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Laudate_Dominum

[quote name='BeenaBobba' date='Sep 16 2004, 06:13 PM'] Hi Laudate,

What's that about?

God bless,

Jen [/quote]
It's an epic poem, some would say the greatest achievement in German literature. It's basically about the struggle within the human heart between good and evil, God and the devil, etc.. Faust is a guy who sells himself to the devil for knowledge and power. It is pretty metaphysical and psychological. Interesting stuff.

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[quote name='Laudate_Dominum' date='Sep 16 2004, 10:21 PM'] It's an epic poem, some would say the greatest achievement in German literature. It's basically about the struggle within the human heart between good and evil, God and the devil, etc.. Faust is a guy who sells himself to the devil for knowledge and power. It is pretty metaphysical and psychological. Interesting stuff. [/quote]
Wow, I'll have to add that to my reading list. It sounds really interesting! :)

God bless,

Jen

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Kristin Lavransdattar by Sigrid Undset. Undset won a Nobel prize for literature for Kristin L. Set in Medieval Norway. Very Catholic. Wonderful read. It would make a wonderful movie.

lynn

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[quote name='voiciblanche' date='Sep 16 2004, 05:30 PM'] :blink:

You sound just like Jacob... :ph34r: [/quote]
I read Without Remose and umm was upset. To say the very least. Sure, Kelly was killing drug dealers and freeing the women but he was still killing.

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[quote name='MorphRC' date='Sep 8 2004, 03:19 AM'] Michael Moore Rulz. [/quote]
Your entitled to your opinion, however I disagree. :D :cool:

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[quote name='Janana8706' date='Oct 8 2004, 08:28 AM'] Lovely Bones is reallly good but I really wanna read, the five people you meet in heaven [/quote]
im reading that right now ^_^ im almost done


its hard to narrow it down because at different ages i have loved so many different books although i think that if i were to go back and read them now i would not enjoy them as much


like.
lord of the flies (7th grade)
the giver (6th grade)
tuesdays with morrie
the neverending story
lovely bones
um....
where the red fern grows
um....
the horse whisperer


why cant i think of all of the good books?!?!


urgh ill have to post again later (and of course the Bible is the best)

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[quote name='Janana8706' date='Oct 8 2004, 09:28 AM'] I really wanna read, the five people you meet in heaven [/quote]
I read that book over the summer. It was a good story as long as you're not expecting a real Catholic interpretation of heaven. I liked it though....it was a quick read.

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speaking of grim books about the future, one of my favorite books growing up was The Giver, too. I remember the first time i read it i thought it was like a prophecy of what the world could be like in the future. I also loved books by Madeline L'Engle, she always found a way to make something as complicated as quantum physics sound like poetry, blended with some theology (although i believe she's Episcopalian, but still cool). Snow Falling on Cedars was good, but definately not a kids read. Tuesdays with Morrie, and of course, anything written by Scott Hahn.

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