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Fig 07-09-2017 06:53 AM

I always go to the bookstore and buy all these books i halfway read. Im shit.

Ghost1 07-10-2017 11:44 AM

1. Art of war by Sun Tzu (5/10)
2. 48 laws of power by Robert Greene (7/10)
3. how to influence people and make friends by Dale Carnegie (6/10)
4. the power of now by Eckhart Tolle (8/10)
5. think and grow rich by Napolean Hill (7/10)
6. the little prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (8/10)
7. outliers by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)
8. the power of the subconscious mind by Joseph Murphy (6/10)
9. Animal Farm (8/10)
10. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (8/10)
11. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (9/10)
12. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (10/10)
13. Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by Douglas adams (9/10)
14. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (9/10)
15. 11/22/63 by Stephen King (10/10)
16. The Stand by Stephen King (10/10)
17. The power of the dog by Don Winslow (10/10)
18. Astrophysics for people in a hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson (10/10)
19. The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow (10/10)
20. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (6/10)
21. What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People by Joe Navarro (7/10)
22. Ego is the enemy by Ryan Holiday (7/10)
23. King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine by Robert Moore and Douglass Gillette (10/10)
24. Modern man in search of a soul by Carl Jung (8/10)
25. IT by Stephen King (10/10)
26. The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker (6/10)
27. The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker (10/10)
28. Marley and Me by John Grogan (8/10)
29. The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo (7/10)
30. The Social Animal by Elliot Aronson (10/10)
31. The subtle art of not giving a fuck by Mark Manson (6/10)
32. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner (8/10)
33. David and Galiath by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)
34. American Gods by Neil Gaiman (8/10)
35. Blink by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)
36. The Holy Bible (NIV) (10/10)
37. Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson (10/10)


few times I set this book down and just said......wtf is happening. as in....my mind was completely blown wide open. the complexities of this book are probably close the limit of my level of intelligence lol........as of now anyhow....ie...it was difficult for me to put this shit together a few times. but I did. and it was fire as fuck to me.


he talks a lot about Aleister Crowley.......not particulary interested in delving into the occult but...........should I read his book of law or whatever ?


oh he quotes Finnegan's wake a lot too......never read Ulysses.....not familiar with Joyce at all...............its a difficult read from what im gathering???

Amen 07-10-2017 12:05 PM

Anything like the Prometheus movie, assuming you've seen it?

Shit was just weird, IMO.

Mr. J 07-10-2017 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quaker oats (Post 616893)
So i started watching the show version of American gods, really enjoying it. Anyone read any of gaiman's short stories?

So far all I've read is Fragile Things. I think one of the stories is a prequel to American Gods. Or it takes place after...I read it last year so it's not fresh in my memory. I enjoyed it though. I also have Trigger Warning waiting for a listen on overdrive but haven't been in an audiobook mood for awhile now.

Ghost1 07-10-2017 01:44 PM

uhm I haven't actually seen it no. I know OF it tho. its a prequel to Aliens basically right?

this was a psychology book based around timothy learys 8 circuit brain mapping and brain imprinting......he gets pretty loose ultimately leading to a theory of immortality thru a cosmic understanding thru the subcon

really me even trying to summarize or describe it isn't fair.........its a lot going on in this shit.

Amen 07-10-2017 02:23 PM

I don't think it had anything to do with Aliens tbc. Very similar to that concept tho... Alien things whom had figures built like greek gods and the strength of Hercules lol.

oats 07-11-2017 02:03 AM

1. On Writing by Stephen King (4/5)
2. Your Republic is Calling You by Young Ha Kim (4/5)
3. Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami (5/5)
4. The Guest by Hwang Sok Yong (4/5)
5. After Dark by Haruki Murakami (4/5)
6. The Vegetarian by Han Kang (4/5)
7. American Nations by Collin Woodard (5/5)
8. The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut (4/5)
9. I'll Be Right There by Kyung Sook Shin (4/5)
10. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (5/5)
11. Without You There Is No Us by Suki Kim (4/5)
12. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (5/5)
13. I Have the Right to Destroy Myself by Young Ha Kim (3/5)
14. Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap (4/5)
15. Atlas of Cursed Places by Olivier Le Carrer (3/5)
16. My Financial Career and Other Follies by Stephen Leacock (3/5)
17. Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie (4/5)
18. Lua: Art of the Hawaiian Warrior by Richard Paglinawan (4/5)
19. Me by Tomoyuki Hoshino (3/5)
20. The Red Shark by Ruth Tabrah (4/5)
21. The Domino Diaries by Brin-Jonathan Butler (4/5)
22. The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings (4/5)

