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Postby Linksquest » Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:38 pm

While I am reading The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (Which I am really liking!) I am also reading Dare to Dream by John C. Maxwell. Seniors, like me, from our church who graduated this year received Dare to Dream as a gift from the youth pastors. It's pretty good, but Maxwell seems to quote from other people's works or other people rather than make many statements of his own. It's an interesting book promoting the dreaming of dreams and then doing what you need to, to make them come true. It's inspirational, I suppose, :lol: We'll see at the end how truly inspired I am.
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Postby yukinon » Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:23 pm

I've been meaning to read Coraline for a while. Alas, I am currently reading The Redemption of Althalus. I have a friend who loves the Sandman series so Coraline definitely caught my eye.
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Postby Doe Johnson » Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:31 am

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Postby fairyprincess90 » Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:07 pm

im in the middle of reading... the screw-tape letters and this other book that i forget whut its called... lol
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Postby Sai » Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:22 am

I'm reading this book called "Tender is the Night" by F Scott Fitzgerald. I dont think i like it though.. I have taken some moral issues with it.
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Postby Eastkun » Fri Jun 16, 2006 3:57 pm

The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis. (The last Narnia book.)
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Postby SP1 » Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:36 pm

Just finished Gifts, by Ursula K. LeGuin.

Starting Dreams, God's Forgotten Language by John A. Sanford.

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Postby the_lizardqueen » Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:14 pm

Just finished Terry Pratchett's Mort.

Currently working on George Orwell's 1984 with Pratchett's Sourcery on the side.
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Postby yukinon » Sun Jun 18, 2006 4:50 am

1984 is a wonderful and disturbing book. I like Fahrenheit 451 quite a bit better.
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Postby Technomancer » Sun Jun 18, 2006 5:42 am

I've just finished The Ape in the Tree: A Natural and Intellectual History of Proconsul; it's a great piece of science writing.
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Postby uc pseudonym » Sun Jun 18, 2006 5:24 pm

I have been reading significant portions of How to Read the Bible for All it's Worth by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stewert. This is actually for the research position I'm currently in because I'll need to condense some of their information in to a much smaller article. Though I enjoyed what I have read it is material a few levels lower than what I am currently studying, but I would urge anyone beginning to study the Bible seriously to at least look at it.
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Postby bigsleepj » Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:32 pm

I've decided to re-read Shusaku Endo's Silence. Slow start so far from my side, but after that I'm tackling Crime and Punishment.
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Postby termyt » Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:57 am

Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell.

Very... thought provoking. I love a good book that makes you think about the way you think about things. A great read for anyone out there who is already a "believer" and trying to figure out what it means to be a "disciple." Becoming a believer takes a decision that can be made in a moment. Becoming a disciple requires a lifetime of learning.
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Postby Arnobius » Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:57 am

I've recently read Karl Barth's "The Church and the Churches" and "The Call of Discipleship" and found myself impressed by his insights. I don't agree with everything he says, but I think much of it is at least worth pondering.

Currently working my way through volume 1 of "The Ante-Nicene Fathers" and am going to start "The Meaning of Tradition" by Yves Congar, O.P.
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Postby Eastkun » Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:46 pm

I still need to finish the Last Battle. I would have finished by now, but I got off track.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:20 pm

I need some good easy light reading for summer.My mind wonders too much for me to concentrate on anything overly serious.

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and the other was Hitler's Scientists.And several months back they had Hitler's
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Postby Icarus » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:14 pm

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Postby Steeltemplar » Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:55 am

An Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales

This book has been recommended to me before, most recently by a Priest who I have been used to seeing regularly for confession. So far in my reading, de Sales has been addressing the nature of devotion to God and the excellence of such a life. His writing and theological reasoning are both impressive.
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Postby Linksquest » Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:05 pm

A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury (originally Titled The Golden Apples of the Sun) Another great collection of short stories by the grandmaster of storytelling. I am really enjoying these stories.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:45 pm

I read some out of Bullfinch's Mythology:The Age of Fables today.
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Postby TurkishMonky » Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:42 pm

just finished reading Thr3e. good book.
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Postby chimera189 » Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:23 pm

Just finished book three of the Legend of Drizzt, starting on The Crystal Shard tomorrow
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Postby Arnobius » Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:06 pm

Finished several books including those mentioned earlier and CS Lewis' "The Great Divorce" and Pope Benedict XVI's Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures. Trying to work my way through St Anselm's "Basic Writings" and start Jaroslav Pelikan's "The Christian Tradition Volume 1"
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Postby Aka-chan » Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:10 pm

Rereading Frank Herbert's Dune. Such a good book.
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Postby Phantom_Sorano » Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:50 pm

Just finished Candide by Voltaire.....I don't recommend it....it was horrid and utterly distasteful!
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Postby Rachel » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:06 pm

The Client by John Grisham. It's really good.
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Postby Htom Sirveaux » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:50 pm

The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three. I've discovered lately that I get through books quicker if I only read one at a time. Gee, who'd have thought it?
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Postby the_lizardqueen » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:50 pm

Aka-chan wrote:Rereading Frank Herbert's Dune. Such a good book.

Really? Coolness! I bought that one at a book fair a couple of weeks back. I should probably have a go at it once I've finished Equal Rites (yet another Discworld book)
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Postby mitsuki lover » Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:53 pm

I tried reading Dune when I was in high school,it was tough going for me.
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Postby Kumagoro » Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:49 am

The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love. It's a really funny book about women in the South putting on potato parades. It's based on true events, and the author uses the pseudonym "Tammy" for all the girls. It's a laugh riot! :lol:
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