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You know I am embarrassed to say that I have not read those are they good what is it about ?
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I am currently reading, The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne; The Message of the Psalms by Walter Brueggemann and Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway. "The Irresistible Revolution" is about living life the way Jesus did by focusing on showing love, especially to the outcasts of life, such as those in poverty, sickness and oppression. "The Message of the Psalms", is an examination of the reality of the Psalms from a theological perspective. "Great American Short Stories from Hawthorne to Hemingway", the title speaks for itself. It also contains authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Old 08-15-2009, 04:53 AM
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Wow , they all sound interesting to me especially the Psalms and the one with all the different authors in it . Where can I get them ???
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Just finished The devil and miss Prym by Paulo Choelo. Another one of his excellent books. Planning to read Twilight now.
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Right now, I'm reading "Storm Front" by Jim Butcher. It's the first book in the Dresden Files series. I like reading books that have had movies or shows based on them.
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Both of them sound really interesting what are they about ...? I love to read I may just have to find them at the bookstore
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I am reading the second book in The House Of Night Series, Betrayed by P.C. Cast & Kristen Cast. It's another vampire series, couldn't help it, after Twilight series and I wanted more. LOL
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I'm currently reading "Grace" by Richard Paul Evans. I would recommend it. His style of writing is very engaging.
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I am currently reading The Finding of the Third Eye by Adler. It is a metaphysical book and absolutely wonderful to read. I can't seem to put it down and I am looking forward to getting to the last page.
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Currently I 'm reading love novels. But you know what about love novels is they are so predictable already that is why I'm quite bored of it. could you recommend some thing that would some how rejuvenate my senses in reading.
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I'm reading Small is the New Big by Seth Rodin. I was bored the other day and went to Powerbooks. I saw this book and read the first couple of pages. I was hooked so I bought it.
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Old 09-01-2009, 06:51 AM
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Well i do not know if it counts but I am reading my book over that I wrote called animalistic Instincts it is a great book I think

I am actually re reading it so that I can send it to a publisher
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I'm currently reading the final book from the Twilight Saga. It's AMAZING!!! I'm not into vampires and all of that, but these books are just amazing. They have me soooooooooooooo hooked!!!!
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I'm reading about four books at once. When I don't feel much like reading one book, I'll start to read another. I'm reading Jim Butcher's "Storm Front," Kaoru Kurimoto's "The Guin Saga," Ariel Gore's "How to Become a famous writer before you're dead," and Twyla Tharp's "The Creative Habit."
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I'm reading Ken Follet's Pillars of the Earth. It's set in 12th century England. Very exciting novel. i especially enoy historical novels.
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I'm reading about four books at once. When I don't feel much like reading one book, I'll start to read another. I'm reading Jim Butcher's "Storm Front," Kaoru Kurimoto's "The Guin Saga," Ariel Gore's "How to Become a famous writer before you're dead," and Twyla Tharp's "The Creative Habit."
Well if you do not mind may I make another suggestion since you like to write I have found a book called *The Everything Creative Writing Book* By Carol Whiteley

It would help you in any and all types of writing that you are doing . It covers everything from research writing shorts, papers , and more and it gives you exercises that you can use in your writing as well
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I am currently reading The New Testament in the Bible and about to read The fall of Pastor Barry by Whitney Brooks. (The fall is Christian fiction by the way! But it can really happen. I'm excited because there isn't many Christian fiction books out there.) But I just got done reading By The Light Of The Moon By Dean Koontz.
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I just started reading a book called "Wolf Rider" by Avi. It's a book written for young adults, but I still found the description of the story to be really interesting. It's very short and easy to read, so I should be finished very soon.
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I can see that everybody likes to read. How did you know your favorite author? I mean, were they popular or something? I read books but I don't have favorite author. As for me, I am currently reading "What To Expect When You Are Expecting". It's very informative. Since my sister is giving birth by the end of the year, I joined her in reading the book.
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That sounds like an interesting book. By the way, who is its author? It would be nice to have it as a gift for my friend's birthday. She is one month pregnant and that would be perfect for her.
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I just got started reading Haruki Murakami's "Wild Sheep Chase" a few days ago. It's strange, but I can't bring myself to say that it's boring. It's one of those books that's hard to tell what it's really about. I remember reading the book at the library during my high school years, and my impression of the novel hasn't changed.
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I'm currently reading "Life with Billy." A book about a severe case of spousal abuse that happened close to where I'm from. The wife and kids lived for five years with a monster until she shot him to death.
The things this man did to his family are unspeakable. It's really hard to read at some points, and to think that a person can be this evil. This happened in the early 80's, and at that time beating your wife was acceptable to a lot of people and spousal abuse wasn't something that was spoken about (at least not around here) .
Jane's court case, she shot him and years later killer herself, helped to broaden the legal definition of self-defence, and she was one of a handful of nationally prominent women who spoke out about abuse they had suffered.

I really think that all women need to be aware of spousal abuse and understand that it's not always physical, however it usually starts out with verbal or emotional and escalates as time passes. In this story, he abused her sexually, verbally, physically. He abused his child (even when he was an infant.)

I'm going to get off of my "soapbox" now, but I encourage all women to speak out if someone is abusing you or disrespecting you in anyway. It is not your fault and nobody has the right to berate anyone else. Please read this book, if you can stomach it.

Some people question how she could stay with him for 5 years when he wasn't only abusing her, but also her child. All I can say is that we can't judge other people. No one knows how she felt, or how afraid she was. A lot of women, in fact most, will stay with the abuser out of fear, helplessness, Stockholm Syndrome, feeling ashamed or that maybe no one will believe them.

Anyway... it's a good book (true story) and really opened my eyes to the hell that some people live in.
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Now that I've finished reading "Wolf Rider," I can concentrate on reading the novel by Murakami. It just got interesting. After forty something pages, I think I finally arrived to the main plot of the story. I'm glad; I was considering giving up.
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