What are you reading?
Ah, I've read The Ball and the Cross. Although my favourite shall always remain The Man who was Thursday, TB&TC comes second maybe.
Unwise Toasting Sermon
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Another one of my text books from last semester :p.
It's called "In Fashion Fun! Fame! Fortune"-Elaine Stone. It was for my Fashion 100 course and it's got some nifty info
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It's called "In Fashion Fun! Fame! Fortune"-Elaine Stone. It was for my Fashion 100 course and it's got some nifty info
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[color="DeepSkyBlue"]Right now I'm reading This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti. One of the best novels I've ever read.
I also just finished reading the Renegade Spirit Series by Jerry B. Jenkins. That was a terrific series too, especially if you're a teen![/color]
I also just finished reading the Renegade Spirit Series by Jerry B. Jenkins. That was a terrific series too, especially if you're a teen![/color]
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I found this at the library today when I was looking for books on IDing native Texas animals.
Through the Animal's Eyes, Again: Stories of Wildlife Rescue
It's written by the founder of the sanctuary I will be interning at in the fall. So it was a pretty awesome find. Didn't even know she wrote a book, much less two.
Through the Animal's Eyes, Again: Stories of Wildlife Rescue
It's written by the founder of the sanctuary I will be interning at in the fall. So it was a pretty awesome find. Didn't even know she wrote a book, much less two.
"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
"Since the creation of the Internet, the Earth's rotation has been fueled, primarily, by the collective spinning of English teachers in their graves."
"Since the creation of the Internet, the Earth's rotation has been fueled, primarily, by the collective spinning of English teachers in their graves."
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The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions by Marcus Borg and NT Wright
I began this a while ago but had to set it down due to other business and reading. Now I'm returning to it and finding it interesting. Unfortunately, to comment much further would be to comment at great length and in theological territory.
I began this a while ago but had to set it down due to other business and reading. Now I'm returning to it and finding it interesting. Unfortunately, to comment much further would be to comment at great length and in theological territory.
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The Chronicles of Narnia.
Unfortunately, all of these stories other than The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe I am now reading for the very first time.
Unfortunately, all of these stories other than The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe I am now reading for the very first time.
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I just finished:
Adam, by Ted Dekker. It was strange, at least for a Dekker book, because it didn't quite suck you along with it. I didn't feel enraptured by the book, just slightly creeped out and very impressed. Despite its lack of a fast pace, it was well put together and very intense. It was also nice to see that it was heavily researched and addressed a very important christian topic.
His later books have been drifting away from christian themes, so it was good to see them reintroduced, without sacrificing the story or feeling preachy.
The Man Who Was Thursday, by G.K. Chesterton. This was my absolute first Chesterton novel. Ultimately, I am extremely impressed with the author, and moderately impressed with the book. In other words, I love Chesterton's wit, sarcasm, and philosophical musings. However, the book, as funny as it was, went over my head in the last couple of chapters. I just couldn't seem to piece togeather the symbolism.
Nontheless, if you like C.S. Lewis, you will probably like G.K. Chesterton. Highly recommended. Also, if anyone else is a fan of Chesterton, can you recommend another of his books to me?
EDIT: I just read the posts above about Chesterton, I think that I will try The Ball and the Cross next. Any other Chesterton recommendations?
Adam, by Ted Dekker. It was strange, at least for a Dekker book, because it didn't quite suck you along with it. I didn't feel enraptured by the book, just slightly creeped out and very impressed. Despite its lack of a fast pace, it was well put together and very intense. It was also nice to see that it was heavily researched and addressed a very important christian topic.
His later books have been drifting away from christian themes, so it was good to see them reintroduced, without sacrificing the story or feeling preachy.
The Man Who Was Thursday, by G.K. Chesterton. This was my absolute first Chesterton novel. Ultimately, I am extremely impressed with the author, and moderately impressed with the book. In other words, I love Chesterton's wit, sarcasm, and philosophical musings. However, the book, as funny as it was, went over my head in the last couple of chapters. I just couldn't seem to piece togeather the symbolism.
Nontheless, if you like C.S. Lewis, you will probably like G.K. Chesterton. Highly recommended. Also, if anyone else is a fan of Chesterton, can you recommend another of his books to me?
EDIT: I just read the posts above about Chesterton, I think that I will try The Ball and the Cross next. Any other Chesterton recommendations?
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Six Records of a Floating Life- Shen Fu
Selected Short Stories- Rabindranath Tagore
Selected Short Stories- Rabindranath Tagore
"Have mercy on me O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion, blot out my transgressions" Psalm 51:1
"Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth, you will again bring me up." Psalm 71:20
"An eye for an eye, will only make the whole world blind."- Mahatma Gandhi
"Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth, you will again bring me up." Psalm 71:20
"An eye for an eye, will only make the whole world blind."- Mahatma Gandhi
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Warcraft: Cycle of Hatred by...I forget the author; he had a really long name 
This book was surprisingly exciting and well-written; I was expecting something more along the lines of Day of the Dragon (yeah, I don't really like Richard Knaak's writing). But I probably liked it mostly because it's about the only sensible humans and orcs that seem to exist. Thrall being one of the main characters definitely helped as well.
Foundation by Isaac Asimov. This was an amazing book. The writing was superb, and I found myself enthralled and drawn in by all the political machinations. Ironically, there was no action whatsoever. This was my first Asimov book, so I didn't really know what to expect, but I know now that he's a great author who has earned all the praise he's received.
Warcraft: Rise of the Horde by Christie Golden. This makes a great sequel/prequel to Golden's other Warcraft novel, Lord of the Clans. I am reminded once again as I read this of what drew me to Warcraft in the first place: the orcs' honor. The orcs' history in Draenor has always remained shrouded in mystery for me, so I'm especially pleased to read about it in more depth. And again, it helps that Thrall introduces each chapter XD
This book was surprisingly exciting and well-written; I was expecting something more along the lines of Day of the Dragon (yeah, I don't really like Richard Knaak's writing). But I probably liked it mostly because it's about the only sensible humans and orcs that seem to exist. Thrall being one of the main characters definitely helped as well.
Foundation by Isaac Asimov. This was an amazing book. The writing was superb, and I found myself enthralled and drawn in by all the political machinations. Ironically, there was no action whatsoever. This was my first Asimov book, so I didn't really know what to expect, but I know now that he's a great author who has earned all the praise he's received.
Warcraft: Rise of the Horde by Christie Golden. This makes a great sequel/prequel to Golden's other Warcraft novel, Lord of the Clans. I am reminded once again as I read this of what drew me to Warcraft in the first place: the orcs' honor. The orcs' history in Draenor has always remained shrouded in mystery for me, so I'm especially pleased to read about it in more depth. And again, it helps that Thrall introduces each chapter XD
You can find out things about the past that you never knew. And from what you've learned, you may see some things differently in the present. You're the one that changes. Not the past.
- Ellone, Final Fantasy VIII
"There's a difference between maliciously offending somebody - on purpose - and somebody being offended by...truth. If you're offended by the truth, that's your problem. I have no obligation to not offend you if I'm speaking the truth. The truth is supposed to offend you; that's how you know you don't got it."
- Brad Stine
- Ellone, Final Fantasy VIII
"There's a difference between maliciously offending somebody - on purpose - and somebody being offended by...truth. If you're offended by the truth, that's your problem. I have no obligation to not offend you if I'm speaking the truth. The truth is supposed to offend you; that's how you know you don't got it."
- Brad Stine
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Myra Inman:A Diary of the Civil War in East Tennessee edited by William R. Snell.
btw:I wonder if we could only concentrate on what people are reading for fun and not for class.
btw:I wonder if we could only concentrate on what people are reading for fun and not for class.
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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein.
Also, The Pirate Primer: Mastering the Language of Swashbucklers and Rogues by George Choundas. There is no explanation for this one.
Also, The Pirate Primer: Mastering the Language of Swashbucklers and Rogues by George Choundas. There is no explanation for this one.
Need some excitement and meaning to brighten your bleak existence? Enter the CAA Monthly Manga contest!
(Warning: side affects may/will include irritability, the cramping of hands, frustration, and/or loss of sleep.)
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
(Warning: side affects may/will include irritability, the cramping of hands, frustration, and/or loss of sleep.)
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
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I'm read Macbeth now, at not even for school. Man, is Lady Macbeth depraved :\
You can find out things about the past that you never knew. And from what you've learned, you may see some things differently in the present. You're the one that changes. Not the past.
- Ellone, Final Fantasy VIII
"There's a difference between maliciously offending somebody - on purpose - and somebody being offended by...truth. If you're offended by the truth, that's your problem. I have no obligation to not offend you if I'm speaking the truth. The truth is supposed to offend you; that's how you know you don't got it."
- Brad Stine
- Ellone, Final Fantasy VIII
"There's a difference between maliciously offending somebody - on purpose - and somebody being offended by...truth. If you're offended by the truth, that's your problem. I have no obligation to not offend you if I'm speaking the truth. The truth is supposed to offend you; that's how you know you don't got it."
- Brad Stine
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Finally getting back to Les Misérables after putting it down for a number of years, and I'm really enjoying it. I'm also reading The Time Traveler's Wife alongside. XD
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I really want to read Les Miserables. Maybe this summer--I should be able to check it out from the library.
I put down Phantom of the Opera for more than a month...I need to pick it back up.
I'm still reading Through Animal's Eyes. Man, I really wish I would read more...I used to read 5 books every 3 weeks or so...
I put down Phantom of the Opera for more than a month...I need to pick it back up.
I'm still reading Through Animal's Eyes. Man, I really wish I would read more...I used to read 5 books every 3 weeks or so...
"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
"Since the creation of the Internet, the Earth's rotation has been fueled, primarily, by the collective spinning of English teachers in their graves."
"Since the creation of the Internet, the Earth's rotation has been fueled, primarily, by the collective spinning of English teachers in their graves."
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Sheenar - Posts: 2989
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Sheenar (post: 1219237) wrote:I really want to read Les Miserables. Maybe this summer--I should be able to check it out from the library.
I put down Phantom of the Opera for more than a month...I need to pick it back up.
I'm still reading Through Animal's Eyes. Man, I really wish I would read more...I used to read 5 books every 3 weeks or so...
Oh, I started Phantom a few years ago! XD And then I got distracted and put it down and I really need to finish it. XD I have a really big "to read" list. XD]The Count of Monte Cristo, Hamlet, Macbeth,[/i] and Cyrano de Bergerac. XD I'll be busy this summer, or so I plan to be. XD
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Oroonoko by Aphra Behn
Another precursor to the modern novel, a short but interesting little read. Though a bit uneven in certain aspects, the basic quality and intent of the writing impressed me. It's better than a lot of classic literature that came after it, in my opinion.
Another precursor to the modern novel, a short but interesting little read. Though a bit uneven in certain aspects, the basic quality and intent of the writing impressed me. It's better than a lot of classic literature that came after it, in my opinion.
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reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
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"Sometimes we don't present the Gospel well enough for the non-elect to reject it."
- John MacArthur
"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
- John Bunyan
"If the Christian has lost sight of Calvary, that shows that he has lost his way."
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"Sometimes we don't present the Gospel well enough for the non-elect to reject it."
- John MacArthur
"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
- John Bunyan
"If the Christian has lost sight of Calvary, that shows that he has lost his way."
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Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Being at an Institute of Education, I saw fit to acquire this Novel and read of it of for my own Enlightenment. Though it twas commonly considert a Classic, I find it to be highly Episodic and a trifle Trivial, in addition to beplagu'd with Mispelings.
This is my favorite dystopia novel; hopefully you'll enjoy it.
Being at an Institute of Education, I saw fit to acquire this Novel and read of it of for my own Enlightenment. Though it twas commonly considert a Classic, I find it to be highly Episodic and a trifle Trivial, in addition to beplagu'd with Mispelings.
jon_jinn wrote:reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
This is my favorite dystopia novel; hopefully you'll enjoy it.
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uc pseudonym - Posts: 15506
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uc pseudonym (post: 1219969) wrote:Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Being at an Institute of Education, I saw fit to acquire this Novel and read of it of for my own Enlightenment. Though it twas commonly considert a Classic, I find it to be highly Episodic and a trifle Trivial, in addition to beplagu'd with Mispelings.
What's with all the capitalizing? Who are you, Emily Dickinson?
Since the title doesn't specifically say books, I am currently working through April's Scientific American.
[color="Red"]As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. - Proverbs 23:7[/color]
The Sundries
Robin: "If we close our eyes, we can't see anything."
Batman: "A sound observation, Robin."
The Sundries
Robin: "If we close our eyes, we can't see anything."
Batman: "A sound observation, Robin."
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uc pseudonym (post: 1219969) wrote:Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Being at an Institute of Education, I saw fit to acquire this Novel and read of it of for my own Enlightenment. Though it twas commonly considert a Classic, I find it to be highly Episodic and a trifle Trivial, in addition to beplagu'd with Mispelings.
Between the random capitalization, mispelling of the word mispelling (as well as a few other words), creative use of the apostrophe, bad grammar, and needless repetition of the word of, I would guess that you are making a point.
Currently reading "1984" by George Orwell. Personally I am not really impressed.
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Just finished Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Possibly my favorite of his tragedies, not that that's saying too much.
You can find out things about the past that you never knew. And from what you've learned, you may see some things differently in the present. You're the one that changes. Not the past.
- Ellone, Final Fantasy VIII
"There's a difference between maliciously offending somebody - on purpose - and somebody being offended by...truth. If you're offended by the truth, that's your problem. I have no obligation to not offend you if I'm speaking the truth. The truth is supposed to offend you; that's how you know you don't got it."
- Brad Stine
- Ellone, Final Fantasy VIII
"There's a difference between maliciously offending somebody - on purpose - and somebody being offended by...truth. If you're offended by the truth, that's your problem. I have no obligation to not offend you if I'm speaking the truth. The truth is supposed to offend you; that's how you know you don't got it."
- Brad Stine
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