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Getting to know each other... (It's feezzzzzing cold in here :( )
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ParadoxicalRae
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- Where are you from? (Country, state, city...)
I'm in the USA, raised in Texas (ugh, ugh, I know...).
- How old are you and what is your gender?
I'm 19 years old and female.
- What are your hobbies (Other than reading books)?
I'm getting back into writing short stories after a long writer's block, I like watching movies, taking care of my betta fish, collecting books, playing computer games, MMORPGs, D&D, and RPing.
- What kind of books do you like?
Fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, and historical fiction.
- Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire.
- Name a book that you dislike with a passion.
Ugh--Jane Eyre . I HATE that book!
- How many books have you read? (A round number) :
I'd have to say, more than 100. I've been reading for as long as I can remember. I have close to 1,000 books in my home and while I haven't read them all, I do plan to. I also check out books from the library and read them all the time.
I'm in the USA, raised in Texas (ugh, ugh, I know...).
- How old are you and what is your gender?
I'm 19 years old and female.
- What are your hobbies (Other than reading books)?
I'm getting back into writing short stories after a long writer's block, I like watching movies, taking care of my betta fish, collecting books, playing computer games, MMORPGs, D&D, and RPing.
- What kind of books do you like?
Fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, and historical fiction.
- Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire.
- Name a book that you dislike with a passion.
Ugh--Jane Eyre . I HATE that book!
- How many books have you read? (A round number) :
I'd have to say, more than 100. I've been reading for as long as I can remember. I have close to 1,000 books in my home and while I haven't read them all, I do plan to. I also check out books from the library and read them all the time.
bobbyburns
New Member
personal details:
where are you from? amerikkkuh, michigan, (des)troy & grand rapids.
how old are you and what is your gender? 21, and I'm a man.
what are your hobbies? video games, coloring, riding my bike, stealing presents from under the christmas tree, and practicing aikido.
about books:
what kind of books do you like? stuff on martial arts and zen.
name a book that moved you, that touched you inside: way of the peaceful warrior.
name a book that you dislike with a passion: anything by t.s. eliot.
how many books have you read? more than you'd think.
where are you from? amerikkkuh, michigan, (des)troy & grand rapids.
how old are you and what is your gender? 21, and I'm a man.
what are your hobbies? video games, coloring, riding my bike, stealing presents from under the christmas tree, and practicing aikido.
about books:
what kind of books do you like? stuff on martial arts and zen.
name a book that moved you, that touched you inside: way of the peaceful warrior.
name a book that you dislike with a passion: anything by t.s. eliot.
how many books have you read? more than you'd think.
mojo
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MyRon said:WOW (!) People! most of you wrote over 1000 books! WOW! I brag about my whole 8 books! hehe lol
Well, I guess I have a lot of catching up to be doing!
Hey MyRon, go with the old cliche 'quality over quantity', I've read 1000s of books, but a lot of them haven't been worth the effort
I'm newish too, any Scottish people in here?
(Personal details) :
- Where are you from? Nova scotia canada
- How old are you and what is your gender? female, 31
- What are your hobbies (Other than reading books)? cooking, painting, home renovations,excercise
(About books) :
- What kind of books do you like? pretty much anything
- Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside.so many really, but the latest was lovely bones.
- Name a book that you dislike with a passion. nothing comes to mind that i disliked with passion, i usually just stop reading anything that i am bored with or that annoys me
- How many books have you read? (A round number) : no idea
- Where are you from? Nova scotia canada
- How old are you and what is your gender? female, 31
- What are your hobbies (Other than reading books)? cooking, painting, home renovations,excercise
(About books) :
- What kind of books do you like? pretty much anything
- Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside.so many really, but the latest was lovely bones.
- Name a book that you dislike with a passion. nothing comes to mind that i disliked with passion, i usually just stop reading anything that i am bored with or that annoys me
- How many books have you read? (A round number) : no idea
Wolhay
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I'm a male from Stockholm in Sweden. I was born 1983. I've read more than 100 books. Apart from books I've got a large interest for movies and I fancy directors such as Solondz, Cronenberg and Tarkovsky. Black humour is my main interest.
