hello everybody;
im a new member in this interesting forum, im a sophomore in the university of literature and human science. i just wanted to introduce myself and im sur that ill enjoy being a member here
see ya
ciao
hello everybody;
im a new member in this interesting forum, im a sophomore in the university of literature and human science. i just wanted to introduce myself and im sur that ill enjoy being a member here
see ya
ciao
Welcome Lynne. There are quite a few librarians here on lit net. I hope you get to talk with them. They all seem to love their work. If you have any questions on getting around, just ask me in my profile page.Originally Posted by Lynne50
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LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
I stumbled across these forums as I was looking for critical commentary about Catch-22, which I'm currently reading- imagine my surprise to find that it is your book club's March selection!
An avid reader in my youth, I found that all the reading requirements in college zapped my desire, and for about a decade thereafter I read books very rarely. Lately I've re-committed to reading classics and discovering contemporary authors. This month I completed Lawrence's "Women in Love" and hope to enjoy a new book every month.
I'm one of those folks who cannot NOT complete a book, even if I hate it, so we'll see how long it takes me to get through Catch-22...
Cheers everyone!
I was just doing some quick research but liked your forum so much I wanted to sign up. I'm a homeschooling Mom, so this is a great resource.
~chel
Hello, I come from Bahia Brasil. I´m sorry for my english. I´ll try to make me understand
Let me introduce myself
Hi, I'm Ophelia new to the forum !!!, I'm 20 year old. I'm a passionate lover of books, languanges and of course Literature. I study English and American Literature, and something called African Literaure which I still know only a little bit about it!!!
Well, conserning my favourite writer, or it's better to say writers cos I do like many. I read Daniell Steel, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe.... Walt Whitman...etc. My favourite novel is The Main by Trevanian maybe cos it's the first I read. It's special for me!!
Ophelia
My name's Vincent. I'm 19, out of high school, and doing a year of personal studies before going to college to get my B/A in Writing & Literature.
I love reading, I try to do about 100-200 pages a day. My favorite authors are Jack Kerouac, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Marcel Proust, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Allen Ginsberg, Walt Whitman, Arthur Rimbaud, Dylan Thomas, Henry Miller, Kenneth Rexroth, Aldous Huxley, Friedrich Nietzsche, and William S. Burroughs. Right now I'm reading 'Walden' by Henry David Thoreau.
I came to this forum because I was searching for somewhere to discuss literary things, as none of my friends like to read and I have very little opportunity to talk about it otherwise.
Hello,
I'm originally from warm, sunny Barbados, now living in cold, dreary Dearborn, Michigan. I'm almost twenty-two, studied English Lit. at University, am involved/working in fashion design and marketing of my own line, but still love reading and still make time for it. I consider myself a failed writer because I don't think I have enough imagination, but I still love reading the writings of others.
Some of my favorite authors are Tolstoy, Proust, Chekhov, Lawrence (D.H. and T.E.), Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, P.G. Wodehouse, Edgar Allen Poe, many more.
I love movies, too. Favorite actor is Humphrey Bogart. Favorite actresses are Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Carole Lombard.
I joined because I was looking for a place to discuss literature with others since I'm no longer in school and don't discuss it there.
Welcome MissScarlett, I know we just meet up on the 'Richard II' thread, but it is good to hear a little about you here and meet you formally...welcome to the forum! I am sure you will be a great asset and enjoy it here very much.
I am an avid Lawrence fan - D.H., but I would love to read T.E., as well. A few of us usually have a D.H.Lawrence Short Story thread going monthly; so, when it starts up again, (I am hoping soon), I hope you can join in. You can check out the thread and how many of the stories we have already discussed. I will send you the link, if you need it; I am sure by now the thread has gotten buried and may be several pages back. I will post in it soon to bring it up to date in the listings again. We also, have a similar Chekhov thread. Hope when we start that one up - probably by summer, you can join in as well. Both are a lot of fun and quite enlightening.
