Posted on 06/17/2005 10:47:19 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith
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Today's topic: what's on your summer reading list? Whether you are going on vacation, sitting on the beach or just hanging out on your front porch, there's usually a good novel nearby. Any particular plans or will it be a more serendipitous approach?
Oh dang! No wonder he stopped writing. That is sad. He probably won't do any more then.
I am reading East of Eden...
You will love their books.
Thanks! same to you :O)
"Alexander, the Ambiguity of Greatness" (about Alexander the Great), by Guy MacLean Rogers, c. 2004, Random House.
I read that in the wake of the film "Gladiator" in 2000. The same author also wrote another novel on ancient Greece. Both came out on audiobook, read by Derek Jacobi, the British actor who played "I, Claudius" and also acted in Gladiator.
I pass my books on to others, so I'd have to do research on amazon.com to get the author's name and book titles.
The Thoene's are very solid.
The Ezekiel Option by Joel Rosenberg, who wrote The Last Jihad
Chuck Colson's The Good Life
2. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo, because I performed in the play
3. The Reformation - Diarmaid MacCulloch, very informative
4. a Spanish textbook - gotta learn something new
5. How Green Was My Valley - Llewellyn, suggested to me
6. The Bible - cover to cover. How can you go wrong?
La plume de ma tante?
El estilo de mi tia?
Thanks for your point of on this book. I didn't realize that.
"a Spanish textbook - gotta learn something new "
I will learn something else.
"The Bible - cover to cover. How can you go wrong?"
You can't.
"East of Eden - by John Steinbeck, an incredible read "
That book was strange, but good.
On my nightstand. :)
Really looking forward to Jack Thompson's Out of Harm's Way, which releases in November.
Also, George Barna's Revolution, about why so many committed, born-again Christians are exiting the established church in massive numbers.
Summer's here...The Low-Carb Bartender.
http://www.lcbartender.com
I get a lot of audio books. I always have one going in the car. Right now, I am listening to 'Persecution' by David Limbaugh. It is scary!
I was browsing thru that in Border's. It's a good read.
I'm also reading the paperback book "Cinderella Man", a retelling of the current Russell Crowe film about Depression-era boxer Jim Braddock fighting Max Baer.
The Anglo-American Establishment
and
Tragedy & Hope
and the new one from Donald Trump:
Think Like A Billionaire
I just bought the CD today at Sam's.
Galileo's Daughter
The Sanctuary Garden
Re-reading Grandmother's Secrets
Ohhhhhh....I love her! I reread her books every year. I added this book to my Amazon wish list. Is it an easy read? I have a hard time with critiques sometimes, because they are so dry. TIA
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