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Jun 15, 2014 12:02AM
Hi Shannon and welcome to the group. Everything Is Illuminated is one on my list of to reads. :)
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Hi Shannon, welcome to the group! I'm another one who hasn't yet read Everything is Illuminated, but wants to!
A hearty welcome to Shannon, Evelyn, Holli, Jim, Don, and all the other new members. This is a fantastic group, I think you'll find many things of interest, and you'll definitely find some kindred souls!
Hi my name is Naomi. I love stories, seeing life through other peoples eyes and learning, which is why I love books! Fiction is my favorite. Just because something is made up doesn't mean it doesn't matter. Right now I am reading "Slaughter-house five" and "how to lose your mind and get a new one."
Wow, since I last came on this thread, so many newbies have joined!A big welcome to Aleta, Mads, Don, Jim, Evelyn, Holli, Shannon and Naomi! Hope you'll have a great time here!
Welcome to all our new members! I'm looking forward to getting to know you all in the threads.
Jenny wrote: "I absolutely share your enthusiasm for 'Everything is Illuminated'!"RIGHT?? What was it that you personally liked best? I'm in love with the writing style and the eccentricity of everything. Perchov is hilarious and there are some really moving sections of the book-within-a-book.
And thank you for all the welcomes!
Welcome Naomi!@Shannon: it feels like ages ago that I have read it, but I remember that I've rarely been cast into what felt like such an emotional roller coaster without me ever feeling cheaply manipulated (remember the technicolour skies with 'Titanic'? NOT THAT if you get my drift). I was found laughing tears, and also weeping copious amounts of them during reading. I remember loving the language, the eccentricity of it, the poetry of it. And the fact that I sometimes felt intentionally and happily lost in this novel. This could have easily been a novel with a content crushed to death by its eccentric form but Foer somehow achieved to prevent that. (PS: I am not entirely sure the film did though)
OH and I loved the numerous thesaurus disasters by Alex (I am guilty of those quite often when translating my thoughts to English)!! I just read an article on the book trying to remember the numerous strings and levels of the plot and bumped into one of the sentences which quite nicely illustrate what I mean: I fatigued the thesaurus you presented me, as you counseled me to, when my words appeared petite, or not befitting.
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Jenny wrote: "what felt like such an emotional roller coaster without me ever feeling cheaply manipulated"I know what you mean! The parts that were emotional were so genuine and his writing expressed those feelings perfectly without ever yelling at us "HEY READER FEEL SAD NOW." I'm only halfway through but I feel like I'm in for a lot more from here.
Yes yes, Alexander's incorrect English was so endearing! I'm really fascinated by language and how words can differ based on circumstance or syntax in ways that we never notice until it's called out, so this book got me thinking about that a LOT. Like for instance, how we'd say "It took 2 hours" and Alex would say "It captured 2 hours," or how we'd say "he grasped the concept" and Alex would say "he clutched the concept," because technically those CAN be synonyms of each other, just not in those particular situations. So interesting.
Oh, what is your native language?? Have any funny mistranslation stories for us? :)
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I've been away so I didn't have time to great you all in time. But I know that all the others have done a great job!
Hi! My name is Giorgia and I'm from Italy. I've checked the books on the currently reading shelf and they're very much to my taste. I'm sure the upcoming reads of the month will be as well. I can't wait to get started ;)
Welcome Giorgia, where from Italy are you from?@Shannon, I am German and strangely most of my translation disasters are of the indecent kind, so much so, that I am still blushing just thinking of them, so don't make me repeat them in public! ;)
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I'm new here, from the United States. Enjoy reading non-fiction.I've just had a book published on Amazon.com, but I'm not here to promote it.
Just wanted to say "hi" to everyone and see what everyone is reading.
Thanks,
Bill Collins
Thank you all for the warm welcome :)
Jenny wrote: "Welcome Giorgia, where from Italy are you from?
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I'm from the North-East of Italy, precisely from Trieste.
Jenny wrote: "Welcome Giorgia, where from Italy are you from?
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I'm from the North-East of Italy, precisely from Trieste.
Welcome Bill!@Giorgia,Trieste is beautiful, I went there for a mini-vacation last year and really enjoyed my time there.
