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[tailor STATELY]

Logged on just to say Howdy ! from California 4:30 am PDT.

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
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[vitno]

Am in the place where i wanted to be i love books

[Cathy Clouston]

Hello back at ya...I'm not a returning member, I never left because I was never here before today. I found this site by accident. So far, I'm intrigued.
I wouldn't exactly describe myself as a literary person, more that I am a person that lives to read and reads to live. I seldom read non-fiction or, heaven forbid, self-help books. I read for pleasure. I read to escape. I read to learn. I read to grow. I have a few requirements of my reading material. First, they must be one of two things: a book by one of my preferred authors, of which there are a growing number, or they must be, because of my retired with few resources status, cheap.
I read mostly on my Kindle, because it's easy to hold, especially in bed, which is a deal breaker for some books, ie: anything from Stephen King. I must admit that many times I miss the feel of the book, the smell of the book, the entire book experience. When that feeling overwhelms me, I go to my bookshelf and satisfy that need. But it's always my Kindle that I return to. (I hate ending a sentence with a preposition, but sometimes any other way of phrasing sounds forced, don't you think?) I have to confess now that I have a guilty pleasure. I hesitate to mention it here, but I have attained an age where I feel I've earned the right to say what I think and what I feel, regardless of what an expedient, proper or socially respectable thought. I surf BookBub. There, I've said it, admitted it, and although I'm ashamed, I will continue to do so. If you've been there yourself, you may understand why.
BookBub provides me with a free and/or very inexpensive, extensive source of material to feed my habit. It has its offerings categorized in a way that allows me to avoid those hideous aforementioned self-help and non-fiction fare, and go instead directly to Thrillers (which I LOVE), Mysteries (which mostly overlap thrillers), and a wonderful category called "Literary". Now, sometimes I'm looking for entertainment, and I head directly to the first two choices, looking for something along the lines of my favs, Lee Child, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Dennis Lehane, John Connolly, and John Sanford and so on ad infinitum. Sometimes I'm in a mood for something heavy, something thought provoking, something I can completely and totally immerse myself in, and at those times I go directly to Literary. Many times I've begun a book from this category by an author I've never heard of before, and I have sent the book back into that great land of badly written, discarded books by the end of the first chapter. But sometimes, oh praise the powers of the pen, sometimes I find that little gem that I would never have otherwise experienced. It's there I found Chris Bohjalian, Michael Koryta and Donna Tartt to name just a few. Perhaps though, these works have cost me more in the long run than just going straight to Amazon, because I fall in love with this new to me author, and must, I say MUST, have every word the object of my lust has ever penned.
And this brings me to the second of my requirements for my reading experience. The book must be well written. By this I mean written as an intelligent person would think, not written merely to get words on a page, but putting those words on that page in a manner that reveals the writer's knowledge of grammar and sentence structure, totally apart from plot, character development or dialogue.
Oh my goodness, why didn't you stop me from my rant many paragraphs ago? If I've bored you silly, I apologize, although I guess if I bored you silly, you would not have read far enough to receive my apology. If I have overstepped the boundaries of "acceptable length of self introduction" please forgive me. Give me another chance before you boot my butt completely off the forum! Thank you so much, please to meet you, and all that other stuff. TTFN

[tejandtejas]

Hello Everyone,

I am Tejas Jani, from India. Writing is my passion and that is what makes me high.

I have been writing short stories in different genres mostly ending on positive notes and spreading smiles. I feel great to be a part of this forum where I would be able to share and get views of great writers and readers on my work which will help me improve.

Thank you all.
Love,
Tejas

[terrabit]

Hi, i am andrew d from romania.
I can't remember a book's author or name,
what is the proper forum to ask for this ?

[Move_Along91]

Hey, everyone. It's glad to be on the site. I just really want to experiment with some of my writing because I want to hopefully find my style one day. Give me some feedback, thanks.

[mitchstrahsberg]

HI Everone! I'm Mitchell Strahsberg, I work as a Book Marketing Specialist. I hope I can share tips and ideas here regarding book publishing and marketing.

[jj05u3.var]

Hi there!

My name is Josué Vargas, I'm 28 and I live in Costa Rica. I make my living as a Network Security Engineer.

In spite of my current career, I've always leaned towards arts (specifically music) and literature. After careful thought I've decided I will make the turn and while I keep doing what I do I will start studying literature as a career, I'm currently evaluating colleges offering distance learning.

I've joined this forum because I want to learn a lot from you; I've always had a natural impulse for writing, yet I'm way behind in my knowledge of literature and would really like to share with people ho can appreciate and criticize a good book.

Thank you, will be reading a lot and learning from you folks!

Josué V.

[jashleigh]

hello all
it is great to be involved

[Autocorrect]

Hey everyone, it's great to be a part of such an intelligent community. My name is Jay, I'm a 16 year old student, and I study psychology and journalism in my free time.
I joined the Literature Network Forums because I am sure that I will be able to improve my general comprehension of English, as well as broaden my knowledge of the world's greatest literature.
My favourite series of books would have to be that of Game of Thrones, I am absolutely loving reading through these books, and as you may probably have guessed, my favourite author is George R. R. Martin.

I have been a member of different forums before, however many of them lack quality and substance, the majority of which feature low quality members and poor content. I have been told that this site is very different.
So, I hope to learn and contribute equally to these forums, and I hope that you all have a great day.

Autocorrect.

[hannah_arendt]

Hey everyone, it's great to be a part of such an intelligent community. My name is Jay, I'm a 16 year old student, and I study psychology and journalism in my free time.
I joined the Literature Network Forums because I am sure that I will be able to improve my general comprehension of English, as well as broaden my knowledge of the world's greatest literature.
My favourite series of books would have to be that of Game of Thrones, I am absolutely loving reading through these books, and as you may probably have guessed, my favourite author is George R. R. Martin.

I have been a member of different forums before, however many of them lack quality and substance, the majority of which feature low quality members and poor content. I have been told that this site is very different.
So, I hope to learn and contribute equally to these forums, and I hope that you all have a great day.

Autocorrect.

Welcome

I am sure that you`ll find here many interesting topics and members

Have a great day,

Hannah

[mehrdad]

Hi I'm Mehrdad from India.I'm 34.It's great to join this forum.

[BienvenuJDC]

I've been away for a while.

[Calidore]

I've been away for a while.

Yes you have. Welcome back!

[pedro_lasarte]

Hello everyone, my name is Pedro Lasarte, I'm a professor of Spanish from Boston University, I'm a lover of colonial literature, especially burlesque satirical genre authors who lived in the new world (America), if you want to know more about colonial literature, please send me a message.
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Pedro Lasarte. Visit my web site: pedrolasarte.com