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Reading? - 10/25/2006 4:07:17 AM   
Smythe


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Status: offline 		What book are you reading right now? Would you recommend it to others?

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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 4:08:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		If I only had time to read a good book..  "sighs"

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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 4:12:47 AM   
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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 4:17:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		Wow, books I'm reading that I'd recommend.  Let's see.  I think I'm only reading five right now (though I guess I should say re-reading).  Here's the list.

Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game
Jack Miles' God: A Biography
Scheherazade's The Thousand Nights And A Night (trans. Richard Burton)
John Steakley's Armor
Greg Stolze's Godwalker

They're alphabetic by author's surname, if you're wondering -- I didn't order them by deliciousness.

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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 4:18:28 AM   
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Yes I would it's  a true story of I've read it twice this is my third time  they did a movie about it  several years back  only showtime would air it because of the graphic child abuse in it
As Well As The  Book  Called  Child  Called  It!!! Also  A True  Story

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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 4:23:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		Right now I'm reading Hidden Prey by John Sandford, and Our Endangered Values by former President Jimmy Carter, and just finished School Days by Robert B. Parker.

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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 4:24:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		good wed am; I also read the Bible (if I didnt how perverted would I become, lol), also re-reading beauty/beast series and just found 'the loving dominant'; so, My reading time is very full right now.....

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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 4:27:38 AM   
JerseyKrissi72


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Status: offline 		I read the book "a child called it" and made me cry...I never could imagine such horror. I recommend everyone to read that book.

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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 4:36:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		I spend the most amount of time reading textbooks for my classes, not surprisingly.   Other than Accounting and the MS Office book...they're actually very interesting. 

I'm a fan of series murder/mystery novels....right now I'm working my way through the Harry Bosch series by Michael Connolly.  I also just picked up Elizabeth George's new book in the Inspector Lynley series, but have not started it yet. 

I'm also reading "Are Men Necessary?  When Sexes Collide" by Maureen Dowd.  Before you get bent out of shape, it IS satire, for the most part, but it has some really great commentary on men/women relationship dynamics from economics to pop culture.   The diatrabe on Barbie is absolutely hysterical.   And yes, witty humor gets the point across better than being arguementative.

Annnnnd for you cookbook fans, I just got Doris Greenspan's new book "Baking" (she co-wrote "Baking with Julia").   FAB book if you like to bake.....practically required if you love to bake.   The caramel nut brownie cake is going to have to be made soon.

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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 4:54:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		"A Child Called It" is intense, yah. Have you read the sequels yet?

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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 5:04:58 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: JerseyKrissi72

I read the Bible...yeah, go ahead and laugh....but I do


Pet and I are reading a Devotional Bible for Couples. Though I'm not a big bible believer, the book is helping us to know each other better and strengthens our relationship.

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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 5:39:55 AM   
Kalira


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Status: offline 		I just finished Mythology of the Celtic People by Charles Squire

and yes, I would recommend it, it was pretty good; though I thought there were a few inconsistancies within it.

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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 6:20:53 AM   
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I highly recommend the content, though he does tend to be repetitive.

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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 8:26:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		Dancing with the Wheel by Sunbear - how to build and work with a medicine wheel for your own self development.
The Owl Service by Alan Garner - a retelling of a celtic tale that talks to me of duality and perception...and how things don't have to be one or the other; they can, and should, be both. I'll be getting a tat based on some of the graphics in the book to remind me of this.
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams - I constantly refer to this book because it speaks to me about being Real and living in/with integrity.
Sacred Contracts: Awakening your devine potential by Caroline Myss - I also constantly refer to this book because it speaks to me about deep self-awareness.
Lady in the Water: A bedtime story by M. Night Shyamalan - This movie was terribly miss-promoted. See it, perhaps again, and leave off the notion that it's supposed to be a horror story with a twist so that you can watch for the message. I refer to it often because it makes wonderful statements about becoming the self-aware, spiritually powerful person that we all are.

I haven't read a great deal of fiction this year...I'm writing a fiction novel and I don't want any blatant outward influences. I did read a Koontz novel on a round-trip flight that was inspiring...because it was so bad. LOL

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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 9:09:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		"The Owl Service by Alan Garner"

...awesome book.......his other stuff is excellent too.

Here, i'm just waiting for Mistress to finish Thud by Terry Pratchett so i can snaffle it :)

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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 9:44:57 AM   
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If you lean towards "left" you'll hate the book before you even read it...If you lean towards the "center" you may find it an eye opener?....If you lean to the right then it'll just confirm what you already believe........

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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 1:14:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		For entertainment: The Boxer Rebellion, Liddel-Hart's Strategy, and a new book my Mum sent me about the Great Fire of London.
For an essay: the Will Durant's "Story of Philosophy", Will Durant's "Story of Civilisation" volumes IX & X, Toynbee's "A Study of History", and Volume 4 of "A History of Private Life" (Not going to be of any use for the essay I suspect), and a neat book called "Voices of the Revolution".
Other than that any and every newspaper I can lay my hands on.

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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 1:19:53 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: JerseyKrissi72

I read the Bible...yeah, go ahead and laugh....but I do


No laughter, it's a great book; love, selflessness, intrigue, good vs. evil, mystery, etc.

People pervert the bible for their own uses - but if you take it in the same perspective as I think Christ would - it's a love story and full of hope for us all

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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 1:22:59 PM   
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< Message edited by BlkTallFullfig -- 10/25/2006 1:23:24 PM >

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RE: Reading? - 10/25/2006 1:23:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		The bible is an anthology of religious musings, history, mythology and fictional morality plays. Oh and one section of poems, one at least of which is outright porn.


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