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Give it a try again  and let me know what you think. Really a profound book, IMO.
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç Ã¥ â„¢ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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07-22-2004, 05:58 PM
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Yeah, when you put it that way it sounds warm and intimate. I guess it'd be an interesting experience to read a book set where you grew up. Enjoy your reading!
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07-22-2004, 06:03 PM
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
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*wanders off on a philosophical rabbit trail* It's a re-telling of the story of Cupid and Psyche from the POV of the ugly sister of Psyche. In one sense, it's very deeply Christian; on the surface, perhaps not. (My rabbit trail involved contemplating what I consider to be the misconception of separation of parts of life into "Christian" and "non-Christian". I make what would be called, by some, "Christian" posts in some threads, but in reality, ALL of my posts are "Christian", IMO, even ones on the Quote game, because God is in all my life, if that makes sense. And in the same sense, I would consider ALL of Lewis' books to be Christian, even the ones that aren't specifically about Christianity or God or things like that.)
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç Ã¥ â„¢ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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07-22-2004, 06:13 PM
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Fëanorophobic
Join Date: May 2004
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It makes perfect sense, thank you for an enlightening post
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07-22-2004, 06:21 PM
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Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!)
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You're welcome
(I made sense! I made sense!  )
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç Ã¥ â„¢ æ ♪ ?*"How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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07-22-2004, 07:15 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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just finished the laughing corpse by laurell k. hamilton, now i'm on to the third anita blake book: circus of the damned
( my mom has already raised her eybrow at the title a few times... lol)
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07-24-2004, 06:52 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Ok...saturday night and Im about to start "man and boy" by Tony Parsons.
hes actually a columist with a really nasty daily newspaper called "the mirror", but his weekly column is pretty good.
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. We know where the music's playing, let's go out and feel the night. Because I'm still in love with you, I want to see you dance again, because I'm still in love with you on this harvest moon.Well the sun is surely sinking down But the moon is slowly rising So this old world must still be spinning 'round And I still love you NIL SATIS NISI OPTIMUM |
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07-25-2004, 06:18 PM
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Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ 
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Just got started on The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. I've only read the first few chapters but I love the book already. Though that probably has to do with all the descriptions of Paris and the Louvre. I love the Louvre
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07-27-2004, 05:47 PM
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it was a very, very good book. it's about a 23-year-old man/boy who has gone to university, but is looking for the meaning of life. he has a lot of girls, but he knows noone of them is a person he could live with. he is searching for Her, and finally finds her. he suffers a lot when he can't tell her, and it only get worse when he understands that he really loves her. in the end he finds the love of his life, the girl, and they get married. and that's the end; he has a family who loves him, and all that he has lived for earlier; his music and communism, are gone. he understands that love is the lonelyest feeling in the world. i did recognice myself in this young man's way of thinking and acting. in the ends, my worst fears came true; i hope that won't happen to me. still reading the mammal-book too.
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07-27-2004, 05:52 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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Why was it banned?
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07-28-2004, 11:51 AM
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I haven't read it myself, but I believe it was because it contained some graphic sex-scenes. Not very well received back in 1957.
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07-28-2004, 04:01 PM
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Spammer of the Happy Thread
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btw, i recommend it!
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07-28-2004, 05:22 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
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Hmm, I think I'll be skipping that one.
Anywho, I just finished The Crimson Shadow: The Sword of Bedwyr by R.A. Salvatore, and Soon by Jerry Jenkins. I'm starting Shadowmancer by G.P. Taylor today, and it's lookin pretty good.
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07-28-2004, 06:22 PM
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Right, I'm currently reading:
-Starship Troopers by Heinlein, -To Green Angel Tower (part 1) by Tad Williams -Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut -Servant of the Empire by J. Wurst and R. Feist -The Science of Discworld by Pterry -Edda, when I can get it back.
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07-29-2004, 06:41 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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tonight I will be mainly reading...."DE NIRO A BIOGRAPHY" by John Baxter,
I really admire De Niro so I hope I still do when finished 
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07-29-2004, 08:13 PM
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Currently reading:
The Silmarillion-J.R.R. Tolkien The Amber Spyglass-Phillip Pullman The Whispering Statue-Carolyn Keene
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07-29-2004, 08:22 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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I'm currently reading:
The Book of Lost Tales Part I - J.R.R. Tolkien The Haunted Bridge - Carolyn Keene
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07-29-2004, 10:04 PM
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07-30-2004, 01:47 PM
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I'm reading the essays of Thomas Carlyle ("Chartism") at the moment - no, it wasn't my choice
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07-30-2004, 08:17 PM
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right now i am reading "The Bourne Identity" by Robert Ludlum
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