Getting to know each other... (It's feezzzzzing cold in here :( )

[water faerie]

(Personal details) :
- Where are you from? Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
- How old are you and what is your gender? 16 and female
- What are your hobbies (Other than reading books)? computer, shopping, singing, writing, hanging out with friends, painting

(About books) :
- What kind of books do you like? whatever sounds interesting
- Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside. The Diary of Anne Frank
- Name a book that you dislike with a passion. Flowers in the Attic.
- How many books have you read? (A round number) :

* Less than 10 books
* 10-20
* 20-50
* 50-100
* More than 100 (I've lost count) 13 so far this year, but in my whole life? I must've read thousands.

 

[Catalyst]

Personal details
- Where are you from? (Country, state, city...)
From outside Edinburgh in Scotland, am living between uni in Edinburgh and Galway Ireland where my parents are.
- How old are you and what is your gender?
21 Female
- What are your hobbies (Other than reading books)?
Horse riding, writing, painting/drawing, going to pub/cinema with pals and all that student stuff!

(About books) :
- What kind of books do you like?
Fantasy, horror is ok....i like most things really but fantasy is my favourite
- Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside.
Im a sensitive type so most books lol
- Name a book that you dislike with a passion.
Oh i read this really really bad sci-fi book that looked good but it was so bad. Cant remember what it was though.
- How many books have you read? (A round number) :

More than 100 (I've lost count)

 

[cFaniak]

(Personal details) :
-I'm from Poland. Province: Pomorskie. City: Gdańsk (Gdansk). District: Brzeźno (Brzezno).
-The age is 17 for now. I'm male.
-Hobbies? Computers, computers, computers, sport, films and much more, which I don't remember

I can't remember, how mony books I'd read.

 

[ecks]

(Personal details) :
- Where are you from? I was born in Bulgaria, between Romania and Turkey. Then when I was 8 years old I moved to live in Russia for one year. Then I moved to New York City, and now live in New Jersey, USA.

- How old are you and what is your gender? 18, about to turn 19, male

- What are your hobbies (Other than reading books)? sports, computers, understanding how stuff works

(About books) :
- What kind of books do you like? Any genre, but for right now mostly classical fiction, especially eastern european.
- Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside. The Great Gatsby, Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eyes, Dostoevsky's Notes From the Underground
- Name a book that you dislike with a passion. There were some that were dissapointing like Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita (i couldn't relate to it), Chuck Palahhiuk's Choke.
- How many books have you read? (A round number) : Somewhere between 50 and 100

 

[mamabookworm61]

(Personal details) :
- Where are you from? (Country, state, city...) Mankato, MN, USA, portrayed in the Betsy-Tacy children's books by Maud Hart Lovelace as "Deep Valley"
- How old are you and what is your gender? Female, well over 30
- What are your hobbies (Other than reading books)? singing, playing violin, listening to classical and folk music, flower gardening (Geez, I sound alarmingly pastoral!)

- What kind of books do you like? I like books that develop characters well, that get me thinking in new ways about people, relationships, cultures, ethics, history, . . .
Example: Beth Gutcheon's More Than You Know; Trezza Azzopardi's Remember Me; Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried

I also occasionally like a popcorn mystery or "mature" romance (one that follows the story past the "I love yous" into later life)
Example: Trigiani's Big Stone Gap

I also read non-fiction related to whatever topic I'm currently fixated upon (classical music, history, biography . . . ) Example: Classical Music for Dummies

- Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside. I look for a book that moves me but also gets me thinking. See above.

- Name a book that you dislike with a passion. Dickens's Little Dorritt (with a passion, though I like his other books); was recently disappointed with Ann Lamott's Blue Shoe (no passion, just dislike)

- How many books have you read? (A round number) : Thousands?

 

[Porthos]

(Personal details) :
- Where are you from? Birmingham, UK
- How old are you and what is your gender? 24 & female
- What are your hobbies (Other than reading books)? Internet, drinking, mobile phones , drinking, photography, drinking, travel & more drinking!!! - I try to combine these activites as I did last year when I went to Poland & took loads of photos & bought proper Vodka

(About books) :
- What kind of books do you like? Crime/Mysteries/Thrillers mainly
- Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside. The last book I read; The Sixth Lamentation by William Brodrick - I don't want to spoil it for anyone so I won't expand on that.
- Name a book that you dislike with a passion. Can't think of one at the moment
- How many books have you read? (A round number) :

* More than 100 (I've lost count)

I'm fairly new too so I know where you're coming from but everyone does seem friendly on here; they just know each other & get banter going which is very funny

 

[honeydevil]

(Personal details) :
- What are your hobbies (Other than reading books)? Internet, drinking, mobile phones , drinking, photography, drinking, travel & more drinking!!! - I try to combine these activites as I did last year when I went to Poland & took loads of photos & bought proper Vodka

hey hey, nice to see someone who likes to drink! since i'm in the US everybody tells me that drinking is bad, smoking will kill me and that i like drinking makes me one day a alcoholic!

