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I'm Mark from Cornwall, England, the pointy bit at the south west tip. At the tender age of 43, now my daughter has left home; I've managed to convert her bedroom into a library and taken the opportunity to explore the classics for the first time.
I'm currently in Russia literary speaking and thoroughly enjoying the trip. :-)
salutations fellow book-worms!
as u can probably guess, my name is mike! i am a 16 (will be 17 in 6 days!) year old student from new york. my hobbies would include various activities such as reading, video games, friends, "surfing" the net, and, of course, shopping! i enjoy all sorts of music, except country and some rap :sick:, my favorite color is green, my favorite food is quite possibly pizza, and i love to dance!! its kinda hard to choose my favorite book, but recently i had to read The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne as a summer reading, which i absolutley loved. im kind of a comma freak and sometimes over use them and im hoping to meet some interesting and unique ppl!
welcome, if it's unique ppl you're looking for, unique ppl you'll find!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by mikemaster70
thanks! unique ppl are always the best, unlike like those normys :sick:!Quote:
Originally Posted by Beautifull
Hello everyone. My name is Alyssa and I'm seventeen. This community seems very helpful, hopefully I will see you all in the forums.
Hello,
I'm a mid-30's full-time english major at University of Western Ontario. I have a large home library, and my favorite texts are mostly 18th and 19th century. Genre wise; gothic lit. is my speciality.
Hi Night_Lamp :) hope that you take up my book club proposition! :)
Hello Everyone!! Its nice to see a friendly Forum. I read mostly tech manuals, non-fiction science books and text books. I am trying to incorporate more classic literature and fiction in to my library, this seems like a good place to start. So any suggestions feel free to send them my way :).
My first love was Hector. He is most underrated, at least by my older boys who actually read. I made the mistake of allowing an xbox in my home for the younger two and am ready to pull the plug.
I, myself am older 40's, who lives and breathes horticulture and sports, but find myself seriously undereducated and am considering my options for improving that condition.
I currently live in south central PA, but would consider moving if anyone has any suggestions for a nice cultural college town who welcomes adult students. Actually central PA is close to a lot of cities with art museums and public gardens and the beach if I'll get off my behind and drive, or take the train, which I do, but not often enough.
I am off to find the Dumas thread. Am I correct that he has some obscure adventure serials? I'll find out I guess.
Nice to meet you.
Hi everyone, my name is Toboe here, I am 22 and a life long book lover. I have dabbled in writing poetry, short stories etc. I hope to learn a lot from this forum , and maybe make some friends along the way. My favorite author (right now) is the Japanese Author Haruki Murakami. I love his simple realistic writing tinged with an almost Kafka-esque touch, and his anti-climatic endings are great. I have already posted a short story on this forum and I am hoping some people will read it and comment on it, maybe if you have some writing advice, or just want to tell me what you thought of it. Well, that's all I hope I have a great time here. Peace :)
A warm welcome to all the new people! :)
Hi. (:
I'm currently 25 years old man, and...
I was a lot more of a book worm when I was a kid; read tons of true-story based books and adventure books (one of my favorites were "This Boy's Life" by Tobias Wolf, and one book about a dog named Kazan that was part wolf and through tragic events he finally found himself in the wild... I don't know what it's original neme was...) In my teenage years I read less but when I did read it was either Stephen King or J.R.R Tolkien. Later I got into the Harry Potter series, The Phantom of the Opera, and the newest found love (about a year ago) is The Vampire Chronicles. Of non-fantasy category I don't read much but sometimes...
My favorite books... Absolute number one is The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice, and not only because the fandom is my newest love and vampires have been my lifelong love, but because the book just has everything a story should, especially a vampires that of. And a book about Lestat could not get more in-depth and better than that... and that book made Lestat into my all-time number one favorite fictional character.
Anyways, other favorite books are Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan has also been close to my heart all my life), The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, a fanfiction story about it (published as a book) by Susan Kay titled "Phantom", Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Of non-fantasy books my absolute favorite is The Deep End of the Ocean.
