Thank you for your welcome,Editor Pensive :D because of the limitation of my meterial condition, I can't get on line evey day, but I will try my best to come here frequently and post more on it in the future. ;)
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Thank you for your welcome,Editor Pensive :D because of the limitation of my meterial condition, I can't get on line evey day, but I will try my best to come here frequently and post more on it in the future. ;)
Hehe, you have reminded me that crier should be active from now on. I will look forward to your posting! Have a nice time posting here!
Hi! I've never been a member of a forum before, but was browsing through and couldn't resist!
Lets see, i'm from Australia and I'm 22.
at 18-19 i travelled around Australia, then got back and started saving to head around the world (albeit with a few delays). I'm SO excited right now because i'm finally flying out for China in less than a month!!!!!
From there i head through Mongolia, Russia and Estonia then onto the UK where i'll work to replenish my funds then who knows where. France, Italy, The Czech Republic and Iceland are my priorities, but i'm not making any plans that far ahead yet.
I plan to go to university eventually and study psycology and sociology, but literature is my main interest.
So whats everybody reading at the moment? I'm nearly finished 'Among The Russians' by Colin Thubron. I found it both informative and incredibly engaging. His latest novel is 'In Siberia', which is also great, but i preferred the former.
I'm thinking of doing the typical thing and taking 'War and Peace' on my travels with me, but i figured it was logical considering i rip through novels so fast, and i adored 'Anna Karenin" (And as you can probably tell i'm in a Russian mood at the moment).
Anyways, thats enough blabbing for now. It's so great to meet you guys and hope to get some awesome correspondance happening!
Lots of love, xoxoxo
Woohoo! Props to Eragon!!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by My Word Is Law
Hi everyone! Glad to see you Apple Jiang! :wave: Hope you enjoy yourself Miss Smilla! :wave: Hi to you too Shannanigan, because I haven't seen you around yet! :wave:
hiya, I'm josie, i'm 18 from texas, i found this site when researching olldd english poets for class, i got distracted for about two hours, then finished my paper, but had to come back! i love to read, and sometimes write poetry, i'm currently reading Blood of the Fold, a 622 page book, one of the sord of truth series by terry goodkind, awesome series. ne ways, i'm just rambling now, must get sleep.... lol
Hi, Its Arif Here, I Love Poetry im Just 16
Hi Miss Smilla, Josielynn, Un-X-Plainable! Welcome to the forum!
Arif, you can discuss poetry in "Poems and Poetry" and "Personal Poetry" section.
Hi! Josie, :wave: hope you have fun discussing books! Hi Un X Plainable! :wave: Have fun with poetry!
This site is very wonderful. It is very nice to see all of you interesting people, And even better to see so many people in love with Literature.
first off, my name isn't Asa Adams, just a Pseudonym, lol names Jamie
I have studied literature for about 9 years now, starting in grade 9, and throughout Highschool. I loved Lit so much that in grade nine i created my highschools first non-educator run book club called the "Pillars of Literature."
We studied the fundamental stepping stones to great Literature. Such things like Homer's Odyessy and Virgil's Aeneid, some of the first known Novels/epics. slowly we moved up the scope to conrads "Heart of Darkness" and Orwells "Animal Farm", and "1984."
After Highschool I enrolled into Trent University. I joint majored with a major in English Lit, and a minor in philosophy. I earned my BA in English Studies, and i achieved my B.ED in Highschool english and philosophy. I am yet to teach, however my love in life is writing. Teaching aside, i love to gather with friends and discuss philosophy, religion, life, and all that jazz.
Two of my good friends opened a bed and breakfast together, and i was hired on as their Gardener. there i lived for a few years Gardening perennials and vegetables, and above all wrote and published a few poems and one short story.
Once again, i am glad to be apart of this great site. looking forward to chating up with you fine people!
Cheers.
Hi Asa Adams, Welcome to the forum.
You can always show us your poetry in "Personal Poetry" section. Have a nice time here!
