vintage time life nature photography book that i got at the goodwill
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What are you reading Chapter 4
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I've been on a Charles Williams kick - read Many Dimensions and The Place of the Lion, now getting into The Greater Trumps.
It's not about the election... the trumps here are the high cards in the tarot deck. CW was one of the "Inklings" at Oxford,
a fascinating character by all accounts, and wrote seven rather metaphysical thrillers with a kind of Neo-Platonist bent.
It's not about the election... the trumps here are the high cards in the tarot deck. CW was one of the "Inklings" at Oxford,
a fascinating character by all accounts, and wrote seven rather metaphysical thrillers with a kind of Neo-Platonist bent.
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Just finished Hillbilly Elegy. It's a bit dry, but it is non fiction so you would expect a certain amount of that. What it also is a resounding whack in the head regards the state of the American dream told by a kid from the rust belt who was audacious enough to get "above his raising"
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Just finished the FirstvFormic War Trilogy in the Ender's Game series. Still waiting for him to bridge the storylines of Ender and Bean together, but I think another trilogy is happening first.
I very much enjoyed the the novels in the original trilogy but never read any of the others. In your opinion, are they worth my time? I've got plenty of books on my "must read" list but if Card did a respectable job with the sequels, then I'll make them a priority.
If you can find a copy, William Bryant's "Cahaba Prison And The Sultana Disaster" is a very informative take on both conditions for union POW's and the tragic irony of an event that took the lives of most of those soldiers who survived the prison, after the war ended and they were on their way north.
It's been a while since i read it, but it is a really well researched and written account of the Cahaba (Alabama) Federal POW camp, which is where the bulk of the casualties of the Sultana disaster came from.
I highly recommend the "Shadow" books. They tell Bean's story. ALL of the Ender books are good, though. Some are just more action packed (Bean's) and others philosophical (Ender's). I'm a sucker for Sci-Fi, though.
Great suggestions and I just read the first 9 pages
I'm reading Good Omens with American Gods lined up next
I'm reading Good Omens with American Gods lined up next
Been reading a new book by my good friend and mentor Barney. In a the period of a couple of months he was divorced after 20+ years of marriage, his career as a pastor went up in smoke, he broke his neck and he was diagnosed with cancer.
Reading this book is like sitting down and having a conversation with my friend. He is a very funny guy and his sense of humor helped carry him through a very dark time in his life. That humor comes out in the book as does his experiences with health care professionals who have irony poor blood. Fans of Anne Lamott will like this book.
All profits from this book go to Freedom House an organization that helps women who have been victims of human trafficking by providing them a home, job training and lots of love.
Reading this book is like sitting down and having a conversation with my friend. He is a very funny guy and his sense of humor helped carry him through a very dark time in his life. That humor comes out in the book as does his experiences with health care professionals who have irony poor blood. Fans of Anne Lamott will like this book.
All profits from this book go to Freedom House an organization that helps women who have been victims of human trafficking by providing them a home, job training and lots of love.
Decided to pick up Salem's Lot since I never read it, and only know what happens to a certain character after he turns up in The Dark Tower (I'm making my way through the epic again).
my new hobby is reading
I lucked out and got a copy of the first book in the expanded Dune series from Goodwill a while back.
While reading it I realized it was the very beginning of the entire saga, and I loved it!
Now I'm into the Schools of Dune series, right in the middle book (of 3).
Remember Mentats from the first Dune book?
Those were the humans who think like computers.
Well, it turns out the first one was trained by a robot.
The first book of the Schools of Dune series is about the Bene Gesserit & how they came to be from sorceresses from the planet of Rossak.
I lucked out and got a copy of the first book in the expanded Dune series from Goodwill a while back.
While reading it I realized it was the very beginning of the entire saga, and I loved it!
Now I'm into the Schools of Dune series, right in the middle book (of 3).
Remember Mentats from the first Dune book?
Those were the humans who think like computers.
Well, it turns out the first one was trained by a robot.
The first book of the Schools of Dune series is about the Bene Gesserit & how they came to be from sorceresses from the planet of Rossak.
