Re: What book are you reading? #4

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“The Gift” by Mike Trahan. He is a friend of mine and he wrote three books about his life as a pilot, starting when he was 15 and concluding when he retired after 32 years as a pilot for Delta Air Lines. All three books have the same title, the first book is subtitled “The Beginning”, the second is subtitled “The Air Force Years”, and the third is subtitled “The Delta Years”. There is a strong spiritual theme in the books, and all three were very enjoyable.

DGB
 
]A Rule Against Murder* by Louise Penny
Recently read The Cruelest Month* by Louise Penny and Come Rain or Come Shine** by Jan Karon**
 
“Making Sense out of Suffering” by Peter Kreeft.

“A Grief Observed” by C.S. Lewis

“Rediscover Jesus” by Matthew Kelly
 
JimG said:
I’m reading “Life in a Medieval City,” by Frances and Joseph Gies, who have written a series of well researched books on medieval life.
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😃 Highly recommend Cathedral, Forge, and Water Wheel. Those two are responsible for driving out the absurd notion for me that the medieval epoch was one of death and ignorance, as if for centuries people just wandered around helplessly trying to figure out where their Civilization had gotten to.

Personally I am on the last act of Our America, a Hispanic history of North America. The author claims it’s a history of the United States, but his perspective is fairly localized in the southwest. I’m enjoying his perspective, although I’m arguing with him in my head most of the time.
 
I am currently reading (but may give up) a book called “Lost in the Land of Enchantment.”

It was written by Art Latham, who once was a columnist for the Santa Fe newspaper. The book in some ways is a compilation of those columns. The book (and columns, I guess) tries to give readers a flavor of some of the communities and locations around the state.

Unfortunately, I am lost while reading it. Often I do not know where he is without consulting a map, which is awkward since he moves along quickly, at times. 😊
 
The Bible. The last back I read all the way through was Catholicism and Fundamentalism by Karl Keating.
 
Still reading Devotion to the Sacred Heart. Also started Fools’ Crusade: Yugoslavia, NATO, and Western Delusions by Diana Johnstone. Pretty much a downer of a book by informative and well written.
 
I’ve been devotedly reading Literary Converts by Joseph Pearce, a sweeping history of Grace acting through literature during the 20th century. It contains 32 sections on different literary figures who converted to Catholicism, or (in the case of Lewis and Eliot) something very near it, with reflection on their literary engagement with one another, with questions of theology and meaning, and with the Church tradition. It’s hard to imagine Pearce getting more ambitious than this!
 
I’ve started The Secret History by Donna Tart. Anyone else here read this? Because I’m having a lot of thoughts…
 
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Also started Fools’ Crusade: Yugoslavia, NATO, and Western Delusions by Diana Johnstone. Pretty much a downer of a book by informative and well written.
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I am unfamiliar with that book, but a Google search indicates it is fairly controversial in its claims. Perhaps investigating the criticism might be in order?
 
wild_thing said:
I’ve started The Secret History by Donna Tart. Anyone else here read this? Because I’m having a lot of thoughts…
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It sounds interesting, and has garnered good press. My own reading shelf is full, for the moment, but could you talk about your impressions? I’m not sure it that would be worthy of a separate discussion thread. I suppose that might depend if anyone else has read the book.
 
You all are much deeper thinkers than I am. 😊

I have just started reading a murder mystery called “End of the Road” by Amy Bennett. It is considered part of the “cozy mystery” genre in that it downplays violence and sex, and focuses on the whodunnit.

Its pretty good. The suspects are numerous, the clues are vague and contradictory, but are becoming more solid as the story continues. Set in a campground somewhere in the New Mexico, the ambience is laid-back, not frenetic as so many urban mysteries are.
 
Just knocked off Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Thrilling, but with a weird ending.
 
Potter said:
Just knocked off Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Thrilling, but with a weird ending.
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“Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” was the basis for the 1982 movie Blade Runner starring Harrison Ford. I remember reading the book in the late '70’s.

DGB
 
DoGodsBidding said:
“Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” was the basis for the 1982 movie Blade Runner starring Harrison Ford. I remember reading the book in the late '70’s.

DGB
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I’ve seen the movie. Have you also seen it and, if so, how does the book stack up to it?
Thanks, jt
I’m reading Evelyn Waugh and the Problem of Evil by William Myers
 
jeannetherese said:
I’ve seen the movie. Have you also seen it and, if so, how does the book stack up to it?
Thanks, jt
I’m reading Evelyn Waugh and the Problem of Evil by William Myers
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I have seen the movie, and it is loosely based on the book. I had read the book before the movie came out, my recollection is that shen I saw the movie I didnt see much in common between the two story wise. At this point in time I don’t remember much about either.

DGB
 
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire

Yes, it is no longer “canon” but, hey, it’s a great book so far. 🙂
 
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