What vodka do you like the best?

 

[clueless]

Where are you from? A tiny country with its own language and a high percentage of writers. That's why we are all great readers from an early age. Nobody else understands the buggers and, surprisingly, the muses don’t feed them. Currently living in the UK.

- How old are you and what is your gender? 41, female

- What are your hobbies (Other than reading books)? Listening to music, theatre, films, comedies, cooking, travelling, nature and animals

- What kind of books do you like?
I don’t like romance, westerns, horror, self-help and am not usually interested on biographies.

- Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside. Many, but perhaps Demian by Herman Hesse was the one that touched me most.

- Name a book that you dislike with a passion.
Perhaps I should dislike myself with a passion for this but I read a couple of really boring books by the same author. As the author had been praised to the skies, I blamed the translator and read the original version and was bored to death all over again. I had never been so stupid before and I will never do that again.

- How many books have you read? (A round number) : Thousands, lost count

 

[Porthos]

Wow... Umm... What I said didn't really come out the way I wanted it to...
You have to understand, being a Jew was considered unlawful, do you get it? Can you fathom not being legal, just because you are being youself?
Can you fathom being experimented like some no excuse for an animal?
That's not something that can be wiped-clean just like that...

I DON'T hate Germans, I really don't! But something ugly came out of the holocaust (other than the obvious) : Whenever we watch a basketball game on TV with Germans and Israelis on opposite sides, we really get... ummm how shall I put it - we are filled with (unjustified?) vengeance and sickness at the same time... Whenever something mutual goes on between the two countries it brings up media uproar by people who can't help it, people who are still sickened by it...
If that makes us racist, then... ummm... I don't know, maybe we are... We have the right to be (don't we?)

I have nothing against honeydevil and actually what she said was pretty sweet... I have nothing personal against her, not in the least bit... It's Germany and Europe that make me feel a little angry... Somehow I have the feeling Germany will always reek of anti-Semitism - it couldn't have been merely hit-ler (%^**#$@!!!) he could NOT have done that by himself... millions of already-ripe men and women had to help (and they did) so... I'm sorry, but deep inside it REALLLLLY still hurts....

As for honeydevil she obviously is a friend |heart|

No Jewish foul mouth can be judged after what the bastards did to us...

(For the record - editing any of it out just wouldn't be fair, you expressed what you felt you had to - I'm merely responding)

Ron.

There are a lot of people who are still suffering the after affects of the war & Hitler's plans for the Master Race. I don't propose that it should just be forgotten (“The one who does not remember history is bound to live through it again.” - George Santayana; this is actually on a plaque at Auschwitz), but why should anyone now be held responsible for the sins of the fathers? I certainly don't share all of the same views & opinions of the world as my Mom & Dad, my Nan & Grandad.
We are all individuals & it was one man (or monster) that had a vision, which he wrote about in Mein Kampf in 1923-24, a long time before he joined The National Socialist Movement.
He was a natural speaker & came along with a strong voice when the people of Germany were at an all time low after the Treaty of Versailles came into affect following the First World War & the Great Depression which also had a major impact as they relied heavily on the USA financially. They wanted to believe that there was another way to live; a better way.
I’m not saying that the people of Germany were completely blameless in regard to the persecution of the Jewish people however, the general population were not aware of what was going on; certainly not initially. Some Germans did object to the situation, and they were summarily punished for this.

Here are the facts: the war ended in 1945 which is 65 years ago.... logic dictates that the people who were part of Hitler's slaughter squad for wont of a better phrase, are most likely dead by now (if they haven't already been convicted of war crimes).
Is it fair in light of this to carry on the hatred that was spawned by them? In my mind it just perpetuates Hitler's views as you are always going to get the flip side to emotions - love & hate; good & evil; empathy & antipathy....


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Anyone read a book called How To Win Friends And Influence People?

 

[Porthos]

hey hey, nice to see someone who likes to drink! since i'm in the US everybody tells me that drinking is bad, smoking will kill me and that i like drinking makes me one day a alcoholic!

What vodka do you like the best?

What doesn't kill us makes us stronger

I drink Smirnoff with lemonade - don't worry, my parents keep saying I'm a binge- drinker as our National press keeps printing statistics that if you drink more than blah blah .....

