Which books have you read recently? If you haven't read any recently, which books would you like to read?
2 years ago · 👍 adou2, smokey
I also read these books outside of class:
Why Faith Matters - David J. Wholpe
Why Be Jewish? - David J. Wholpe
Leaf By Niggle - J. R. R. Tolkein
Night - Elie Wiesel
Everyman's Talmud - Abraham Cohen
The Sabbath - Abraham Heschel
The Story of Judaism - Bernard J. Bamberger
My Name is Asher Lev - Play by Aaron Posner, adapted from Chaim Potok's novel
The Lame Shall Enter First - Flannery O'Connor
And I'm currently reading As A Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg. · 2 years ago
We read a ton of books for my Theology classes. All of them are pretty good:
The Story of Christianity - Gonzalez
A Brief Introduction to the NT - Bart Ehrman
New Seeds of Contemplation - Thomas Merton
The Desert Fathers (Penguine Classics)
The Way of the Heart - Henri Nouwen
A Spirituality of Living - Henri Nouwen
The Cost of Discipleship - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Enfleshing Freedom - M. Shawn Copeland
Charity - Gary A. Anderson
Glittering Vices - Rebecca DeYoung
The Reckless Way of Love - Dorothy Day
Charity was probably my favorite out of all of these. · 2 years ago
Neuromacer trilogy (again), Work by James Suzman (yet again) , Reacher Killing Floor, Starting Revenger by Alastair Reynolds. · 2 years ago
Currently reading Piranesi [1] and really enjoying it so far. Dont want to say anything to spoil it, if you like fantasy worlds, mythology, and wonderful discriptive writing give it a shot. Also re-reading the BLAME! [2] graphic novel series which has some of the best archetectural landscape art in the world. If you're into the futuristic cyberpunk action vibe with a twist of bio-augmentation/horror its worth checking out. If you're interested in blame! and want to know more, watch this video [3]
[1] https://encyclopedia.marginalia.nu/wiki/Piranesi_(novel)?lang=en
[2] https://encyclopedia.marginalia.nu/wiki/Blame!?lang=en
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I4HDFSOc6U · 2 years ago
Two recommendations from recent reading:
"Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives": As a short story cycle, the book presents forty mutually exclusive stories staged in a wide variety of possible afterlives. Very easy read and actually quite thought-provoking about how to enjoy life!
"Hell Yeah or No": I love Derek Sivers. I appreciate that he doesn't try too hard to convince, just prompts with interesting questions and viewpoints. This book is about what’s worth doing, fixing faulty thinking, and making things happen. · 2 years ago
I tried to read a book from a Belgian theologian, but it was a pain. I tried very hard because I was going to meet him, but I abandoned after a little more than 100 pages.
I finally met him last week, and he was far more interesting “live”. I still have a lot of disagreements, but at least it was inspiring.
Now I'm reading *The Gösta Berling Saga* by Selma Lagerlöf, and it's a very fun novel. I'd love to have more time to read. · 2 years ago
My most recent read was "Siddhartha" by Herman Hesse. It's not bad but neither would I recommend it. · 2 years ago
I recently finished Mark Fisher's *Capitalist Realism* and have started re-reading for the nth time Neal Stephenson's *Anathem*. Both books are great, though *Anathem* starts pretty slowly. · 2 years ago
just finished Ken Follet’s “Pillars of the Earth” and now enjoying Jack Vance’s anthology “Tales of the Dying Earth.”. it’s very pulp 50s Sci Fi. highly recommended both of them · 2 years ago
I’m still reading Moby Dick and am about halfway through (I’ve been reading it aloud to my baby at a rate of a couple pages/night for months).
I recently finished The Dawn of Everything. I loved it, but many of my friends were disappointed with it (they claimed that the middle section — Chapters 4―9 — was too rambling).
I enjoyed Anxious People recently.
I’m 2/3 the way through the Mars Trilogy and quite like it. · 2 years ago
Shadowrun rule books, my favourite PNP game. · 2 years ago
I’m reading through a Scots book called “a working class state of mind”, which is a fiction about a working class person in Edinburgh trying to find a stable job, and struggles that come with it. · 2 years ago