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Originally Posted by silversea
i think you should start in talking in topics about ur favorite authors ;) in "Discussion on Specific Authors & Books"
and manarbzu, ana ba3ref filistine wein, bass hinneh mabiya3erfouha ella ta7it isim israel, bi3tizir :P
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Originally Posted by black butterffl
I was gonna clarify that, but you already did. It's too bad, isn't it?
Welcome all new members. Good to have ya ;).
:D :D :D Hi!! everyone please call me Valeria its nice to meet everyone, gosh you all sound so so very smart, intellectuals, well read, intelligent, bla bla bla, so on, so on.......
Although I don’t consider myself stupid, I must confess I feel mmmmmmm, Dam what have I got my self into now??? am so very appealed to be in this forum I have read some interesting discussions.... and of course I want to give my opinion too and I would love to keep in touch and make friends with this very smart people from all over the world.... So Interesting!!!
But please don’t ask me hard questions, don’t expect me to remember authors and passages from books I've read because I was bless with a terrible memory, I think that’s why my family loves me :D .....
Topics of interest are life, life experiences, Religion...mmmmm and every other topic that I don’t know about just because that makes me learn so I can give educated opinions....:D :D :D
A bit about me, Latin-American background, over 30 and extremely in love with my girlss ....
Am pretty sure I have covered all!!!
Oh yeah!!! Am always lost so if by any chance this is delivered to the wrong place, MY APPOLOGIES!!!!
Cheers
Val
Hello Valeria! :) Don't worry, although everyone here is wonderful and intelligent, they aren't intimidating at all so you should feel relaxed after a while! This is a wonderful place to meet people and discuss literature, and a great place to learn. I've learnt quite a lot from the people here, and my writing has gotten better and the range of books that I read has become broader! So, welcome to LitNet! :D :wave:
Hi sprinks!! Thank you so much for your welcome, you are quite right this is a great place to learn, I have become addicted!!!..... By the way, I loved your thread on Paradoxes, you should put up some more...... English is not my first language so if you see mistakes, feel free to correct them, I would very much appreciate it....
Am off to read some more!!!
Chao
I'd be glad to put up some more paradoxes! :) I stumbled across LitNet when I was home sick from school and so I was on quite a lot at that time and missed it when I was back at school! It really is addictive! :p. For English not being your first language you certainly write very well! :D And feel free to call me Samantha or Sam if you wish :)
:yawnb: :yawnb: :yawnb:
Thank You!!
PS: I just realise we are in the same part of the world, AUSTRALIA.....
YOU MUST PUT UP SOME MORE PARADOXES!!!!
Good Night
Hello everyone,
I'm very pleased to have found this place. I found it by searching Google to find out how to pronounce Karamazov, it brought me here which was a good find for me.
I am not an intellect but love to read.
Wow Valeria that's awesome that we both live in Australia! :D I did put up some more paradoxes and I'll be sure to put up some more soon :)
Welcome to LitNet! :) I'm sure you'll fit in perfectly, you don't have to be an intellectual to be a valued member of the forums, having a love of reading and/or writing is pretty much all that is required, (and even still I don't think it's neccessary :p) so you'll fit in wonderfully! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by elkieluca
Hey, I'm new here. I kind of came about this forum by accident. You see, I was doing a research project on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and I came across this forum. Anyway, I am glad to be here, speaking that this is one of the few places I can talk about books freely. Where I go to school, that isn't really cool and I'm one of the cool kids, so.... Yeah....
I'm not saying that being nerdy isn't cool, actually, I plan on going into a career in theoretical physics, so I am one heck of a nerd.
Anyhow, I just wanted to say hey and tell a little about myself. If there is anything in particular you want to know, feel free to ask. :D
Hey gang, just stumbled upon this site a few weeks ago.
In high school, let's just say that literature isn't a "hot topic" for discussion, so that's one reason why I'm here.