I remember seeing the movie of The Descendants years ago and it didn't leave much of an impression on me. But the novel is really - and surprisingly - funny. Smart, heartfelt look at how we handle loss and death, and how we navigate the things we inherit. Carefully crafted all the way through, and the ending is somehow beautiful and hilarious and perfect all at once. Really enjoyed it.

oats 07-11-2017 02:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. J (Post 617010)
So far all I've read is Fragile Things. I think one of the stories is a prequel to American Gods. Or it takes place after...I read it last year so it's not fresh in my memory. I enjoyed it though. I also have Trigger Warning waiting for a listen on overdrive but haven't been in an audiobook mood for awhile now.

I was looking at Fragile Things. after a cursory interweb search, a lot more negative feedback about Trigger Warning. either way I'll read something of Gaiman's sooner or later. the show has me intrigued.

Mr. J 07-11-2017 03:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quaker oats (Post 617113)
I was looking at Fragile Things. after a cursory interweb search, a lot more negative feedback about Trigger Warning. either way I'll read something of Gaiman's sooner or later. the show has me intrigued.

I enjoyed Fragile Things due to the mixture of work. It really helps familiarize you with his style.

Where would you suggest I start with Haruki Murakami? I've been interested in Kafka on the Shore for quite some time but have not taken the chance in picking it up yet.

oats 07-11-2017 03:43 AM

I loved Kafka, but may not be the best one to start with. depends on what you like. After Dark is a good introduction to the bizarre, dreamlike and magical aspects of his writing, though it's more conceptual than story driven. Norwegian Wood was his breakthrough novel, but it's less weird and more story-oriented. Kafka is both extremely weird and an engrossing narrative. I'd go After Dark then Norwegian Wood then Kafka On The Shore.

dead man 07-11-2017 07:22 AM

@Bags

"Exo Psychology" by Tim Leary. this is his 8-circuit theory in his words

Ghost1 07-11-2017 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by dead man (Post 617123)
@Bags

"Exo Psychology" by Tim Leary. this is his 8-circuit theory in his words

my dude.

definitely was going to look into him after having read Prometheus


perfect.

any word on Aleister Crowley by any chance?

Ghost1 07-11-2017 10:21 AM

1. Art of war by Sun Tzu (5/10)
2. 48 laws of power by Robert Greene (7/10)
3. how to influence people and make friends by Dale Carnegie (6/10)
4. the power of now by Eckhart Tolle (8/10)
5. think and grow rich by Napolean Hill (7/10)
6. the little prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (8/10)
7. outliers by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)
8. the power of the subconscious mind by Joseph Murphy (6/10)
9. Animal Farm (8/10)
10. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (8/10)
11. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (9/10)
12. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (10/10)
13. Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by Douglas adams (9/10)
14. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (9/10)
15. 11/22/63 by Stephen King (10/10)
16. The Stand by Stephen King (10/10)
17. The power of the dog by Don Winslow (10/10)
18. Astrophysics for people in a hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson (10/10)
19. The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow (10/10)
20. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (6/10)
21. What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People by Joe Navarro (7/10)
22. Ego is the enemy by Ryan Holiday (7/10)
23. King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine by Robert Moore and Douglass Gillette (10/10)
24. Modern man in search of a soul by Carl Jung (8/10)
25. IT by Stephen King (10/10)
26. The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker (6/10)
27. The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker (10/10)
28. Marley and Me by John Grogan (8/10)
29. The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo (7/10)
30. The Social Animal by Elliot Aronson (10/10)
31. The subtle art of not giving a fuck by Mark Manson (6/10)
32. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner (8/10)
33. David and Galiath by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)
34. American Gods by Neil Gaiman (8/10)
35. Blink by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)
36. The Holy Bible (NIV) (10/10)
37. Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson (10/10)
38. The Book of 5 Rings by Miyamoto Musashi (7/10)


