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Welcome Ellen and Abir.
hello.
i actually just stumbled across this site tonight while doing a little research on one of my favorite books/stories of all time: The Phantom of the Opera. After looking for a little bit on the site, i decided to join.
so yeah...an introduction...
i'm sixteen going on seventeen in a few months, and a high school senior (go class of '07!). I'm most definately in love with books (my fave genre is fantasy) and consider myself a total bookworm.
a few of my passions...
1) reading. definately. i never understand it when people are all like, "ugh, i have to do reading for homework..." in a tone of disgust. It makes me sad! :bawling:
2) writing. oh man...you have no idea... one of my aspirations in life is to become published at least once. my favorite thing to write is Phantom of the Opera fanfiction and fanfiction in general (if you're into that sort of thing, feel free to look me up on www.fanfiction.net ;my penname is dark-hearted rose), but i do have a few originals in the works, and some average poetry as well.
3) music. i like to consider myself rather musically inclined...i might not be very good, but hey, it's there, hiding... anyway, i love listening and playing music (the good kind...:D ); it's a big part of my life. i play piano, violin, a little cello, a few guitar chords, and can get a noise out of a clarinet, and my voice is pretty good...not spectacular, or anything, but not hideous either.
so that's a little bit about me...can't wait to see what these forums have to offer!
Your Obedient Servant,
Lavender
HI all!
I stumbled across this forum when searching information about Irish authors for my contemporary Irish lit class. Even though I did not find the info I was looking for I liked what I saw and got stuck here for hours :D
I was in awe of this place and all of you like-minded, interesting, witty and intelligent people, so you gave me no choice but to join in...
So here comes a quick intro:
I'm Serafina, living in the far northern corner of Europe. I'm a grad student majoring in history, but I have also ventured the realms of literature, art history, political science, media studies and now film and television studies, my new passion.
I passionately love literature, although I haven't had time to read fiction for years. I'm just now starting again, trying to find my way through all these incredible classics. My favorite poet is W.H. Auden, although I'm so new to poetry I still find it pretty hard to read. I love Austen, Bronte sisters, Dickens, Hugo, Steinbeck, Hemingway, Greene, Wilde and Orwell, among others. These were just the first one that sprung to my mind... My fave contemporary is John Irving.
I'm also a movie buff with a stark passion for film noir and French new wave (and '50s melodramas as a quilty pleasure). Oh, and I simply couln't live without music. I listen to quite a wide range of music; pretty much anything from Lady Day to Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, the Smiths, Tom Waits to Death Cab for Cutie and Coldplay. Besides pop and blues I also listen to classical when I have the mood for it.
Ok, that's probably enough, will start exploring this awesome forum and stop bugging you guys for now :D:D :D
Welcome to all newbies!! You WILL enjoy LitNet, we promise you.
Lavender -- sounds like we have a great deal in common. It's nice to meet a fellow writer longing to be an author. I've got a little anecdote...
I was sitting in the library when a pair of secondary school students met at a table near mine. Their conversation ran along the stereotypical teenage fare, but somewhere in there, I heard "Ugh, I hate reading" in reference to school. In a library. The irony was palpable -- all I could do not to walk over and slap Oxford English on to the table.
Hi guys, welcome to the forum!
Lavender, I also visit fanfiction.net, mostly, to read Harry Potter fanfictions. Do you read/write them too?
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Hi Serafina! I have read two poems of Auden and I really liked them a lot. Your favourite author's list seems really interesting too. Have fun around!Quote:
Originally Posted by serafinia
Hello everyone.
I am new today.
I stumbled on the forum whilst hunting down the origin of a quote.
I imagine lots of us find our way here like this.
My first question was kindly answered within a short space of time.
I am now browsing through lots of interesting posts from the past.
I am a 45 year old English bloke.
I love word games and play lots of Scrabble on www.isc.ro.
I am also an Acroholic and can often be found on www.Acronomics.com.
I play chess in the Warrington & Distict League (BCF grade 110 to I'm only a novice/intermediate). I also play in a quiz league for my local pub.
Nice to meet you all
regards
Beau
hi beau (no matter what i do all i think about is you, even when I'm with my...ok, cant sing-kelly & nelly i think!)
anyway nice to meet you. i read extremely fast so: acroholic became alcoholic. lol.
i have been away for a while. but im back now for another...'while'. so hello again everyone. i have a habit of double posting which annoys everyone. But im putting my (small) foot down: i cant help it. its an illness.!!
x x
i just wanted to say that im beating this illness but...i have2double post to say that....actually got a question, if uv got just some random creative stuff u want to share where would you post that? let me know.