Hi, I'm Valerie. I'm glad I found this board and am looking forward to meeting here to discuss literature. Guess my name gives a clue that I like Victor Hugo, but he's not the only one. ;)
:wave: hello
Hi valval, welcome to the forum.
Hi! i'm new here! check out my profile! :banana: tis great to be here! send me a message if you want! I'd love to chat! show some love!
-Kris
hi everyone!
I m new.
I m worried about my assignment on Tennyson. Is there any one to give me an eassy on "Tennyson as a representative of the victorian age"?
If I m making an impossible demand plz dnt mind. I realy need it.
Welcome newbies!
green bard, Actually the thing is that I know nothing about Tennsyson so I am sorry, I can't help you with it. I hope that someone will be able to help you with it. Anyway, enjoy your stay at the forum.
Hi there everyone,
I've just joined the forum so I'm popping in here to say hello. I've looked around and it looks like there are heaps of great discussions happening, so I look forward to joining some of them.
By way of introduction, I am a book and reading lover (who never seems to get through her pile of 'to be read' books!) with a wide range of literary interests. No particular favourite genres.
Cheers! :D
Hi Dilettantia, welcome to the forum! (Difficult but lovely screen name)
oh wow. i haven't introduced myself yet.
a few of you have already met me
but most of you have not:
i'm Kert (affectionately known as dertie kertie and dirt mckert)
i'm a regular at the sublimespot (www.sublimespot.com)
where my name is the same as it is here.
any questions, feel free to ask.
Hi Dirt-McKert, Enjoy your stay here and don't feel shy to take part in discussions.
Thanks Pensive, that's very sweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pensive
Normally I would probably just use the name Dilettante, but it apparently was already taken in this forum, so I improvised! (But I think I like it too)
:nod:
Hi!!! I'm kinda new here. I think I already posted something on here, but I can't remember. Here is a bit about me...
I am a hot headed Italian/Irish chick. My mom is my best friend, but I have other friends, of course! I am 16 and my favorite band ever is Apocalyptica. They merged classical music with metal. My other favorite bands are the Beatles, Nirvana and R.E.M.. I used to write a lot of poetry. Not so much anymore, though. Right now I am working on a story, but I haven't came up with a name yet. I would like to give a summary, but am too lazy! :p If you wanna know about it or read it, PM me. It's about vampires...not cuz I am obsessed with vampires like some people but cuz they make good characters for stories because they are so flexible. My favorite color is pink and I'm a pisces. Check out my myspace <---- click on that! Well...that's all I can think of! Oh, look at my profile too! It's cool!
-Kris
oh don't worryQuote:
Originally Posted by Pensive
i'm not shy when it comes to message boards.
Hallo every one,
I am new and hopefully more than temporaily here... I have just seen this page today, so none of you people know me (yet, I think??)..
I must admit that I would have love spending hours at this forum during my teens... It was during the time were I lived life only for reading books, but also a time where didn't have anyone to share all the beautiful experiences with... Today my world looks a bit diffrent - literature is now something I enjoy whenever I can...
but a bit about myself..
I am a 21 years old girl from Denmark... I got my passion for books through my wonderful grandmother (the old lady educated herself by reading great poets... her house is fill with books, and whenever she buys new books she hides them somewhere secret.. she does that because my rational Grandfather believes that she spend too much money on books...
She get her satisfaction in the end, when she can answers my grandfather questions with a "no I had that one for ages")
Presently I am a student, at what you might compare to college... but the danish school system is quite unique.. so can't really explain it in an easy way..
Besides that I have spend some years play artist.. attending artschools both in Denmark and abroad...
I think I want to spend my future on studying 'religion humanities' as a way to work with immigration..
My master plan is to help open up for a lot of cultural differencies within the local society (you lot have probably heard of "the danish cartoons" and know that it is needed in world of globalsation)
am looking forward to getting to know you... but more importantly your ideas and point of views
love..