quick read here, similar to art of war.......its a book on strategy detailed by an ancient swordsman...he slayed like 60 men in sword fights starting as early as 13yrs old. its really an amazing book but youd really have to study this for years I feel like to get the full benefit from it. I will probably run this back a couple times and then leave it. its very cool though and especially intriguing to imagine some1 being able to have learned these strategies and actually being able to employ them in such an intense scenario (a literal sword fight lol).

uh-oh 07-11-2017 12:05 PM

Nigga we all know bout musashi you dont gotta explain it

Oh the cat in the hat was about this cat who wore a hat and STFU

but word he defeated over 60 people in swordfights. He doesnt clarify if they were to the death tho so its disputed among historians. Like i know there was one dude he faced who used a nodachi or whatever,basically an extra long katana and its said that musashi whiddled an oar in the boat being paddled to him and beat him or some shit

I mightve mutilated that story. It couldve just been a stick or training sword to begin with.

The point was he was a bad little dude and not every duel from the period was to the death. His art looks dope too but to be honest all art from that era of japan looks the same to me

uh-oh 07-11-2017 12:07 PM

Also he wasnt ancient wasnt it like the 1600s? Could be wrong but either way samurais were around a long ass time because japan was so isolationist for awhile there. You never seen the last samurai with tommy c? Get it together

Ghost1 07-11-2017 12:44 PM

Lmfao I find it hard to believe that knowledge of Musashi is as common as Dr suess t9 any1 but you ....fuckin weirdo LOL

An year 1640 or some shit


To ME ancient is just a synonym for old lol....not a historical time period

Ghost1 07-11-2017 12:59 PM

An yea I seen last samurai but I wasn't taking fucking foot notes lnao


But you should I read this book about bushido !?!

uh-oh 07-11-2017 07:04 PM

lol word

as for the bushido book

if you are interested in it?

samurai shit didn't do much for me. i mean i've looked into it at a base level but its not something i cared to dig deep in.

Mr. J 07-11-2017 08:11 PM

Hara Kiri is a movie worth peeping.

Rust Cohle 07-15-2017 12:15 AM

Gladwell has a podcast series nowadays. 'Revionist History'. S1 a lot better than S2. Well researched stuff, similar to a short audiobook of his work. Been awhile since I've read his stuff. Hopefully his earlier work isnt as easily seen through as his S2 stuff.

1. 1/8 of Strong Motion by Jonathan Franzen (3.2/6)
-Still love The Corrections and Freedom even after the 'cool' opinion in literally circlejerks was to jump into the backlash and laugh him off. You can tell this is proto-Franzen. Cool dialogue and his eye for observation is there but its a bit loose and uneasy. Not far enough to rate yet but could be dope. He's too good at giving depth to characters by way of subtle foreshadowing. Almost not foreshadowing, just, you know what may happen by little brushes of characterization. One line or two.

2.7/9 of The Marriage Plot by Jeff Eugenides (1.6/4)
-Off-putting to me, and not enough of a stylist to make up for it. The central romantic relationship is interesting. The allusory English Major shit is both obvious for being obvious and uninteresting enough not to matter. Left this alone after Leonard got fat during his science gig. Small chance I finish it, 40ish pages left. Aware that I don't like the intellectual stuff because insecurities, know for a fact he's no Great Novelist or stylist.

3 Moby Dick by Herm Melville (7/8)
-Only book I've ever read. As a slow reader this took awhile. Dozens of earmarked passages for their style and beauty. Really engaging work. Big themes, a Heavy Book, Very Important, etc. Works on multiple levels. Biblical in scope, allusions, and takeaway ideas. Great stuff.