My taste in books is similar to my taste in movies. I like things that are out of the ordinary and provoking, it usually centers around science fiction and chock fiction.
Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside.
"Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein. It was probably the book that made me abandon my moralistic tendencies.
Name a book that you dislike with a passion.
"Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway. Even though I usually find misogynism entertaining I just couldn't stand the goose that was the romantic interest of the protagonist in this book.
My taste in books is similar to my taste in movies. I like things that are out of the ordinary and provoking, it usually centers around science fiction and chock fiction.
Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside.
"Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein. It was probably the book that made me abandon my moralistic tendencies.
Name a book that you dislike with a passion.
"Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway. Even though I usually find misogynism entertaining I just couldn't stand the goose that was the romantic interest of the protagonist in this book.
It's about a pedophile that marries a woman that he despise so that he can get closer to her 12 year old daughter.
MyRon said:
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaao!
You are making it too personal. Her being German has nothing to do with her not liking the book. It's totally 100 percent irrelevant. Why drag race into it? She simply didn't like the book nothing more and nothing less. I find the comment a little distasteful. I wish people wouldn't make issues where there are none. I don't like Anne Frank either. For you it's simply that i don't like it but everything changes if I were German?
novella
Active Member
Geenh said:
Maybe not, but there are fans of Aussie literature.
I loved The Bone People. Have you read it? Also, I've read The Songlines before and am sort of reading it now. At about halfway through this time I picked up something else and got distracted, but I love that book as well.
I just bought Tree of Man, the Nobel Winner by Patrick White about an early remote station.
Didn't read the Kelly Gang book, but I might, as I liked Carey's book Jack Maggs.
Might start an Aussie lit thread, Geenh.
honeydevil
Active Member
Love4OneAnother said:
I loved Anne Frank.
her character is pretty good, the story too, but i still don't like anne frnak!!
the book was crap, too long, too boring, too personal... it has nothing of the actual life in it!! it is a diary, not a book for the public!!
but good to know there are people who like ot!!
honeydevil
Active Member
MyRon said:
don't you get me wrong, i did a project about holocaust and 3 weeks i sat in fron t of my computer and cried my fuckin' eye's out!! i'm sad about that stuff, but the facts move me more than this diary of a little girl!! i had to read it for school, maybe that's another thing why i dislike it, i hate everything I HAVE TO read... okay except shakespeare!!
honeydevil
Active Member
SillyWabbit said:Whaaaaaaaaaaaaao!
thanks!!! but SHUT UP!! i'm thankful for your offense, but i waited for a thread like that, it was unavoidable!! don't make a big deal out of it!!
Pink
New Member
- Where are you from? (Country, state, city...)
I be from Bristol in Sunny England.
- How old are you and what is your gender?
21 years of age and Male
- What are your hobbies (Other than reading books)?
Love listening to music, playing/watching football (or soccer ), watching films, hanging out with my friends (up the pub mainly)
and generally chilling out
- What kind of books do you like?
All sorts really
- Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside.
Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
- Name a book that you dislike with a passion.
Luckily enough I haven't really come across one i've really hated.
- How many books have you read? (A round number) :
Probably about 80-100 so far
I be from Bristol in Sunny England.
- How old are you and what is your gender?
21 years of age and Male
- What are your hobbies (Other than reading books)?
Love listening to music, playing/watching football (or soccer
), watching films, hanging out with my friends (up the pub mainly)and generally chilling out
- What kind of books do you like?
All sorts really
- Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside.
Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
- Name a book that you dislike with a passion.
Luckily enough I haven't really come across one i've really hated.
- How many books have you read? (A round number) :
Probably about 80-100 so far
Eugen
New Member
Got an Aussie son, if that helps? He's three, curly hair, big brown eyes and cheesie smile. Smells of a thousand chuckles, poinsettias and rain. As for me, I'll tell you jack. England, you see. 'xcept I'm 33, read slowly (a good book is like a slow orgasm), loved Lolita, and I couldn't possibly count how many books I've read to date.Geenh said:
Love4OneAnother
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Lol. xD
Anne Frank's diary was not meant for the public, but the fact that she can write all of that at such a young age, and think that despite what she was going through-- this is what makes it so beautiful. Imagine what she could have done, written had she not been murdered in the Holocaust? Yet here she is, declaring that "it will all come right, and a springtime of peace will start," still believing that people are still good and there is still hope, despite what she faced??
