I was hell bent on being Ian the Musician, and now I'm giving Ian the writer a whirl.

So ultimately, I hoping through this website and through writing that I will be able to say who I am and where I'm going. But at this point, I'll just have to go with "Hello, I am Ian." Thank you for the opportunity to do so and I look forward to finding new and interesting people!

[Tellem Chaho]

Hello, My name is Meriem, I am Algerian. I'm studying for the MA degree in Crosscultural studies. I love your forums I have been using the data on these forums since I was an undergraduate student. Now I'm searching for a topic for my thesis, I'm thinking about Algerian literature, Maybe the theme of violence in Algerian literature. But I'm also fascinated by postmodernism as a philosophy and theory!
My user name, Tellem Chaho, is the title of a book containing four short stories written by an Algerian author, Mouloud Maammeri, from the Amazigh area, he wrote about this area and its traditions during the colonial period. The four stories are folk tales told by grand mothers in the Amazigh area (north west Algeria). Tellem Chaho simply means ''Once Upon a Time"
I'm looking forward to contribute into this forum and learn from it :)

Best Regards,

Mimi

[LakeGwelup]

Hi, I like reading and would like to spend more time with books. My preferences include historical fiction and postcolonial literature (particularly based in India). Looking forward to an interesting time on the Literature Network Forums.

[winterroom]

Hello all,

I'm Hugh in England.

Too tired to be coherent so here's something haphazard..

Grew up loving Arthur Ransome and CS Lewis. Had a Biggles phase, read lots of science fiction. Don't read SF now, but would always be willing to read Ray Bradbury.

I enjoy studying languages, partly so I can read things I loved in translation, in the original. So I learned Spanish to read Borges, French to read Maigret and italian to read Guareschi (Don Camillo stories) and later 'discovered' the genius of Dante. I have never studied these languages to a high (university) level, but reading was always my strongest discipline.

In English I have fits and starts of reading Dickens, Austen, Hardy, often after watching a tv adaptation. I read detective stories: cadfael, Adam Dalgliesh, Wycliffe. I have an ambition (possibly misguided) to write for children so I read children's novels and poems - Pulman, Rowling etc.

I enjoy telling stories, usually from traditional sources, so I read collections of folktales, fairy stories etc.

That feels like a lot but on the contrary I don't feel I have enough time to read.

Hugh

[chrsvillanova]

hi everyone!

[Fyodor]

Hello, I am new to this forum and am looking forward to talking with people who read books. I've spent some time online on wrestling and fighting forums, however it just occurred to me that there might be a place like this where people who enjoy literature spend some time. I look forward to meeting you all.

[Kaemin256]

Greetings to all! I am new here, and cant wait to explore and contribute to the varied topics of discussions. :thumbsup:

[Buffalo Girl]

Hello everyone,

I came across this site while searching for a book club. I am thrilled to find an online community that discusses such a wide variety of literature.

I am from Buffalo, NY but now live near Miami, FL. I am a big fan of Shakespeare, Dickens and Conrad. I have been on a personal journey through the "classics" since high school with stops along the way for historical fiction, history, art history, biographies, psychology and some modern fiction.

I look forward to joining the discussion.

[ACroDog]

Who wouldn't love sciene?! I myself perfer physics, but to each his/her own. =o

[VictorTeon]

HI everybody,

I am Victor Teon, and I'm coming from Serbia. My native language is Serbian, but I am excellent in Macedonian and fluent in English.
I am engaged as a university professor in Belgrade, giving lectures in marketing, international business and economics and enterprenership.
In addition to my job, I am also engaged as a translator, English-Serbian.
Concerning literature, I have been writing poetry and some short stories.
I've published a poetry book few years ago, and the second is to be published soon, I hope in a couple of months.
So, I would like to meet people with similar interests and communicate ideas on poetry and literature stuff in general.
My favorite authors: Pound, T.S. Eliot, O. Paz, Borges, S. Plath, Shelly, Dante, Joyce, T. Mann, W. Blake, etc. etc.

[kathreeds]

Hey,

I am Katherine Reeds. Reading is one of my favorite Hobbies. It's refreshing to have found a society of like minded people and I look forward to discussions on a variety of topics.

Regards,
Kath

[Bluebell]

Hi everyone!

I'm new here since half an hour or so ago, but very excited. You can find some info about me on my profile. You all seem very interesting people and I hope to share ideas with you all.

[fancy dancing]

My name is Rachel, and I'm fairly new here and come from Chicago. I'm into most creative non-fiction that surrounds the environment, like A Walk in the Woods traveling, and most modern novels like The Tin Drum and The God of Small Things. Cheers!

[Calidore]

Greetings from the Northwest Side. Enjoy the company.

[rayann]

wel hello viewers
I am not very talented and not much highly educated.
I just find myself little different from the rest of the people.
And I just believe in hard working for accomplishing anything
you want.

[love4love2011]

a good looking young girl nice honest, and happy to be a member. I've filled in a few things in my profile for you to check. In addition to that let me add a few things.As for me, I like music (and singing), reading (although I haven't been able to a lot lately), writing, and history. Particularly, I like musicals at the moment, and writing poetry. Most of the year, I play soccer, even though for a quarter of the year, it's snowing (or just really cold). I live on the East Coast, though it doesn't snow a whole lot here. We pretty much survive the winter on minimal snow days, if any at all, though last year we had about two and a half or three feet of snow fall. My favorite books range about as far as my music genres, which is about anything, as long as it's good. Right now, though, I'm in a "Good Omens"-mood, by Teri Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, which was a fantastic book.

looking for a true love here and i believe that god will provide

hello and happy search to every members in this site

[victoryface]

Hello everyone,
Am a lover of poetry,I love writing.Poetry comes to me naturally, I don't know, I have probably written a few hundreds of poems, many are already published. I also love writing stories, articles, essay. I enjoy good jokes and I also make a few ones. I like to laugh a lot and I also enjoy been alone, especially in a serene environment My favourite places are gardens, good parks, under nice trees, back corners.Am actually an Accountant by profession and have a masters in banking and finance.
I also love to motivate people and love to teach people the sports I play.
I like to share this unpublished poem I wrote last year.

Five rain away

When you are five rain away
It is four pain this way
This life is different
The sun no more current
More than a seasonal thrill
Your sweetness can turn a mill

Give me a pencil to shade your smile
Then I would cast them by the seashore
And no wave can wash them away
Sometimes the moon hides in the night
But not since we took that walk
And comforted the night with our talk

What a country would leave her child to die
No guilt more cruel than that on the innocent
Who can tell how many angels wait at the
Gate to revenge
I stay still though I dance with my feet
You can’t remain low when steaming love
Invades your heart
Each territory I see you pass by
I build a tent to protect
Like a faithful country I tender you
till you come back five rain away

[Arrowni]

Hello, I'm living in France and not a native english speaker, but I fend myself well enough to incur in some discussion. Right now, there is not enough physical conversation about literature available for me, so virtuality shall solve that problem. I'll be very pleased to exchange ideas with many of you and I hope to learn while doing it. Nice to meet you all!

[Milanco]

Hi Everybody!

I am a 25 year old man. I am from Iran and am currently living in Iran. But I will soon move to Chicago and stay there for 5 years to get a PhD in business from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University where I will be working on Game Theory.

My English is good enough for my academic and everyday life, but probably not good enough literally.

I am glad to be here and am looking forward to interacting with and learning from you all!!

