Read any good books lately?

[Era Might]

Is that Night by Elie Wisel?

If you like that, check out "Man's Search for Meaning" by Victor Frankl. The latter half deals with his psychological philosophy, but the first half of the book is an amazing retelling of his experience in the holocaust.

[Sojourner]

[quote name='Era Might' date='Oct 25 2005, 05:04 PM']Is that Night by Elie Wisel?

If you like that, check out "Man's Search for Meaning" by Victor Frankl. The latter half deals with his psychological philosophy, but the first half of the book is an amazing retelling of his experience in the holocaust.
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Yep, and I have the Frankl book too. Haven't read it, but do own it. I think I even know where it is.

[tojo]

[quote name='Era Might' date='Oct 25 2005, 06:04 PM']Is that Night by Elie Wisel?

If you like that, check out "Man's Search for Meaning" by Victor Frankl. The latter half deals with his psychological philosophy, but the first half of the book is an amazing retelling of his experience in the holocaust.
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Ooh, I loved Night, I should check that out...

[Sojourner]

Anybody ever read Annie Dillard? I love love love "Holy the Firm" -- read it at least once a year. I also loved "The Writing Life" and "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" and "Teaching a Stone to Talk."

Also Madeleine L'Engle's Crosswicks Journals are FANTASTIC, particularly "Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage."

I love meditative books like these ...

[Lil Red]

i'm in the middle of "swimming with scapulars"

[Sojourner]

[quote name='Lil Red' date='Oct 25 2005, 05:20 PM']i'm in the middle of "swimming with scapulars"
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Ooo, that looks good!

The Amazon review says it's Dave Eggers meets G.K. Chesterton -- I like both!

[Lil Red]

it's very good so far

[Lil Red]

ugh my left hand is dumb

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[Thumper]

[quote name='Sojourner' date='Oct 25 2005, 06:17 PM']Anybody ever read Annie Dillard? I love love love "Holy the Firm" -- read it at least once a year. I also loved "The Writing Life" and "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" and "Teaching a Stone to Talk."

Also Madeleine L'Engle's Crosswicks Journals are FANTASTIC, particularly "Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage."

I love meditative books like these ...
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I adore Madeleine L'Engle--everything from "A Wrinkle in Time" to Crosswicks. She has a lot of great insights and has taught me a lot. :

[Sojourner]

It's officially on my list.

[Sojourner]

[quote name='Thumper' date='Oct 25 2005, 05:29 PM']I adore Madeleine L'Engle--everything from "A Wrinkle in Time" to Crosswicks.  She has a lot of great insights and has taught me a lot.  :
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How lovely! I've read most of her books multiple times.

[philothea]

Just my own novel.

Over and over and over and over...

(I do make changes on each read through.)

[Sojourner]

[quote name='philothea' date='Oct 25 2005, 05:51 PM']Just my own novel.

Over and over and over and over...

(I do make changes on each read through.)
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How do you know when to stop?

I almost never read over something I've written after I'm done with it. You can keep revising and revising and revising ad nauseum ... and at some point it does become nauseating ...

[Didacus]

philothea, you're writting a book?!
I've been tyring to write my own book for about 12 years now... my objective is to have it done before I turn 80!

Writting is hard work.



Books I've read lately:

Brave New World

Salt of The Earth - by the then Cardianl Ratzinger, now our beloved Papa!

[cmotherofpirl]

I am currently reading various books of the [i]Dragonriders of Pern[/i] series by Anne MacCaffery.

[Lounge Daddy]

[font="Courier"][b]Condi vs. Hillary : The Next Great Presidential Race[/b]
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and yes i am drooling at the thought of a possible presidential run like this
i know im a geek[/font]

[megrc]

Hitchhickers Guide to the Galaxy!!!!



My Favorite character is the Robot. He's a hoot.

[Lounge Daddy]

[quote name='Didacus' date='Oct 25 2005, 07:12 PM']Salt of The Earth - by the then Cardianl Ratzinger, now our beloved Papa!
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hmmm... i almost picked up a copy at work... i think i still will later this week...
i just have a huge backlog of books i need to finish as it is
i need to catch up

[Old_Joe]

I just got done rereading the biography of my confirmation saint, Joseph of Cupertino. It never ceases to amaze me how much we have in common.

[Tink]

[color=#ff0066]Ok yeah so Madeline L'engle rocks my socks, I'd read the entire [b]Wrinkle in Time[/b] series in about a month when I was in 8th grade.

[b]When God Writes Your Love Story [/b]is definitely just really really good, it's not 'standard' at all. I know that from a Catholic teenage girl's perspective it is written perfectly and totally challenged me to purity and holiness. (Argh, one of my pet peeves is judging things you haven't experienced, lol sorry!) :

[b]Imitation of Christ[/b] is my friend Aaron's favorite book, I should probably get started on that next!

Also:
-[b]Case For Christ, Case For a Creator, Case For Faith[/b]- Lee Strobel
-[b]Nicomachean Ethics[/b]- Aristotle
-[b]The Divine Comedy[/b]- Dante
-[b]The Perks of Being A Wallflower[/b] (poor content, but very well written!)
-[b]Flowers For Algernon/ Charlie[/b]
-[b]The Little Prince[/b]- Antione de Saint-Exupery
-[b]Prozac Nation[/b]
-[b]Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [/b]series


Oh yeah, and St. Joseph of Cupertino is SOOOOOO amazing!! I have a crazy insane devotion to him!![/color]