VeraMaria Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Are you interested in mountain climbing? I have some other really good books I could recommend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeTeamFamily Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 ive been rock climbing a few times and really enjoyed it......ive never been like actual mountain climbing, but ive hiked a handful of pretty high mountains in boy scouts hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeraMaria Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 [quote name='VoloHumilisEsse' date='Sep 6 2004, 11:44 PM'] ive been rock climbing a few times and really enjoyed it......ive never been like actual mountain climbing, but ive hiked a handful of pretty high mountains in boy scouts hehe [/quote] cool. I've done a bit of rock climbing too... [quote]Hmm... Great Expectations has always been one of my favorite books. The Way is one of my favorites, too. [/quote] I love both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureSoror Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Has anyone ever read The Robe? I know a lot of people have seen the movie. I haven't seen it, but I think that the book is probably a whole lot better, because it is really really good. Also, I really like David Copperfield. The Autobiography of St. Margaret Mary is one of my favorites too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeraMaria Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 [quote name='FutureSoror' date='Sep 7 2004, 12:04 AM'] Has anyone ever read The Robe? I know a lot of people have seen the movie. I haven't seen it, but I think that the book is probably a whole lot better, because it is really really good. [/quote] THE ROBE MUST BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS EVER EVER EVER I found an old copy in my grandmother's house in uruguay and took it home...and fell in love with it....very very very good. I've never seen the movie though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureSoror Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 (edited) Everyone should read the Robe. It is such an awesome book about the early times of The Church. Edited September 7, 2004 by FutureSoror Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 [quote name='voiciblanche' date='Sep 6 2004, 09:40 PM'] Hmm... Great Expectations has always been one of my favorite books. The Way is one of my favorites, too. [/quote] Me too for both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T-Bone Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 [quote name='thicke' date='Sep 6 2004, 09:02 PM'] Right now I'm reading [url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060763957/qid=1094522124/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-4178328-6675015?v=glance&s=books&n=507846"]Michael Moore is a Big Fat Stupid White Man[/url]. [/quote] I saw Mr. Moore's book, Stupid White Men, thought it was an autobiography.... My favorite book's are: The Hitchiker's Guide seris Without Remorse by Tom Clancy and anything by Dale Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Knight Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 The Bible is my favorite to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T-Bone Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 The Bible is great, I admit, but is a hard read. I pretty much thought that the thread was about leisure reading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Wednesday Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 [quote name='thicke' date='Sep 6 2004, 09:02 PM'] Right now I'm reading [url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060763957/qid=1094522124/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-4178328-6675015?v=glance&s=books&n=507846"]Michael Moore is a Big Fat Stupid White Man[/url]. The title is not very charitable at all, but the book is really good. [/quote] I read that. Sometimes Michael Moore says some incredibly terrible, stupid and immature things, like suggesting something about "money you might be putting into the church collection going to a women-hating organization" (I presumed this to be his take on pro-life organizations.) :angry: I am not entirely certain what to make of some of the facts he comes up with and if they are entirely accurate, but they are food for thought. For example, apparently manufactured cars had better gas mileage during the Reagan presidency than they did during the Clinton presidency. Chapter 8 in that book suggests the way to achieve peace in Northern Ireland is to just convert everyone to Catholicism, and I couldn't tell if he was expressing some actual love for his Catholic background or poking fun of it. Maybe both. Apparently he's raised Catholic and was once a seminarian -- he's definitely a confused Catholic (still practices somewhat, has seen the Passion a couple of times...) Pray for Michael Moore. With that being said.... I like "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley. I enjoy dystopian novels like this because they paint a grim picture of what the world very well could become. Especially Huxley's book where society considers marriage and children born traditionally as "archaic and obscene" and everyone is obsessed with sex and genetic perfection. Lately I've taken a shine towards some of the classics I've never gotten around to reading in the past, like Jane Eyre, Little Women, et cetera. I like those "Chicken Soup" books too. They always make me cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T-Bone Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 I liked 1984 better than BNW, but I also enjoy grim novels of the future... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azriel Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 hmmm as an English Major its hard to pick! To Kill a Mockingbird - all time best that I read as a child Best escapist read? The Stand - Stephen King - and then the Dark Tower books. and Harry Potter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theculturewarrior Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 [quote name='shelly_freak' date='Sep 6 2004, 09:06 PM'] Anne McCaffery Freedom series [/quote] I read all the Anne McCaffrey books that started with "dragon" in the title. The ones set in Pern...EXCELLENT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T-Bone Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 [quote]The Stand - Stephen King - and then the Dark Tower books.[/quote] A fellow "Tower Junkie"? Watch out for the Lobstrosities... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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