[The Idiot]

I've been a lifelong reader of good books and Great Books, lately more interested in understanding the background, analysis and interpretation of literature. My studies in university were focused on career needs more than all that interests me, and now that my kids are away at college themselves I've finally got time to dig into those things.

Glad to find a place to poke around in!

[xrayheart&mind]

I've thought a lot about how I can introduce myself on this forum.

I've concluded that no better introduction is needed than to assert:


I love books
I love intelligent discussion


It's nice to know the rest of you have similar tastes.

See you all on the discussion boards!

[Too late]

I am really lost and confused too. I do not even know who I am. How I can introduce myself?

[free]

It's never too late for good things in life. Welcome to the forum.

[litjenni]

My name is Jennifer and I am a English graduate student. Besides teaching English to college freshmen, I have always had passion for literature. Hence, I read and write for a living and as hobbies.

Pleased to meet you!

[Too late]

It's never too late for good things in life. Welcome to the forum.



do you think that is true?
I hope, but i didn't think so.

[Kyriakos]

Hello, i am not a new member, but a returning one after some months. Hope things are still as good as i recall they were :)

[liliputh]

hello, my name is maria, i'm portuguese, 22; writing is never easy for me, i am way better with images than words, but i am a compulsive reader,... i read everything that presents.

[Rhendro]

Hello everyone!
My name is Anzor, I am 22 and I live in Tbilisi, Georgia. I work as a management consultant. I don't have much free time, but whenever I do, books are sure to occupy large part of that time. I found this forum several months ago and it was nice to read all those discussions about various books and authors, so every time I'd finish a book, I'd get on here and see what others think of it. Finally decided its time to join and share my opinions on my favorite books/authors.

[lauditus]

hello every body ! I'm Algerian English student . I don't have neither internet line nor PC but I'm interested in sharing ideas with people who has different views of mine. I'll try to cope with you . bye!

[nastitiseptiani]

Hello...
my name nastiti
I live in Bogor, Indonesia
I love to write stories..... nice to meet you all ^^
:D

[Jimmy G]

I just joined today and although I have written many poems over the years, I have not saved that many. I live in Sarasota Florida and only write poetry when the mood hits me!
I still have a bad habit of writing in iambic pantameter and rhyme. Jimmy G

[LoveMeSomeBooks]

Hello everyone! My name is Elisabeth, I am 23 years old and looking for a place to come and discuss books, thoughts, and ideas! I stumbled upon this site and hope it can become a place for me to make some online intellectual buddies. I live in Orlando, Fl. My favorites kinds of books are emotional dramas, psychological thrillers, philosophical theories, self-help books, compilations of short-stories, comedies (love David Sedaris.) Can't wait to hear back from you guys!

hey we are not too far from each other!- that was meant for jimmy!

[Calidore]

hey we are not too far from each other!- that was meant for jimmy!

Well, that's lucky. Be sure and invite us to the wedding! ;-)

[Kahari6494]

Hey everyone,
I'm brand new to this sight and i'm looking to post some of my work in progress.
How would I go about that :P

[ThePoorestMouth]

Hi, new here. I'm a twenty-three year British undergraduate studying English&Irish Literature at the University of Liverpool, hoping eventually to accede to a life in academia. In my spare time I play competitive (semi-professional) rugby, I played three professional seasons in Portugal before starting my degree. I sporadically write poetry and am currently seeking publication. My particular literary interests are early-to-mid-20thCentury Irish fiction, American Gothic and Absurdist Dystopian. My main poetic influences are Dylan Thomas and Ted Hughes, with a healthy dose of Burroughs thrown in.

[BobbyIce]

Salutations everyone, my name is John Adams (no relation to the founding father...I assume at least). I've been writing all my life and am just now starting to take it as a serious means of existence in this world, in more ways than one. I hope to get feedback and give helpful commentary as well, talking to fellow writers can spur helpful discussion and improvement.

[ftil]

Hello everyone!

I am so delighted to discover this forum. My true passion is art in the whole meaning of this word. I love poetry and good literature. I love reading and I hate writing as I was born to read and talk.:biggrin5: I can express myself the best in paintings. English is my second language and it adds more to my attitude toward writing. Good to be here.

[eroeroero]

Hello everyone,

So I came here to write erotic short stories, why, because i'm an impulsive teenager who likes to write and is also going through a very stereotypical time in his life. Hope I have fun here, even if my work has a small audience.

[lightersooner]

I feel like I've discovered gold by coming across this site. I love to read and usually have several books on order at the library to pick up. However, nothing I've read in awhile has been as enjoyable as the book by Harriet Beecher Stowe "The Pink and White Tyranny".

If anyone in the forum has read this wonderful book, I would very much enjoy getting to discuss it.

Happy Reading!

lightersooner

[huizhong]

Hi, I am currently 14 years old and I love to read I read over 200 books in a school year.

I have only ever read a few classics, hopefully this site will help me read more.

My other interests are High School Varsity swim. Archery. Academic decathlon and stage crew for my school plays!

[TheAloofOne]

Hello everyone, new here, just wanted a place to share some stories. Hope you all enjoy. Some things I post are hot topics, I am not sharing my personal beliefs in any way to persuade any one. And I would hope there would be no arguing, I just sometimes write about what I see in a way I hope people enjoy.

[irinmisfit92]

Whoa this is interesting for the past 5 years there have been thousands of posts and they're still existent until now. :D I'm Irin, and I'm from Indonesia but I got a scholarship to Singapore so I've been here for the past 3.5 years. I really love reading, writing, art, and watching movies. I'm a complete movie junkie and I read a lot of books that people usually don't read. :P Hope to know you guys better ^^v

I'm currently using Wuthering Heights and Richard III for my literature exam tomorrow. Wish me luck, guys!

[daniele]

Hello people,
My name is Daniele, a brazilian girl from Rio.
I study english in college.I'm interested in making new friends and practice my English.
I love cooking for my friends watch series and movies (especially classics),i have read many classics of English literature I've read Austen, Rowling (I'm currently reading), Christie, Shakespeare, Sheldon, Poe, Keats, Paulo Coelho, Anais Nin, Fernando Pessoa, the Bronte sisters and Oscar Wilde,recently I came to also enjoy Tolkien.
Repeatedly read the Twilight series and Harry Potter.(guilty pleasure!)
For now is this, I created a msn to contact you guys,so who wants to can add [email protected]

ps: forgive my grammatical errors, I'm learning, then collaborate with me ...

xoxo

[Bobo Vrba]

Hello everyone
I am Robert from Croatia. Somethimes write short stories. I have two novels published in Croatia. Like different things, read different authors.Favorite authors: Boris Vian, Adam Bodor, Kafka, Ernesto Sabato, Le Clesio and many more :)
Glad to be here.

[walubank]

Her Beauty explains.

