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What book are you reading?
Posted by PrincessQuello • 10/24/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: books, reading
Or what was the last book you read?
I just picked up Jemima J by Jane Green.
I'm always looking for new books to read.
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I'm reading Agatha Christie's "Partners in Crime." It's a bunch of quirky little short stories that proved ol' Agatha actually had a bit of a sense of humor.
The last book I'd read was Jasper Fforde's "Something Rotten."-
What was Something Rotten about?
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It follows the author's character named Thursday Next, who works in a world where classic characters from books can be pulled into real life. Something Rotten involved a plot against Hamlet (as in the quote from Hamlet, "There's something rotten in Denmark.") And it's fairly twisted, funny plot.
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Oh that actually sounds really interesting!
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The Third Jesus, by Chopra-
Is that good?
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Yes! It literally jumped off the shelf and landed on the ground by my feet. Within the first few pages, I had answers to some of my questions.
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In The Third Jesus, bestselling author and spiritual leader Deepak Chopra provides an answer to this question that is both a challenge to current systems of belief and a fresh perspective on what Jesus can teach us all, regardless of our religious background. There is not one Jesus, Chopra writes, but three.
First, there is the historical Jesus, the man who lived more than two thousand years ago and whose teachings are the foundation of Christian theology and thought. Next there is Jesus the Son of God, who has come to embody an institutional religion with specific dogma, a priesthood, and devout believers. And finally, there is the third Jesus, the cosmic Christ, the spiritual guide whose teaching embraces all humanity, not just the church built in his name. He speaks to the individual who wants to find God as a personal experience, to attain what some might call grace, or God-consciousness, or enlightenment.
When we take Jesus literally, we are faced with the impossible. How can we truly “love thy neighbor as thyself”? But when we see the exhortations of Jesus as invitations to join him on a higher spiritual plane, his words suddenly make sense.
Ultimately, Chopra argues, Christianity needs to overcome its tendency to be exclusionary and refocus on being a religion of personal insight and spiritual growth. In this way Jesus can be seen for the universal teacher he truly is–someone whose teachings of compassion, tolerance, and understanding can embrace and be embraced by all of us. -
Interesting. I don't really read religious books though it sounds intriguing.
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I wouldn't call it "religious". ...it's more spiritual.
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It's nice to see someone debating and explaining their beliefs rather than saying their imaginary friend is better just because. When I think of the majority of Christianity I think of a child asking their parent why something is or how it works and the parent - not knowing the answer - responding it just is just to get the child to leave them alone.
lol sorry I don't mean to offend, I'm just surprised someone is open minded about it. I'll defiantly have to buy this book : ) It sounds intriguing.
Remember if you can't explain or debate your beliefs, they are not yours.
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Currently I am rereading Valley of the Horses and the rest of Jean Auel's series because I am unhappy with the books I got from the library this week. Christopher Moore writes wonderfully funny material but after having listened to a few of them as books on tape (err book on ipod)I am having trouble getting into the actual prose of his works because the words I hear off the page sound different and somehow less exciting as when they are read. I hold this mostly up to the wonderful voice actor they had for The Stupidest Angel.-
I cannot do audio books...I don't even want to try. I think it takes away from the experience to have the book read out loud instead of reading it myself.
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I've found I really enjoy audiobooks in my car, on my commute. Otherwise, I know I would have felt similarly to PrincessQuello--- but they've definitely grown on me.
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My friend has been trying to get me to try it forever. I like music on my commute to work..lol
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@PrincessQuello It really depends on the book as to whether I can get into an audio version of it. During college classes where professors hadn't figured out just how horrible a great deal of so called classic literature they assigned really is I would listen to it rather than waste my time with horrid books. I could tolerate Jane Austin and the Bronte sisters if I didn't have to put the wretched crap in front of my eyes.
On the flip side of the horrid literature that becomes tolerable in audio format there are some truly excellent audio books out there. I have half a dozen Shakespeare plays all done with quality voice artists like Kenneth Branaugh, Robin Williams, Morgan Freeman, Lawrence Fishbourne etc. If the story is good and the actors tell it well, I rather like listening when I am doing my housework. Audio books also gives me the opportunity to read/listen to books I would never pick up, because I would much rather be reading something else when I crawl into bed.