Past few latest years I've only read books that are the source material to movies I've loved. In other words I'm more of a film freak. What's absurd is that I got into The Vampire Chronicles only after seeing the film Queen of the Damned. But then again it was not the film itself that stirred my interest but what I saw so to say "between the lines". Somehow I saw the adorable, incredibly deep, strong and psychological father-son relationship of Marius and Lestat's and that's why I begun read the books. And was more than happy to learn what I had felt was exactly how it was originally, and to learn all about the reasons why = Lestat's mortal life and psychological developement all in all.
My dearest hobbies are making fan videos, forum roleplaying and writing fanfiction all in all. Drawing fan art is also lots of fun. The Vampire Chronicles are clearly the most and strongest inspiring books and I'm happy I'm talented in video editign and drawing, so I can get the visions out as long as writing fanfiction on them is prohibited- *SIGH*
I'm very,artistic and creative soul and a very, very passionate fan all in all ad especially if I can relate to something on especially personal level. In any case I always, always dig deep and give a good thought or a thousand good thoughts to what I watch/read/see. It makes me happy. And I love to share what I've figured out - in other words I host in-depth fan sites, love discussing the fandoms and I also looove debating. And psychology- now, THAT is the thing I love above all else in life. Well, maybe family comes first.
Then what do I hate?
Ungratefulnnes, when the compiter is being an ***, shallow people who don't even want to get it, and... One thing I strongly oppose is fanfiction slash hysteria - all in all but especially the false homosexual visions on The Vampire Chronicles. Yet I so have nothing against gays.
If someone interested - I reason my opinions and attitudes very in-depth, here, on one of my fan sites.
To end this post in a good note:
Other things I love are ie; children, animals (especially wolves, dogs and cats), night time, past centuries, hot dogs, summer...
Favorite...
MOVIES: Peter Pan (2003), Young Guns 1 and 2, The Breakfast Club, Queen of the Damned, Interview with the Vampire, any Lindsey Lohan movie, old Star Wars trilogy, LotR trilogy, The Phantom of the Opera (2004)...
TV: LOST, That 70's Show, Monk, Ghost Whisperer, Heroes, Little House on the Prairie, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel...
MUSIC: Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, Elton John, Evanescence, Linkin Park, Skillet, 30 Seconds To Mars, Breaking Benjamin, James Blunt, Green Day, Lifehouse, Snow Patrol... Skillet, Skillet, Skillet, Skillet, endlessly Skillet!!!
Just call me PJ, I'm a 58 year old male who likes to write stuff and up until I discoverd drugs and alcohol was voracious reader, that was until I was 19. And I con't drink or take drugs anymore, haven't for quite some time. I want to get back into the swing of reading and writing. And this place is great for sharing ideas and for igniting what's left of my imagination which is still vast.
Greetings fellow bookheads!
My name is Dave. I've had the nickname 'Le Dingue' since I was maybe 14 and it's become a sort of internal persona, a kind of main character in the novel I laughably think of as my life!
Does that sound pretentious..? I probably deserve to be called worse things than that. Very occasionally I've been paid great compliments, though without exception these have always surprised me and sometimes left me feeling a little embarrassed.
Anyway, this is me rambling on.
Writing is, for me, a bit like trying to dictate from a radio programme... even writing this insignificant little blurb here.
Somehow thoughts, words and one's ego are all that there is of any continual substance and emotional value as the clocks tick relentlessly.
Smoking yet another cigarette...
God I'm morbid! 44 years old and I'm so pissed off with that, I already think of myself as 45 just to make it worse so that when I re-realise that I'm actually 44 it's just one tiny smidgin less bad!!
If you're young make damn sure you have the best time you possibly can, go like a racehorse for all the slices you can get, absolutely!
That's me anyway, maybe see some of you in the odd thread here and there.
Dave
Hello All
I am new to this site I am currently doing 2 English Modules through UNISA.
Hope this site will be able to help ;)