What are YOU currently reading? (8)

Looking for God in Harry Potter by John Granger.

This is kind of an obscure read, I saw advertised in Biblical Archaeology Review, and subsequently bought an inexpensive one off eBay.. Author works to return/re-establish Christianity to it's earliest Jewish-Messianic roots. If anyone else has finished it, I'd be curious to hear their thoughts ?

If I Run ~ Terri Blackstone

Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead

Maryland, My Maryland. Joyce Bennett.

Well-balanced personal & historical overview of a Border State's overwhelmed/fading Southern culture.

Knight with Armour by Alfred Duggan and The Flight of the Heron by DK Broster. The former is about the 11th century crusade from the point of view of a young, poor knight, while the latter is based on the Jacobite wars from the point of view of two officers from the opposing sides.

Both books have a romantic element, with the knight meeting and marrying the love of his life on the crusade and one of the two main characters in the other book marrying his sweetheart in the course of the story.

I'm not really a fan of this author (Sale), but thought I'd give this a read..
It's brief, (60 pages plus bibliography & reproduction of the Emancipation Proclamation).
So far, it's not really a moral evaluation of emancipation, it's a critical analysis of how Lincoln handled the process..

The Life of Jesus: More than a Prophet, by David Holdaway.

Anyone else read this book?

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin

SistrNChrist said:

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin

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So is it good? I think I heard of the author, anyway.

Humble me Lord said:

The Life of Jesus: More than a Prophet, by David Holdaway.

Anyone else read this book?

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Don't know it...

faroukfarouk said:

So is it good? I think I heard of the author, anyway.

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Yeah. The author is a big name in the science fiction and fantasy genre, which is why you've most likely heard of her. It's a very interesting take on what a society would be like if the whole gender/sex thing was mostly kept dormant.

Authors document Southern sharecroppers of the 1930s. Opens with a series of stark Black&White photos..
Book is interesting so far; I'm about 40 pgs in.


Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.

Star Wars the Dark Apprentice

The Power by Naomi Alderman

Betrayed by Lisa Scottoline

SistrNChrist said:

The Power by Naomi Alderman

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Is it good? is Naomi Alderman a Christian author?

The solitude of prime numbers

(Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County)
Interesting subject matter to me, the integration fight in Farmville VA.. told by a Farmville native (born after the events chronicled).
The author takes a (hyper)critical evaluation of her White ancestors role/attitudes in the integration battle. I'm more in to the objective details of the story, than the author's personal feelings & connections, but that was part of her stated objective & it is a good read so far..

The Lord Of The Rings, JRR Tolkien.