You are a queen of beauty, perfect in every way; no man can pass by you without his head turning back. She is spectacular, a beautiful girl, with long, wavy hair. There is absolutely no blemish from the crown of her head to the sole of her feet. There is definitely an extra work done in her body. Her beauty has stolen the heart gentlemen, even when ladies pass by, they commend, how beautiful is her face, and how gorgeous is her look. Her arm and hands are splendidly slender, like the robots of Silicon Valley. Her eyes are so beautiful, commanding men to come, making handsome men to stumble, with extremely beautiful double eye lids. Her body is so flexible like a bamboo, girls are dreaming, this is how I want to be. Her nail polished in brown sugar and the tail end like Swiss cream. She is pretty, what a beauty, her gently smile is fabulous, her laugh is kind of heavenly. I watched her surreptitiously as she walk in styles of an awesome steps; she is an empire of beauty and a sapphire of attraction. I also move closely to gaze, I was kind of scared of gaze abuse but I did get close to survey her true beauty. Her chicks succulent like the best of silk of moth caterpillars. Her face is gorgeous and her sharp nose is awesomely pointed like the slope of Olivet hill of Israel. No one else look like her, pretty lady, no face can be compare to hers. In her bikini, her butt is like the second half of a green calabash on the vine, it is beautiful, like a semi-circle, the other half in the mind of gentlemen, Her teeth are complete, set perfectly right, whiter than snow. Her lips like a gummy bear of the candy shop, her tongue like a gentle river that is not flowing. Never have I seen a beauty like this before in my entire life. Your graceful ear like a golden pendant of Milan, Italy, You are a real beauty, attractive in nature and complete in beauty. Your outstanding shape I desire, your hips I admire, her twin breasts are moderate, perfect in size like big orange of Florida, looking peacefully, laying joyfully on her chest, soft like jelly. There is peace in her breast and harmony on her nipple I imagine, yes pretty sure. Her beauty is making men to die alive, loosing their mind, excuse me, her beauty is truly amazing. Standing out between her head and frame, is her neck like a beautiful ceramic vase of China. She is not too light, neither too dark, she is like a brown sugar of America, pretty lady. The whole world is like a garden and she is the prettiest flower on it. Her solders standing straight and firm like the twin Baobab tree of Madagascar, uniting together in love, beautiful indeed. You look so lovely and beautiful, she can't offend me, I will give her my overflowing pardon, just for gazing at her. When she speaks, her voice is like a sea wave bubble; speak to me one more time. Your eyes are like sun set on the Boulevard of the stars, looking sharp. Men kept on talking about the wonders of her beauty. Her feature declares the perfection of her awesome look. Her face announces what true beauty is all about, looking charm and modest. She is so lovely, and comely, very lovely and beyond comely. Her wavy hair tosses magnificently, silky and curly, shinning like mid day sun. Her legs are beautiful and sexy and straight, too beautiful to describe, too awesome to commend. There are legs but hers legs standout and it’s outstandingly long. She is prim and proper, She appear like a blaze and walk majestically like an angel from heaven, an extreme step I can’t explain, walk it, and walk it like they do in the heavenly. It is as if her beautiful feet never touch the ground. She is beautiful in every understanding and wisdom; she is the analytical example of a beauty. She is like the red rose of summer and standing tall like the tower of England. Among gemstones is the rare and most expensive Alexandrite, but her beauty is costlier than many expensive gemstones combined. When she looks at me I loose my balance. Her hips are extra- ordinarily impeccable, like the woven basket of Sonora Mexico, I desire her hips. Her body perfume, too much to describe but more fragrance and even smells better than perfume of Paris. Her dress is magnificent and colorless like the sea of Jamaica, with lace edges like the rainbow in the sky, my God. If you are the last I saw before going to bed, my dream shall be sweet. I can’t blame her for flaunting; no one knows the secret of her beauty. Only in this world you will find a beauty like this, she has made the world to be outstanding in their understanding of beauty. I commend and compliment, you are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen and she said God is the only beauty maker in heaven and the earth, there is none like Him, and to God be the glory.

By the Author of:
1, The Magnificent Book of 333 Prayers
2, The Magnificent Book of Prayers, Praises, Thanksgiving and Worship.
Enoch O. Akanji

[danica19]

Hi,

My name is Danica. I am 19years old and have just recently re-started my love for all books classic! You can even say I love it better than the sci-fi books that my little sister is so deeply in love with. She's always keen to buy books about vampires, werewolves but I tend to stick to the old classics.

I am currently just starting i'm ashamed to say though. My collection of Penguin classics, despite them not being the original books, are quite interesting at very least. I love each and every one of them and you can always find me at the book shops buying every single one I could find. Long story short, I want to own my own books so I can read them over and over and over again without having to worry about return dates.

Anyways, I was born in Samoa but now currently living in Canberra, Australia. I love reading but have never had the time to actually just pick up a book and just enjoy it but is very grateful for the past few months of serenity in my life. Not only that, I am in love with music. As back on the home islands we grow up surrounded by music, I so too am growing up with music in my blood. If I am not busy with what life has to throw at me, I'm either reading or just jamming on my acoustic with the family and just enjoying the day. I love to write, just about anything that come to my mind if I have a piece of paper or am on the laptop I just write down anything and everything.

And for the finale, I just had come across this site after reading Thomas More's Utopia and trying to find a place to talk about it on Google! I saw this link so thought might as well and as it has turned out, it has become my favorite visited place today (:

So, you'll all see some posts from me in the future.

And that's me,

Danica (:

[Ayahuasca]

Hey guys! I'm quite excited to be joining this forum! I like literature a lot!! I also like movies and listening to music!!!!! Favorite authors: Proust, D.F. Wallace. Favorite directors: Kubrick, Herzog. Favorite musicians: Beatles, Radiohead. I am originally from the Philippines where it is very hot and very dirty but where the laws are lax and indulgences are cheap. I look forward to meeting you all!!!!!

[Lucy Lockett]

Hi folks
Im looking for a fantasy novel I read years ago...but cannot recall the title. It had an alternate fantasy world that the hero (young man) accessed via a seemly empty house with a guardian - a dancer who grew emensely fat and then was reborn but couldnt escape. she had done some something to end up with such a fate. the book had all sorts of elements - 3 witches who taught him his powers - he is some kind of master magician (Sidhe?) and there are quests in this other world- eventually the magical inhabitants start to cross over into our world. I now have lots of odd recollections...he had red hair and discovered he couldnt eat meat once he took on his powers! I apologise for this very scatter brained description. if any one can recall such a book I would be THRILLED!

[jmasseysr]

Saying hi to all the newbies & of course to my fellow site members/writers as well...Stay strong & be encouraged...God Bless...

Jeffery :thumbsup:

[usman.khawar]

Hello everybody! i m 33 years old/ among of my different hobbies, reading is one which brought me here in this community. i m here to learn something and to share something which i have learnt. Best of luck to all.
Regards

[MarcoPolo]

Well hello.

[nadianana94]

i don't know how to work this exactly, but i need help.
i have this assignment which is due nxt and i have had no idea on how to do it.
the question is :
how have the texts studied in this module challenged your ways of thinking abouy " powerplay"?
in your response, make detailed reference to the prescribed text, Anton and Cleopatra, and atleast one other related text of your choice.
:S
please and thankyou

[Larry Anderson]

I am searching for an answer concerning Daniel DeFoe's Robinson Crusoe.

There is an island 400 miles off the coast of Chile that is advertised

as the place where Alejandro Selkirk was stranded. This is said to be

Robinson Crusoe's Island. But, Robinson Crusoe was stranded off the

coast of Venzuela. Why is this never noted? Has no one read Robinson

Crusoe?

[Bessie11]

Hello everybody,
I am Bessie . It's good that we are getting so numerous new forum associates who part with us their treasured aspects. There should be a point to introduce yourself.

[Georgia_Rae]

Hello, I'm a 14 year old from Manchester who usually says I'll do my homework, when, in fact I'm reading George Orwell's 1984 or reading I Capture the Castle. From this website I'm hoping to learn about new, books that I haven't read to death yet and learn other peoples opinions on those I have. I'm a huge indie-rock music lover and English Literature/Language and Art being my strong points.
:hat: oh by the way I love Dr. Suess

[Georgia_Rae]

HI, I'm a fourteen year old girl from Manchester that spends a lot of my time reflecting her dreams and whims. You would most likely find me reading George Orwell's 1984 and I Capture the Castle. I am a huge indie music lover as well as 'budding' artist. From this website I am hoping to find out about books I haven't read to death and hear other thoughts of those books that I have.
:hat: oh and by the way, I love Dr Suess.