4. Stoner by John Williams (6.97/7)
-A great litmus test book. Can be the saddest shit or most affirming shit you've ever read, depending on your perspective. Its a story of this child of a farming family who lives into academia as a professor. No huge plot twists. The prose is beautiful, but not overpoweringly so. The plot is the point, but the plot inches along. It kind of seeps into your skin as your reading it, an interesting, fictional, telling of a life written without surplus. Handles interpersonal drama like an adult. The best/worst version of reality and retelling of reality. Highly recommended.

5. Purity by Jonathan Franzen (4/6)
-Worst novel I've read by him, but still good. Meta in that he tries to tackle his 'sexist' image by making a female character the nominal main character (Patty Berglund from Freedom shouldve debunked this criticism dead but whatever). I get nostalgia for the novelist character's chapters on hole 4 of a golf course I like for no discernible reason and it bothers me. The murder subplot is the most interesting and forward portion. The end is okay. Some really base level "this person is smart here is some base level psych dialogue by him" which I'm not sure is purposeful. Enjoyed it overall.

Most of these I read/half-read/one-eighteenth read last year. Need to read more.

Ghost1 07-15-2017 10:20 PM

Lmfaooo at rating system literally causing me to lose my.mind

Ghost1 07-20-2017 08:45 AM

1. Art of war by Sun Tzu (5/10)
2. 48 laws of power by Robert Greene (7/10)
3. how to influence people and make friends by Dale Carnegie (6/10)
4. the power of now by Eckhart Tolle (8/10)
5. think and grow rich by Napolean Hill (7/10)
6. the little prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (8/10)
7. outliers by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)
8. the power of the subconscious mind by Joseph Murphy (6/10)
9. Animal Farm (8/10)
10. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (8/10)
11. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (9/10)
12. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (10/10)
13. Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by Douglas adams (9/10)
14. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (9/10)
15. 11/22/63 by Stephen King (10/10)
16. The Stand by Stephen King (10/10)
17. The power of the dog by Don Winslow (10/10)
18. Astrophysics for people in a hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson (10/10)
19. The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow (10/10)
20. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (6/10)
21. What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People by Joe Navarro (7/10)
22. Ego is the enemy by Ryan Holiday (7/10)
23. King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine by Robert Moore and Douglass Gillette (10/10)
24. Modern man in search of a soul by Carl Jung (8/10)
25. IT by Stephen King (10/10)
26. The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker (6/10)
27. The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker (10/10)
28. Marley and Me by John Grogan (8/10)
29. The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo (7/10)
30. The Social Animal by Elliot Aronson (10/10)
31. The subtle art of not giving a fuck by Mark Manson (6/10)
32. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner (8/10)
33. David and Galiath by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)
34. American Gods by Neil Gaiman (8/10)
35. Blink by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)
36. The Holy Bible (NIV) (10/10)
37. Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson (10/10)
38. The Book of 5 Rings by Miyamoto Musashi (7/10)
39. Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate (6/10)
40. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Stephen pinker (9/10)
41. Thinking Fast and Slow By Daniel Kahneman (9/10)
42. so you've been publicly shamed by Jon Ronson (6/10)

Crenshaw is a book I read to my kid...was kindve brutal? was about an imaginary friend....but mostly it was about the kid....whos dad had MS and they were homeless off and on....I was almost done with the book and my kid said...I REALLY LIKE THIS BOOK....right when the kid was explaining to his parents that he wanted to be treated like an adult and be included in knowing more stuff as with regard to the difficult decisions about their finances and homelessness etc etc........which blew me away. but for me personally the shit was wack as fuck lol awesome that she liked it tho and that it had significant relevance to her frame of mind.

better angels was fucking massive....took me like a month ...on audio....mostly cuz id put it down a few times....but overall by the time I finished it I loved it. he lost me on some of the statistical probabilities portions but mostly it was very cool.

thinking fast and slow was great. like Gladwell but with deeper psychological studies and explained in more complex detail.

lastly was the so you've been shamed.....its just him going around talking to people that had their lives wrecked on twitter and fb and just forumulating his own opinions and theorys.....I kept hoping for some type of scientific or psychological studies or evidence but none were produced.....some of the stories were entertaining to read....ie...lady that got shamed into oblivion for telling black joke on twitter about aids lol.....but mostly was just like listening to a completely opinion based 8hr podcast. *fart noise*

uh-oh 07-20-2017 11:43 AM

http://geeklyinc.com/wp-content/uplo...rones-book.jpg

Ghost1 07-20-2017 01:39 PM

oh do you like that book? what is it?

uh-oh 07-20-2017 05:40 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeYwkeX6xNI

PancakeBrah 07-20-2017 06:58 PM

Just watch the show.

