Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

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.

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. :)

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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~

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.

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!

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!

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

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

"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

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.

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.

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...

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

Hi just testing

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

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.

Hello!

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,

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

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

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Welcome to the Forum, Turan :)

You can find information about how to post images here.

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

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 :)

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

Hi , good evening every body

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

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

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.

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 !

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!

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."

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.

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