Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

[xtina]

Hey everyone! Here's a brief intro:
Name: Christina
Age: 25 ^_^;; Just had my birthday last week!
Books: I'm in a newly formed book club (we're reading the Samurai's Garden). I love mysteries, thrillers, fastasy, vampires, books that make you weep, historical, sociological....anything, I suppose. Also a Marx fan
Job: I work for the state for the Office of Women's Health
School: Graduated from UC Davis with a degree in sociology, minor in music.
Other: I'm an avid book reader and I love hearing about great reads, talking about books I love (and hate!), and since my bf doesn't like books, I have to share my passion with others.

See you guys around!

Kathita: Welcome!
pingu: that's too bad about your teacher. maybe you can go to her class early in the morning and ask for some pointers? maybe have a different teacher proof your essay/ask for recommendations? good luck!

[Pensive]

Hi kathita, pingu and xtina! Welcome to the forum!

kathita, you can check out some of the recommendations thread in General Literature. I hope they will help.

[kathita]

Thanks Pensive! I'll try...

[Gordon Comstock]

Greetings.

I consider this a great distinction that you allow such an indigent, as myself, into the bowels of a knowledged society.

Gordon

[Thilaga]

Hi
I am Thilaga from India. I teach English Literature to graduate and Post Graduate students. I love fiction - British, American, European.

[ceemarguerite]

Hello!
Just stopping by to introduce myself as suggested.
So, a little bit about myself:
My book friends say I'm a classic lit nerd who doesn't appreciate 'modern fiction' (modern being anytime after 1960, so I guess that's post modern). It's not true, though, because I do appreciate modern fiction, I just feel like there are SO many excellent books that I need to read before I get to the modern stuff. And I have to admit that I really enjoy the agonizing process of trying to comprehend a difficult or obscure passage and I LOVE footnotes. Still, in the past year I have made a definite effort to read more modern stuff, and I have succeeded...sort of.
Book I'm always reading: Don Quixote by Cervantes (various translations)
Book I'm starting: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch by Solzhenitsyn (translator: ...I've got to look...)
Book I just finished: Middlesex by Eugenides
Book I'm in the middle of but probably will never get back to (though I can hope): Swann's Way by Proust, Anna Karinina by Tolstoy
Books I'm in the middle of but will never finish: anything by Dostoevsky who I try every year to read and never succeed, Wicked by Maguire
Authors I'm not old enough for (i.e. can't appreciate yet): Dickens, Austen.
Favorite books (in no particular order): Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (hooray for footnotes!), Middlemarch by Eliot, Don Quixote by Cervantes, The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog by Bulgakov, Sentimental Education by Flaubert, The Sin of Father Mouret by Zola, and many, MANY MORE!

Right now, I'm in a self-imposed exile from my real life (i.e. living in a place I really don't enjoy so that I can live rent-free and save money to rejoin my life) after a thoroughly enjoyable 4 month extended vacation from working in theatre. I'm thrilled to find this forum so I can try to keep my brain active! I hope that I will be able to contribute to what seems like a lively community.
--ceemarguerite
PS I tend to use very long, disjointed sentences. I hope that won't be too annoying!

[smallik]

hi there,
i guess Iam the latest addition to this forum.I have completed my Masters in English Literature and now am thinking of pursuing phd in the same.but the major obstacle is that i simply am not able to decide on which topic to do my research on :-( !!!! Its this reason that got me introiduced to this forum while i was surfing to find some help!So here i am requesting everyone if someone can help me out!thanks!

[Chrysalisyah]

I'm a seventeen-year-old, and will be leaving academic factory (high school that is) next year. I like ancient Egypt, poetry, gothic literature, photo manipulation, philosophy, religious matter, and paranormal research... I live in the south east asia; Malaysia. I'm an avid reader of philosophical and photography blogs. I've been raised to be somewhat philosophical. I often read my father's books. Haha. You can also find me on myspace.

[RobinHood3000]

Welcome to all of the new forumers -- hope you enjoy your time here!

[Chrysalisyah]

Welcome to all of the new forumers -- hope you enjoy your time here!

Thanks! We will!

[Pensive]

Hi all! Have a nice time over here!

[Dimitra]

Hi.This is my first post here. My name is Sani and I am from Greece.I am almost 19 years old and on the second year on the uni studying Veterinary.;p

I love sciense fiction and fantasy and just recently started reading some classic literature but I am not very sure where to start from.
Right now I am reading Crime and Punishment but can't say I am exactly absorbed..

My hobbies include apart from reading,tennis,cinema and travelling.I hope I will have a good time in this forum and make many friends.

[roxannec]

Introduction: I'm an artist and a mom who homeschools because she gets to learn the history she hated when she was young. I'm currently on a poetry kick (Dante, Keats, Adrienne Rich, Donald Hall) but also am reading a lot of Jung and associated writers (Hollis, Hillman). Am trying to make time for Arthur Miller, Proust, and Shaw. I'm a dancer (modern), writer, painter (oils) and video artist.

[Evi]

Hi to evryone,

I am a new member, my name is Evi and i am from Greece. I just joined the forum as i love reading and i generally love books, magazines, newspapers, i just like reading everything. I am a lawyer and i have other hobbies as traveling, walking, chatting, cinema and theatre. My favorite authors are so many, anyway, among them are: Jonathan Coe, Leo Tolstoy, Fiondor Dostoyefsky, Shakepseare, John Irving, Plutarch, Isabelle Aliente, Garcia Marques, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain and many many others that i am forgeting right now, sorry for this. I will be glad to talk with any of you about literature. My email is [email protected]

Best wishes,
Evi

[RobinHood3000]

Whoo, Shakespeare!

Evi...I hope you don't mind my asking, but is that pronounced Ee-vee or Eh-vee? It's a lovely name.