[ElskeKooistra]

Welcom, everyone!

I'm sorry I just copy/pasted this, but I'm not quite sure where I should post this. So here goes.

My name's Elske, I'm from Holland, though I'll be moving to the UK in two months. I'm an English student and I love the written art in all sorts and shapes.
I've just finished reading One Day by David Nicholls and I loved it. I tend to think about novels for ages after having read them and so I decided to sign up here so I can discuss my love for novels instead of bottling it up.

I hope I'll have a good time here!

[ChristopherAP]

Hello, my name is Chris, I am an avid reader and lover of critical approaches to literary texts. I have a deep interest in the Victorian Era and an exempla for the contradictory elements of Victorian life from Rapid progress and Nostalgia to political freedom and social constraint. I can't say I have a favorite piece of Literature, but if I had to give a definitive answer it would probably be Hamlet. I also like Virginia Woolf, who is my favorite writer, other stuff in Literature would be World Anglophone, African Diaspora, 20th century drama and Romanticism. I am working on a set of short-stories too. I am glad to be here.

[lavanyas]

Hi every one!
I am new to the forum. I found it by luck and so very excited.

[berchanov]

Hi everyone :) My name is Alex. Thanks a lot authors of this resourse. For me will be very pleased comunicate with all of you and share impressions from the books which we can read on this site.

[phalium]

I am new to the forum. I am an avid reader and am excited to discuss literature with all of you.

Cheers.

[Finder]

Hi, just joined as I discovered these forums by acciendent tonight, look forward to posting and discussing books with you all

[Ferdinand]

hello everybody

[endgame]

hi georgia :)i read 1984 some months ago.. i think it's one of the most nteresting and well-written books of all times :) i really enjoyed reading it :) have fun:)))

[Mariumsheikh]

Hi Friends..I am Marium Sheikh :)

[raytanz]

Hi everyone

I stumbled upon this treasure trove of a website and I must confess to being a trifle overwhelmed at being here.

I look forward to a lot of good reading and some animated discussion.

Ciao
raytanz

[aileenstewart]

Hello everyone. It's been quite a while since I introduced myself, before my book was published; so I thought I would just pop on here again and tell a little bit about myself. My name is Aileen Stewart and I am the children's author of Fern Valley - A Collection of Short Stories (http://amzn.com/1617395277) written for kids 8-12. You can find me almost anywhere, Face Book, Twitter, Goodreads, Shelfari, Google+, and on my website Fun For Kids (http://aileenw4bobbyg.tripod.com). I am currently working on a sequel to Fern Valley and a few other projects. Have questions about writing? Just find me on one of the aforementioned sites and we'll have a chat ;)

[Hopfrog]

Hullo, all. Wilum Hopfrog Pugmire here.
I am here to dwell with others who love Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, poetry and H. P. Lovecraft. I write weird fiction exclusively as W. H. Pugmire. Last year I became obsess'd with the idea of my death and frantically wrote a bunch of new stuff and assembled various collections. As a result I will have had four books published this year -- insane, since the volumes will have to compete with each other in this age of economic woe. Those who criticize my work usually condemn it as antique and Victorian in tone. I contend that I am striving to write in the voice of High Literature, which is Timeless, but I do love the Yellow Nineties fin-de-siecle, to the point where I had my last book design'd so as to resemble a volume publish'd in Wilde's London, with yellow boards and Beardsley on ye front. (We chose the Beardsley illustration as we felt the gent therein resembled me in drag.) I have just conquer'd a tedious three-month block and am nigh feverishly working on ye next two books. When I grow weary from labor I go to my MrWilum channel at YouTube and promote my books. Being a confirm'd Queer Punk Exhibitionist, I find YouTube rather alluring. What was it that Quentin Crisp said: "Exhibitionism is a drug. You get hooked." Amen. I am happy to be here, although I probably will keep activity to a minimum as I need to get my arse in gear and work. The joy of writing, for me, is in the work. It is the great blessing of my existence.
:iamwithstupid:
(I see that I forgot to turn of ye italics after fin-de-siecle--I'm rather inept with this computer hoodoo...)

[shakeyourspeare]

Hi everyone, I am interested in learning about Shakespeare and his poems. Please let me know if you have any discussions about them.

Bye

[reader427]

Hi all,

I'm reader427. I am in high school and have been an avid bookworm for as long as I can possibly remember. Specifically, I enjoy classics (Austen, Hugo, Dickens ect). My favorite books are Sense and Sensibility, Les Miserables, and A Tale of Two Cities.

I am currently reading Shirley by Charlotte Bronte.

I hope to have many conversations.

[sarabdulaziz]

Hi,
I am Sarah Abdulaziz from Saudi Arabia, I study the literature of English language at PNU.


:)

[abeya]

Hi People,

I love literature, and it's hard to explain how or why, but all I know is that literature always proves its relevance to real life, and through it there could be an understanding of what real life, sometimes it's like a sponge sucking away your fears and pain, and sometimes it tells you where to be wary and conscious, in all, its relevance runs deep and thick in our lives, and it is hard to let it go just like that, and it's difficult to ignore its relevance to our lives.

[LizzzyBF]

Hi everyone,

It doesn't look like people are actually reading this thread anymore, but I usually never get around to actually posting in forums, so here goes:

I'm a high school student and sick of it, I'm really looking forward to getting out of high school and going to university. I love literature and art history, because they both use similar sorts of thinking. I'm currently reading 'Nights at the Circus' by Angela Carter, but my favourite authors are George Orwell and Shakespeare. My favourite books are probably 1984, Down and Out in Paris and London, and Hamlet, but there's so much I haven't read yet, like Dickens and more Shakespeare and everything else. I have a constantly changing list of books that I want to read, I know I won't get to most of them but it means that when I need something to read I can go to that list. This year I have been doing a research project for school about George Orwell, which is due in a couple of weeks. I've done more than I need to but honestly it's so much fun, and I want to make the most of it. It's that project that made me decide that I'd like to study literature at university. I definitely want to do a PhD at some stage, and would like to end up a professor at a university in England someday (I'm from New Zealand).

[tommyccbooky]

I am so excited I don't know vair to begin.

I just bought a PanDigital ereader a few months ago and have been reading my eyes blind.

So I wanted to find communities that were interested in this and find out what is going on, so here I am!

I vill be hanging around for sure, be vell all of you and happy reading!

[mina]

Hello everyone.
I randomly decided to join a forum about literature today, and this is the address Google gave me.
I am a student, majoring in Social Sciences, and I have been reading full-ime since elementary school. Growing up, I always had problems finding people my age, as engaged in reading as me, so ever since long ago I gave up on discussing reading.
Then suddenly today, I was struck with an idea that I could do that on the Internet, so here I am.
My favorite writers would be Sidney Sheldon, Jack London, Walter Scott, and many more.

[Jurt]

Hello,
i am Jurt (20). I was born in Germany and still live there. As a matter of fact my first language is German. I've learned English at school which i am still attending. The reasons, why I've registered in this forum, are my profound inclination to literature and my proposition to improve my English, so feel free to correct my howlers. I conceive that it its important to speak as many lanuages as possible. That's why I learn and improve my Englisch, French, Latin and Hebrew.
I am looking forward to a splendid time in this forum.

