NUance Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Just finished "Praying for Slack" by Robert Peavey. I can understand why a lot of guys come back from combat with mental demons. I know a guy who's unit was mentioned in this book. He says the accounts are fairly accurate. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 "Heart of a Lioness" by by Irene Gleeson (with Nicole Partridge). Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Just finished "The Popular Encyclopedia of Apologetics" by Hindson and Caner. Not sure I agree with every argument they made. But it was a great overview of several hundred Christian topics. Next up: "Undress me in the Temple of Heaven" by Susan Gilman. It's about a recently graduated, but quite naive, Ivy League coed who travels into recently opened China in 1986. Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 I guess this is going to be required reading for work: Anyone read it? Quote Link to comment
Red Dead Redemption Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 I guess this is going to be required reading for work: Anyone read it? I don't have to read it, Dottie... I lived it. Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Just finished reading this. I picked it up because I was looking for a really good fantasy title, and this one had very favorable reviews on Good Reads. It was tabbed as this generation's "Lord of the Rings." Admittedly, however, I didn't enjoy it that much. I personally wouldn't recommend. Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Just finished reading this. I picked it up because I was looking for a really good fantasy title, and this one had very favorable reviews on Good Reads. It was tabbed as this generation's "Lord of the Rings." Admittedly, however, I didn't enjoy it that much. I personally wouldn't recommend. I thought it was decent but wasn't interested enough to get the sequel. Have you read the Wheel of Time series? Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Just finished reading this. I picked it up because I was looking for a really good fantasy title, and this one had very favorable reviews on Good Reads. It was tabbed as this generation's "Lord of the Rings." Admittedly, however, I didn't enjoy it that much. I personally wouldn't recommend. I thought it was decent but wasn't interested enough to get the sequel. Have you read the Wheel of Time series? I think my problem with The Name of the Wind was that there wasn't much of a lure pulling me through the book. In many ways it felt like a slow biography, and I never really felt the urge to keep turning the pages. I described it to a buddy of mine as if someone was writing my life's story but included days I went to get an oil change or binge-watched Netflix. They certainly describe my person, but they don't make for great reading. And I have not heard of the Wheel of Time series. I'm always looking for a good fantasy series though, particularly something that's really immersive. Would you recommend it? Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Just finished reading this. I picked it up because I was looking for a really good fantasy title, and this one had very favorable reviews on Good Reads. It was tabbed as this generation's "Lord of the Rings." Admittedly, however, I didn't enjoy it that much. I personally wouldn't recommend. I thought it was decent but wasn't interested enough to get the sequel. Have you read the Wheel of Time series? I think my problem with The Name of the Wind was that there wasn't much of a lure pulling me through the book. In many ways it felt like a slow biography, and I never really felt the urge to keep turning the pages. I described it to a buddy of mine as if someone was writing my life's story but included days I went to get an oil change or binge-watched Netflix. They certainly describe my person, but they don't make for great reading. And I have not heard of the Wheel of Time series. I'm always looking for a good fantasy series though, particularly something that's really immersive. Would you recommend it? Yes. ("Moiraine" is a character in WoT). It's a 14 book series. The first 4 books are better than anything else I've ever read. I liked the whole series but some people did not like books 7-10. It picks up again after that. It took me about 100 pages into the first book to get hooked and then I read the rest that were out at the time in about 2 weeks. http://www.amazon.com/Eye-World-Wheel-Time-Book/dp/0812511816/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462293687&sr=8-1&keywords=eye+of+the+world I think the only reason the first book has 4 stars instead of 5 out of 5 is because of what I mentioned with the later books. There are a lot of "this book is great, but..." reviews. Books 2-4 are all 4.5/5. (Book 4 is my favorite). Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 "The Great Philosophers" by Stephen Law. I just finished this yesterday. It makes me want to smoke some dope and contemplate my existence. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I guess this is going to be required reading for work: Anyone read it? Yep. Took maybe an hour to read, cover to cover. It's quick and painless and reasonably interesting. It's been a while so I don't remember whatever life lessons they were trying to teach me, but it was a decent book. Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I guess this is going to be required reading for work: Anyone read it? Yep. Took maybe an hour to read, cover to cover. It's quick and painless and reasonably interesting. It's been a while so I don't remember whatever life lessons they were trying to teach me, but it was a decent book. I've read a lot of terrible reviews on it. Mostly that it's corporate brainwash material saying "Don't question changes, just adapt or you're fired" Quote Link to comment
Red Dead Redemption Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Been meaning to read this book for a long time. Now I finally have the motivation. If you've read it, don't spoil the ending for me. If I were to guess how it ends, I'd say probably with a semicolon. Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Not currently reading - read it last year. But, wanted to pass it along. I thought it was an incredible book (it's written by a Holocaust survivor and is about how his experience helped him develop his theory on the meaning of one's life). I read it in a few days - it's a fairly quick read. Quote Link to comment
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