I just drink to enjoy myself & I know my limits.

How about you, what's your favourite drink & what would be your perfect evening out or in enjoying it?

 

[tartan_skirt]

(Personal details) :
- Where are you from? South West Scotland
- How old are you and what is your gender? 15, female
- What are your hobbies (Other than reading books)? internet, anime + manga, kidnapping my boyfriend

(About books) :
- What kind of books do you like? Lots of different books!
- Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside. Ummm... the first time I read Phillip Pullman's Amber Spyglass it really did.
- Name a book that you dislike with a passion. Wuthering Heights!!!! ARGH!!!
- How many books have you read? (A round number) :

* More than 100 (I've lost count)

I've definately read over 100, maybe under 200 though.

 

[Leto_Atreides]

Don't get me wrong but it is not the Germans who are to blame.
I don't want to make a roar about this but it started with the nationalism and followed with the impeachments and lastly the mockingbird mixed up with a lie that was confided to the germans.

This subject is very sensitive indeed and I can perfectly understand that when 2 former arch enemies have to face eachother in a match of sports that hatred and old pain comes up.

The best thing to do is just control your natural feelings and move on with your life, and most importantly not to judge a book by it's cover.

Wow... Umm... What I said didn't really come out the way I wanted it to...
You have to understand, being a Jew was considered unlawful, do you get it? Can you fathom not being legal, just because you are being youself?
Can you fathom being experimented like some no excuse for an animal?
That's not something that can be wiped-clean just like that...

I DON'T hate Germans, I really don't! But something ugly came out of the holocaust (other than the obvious) : Whenever we watch a basketball game on TV with Germans and Israelis on opposite sides, we really get... ummm how shall I put it - we are filled with (unjustified?) vengeance and sickness at the same time... Whenever something mutual goes on between the two countries it brings up media uproar by people who can't help it, people who are still sickened by it...
If that makes us racist, then... ummm... I don't know, maybe we are... We have the right to be (don't we?)

I have nothing against honeydevil and actually what she said was pretty sweet... I have nothing personal against her, not in the least bit... It's Germany and Europe that make me feel a little angry... Somehow I have the feeling Germany will always reek of anti-Semitism - it couldn't have been merely hit-ler (%^**#$@!!!) he could NOT have done that by himself... millions of already-ripe men and women had to help (and they did) so... I'm sorry, but deep inside it REALLLLLY still hurts....

As for honeydevil she obviously is a friend |heart|

No Jewish foul mouth can be judged after what the bastards did to us...

(For the record - editing any of it out just wouldn't be fair, you expressed what you felt you had to - I'm merely responding)

Ron.

 

[novella]

MyRon hasn't been around in ages, so don't be surprised if you get no reply.

 

[Ellie82]

Hi Ron!

This is my first week on the site as well, but everyone's been pretty friendly to me so far. Still, this is a good idea....

(Personal details) :
- Where are you from? (Country, state, city...)
South London, England
- How old are you and what is your gender?
22, Female
- What are your hobbies (Other than reading books)?
Tennis, pool, going to the pub with friends, films, musicals, attempting to write….
(About books) :
- What kind of books do you like?
Funny books, “Children’s” books (Harry Potter, His Dark Materials etc.), fictional books about social issues/ politics/ education/ personal relationships/ growing up, Whodunnits, dystopian novels (1984 etc.), books I’ve seen the film of (LOTRs), poetry.
- Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside.
“The Catcher in the Rye” – J.D Salinger, second place: “Man and Boy” – Tony Parsons.
- Name a book that you dislike with a passion.
Anything by James Joyce, Horror or books that are about psychopaths/stalkers.
How many books have you read?:
What, ever? Definitely over 100, beyond that i have no idea.

* Less than 10 books
* 10-20
* 20-50
* 50-100
* More than 100 (I've lost count)

 

[Word_Addict]

Hi!

This is my first week as well--rather new to ANY type of posting. So hello all, and here is a bit about myself.

- Where are you from? (Country, state, city...)
Lubbock, Texas (and I still do not have an accent )
- How old are you and what is your gender?
20, Female
- What are your hobbies (Other than reading books)?
Cooking, gardening, knitting, writing, taking walks, spending time with friends
- What kind of books do you like?
It depends on my mood...Thanks to a good friend of mine who is extraodinarily well-read, I have learned to broaden my horizons. I read everything from science fiction to essays to travel to poetry, to etc.
- Name a book that moved you, that touched you inside.
Ah, the hard question...I could name several. Right now, it would probably be The End of the Affair by Grahame Greene.
How many books have you read?:
Oh dear, what a question. I have no idea, most definitely over a hundred.