What are you reading?
I just finished reading "Squashed" by Joan Bauer (at least, I hope that's how her name is spelled 
). She's one of my favorite contemporary authors, which is saying something because I don't normally like contemporary. Squashed was okay, but she's written better.
). She's one of my favorite contemporary authors, which is saying something because I don't normally like contemporary. Squashed was okay, but she's written better."Consider the lilies of the field. They neither sew nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as one of these. If God so clothes the grass, which is in the field one day and cast into the oven the next, how much more will he clothe you, o ye of little faith?
-Luke 12:27-28
-CAA's official writing shinobi.
"Mostly I write action/adventure, and while I dislike romance, I seem to end up doing it and I've been told I do so well. To that I give a cliche "Feh.""
-uc pseudonym
-Luke 12:27-28
-CAA's official writing shinobi.
"Mostly I write action/adventure, and while I dislike romance, I seem to end up doing it and I've been told I do so well. To that I give a cliche "Feh.""
-uc pseudonym
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Kesshin - Posts: 376
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Future Grace by John Piper
"Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all." G. K. Chesterton
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SManBeyond - Posts: 437
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finished The Human Comedy couple days ago.
probaly starting Flowers For Algernon tomorrow
probaly starting Flowers For Algernon tomorrow
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Dragon, remember, you do not have to outrun the Dragon......you just have to outrun the halfling.
Dragon, remember, you do not have to outrun the Dragon......you just have to outrun the halfling.
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Locke - Posts: 3691
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Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed by Phillip Hallie
A true story about a village that non-violently and successfully resisted the Nazis during one of the worst parts of World War II. It's a bit dry, so I have not been reading it swiftly.
A true story about a village that non-violently and successfully resisted the Nazis during one of the worst parts of World War II. It's a bit dry, so I have not been reading it swiftly.
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uc pseudonym - Posts: 15506
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Locke wrote:finished The Human Comedy couple days ago.
probaly starting Flowers For Algernon tomorrow
Gah. I had to read that book for school. It's so sad...
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Kireihana - Posts: 761
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I read two books and started another while on vacation this past week. The first was "Small Wars: Their Principle And Practice," by C. E. Calwell. It is an interesting book on military strategy from the turn of the century that is becoming more relevant in modern warfare.
Next, I read, "The Hell-Fire Clubs: A History of Anti-Morality," by Geoffrey Ashe. This was an interesting book about a series of organizations in 18th century England that devoted themselves to either complete hedonism or devil worship (or both). The book also describes other individuals throughout history who have lived by the words "Do what you will."
Now I am reading "The Black Book of Communism," which describes the atrocities of every communist regime up until the present. The central thesis of the book is that communism is an essentially criminial system, which relies upon terror and repression for it's creation and continuted existence. Of course the authors provide ample evidence to support their claims, which is why the book runs to 852 pages!
Next, I read, "The Hell-Fire Clubs: A History of Anti-Morality," by Geoffrey Ashe. This was an interesting book about a series of organizations in 18th century England that devoted themselves to either complete hedonism or devil worship (or both). The book also describes other individuals throughout history who have lived by the words "Do what you will."
Now I am reading "The Black Book of Communism," which describes the atrocities of every communist regime up until the present. The central thesis of the book is that communism is an essentially criminial system, which relies upon terror and repression for it's creation and continuted existence. Of course the authors provide ample evidence to support their claims, which is why the book runs to 852 pages!
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cbwing0 - Posts: 2728
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I am currently re-reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but soon I will have to start on The Odyssey for English 101...
Between the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow
For Thine is the Kingdom
Between the conception
And the creation
Between the emotion
And the response
Falls the Shadow
Life is very long
Between the desire
And the spasm
Between the potency
And the existence
Between the essence
And the descent
Falls the Shadow
For Thine is the Kingdom
For Thine is
Life is
For Thine is the
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but with a whimper.
-from T. S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men"
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow
For Thine is the Kingdom
Between the conception
And the creation
Between the emotion
And the response
Falls the Shadow
Life is very long
Between the desire
And the spasm
Between the potency
And the existence
Between the essence
And the descent
Falls the Shadow
For Thine is the Kingdom
For Thine is
Life is
For Thine is the
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but with a whimper.
-from T. S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men"
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thalia - Posts: 109
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Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in corrrecting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry—is not even a "subject"—but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.
Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov
Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov
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Technomancer - Posts: 2379
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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
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When you find yourself in the company of a halfling and an ill-tempered
Dragon, remember, you do not have to outrun the Dragon......you just have to outrun the halfling.