I love reading anything and everything, music, writing, hockey, and other various things.
That's EXACTLY how I found this forum...looking forward to exploring the site.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trilaque
Hi all. I'm Amanda, and although I have a BA in English lit, I haven't really done that much fiction reading as an adult. I'm hoping to change that. In June, I hope to join you on your Greek book of the month discussion.
My turnons include science writing and science fiction, as well as Middle Eastern literature and post WWII American and British fiction. My turnoffs center around the Victorians (even though as a lit major I'm supposed to revere them.)
I started a blog: http://readingalone.blogspot.com for the fiction I'm reading. It will be slow-going for a while, as I have a pile of nf to finish up, but I hope some of you will visit, comment, and enjoy what I've blathered on about.
IRL, I'm a belly dancer with a Moroccan catering service, and I enjoy knitting, spinning poi, and playing World of Warcraft :) My favorite job EVER was as a science editor for a newspaper, and like most readers, I'm writing a novel that may or may not ever be published. I look forward to discussing books with you all!
:wave: Welcome to LitNet Chesterfield, Luis Gonzalez, and AmandaM! :)
Glad you are all a part of the forums, it's good to have you all here!
hello sprinks welcome to LitNet
Hi there! I'm a new member trying to find my way around and looking for a Maupassant short story where the author discovers St Tropez when his train breaks down. I'm in the process of writing an article for a newspaper - my first! Some chance eh!! Anyway, is there anyone out there who can help?
Welcome Janine11!
Unfortunately, I can't help you with your article, since I am not very well read on Maupassant; however, I do like the author very much and have read some of his short stories. Do you have an idea of the name of the story? I have a compiled book of his work and I might have it included. Also, on this site there are listings of authors - many, many - just maybe, the story is on here in the full text.
I just wanted to say hi, basically and welcome you to this forum. Also, I noticed we have the same user name, spelled the same way, mine minus the 11 of course. Mine is my real name.
Have fun browsing around the site, and hope you get some help with your newspaper article.
Hi every body.....
How r u?
I'm a new member here...and want to say Hellooo..
I wish to be accepted among u
Actually, English is my second language, I hope I could improve it through this forum.
I'm athird year English Literature student
byyy
hello hello!
hello everybody!
i think this is a great idea...
i don' really know how to y'no...
meet people and I'm just that kind of person...
:wave: so don't be so surprised if i just pop into a few of your sites and leave you a message!!!!
Hello!
I hope that everyone is doing well! I only just discovered this place because my British Literature professor told us that we were going to have a cumulative reading quiz for our final, so I decided that I needed some practice matching three sentences to random authors. My search led me here. Simple note about me - I'm a Writing Intensive English major at Marquette University, and I love books so much that I decided to be an English major because I wanted to work with books forever, no matter how un-lucrative that might be. I want to go into publishing after graduation and I want to talk about them all the time. I'm happy to be here!
Hi Janine - thanks for getting back to me. It's my real name too! I found the site with the short stories but was hoping I wouldn't have to read them all! The one's I tried weren't it! I liked what I read so it'll do me no harm.
I very much liked the sentiments expressed in your quotes attached to the lilac - I can almost smell it! Not many people seem to allow one to be wild these days. I mean wild in the free, unfettered sense rather than in the more modern usage of the word, which I am sure is what was meant too.
Well here goes, Maupassant story no. 1.
Hello again, Janine11, You are welcome. That is great; I don't think we have another 'Janine' here, not one that spells it, as we do...it used to be such an unusual spelling and now I see it adopted more and more...in fact, last night I watched credits rolling on a film, and noticed someone on the staff spelled it our way.Quote:
You may have misunderstood me, about the D.H. Lawrence short stories, if that is what you are referring to; we start a new one every month, so if you check back in the thread around the 1st of next month, you may see a new story posted. I say this because next month I might be a little slow posting one; I am expecting my first grandchild any day now. I hope it is soon, for mother and baby's sake... 9 months feels like forever. The point is you need not catch up and read all the stories we already read and discussed. No, those are done with; but of course, you can always try reading them later on your own or at your leisure. I recommend them all highly.
