Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

HI :D

I have been around this forum for 2 weeks now, or is it 3 already? Not sure - so that would be the first thing to confess: my memory could be better ;). I did not post in this thread straight away as I was a bit in a hurry when I registered and I did not remember it until now.

I am a 23-year old student and I should be done studying by now, but I am a bit of a procrastinator. I know I should snap out of it. Point is, there are just too many nice movies, wonderful books and breathtaking music in this world :). Each one of these can make me dream away and forget what I should be doing for a considerate amount of time.

I choose "Sapphire" as an user name as I like the bright blue colour and it's the stone of the month September - my birthday month. My avatar is the end of a necklace, with some sapphire stones on it and a white stone with the word "WISH" on it in silver. I would like to say "dare to dream", though I am aware of the fact that reality needs to be kept in touch with ;)

I am not a native English speaker, but we have many English movies, TV series and music in the Netherlands so I did kind of grow up in the middle of it - yes, I'm Dutch ;). I do tend to construct my own sentences sometimes though, making perfect sense in my eyes but none in somebody elses. So please let me know when I am babbling about and not saying anything relevant. If you tell me, I can do something about it :D

I came here to talk about literature, as it falls completely outside my line of studying and I thus do not talk about it much. People I know are not interested in talking about books, or at least not in a different manner than "do you like it?" or "you should try this, it is interesting".
I would like to learn how to talk about them in a more "literate" manner. As in being able to recognise themes and styles and stuff like that. I think it will be fun to look at books in a different way than just thinking "nice story".

I am a sucker for details: one sentence in a book, movie or song can make me like the whole of it. In the same way, one bad choice of words can make me forget about the good stuff. I am however quite a positive person and tend to put more significance on the parts I like than on the things I dislike ;)

Well, I could go rambling on but I guess I should not. That is another problem I have: I tend to use many words to get a point across. I like poetry (combination of songs and literature) and admire it when a whole story can be told in a little amount of words.

I also like to just chat, some of you might have seen me in the general chat already ;)

Take care,
Sapphire

Edit I just realized it might be interesting to tell what I read. I just finished "Jude the Obscure" by Tom Hardy. I really liked it, especially as it surprises me every time again that people from former times could think so much like us.
When characters get totally caught up in their feelings and become very emotional I find it hard to connect - though I do think it interesting to read about that I am too down to earth to really get what they are feeling.
I really liked Catch-22 (Joseph Heller) and Ships that Pass in the Night (Beatrice Harraden).

I usually read while travelling, and as that often means walking you can see me wonder about with a book in my hands - crossing busy street and oblivious of the world around me. Somehow, I do not stumble while doing so while I'm quite a clumsy person. I even read while riding a bicycle, though I have to say I only do such on (not that busy) separate bicycle paths as I do not want to run into a car...

hello everyone.I'm hereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.Wish all of you a nice day!!!

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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.

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Thank you for the welcome, Janine. Sons and Lovers has always been one of my favorite novels. I've read some of Lawrence's short stories, but not all. I wish someone would publish a compilation of them.

I haven't read all of Tolstoy, either, but I've loved what I've read.

Chekhov and Jane Austen are my favorites.

Yes, I do love Shakespeare, and will try to contribute to the discussion of Richard II, but I'm not Shakespeare expert! LOL Still, it doesn't get much better than the Bard.

Hello virgil, i have to tell you that you seem to be avery nice person and an intersting character. You are also openning to the world and achearful man ihope that life gives all that you wish.
soulmate.

lets light acandel

*waves* I'm new :)

Hi, I'm new :)

Hi everyone. My name is Johnathan, John for short, and I just registered to the site. I joined on impulse after my teacher shared with me a thread talking about a book we are soon to read. I saw a small sample of what this forum has to offer. Everyone throws in their two cents and everyone can benefit from it! I love sharing ideas and perspectives on books that I have read or pretty much anything. I am a junior attending Whittier Technical Vocational Regional High school. I am also an athlete, I have a passion for basketball and meeting new people. I thank whoever started this forum and to my teacher for showing me this wonderful community.

My favorite book I have read so far was 'The kite Runner'. I have not been a big reader my whole life. When in middle school, I was a straight A+ student all the way up to eighth grade. Then when I enrolled in high school things kind of came to a stop. I picked my act up after some time and now I maintain A's and B's, rarely C's. My vocational area lies in the field of Telecommunications (Information Support Services.) I started an Internship with Raytheon IDS. Integrated Defense Systems has much to offer. It is also the most profitable branch of Raytheon as you might know. I specialize in computer hardware and have a strong feel for software as far as installing apps and programs for clients to use on their laptops. I troubleshoot computers when we notice a startup or hardware failure. I like where i am and hope to carry it on with me for the rest of my life.