Dragon, remember, you do not have to outrun the Dragon......you just have to outrun the halfling.
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Locke - Posts: 3691
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Heart of Winter-Robert Jordan (wheel of time series)
The Far Lands - James Norman Hall, (a history of the oceanic islands, told like mythology)
The Far Lands - James Norman Hall, (a history of the oceanic islands, told like mythology)
Vash: In the end...he just couldn't kill a man in cold blood. His daughter's murder goes unpunished. Call him weak, but...it saved both of us.
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martinloyola - Posts: 287
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Bao Ninh "The Sorrow of War: A Novel of Noth Vietnam"
A very good book, and a much needed different perspective on the Vietnam war itself. It reminds me a bit of Erich Maria Remarque's "The Road Back" in its depiction of the rootlessness and confusion of the war's survivior's.
(from the jacket)
Bao Ninh, a former North Vietnamese soldier provides a strinkingly honest look at how the Vietnam War forever changed his life, his country, and the people who live there.
A very good book, and a much needed different perspective on the Vietnam war itself. It reminds me a bit of Erich Maria Remarque's "The Road Back" in its depiction of the rootlessness and confusion of the war's survivior's.
(from the jacket)
Bao Ninh, a former North Vietnamese soldier provides a strinkingly honest look at how the Vietnam War forever changed his life, his country, and the people who live there.
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in corrrecting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry—is not even a "subject"—but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.
Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov
Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov
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Technomancer - Posts: 2379
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Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
really intersting and supringly easy to read
really intersting and supringly easy to read
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When you find yourself in the company of a halfling and an ill-tempered
Dragon, remember, you do not have to outrun the Dragon......you just have to outrun the halfling.
Dragon, remember, you do not have to outrun the Dragon......you just have to outrun the halfling.
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Locke - Posts: 3691
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"The Battle Belongs to the Lord," by K. Scott Oliphant. It is a book on Christian Apologetics and is quite good so far.
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Kokhiri Sojourn - Posts: 1215
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The Salmon of Doubt (a collection of Douglas Adams' assorted pieces)
Not nearly on the level of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, or Dirk Gently by large. This book caused me to lose a certain amount of respect for Douglas Adams as a person (though he is still a good author). On the other hand, the book does contain a portion of his unfinished book that is like most of his work.
Also, it contains the piece "Young Zaphod Plays It Safe." Funny in a hitchhiker fashion and also vaguely revealing for people who have never experienced popular sentiment outside of American.
Not nearly on the level of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, or Dirk Gently by large. This book caused me to lose a certain amount of respect for Douglas Adams as a person (though he is still a good author). On the other hand, the book does contain a portion of his unfinished book that is like most of his work.
Also, it contains the piece "Young Zaphod Plays It Safe." Funny in a hitchhiker fashion and also vaguely revealing for people who have never experienced popular sentiment outside of American.
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uc pseudonym - Posts: 15506
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Perelandra by C.S. Lewis.
"If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats."
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PrincessZelda - Posts: 1855
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"The Palace" by Lisa St. Aubin de Teran. A pretty good novel so far.
and "Wavelets and Multiwavelets" by Fritz Keinert. A good review of the theory, and one of the few treatments of multiwavelets that I'm aware of.
and "Wavelets and Multiwavelets" by Fritz Keinert. A good review of the theory, and one of the few treatments of multiwavelets that I'm aware of.
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in corrrecting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry—is not even a "subject"—but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.
Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov
Neil Postman
(The End of Education)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge
Isaac Aasimov
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Technomancer - Posts: 2379
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Anabaptist Theology in Face of Postmodernity
An extremely scholarly text, but not as difficult to read as most. Very interesting, for what I have read of it.
An extremely scholarly text, but not as difficult to read as most. Very interesting, for what I have read of it.
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uc pseudonym - Posts: 15506
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SilverFang - Posts: 277
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Im currently reading A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens but Im barely into the third chapter so dont ask me what its about, I have no clue yet.
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greyscale42 - Posts: 157
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Right now, I have a bit of a reading que...I was starting Paradise Lost by James Hilton, but then I was dusting off my classics shelf and started reading J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan. Both half finished. Then, when our family went on vacation, I started on The Iliad...but I left the book at my uncle's house. >_>;
Having a new crush and just recently getting cable internet have wrought much havoc on my reading time. ^^;
Having a new crush and just recently getting cable internet have wrought much havoc on my reading time. ^^;
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Kat Walker - Posts: 321
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My dad bought "frankenstein" at a church yard sale so I think I'll read that 
My mom thinks i might regret it later <_<
My mom thinks i might regret it later <_<
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JediSonic - Posts: 1359
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His Way by David Knight
Vash: In the end...he just couldn't kill a man in cold blood. His daughter's murder goes unpunished. Call him weak, but...it saved both of us.
