Anna Begins Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 (edited) Hi! My name is Anna and I'm from the US. I read constantly and am so glad to be joining BCF. I've been lurking for a few days and this seems like a really fun forum! My favorite book is Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (and no, I don't like the movie, it stinks) and my favorite author is Pearl S. Buck. I love Elie Wiesel and Ernest Hemmingway (see avatar). I read lot of Lee Child, Karen Fossum, Chuck Palahniuk. I also enjoy Chris Bohjalian, Ray Bradbury, Hunter S. Thompson and John Steinbeck. Guilty pleasures include "horror" writers Clive Barker, Joe Hill, Stephen King (just about everyone reads King, right?) and Max Brooks. I also spend time in the Russian history section and love Russian authors like Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Looking forward to meeting and chatting with all! Edited November 29, 2013 by Anna Begins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Welcome Anna, whereabouts in the US are you from? We have a fair few of our country men and women on here. Looks like you have a very varied taste in books, I haven't read any King yet despite my Dad being a big fan and insisting I do so! I have The Stand, Needful Things and 22:11:63 on my shelf but awaiting the urge to start one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Hi Anna and welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted November 28, 2013 Author Share Posted November 28, 2013 Welcome Anna, whereabouts in the US are you from? We have a fair few of our country men and women on here. Looks like you have a very varied taste in books, I haven't read any King yet despite my Dad being a big fan and insisting I do so! I have The Stand, Needful Things and 22:11:63 on my shelf but awaiting the urge to start one. In in Napa, California. I have a somewhat love/ hate relationship with this city, but I do have to say, it is gorgeous this time of the year. My recommendation would be to start with 11/22/63, The Green Mile or Needful Things. Both 11/22/63 and Needful Things will go fast, The Green Mile is short. Needful Things is a good first time King Book, Id say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted November 28, 2013 Author Share Posted November 28, 2013 Hi Anna and welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted November 28, 2013 Author Share Posted November 28, 2013 Grrr... That got two posts... supposed to be Thanks to Charlie and a "Where are you in the US?" for charliepud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Welcome to the forum Anna. Max Brooks is awesome - I read World War Z on my honeymoon earlier this year and have The Zombie Survival Guide on my shelf waiting to be read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie H Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Hi Anna and welcome to the forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Welcome here ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleonora Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Hello Anna, welcome!! Has your name here anything to to with the Counting Crows song?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted November 28, 2013 Author Share Posted November 28, 2013 Hello Anna, welcome!! Has your name here anything to to with the Counting Crows song?? Yup- thanks for noticing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted November 28, 2013 Author Share Posted November 28, 2013 Welcome to the forum Anna. Max Brooks is awesome - I read World War Z on my honeymoon earlier this year and have The Zombie Survival Guide on my shelf waiting to be read. Looove Max Brooks- you know he's Mel Brook's son? I was when I found that out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted November 29, 2013 Author Share Posted November 29, 2013 Welcome here ! I <3 Netherlands! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 I <3 Netherlands! x Thanks ! I quite like living here. Anything in particular that you really like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraPepparkaka Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Hello! Enjoy yourself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted November 29, 2013 Author Share Posted November 29, 2013 x Thanks ! I quite like living here. Anything in particular that you really like? Your government- can we have one pleeese??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuxedo cat Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Welcome Anna, With your varied reading tastes, I look forward to your postings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Thanks for the nice welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Hello Anna! Welcome to the forums. I read Gone With The Wind last year and loved it. It was very different from what I was expecting (in a good way). I'm also a big Stephen King fan - The Stand being my absolute favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Hello Anna! Welcome to the forums. I read Gone With The Wind last year and loved it. It was very different from what I was expecting (in a good way). Have you seen the movie? The perception of the movie is that Scarlet is superficial and extremely spoiled. It completely misses the inner changes the character goes through and how she was never really, as self absorbed as portrayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 No, never seen the movie. The thing that surprised me about the book is how strong Scarlett was. Before I had read it, I only vaguely knew what it was about....I thought it was some drippy love story, but it turned out to be so much more than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggle not Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Welcome aboard. I see that we both enjoy a few of the same authors.......John Steinbeck and Ernest Hemmingway in particular. John Steinbeck is probably my favorite author. Ernest Hemmingway's book "The Old Man And The Sea" is a great, great, book. I also read a lot of Stephen King. Anyhow, welcome aboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) No, never seen the movie. The thing that surprised me about the book is how strong Scarlett was. Before I had read it, I only vaguely knew what it was about....I thought it was some drippy love story, but it turned out to be so much more than that. I think its the movie that gives it that perception. Scarlett is my favorite character period. I love the changes she goes through. Welcome aboard. I see that we both enjoy a few of the same authors.......John Steinbeck and Ernest Hemmingway in particular. John Steinbeck is probably my favorite author. Ernest Hemmingway's book "The Old Man And The Sea" is a great, great, book. I also read a lot of Stephen King. Anyhow, welcome aboard. What's your favorite Steinbeck? Edited December 3, 2013 by Anna Begins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggle not Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 East of Eden is probably my favorite from Steinbeck. I really like them all and I believe I have read all of his books. The "somewhat" trilogy of Tortilla Flats, Cannery Row, and Sweet Thursday have a special place in my reading enjoyment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Muggle, I have Cannery Row on my TBR shelf, would you recommend reading Tortilla Flat first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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