Witty 07-20-2017 08:17 PM

Just finished Art of War again, I got more from it the second time.

Currently reading 'God - A guide for the perplexed' by Keith Ward. It's an interesting commentary on the historical and current ideas of God. A little too biased perhaps, but historically accurate and well written.

I'm also reading a book called Freudian Slips...which details a lot of interesting psychological phenomena.

Ghost1 07-20-2017 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Witty (Post 617863)
Just finished Art of War again, I got more from it the second time.

Currently reading 'God - A guide for the perplexed' by Keith Ward. It's an interesting commentary on the historical and current ideas of God. A little too biased perhaps, but historically accurate and well written.

I'm also reading a book called Freudian Slips...which details a lot of interesting psychological phenomena.

Currently reading Carl Jungs psychological types.......his theory on the god complex in man's unconcious mind thru out history is fucking fascinating

uh-oh 07-20-2017 10:03 PM

SURE SOUNDS IT

Ghost1 07-20-2017 10:42 PM

Lmaoo

Witty 07-21-2017 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bags (Post 617867)
Currently reading Carl Jungs psychological types.......his theory on the god complex in man's unconcious mind thru out history is fucking fascinating

I haven't read that...I definitely will. I'm much more of a Jung fan than a Freud fan.

oats 07-21-2017 08:27 PM

1. On Writing by Stephen King (4/5)
2. Your Republic is Calling You by Young Ha Kim (4/5)
3. Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami (5/5)
4. The Guest by Hwang Sok Yong (4/5)
5. After Dark by Haruki Murakami (4/5)
6. The Vegetarian by Han Kang (4/5)
7. American Nations by Collin Woodard (5/5)
8. The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut (4/5)
9. I'll Be Right There by Kyung Sook Shin (4/5)
10. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (5/5)
11. Without You There Is No Us by Suki Kim (4/5)
12. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (5/5)
13. I Have the Right to Destroy Myself by Young Ha Kim (3/5)
14. Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap (4/5)
15. Atlas of Cursed Places by Olivier Le Carrer (3/5)
16. My Financial Career and Other Follies by Stephen Leacock (3/5)
17. Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie (4/5)
18. Lua: Art of the Hawaiian Warrior by Richard Paglinawan (4/5)
19. Me by Tomoyuki Hoshino (3/5)
20. The Red Shark by Ruth Tabrah (4/5)
21. The Domino Diaries by Brin-Jonathan Butler (4/5)
22. The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings (4/5)
23. Black Flower by Young Ha Kim (4/5)

Really interesting historical fiction. It's based on the true, little-known story of 1000 Koreans who moved to Mexico to work on haciendas in the early 1900s, who end up getting scattered across N. America, fighting in revolutionary wars, and coping with the loss of their nation (which came under Japanese occupation shortly after they left). Young Ha Kim excels at humanizing our most perverse human instincts, and even though the actual narrative can be thin at times, enough happens to keep the pages turning quickly. Not as good as "Your Republic Is Calling You" but definitely better than "I Have The Right To Destroy Myself." If you like Murakami, you'll definitely enjoy Kim.

