Bit of a late introduction...
...but I only discovered this board, just now. Well, I'm Iain, I'm from The Netherlands, and I only recently started reading again. I stopped reading for a long while in my high school period (which is about to end), because I was in that little phase where I don't do things just because people want me to do them (I'm refering to the countless book reports you have to do in high school).
Last autumn I slowly picked up reading again (for the first time I really only focussed on 'adult literature', or however you want to call it -come to think of it, it has kind of a dirty tone to it, oh well), and since the beginning of this year, I'm hooked on all kinds of books. For the first time, I also got into English/American literature, and currently occupy myself with reading the works of the great Charles Dickens. Other English/American authors I like are Hemingway and Poe.
As for Dutch, I'm into the older literature, as well. Multatuli, in my opinion the best writer my little country has yet produced, Bordewijk, and Nescio are some of my favourites, and I can highly recommend them to anyone who can find their translated works.
I also have a limited knowledge of the German and French languages, and I do my best to read some of the literature available in those languages, as well. I must say, however, that I not uncommonly use translations. This way, I've been able to enjoy the works of Balzac, Goethe, and Baudelaire, to name a few.
Well, that's it, for now. I apologize if this little introduction lacks structure, but typing isn't very pleasant at times, due to the fact that I recently broke my finger. :p