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And Giorgia, Trieste is really great: you have both mountains and seaside together; plus you're quite near to Europe by trein of plane - or car! Lucky you. Umbria is so far away from everything!
Bill wrote: "I've just had a book published on Amazon.com, but I'm not here to promote it."Congratulations on your publication!
Welcome Giorgia and Bill, hope you will enjoy the group!
Hi, I'm Rebecca, and I'm from Virginia. I'll read almost anything, and have way too many books on my TBR.
Hello all I'm Bailey! I'm a 19 college student who loves reading and writing. My favorite book is The Hobbit by my favorite author, J. R. R. Tolkien. I'm now reading through Lord of the Rings. Other books that are my favorites are And Then There Was None, Eragon series, The Hunger Games series, Vampire Academy series, and Wuthering Heights. There are lots more, though lol. I also write, drawing most of my inspiration from Tolkien, as well as from Agatha Christie. Right now I'm working on a Dragon Rider trilogy. I'm also a Star Wars girl, Whovian, Sherlockian, Marvel/DC geek (though mostly Marvel), YouTube enthusiast, and musical lover. I'm basically all about the arts to be truthful. I was a band girl in middle and high school, playing flute and marimba/vibraphone/xylophone. I also took dance for 11 years, learning pointe/ballet, lyrical, jazz/hip-hop, tap, and clogging. But in the past year I've grown to love musicals, with Phantom of the Opera being my absolute favorite. Anyway, I'm really excited to join and to get to know y'all :)
Thank you :) And nice to meet y'all
Welcome to all the new members! Hope you'll enjoy it here!
Greetings to all the new folks in the group. Have fun!
Bailey wrote: "I was a band girl in middle and high school ... I also took dance for 11 years ... with Phantom of the Opera being my absolute favorite."Hi Bailey! You sound a lot like me. :) I've been a long-time band nut, theatre nut, and dance nut as well. I played (still play) clarinet and Phantom of the Opera was my favorite musical too! Andrew Lloyd Webber can do no wrong, right?
This is a great group with lots of discussions happening, hope you enjoy :)
Hi Shannon! It's always nice to meet a fellow woodwind, though I'm both a woodwind and percussionist. Andrew Lloyd Webber is just amazing! I live the songs and story of Phantom of the Opera. I'll go around the house singing or humming Angel of Music, Point of No Return, or one of the other songs because I love them so much! Just because I'm curious, what is your favorite song that you've played before and favorite composer? Also what kind of dance is your favorite and what other musicals do you like?
Shannon Noel wrote: "Bailey wrote: "I was a band girl in middle and high school ... I also took dance for 11 years ... with Phantom of the Opera being my absolute favorite."Hi Bailey! You sound a lot like me. :) I've..."
I was a clarinet player back in my high school band days! I haven't picked it up in decades though...
I still have my flute and I play now and then just so I won't forget how to play. But I don't have my own marimba because they are expensive! I kinda fear I might forget how to play mallets
Bailey wrote: "Just because I'm curious, what is your favorite song that you've played before and favorite composer? Also what kind of dance is your favorite and what other musicals do you like?"I'm about to raise my nerd flag pretty high, but I LOVE playing marches, specifically JP Sousa. I love the speed and intricacy, they're so fun! What about you?
My primary dance style is contemporary. You've done a lot of styles, did you ever try contemp or modern?
Leslie wrote: "I was a clarinet player back in my high school band days! I haven't picked it up in decades though... "Hey, high five! Yeah, I took a long break after graduating high school (not decades though, hehe), because college had me too swamped for playing music, but now I'm in a community ensemble that meets once a week. The muscle memory never went away!
Hi Bailey and welcome! I'm also an Art girl. I'm always reading, writing and listening to music. In high school, I was always in theatre on stage dancing and acting. Ballet is my favorite. I'm excited to meet someone who I have so much in common with and look forward to getting to know you through books!
Hi Giorgia, Bill, Bailey and Rebecca, hearty welcome to you all!@Bailey, if you like musicals, you may like to watch (if you haven't already) Notre Dame de Paris, which I happened to stumble upon on Youtube and have put it in my channel under the Musicals List. Here's the link to the full musical:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-E7W...
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