Welcome to all the newbies, and the not-so-new, glad to have you here :)
eugh, sigh,'forum rules', yep spoil all the fun why not and scare the newbies away. lol. :-)
It's my sigline, in every post I make ;)
Hi,
Here via a search for Chekhov short stories (which, by the way, isn't really typical of my reading habits...).
But I'm a literature glutton and rather indiscriminate, will read just about anything that catches my eye. Fave authors include Truman Capote, Iain Banks, Clive Barker, Tom Wolfe, Virgil, Steven Saylor, Alexander Kielland, Raymond Carver, Sarah Waters, Sylvian Hamilton... Right, should stop somewhere.
I'm Norwegian and read English in addition to Scandinavian languages, and wish my French and German were good enough for reading beyond school textbooks. I have a degree in literature, specifically hypertext literature (electronic and otherwise), and since I certainly don't mind reading on screen I let out an embarrassing little squeal of delight when I came upon the author index here.
Glad to be here, hope you won't mind having me :)
We would really like if you join the discussions. You'll find a lot of interesting people here. :nod:
Welcome Arguendo :wave:
Hi I am Princess Celebmirril or Celeb for short nice site i love lit
Hi, welcome on board.
Stick around :)
Cheers!
Hi!
I'm 31 and just recently started my Ph.D, probable specialization identity and ethics in Trollope and Gaskell. I'm also teaching a course in modern poetry, which is nowhere near my specialty, so I'm prone to crises of confidence.
I stumbled across the site looking for a Yeats reference. Since I'd been thinking about finding a forum of this kind, I registered.
Hello, Scudéry!
Welcome on board and please stick around :wave:
Hi Scudry! Welcome to the forum!
Hi everyone, I am Sam...and yes i do like green eggs and ham. That should give you a good feel for my sense of humor. I am an English graduate student, just starting out and found this site through a search for some information on Jane Eyre. Actually I was interested when I saw a comment about the Eyre Affair by Fforde (read that as an undergrad in a mystery class) Anyhoo, as you can tell my nic is more of an pun of sorts when it comes to me being a real conversationalist (either in real life or online) I am hoping to meet others with the same love of literature and who enjoy a good rambler.
Hi. I just started in the forum a few days ago. But I've used this website countless times. I am 17. I love music, as is apparant by my membership in my high school's Madrigal group. I write poetry, am in Forensics, which is a performance based class, I love chocolate, have sugar gliders as pets, live in Kansas.
Oh, yeah. I am a girl. I just made one of the leads in the school musical. I live in a tiny town in Kansas. I love reading. Right now I am typing on my Senior Aide hour. I aid for my drama director.
My real name is Jessi. Named for Jesse James the bank robber, who I am related to.
Although I just joined a few days ago, I am loving posting here and meeting new people who share my love of literature. I really feel comfortable talking to the people of this forum, although I'm not so good in my actual life.
So yeah, I'm glad to be here.
Heh, welcome to the forum lostforwords! Nice screen name, I like it!
And welcome Serenata! I hope you will like it here! But what do you mean by, you are not good in actual life? You seem like an intelligent and interesting person. You must be good in every life!
Hi everyone,
The name is Walter.
Doing this first before even looking around.
I read almost everything and am looking for friendly book discussions and conversations.
Not so long ago it was "Wedding in Winter." This morning I decided against "The Black Dahlia." Someday soon I hope to get around to "New York Trilogy."
Nice to see you all.
Hello, everyone!
My closet is a library.
I am glad to have discovered this place, this haven. Here I will never be asked, "You mean, you're reading that for fun?", nor given funny looks for hugging a book. I hope.
Hehe, be sure you won't ! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trifkin
A huuuuge huggy welcome to you, Trifkin and Walter ! :wave:
Hope you'll stay with us, we'd love to hear more about your favourites, comments on books or whatever you feel like sharing ! ;)
Schokokeks,Quote:
Originally Posted by Schokokeks
Thanks for the huge huggy! :)
It turns out that today I went out browsing and saw a different book on the Black Dahlia, by Donald H. Wolfe, The Black Dahlia Files,(2005), a fact-crime book which really claims to solve it, right down to the name of the killer and his accomplices. It also claims to discount the solution in the previous book I was aware of, and it is clearly going to provide more facts than the movie I saw yesterday. It sounds like I am getting sucked in to becoming an amateur expert on the case. After I read the book, that is, which will be who knows when? :(
Hi there, I found this forum kind of by accident, and am really glad I did! I love to read, and look forward to some wonderful discussions here. I enjoy reading mysteries, history, either fictional or non-fiction, and really just stories about people, their lives. How and why they did what.