[LeiffyV]

I suppose this is what I get for doing this at 4 am my time, totally didn't see the sticky post. *headslap* Hi, I'm Leif. I write. I blog. Too embarrassed to go on.

[Ome]

I'm Andy Bloom. 21. Just graduated from the University, faculty - Management (Minor-Marketing). Currently Unemployed.
English is not my first language.

[clarcke]

Good day everyone! I am Clarcke Wayne, an Engineer 25 years old from Canada. I am a sports minded person who loves outdoors and i am into racing especially motorbike for me this is my passion aside from my work.

[evolute99]

Hey folks, I'm a English Major and love reading and talking about literature. I currently exploring the world of academic writing and reading any book that is worth reading. I love to discuss and love to hear others thoughts on Literature. I enjoy Short Stories, Early Medieval Lit, American Literature, Latin, Grammar, Lit Theory, Classics and Great Books. Glad to be here.

[Clickhere]

Hello Peeps, I've only recently joined the forum. I live near Bath in England. Apart from riding my motorbike and walking my dog Harvey I have been busy writing. If you have read the Mayor of Casterbridge or any Thomas Hardy novels you may be interested in it. It's a parody of Micheal Henchard called 'Henchard The Missing Years'. He lies, cheats and robs his way around America inbetween selling his wife and child and their subsequent return to Casterbridge. You'll find it on Amazon. That's kept me busy recently and I have now started writing a legal textbook.

[paulmaherjr]

Hi folks, my name is Paul Maher Jr. and I have a number of literary interests, reading and writing. Primarily I have researched and written on Jack Kerouac. I am also working on some projects related to Henry Thoreau, such as annotating his unpublished Extracts relating to the Indians. I read widely and deeply and am enthused about reading and responding in these forums.

[lochness]

Hi everyone. I'm 62 years old and do not have a formal education. Because of that I am self conscious to be here among college educated people. I wanted to go to college when younger but lacked confidence in my intellect and didn't have the finances. I have read the classics and enjoy classical music. I am getting along in years but read as much as I can, listen to great music, try to learn more every day, and appreciate the "finer" things in life. I especially enjoy philosophy, history, Thoreau, biographies on the founding fathers of America, landscape paintings and the natural beauty of the fall landscape of New England. I have lots of questions about music and literature so please be patient. I have tried to learn as much as I could on my own but there are so many things I have questions about.

Thank You

[Calidore]

Hi everyone. I'm 62 years old and do not have a formal education. Because of that I am self conscious to be here among college educated people. I wanted to go to college when younger but lacked confidence in my intellect and didn't have the finances. I have read the classics and enjoy classical music. I am getting along in years but read as much as I can, listen to great music, try to learn more every day, and appreciate the "finer" things in life. I especially enjoy philosophy, history, Thoreau, biographies on the founding fathers of America, landscape paintings and the natural beauty of the fall landscape of New England. I have lots of questions about music and literature so please be patient. I have tried to learn as much as I could on my own but there are so many things I have questions about.

Thank You


Nothing to be self-conscious about. I have only a high school education, and I doubt I'm the only one. I sometimes see depth in discussions that comes from a college education, and that makes me jealous. I also sometimes see a level of pretension and intellectual weenie-waving also fueled by a college education that I don't mind in the least not having picked up.

[astute]

introduction of me:)
1. i am an human being
2. i am an male
3. i love literature
4. i love to write short stories
5. ya i love to sit and think a lot of things
well thats all i know about myself
wait wait ya i am an indian and also friendly
p.s my friends dearly call me an FREAK :)
thank u

[J Kelley]

Hello. I'm pretty much here to get feedback and share ideas. Glad I found this place, and still trying to figure out how everything words.

jd

[ariadna73]

Hello there! You can call me Ari. I love to read. Read a lot every day and am always looking for new exciting literary adventures.

[Mark656]

Hi everyone. I know i'm new to this site but I actually came across it after researching information about poetry.com . Like numerous others I know how it also feels to be scammed by them and loose my poetry that cant be found. I have actually submitted 70 or 71 poems to them over the last 10 years. :coolgleamA:

[stud3nt]

Hi Everybody!!!

[charlie79]

hello everyone,

new to this site.
i love to read. wanna talk about books.

especially want to find out about books that i wouldn't have heard of before. im sick of the usual hyped up novels that appear each month, and the conventional authors that get front page reviews simply because of their name. Ian McEwan comes to mind.

i love raymond carver, thomas hardy, annie proulx, dickens, richard ford, dennis lehane, john mcgahern, william trevor.

[Victorian142]

Hi everyone,
Im Victoria, plodding on with the completely solitary task of writing a 30,000 word postgraduate dissertation on Urban Gothic literature from 1845-1900. While I am enjoying it, I decided having contact with other literary people live yourselves will probably go a long way to preserve my sanity whilst keeping me on track with the big task Im faced with.
I would mainly love to meet anyone in the same boat as me, or with any fascination concerning Victorian litertature.
Thanks, and nice to meet you all,
Vic x

[arianneny]

I love books, read everything from great literature to cereal boxes. However, the reason for my confusion is that I wanted to ask a question and could not seem to find a way to do that. I live in Florida, but I am a born and bred New Yorker - yes, NY, the city. Manhattan. I am there now and still have a thrill each time I go over the GWB. OK, so I have a great memory and remember plots, characters, etc. However, I am blanking on a story I read a few years ago. Is this the place to ask? Why can I not see where to post this? The story was written by a famous woman (American) author. It is a short story about two orphaned little girls who live with a mean aunt. She has them out on a dreary farm. They have no friends or toys. She gets a puppy and the children are thrilled. But just when the older girl is happy with her new friend, the aunt puts the dog into a school that trains dogs to be ferocious. It is a terribly sad story, but very moving. Any ideas? Can this be posted so that others may answer it? Thanks. Arianne

[Verdaguer]

Greetings from Catalonia, in the South-West of Europe.

I'm a man with interests in writing, reading, languages and translation. I like literature of all genres from all over the world, although I focus on fiction and poetry. I prefer original versions as long as I can understand the language. My native ones are Catalan and Spanish.

I came across this forum while searching for information on a specific book. As it seems an interesting forum, I've decided to join.

[netwarrior007]

Hello everyone, its good to be here.;)


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! :)

[The_Sea_Boy]

To begin at the beginning as Byron says. I managed to scrape one A Level in literature and flirted my way into University, and once there I became quite at home. I have gone slightly mad in a Neil Gaiman sort of way because I spent the best part of four years living in a welsh cottage with nothing but books, a parakeet, and a ferret for company. I love the Nineteenth century as it is surely the richest and most diverse for literature. I am a committed Byronist (currently doing my MA dissertation on Lord B and Wilde) and Romanticist in terms of academic study, but I also love the fin de siècle and French influence towards the end of the century, Huysman’s Au Rebours may just be my favourite novel. I also love poetry, especially Baudelaire, but mainly my tastes are very much rooted in the twentieth century. I have a particular passion for Ted Hughes as his poetry forms its own dark vein of English folk horror. I have just finished his Gaudete which transfixed me. I look forward to meeting fellow bibliophiles. And if you recognise my signature, we really ought to be friends.

[Hira]

Back after a very, very long while. Just graduated and hoping to really get back into reading once again.

So, well, anyway, hello everyone.

