Greetings, Andreas and Hayati, from a fellow newbie!
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Greetings, Andreas and Hayati, from a fellow newbie!
Hi, new to the forum, looking for the name of a book to which all I have is a passage, but this looks like quite an interesting place.
Where's the best place to ask if people recognize a passage from a novel?
Possibly in the general literature thread or the quote thread. And welcome to the forum! :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by Skvoznyak
HI, my name is Cati
Welcome Cati!
does anyone know of a good book to read? im reading great expectations and im about halfway done.
Michael Crichton = genius
Agatha Christie is wonderful, as well, but it all depends on your tastes.
Hello, my name here is Bibliophila because I love books - more specifically, reading them! I'm a brand new newbie, just signed up here today, so I thought I'd introduce myself.
I'm nearly 42 (incredible! How did that happen?!), I'm at ART COLLEGE, hooray!!! :banana: doing a 5-year part time degree in "Contemporary Crafts". That's ceramics and glass and wood and metal and plastics and anything else you fancy throwing in, too. Only started in September and I'm loving it. Being at college 20+ years after everyone else is like being let loose in the proverbial sweet shop: there is so much wonderful stuff there to be explored and enjoyed and savoured and experienced!
Can't remember how I discovered The Literature Network (a Google search no doubt) but I've read Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment (it's brilliantly written; now I know why he's considered an author of classic literature) and I'm half way through his Brothers Karamazov, too. I can't wait to work my way through more of what's on offer - it's meat and drink to my soul!
I have a little, now elderly, dog: a Cairn Terrier who is called Maisie. We live on our own in a pleasant little flat in the South West of England, in beautiful Cornwall in fact. It's wonderful here, a very healing place to be. I play the cello, go to church at The Salvation Army (if ever you're in trouble, go to them, they're great - ordinary people living ordinary lives with extraordinary love. Hope you don't mind me saying all this, but my life wouldn't be what it is today without them...)
I love making things with my hands; in fact I can't NOT make things! Anything from crochet and knitting to sanding down the furniture to reveal the beauty of the wood underneath the stain or paint; handweaving and handspinning, jobs around the house (so long as they involve an electric jigsaw or hammer drill!); there's always something to do around me!
Don't know how often I'll be posting, too soon to tell really, but I am looking forward to reading and considering and studying more literature through this site. Whoever had the idea first of all: "Thanks, it's great!!"
Ta ta for now
Best wishes to all
Bibliophila
Depends what you like, but try Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment". I think that if you like Dickens you'll like this because it's detailed like Dickens but in a very different vein... much less caricature, much more analysis of the individual's inner life. Sounds heavy but I found it a real page-turner!
Or you could just go to the list of authors and choose one you've never read before, or an old favourite. Life is for living - be brave, take a risk!
Happy reading
Bibliophila
Hi Biblophila, welcome to the forum! Keep on posting!
Yes, I agree with you whole heartedly that the idea of this forum is really great.
Bibliophlia, welcome. You sound like an incredibly interesting person. It's nice to have someone my age (I'm just a little older) around. I hope you enjoy it here and stick around. The Brothers Karamzov is a great novel.
Hi Bibliophila, sounds like you're set up quite nicely. I share some of your passion for craft. I work with metal (blacksmithing). I also share your love for Crime and Punishment. Read it four times and plan to read it more. I agree, it's brilliant. I'll have to pick up Brothers...I'm a fellow newbie. Welcome. Todd
hi guys...
i just joined this forum yesterday, so let me tell you a little about myself. i'm 26 and originally from new york city. i moved to ireland a few years ago to study medicine, which i am graduating from this year and will be working in western massachussets. i like reading all kinds of stuff, from self idulgent bridget jones like crap to the classics to kurt vonnegut to books on physics, evolution and psychology. i liked zen and the art of motorcylce maintenace a lot. i also like to play with my dog abby.
:)
My name is Sarah. I enjoy singing world folk music (especially from the Republic of Georgia) and drawing comics. I've taken six semesters of Russian, but that was a while ago, and I spent a couple months in Peru when I was in high school.
I'm joining because I would like to read peoples comments and discuss literature, especilly this summer, when I'll have a 9-5 internship and will need some intellectual stimulation!
Reading Anna Karenina and Brave New World right now, but I must admit that my favorite books are Hitchhiker's Guide, Good Omens, Ender's Game, and the like. I really enjoyed 1984, and Shakespeare comedies are the bees knees. Everyone should cross-dress all the time, I think. Twelfth Night beats up every other play in the world and then goes out to eat a sandwich.
It's hard to say what my least favorite books are, because I don't finish them and forget about them. For instance, I can't stand most academic writing and I forgo philosophy for poetry. <i>Ways With Words</i> by Shirley Brice Heath, however, is one piece of academic writing which I will probably re-read, and would reccomend to anybody who finds interest in linguistics, sociology, discourse, and the development of story-telling.
Can anyone tell that I'm really supposed to be writing a paper right now?
Welcome, Greenbunny and sarahtomic.
sarahtomic, why Georgian folk songs?