@ThriftShopRomantic I felt that way about them at first too, simply because when I got my first one I actually had the time to sit down and read for pleasure everyday. Then I found myself commuting a lot with no radio reception. I had a little more than an hour between home and school and could get through a disk each way of something that had been assigned reading. It was as much a time saver as it was a means to slog through things I hated. -
Well, maybe I can understand Shakespeare plays...lol
I guess I've never been an audio person when it comes to books...That's a whole different experience for me...I'm a bit of a book snob, I have to admit.
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@PrincessQuello Exactly it is a whole different experience. It often makes the horribly written and boring passable. An example of that for me was the Da Vinci code. I disliked the book, but everyone was talking about it and at the time I ran a book forum so I had to slog through it anyway I could if I wanted to discuss it. The audio version made a boring book a digestible story I could listen to.
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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty: Muhammad Yunus.......... good book ( at least i think so) I dont tend to do fiction I havent read a book that didnt have to do about money since middle school. lol -
Audiobooks are great! I go through at two to three a month with my commute. I get them at the library-one of my favorites so far was The 5 People You Meet in Heaven. The only problem was it got really emotional and I ended up teary eyed in gridlock traffic.-
I love Mitch Albom's books!
I read 5 People You Meet as well as For One More Day & Tuesdays with Morrie
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I'm reading my own novel, Six Hours Past Thursday. Nobody else reads it (except lawyers and law profs, even though it was written for the layman). So, I may as well be one of the few.
Who knows? I might learn something. (It's all about "legal" crime. Guess that's what turns the lawyers on.)-
Oooh...I like legal books.
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Blackwood Farm by Anne Rice. Heck, the name of the write is bigger than the title's book itself-
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That's a long time? I'm reading this one because a friend knows I'm into vampires and stuff so he gave it to me.
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Yeah, it's been about 9 years since I've picked up an Anne Rice book. I was thinking about getting back into her since I got really into the Twilight series and have been on a vampire kick lately.
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Oh well. This is the only book I've read from Anne Rice, but if she's all out of the ordinary with her books I may even get some of her books
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What do you normally like to read
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Things out of the ordinary: Conspiracy, other races, Sci-Fi, stuff like that. When I read, I like to get out of the real world.
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I'm currently reading Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs. its a novel about an anthropologist who is pretty cool and laid back!-
Cool! A new author to check out
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I love it!
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Just read that, I liked it
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I'm reading Freedom from Fear, The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945, by David M. Kennedy
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Is it interesting?
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Yes. It is interesting. At least the first 120 pages are. It is 858 pages long. It starts out with a brief background of Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin and Hitler and what they were doing in WW1. It then describes the stock market crash of October 1929 and some of the things that President Hoover tried to do in the years following to prevent what we know as the Great Depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president in 1932 and that is where I am in the book. The book continues all the way to the end of the Second World War in August, 1945.
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Oooh...I love history books like that. I'm definitely going to have to check it out!
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Well, at the minute I'm reading The Mighty Book of Boosh, about a comedy programme called The Mighty Boosh, as I'm seeing the stage show on Tuesday. I'm also reading an autobiography of Morrissey by Len Brown entitled 'Meetings with Morrissey,' it's such a brilliant book and really shows how influential Morrissey and his lyrics have become.-
I haven't read an autobiography in forever!
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I hoping to read a book titeld "Scratch Beginnings" this weekend. The author emailed me a few weeks ago and asked if I would review it if he sent me a copy, and as he is making his Border Tour currently I said I'd do it. I have been busy with school do haven't yet I must get on it. -
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I just suggested a little while ago that somebody should read, Duluth by Gore Vidal. I haven't read it in 20 years...so I think I will read it again. It is very funny and insightful. -
The Bhagavad-Gita, Yogi Ramacharaka translation -
JEMS (journal of emergency medical service) i know its not a book but its what i am reading...and my ifsta book -
The Two Sams by Glen Hirshberg -
I've been reading "The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever" by Christopher Hitchens - www.amazon.com/Portable-Atheist-Essential-Readings-Nonbeliever/dp/030681608... -
I just finished reading Slow Train to Arcturus by Dave Freer and Eric Flint. Tomorrow, I am going to start reading Hot Flat and Crowded by Thomas Friedman. I rarely stop reading lately. -
Dotcom Secrets lol -
a book i recommend to almost everybody is "birds of america" by lorrie moore. it's a collection of short stories.