[milenanik3]

I want to send my regards to everyone here.I am very glad for for being here.I do adore everything conect with words.I am jurnalist but my primar love is Poetry.

[Mel Carriere]

My name is Mel Carriere, and I am a failed, disgraced poet who is trying to make a go of it in the world of prose. I love to read, and I'm not particular about genre. I like anything that is good. I look forward to conversing with you all.

[literary lew]

This is my first post in what appears to be a very interesting blog. My passions are prose, poetry, religion, and philosophy. I really love Shakespeare, T. S. Eliot, and W.H. Auden and quote from them extensively when I post. My most highly recommend novel of late is "The Museum of Innocense" by Orhan Pamuk.

[puppups]

just asking for help, been told to research ideas for mordern domestic tragedy and im stumped!!! any help?:crash:

[Da_Kitty_Boy]

I am lonely 14 year old who has a passion for writing and would love for people to read my stories. I will get my first post up at sometime.

[Tlaoc]

Hello, I am Tlaoc.

I have just stumbled apon this site and I thought it might be fun to check this community out.

I will end this post with a friendly hello.

[Gangesh]

Nice to be part of those with a consuming passion for words....On the eve of India's 64th Independence Day celebrations, let me cite the words of Gandhiji pearls of wisdom about our major sins.."...politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without renunciation of ego.."

[Tlaoc]

politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without renunciation of ego

At least on the surface, that is quite an apt summary of so many problems around the world today. I do understand that the world and it's issues are very complex, but nonetheless, I like the general sentiment.

[Nellie]

Hello, Everyone,
I am new here. The Tiger's Wife brought me to this web site and I am pleased that Tea Obrecht did!
I am a retired English teacher, so that's it as far as age goes!!
I enjoy a good mystery -- not thrillers,particularly -- but a good mystery warms my heart and alerts my brain. Next, I enjoy historical fiction with one of the best I have read is Killer Angels by Shaara. I am not a great fan of non-fiction; however, I thoroughly enjoyed Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. I am sure there were more, but that one stays with me.
Currently, I am reading The Imperfectionists. I am enjoying it -- strange, but interesting.

[Underfire]

Hi, there! New member here. I'm from GA, but have lived in NYC, DC and Chicago. I currently reside in Seattle. I love to not only travel to different places but obviously live in them as well!

I worship at the feet of Fitzgerald (Zelda and Scott), Paul Auster, Graham Greene, Virginia Woolf and Richard Yates.

Hi everyone :wave:

[silentmum]

Am an avid Sci-fi/fantasy reader and am addicted to movies......dislike sad endings but love plots (as longas they are not complex or wander off into insanity)
Fave authors - hands down Patrick Rothfuss, Michelle Sagara, Patricia Briggs, Robin Hobb to name but a few - will read anything I can get in the:as-sleep: library
:as-sleep:

[Maryd.]

Welcome :)

[MADHUMITA]

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 everyone.....i had logged in here about 1 year back...came here back again to enjoy..

hi frns....enjoy d world of books:wave:

[ECH]

Hi everyone. I'm new here and just wanted to say hello. I'm a mom, writer, illustrator and wife. I love all fiction, but have a special place for children's lit and indie writers.

Like most of you, I've written a book, but refuse to toot my horn here.

My favorite writers are Austen, Poe, Dickens and Charlotte Bronte. :nod:

[honeyzen]

Hi everybody, I'm Honey.

All I want to say is that I'm a fan of creative minds.

I haven't actually developed myself as a good writer but I've been fund of poetry interpretation and story telling competitions at school ^^

[Cayal21592]

Hi,

My name is Ciaran. I'm 19 and an amateur fantasy/sci-fi writer from Brisbane, Australia. I worship J.R.R.Tolkien and Steven Erikson. At the moment I am trying to write the first novel of an epic fantasy series with limited success.

[ogrody]

I'm Ewe, from Poland. I'm a big fan of science fiction and fantasy book. Not much into poetry and no talent for writing but I hope i will find something for myself here because I love reading.

Ewe

[Bazo1970]

Hi everyone,
Have been reading this site for long time, finally upon back to study decided to be a member... isn't life strange? being in a place observing and then deciding to.... ok see u l8r.

Baz

[Veloxarity]

Hey everyone!
I stumbled upon this site via google, and after a little bit of browsing I thought 'Jackpot'.
And well, here I am. Glad to be here.

[mutedresponse]

Hello Everyone, Been a silent follower of these forums since long!now a member, hoping a pleasant stay here!

[spy_machine]

Hi everyone, i've found this place looking for comments about Plexus by Henry Miller and i decided to stay here.

[Peregina]

Hi I am a poet, who is interested in discussing poetic theory. I am looking foward to my time here.

[excavator]

Hmm...hello everyone.
I live in HongKong, am an 18 year old collage bookworm, and dream of being a social and literary critic.=///=
actually, I discover this site only by accident, then I'm in love with it.
I wish I could gain some insight from this place.

[Dare2Write]

Hello all,

New to this site, found through google. I've decided I want to try and become a writer. I have no real idea how yet but I thought I'd give it a go. I have been toying with the idea for many years and have had a few ideas but never put pen to paper. I don't think I've ever had focus until now.

I've created a website to blog my progress, which is not at lot at this moment in time but keep watching and hopefully it will grow. The blog is only a week or so old and mostly has blog entries about the new web development skills I'm having to get to grips with.

To really kick start my new path in life I thought I better start writing, hence my google search bringing me here.

Shameless plug alert: please visit/bookmark my site if you're interested in how I get on - dare2write.com

[Jordan.Weaver]

I'm Jordan. I'm from Alabama. I'm a senior in high school. I love fantasy. The Harry Potter series and the Lord of the Rings series are incredible :). I'm also a musician. I'm self-taught on piano and I marched drums in high school for 3 years. I sing all the time though I'm bad at it haha.

[NiMROD]

Hello. My name's Tony. I've been perusing this site periodically over the past couple weeks and decided to sign up. I like to read all kinds of fiction but recently I've been on a literature kick. I haven't been reading as much as I like though and this place will hopefully inspire me to read more.

[avid]

Hi. Very excited to have found this site. Am currently on a Steinbeck marathon. Greatest American author? Me thinks so.
Looking forward to some spirited discussions.

[Arden Radio]

.....

[Lohena]

Hi everyone, my name is Paul and I thought it should be time for me to officially post my introduction. I live on a small island in Hawaii and find it hard to talk about literature with anybody, so I hope to be more involved with this great forum. I look forward to getting to know you guys and hearing your views on books you've read.

[dadaist]

My name is Karl. I live...I breathe...I read...I see...I write............I love..........

nothing else matters

[Sirin]

Hi all!
My name is Nick, I'm bookworm from Russia, student of the Philological Faculty.
I came to discuss books and to find like-minded persons from other countries )

[Francis426]

Hello everybody i just register as new member of this Literary Network,hope we call have fruitful interactions.

Hello to everyone
Let's all smile
And have fun
And have our time
All worthwhile.

francis:wave:

[henriquefb]

Hello, everyone!
My name's Henrique. I come from Brazil and I just love literature, especially classic literature and brazilian literature.
I'm looking forward to learn a lot here and also contribute with something if I can :nod:.
I'm currently halfway through the Iliad in a wonderful translation to Portuguese by Haroldo de Campos.
See you guys!

[K.S.A.]

No, I'm not trying to be funny. Weirdly enough, that's how I greet most of my friends (the ones who know I'm not as crazy as I seem). Well anyway, let's get on with the introductions shall we...