I cried my eyes out at this book. I'm also Jewish, maybe that had something to do with it, but whatever it was, this book really hit home.
And 'Lolita' is a love story.. someone in another thread described it as a multiple orgasm of language. Its so beautifully writen, and crafted so that you as a reader are forced to feel certain things about it.
Simply put, its about a pedophile who falls for a young girl named Lolita. You hate the main charachter with a passion, because he's a terrible person. But at the same time you see how confused he is with himself and that he really loved her, or at least believed he did-- you have to pity him, or at least feel some compassion, particularly at the end. The begining of the book says it all, "light of my life, fire of my loins, my sin, my soul," and the adoring, reverent way he is describing her name! The most gorgeous book in the world, in my humble opinion.
There is a thread on it somewhere.. but I don't feel like looking for it. xD Try the Fiction board.
Anne Frank's diary was not meant for the public, but the fact that she can write all of that at such a young age, and think that despite what she was going through-- this is what makes it so beautiful. Imagine what she could have done, written had she not been murdered in the Holocaust? Yet here she is, declaring that "it will all come right, and a springtime of peace will start," still believing that people are still good and there is still hope, despite what she faced??
I cried my eyes out at this book. I'm also Jewish, maybe that had something to do with it, but whatever it was, this book really hit home.
And 'Lolita' is a love story.. someone in another thread described it as a multiple orgasm of language. Its so beautifully writen, and crafted so that you as a reader are forced to feel certain things about it.
Simply put, its about a pedophile who falls for a young girl named Lolita. You hate the main charachter with a passion, because he's a terrible person. But at the same time you see how confused he is with himself and that he really loved her, or at least believed he did-- you have to pity him, or at least feel some compassion, particularly at the end. The begining of the book says it all, "light of my life, fire of my loins, my sin, my soul," and the adoring, reverent way he is describing her name! The most gorgeous book in the world, in my humble opinion.
There is a thread on it somewhere.. but I don't feel like looking for it. xD Try the Fiction board.
Love4OneAnother
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honeydevil
Active Member
Love4OneAnother said:
sorry!!
it hits home for me too,
i think just because she was soo young she believed in "everything will be good"... i think i end this discussion here, i don't want to srew up this thread and i don't want to rub over the floor and make excuses for things i that happened when i was not even planned!! sorry bye
Martin
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Ah, to hell with it, here goes:
(Personal details):
- Where are you from? (Country, state, city...): I just moved from a tiny town to something resembling a city. Still in Holland, though.
- How old are you and what is your gender:Just turrned 25, and I'm quite sure that I'm male.
- What are your hobbies (Other than reading books): Writing, playing snooker, studying, many more things.
(About books):
- What kind of books do you like: I'll read anything that's even slightly original.
- Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside: Jose Saramago's Blindness - one of the few books that genuinely scared me.
- Name a book that you dislike with a passion: Porno by Irvine Welsh - I simply could not battle my way through the thick Scottish accent.
- How many books have you read? (A round number): I'd say a 150 (for fun, that is - I've read a substantial amount for school, too, but I'm not counting those).
There you have it, me in a nutshell.
Cheers
(Personal details):
- Where are you from? (Country, state, city...): I just moved from a tiny town to something resembling a city. Still in Holland, though.
- How old are you and what is your gender:Just turrned 25, and I'm quite sure that I'm male.
- What are your hobbies (Other than reading books): Writing, playing snooker, studying, many more things.
(About books):
- What kind of books do you like: I'll read anything that's even slightly original.
- Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside: Jose Saramago's Blindness - one of the few books that genuinely scared me.
- Name a book that you dislike with a passion: Porno by Irvine Welsh - I simply could not battle my way through the thick Scottish accent.
- How many books have you read? (A round number): I'd say a 150 (for fun, that is - I've read a substantial amount for school, too, but I'm not counting those).
There you have it, me in a nutshell.
Cheers
honeydevil
Active Member
hey you got it better than me, and you seems pretty normal too!!Martin said: