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Postby Peanut » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:47 pm

Right now, I'm reading The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel, which is basically (as the front cover puts it) "A journalist investigates scientific eviedence that points toward God."
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Postby bigsleepj » Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:55 am

Still reading "Phantastes."
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Postby Technomancer » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:51 am

'Biblical and Classical Myths: The Mythological Framework of Western Culture' by Northrop Frye and Jay MacPhearson. This book is a combined edition of Frye's 'Symbolism in the Bible' and MacPhearson's 'Four Ages: The Classical Myths'
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.

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Postby the_lizardqueen » Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:57 am

I recently finished Phantom by Susan Kay, it's a retelling of Leroux's story with an emphasis on Eric's life from childbirth until death. It was a really interesting read, but I wish the author hadn't included some of the questionable content and language. The ending was also very different from the musicals, it was less open-ended and ambiguous.

Still, it was interesting to gain more insight into the characters, and Kay actually managed to tie together the events in the Phantom's life in a reasonable and dramatic way. And the Eric/Christine relationship was definitely far more...intense.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:50 pm

I plan on reading an article about Daniel Boone in the November/December
1992 issue of American History.Btw:There's a really good book out based
on interviews done with Boone's surviving son called MY FATHER DANIEL
BOONE.If you can find it read it much recommended. :thumb:
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Postby Scribs » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:17 am

The 1001 Dumbest things ever said
"I concluded from the begining that this would be the end; and I am right, for it is not half over."
-Sir Boyle Roche
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Postby mitsuki lover » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:58 pm

I read a portion of J.V.Jones' novel The Barbed Coil yesterday and also
that article about Daniel Boone in American History today.
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Postby Alice » Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:42 pm

I finally finished "Third Girl" by Agatha Christie.

I think I'm getting better at Agatha Christie's. I actually had a sort of inkling of part of the solution. :lol:
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Postby The Grammarian » Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:38 am

Sun Tzu's The Art of War.
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.

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Postby Hitokiri » Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:53 pm

J.R.R. Tolkeins "Lays of Beleriand".
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Postby ally-san » Sat Jul 09, 2005 6:53 pm

as i lay dying-faulkner
"The only consolation I find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence."

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."

Lord I give you my heart
I give you my soul
I live for you alone
Every breathe that I take
Every moment I'm awake
Lord have your way in me..
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Postby Alice » Sat Jul 09, 2005 7:59 pm

ally-san wrote:as i lay dying-faulkner

0.0 That looked so heavy to me! I borrowed it twice and still never got anywhere with it. *is impressed, and a bit frightened*

I, myself, have started reading Shelter from the Storm, by Cheryl Wolverton. I started it expecting to find a mildly interesting read. I ended up reading the first sixty pages. If it keeps going this way, it will be the best romantic book I've ever read. (I think because it's not just romance. The romance seems to be almost a side plot to the rest.) (Also I haven't read many romances.)
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Postby Maledicte » Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:59 pm

"Rapture" by David Sosnowski. It's about ordinary people who randomly sprout wings a la "X-Men"...not as good as his second novel but interesting.
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Postby Scribs » Sun Jul 10, 2005 5:16 am

I am in the middle of re-reading harry potter and the order of the pheonix
"I concluded from the begining that this would be the end; and I am right, for it is not half over."
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Postby Indigo_Eyes » Mon Jul 11, 2005 3:11 pm

After All These Years by Sally John-good book, I really like this series so far.
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Postby Namelessknight » Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:09 pm

Tales of the Otori: Grass for His Pillow While I haven't read the 3rd book, this one seemed like a semi-colon between 2 full sentences. It was ok, but it really didn't impress me like the first one did. Oh well...
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Postby uc pseudonym » Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:25 pm

I'm curious about your "1001" book, piloswine. Is it filled with incredibly stupid things, or does it merely aim for the humorous?

As for myself, I've been a bit busy reading lately (car trip).
Monstrous Regiment, Hogsfather, and The Truth all by Terry Pratchett [I am currently finishing the last of the titles mentioned. I liked the second best, of these three.]
Sandman [I've finished the series, now.]
Wormwood by GP Taylor [Call it research, I guess. I'm perhaps 2/3 of the way through it, and I can't say I have any particular opinions to form.]
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Postby Jasdero » Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:40 pm

Namelessknight wrote:Tales of the Otori: Grass for His Pillow While I haven't read the 3rd book, this one seemed like a semi-colon between 2 full sentences. It was ok, but it really didn't impress me like the first one did. Oh well...

I agree with you on that. The first book was brilliant, but the second book was a bit of a letdown. The third one.. well.. it wasn't bad, per se, but it still wasn't as redeeming as the first book of the trilogy.
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Postby Icarus » Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:24 am

I'm re-reading The Death of Chaos, reading Archform: Beauty, both by Modesitt, and I need to start Obsession, by Ted Dekker.

:rant: My family reads my books! I start a book, leave it on the table to go to work, and when I come back, it's gone! My dad actually took one out of the bag when I brought it home. GAH!
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Postby CreatureArt » Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:31 am

At the moment I'm reading the ocver of the 'Easy Learning French Dictionary' (easy to read. easy to use. easy to understand), but I've picked up a book called the City of Masks which I've started to read.

Ted Dekker... I've heard the name before, but I can't remember where.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:52 pm

The Last .400 Hitter,the story of Ted William's brilliant 1941 season with the
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Postby Sparrow Writer » Tue Jul 12, 2005 6:07 pm

The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells...I have to do it for school. It's not as bad as the Time Machine, which is another H.G. Wells book we had to read for school.
"Ah, look, Kouryuu...the birds are returning north. Can you see? ...Kouryuu. Who do you suppose decided birds are free? They can fly wherever they choose...but if there's no branch for them to return to...they might regret having wings, don't you think? Perhaps true freedom...is having a home to return to."

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Postby Maledicte » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:03 pm

Monster by Frank Peretti. I've been waiting so long for this. Wheee!
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Postby Espoir » Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:20 pm

CreatureArt wrote:Ted Dekker... I've heard the name before, but I can't remember where.



Christian author. Wrote the "Red", "Black" and "White" trillogy. I've heard they are quite good and have ment to pick them up myself.

I just got done reading Girl Meets God by Lauren F. Winner. I'm currently reading Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir and When Godly People Do Ungodly Things by Beth Moore.

My reading tastes vary just a bit. The first was about a girl who half Jewish by birth, converts to orthodox Jedusim, and then becomes a Christian after being a critic of it for so many years. (kinda identify with it)

Seccond is a true tale of a tragic situation. Too involved to explain, but a good, if not somewhat dry, read.

Third is heavy stuff. Beth Moore is great, but this book takes a while, because you really have to chew on what she says, and can't just plough right through it.

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Postby ally-san » Wed Jul 13, 2005 1:11 am

many books, many marvelous books

a taste of honey
as i lay dying
oscar wilde
shakespeare on love
"The only consolation I find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence."

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."

Lord I give you my heart
I give you my soul
I live for you alone
Every breathe that I take
Every moment I'm awake
Lord have your way in me..
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Postby harina » Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:26 am

The Bible
Kaari Utrio - Aatelisneito, Porvaristyttö
Michael Ende - The endless story
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. [Hebr. 11:1]
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Postby Ninja Rob » Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:02 am

"The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide" by Douglas Adams
"Star Wars The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic 1- Remnant" by Sean Williams and Shane Dix
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Postby uc pseudonym » Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:28 pm

Harry Potter 6

I'm hardly a fanatic, but I have friends who are and they have finished their copies. While I am not able to spend much time reading it, it is rather light reading and will likely pass quickly. So far, I feel it is superior to previous books in the series.
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Postby Locke » Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:50 pm

I just finished "Wild At Heart" and The Zombie Survival Guide this weekend.

I hope to finish "Cant Stop Wont Stop ( A history of The Hip Hop Generation)" by this week.
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Postby yukinon » Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:00 pm

Locke wrote:I just finished "Wild At Heart" and The Zombie Survival Guide this weekend.


Some part of me does enjoy hearing that in the same sentence.

I've currently been reading Jane Eyre, but it got lost in the depths of my grandmother's house, so I started the Island Stallion by Walter Farley.

I've been dying for some good fiction ever since I started college.
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