What book are you reading? #3

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The Wallenstein Trilogy by Friedrich Schiller and Cardinal Mindszenty by Bella Fabian.
 
Potter said:
I just finished That Hideous Strength, which I found confusing despite the fact that I generally enjoyed Lewis’ moral arguments. It didn’t help that I skipped the first two books in the “Space Trilogy”, but they sounded too convoluted to get into. I like my science fiction fairly straight forward, with a one-line premise. I was reading that alongside The Abolition of Man, which I also finished. I do like Lewis’ phrase, “men without chests”.
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I read Lewis’s Space Trilogy years ago and found I actually liked the first two books better than the third, which you just read, and it was a little confusing to me too. I think you might like the first two books, they’re were not too convoluted to me. I recently listened to the first part, “Out of the Silent Planet” on audio book and found it very interesting, just as I remembered reading it previously. It’s a straight up story of journey to Mars and the discoveries there. At least it’s not all set on Earth as “That Hideous Strength” was, it was too mundane to start out but I may give it another try too.
 
And now I am reading:

A Life Giving Way: A Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict by Esther de Waal,

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg, and,

The Rose Rent, the 12th Brother Cadfael mystery by Ellis Peters.

Happy reading!🙂
 
AnthonyM2 said:
I read Lewis’s Space Trilogy years ago and found I actually liked the first two books better than the third, which you just read, and it was a little confusing to me too.
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I concur. I liked them the first one the most; the second one was ok; the third one was rough.
 
I’ve been working my way through the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. I’m on #4 - Prince Caspian
 
The Heart of Addiction: A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and Other Addictive Behaviors by Lance M. Dodes M.D.

"Nobody has had an answer for why people with addictions continue to repeat them – until now.

For more than twenty years, distinguished psychiatrist Dr. Lance Dodes has been successfully helping people master their addictions – alcoholism, compulsive gambling, smoking, sexual addiction, and more with a radical approach. Dr. Dodes describes how all addictions have, at their heart, unrecognized emotional factors that explain:
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Why we feel the impulse
Why we feel it when we do
What alternatives (really) work in that critical moment
In this refreshing book filled with compelling case studies, Dr. Dodes debunks several such widely accepted myths as:
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Addictions are fundamentally a physical problem.
People with addictions are different from other people.
You have to hit bottom before you can get well.
You are wasting your time if you ask "why" you have an addiction"
 
Dandelion_Wine said:
I concur. I liked them the first one the most; the second one was ok; the third one was rough.
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I may look into the first ones, but in general I don’t like SF with complicated backstories. I prefer simpler setups, like Asimov’s Foundation series.

I haven’t decided on my next read; right now I’m getting into American Sphinx, a biography of Thomas Jefferson. It’s a little early for July Fourth reading…
 
Currently it’s A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin…and it’s going to stay that way for a while. I’m listening to the audiobook and even that is 45 hours long.
 
“The Robe” by Lloyd C. Douglas
“A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens
Rereading “Set All Afire” by Louis de Wohl
 
I’m usually working my way through several books at once. Right now I’m working on reading

The Bible (my third time through; I’m up to Hebrews)

The Dialogue by St. Catherine of Siena

Life of Christ by Fulton J. Sheen

Swear to God by Scott Hahn

Common Nonsense by Cliff Ermatinger

Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales

My Life with the Saints by James Marin, S.J.

BTW, if you like novels, I have two under my pen name A.J. Avila. Both are free online. The first, Rain from Heaven, can be found at ajavila.angelfire.com. You can click on the link in my signature for the other one, Nearer the Dawn. 🙂
 
I read the following books:

**Secrets of the Vine by: Bruce Wilkinson

A couple Historical Romance Novels

Scottish Ghost Stories by: Giles Gordon

Famous people of the Paranormal by: Chris Wangler**

Now, I have to find something to read…😃

Happy reading everyone and God bless,

goforgoal
 
shawnbm said:
That is simply outstanding! Truly, Don Quijote is one of the major achievements of all of human history.
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It’s one of those ‘classics’ that I’ve always wanted to read. Then recently my son who is in choir performed Man of La Mancha and that inspired me to finally pick it up.

As a funny side note, after getting it my wife let me know that when I spoke several times about it, she wondered why I wanted to read a book about a donkey. 😛
 
Having just finished Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol, I’m moving into a history of steam.
 
A Benedictine Legacy of Peace: The Life of Abbot Leo A. Rudloff, by Brother John Hammond O.S.B.

and

The Heretic’s Apprentice, by Ellis Peters.
 
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