When Im at home or hanging out with my friends like any person would, I listen to music and play sports. I have a craving for games of different sorts such as RTS, MMORPG, and FPS. Some games I play are Halo 3, Supreme Commander, and World of Warcraft. Music I listen to is heavy metal from bands like As I Lay Dying, Slipknot, Unearth and In Flames. I also have a thing for classic rock! I listen to AC/DC, Guns 'n Roses, ZZ Top and Scorpions. Hip-hop, dance, and house music really get me going.:D

I am hungry for the knowledge and opinions of others. I think well of myself for my age and think I am slightly more mature than other kids of my age. I look forward to meeting everyone and hope I have fun here.

Thanks for reading

what in your view, what factors kept the Maurel family together

I have only written a few poems lately, as a respite from my usual work as a family law lawyer. I enjoy painting in acrylics, especially landscapes from southern Alberta and portraits, singing baroque music, hiking and just being in a forest, especially West Coast forests.

I have only written a few poems lately, as a respite from my usual work as a family law lawyer. I enjoy painting in acrylics, especially landscapes from southern Alberta and portraits, singing baroque music, hiking and just being in a forest, especially West Coast forests. Here is my poem:

Forests forever

I'd rather be a mossy patch beneath the cedar tree
than on a rooftop tennis court in Dubai country.
Solomon seals and huckleberry line my forest path
but the beauty is long forgotten by engineers doing math.

Science has measured each plant and species,
chemically explored new genetic possibilities,
so we tinkered and harvested,
we skim the cream of life;
our ordering brains exploit
so we might Survive
and breed
and grow each mother's child.

Maybe eternally our species will grow and recreate
taking more and more and more of precious living space
till the threshold point is reached,
and the balance is tipped,
and biobankruptcy is complete.

Only then as we slowly gasp and fade
into circumstances most forlorn
and pray that a saviour will come to the planet's aid
and remove its crown of circling strangling thorns

2. The dappled cedar canopy alive with exquisite mosses
simply cannot cooexist with corporate profit & losses.
The voices of birds suspended in silencio extremis
resonate in the cool misty forest epidermis
of fern and needle, leaf , vine and trunk

So Summon we, we command thee
the forest stewards of this century,
collectively, governmentally,
Those that know the forest spirit,
Decide now what is greed, then kill it;

Or answer to us,
the collective conscience of all human souls upon this planet
why is was necessary to disturb natures sanctuary,
for the golden egg and profit motive;
the Midas touch will leading us to the ultimate calamity.


The skin of our planet is daily torn away,
and stripped with hyper speed,
not radioactive decay
and ulcerated by our corporate maw,
the tentacles of our appetites grow
to reach and pull and extract unremittingly
the compounds we seek for our comfort, our wars, with no pity
for the interwoven fabric sublime
so nature we leave behind.

But stop,
let us not cause the forest to lose it's strength,
its power, its varied composition
its solitude and latitudinal position.
For the future is long, dark and confused.
And fertility may stop, and our golden age may set,
in a haze and effects of toxic contaminants;
Instead, leave the last few tracts now left in the wild,
and the grasses, jungles, forests and fields,
for our very very distant future human child
who we bless with the seas and the song of the wind
and the fruits of the sweetness of wisdom, but not our sins.

Have we not have enough in our homes, cars and planes
to stop the activity that may be insane?
Therefore, take less each day and share, content to just to be.
Try to limit consumption & harmful technology
so from your grave it can be said
that you had love for the planet.

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Thank you for the welcome, Janine. Sons and Lovers has always been one of my favorite novels. I've read some of Lawrence's short stories, but not all. I wish someone would publish a compilation of them.

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Marvelous, MissScarlett; so glad to meet up with someone who loves "Sons and Lovers" as I do. Well, it is funny, as the avid fan of Lawrence that I am, the first book that turned me onto the author was not "Sons and Lovers", but rather "Women in Love", which followed it by a few novels. I still love that book the best for some reason but "Sons and Lovers' is only a hair behind now, especially since I realise how autobiographical it is, and also read it twice. I have read about 4 biographies of the author and much more resource material. The thing is when I first tried to read "Sons and Lovers" I could not get into it and then next try I could not put it down. I guess it was my timing. Now I have actually read L's first two novels "The White Peacock" and "The Trespasser". These are hard to find. We, on this site, are planning to read "The Rainbow" and discuss that sometime soon; maybe we can pull that off in the summer. I hope you can join in.

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I haven't read all of Tolstoy, either, but I've loved what I've read.