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martinloyola - Posts: 287
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out of the silent planet - cs lewis
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He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand; and if only the will to walk is really there, He is pleased even with their stumbles.
Healing hands of God have mercy on our unclean souls
once again. Jesus Christ, Light of the World, burning
bright within our hearts forever. Freedom means love
without condition, without beginning or an end. Here's
my heart, let it be forever Yours, only You can make
every new day seem so new.
Every New Day - On Distant Shores - Five Iron Frenzy
Nail pierced hands they run with blood
A splitting brow forced by the thorns
His face is writhing with the pain yet it's comforting to me
Passion - Kutless
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glitch1501 - Posts: 2177
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Just read both Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll, for the first time.
Now, I will be reading Christ and the Covenants by O. Palmer Robertson, a book which I've attempted to start several times this summer. I have two weeks before returning to college - better get on it. Simultaneously, I think I'll read The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, seeing as I've only read it once, and it's been many, many years....
Now, I will be reading Christ and the Covenants by O. Palmer Robertson, a book which I've attempted to start several times this summer. I have two weeks before returning to college - better get on it. Simultaneously, I think I'll read The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, seeing as I've only read it once, and it's been many, many years....
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Kokhiri Sojourn - Posts: 1215
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Just finished re-reading C.S. Lewis' The Abolition of Man. STILL working on Watson's Theological Institutes. Read P.J. O'Rourke's Peace Kills and Cracking the Da Vinci Code not too long ago. May re-read Lewis' The Great Divorce soon, though presently I'm not reading anything.
To all, life thou givest, to both great and small.
In all life, thou livest, the true life of all.
We blossom and flourish as leaves on a tree
And wither and perish, but naught changeth thee.
--Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Texan by birth, Yankee by accident of location.
In all life, thou livest, the true life of all.
We blossom and flourish as leaves on a tree
And wither and perish, but naught changeth thee.
--Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Texan by birth, Yankee by accident of location.
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The Grammarian - Posts: 340
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I'm reading Artemis Fowl.
Every year in Uganda, innumerable children simply. . . disappear. These children all stolen under the cover of darkness from their homes and impressed into the guerilla armies of the LRA [Lord's Resistance Army]. In the deserts of Uganda, they are forced to witness the mindless slaughter of other children until they themselves can do nothing but kill. Kill. These children, generally ranging from ages 5-12, are brainwashed into murdering in the name of the resistance and into stealing other children from their beds to suffer the same fate.
Because of this genocide of innocence, hundred and hundreds of children live every night sleeping in public places miles from their homes, because they know that if the do not-- they will disappear. They will become just another number in this genocide to which the international community has chosen to turn a blind eye. They will become, in affect, invisible-- Invisible Children.
But there are those who are trying to fight against this slaughter of Uganda's children. They fight to protect these "invisible children." Please, help them help a country full of children who know nothing by fear. Help save the innocence. For more information concerning how you can help and how you can get an incredible video about this horrific reality, visit the Invisible Children home page.
Because of this genocide of innocence, hundred and hundreds of children live every night sleeping in public places miles from their homes, because they know that if the do not-- they will disappear. They will become just another number in this genocide to which the international community has chosen to turn a blind eye. They will become, in affect, invisible-- Invisible Children.
But there are those who are trying to fight against this slaughter of Uganda's children. They fight to protect these "invisible children." Please, help them help a country full of children who know nothing by fear. Help save the innocence. For more information concerning how you can help and how you can get an incredible video about this horrific reality, visit the Invisible Children home page.
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Mangafanatic - Posts: 4918
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i am currently reading "The Guardian," book two of the O'Malley Series by Dee Henderson. I am also reading the Bible as well as two year-long daily devotionals: "My Utmost for His Highest" by Oswald Chambers and "Extreme Devotion" by Voice of the Martyrs. i just finished reading "Covenant of Love" and "Gate of His Enemies" books one and two of the Appomattox Saga by Gilbert Morris.
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"People say I'm strange, does it make me a stranger / That my best friend was born in a manger?" 'Jesus Freak' - dc Talk
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"People say I'm strange, does it make me a stranger / That my best friend was born in a manger?" 'Jesus Freak' - dc Talk
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