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vaberella
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 Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 12:46 am Post subject: Vabby has arrived...
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Hiya... 
I'm female/27/NYC-London <---bred, while being Haitian born. 
I'm excited to be here. I joined because I want a reason to excercise my brain. Although I'm in school, I've become used to scanning a read; not actually sitting there and discussing it as a sense of self-gratification. In other words, the books are words to reach a means to an end. They are functional in other words and not used as a sense to evoke emotion<----I think reading is emotion driven, either from boredom, interest, curiousity, to dislike, enjoyment, or wonder.
I felt this would be the best place to recapture that connection between reading with my mind, imagination, and feelings. Not only that, but meet others on the same road. Loving reading for what it should be.
Not to mention build up my writing skills...they've been shot to hell (you might notice it in this little dialogue). Don't know if anyone else has felt this...but like you're "losing words".
I used to have a wide vocabulary...now much like what I've read it's functional. Not expressive as I'd like it..not that words ever really express a person's true meaning...(I've been reading a lot of Derrida lately    )...but not the way I'd like.
Anyway, I'm glad to be here and participate in some hopefully invigorationg and interesting conversations. |
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Ophelia 
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Joined: 25 Nov 2007
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Hello Vaberella, welcome to Booktalk! 
You've found the right place. Make youself at home and start posting ... |
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yodha
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| Welcome to BookTalk Vabby! Have a look around, join us in discussions and start your blog |
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Chris OConnor
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Welcome to the community, Vabby. I assume you like to be called "Vabby" seeing as your subject line says "Vabby has arrived."
I read as a means to an end while in school too. Some of the trash they made us read was hard to get into. I just skimmed and attempted to retain what was necessary to pass the tests and get through the class.
BookTalk might be good for you. It has done wonders for me. Sometimes we read books that I would never have even considered had I been in a bookstore looking for something to read. If on my own I typically head straight to the science or philosophy section, when looking for non-fiction, or fantasy, when looking for fiction. But here on BookTalk my vote is one of many so I am forced to expand my interests and learn about new areas of life, new peoples, cultures and issues. I love it. And I hope you approach the book discussions with a similar open-minded attitude. We won't always select the book you wanted to read, but we almost always pick a good one.
Again, welcome to BookTalk. I look forward to getting to know you better. I'd love to hear more about what took you from Haiti to England. |
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