Thank you, concerning the quotes. Lawrence wrote so many, that it is hard to pick just one or two. I was actually going to change them, when I changed the photo to these lilacs....so funny, when I see them, I feel I can smell them as well; power of suggestion is strong, isn't it? They are my favorite flower! Before this lilac photo, I had a drawing of a bird's nest with eggs; that fit the one quote well. Before that I had something else...oh yes, a painting by Georgia O'Keefe, who was good friends with Lawrence, and painted "The Lawrence Tree". Lawrence used to sit below the tree and write or sketch. You can find that online, but another Litnetter pointed out to me, mostly all of the ones online, are hung 'upside-down'! Is that a riot, or what? I think I had it in my signature that direction, also. The painting seems to work any direction.Quote:
I very much liked the sentiments expressed in your quotes attached to the lilac - I can almost smell it! Not many people seem to allow one to be wild these days. I mean wild in the free, unfettered sense rather than in the more modern usage of the word, which I am sure is what was meant too.
Good luck with your story. I liked any Maupassant story I have read so far. He is a very interesting author.Quote:
Well here goes, Maupassant story no. 1.
To all the newbies! Welcome to Lit Net; I know you will all love it here!
Hi everyone. My name is Mamie and I love literature. I really enjoy coming here and reading what everyone has to say. I am very happy to be among this group.
Hi. I just joined yesterday, and still getting to know my way around in here, yet very glad to have found such a wonderful community as this is.
I am a senior at the University of Texas in San Antonio. I will have a BA in Education (Interdisciplinary Studies) in less than 14 months. Then, I will have fulfilled my life-long dream of having a good education behind me, as well as teach elementary school.
I am not going to be taking any summer classes this summer. Instead, I plan to emerse myself into literature. My reading and comprehension is not up to where it should be so I plan to read, read oh and read some more.
I hope to meet kindred spirit friends here who also share a passion for reading, and writing. I write fiction to improve my writing skills. I don't write to get published. In fact, I have a hard time sharing my writings with anyone, but I'm getting better at that.
Anyway, hello everyone!
Welcome to LitNet texas_star!! :)
Hey I'm an arts student from Australia, i have a passion for reading and writing. unfortunately where I'm from literature isn't exactly highly prized, so there are few people I can talk to about my interests, hopefully this site will alleviate my problem.:)
:wave: Hello from a fellow Australian!! :D I always love it when other Australians join, or when I find out that other members are from here, just that sense of having something in common with other people (apart from a love of literature!! :D). I think you'll find this site will help, many people have had the same problem when they join (including myself :lol:).Quote:
Originally Posted by Vincent Black
... I love the way I often seem so confident welcoming people yet I guess I'm still fairly new to the place, in comparison to many others! :lol:... Nontheless, welcome to LitNet, it's good to have you here!! :D
thank you for the warm welcome :) its nice to be hereQuote:
Originally Posted by sprinks
Hello everybody!
OswaldTheOsprey
Welcome welcome to all the new people here! :)
Hello all!
My name is Brooke and I am excited to be on here!
Hello everybody!
Before my name stayed as ydfkdy, i am comfortable letting you know my name, and eventually i will learn to navigate this site better. i am Stacey
Nice to meet you Ydfkdy.
Hello everybody!
I'm Anna Katharine and I'm not a native english speaker. So please, forgive any mistake that I will problably make.
I'm new here and I hope I'll make lots of friends!
I'm from Brazil and I study Literature in the university. And... I really don't know what else to say. If anyone want to know anything else about me, just ask !
Nice to meet you!
Nice to meet you Anna. Your English seems good. Make yourself at home on lit net and I hope you will enjoy it. :)