I suppose that about covers it for now.
Now off to see what is going on around here. :brow:
I am finally reading(in my golden years), Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austin. It's not bad. I get involved from the 1st few chapters. I guess I need to stop being a lurker and respond to some of the posts. Merry
Hi everyone. I really don't remember how I found this forum, must have been on one of my late night searches. I am a wife and a mother of four children. I love to read, and I am currently writing several short stories and a novel.
My two favorite genres are literary fiction and humor. I love to laugh and to think deeply and if I can do both, then all the better.
I'm looking forward to getting to know you better.
Hi there plainjane, Merry and Allison !! :wave:
Be you warmly welcome ! :D
plainjane, I'm sure you'll find a lot of people around here sharing your mystery, history and biographical interests ! A good place for discussing "how and why they did what" is the Forum Book Club. Or you just open a new thread for a discussion on the book you're currently reading :nod:
Merry, I do envy you for living in Maine ! :nod: I've only read about the place as a setting in books, but I'd so love to visit myself and see the Indian Summer ! Hope you'll enjoy yourself around here ! :)
Allison, it's nice to see another writer joining our lines ! Your experiences and ideas will surely be appreciated here ! :nod:
Hope you'll all stay with us and allow us to get to know you better !
Welcome welcome Plainjane and Allison. I'm not sure how I found this site either, but I'm still here! :)
Thank you for the warm welcome, Schokokeks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Schokokeks
Why, you're welcome :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by Trifkin
I just read in your profile that you work in a book store ! Now that's great ! :D Now we know whom to ask about different editions and lots more of extra information ;)
Hope you'll stick with us and have fun posting ! ;)
Welcome all!
I love my job. Working in a used book store, I get to see a lot of things that have long been out of print. I have found many interesting books that I might otherwise never have known about. As for questions about editions and the like, well, I'll answer what I can. n_n;;Quote:
Originally Posted by Schokokeks
interesting job,Trif,really. I'd love to try it..
Hello everyone,
I graduated with a BA in literature and technical communication in December '05. Well, as some of you may be able to relate to, I'm sorely in need of literary stimulation! I miss my lectures and essays - in fact, I miss college in general. So, here I am, at a literary forum, the first I've joined.
I'm an INTP in MBTI, which stands for Myers-Brigg Type Instrument. I took a class on personality theory in college, and I read Jung's personality theories in depth. MBTI is an offshoot of Jung's personality theory.
The British Romantic and Modern literary eras are my personal favorites; if I go to graduate school, chances are I will concentrate on either Romanticism or Modernism. Alternately, I might concentrate on technical communication, since I need to eat. ;)
I'm new...Umm, i'm pretty boring...haha. I just came across this forum and since I like to read...a lot...i thought i'd join and see what happens! nothing has happened yet though...I like dot dot dot's...as you can see. Incidentally, has anyone on here read Donita K. Paul's books? They are fantasy books, and i like them a lot, so i just thought i'd see if anyone else has read them. In case you have, there is a website for them. dragonkeeper.us in case you cared. that's about all i want to tell you. okay, bye. oh yeah, i wondered why i can't vote in the dickens for october poll. just wondered. detire (det-uh-ray)
Hello, Detire and Lurker!
Welcome :)
Welcome to the Forum, Detire!Quote:
Originally Posted by Detire
To be able to vote in the Book Club polls, you need to have at least 50 posts, which is not a big challenge once you start visiting the Forum's Games section! ;)
Hope to see you around! And please do not hesitate to PM if you have any further questions about the Forum! :)
Hi! I'm new here.
My name is Madeline, I'm an American university student.
I'm taking this year off to earn money and travel in SE Asia with Thich Nhat Hanh.
I love Modernism and post-Modernism to a degree that is truly stupid. Literature, visual art, theater, music -- all of it, I adore.
Right now I'm reading Lolita for the first time, which is a thrilling experience.
I love travel, the french language, avocadoes, and amatuer photography.
:) Excited to be here.