tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post116763071475251695..comments2024-03-07T08:05:29.904-05:00Comments on Too Many Thoughts: The year 2006, in booksTymhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168089811114758802noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1168433976485949502007-01-10T07:59:00.000-05:002007-01-10T07:59:00.000-05:00Ahhh... The House of Mirth... I really like that o...Ahhh... The House of Mirth... I really like that one but mainly because in darker hours, I feel not unlike Lily Barth. Nothing moping self-sympathy to get a book on your good list.<BR/><BR/>Other than that... a good list... funnily enough, I also read the Virgin Suicides for the first time this year. I thoroughly enjoyed it, the creepiness, the voyeurism, the violent incomprehensibility young girls inspire, and the plain not-knowing despite all the yum details. Plus, it was funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1168317919173482722007-01-08T23:45:00.000-05:002007-01-08T23:45:00.000-05:00Anonymous > Questions --- answered. Quest --- over...Anonymous > Questions --- answered. Quest --- over. You find it despairing that I think god/God doesn't exist --- I don't. Let's agree to disagree and move on.Tymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168089811114758802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1168250912329752922007-01-08T05:08:00.000-05:002007-01-08T05:08:00.000-05:00Don't let 'churchianity' disillusion you. The 'God...Don't let 'churchianity' disillusion you. The 'God' that you've heard about from churchianity probably really doesn't exist. But it would be truly despairing if God doesn't exist for you at all.. <BR/><BR/>in my 20 years of being a church-going Christian, i had never really got to know God until I went to NCC! I thought I knew all there is to know in christendom, I thought as you do that going to any one church wouldn't make any difference, but I went as a challenge and it made all the diff'ce. My hardened, rebellious teenager said that was the first pastor that really 'spoke' to her about God. Just don't give up on God because religion failed you... Keep searching. It's probably the one quest that will answer all questions in life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1168161382779973292007-01-07T04:16:00.000-05:002007-01-07T04:16:00.000-05:00bowb > Yeah, I really enjoy Peter Carey and I susp...bowb > Yeah, I really enjoy Peter Carey and I suspected as much about David Sedaris being better in small doses. Chocolates! When are you back? Call (or email) me!<BR/><BR/>thom > Damn, I <I>have</I> read <I>Love, Etc.</I> but wrote down the wrong title (<I>Talking It Over</I>) in this list. Corrected! As for <I>The God Delusion</I>, I don't think I need further convincing plus I hear he belabours his point quite a bit ...<BR/><BR/>Anonymous > 2 things: I was disillusioned with <I>the</I> church, not merely with church. So going to another church isn't likely to address that. Secondly, see the paragraph following the "disillusioned with the church" --- I don't believe there is a god/God. So going to church (or any other place of religious worship) is moot.Tymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168089811114758802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1168156993775431752007-01-07T03:03:00.000-05:002007-01-07T03:03:00.000-05:00About the 'being disillusioned with church', you s...About the 'being disillusioned with church', you should try out New Creation Church at Suntec City. If you're going to give church-going just this ONE chance--this is the place to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1168073863680701192007-01-06T03:57:00.000-05:002007-01-06T03:57:00.000-05:00If you want a book that will strengthen your athei...If you want a book that will strengthen your atheist perspective, you must read The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, an atheist manifesto if there is such a thing.<BR/><BR/>Also, Love Etc, a follow-up to Talking it Over is a good read as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1168072394081247312007-01-06T03:33:00.000-05:002007-01-06T03:33:00.000-05:00hey! i just finished reading "oscar and lucinda" t...hey! i just finished reading "oscar and lucinda" too, after giving up in the first few pages the first time... way back in the early 90s. i read it as a chronological follow-on to "the secret river" by kate grenville (which i'm recommending to you for this year), and also because i was so SO sucked into the "kelly gang" book a couple years ago. <I>such</I> a storyteller, that peter carey.<BR/><BR/>also, i think david sedaris is best read in small amounts, with some time in between each session; as he appears in "the new yorker" work well. otherwise it's probably like watching the "borat" movie.<BR/><BR/>say, would you like some chocolate from australia?ragingyoghurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12604848854317456944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1168056466857483662007-01-05T23:07:00.000-05:002007-01-05T23:07:00.000-05:00Really! I abandoned Age of Innocence halfway becau...Really! I abandoned Age of Innocence halfway because it was too boring. I thought it was one of her lesser works, despite its colossal hype. Now, The House of Mirth was my favourite book of 2005. Hahaha. I'm reading The Sanctuary now, I <3 Edith.strangemessageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08355216702892478251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1167997906997604152007-01-05T06:51:00.000-05:002007-01-05T06:51:00.000-05:00avalon > Rereads count. I mark them with an asteri...avalon > Rereads count. I mark them with an asterisk.<BR/><BR/>strangemessages > Yeah, I went through Edith Wharton some years back. I love <I>Ethan Frome</I> and <I>the Age of Innocence</I>, less so <I>The House of Mirth</I>.Tymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168089811114758802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1167993493668010002007-01-05T05:38:00.000-05:002007-01-05T05:38:00.000-05:00Have you read Edith Wharton?I think she's better t...Have you read Edith Wharton?<BR/><BR/>I think she's better than Jane Austen. Austen is overrated. (omg that sounded so scandalous!)strangemessageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08355216702892478251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-1167978660221411792007-01-05T01:31:00.000-05:002007-01-05T01:31:00.000-05:00Do re-reads count or only new ones? How about thos...Do re-reads count or only new ones? How about those books I did not finish reading? :P<BR/><BR/><BR/>Darn I really cannot remember the entire list of what I have read in the year past. List 2007 I shall create now.avalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01038767488224572513noreply@blogger.com