What Book Are You Reading?

[ZiSunka]

I just finished Paradise by Toni Morrison, and I have to say, I guess winning the Nobel prize in literature doesn't mean much these days. I can't figure out how this book was any different than any of the other trash they publish with gratuitous violence, meaningless and abusive sex, abuse of the emotionally and physically disabled, and a destructive and murderous racism that should be horrifying. It bordered on mysogynistic pornography in a few places.

Now I'm reading Breaking Point by John Hinkley Jr's parents about their ordeal after their son shot the president and so many other people in 1981.

 

[Lilit]

Im reading Necronomicon by H P Lovecraft

 

[ZiSunka]

Just finished Breaking Point and thought it was well-worth reading. I now do believe Hinckley was very mentally ill, and that he tried as best he could to tell his parents that he was ill. I think they responded the best way they knew how, with the help of a psychologist, but they did everything wrong and he ended up shooting the president because of his illness. I also think it's a story of the classic American Christian story in which a Believer merely adds Jesus to their existing life and doesn't let Christ change their life. Jack Hinckley struggled against God in many things, trying to maintain control and a certain reputation. If he had allowed his family to have his full heart and his business to be in its place as a way to earn a living to benefit his family, he would have had a more open heart to his son's cries for help.

If you haven't read it, it's worth it.

 

[pairofdivers]

This is crazy, but it seems the older I get, the more books I read at one time; whereas, I used to be a one-book-at-a-time, person...

I recently finished "Wild at Heart" by Eldridge, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The book gave me a sense of direction, especially concerning my earthly father and turning to God for support. It also encouraged me to become more active in many ways, including motivationally. Great, short read.

Currently reading the following:
"Introduction to Systematic Theology" by Wayne Grudem
"Black" by Ted Dekker
"The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe" by C. S. Lewis
"Battlefield of the Mind" by Joyce Meyer

I honestly don't know how I keep up...

 

[jenptcfan]

I'm reading:

Bee Season by Myla Goldberg and
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi

 

[Stacey]

I'm reading the Purpose Driven Life right now. I've had it since it came out a few years ago but never really felt the need to read it, as I do now. I wish I'd read it earlier... I'm reading a Christian novel right now, but I'm working my way through Romans. And we're working through Ephesians at church

 

[mesue]

66 in 06 up to Genesis 27

and Acre of Diamonds.

 

[ZiSunka]

The Concubine's Children, Denise Chong.

 

[£amb]

I've decided, once and for all, to read all the Narnia books. I read the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe as a child, but honestly forgot how the story went. Of course, after seeing the movie, it renewed my interest.