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by **Quite Life** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 4:53 am

I am wondering what books are you guys reading.

For me out side of the Bible, bible commentaries, apologetics, and systematic and biblical theologies.

here is a list of what type of stuff I read.

So here a list of some of my favorite secular books. (a bit dated but very 90s stuff)

1. Neil Postman--Amusing Ourselves to Death
2. Neil Postman--Technopoly
3. Niel Postman--The End of Education
4. James Davidson Hunter--Culture Wars
5. Ann Douglas--The Feminization of American Culture (the No.1 ammo against feminism written by a feminist herself but sympathieses with a masculane intulectual older American culture fueled by Calvinism. the femin-nazies hate this book)
6. Allen Bloom--The Closing of the American Mind
7. Herold Bloom--The American Religion: The Emergance of a Post-Christian America
8. Oliver Windell Holmes--The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table
9. Alexis De Tocqueville--Democracy In America
10. C.S. Lewis--Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hidious Strenth
11. Gene Edward Vieth--Postmodern Times (though a Christian book by Crossway it is the best social commentary)
12. Morris Berman--The Twilight of American Culture
13. Dorthy Sayers--Who's Body?
14. Dorthy Sayers--Creed or Chaos
15. Dorthy Sayers--The mind of the Maker
16. Leon Kass--The Hungry Soul : Eating and the Perfecting of Our Nature

and for a change of pace I just picked up Tatum O'Neal's auto "A Paper Life"

cheers,
ql

by **scramjet** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:18 am

Sheesh, QL. Way to heavy for me. I mostly read for entertainment and relaxation.

Currently working on Neuromancer by William Gibson. I know I'm a latecomer to Gibson. The last few before that:

XPD by Len Deighton (Not as good as the Hook-Line-Si

by **phillyidol** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:36 am

I just read the 5 people you meet in heaven. Its a real good book. But thats it. You guys make me feel like a dope! Wait, I did read the paper today,....and maxim yesterday. Hell I'm too busy making witty posts![:D]

by **2Nu** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:42 am

Quite Life: You and my boss (who is a PhD in Theology) would have a lot in common to discuss.
As for me, I was a fairly avid book reader up until 6 or 7 years ago.
Too much on my plate and no down time.

My earliest read was <a href="http://www.alibri

by **KYYX4ever** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:26 am

We English teachers have a joke that we're so busy teaching novels that we do not have time to really READ novels ourselves!
I'm a big-time reader, when I have the time. I often read 3 books at once, skipping around among them.
Currently:
Liquid Conspi

by **devildog** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:34 am

I am currently reading The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown and Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race by Michael Cremo & Richard Thompson. I usually read two books at the same time, that way I never get bored with one.

Books I have read

by **marie3** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:14 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by phillyidol[/i]
<br>I just read the 5 people you meet in heaven. Its a real good book. But thats it. You guys

by **marie3** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:16 am

Hey Philly, this post does make us look like losers doesn't it?[^]

by **Frau_Blucher** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:18 am

Catching up on some Philip K Dick I missed. Valis was the latest. Germain to this board, Songbook by Nick Hornby was great a couple of months ago.

by **Panorama** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:34 am

I really need to learn to read and write...
I think that would facilitate a lot in my life.

by **fritzb** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:51 am

I am usually just too busy to find much time to read, but while I was on vacation this summer I did manage to read the classics "Anthem" and "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.

by **phillyidol** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:56 am

Originally posted by marie3
Hey Philly, this post does make us look like losers doesn't it?

LOL!!!! Totally! I'm the same, I have not read a book in a very long time. Someone gave me The Gold Coast about 2 years ago and I just never get to it. She sai

by **beatschool** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:23 pm

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer
The Egyptologist: A Novel by Arthur Phillips
Persepolis : The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
The Iliad
Letters from

by **Frau_Blucher** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 1:13 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by beatschool[/i]
<br>The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of

by **buffalochipz** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 1:57 pm

Recent reads:

Chuck Klosterman "Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs" A Gen-X (God I hate that term) take on frivolous subjects done in a surprisingly intelligent manner.

Andrew Breitbart "Hollywood Interrupted" A pissy screed on how wack Tinseltown is. Som

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