Re: What Are You Reading?

by Angie Thu Aug 19, 2010 2:56 pm

dave wrote: And who knew that he was a cocaine addict!

i did! Also opium, and I think heroine.

by **meether369** Sat Aug 21, 2010 3:23 pm

I picked up Maus, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and then Persepolis (because you mentioned it, dave) from the graphic novel section of the library.

by JamesWilliams Sat Aug 21, 2010 5:30 pm

Permission to Speak Freely. Very moving so far.

by **meether369** Sat Aug 21, 2010 6:03 pm

What's the story on that one, MT?

by JamesWilliams Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:10 pm

meether369 wrote:What's the story on that one, MT?

hard to describe. So far, she's giving an autobiography. But the blurb says it's about what we'd like to say but are afraid to say in church. So I don't know yet how that all ties in together. But I have a long way to go.

by Bethany Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:34 am

I'm super excited to read that one MT!

by Bethany Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:07 am

Read Mockingjay the final book in the Hunger Games series last night in 5 hours. Amazing!
Tonight I start back with Hunger Games (the first book) and will read the 3 books again in the next few days.

by JamesWilliams Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:46 pm

JamesWilliams wrote:Permission to Speak Freely. Very moving so far.

Finished last night. Greatness.

by Bethany Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:17 pm

JamesWilliams wrote:
JamesWilliams wrote:Permission to Speak Freely. Very moving so far.
Finished last night. Greatness.

You can download it through friday on christianaudiobooks.com for about $3. I'm listening to it now.

by **meether369** Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:23 am

Finished the graphic novel, Maus, which is actually an account of a Jewish man's experience in WWII Poland/Germany Very well done.

Now starting Crazy Love by Francis Chan for a small group. I was told about this book a year (or maybe 2) ago and looked into it but never got it and read it. Interestingly, right now, it is the message that has been on repeat in my life. So, I wonder what my response to it would have been back then. Now, I am being really blessed by his words.

by Bethany Sat Sep 04, 2010 5:40 pm

Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger.
Finished Catching Fire for the 2nd time, am waiting for Mockingjay to come back to me so I can read that one again. Almost done with Goblet of Fire as well.

I aimed to read 52 books this year and I have about 30 to go, I need to pick up the pace a little!

by JamesWilliams Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:04 am

If you are thinking about getting that Anne Jackson book, please buy it now, preferably from a real retailer like Barnes and Noble or Borders: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

by TheGreat&TerribleBob Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:28 am

'thin king abotu' - sounds like an underweight Samali tribal chief. Laughing

by Angie Tue Sep 07, 2010 11:17 am

I have been reading Nouwen....I am going to have to get more of his books....great stuff!

by TheGreat&TerribleBob Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:04 pm

JamesWilliams wrote:If you are thinking about getting that Anne Jackson book, please buy it now, preferably from a real retailer like Barnes and Noble or Borders: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

No fair JW.

by JamesWilliams Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:44 pm

Angie wrote:I have been reading Nouwen....I am going to have to get more of his books....great stuff!

I think this doesn't bother you, but he has some strong Hindu influences. It's a turn-off for me.

by Angie Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:04 pm

I'm not sure....I know at one time he was a Catholic priest. His essays are beautiful and full of truth. I think that there are elements of truth to be extracted form the majority of things in the world though. As I have said before, I find that I am going kind of universalist, I guess.

Here is the wiki article about him, I don't see anything to that effect.... [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] ....but you're right, it wouldn't bother me. Smile

by dave Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:41 pm

Angie wrote:I have been reading Nouwen....I am going to have to get more of his books....great stuff!

Yeah, I dig him a lot too. I've read "Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World" and "The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom" and liked them both a lot. Next on my list from him is "The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming" which has been sitting on my shelf for a while now. I've heard that it's one of his best. As soon as I'm done with my Merton kick (probably won't be for a while) I'm going to get to it.

I just finished the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and enjoyed it a lot. Not incredibly deep or anything but a lot of fun.

Also just finished Merton's "New Seeds of Contemplation" which totally rocked my world.

Just started "A child called 'It'" by Dave Pelzer and Merton's autobiography, "The Seven Storey Mountain.

by **meether369** Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:26 pm

I started Persepolis recently, Dave. And it's GREAT. Wowsers, she's talented...and the story is a lot to take in.

I agree with you Angie--truth is truth. If it's roots are in something like Hinduism, but it's viewed through the lens of Christianity, then it is just Truth Realized. Nouwen is amazing--but I usually find myself reading a paragraph and putting the book down to contemplate. He is simplistic in word-choice, etc, but so profound in concept. Takes me a long while to get through him!

And, Dave, I love Merton too. I actually read a lot of the two of them (Merton and Nouwen) together a couple years back.

by dave Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:12 pm

meether369 wrote:I started Persepolis recently, Dave. And it's GREAT. Wowsers, she's talented...and the story is a lot to take in.

Cool! Oh, and I want to read the one you just read, "Maus" sometime soon. Megan read it a little while ago and loved it too.

And speaking of Nouwen and Merton, Nouwen wrote a book called "Encounters with Merton." Haven't read it, but will have to some day.

Almost done with "A Child called It." It's one of the most horrific things I've ever read. I mean, not the writing (well, the writing isn't amazing - but it almost doesn't matter) but the content. It documents one of the worst cases of child abuse ever recorded. It's hard to fathom how Pelzer's mother could have treated him the way she did. Some of it literally made me sick to my stomach. Just grotesque, straight up evil shit.

by JamesWilliams Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:20 pm

I just finished the new Lucado book. Disappointed. Not because the book was bad. The subject matter and presentation were quite good. But it was just a repeat of stuff we've heard in several other books that are very popular and have been read by millions. I can't post my review till tomorrow morning, but that's the gist. I couldn't stop thinking of "Million Miles in a Thousands Years" and "Purpose Driven Life" and "Crazy Love" and "The Hole in Our Gospel" while reading this. So if you haven't read any of those, then I recommend the new book. Otherwise, skip it.

by Bethany Thu Sep 09, 2010 8:06 pm

A Soft Place to Land - Susan Rebecca White
About two girls and their life after their parents died in a plane crash over the Grand Canyon (fiction)

by Angie Thu Sep 09, 2010 8:36 pm

dave wrote:

Almost done with "A Child called It." It's one of the most horrific things I've ever read. I mean, not the writing (well, the writing isn't amazing - but it almost doesn't matter) but the content. It documents one of the worst cases of child abuse ever recorded. It's hard to fathom how Pelzer's mother could have treated him the way she did. Some of it literally made me sick to my stomach. Just grotesque, straight up evil shit.

Leaf read that last year for school....pretty horrifying for a teenager to read....it was a really sad book.

by **meether369** Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:03 am

Angie wrote:
dave wrote:

Almost done with "A Child called It." It's one of the most horrific things I've ever read. I mean, not the writing (well, the writing isn't amazing - but it almost doesn't matter) but the content. It documents one of the worst cases of child abuse ever recorded. It's hard to fathom how Pelzer's mother could have treated him the way she did. Some of it literally made me sick to my stomach. Just grotesque, straight up evil shit.

Leaf read that last year for school....pretty horrifying for a teenager to read....it was a really sad book.

by TheGreat&TerribleBob Fri Sep 10, 2010 2:33 pm

Cat got your tongue, Melsie?

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