Hi, i'm new and I think I'm the youngest memeber. SO what are you guys reading? I just got finished with a book, I started it Yesterday, "The Edge Chronicles:The third book" So yeah, I found this site on Google, and it ROCKS! How do you edit your avatar, or picture?
Uh, anyone there? Oh..I have a bad habbit of double-posting if this is one-I'm sorry.
Dilettantia, oh yeah it is good.
just a girl, Welcome to the forum. "Beatles" is one of my favourite bands too. You can post your story in General Writing so everyone will be able to read it.
littleLindkvist, Hi and welcome to the forum. Your granny seems like a very interesting person. I hope that you will enjoy your stay here.
xbookxloverx, welcome to the forum! Keep on posting! Try to avoid double-posting because it take space but it is alright... *grins*
I just joined and dropped by to say hello.
Hello.
My interests are:
English literature, French literature, Russian literarure, Japanese literature, etc.
My favourite authors are:
William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Emily Brontë, R. L. Stevenson, George Gissing, Bram Stoker, Kazuo Ishiguro, Stendhal, Honoré de Balzac, Gustave Flaubert, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Vladimir Nabokov, Stephen King, Raymond Chandler, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton, Yukio Mishima, Osamu Dazai, Junichiro Tanizaki and more.
Hi Netherbard, welcome to the forum! I also like Emily Bronte. I hope that you are going to enjoy your stay here.
ur favourite authors: eclectic mix al right! But im one of those people with a firm belief that u cant possibly have a favourite author/s: thers so much u havent read! but welcome anyway.
Green Bard-Welcome ! I hope you "stumble" into some interesting discussions! :wave:
Dilettantia-Welcome! I hope you will become an active member, whose company everyone enjoys! :wave:
Dirt McKert-Welcome! :wave:
Just a Girl- Welcome! I hope you will enjoy the forum! :wave:
LittleLindkvist- Welcome, I hope you are here to stay! :wave:Are Danish schools anything like Norwegian schools, if so, what level are you? You may enjoy this thread
xbookxloverx- :wave: Welcome and you probably are the youngest, but not by much. Pensy and Waxy and myself aren't too much older. :D Sometimes it does take a few days for replies to appear, most members do not devote 24 hours a day to the forum.
Netherbard- Welcome! :wave: I hope you find company to suite your tastes!
Hi all - this looks like a very cool and interesting site. I teach English Literature and Language to students aged 15-18 at a co-ed state high school (we call them colleges) in a small town in a rural area of the North Island of New Zealand. I am an avid reader off all sorts of things... I couldn't possibly name a favourite book or author.
looking forward to getting to know some people here :thumbs_up
Hello all!
I stumbled onto this website while doing some research for a class I am teaching in the fall. I know, I know... its a bit nerdy doing research for fall already but I enjoy what I do.
The class is called Religion and Literature and I am researching Dracula right now... any research advice would be greatly appreciated. Here are the other texts I am using (again... any comments or resources are welcomed):
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Dracula by Bram Stoker
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I'm excited about being a part of the forum... but I'm a technophobe and still learning my way around... so please be patient.
Thanks!
Hi fitzgolden and ladykat! Welcome to the forum and I hope that you will like it here!
ladykat, I am sorry that I have not read any book mentioned above...
Hi Fitzgolden! :wave: Enjoy yourself!
Hi LadyKate! :wave: Hope you find some help!
hi, i'm having a problem. For some reason i can no longer view profiles or send private messages. Can you help me please?
Miss Smilla, Visit this thread to find out the reason to why you can't send PM's and view profiles.
Sorry no fancy avatar just Eccles.
I have been reading more and more American novels and works of late and being a distance away don't really know what other authors would appeal. More recent reads would be Niffeneger, Franzen, Kerouac. I have been quite taken with Franzen's worried style and I'm open to any ideas of a similar genre.
Eccles is where I'm from originally, a little town in Greater Manchester.
hello Eccles :wave: