books - whatcha reading right now?

[Michaelaw]

Brilliant story AL. I've not read the book but the film has a place in my heart.

[ericmark]

Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett a Discworld novel. I love the covers on books and records and I find some images come to mind with each book I read this one seems to fit in with Discworld to my mind. May be others have some other thoughts.

May be better if you don't do one to Stephen King's books too scary for my likening?

[MoinMoin]

I finished just the Twilight-books from S. Meyer. And just now I am reading the Black-Dagger-Brotherhood-books from JR Ward. Afterwards I'll look now for "The Host" from S. Meyer - sounds very interesting!

[casil403]

Clinical Kinesiology and Anatomy 4th Edition + the companion labratory manual.
Trail Guide to the Body
Physical Dysfunction and Practice Skills for the Occupational Therapy Assistant
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
Quick Reference to Occupational Therapy
And the ever popular Principles and Techniques of Patient Care.

I have to say they are all a little on the dry side....LOL!
I long to read a real book...maybe this summer.....
No Logo by Naomi Klein is on the top of the list...as well as In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

[Bambi]

A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens.
'Tis a far far better thing I do then I have ever done'

[Wicked Dark]

I'm always reading something - right now it's a biography of Benjamin Franklin and an espionage novel called Spy Line. 1491 was probably the best thing I read last year.

Review Blog

[Lovin]

I start reading A History of Religious Ideas by Mircea Eliade, is the first and only complete history of religions and believes so far.
Here are some reviews :

"Mircea Eliade was a genius, a polymath, and his three-volume history of religious ideas deserves to go on your bookshelf right next to Copleston's history of philosophy.

I want this review to be brief, so I'll just point out that Page One is really worth the price of the entire book. On that page, Eliade simply reprints his earlier thoughts on religion in general, which strike me as absolutely true: around the world and throughout recorded time, we human beings have been religious.

And this is something which really deserves serious thought and examination. I myself am about as religious as a pea, but I cannot help noticing that I am in a distinct minority. Then I look at Page One again, and think again about Eliade's statement that religion is a constant of human consciousness, NOT an historical stage which we have passed through.

As Eliade says, "it is difficult to imagine how the human mind could function without the conviction that there is something irreducibly *real* in the world; and it is impossible to imagine how consciousness could appear without conferring a *meaning* on man's impulses and experiences. Consciousness of a real and meaningful world is intimately connected with the discovery of the sacred.....Living, considered as being human, is in itself a *religious act*, for food-getting, sexual life, and work have a sacramental value. In other words, to be --- or, rather, to become --- *a man* signifies being 'religious.' " "

[AcadieLibre]

In other words, to be --- or, rather, to become --- *a man* signifies being 'religious.' " "

Pardon? You are not equating to become a man one must be religious are you? That makes no sense, maybe I am misunderstanding your point.

[casil403]

Living, considered as being human, is in itself a *religious act*, for food-getting, sexual life, and work have a sacramental value. In other words, to be --- or, rather, to become --- *a man* signifies being 'religious.' " "

I think it means "religious" as in the definition of:

3 a : scrupulously and conscientiously faithful b : fervent, zealous

Which to me has nothing to do with Religion specifically in and of itself.

Taken from Merriam Webster online.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/religious
LOL....and that is my one and only comment regarding the topic....so don't wanna go there.

[Lovin]

That's not my review