Tha Pastor Reach Yeah 07-24-2017 09:08 AM

1. Alive in Christ - Stuart Olyott 3/5
2. Dare To Stand Alone - Stuart Olyott 4/5
3. God Strengthens - Derek Thomas 4/5
4. Exodus For You - Tim Chester 3/5
5. Born Before Midnight - A.W. Tozer 4/5
6. Memoirs of Thomas Boston 5/5
7. 2000 Years of Christ's Power Vol. 3 - Nick Needham 4/5
8. Glory of Christ - John Owen 4/5
9. Desiring God - John Piper 4/5
10. The Great Ejection - Gary Brady 3/5
11. The Holiness of God - R.C. Sproul 5/5
12. Expository Sermons in Revelation Vol. 1 - W.A. Chriswell 4/5
13. Expository Sermons in Revelation Vol. 2 - W.A. Chriswell 3/5
14. Confessions - Saint Augustine 5/5 - Considering this is a religious, historical and literary classic, there were a few parts to this that I felt were kinda weak really, where Augustine used pretty poor circular logic and tied himself up in knots somewhat, especially regarding past, present, future and memory, but overall this was an incredibly fascinating piece of work, part biographical, part theological, and at times times it broke out into a very exciting read. I'd probably gain more from this with each additional time I read it, so I think its well worthy of its classic status.
15. Expository Sermons in Revelation Vol. 3 - W.A. Chriswell 4/5 - this is an excellent series of teaching on the book of Revelation, not giving itself over too much to speculation but grounding itself in Scripture teaching, and there were some very powerful chapters in volume 3 of a 5 volume series that makes this worthy of a 4 out of 5. I'm really gaining a lot from this series.

New Graphic Novels for this year:

1. Batman Eternal Vol. 1 - Scott Snyder 4/5
2. Batman Eternal Vol. 2 - Scott Snyder 3/5
3. Flashpoint - Geoff Johns 4/5
4. Flash: Savage World - Robert Venditti 3/5
5. Flash: Zoom - Robert Venditti 3/5
6. Justice League: Origin - Geoff Johns 1/5
7. Old Man Logan - Mark Millar 4/5

Currently reading The Two Covenants by Andrew Murray, Expository Sermons in Revelation Vol. 4 - W.A. Chriswell, and a free 2nd hand copy of JM Barrie's Peter Pan, which after a couple of chapters in is absolutely mesmerizing.

Ghost1 07-24-2017 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Tha Pastor Reach Yeah (Post 618122)
1. Alive in Christ - Stuart Olyott 3/5
2. Dare To Stand Alone - Stuart Olyott 4/5
3. God Strengthens - Derek Thomas 4/5
4. Exodus For You - Tim Chester 3/5
5. Born Before Midnight - A.W. Tozer 4/5
6. Memoirs of Thomas Boston 5/5
7. 2000 Years of Christ's Power Vol. 3 - Nick Needham 4/5
8. Glory of Christ - John Owen 4/5
9. Desiring God - John Piper 4/5
10. The Great Ejection - Gary Brady 3/5
11. The Holiness of God - R.C. Sproul 5/5
12. Expository Sermons in Revelation Vol. 1 - W.A. Chriswell 4/5
13. Expository Sermons in Revelation Vol. 2 - W.A. Chriswell 3/5
14. Confessions - Saint Augustine 5/5 - Considering this is a religious, historical and literary classic, there were a few parts to this that I felt were kinda weak really, where Augustine used pretty poor circular logic and tied himself up in knots somewhat, especially regarding past, present, future and memory, but overall this was an incredibly fascinating piece of work, part biographical, part theological, and at times times it broke out into a very exciting read. I'd probably gain more from this with each additional time I read it, so I think its well worthy of its classic status.
15. Expository Sermons in Revelation Vol. 3 - W.A. Chriswell 4/5 - this is an excellent series of teaching on the book of Revelation, not giving itself over too much to speculation but grounding itself in Scripture teaching, and there were some very powerful chapters in volume 3 of a 5 volume series that makes this worthy of a 4 out of 5. I'm really gaining a lot from this series.

New Graphic Novels for this year:

1. Batman Eternal Vol. 1 - Scott Snyder 4/5
2. Batman Eternal Vol. 2 - Scott Snyder 3/5
3. Flashpoint - Geoff Johns 4/5
4. Flash: Savage World - Robert Venditti 3/5
5. Flash: Zoom - Robert Venditti 3/5
6. Justice League: Origin - Geoff Johns 1/5
7. Old Man Logan - Mark Millar 4/5

Currently reading The Two Covenants by Andrew Murray, Expository Sermons in Revelation Vol. 4 - W.A. Chriswell, and a free 2nd hand copy of JM Barrie's Peter Pan, which after a couple of chapters in is absolutely mesmerizing.

