What Book Have You Read Recently?

[Pathless]

Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody. If there was any interest in facing up to the deep racism in America, teenagers would be reading this in high school. Another sobering testament to the oppression of African Americans in the Jim Crow south, as well as an awesome representation of one woman's development, deep pain, anger, conscience, resistance, passion for justice, and despair.

[mee]

Originally Posted by China Cat Sunflower

Hi Mee,

What book are you all on in your current book study?

Chris

i can see that you are aware that we are all in UNITY


A book that is very relavent for today , see if you can guess



also i did notice after reading the book about JEHOVAHS WITNESSES that it says that there are about 6,000 of us , but since that book was printed there are now nearly 7,000 . and it seems to be speeding up especially in the time of the end . just some thing i noticed .

[Azure24]

I recently read "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

[wil]

Originally Posted by mee

and it seems to be speeding up especially in the time of the end . just some thing i noticed .

and don't we love those end of times!

I've just started Michener's "The Source"

[Tao_Equus]

Been reading Stephen Fry's "The Ode Less Travelled", a bit of an expedition into the form of many, sometimes obscure, methods of poetic structure. And "The Earth Dwellers, Adventures in the Land of Ants" by Erich Hoyt.

[path_of_one]

"No Greater Love" by Mother Theresa. So far, it's excellent. One I'll have to revisit over and over after I finish it. Her chapter on love was amazing and humbling.

[greymare]

i have re started Katharine Kerrs Deverry novels. Darkspell, etc. I have them all but she is about to release the next novel, (number 14 I think) so I have to start at the beginning again. yay.

[Pathless]

Currently reading Sister Souljah's No Disrespect and Toni Morrison's Beloved. Both are great, difficult reads, in different ways.

No Disrespect: Sister Souljah's anger is well justified and, while I don't share all of her values, I respect very much her intellect, commitment, and her service to the black community and the poor and underpriveleged. The book is also a fine source of information about welfare, under- and miseducation in/of black communities, and the erosion of African American families by poverty, racism, and crime. Heavy reading with few laughs.

Beloved: Only about 50 pages in, and I had to read the first two chapters twice to get a handle on the book. The thing that is most striking about this novel to me is the narration. Morrison crafts a third person narrative that threads itself subtly through time and consciousnesses, merging past with present and character with character. I've enjoyed observing her ability to create the feeling of a shared consciousness between the three main characters, which she achieves by shifting focus from one to the other, anchoring their connections to each other by shared memories. It's a unique and amazing techniqe she uses.

[bob x]

Originally Posted by wil

I've just started Michener's "The Source"

Excellent book!

[mee]

opps mistake, my post 107 on this thread should read , millions not thousands .

[17th Angel]

Just finishing Sun tzu art of war..... Obviously not reading it as that isn't my thing..... Al-hamdulillah for audio books...

[juantoo3]

Originally Posted by Pathless

I think these books are still in print. At least they were 7 years ago when I worked for one of the largest corporate bookstores in America. We always had plenty of new, fresh copies of the many volumes on the shelves. This is a large series of books, isn't it? At least ten volumes.

Kindest Regards, Pathless!

Sorry I missed this before.

If the Foxfire series is still in print that would be wonderful. It truly would be a shame to have all of this knowledge disappear for good. I am nearly finished with the second volume, finishing up a chapter on midwifes and granny women. Eye opening to say the least, especially since children are no longer birthed in the home in this country. I remember looking at the balance of the series and thinking a lot of the rest of the material was not nearly as interesting to me as the first two volumes. I am quite pleased that I finally got myself around to actually reading them.

Some time back I bought a boxed set that starts with the book "My Side of the Mountain," a reread from my childhood I probably mentioned earlier in this thread. There are two more books, and I think I will move into them when I finish Foxfire.

This morning I read a little leadership book whose title has already escaped my mind, something about the Next Level. A lot of the material was redundant with the other leadership books I have read...think maybe some of the shtuff will sink in?

[juantoo3]

Originally Posted by 17th Angel

Just finishing Sun tzu art of war..... Obviously not reading it as that isn't my thing..... Al-hamdulillah for audio books...

Don't know about the book on tape, but "The Art of War" was a fantastic read I highly recommend. I probably should dig mine back out and give it another look over.

[mee]

Mankind’s Search for God

Throughout mankind's history the search for God has led up many pathways, resulting in a diversity of religious expression. Has this search for God been successful? Through this book we are invited to join in that fascinating search for the true God .

[17th Angel]

There were a few... Few good parts in that book