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Another of the Tony Hillerman "Navaho" tribal police series. I believe my current selection is First Eagle (1998)

I don't do a whole lot of sitting down with a book anymore. My daily commute usually totals about 3 hours of my day, on a good day it's 2 1/2 hours and on a great day it's 2 hours. Conclusion - Books on Tape borrowed from the library are my only "realistic" reading.
 
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Hannah Sireci said:
Last night I finished reading "Heart of Darkness," by Joseph Conrad. It was one of the best books I've read in a long time... Very insightful... I'd recommend it to anyone. And it's not that long either
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I was greatly displeased with the incomplete sentences and racial bigotry. In order to cleanse yourself of this atrocious piece of fiction, I prescribe Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe.
 
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Sermons on Election, focuesed on Romans 9 by Jonathan Edwards, vol 2 of his Works, Edwards? how can you go wrong!!!

John Owen's Biblical Theology (good, but not what I expected, I thought it would read like a typical Sys. Theology, but it doesn't, lots of history)

Paul Smith's Westminster Confession: Enjoying God Forever (for my teenage daughter who is also reading it)

Various commentaries on Romans, chapter 9 especially; Thomas Schreiner's volume in the Baker Exegetical Series, John Murray's in the NICNT series, Leon Morris in the Pillar series, Haldane's, all are great!

rereading select chapters in Schreiner and Ware's The Grace of God, The Bondage of the Will (excellent response to Open Theists in particular!!)

selections from John Gerstner's The Rational Biblical Theology of Jonathan Edwards

blessings!
 
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Caedmon said:
I was greatly displeased with the incomplete sentences and racial bigotry. In order to cleanse yourself of this atrocious piece of fiction, I prescribe Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe.
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The message of "Heart of Darkness" is what I was most interested in. Conrad uses the racial issues of his time to make his point. And it is a very good one. He is basically talking about how people are basically bad in their hearts.



And I've read "Things Fall Apart" -- didn't like it. There wasn't a great universal truth in it that I saw.. Sorry!
 
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The Bible- I am trying to read through the whole thing, then start over again.

Les Miseral, Victor Hugo- taking longer than my Bible, its so dragged out, but better written than anything else i have read

Of Mice and Men, -tragic, but very good. Makes you hate the human species.

Maggie a Girl of the Streets, Stephen Crane- just about the same.

Love's Labor Lost, Shakspeare- dont know, just started
 
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Right now there are three books open on my bed. The Closing of the Western Mind by Charles Freeman, Songs of the ****** by Hunter S. Thompson and Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman. The Harry Potter books of course remain on the floor by the bed in case of emergency or need and the Poisonwood Bible has been in my backpack for days.
 
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feral said:
Right now there are three books open on my bed.
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Feral,



I am laughing hysterically... I must have three dozen books or magazines open on the bed, the floor, and next to the computer with another dozen out by the fireplace in the "reading chair". I have at least a dozen books "backed up" for reading over the next few weeks, mostly on archaeology, but some on Bible.

Right now, I am reading about all I can get my hands on concerning archaeology and Abraham, Iron Age II... that's a broad area... thusly... three dozen books or magazines open and waiting.

Now.... are you laughing hysterically?

~serapha~
 
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