What are you reading?

Mama Lisa · Sat Mar 25 6:31 PM, 2006

What are you reading?

Date: Sat Mar 25 6:37 PM, 2006

I am reading "The Savior's Touch" by Charles Stanley. It is a beautiful collection of devotions and photographs that Stanley took himself of Ansel Adams-like scenery. VERY GOOD!

CaliPK · Senior Member

At the moment I am reading "Running With Scissors" by Augusten Burroughs. It's wack.

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

I'm TRYING to read The Divine Comedy, but I always get discouraged during purgatory. It's just so durn BORING!

Amylynn · Guru

only reading i do is this website.. and books i have to read for school and soooometimes.. not even then.

i wrote a book report on a book i didnt read. that takes talent.

Mama Lisa · Mon Mar 27 10:40 AM, 2006

Man, she makes a mother proud!!

eXnihilo · Member

Right now I'm reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, but I just finished A Prayer for Owen Meany, The House of Mirth, and Rape: A Love Story last week and the week before that I managed to get through All Families Are Psychotic. I love reading, if you couldn't tell.

Darrel · Guru

I'm reading a couple of books:

Dark Night of the Soul - St John of the Cross
Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist - DT Suzuki
War & Rememberance - Herman Wouk

My next project will be a few by Dante. :) Inferno, here I come....

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

Darrel wrote:
My next project will be a few by Dante. :) Inferno, here I come....

The Divine comedy is really good! But it's super hard to understand unless you have a good annotated version. I really highly recommend the "Penguin Classics" version, translated and annotated by Mark Musa. He has a really clear, no-nonsense approach that tells you the facts you need to know to understand what's going on.

If you want to read the whole thing, you should be forewarned- Purgatory is boooooring until about halfway through, but the description of the Earthly Paradise at the end of Purg. is one of the most beautiful things I've ever read. Good luck!!!

Mama Lisa · Tue Mar 28 10:08 AM, 2006

I confess - I can't read that deep, non-fiction stuff you guys read. I read for pure enjoyment. Unless it's Max Lucado. And actually, that's pure enjoyment too!

Now I'm reading Christopher Moore's Lamb; The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. It is hilarious, but just a little bit offensive!

CaliPK · Senior Member

Tonight I'm going to start reading "The Five People You Meet in Heaven".

Amylynn · Guru

remember that book report that i did but didnt read the book?

i got a 90 on it!!

im so fabulous.. seriously

24 fan tim · Live long and prosper.

You go girl!

Mama Lisa · Tue Mar 28 12:55 PM, 2006

I read The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Very good book!!

nateblack · Senior Member

I read these books over and over...

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

Beyond Positive Thinking

Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting

The Wisdom of No Escape

Living Buddha, Living Christ

A New Christianity for a New World

CaliPK · Senior Member

Sometimes while Jen is drawing I'll read to her and last night I started reading a book called "Tender at the Bone" by Ruth Reichl. It's a memoir. The author uses food and cooking as a common connection between important people in her life. It even includes recipes. After getting to the section where they were talking about apple dumplings I wanted one SO BAD!!

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

Aside from reading my bible daily, I'm going to read The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee after I finish reading Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal....which to some might come across as offensive, but you be the judge of that. And then I plan on reading some other Christian theology books.

-- Edited by Krypto at 18:24, 2006-04-10

CaliPK · Senior Member

I just finished reading a book called "P.S. Your Cat is Dead" by James Kirkwood. It was highly entertaining with an erotic homosexual undercurrent but nothing pornographic that you could quote. If that makes sense.

Last night I started "Angels and Demons" by that guy that wrote The Da Vinci code but it seems very similar to the DV Code so I'm having a hard time REALLY getting into it.

Mama Lisa · Mon Apr 10 5:31 PM, 2006

Susan, I liked Angels & Demons. I thought it was more exciting than the Divinci Code.

I finished Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Friend. It's funny and I liked it, but I still haven't decided if it offended me!

Now I'm reading some trashy paperback that Teddy's mom had. It's called Buried Dreams.

nateblack · Senior Member

currently reading "The DaVinci Code"

CaliPK · Senior Member

I finished "Angels and Demons" on Friday. I did end up getting really into it and it was exciting.

On Saturday I started "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Truman Capote. I like it so far.

CaliPK · Senior Member

I just finished Mariel Hemingway's biography. It was pretty interesting as far as what has happened in her life but I didn't like the style in which the book was written so I don't recommend it. If you want the highlights of her life just ask me and I'll give you the Cliff's Notes version.

I am now reading a book called "The Guardian" by Nicholas Sparks. It's a romancey mystery novel in the style of Mary Higgins Clark. It's keeping my interest but the writing style is very simple and I find myself getting mildly irritated with it at times.

Mama Lisa · Wed May 3 2:40 PM, 2006

I like Nicholas Sparks, but his books are not exactly deep. At First Sight is a good book, but VERY sad at parts.

I just started reading Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris. I read her whole series about a woman who can read minds and is in love with a vampire. Vampires are part of society now since Japan developed an artificial blood. I loved those books! They are very well written. This new book of hers is about a woman who can find dead bodies. She gets "readings" from dead people and can even tell how they died. So far, it's very good.

CaliPK · Senior Member

Sometimes it's nice reading a book that you don't have to think about.

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

CaliPK wrote:

Sometimes it's nice reading a book that you don't have to think about.

Hence the popularity of the Da Vinci Code...

Though I must confess to an even MORE embarrassing guilty pleasure in V.C. ANDREWS

Mama Lisa · Sat May 6 9:30 AM, 2006

I used to read V.C. Andrews! I read all those ones about the kids in the attic.

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

I read the whole attic series in like two days. Those are sooo addictive!

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

If you haven't read A Prayer For Owen Meany, then you MUST!

If you like short sci fi stories, then I recommend Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man, it's great to read!

CaliPK · Senior Member

A Prayer for Owen Meany is the BEST BOOK EVER!!!

And I disagree about the Da Vinci Code - although the book itself is an easy read, entertaining but easy - it does make you think.

And V.C. Andrews books are definately a great guilty pleasure read. I read them all. Well, until she died and her family started having the books written for her. Then they weren't as good any more.

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

Yeah, what's with the family trying to keep her books going? I mean, it's been done before, but it's a bit odd doing it with her name still as the author after she's dead.

Oh and by the way, why are VC Andrews novels sometimes classified under "occult?" It makes me feel guilty for reading them- and I can't figure out what's "occult" about them.

-- Edited by Chris at 12:05, 2006-05-08