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Exactly my sentiments. I guess I have only read some short stories and 'Anna K', but I plan to read more T. I bought a few of his I have been interested in for sometime now. Of course someday I will tackle "War and Peace", but I haven't the patience to do so presently.

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Chekhov and Jane Austen are my favorites.

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I wasn't a big Chekhov fan but now I got into his work from encouragement from another Litnet member and I enjoy and appreciate it very much. I would like to read his plays after the short stories; I recently bought a book of Russian plays. I have one set of short stories of Chekhov's narrated by Kenneth Branagh on a 3 CD set. I love listening to that set.

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Yes, I do love Shakespeare, and will try to contribute to the discussion of Richard II, but I'm not Shakespeare expert! LOL Still, it doesn't get much better than the Bard.

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Don't worry - believe me, none of us are Shakespeare scholars or experts. We just work our way through them the best we can. Usually we end up learning from each other which is always the beauty of a forum discussion, don't you think?

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Marvelous, MissScarlett; so glad to meet up with someone who loves "Sons and Lovers" as I do. Well, it is funny, as the avid fan of Lawrence that I am, the first book that turned me onto the author was not "Sons and Lovers", but rather "Women in Love", which followed it by a few novels. I still love that book the best for some reason but "Sons and Lovers' is only a hair behind now, especially since I realise how autobiographical it is, and also read it twice. I have read about 4 biographies of the author and much more resource material. The thing is when I first tried to read "Sons and Lovers" I could not get into it and then next try I could not put it down. I guess it was my timing. Now I have actually read L's first two novels "The White Peacock" and "The Trespasser". These are hard to find. We, on this site, are planning to read "The Rainbow" and discuss that sometime soon; maybe we can pull that off in the summer. I hope you can join in.

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Oh, Women in Love is a great book! That's another favorite of mine. I haven't read The White Peacock or The Trespasser. I love to read The Rainbow with you and others. I think it would be great for discussion and with Lawrence, there's always so much to discuss. I wish someone would do a collection of all of Lawrence's short stories like they do with other short story writers. I wonder if his novels have eclipsed his short stories in the publishing world?

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Don't worry - believe me, none of us are Shakespeare scholars or experts. We just work our way through them the best we can. Usually we end up learning from each other which is always the beauty of a forum discussion, don't you think?

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It's always great to learn from one another. I'm glad I found a forum where people actually love to discuss literature. A lot of them I've participated in deteriorate into mindless chatter or arguing. It's nice to find one where actual discussion is going on.

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Oh, Women in Love is a great book! That's another favorite of mine. I haven't read The White Peacock or The Trespasser. I love to read The Rainbow with you and others. I think it would be great for discussion and with Lawrence, there's always so much to discuss. I wish someone would do a collection of all of Lawrence's short stories like they do with other short story writers. I wonder if his novels have eclipsed his short stories in the publishing world?



It's always great to learn from one another. I'm glad I found a forum where people actually love to discuss literature. A lot of them I've participated in deteriorate into mindless chatter or arguing. It's nice to find one where actual discussion is going on.

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Oh no Scarlett, you like Lawrence as well? :eek: I think you're going to fit in really well. :) Well, we're glad you found us. ;)

What if the ways of the End were near and all things might soon fizzle and fray from the smoldering pain dealt betwixt one and an other?

Don't know where that came from. But seriously, what if?

In any event, here I am. I have arrived at this forum much to my liking as I now finally have a place to vent what I want which won't warrant wan wishes. Or maybe they will. The upshot is that here in this forum I have found a digital litterary corner where I can bask in the words of the great and have, at least, the potentiality of being agreed with. ;)

Hi everybody ! Firstly, I want to tell you that I'm French, so, sorry if I don't write very well. I'm 16 ( 17 on April, 20th ^^) and I learn English since I was in primary school. I'm in high school. I love Literatur. I read since I learnt to read. Literatur is ma life. My favourites author are Jane Austen, Emile Zola, Flaubert...I love sisters Brontës too. I have a lot of favourite books, but I can say that the favourite of favourite is Pride&Prejudice. I'm crazy of Mr Darcy! I've read Pride&Prejudice, Persuasion, Sence&Sensibility, Northanger Abbey of Jane Austen. Mansfield Park's waiting me.
I read sometimes in English. I've read The Jane Austen Book Club and Christmas Tale by Charles Dickens.
I like " classic" book like Hugo's book for instance. I read sometimes literatur youth like Harry Potter by J.K.Rowling.
After high school I would like to study literature. I want to be journalist.
I think I've finished =) So, if you have some questions, I'll answer you.