What are you reading?

[lordjim_2001]

Year 2 of the Alpinist (nos. 5-8 ), no. 11 once I get that done, and then the Ingalls Nov. 62 article in National Geographic about the F.A. of the Titan.

[Crankmas]

Dungeon, Fire and Sword- about the Templar Knights during the Crusades- interesting how many of our common terms were created during this period.

[Paul3eb]

finished up "housekeeping" and would recommend it to everyone. it's a little slow and there's not much dialogue but the writing is really incredible.. awesome style and imagery.

now onto either "anil's ghost" (i've tried before and put it down) or "the iliad"

[ynp1]

i have read every daniel quinn book. the best one is The Story of B. i also just got done reading under the banner of heaven. also very good. the mormans are crazy.

i dont think J-rock is correct about DQ... there are thousands of great minds that have read ishmael and i have never heard anybody say that about the science behind it. but maybe you are just way smarter then everybody else...

[JB]

To cross-reference, these books are in reference to the 21 page Bible-Beater thread...

As a 30 something liberal christian, i find Donald Miller and his books Blue Like Jazz and Searching for God Knows What very much in tune with my thoughts on faith. it's cool to read something that agrees with you huh?!! ahhhh.

EVERYBODY should read Travelling Mercies, by Anne Lamott. I adore her "fucked up for Jesus" approach to faith. my personal spiritual anti-hero.

Also, my faith is very much influenced by the writings of Frederick Buechner, namely the Magnificent Defeat and Whistling in the Dark.
Madeliene L'Engle is also very high on the list of profoundly human authors, especially in her Crosswicks Journals.

[Zspider]

To cross-reference, these books are in reference to the 21 page Bible-Beater thread...

As a 30 something liberal christian, i find Donald Miller and his books Blue Like Jazz and Searching for God Knows What very much in tune with my thoughts on faith. it's cool to read something that agrees with you huh?!! ahhhh.

My daughter has latched onto a Christian mystery series for young adults that she likes a lot. Can't put a name to them, though.

ZSpider

[spuzo]

I didn't muck thru the other 100 pages of this thread, so if this has already been talked about just point me in the right direction - but has anyone ever read "In Watermelon Sugar" ? By Richard Brautigan?? I would love to hear what someone else had to say about it....if you are looking for an interesting - quick read - pick up any of Brautigan's books - just a few are: The Hawkline Monster, The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966 and So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away ---- he was most famous for Trout FIshing in America - but it is one of my least favorite of his. You will find most of his stuff in anthologies now, everything else is out of print and hard to find.
He was a cast away beat generation guy and a lot of his stuff is just really really odd (Watermelon Sugar and Hawkline Monster).
So if you've read them - talk to me! and if you are looking for something good - go find them!

[JB]

sounds great spuzo. I know of but have never read Trout Fishing in America. I'll put his name on my short list.

[Danny]

I've been reading in the Norton Anthology of American Literature. Recently read the Faulkner and Hemingway sections and am now reading the Hart Crane poems which are pretty hard but interesting in a puzzle solving kind of way. It's a good way to learn alternate meanings of words. I hadn't read Faulkner before but really liked it so I'll probably get some more. I'll probably reread some Hemingway too since it's been about 20 years.

[Christian]

An End to Suffering: by Pankaj Mishra
Taking the Quantum Leap: by Fred Alan Wolf