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I'm reading "Two Brothers: One North, One South." It's a fiction novel set in the Civil War. I'm posting a review in a couple weeks, as part of a virtual book tour for it! -
Im reading The Brothers karamazov.. pretty awesome stuff but it's a big book so it's takin time.. i recommend it to anyone
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I read that back in high school...at some point...lol
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Right now i'm reading four books simultaneously:
The Historian (novel)
Mahatma Gandhi's Autobiography
Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Human Strengths
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My book! I wrote it back in the 80s. Currently, I'm re-reading it and editing/updating.
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ah, you are the one who bought your book.
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This might sound silly, but I'm currently reading back through my lifes experiences from when I was young, it's not written down, it's in my head and I'm finding the missing pages. -
I'm currently reading "Jane Austen in Scarsdale" and "Syrup". -
I'm currently reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I'm enjoying it quite a lot, especially all the stuff about Hermione's attempts to liberate Hogwart's house elves. -
I am reading Brilliant NLP right now. So cool. It's a must for all who wish to achieve success by using your conscious effort to know what motivates you and other people. -
I'm re-reading Ray Bradbury's "Golden Apples of the Sun" -
Currently, The Looming Tower
Last read, Fahrenheit 451
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Oh...I haven't picked up Fahrenheit 451 since middle school...Great read.
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Secret Life of Bees and The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky. The latter iss interesting and horrible at the same time. He was schizophrenic, and just totally bat poo crazy, so some of the stuff he wrote was really random, illogical, and just plain strange.-
Just recently read Secret life of bees, I really enjoyed it.
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Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky-
Sounds like nonsense. That's the approach we have taken in the BC Discussions and it leads to chaos. -
lol... actually the theory of the book applied here would be to have volunteer moderators and exploit them to do the work for you... err... I mean have them do it for their love the of the community without having central moderation
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Reading about twenty different counselling textbooks, which interestingly would also help with the discussions.....
Giving Angels and Demons another whirl, as I couldn't get into it first time round.-
I liked Demons and Angels the first time I read it.
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The Secret..by Rhonda B
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I have that...Never got around to reading it though
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just finished cold hearted today - beverly barton
now reading dirty girls on top - alisa valdes -rodriguez
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I bought two books 3 months back... Albert Einstein's & Go Kiss The World.
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I am reading This Book Contains Graphic Language Comics As Literature by Rocco Versaci. Rocco Versaci teaches the Comics As Literature course at Palomar College. It has been interesting so far. He has covered George Herriman, Daniel Clowes, and Los Brothers Hernandez so far.
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1688: A global history by John E Willis. -
I'm very scatter brained. I start reading sever books at one time and finish them all about 6 months down the road. ATM I'm reading.
-The 4 Hour Work week
-Striking thoughts (well rereading)
-Life Hacker
-Getting Things Done
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Memoirs of a Geisha, is brilliant. -
i'm reading two at the moment. Secret Diary of a Call Girl and Beautiful Boy. -
i'm currently reading 'the omnivores dilemma' and have the other Pollan book lined up for when i'm all done it.
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Jane Austen in Scarsdale, it's the modern day version of Persuasion. I have about 30 pages left and can't finish it. My interest has died, but I never start a book without finishing another.
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Right now I'm supposedly reading the Eye of the World by Robert Jordan. But I haven't read for a while. -
I've been reading the exhaustive Edith Wharton biography for months. I'm also starting Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado, a Brazilian classic. -
Right now, I am reading something practical, Organizing For Dummies, by Eileen Roth and Elizabeth Miles.
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I'm reading "Sahara Special," by Esme Raji Codell. I post reviews of the books I read at inkweaver-review.blogspot.com -
I'm currently reading "Vanity Fair" by William Makepeace Thackeray. I'm almost done with it actually. I think I'm going to reread Les Misérables again after this. -
I am presently reading, "Rick Springfield, A Lifetime In Music." Written by BlogCatalog's very own: Tiffany Sanders aka: MadameX. Very cool!
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
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