Polly Parrot Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Hi! I've been looking for a new book forum to join and this seems like a nice and active place. That and I saw a thread on Ulysses when first browsing the forum. About me: I'm currently researching James Joyce's Finnegans Wake as part of a Ph.D. Aside from my Joyce-related reading I don't really have one specific genre I stick to and tend to read a little bit of everything. I enjoy the odd crime novel but when I have the time for it I also like reading the classics and am currently debating whether or not to give Proust another go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Hi Polly, welcome to the forum! Do you have any particular favourite authors (other than Joyce )? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angury Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 A PhD on Finnegan's Wake! That sounds like a great conversation starter. Do you find you're still able to enjoy reading works which you are also studying? (Just curious as I did very badly in English Literature!) Anyway, welcome to the forum - I look forward to hearing your thoughts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Hi and welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly Parrot Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 9 hours ago, Hayley said: Hi Polly, welcome to the forum! Do you have any particular favourite authors (other than Joyce )? Not in particular to be honest. I enjoyed reading Virginia Woolf's works, Mrs Dalloway in particular. I've recently read two novels by Guy Ware which were both excellent (Reconciliation and The Fat of Fed Beasts). I like to think I read a little bit of everything. 6 hours ago, Angury said: A PhD on Finnegan's Wake! That sounds like a great conversation starter. Do you find you're still able to enjoy reading works which you are also studying? (Just curious as I did very badly in English Literature!) Anyway, welcome to the forum - I look forward to hearing your thoughts! Conversation starter and ender depending on the audience, I get a lot of blank stares. I suppose that comes with this level of nerdiness. I still enjoy reading, yes, though sometimes I can get a little carried away when a passage in a book which I'm not reading for my research reminds me of it. With the Joyce books themselves: at the moment I read them for research more than anything, so when reading them I tend to go into the allusions a little too much I think. Maybe some time will help remedy that. I've just got A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man on audiiobook though and have managed to just listen to it without overthinking things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Welcome here ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Hi Polly and welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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