LivinTabernacle Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 some other good thinking titles may be 1984 by George Orwell or Brave New World by Huxely. Good thinking books. Also Frankenstien by Mary Shelly and Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, good existential author. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rev Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 Another good book is House on Mango Street, and Monster by Walter Dean Meyers, or something like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 I started reading the Pope's Theology of the Body again after reading BLAZEr's article on the PM main page. I've tried reading it before but always get side tracked before I've read the whole thing even though it's totally incredible and interesting. I'm also reading On The Incarnation by St. Athanasius, father and doctor of the Church. I hope to start reading The Man Who Was Thursday, it's a weird novel by G.K. Chesterton that my older sister gave me for Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 some other good thinking titles may be 1984 by George Orwell or Brave New World by Huxely. Good thinking books. Whoa! those books are freaky. They seem to be coming true before our eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.SIGGA Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 some other good thinking titles may be 1984 by George Orwell or Brave New World by Huxely. Good thinking books. Also Frankenstien by Mary Shelly and Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, good existential author. The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky was pretty much the reason I got my scholarship. Poor Folk is also really deep. You have to check these out too! For religious reading, I'm plugging one of my Patron Saints; His Last Days is one of the most amesome inspirational books that I have ever read - it's about the death of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. His sister, still a Frassati, wrote the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inDEED Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 I JUST ordered this one... My buddy said it's AMAZING!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inDEED Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 I also just finished Bleachers by John Grisham. It was dope! I'm reading Friday Night Lights right now by by H. G. Bissinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeraMaria Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 THE ROBE by Lloyd C. Douglas VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY GOOD BOOK!! a lil slw at first, but VERY VERY VERY VERY GOOD! trust me. -an avid reader! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLAZEr Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois; Native Son and Black Boy by Richard Wright are all amesome. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison is pretty good, but beware if you don't like Toni because this one is pretty intense. There Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston is great. I read this book like 5 times in high school!!! ALL BLACK CLASSICS. Good Reading! I honestly think that Native Son is just way too long for this reading group. And I really don't want to sit around talking about Black Boy with 6 white mormons . . . something tells me the conversation will be, umm, lame. Now, Their Eyes Were Watching God, that's an amesome recommendation. I forgot I had read that. I love it. I was thinking of the Color Purple, but I also thought it might be a good idea to read a book like Uncle Tom's Cabin or something. Thanks, bro, now I have some things to think about . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 For religious reading, I'm plugging one of my Patron Saints; His Last Days is one of the most amesome inspirational books that I have ever read - it's about the death of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. His sister, still a Frassati, wrote the book. Most amesome! I hadn't heard of that book but it sounds like a must read. I've heard lots of people say that Triumph book is phenomenal. Is there anyone here who's read it that can explain what is so great about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 BLAZEr: what about a little something by Alex Haley, such as the epic masterpiece Roots? I don't know my African American Literature very well but I at least know that this is an excellent novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stargirl3:16 Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 I like the Left Behind series, they're very good! I also recommend the book Joshua by Joseph Girzone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobk2000 Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 anything by tom clancy is good, especially debt of honor, patriot games, hunt for the red october, without remorse, and executive orders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_rev Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 We should start an online reading group! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 Also "A Lesson Before Dying" by Earnest Gaines I read this book over the summer and it was incredible!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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