What are YOU currently reading? (8)

[keith99]

I guess if fiction and allegory are to one's taste, then C S Lewis is likely to appeal more.

Save for The Screwtape Letters I far prefer his essays over his fiction , which I find lacking.

Weight of Glory is a collection of several excellent essays. However if one feels inferior and shuts down because on not understanding evcery single reference then it might not be good to read. If instead one makes a decent guess from context and moves on or decides to look it up later one can learn a lot.

 

[faroukfarouk]

Save for The Screwtape Letters I far prefer his essays over his fiction , which I find lacking.

Weight of Glory is a collection of several excellent essays. However if one feels inferior and shuts down because on not understanding evcery single reference then it might not be good to read. If instead one makes a decent guess from context and moves on or decides to look it up later one can learn a lot.

Thanks for your comments!

 

[Marc_Antony]

The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James

 

[gennypearl]

Orange is the New Black

 

[jsimms615]

Crazy Love by Francis Chan

 

[Rajni]

Ascent of Mount Carmel by St. John of the Cross

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[Verdure]

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo and Heretics by G.K. Chesterton (just started these).

 

[Ada Lovelace]

Orange is the New Black

How does the book compare to the series?

 

[Ada Lovelace]

Every spring the president of the university I'll be attending selects three books for the incoming first-years to read over the summer and discuss on our class forum and during orientation events in the autumn. This year's selections are:
The Innovators, by Walter Isaacson, This Boy’s Life, by Tobias Wolff and Cane River, by Lalita Tademy. I'm sort of alternating between the three.

 

[gennypearl]

How does the book compare to the series?

I wouldn't know. I haven't seen the series yet, I don't know if it's available in our channels on cable. I am from the Philippines.

 

[jsimms615]

I am reading "Classic Christianity" by Bob George now. good so far

 

[HonestTruth]

Plot It Yourself by Rex Stout

 

[SistrNChrist]

A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

 

[directory]

I've been trying to read the Bible (King James) cover to cover. I'm mid-Judges at the moment, so I still have a trek ahead of me. I've read the book of Job and the Gospel of Matthew before, but otherwise, this is essentially fresh territory to me. Having been born with the sort of passion that made me blow my future on an English degree, I must say that, speaking not a word of whatever truth or spiritual value one thinks the Bible has, there is so much literary greatness here. Even if one thought that Genesis were a work of fiction, they would have to acknowledge its artistic greatness.

Incongruously enough, I'm also reading the Harry Potter books. Seeing what I missed as a kid. They're quite entertaining!

 

[DabriaShae]

You want a list? Because I can give you a list.
The Christianese Dating Culture by J.S Park
Captivating by John & Stasi Eldredge
For Young Women by Shaunti Feldhahn & Lisa Rise
I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris
Boy Meets Girl by Joshua Harris
Love Does by Bob Goff
Jesus > Religion by Jefferson Bethke
Techincally Virgin by Hayley DiMarco
Young and In Love by Ted Cunningham
The Book of Mormon (including the D&C and PGP)

I'm also reading through the Harry Potter series, the Maze Runner series (again), and, of course, the Bible. I kind of like reading and expanding my knowledge.

EDIT: I just realized I'm also reading The Sword by Bryan Litfin.

 

[Reep]

Going to start The Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson tonight.

 

[God's Child]

I just started reading the Maze Runner. I saw the movie and liked it and want to compare it to the book.

 

[RileyG]

I am currently reading Paper Towns by John Green. I recently finished Divergent by Veronica Roth.

 

[NIrelandGillian]

Nothing But the Truth by Adrian Plass

The Son of God is Dancing by Adrian and Bridget Plass

The Book of God by Walter Wangerin

The Ra Expeditions by Thor Heyerdahl.

These are just some.

Gillian

 

[Ezeretane]

LIVE LOVE LEAD by Brian HOUSTON and School of prophets by Kris VALLOTON ...