When we were in college, we had to take an aptitude test to determine exactly what field we would do best in &, ironically enough, I got advertising...& law, but that's irrelevant. Ironic because I think those in the field have to sell their souls to do well & I'm just not the type that can lie with a straight face or sell my own Grandmother to get ahead. So, I settled for trying to improve the quality of the online content we are bombarded with everyday. And (not blowing my own trumpet here on anything) I'm pretty good at what I do although, of late, I've become more & more disinterested in the repetitive rubbish I have to keep editing.

I have a Post Grad in Media & have been working for the past 2 years...so, not a lot of time. I've always been a bit obsessive about books but haven't been able to read anything of note in the last couple of years. I suppose that when you get so bogged down with work that you want to scream at the top of your lungs, you tend to read flakier literature rather than anything too complex. I feel all this flakiness has been slowly bringing down my IQ, which of course does not make me a happy camper. So, I'm doing an M.A. in Literature & working at the same time. Not easy, considering work hours & travel time but I hope I can make it work. I want to be an Editor at a publishing firm before I have one foot in the grave. And I was hoping to ask all you lovely people here to help get me there because I don't know a thing about literature really. Just stumbling along in the dark, hoping for some guidance. Oh, and I'm a quick learner **winks & grins**

Cheerio,
Susan.

[mgemah]

New to this forum,

I was searching for free online literature material when I stumbled upon this place which, after spending a whole four hours perusing through, I think is the most awesome site in that field other than Gutenberg.org whose layout is pretty embryonic compared to this one in terms of ease in navigation. I am male, 18 years of age from Kenya, Africa. I chose 'mgemah' (spelled correctly without the 'h') as a user name which means <i> 'one who taps Palm wine' </i> in Kiswahili because that is exactly what I intend to do in this place (the wine here being knowledge, of course). I anticipate to learn a lot from my future interactions (with you) in this forum and also that maybe others will get to learn a thing or two from me too. The other reason why I decided to join is that lately, precisely for the past five months, I have developed a serious liking for literature and writing and I think it would do me some good if I could have some constructive criticisms of my "pieces", which I intend commence posting soon, by people who share the same passion as me.


I look foward to enjoying my stay here.

Thank-you.

[cultofpunkality]

whats up f**kers?

[tennis303]

Is there anyone who can relate to the fact that a writer's work is not getting any or enough exposure to publishers?

[Park Twain]

Hello!!! I have always loved Mark Twain (although I have not read any of his books to completion:). Besides the fact that I think he is a FOX, I felt a kindred-spirit in him and felt better about myself when I realized he was able to thrive while having a brain like mine. Twain said, "When you appeal to my head, I don't feel it; but when you appeal to my heart, I do feel it."

While I had not yet been diagnosed with ADD, I read a little out of one of his books where he was describing a scene in life: "......." & this is what lead me to this site!!!!!!!!

I need to know what book I got that "....." out of!!! It goes something like this: (I'm paraphrasing:) "re. a perfectly timed schedule of morning ritual where the slightest mishap could throw off his whole day...." ie. two minutes to shave, etc.

[ellenc]

I am ellenc and a newcomer - I am very much older than most of the other members, but I intend to be just as enthusuiastic! CANT SPELL!
WOULD like to express my thanks to the person who put that wonderful piece from
Ian Watt on the connection between Conrad"s Heart of Darkness and Tacitus - will take
me ages to digest but I appreciate it so much . Thank you

[princessyara]

Hello everyone!

I am yara the princess from Egypt :) . I am a postgraduate student, specialist in English Literature . I feel so happy to be with you all here.

[Amma Konadu]

HI!! My name is Hannah, and i also chanced upon this site a few days ago when i was trying to do a little research on Homer's Odyssey (I'm studying the poem this semester). I love literature so much and i'm glad i found this site. I hope i enjoy it here.

[Jogan]

Hello friends. . This is Jogan. . And i am a student of English literature . .actually i have compleTed my post graduation a few months ago But i wont mind calling myself a Student. .as we all know Literature is a vast field and so whatever we are we will always be the students of literature. .

[jwaits735]

So I spent some time scouring the world wide web for a decent online book forum and I found you guy's!!!

Ever since I was about 13 years old I was exposed to the Sci-Fi world and got sucked into it completely. The first book I can remember reading and being moved in some way or another was Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

I look forward to learning and contributing to the forum!

~Jeff

"Imagination is more important than knowledge"

Einstein

[grok]

hello everyone :)

[Mr_Donnelly]

Greetings everyone, Mr Peter Donnelly here. I've just joined and I'm looking forward to participating in many literary discussions.

[longjackasses]

Hi everyone i'm new here.

My username is just fake so my name is paon which pronounced as "par-own".

English isn't my first language so i'm learning to become a better English user.
I only wrote stories that involves fighting and those superpowers and stuffs like that. I do have an ambition to become a writer but i know my writing isn't good enough so i want to share my art. I want to learn from mistakes.

This is my wish to everyone, i hope if there's anybody read my stories, tell me if there's anything wrong or grammatical mistakes. :biggrin5: :coolgleamA:

[chrisd]

hi all and sundry.
My name is Chris and i live in Hampshire England ,i,ve been retired from engineering for 4 yrs now ,and thought i would try to find something to do ,i play scrabble alot worldwide and have an interest in woodwork.all the children are grown up and married WHOOPIE ,so i seem to have lots of tome on my hands ,anyway hello to you all and thank you for letting me join your forum, chris:banana::banana::banana::banana:

[Dpettypoetess]

Hello everyone,

I stumbled upon this forum when i was looking for an analysis of he poem "Anecdotes for fathers" by William Wordsworth. And I am really glad I did. :)

I can very much relate to "Virgil's" Intro. I just finished my engineering and I am going to start working in an IT company Tata Consultancy Sevices as software engineer next month onwards. But my true love has always been and will always be literature. I read a lot, classics as well as contemporary, prose as well as poetry.
I was also torn between doing what my parents expected of me and what i really truly wanted. In the end I decided that my dad's logic of having a professional degree made sense and so I chose engineering and here I am. I painfully pulled myself through the final year and I have been wondering if it was the right choice. Anyway I intend to do something about my passion for literature. And Virgil, You inspired me.
So like I said I love reading. My last classic was Shakespeare's "Taming of the shrew" which was very difficult to get in print so I had to get an e-book. That brings me to "I hate ebooks!". I think there is nothing better than the feel of a really good hard cover book. :D My last book as such was "Chanakya's Chant" by an Indian author Ashwin Sanghi.
Currently I am reading "Lyrical Ballads and other poems" a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Both of them are my favourite poets. I am still a beginner and sometimes I have problems Inferring the hidden meanings of Poems and thats why I am really glad I found this forum.
I am also a self-taught poet thus the pseudonym, Dpettypoetess.:)
I hope I will be able to understand better the world of literature in which I wish to find a place for myself someday and also be able to contribute as per my capability.

[Elizabethke]

happy everyday.

[Mithrandir]

Aiya everyone. I'm just a regular student who loves to read. Fantasy and Science fiction are my realms of interest, but I'm open to other genres as well. I'm also very interested in the Quenya language. I hope to get to know people here and become part of the community!

[KingOracle]

Hello everyone,
I stumbled upon this forum while looking for something about 'The Kite Runner' by Khaled Hosseini. I'm not really a very bright student but I love to read books and play chess. I am a loner so books are my best friends. I'm currently reading 'The Life Of Pi' by Yann Martel. I don't know what I'm going to study after finishing High School. I am just "Floating straight obedient to the stream" aimlessly. I hope I'll make friends here and become a part of the community. I am 18 so I wish to meet other teens here.

