What are YOU currently reading? (8)

[Babe Ruth]

Almost finished with My Friend Dahmer, the graphic novel that inspired the recent movie (same title)..
True story, the author/illustrator knew Dahmer as a teenager & recollects some of Dahmer's ominous habits & personality traits.
I won't comment on the author's perspective, unless another poster here wants to share/swap opinions on it (?)

 

[Saricharity]

I'm reading curriculum right now...Fix it Grammar and other programs for the up coming school year. I begin my first year teaching in September. I'm so excited.

 

[C. Cole-Chakotay]

Decision Points by George W. Bush. I'm enjoying the book.

 

[Lost_In_Nothingness]

Beyond Good and Evil by: Friedrich Nietzsche
&
Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre by: H.P. Lovecraft

 

[Shane R]

The Quest for the Creed by Fr. Dwight Longenecker.

Longenecker has said at times that this is his favorite of his several books. He analyzes the Apostle's Creed phrase by phrase, not from the perspective of finding Biblical support but from a perspective of discovering the philosophical underpinnings of each idea and determining whether it is a reasonable proposition. Longenecker has a particular wit which I enjoy and occasionally ventures into satire. It is a book to be read closely, not skimmed.

 

[Babe Ruth]

Irresistible (The rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us hooked)
Adam Alter.

It's subtitle basically describes it's thesis. I'm about 40 pages in; author is explaining the nature (& history) of human addictions. I'm assuming he ties the addictive overuse of cell phones, video games, & computers in to the course of harmful addictions. It's interesting in the book's open, he reports on how Steve Jobs ironically & tellingly had strict restriction on computer use within his house/family.

 

[SistrNChrist]

Irresistible (The rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us hooked)
Adam Alter.

It's subtitle basically describes it's thesis. I'm about 40 pages in; author is explaining the nature (& history) of human addictions. I'm assuming he ties the addictive overuse of cell phones, video games, & computers in to the course of harmful addictions. It's interesting in the book's open, he reports on how Steve Jobs ironically & tellingly had strict restriction on computer use within his house/family.

I love that book, and I completely agree with his premise

 

[NIrelandGillian]

Irresistible (The rise of addictive technology and the business of keeping us hooked)
Adam Alter.

It's subtitle basically describes it's thesis. I'm about 40 pages in; author is explaining the nature (& history) of human addictions. I'm assuming he ties the addictive overuse of cell phones, video games, & computers in to the course of harmful addictions. It's interesting in the book's open, he reports on how Steve Jobs ironically & tellingly had strict restriction on computer use within his house/family.

Interesting note about Steve Jobs.

I am currently reading A Time to Kill by John Grisham and The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd.

Gillian

 

[Bumble Bee]

I am reading "Birthright" by Nora Roberts. It is about a woman who finds out that she was kidnapped as an infant, but there are two romance stories and a murder mystery woven in. I am impressed with how she was able to take 4 unrelated plot lines and weave them into one cohesive novel. She's my favorite author

 

[Sif]

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[The Gryphon]

View attachment 242009 View attachment 242009 When A Jew Rules the World; What the Bible Really Says About Israel in the Plan Of God by New York Times Bestseller Author Joel Richardson.

 

[Bumble Bee]

A Feast For Crows by George R. R. Martin

 

[Sif]

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[Babe Ruth]

Jason Priestley (a memoir).

Yeah.. this is a real book, and good so far. Priestley's autobiography..
I didn't realize it, but when Priestley was a young, aspiring actor (new to LA), he briefly had a virtually unknown Brad Pitt as a roommate..

 

[Poppyseed78]

The Gift of Fear by Gavin DeBecker

 

[slobake]

 

[Bumble Bee]

Sarai by Jill Eileen Smith

 

[NumberOfStars]

A voice in the wind- Francine Rivers

 

[Rebuilding Season]

John Adams

 

[Bumble Bee]

I’m finishing Sarai today and will start Rebekah