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I am currently reading The Oxford History of Western Philosophy . It’s fascinating in my opinion.
 
*I finished a few days ago, Dale Carnegie’s Stop Worrying and Start Living (it was excellent) and I bought The Problem of Pain by CS Lewis. AND, at the same time (because who can only buy just one book? lol) I picked up 7 Habits of Highly Effective People…by Stephen Covey. I read that years ago, and have been leafing through it again. The only problem I have with secular books, is that when one is truly immersed in his/her faith, it’s hard to read these books at face value. For us Catholics, we know that by God’s grace we can handle all challenges…but this book coupled with prayer and faith, can be quite helpful, to put practical things into practice.

Hey, has anyone here ever read Man’s Search for Meaning, by Victor Frankl? (he was the doctor who was a Holocaust survivor) That too looks very interesting. *
 
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I’m more than two-thirds through it, and so far I think it is as good as the first 2 books, though it’s been a few years since I’ve read them. It is very dark at times, as were the others and as much of Koontz’s novels can be, although he always comes out on the side of the light, which is what I like about him. I also like that he leaves some things to the imagination without giving all the gory details, in this story. Some modern readers may not be used to that. When I’ve finished the book (should be soon), I’ll let you know my satisfation level.
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 I finally finished *Frankenstein:* book 3 by Dean Koontz and must say I overall enjoyed it for the type of modern parable or metaphor that it was. In this trilogy, updating and continuing the classic Shelly novel, the monster (now called Deucalion) is more human than his creator, Victor, who has become a meglomaniac bent on destroying humanity and replacing it with his own genetically engineered creatures. I won't go into more except to say I liked the resolution and that the author leaves open the possibility of continuing the series (which I've heard that he will).
Next, I’m going to finish reading Catholicism: Now I Get It! by Claire F. Smith.
 
The Book of Isaiah from the Jewish Tanakh, and The Book of Wisdom from the Catholic Bible.

I hope I don’t get caught reading both versions of Isaiah at the same time, seeing how after Wisdom, Sirach precedes the Catholic Book of Isaiah.
 
I’m reading as much P. G. Wodehouse as I can get my hands on. I watched the BBC series of “Jeeves and Wooster”, and it was so funny I got one of the books. The books are even better. I was attracting some odd stares as I sat in the Barnes and Noble cafe giggling out loud. I highly recommend them, even though they are not all in print aparently.
 
Reading two books - Gripped by the Spirit by Aneel Aranha and Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Charles Cowman
 
Now that the latest book in the series has been released, I’m rereading The Wheel of Time series starting with the first book in the series:

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The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri {actually, the copy I have from the library is just the Inferno}
 
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