Vincent Vega Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 [quote name='Laudate_Dominum' timestamp='1311310728' post='2273626'] I have read that book MANY times. 5/5 [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faithcecelia Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I have just finished [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tears-Night-Joy-Dawn-Seminarian/dp/0954033523/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311359503&sr=8-1"]Tears at Night, Joy at Dawn[/url] Its a very short book - readable in a day if you have the time - and a good job because I cry from almost start to finish. It is the diary of a fanal year seminarian as he is dying of cancer and is just so beautiful and powerful. His faith and sense of vocation are absolutely phenominal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 [u]Saints for Sinners[/u] by Archbishop Alban Goodier. Good, if a little inconsistent with how each saint is portrayed. saints covered are: [list][*]st. augustine of hippo [*]st. margaret of cortona [*]st. john of God [*]st. francis xavier [*]st. john of the cross [*]st. camillus de lellis [*]st. joseph of cupertino [*]st. claude de la colombiere [*]st. benedict joseph labre[/list] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 [quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1311372676' post='2274006'] [u]Saints for Sinners[/u] by Archbishop Alban Goodier. Good, if a little inconsistent with how each saint is portrayed. saints covered are: [list][*]st. augustine of hippo [*]st. margaret of cortona [*]st. john of God [*]st. francis xavier [*]st. john of the cross [*]st. camillus de lellis [*]st. joseph of cupertino [*]st. claude de la colombiere [*]st. benedict joseph labre[/list] [/quote] Wow. That's a cool selection of saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 How to Wolf-Proof your Kids. Excellent book. [img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sdqsMdnqL._SL500_AA300_.jpg[/img] http://www.amazon.com/Wolf-Proof-Your-Kids-Gary-Michuta/dp/1581880111 [url="http://www.facebook.com/pages/How-to-Wolf-Proof-Your-Kids/141799395842003"]Facebook[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4588686 Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 (edited) Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War. [url="http://www.amazon.com/Matterhorn-Novel-Vietnam-Karl-Marlantes/dp/080211928X"]http://www.amazon.co...s/dp/080211928X[/url] Good book. Not quite as deep as Dostoevsky, Selimovic, or Tolstoy but quite brilliant. Goes into the complexity of human nature, the way power and ambition shapes our decisions and motivations (not addressed in a cliche way, although it seems like before the end), and the horrors of war. Reads fast. I got through it in about three days but I'm on summer vacation so I had lots of time. Particularly interesting since the author was an Infantry Officer In Vietnam and highly decorated (including the Navy Cross) for valor in combat. I'd give it 4.3 out of five stars. Edited August 9, 2011 by Hasan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 [quote name='Laudate_Dominum' timestamp='1310630839' post='2267320'] [url="http://www.amazon.com/Third-Chimpanzee-Evolution-Future-Animal/dp/0060845503/"]The Third Chimpanzee[/url] Good book. Meesa like it. Scientifically it is a bit dated at times but somehow this doesn't take away from the book at all. I read it after reading Diamond's later stuff but would suggest reading it first if possible. [i]Guns, Germs and Steel[/i] and [i]Collapse[/i] basically expand upon chapters in this book (to put it mildly). Many excellent reviews of this book have been written so I won't waste time. Teh book pwns. Five stars. [/quote] Just bought this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 [quote name='Amppax' timestamp='1312861640' post='2284451'] Just bought this! [/quote] Sweet! Let me know what you think. Btw, a more up-to-date book that is at least as epic is [url="http://www.amazon.com/Before-Dawn-Recovering-History-Ancestors/dp/014303832X/"][i]Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors[/i][/url], by Nicholas Wade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 [quote name='Laudate_Dominum' timestamp='1312885522' post='2284655'] Sweet! Let me know what you think. Btw, a more up-to-date book that is at least as epic is [url="http://www.amazon.com/Before-Dawn-Recovering-History-Ancestors/dp/014303832X/"][i]Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors[/i][/url], by Nicholas Wade. [/quote] Will do. And i'll check out the other one. It might be a while before I read it, i have a lot of reading to do before school starts (i might of slacked a little bit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icelandic_iceskater Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 [i][url="http://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Splendid-Suns-Khaled-Hosseini/dp/159448385X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312923279&sr=8-1"]A Thousand Splendid Suns[/url][/i] by Khaled Hosseini Depressing? Quite. Sickening? Even more so. This is not the book to pick up when one is already down in the dumps. While reading it, I felt like puking multiple times. It follows a the story of two very different girls, which can be a bit confusing at first. By the middle of the book, their lives tie together, leaving you frustrated at how some Afghans were forced to go from a good life to bad or from a bad life to worse. For anyone who has read [i][url="http://www.amazon.com/Kite-Runner-Khaled-Hosseini/dp/1594480001/ref=pd_cp_b_1"]The Kite Runner[/url][/i], [i]A Thousand Splendid Suns[/i] is slightly more political than [i]The Kite Runner[/i], although politics is certiantly not the main theme. The foundation of friendships, pain in the lack of such friendships, positive and negative roles of religion, and the struggle to survive underlay the plot of this novel. This novel was hard to put down. Took me two days to read. Definitely not for kids, but highly recommended. 5/5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 A Soldier Surrender: The Conversion of St. Camillus de Lellis: Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris: Drama by John Lithgow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 [quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1312924257' post='2285033'] A Soldier Surrender: The Conversion of St. Camillus de Lellis: Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris: Drama by John Lithgow: [/quote] Props solely given for the style of review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardillacid Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Curious George. It pretty much rocked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4588686 Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) A good reading list to go along with this thread. [url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/oct/12/features.fiction"]http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/oct/12/features.fiction[/url] Edited January 31, 2012 by Hasan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Whoa. Old threads are razzle dazzle. This one isn't really that old but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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