I also love Thomas Hardy and have read most of his work, but not much of his poetry, just his novels. Tolstoy is an old favorite of mine, as well. You have good taste in literature and I know you said you love Shakespeare, as well....now that is a fine taste in literature and poetry combined.
I love old movies too. LadyWentworth and I are always posting about them in the movie thread. Again, welcome and enjoy browsing around the place.
"It's so mysterious, the land of tears."
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Hi everyone. My name's Juvie. I always come across this forum whenever I browse the net for essays and critical studies about literature. It's only now that I have found the time to actually drop by and say hi. I'm from the Philippines, by the way.
HI
I have been around this forum for 2 weeks now, or is it 3 already? Not sure - so that would be the first thing to confess: my memory could be better. I did not post in this thread straight away as I was a bit in a hurry when I registered and I did not remember it until now.
I am a 23-year old student and I should be done studying by now, but I am a bit of a procrastinator. I know I should snap out of it. Point is, there are just too many nice movies, wonderful books and breathtaking music in this world
I choose "Sapphire" as an user name as I like the bright blue colour and it's the stone of the month September - my birthday month. My avatar is the end of a necklace, with some sapphire stones on it and a white stone with the word "WISH" on it in silver. I would like to say "dare to dream", though I am aware of the fact that reality needs to be kept in touch with
I am not a native English speaker, but we have many English movies, TV series and music in the Netherlands so I did kind of grow up in the middle of it - yes, I'm Dutch
I came here to talk about literature, as it falls completely outside my line of studying and I thus do not talk about it much. People I know are not interested in talking about books, or at least not in a different manner than "do you like it?" or "you should try this, it is interesting".
I would like to learn how to talk about them in a more "literate" manner. As in being able to recognise themes and styles and stuff like that. I think it will be fun to look at books in a different way than just thinking "nice story".
I am a sucker for details: one sentence in a book, movie or song can make me like the whole of it. In the same way, one bad choice of words can make me forget about the good stuff. I am however quite a positive person and tend to put more significance on the parts I like than on the things I dislike
Well, I could go rambling on but I guess I should not. That is another problem I have: I tend to use many words to get a point across. I like poetry (combination of songs and literature) and admire it when a whole story can be told in a little amount of words.
I also like to just chat, some of you might have seen me in the general chat already
Take care,
Sapphire
Edit I just realized it might be interesting to tell what I read. I just finished "Jude the Obscure" by Tom Hardy. I really liked it, especially as it surprises me every time again that people from former times could think so much like us.
When characters get totally caught up in their feelings and become very emotional I find it hard to connect - though I do think it interesting to read about that I am too down to earth to really get what they are feeling.
I really liked Catch-22 (Joseph Heller) and Ships that Pass in the Night (Beatrice Harraden).
I usually read while travelling, and as that often means walking you can see me wonder about with a book in my hands - crossing busy street and oblivious of the world around me. Somehow, I do not stumble while doing so while I'm quite a clumsy person. I even read while riding a bicycle, though I have to say I only do such on (not that busy) separate bicycle paths as I do not want to run into a car...
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It is not too late, to be wild for roundabouts - to be wild for life
Wolfsheim - It is not too late
hello everyone.I'm hereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.Wish all of you a nice day!!!
Thank you for the welcome, Janine. Sons and Lovers has always been one of my favorite novels. I've read some of Lawrence's short stories, but not all. I wish someone would publish a compilation of them.
I haven't read all of Tolstoy, either, but I've loved what I've read.
Chekhov and Jane Austen are my favorites.
Yes, I do love Shakespeare, and will try to contribute to the discussion of Richard II, but I'm not Shakespeare expert! LOL Still, it doesn't get much better than the Bard.
Hello virgil, i have to tell you that you seem to be avery nice person and an intersting character. You are also openning to the world and achearful man ihope that life gives all that you wish.
soulmate.
lets light acandel
*waves* I'm new
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