I had picked up john calvins one book........I forget what its called....I think its his most famous one?> was pretty dense...........I want to get back to it but have so many other books in and out of rotation right now

Ghost1 07-24-2017 10:27 AM

1. Art of war by Sun Tzu (5/10)
2. 48 laws of power by Robert Greene (7/10)
3. how to influence people and make friends by Dale Carnegie (6/10)
4. the power of now by Eckhart Tolle (8/10)
5. think and grow rich by Napolean Hill (7/10)
6. the little prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (8/10)
7. outliers by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)
8. the power of the subconscious mind by Joseph Murphy (6/10)
9. Animal Farm (8/10)
10. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (8/10)
11. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (9/10)
12. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (10/10)
13. Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by Douglas adams (9/10)
14. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (9/10)
15. 11/22/63 by Stephen King (10/10)
16. The Stand by Stephen King (10/10)
17. The power of the dog by Don Winslow (10/10)
18. Astrophysics for people in a hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson (10/10)
19. The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow (10/10)
20. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (6/10)
21. What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People by Joe Navarro (7/10)
22. Ego is the enemy by Ryan Holiday (7/10)
23. King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine by Robert Moore and Douglass Gillette (10/10)
24. Modern man in search of a soul by Carl Jung (8/10)
25. IT by Stephen King (10/10)
26. The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker (6/10)
27. The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker (10/10)
28. Marley and Me by John Grogan (8/10)
29. The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo (7/10)
30. The Social Animal by Elliot Aronson (10/10)
31. The subtle art of not giving a fuck by Mark Manson (6/10)
32. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner (8/10)
33. David and Galiath by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)
34. American Gods by Neil Gaiman (8/10)
35. Blink by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)
36. The Holy Bible (NIV) (10/10)
37. Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson (10/10)
38. The Book of 5 Rings by Miyamoto Musashi (7/10)
39. Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate (6/10)
40. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Stephen pinker (9/10)
41. Thinking Fast and Slow By Daniel Kahneman (9/10)
42. so you've been publicly shamed by Jon Ronson (6/10)
43. Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz (7/10)
44. what the dog saw by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)
45. A Brief History of time by Stephen Hawking (10/10)


everybody lies was a fun little read about google search with quirky facts like men search how to suck their own dicks more than they search how to best eat pussy.....and eventually other more serious topics. ultimately it made me think of how much more I enjoy gladwell......so I picked up what the dog saw lol. which was pretty great. typical gladwell.

then I tortured myself with that hawkings book this weekend. the chapter on blackholes was nearly incomprehensible. for the most part tho I loved this book....I can honestly say I understand spacetime finally lol. also really really loved the chapter of time arrows and why time moves forward based on the laws of thermodynamics. I feel like he described quantum mechanics and quantum gravity along with m theory a lot better in the grand design though so im glad I had read that prior to this. just picked up string theory for dummies which explains it without mathematical equations so im pretty excited to check that out next. quantum mechanics is kindve wack to me tho. idgaf about elements.

Dope girl 07-24-2017 11:03 AM

A great story tittle

Ghost1 07-24-2017 11:05 AM

stfu idiot

ill fucking punch ur head in till you look and think like normal people do

Tha Pastor Reach Yeah 07-24-2017 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bags (Post 618124)
I had picked up john calvins one book........I forget what its called....I think its his most famous one?> was pretty dense...........I want to get back to it but have so many other books in and out of rotation right now

Institutes, possibly?

I'd love to get his commentaries but I'll have to wait til I'm a bit richer I think!

Ghost1 07-24-2017 01:58 PM

yea I tried to get his sermons on job that you mentioned and it was impossible to find.....thru bootleg means lol.

and id have to do some searching to tell you honestly.....I know it was on libravox or whatever that site is called tho which was nice.

Destroyer 07-24-2017 02:05 PM

Don’t sleep on zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance


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