[Stewed]

This site was near the top of the page when I googled "literature forums." Most people in my regular walk of life don't read much, or don't see it as more than casual entertainment. I started to wonder if I wasn't stunting myself, somehow, by not living in a place where it really mattered. It seems unlikely that I'll find an atmosphere like the one I want in my regular life. I've got an English BA; I'm unemployed; I make myself read history but I don't like to. Lately I've gotten really into Iris Murdoch.

[Brett Cottrell]

A little about me:

I think Moby Dick is hilarious and laugh out loud everytime I read it. My wife laughs at me for laughing out loud at Moby Dick.

Dostoevsky and Tolstoy are great, but so is Bulgakov. Mark Twain very well may be god. Margaret Atwood is a lion of American literature. Jane Smiley weaves beautiful stories. Kurt Vonnegut has the human raced pegged. Julian Barnes's prose is fantastic. Herta Müller's novels are absolute poetry on page. Jasper Fforde's imagination and wit are off the charts. China Mieville's incredible. Catch 22 is worth two or three readings. Lewis Carroll was a madman, but a brilliant one. I cannot read Kafka's Trial before bed. The Martian Chronicles is better than Fahrenheit 451. Tom Robbins makes me think by making me laugh.

I like to write about my black lab/mutt Tico and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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I'm an attorney by training and by necessity, but an author by habit. My novel The Valley of Fire is a dark, humorous look at our inability to understand ourselves.

Cheers,
Brett Cottrell

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[paulone]

My name is Paul and I've been reading and writing literature for as lon as I can remember.
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I hope you enjoy. And please feel free to comment.

[paulone]

I didn't know a url wasn't allowed. Heres my first chapter

Share my writing

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I want to share my writing with as many people as possible. Therefore I will publish my latest work as its written. Here is the first instalment. All comments, positive or negative, will be gratefully received.


The Birkeesh dilemma; dreams revisited.

A story that must be told.

Chapter 1

She stopped, swayed, listening for some obscure justification. Was this real, or a dream mocking her complacency. She didn't know, or even care! Only one thought entered her mind, the thought that she had avoided for too long. She feared that step, that ignomous step, not because it might be her last, but because it could end her journey. "Damn , damn damn!, her senses railed, fearing the vortex of despondency. Could one have ever imagined it would be so, she pondered, returning briefly to her time with the others. "What would they do"? "What would they say"? "Did they ever really care?". The vortex grew.



Rain lashed, gusts pillaging earth's autumn bounty. Cold, cold, cold, and heavy, like a pregnant swift. A capricious love indeed. Her mind wandered ,drifting to time within time, then time without time, then back. It was nice. If only Beckett had loved her as she had loved him. Did it have to be so? Perhaps. But it didn't really matter anymore. She had made her bed. Now she would sleep!

[amanns]

hello there... i'm as fresh as a dried fish here..haha..i've just registered really...nice to be here...i'm a filipino working in korea as a missionary-teacher...i'm a graduate of BSE-english but i haven't taken the board exam yet..they say it's hard..and since i graduated 4 years ago,i need to refresh my mind with the english things...hope this site could help me...

[IntuitiveReader]

I savor the Shakespearean soliloquies of life with wonderment and awe. I have a passion for the subtle and often overlooked spiritual realm. I find inspiration in reflecting, journaling, listening to audio books and reading the written word.

Some of my favorite writers are Charlotte Bronte, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jane Austen and Victor Hugo. Their narratives have helped me see the sub-currents of human interactions as well as self study. You can say they have also been my mentors in helping me to question convention, the media and consumerism.

I hope to discover one or two kindred spirits here.

[Habibi04]

Hi guys.

Though I studied an English and Media studies joint degree 8 years ago, I never read again until the last 6 months. I'm an EFL teacher in Madrid, I DJ in my spare time and I decided recently that if I could love cinema and music, why not lit too? So I've been tearing through as much classics as I can (fortunately I shipped a load of my books from Uni over here as well as my records!).

So far I've read:

Emma (Jane Austen)
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
A Tale Of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
Ulysses (James Joyce)

and I'm now on Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)

I'm far from the most widely read dude but the plan is to change this and maybe teach lit back in the UK once I've read enough (I've got a long way to go I think). Really enjoying all this so far, especially as I can read them for fun without a course pressuring me to study and analyse them intensively.

I've checked out the brilliant discussions going on on the said titles and I think this forum's the place to be.

Much love!

[mysrose]

Hello, my name is mysrose. It 's meaning is a mysterious rose. I come from far east. And I' m a descendant of the dragon.

Very glad to come to this literature forums. Hope to be your sincere friend. Thanks, everyone.

[onamishon]

Eye Am Ona Mishon. Reading is one of my love to do's. I came here wanting to search for a book I read some time ago. can't remember the title or author. It is about a man with two sons. He sets up a boxing match and the winner would be trained in the phamaceutical business and the other would go away. Along the way a woman Maggie (Margret Rhodes ) enters the picture. She is trained and educated in the business by Henry's father. Later on they , Henry and Maggie become atrracted to each other but he marries a more suitable woman whose family owns another phamaceutical company and they marry and merge the two. She becomes his mistress. The wife's mother's name is Evelyn I believe. The brother that lost the fight wants to detstroy the brother that won. He finds a woman who looks like Maggie and goes to work perverting his life and those of the daughter (his niece) Henry has now had by the homely wife he was forced to marry through the arrangement of Henry's father and the woman's mother Evelyn. Maggie Rhodes becomes a big time land developer in what is now Orange County and ends of dying when fire sweeps the hills in Orange County , Ca. I'd love to read this again! It was so romantic and I'm running out of romance and this book could keep me in the game. LOL! Help! Ona

[y3721]

Hello everyone! I'm glad to join this forum.

[Ties That Bind]

Hello everyone - I stumbled upon this site looking for resources for writing a mute character and decided to join! I am a 26 year old fantasy writer from Australia working on a series called Ties that Bind; The Chronicles of Ravenica Teyrune! This has been in the works for almost 10 years now and I write a little more of one volume or another every day; writing keeps me sane!

Happy to be here :)

[Lanteri]

Hi, I'm Martyna (this name can be a bit weird for u guys, but it's typical Polish name ;)) I'm 16 and really keen on reading books. I often fall in love with fictional characters, like Syrius Black, Rett Butler (last one ♥), Hareton Earnshaw, etc etc. Moreover, I love listening to music (my love- Arctic Monkeys- isn't Alex Turner genius? ;P)
Enjoy.

[literary-device]

Hello everyone! I have only recently fell in love with literature. Unfortunately in was because I lost a loved one. She loved literature, and only after, I can see why.

[medsal]

Hi everyone, I'm so pleased to be a member of this forum...Hope to share my thoughts with you all....

[tingger]

hi everybody,i am tingger,from china.my english is very poor,but i leraning it.i think that i will do it better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sympathygrl]

hello everyone. :) i'm really excited about this webpage. I am not being able to understand it well but as its all about literature, I think there's something nice here.
actually I was searching for best college of the world to study english literature :) I am in high school now. I think English literature would be the best subject for me in the college. Can anyone help me with choosing the best college?

[Meg Tapp]

Hi there, one and all :) My name is Meg, I am a student of English with Creative Writing and Theology, and poetry is my passion! I love to write, but I also love to read.

Aaaaand that's me in a nutshell? x