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Hi, My name is Lynne and I'm a long time friend of Janine's. I'm really glad to be in the forum and I'm hoping to learn alot. I work as an instructional aide in a public school and I also work part time in a library. I love it, but it can be detrimental to my health. Every book that comes across the circulation desk looks wonderful. So many books, so little time. Hopefully, Janine can give me some pointers as to how to find my way around here.
Hello, Lynne! Janine is one of the most loved members of the Forum and we are more than happy to welcome any friend of hers! :)
I am sure you will get used to the Forum structure in no time but if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to PM me.
I just wanted to say hello!! This place really seems cool!!! I am excited i found this website!! My name is Wendy and I live in Ga 30680 and yea!! So this is me and i hope you enjoy this:):):):)
Hi Lynne, Happy you joined up. I know you will enjoy it here. There are such great people and some are now my best friends; soon you will feel right at home. I will have to work on directing you to some of the threads I think you will enjoy. I know what you mean about 'detrimental to your health' - I can't even make a dent in the last batch of books I purchased from Dover; I haven't been to the library for ages, out of sheer guilt, in not reading these books first. I will get there eventually. Need any help, just ask me on my profile page or in the personal email.
Scheherazade, Thank you for the flattering comment to my friend; I feel quite honored. You know I love it here and probably will be a 'lifer'. I am sure Lynne will enjoy all the benefits, as well, and have a great time on this terrific site. She loves to read and watch plays and movies, so this is definitely the right place to be.
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to every one I am a new joinee to this forum,I hardaly get time to read but I like reading books,By profession i m working with an India based compony and we protect people and assets from fire.
hello everybody;
im a new member in this interesting forum, im a sophomore in the university of literature and human science. i just wanted to introduce myself and im sur that ill enjoy being a member here:yawnb:
see ya
ciao
Welcome Lynne. There are quite a few librarians here on lit net. I hope you get to talk with them. They all seem to love their work. If you have any questions on getting around, just ask me in my profile page. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lynne50
I stumbled across these forums as I was looking for critical commentary about Catch-22, which I'm currently reading- imagine my surprise to find that it is your book club's March selection!
An avid reader in my youth, I found that all the reading requirements in college zapped my desire, and for about a decade thereafter I read books very rarely. Lately I've re-committed to reading classics and discovering contemporary authors. This month I completed Lawrence's "Women in Love" and hope to enjoy a new book every month.
I'm one of those folks who cannot NOT complete a book, even if I hate it, so we'll see how long it takes me to get through Catch-22...:D
Cheers everyone!
I was just doing some quick research but liked your forum so much I wanted to sign up. I'm a homeschooling Mom, so this is a great resource.
Hello, I come from Bahia Brasil. I´m sorry for my english. I´ll try to make me understand
Hi, I'm Ophelia new to the forum !!! :( , I'm 20 year old. I'm a passionate lover of books, languanges and of course Literature. I study English and American Literature, and something called African Literaure which I still know only a little bit about it!!!
Well, conserning my favourite writer, or it's better to say writers cos I do like many. I read Daniell Steel, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe.... Walt Whitman...etc. My favourite novel is The Main by Trevanian maybe cos it's the first I read. It's special for me!!
Ophelia :)
My name's Vincent. I'm 19, out of high school, and doing a year of personal studies before going to college to get my B/A in Writing & Literature.
I love reading, I try to do about 100-200 pages a day. My favorite authors are Jack Kerouac, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Marcel Proust, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Allen Ginsberg, Walt Whitman, Arthur Rimbaud, Dylan Thomas, Henry Miller, Kenneth Rexroth, Aldous Huxley, Friedrich Nietzsche, and William S. Burroughs. Right now I'm reading 'Walden' by Henry David Thoreau.
I came to this forum because I was searching for somewhere to discuss literary things, as none of my friends like to read and I have very little opportunity to talk about it otherwise.
Hello,
I'm originally from warm, sunny Barbados, now living in cold, dreary Dearborn, Michigan. I'm almost twenty-two, studied English Lit. at University, am involved/working in fashion design and marketing of my own line, but still love reading and still make time for it. I consider myself a failed writer because I don't think I have enough imagination, but I still love reading the writings of others.
Some of my favorite authors are Tolstoy, Proust, Chekhov, Lawrence (D.H. and T.E.), Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, P.G. Wodehouse, Edgar Allen Poe, many more.
I love movies, too. Favorite actor is Humphrey Bogart. Favorite actresses are Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Carole Lombard.
I joined because I was looking for a place to discuss literature with others since I'm no longer in school and don't discuss it there.
Welcome MissScarlett, I know we just meet up on the 'Richard II' thread, but it is good to hear a little about you here and meet you formally...welcome to the forum! I am sure you will be a great asset and enjoy it here very much.
I am an avid Lawrence fan - D.H., but I would love to read T.E., as well. A few of us usually have a D.H.Lawrence Short Story thread going monthly; so, when it starts up again, (I am hoping soon), I hope you can join in. You can check out the thread and how many of the stories we have already discussed. I will send you the link, if you need it; I am sure by now the thread has gotten buried and may be several pages back. I will post in it soon to bring it up to date in the listings again. We also, have a similar Chekhov thread. Hope when we start that one up - probably by summer, you can join in as well. Both are a lot of fun and quite enlightening.
I also love Thomas Hardy and have read most of his work, but not much of his poetry, just his novels. Tolstoy is an old favorite of mine, as well. You have good taste in literature and I know you said you love Shakespeare, as well....now that is a fine taste in literature and poetry combined.
I love old movies too. LadyWentworth and I are always posting about them in the movie thread. Again, welcome and enjoy browsing around the place.
Hi everyone. My name's Juvie. I always come across this forum whenever I browse the net for essays and critical studies about literature. It's only now that I have found the time to actually drop by and say hi. I'm from the Philippines, by the way.