The Lit Net Monthly News

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[FONT="Book Antiqua"][I]February 2009[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/I]Welcome to the Valentine edition of The Literature Networks online newspaper. Every month, we will keep you updated with information regarding threads, contests, Book Club and lots more! This month we have a special Anonymus Valentine section. Scroll down, check it out, and if your name is on the list, expect a PM or two on February 14th!
Happy Reading.

[I][CENTER][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Forum Book Club[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/I]This month, for the February Young Adult Reading, the Book Club will be reading Kim by Rudyard Kipling [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41475[/url]
Our Special Valentines Read is Persuasion by Jane Austen. [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41043&page=2[/url]
Also, don’t forget to vote in the March War Novel [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40687[/url]
You can now also nominate for the April Novel of Manners Novel read [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41485[/url]

The Forum Book Club is always happy to have new participants. If you are interested, you can find it in the Reading section of the Forum Index page.

[I][CENTER][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Official Forum Contest[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/I]

The February elimination round of the Short Story Competition 2009 is upon us!
There are five short stories entered for the first elimination round so please read them all and vote for your favourite. The winner of this round will be apart of the final vote at the end of the year.
Please read and vote for your favourite entry
[URL="http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?p=669904#post669904"]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?p=669904#post669904[/URL]

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[I][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][CENTER]Unofficial Poetry Contests[/CENTER][/FONT][/SIZE][/I]

The Personal Poetry forum is one of Litnets’ most active forums and comes complete with a sub-forum dedicated to poetry games and contests. We have two very popular poetry contests located in the sub-forum; The Picture [URL="http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23675&page=42"]Poetry Contest (continued…) [/URL] and [URL="http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23444&page=34"]The Form Poetry Contest [/URL]for anyone who would like to join in.
Also one of our resident poets Pendragon has set up a new contest [URL="http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38056&page=4"]The Subject Poetry Contest[/URL]. Why not pop in and give it a go. You might just win!
The current winners are;
Form: No winner yet
Picture: Alakungfu
Subject: Pendragon
Congratulations to you all!

[I][CENTER][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Featured Personal Poetry[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/I]
This month we have selected two poems from The Personal Poetry Forum, posted during the month of January, to feature in the Litnet Monthly News! I hope you like them too!
Rambling in the Dark by Silas Thorne

Tongues of sharp-winged sadness take me.
Unkempt, unsandalled and unclean,
I wander whirlpools in the waiting dark,
following false beacons
that bold and bitter moonlight
burn before me.

Archives By Firefangled

Even before I knew of sacred places,
they sheltered me:

blue indigo elongated along my horizontal height,
shifting leaves whispering;

a cathedral silence where I ventured into the world,
streets and stresses, vying

for senseless attention. Here also the trees, surrounding pages,
with their bark of quiet meaning.

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[I][CENTER][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Featured Members Profile[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/I]

Each month we will be sifting through Litnets member profile pages and selecting one as our Featured Profile of the Month. So get personalizing, decorating and designing your profile.
This months Profile of the Month is Riesa’s for her very interesting profile.
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[I][CENTER][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Blog of the Month[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/I]

Each month we will be selecting a blog and awarding it the title of Blog of the Month right here in Lit Net Monthly News.
This Months blog or the Month is Sprinks blog. For her age, Sprinks displays wisdom and maturity in her blog. Congratulations. [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/blog.php?u=46532[/url]

[I][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][CENTER]Featured Threads of the Month[/CENTER][/FONT][/SIZE][/I]

Every month we will feature different threads and games. This months Thread of the Month and Game of the Month are:
Thread of the Month is Word, word what is in a word- Reading the Qur’an, a thread set up to discuss and understand the Qur’an and the Muslim Culture. Knowledge and understanding creates harmony. [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41488&page=2[/url]
Game of the Month is Leave an anonymous Message for a Lit-Netter thread! [url]http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40991&page=22[/url]

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[I][CENTER][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Lit Net Book Reviews[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/I]

This month’s book review was randomly selected from the Write a book Review sub-forum in general Literature.

The girl with the dragon Tatoo - Stieg Larsson

This book is the first volume of the currently European bestselling trilogy and is classified under the thriller genre.

Mickael Blomkvist, a financial reporter recently convicted of libel against a powerful business man is hired by the former chair of a swedish industrial titan. His mission is to give a fresh insight into the disappearance of his 13 year old niece, who went missing a decade ago during a family reunion.
He will receive the help of Lisbeth Salander, an unsociable hacker with a peculiar sense of authority and rules.

After only a few pages, I was sucked into the plot and I can easily understand that some people read it in one afternoon. The book is a real page turner and Stieg Larsson managed to create a dark and gloomy atmosphere on a small Swedish island.

On the other hand I have to say that I found the rythm to be quite irregular and it sometimes slows down so much that it made me put the book down more than once.
I also found it rather predictable and particularly disliked the exaustive description of IT tools and programmes which I found quite unnecessary. I wouldn't be surprised to read that the book was sponsored by IT companies.

Apart from these few negative points, I would recommend this book if you're looking for something to read while on holiday or for a long journey... To be avoided if you have to wake up early the next day as it is sometimes hard to put it down....

By Lugdunum

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[I][CENTER][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]February Birthdays[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/I]

Here are this months Litnet birthdays! Also, don’t forget that many of these members will be sent an interview, so look out for the [URL="http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36273&page=4"]Getting to Know You thread[/URL].

Happy Birthday!
Optimisticnad, Petrarchs Love, Downing, blacksheep, Whifflingpin, PrinceMyshkin, UltimaHybrid, tulysg1982, Janine, Kaltrina, Hira

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[I][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][CENTER]Letters to the Editor[/CENTER][/FONT][/SIZE][/I]
There are no letters to the editor this month.

[I][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][CENTER] Anonymous Valentines[/CENTER][/FONT][/SIZE][/I]
On the 14th of February, the following forum members will be receiving Anonymous Valentines from secret admirers and friends!
Firstly, I would like to wish all of The Literature Network a very Happy Valentines. May it be a special day for all of you!
Here is the list of Anonymous Valentines in order of receipt!
Hoope, Lost Princess, Maraki16, The Insomniac, Logos, Andave ya, Lily Adams, Sprinks, Kiz_paws, Amalia1985, Shurtugal, Niamh, Dramasnot6, mtpspur, Virgil, nightshade, Scheherazade, KiltedExile, Mono, Idril, Riesa, Bulletproofdork, Stanislaw, admin, claesgefvenberg, Taliesin, Eyemaker, Criasor, Pendragon, AimusSage, ampoule, B-Mental, BeccaT, blp, CaptianPike, dibyendra, firefangled, il Penseroso, Janine, jon1jt, Madhuri, Mazhur, mkhockenberry, motherhubbart, mrsmtpspur, nikolai, optimisticnad, papayahed, princemyshkin, pussnboots, gimissung, shalot, sleepywitch, sweets America, thefifthelement, liberarius qui, infinitefox.

[I][SIZE="4"][FONT="Book Antiqua"][CENTER]Special Thanks[/CENTER][/FONT][/SIZE][/I]

I would like to thank everyone who helped contribute to this edition, whether they were aware they were contributing or not!
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Yours truly
The Litnetter