The first book is Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. Biblia and I are reading it now, but I can keep this bumped up for all who want to read it and discuss it. It is one of the best books I ever read. I have to thank Biblea for getting me into reading again. I feel like a part of me came home. We plan on reading all sorts of books and discussing them. I have always wanted to be in a book club. If you have too, join us! Just jump on the Comment Section whenever you want. I will keep putting this to the top as long as people are interested.
Our second book will be Wolf Hall. I picked it up on Amazon for 5 dollars. Get the book somewhere and start reading and you will be ready with Biblea and me to talk about it!
Biblea and I have chosen our 3rd book
A Lineage of Grace: Five Stories of Unlikely Women Who Changed Eternity
by
I just bought it, so if you want to join us, start reading the books! All are welcome. Don’t be shy <3
I will start and say that this is one of the best books I have read in my entire life. It is life changing and I don’t say that lightly. I am on page 131.
I think that this book touches one’s heart in a way that most things can’t. She goes right to that deep part of a person which is shut down, usually, and she tells it that it is alright to wake up and come alive.
Truly a brilliant, brilliant writer. I wonder about her chart, B 😀
As I said in the other Comment Form, I would like to read El Farris two books and I bet we can get El to come up here and talk with us, too, which would be amazing B but you can reject any idea, as I can. If either person does not like a book, we will go to another. I think that should be our rule.
Let me know if you don’t want to read the Farris books now and I will choose a short list for you to choose from, as you did for me. That was very nice to be able to pick!
Can you give me a short list of books, I promise we will read El Farris in future. I just don’t have El Farris in my local library, A. I am not willing to purchase any books since my book larder is spilling right now. I need to organise them fully before I buy any more, A. Give me a short list, if u like.
I will agree to read your “Wolf Hall”, A. Since I saw in in the library.
For the rest, we can pick. If you like, I would love a bestseller, a classic book one from 1001 list and etc lol. I never keep to it If I’m too ambitious. I’d agree to Wolf Hall for the next read, ok, A?
AWESOME
I have wanted to read Wolf Hall for months. I will get it today. Ok, about El Farris. That will be at a later time! I used to be so happy because every week I would go to the library. I would come home with all sorts of things like Dennis Rodmans autobiography or anything that interested me. I would be so happy with my pile of books!
As far as our choices. I don’t want something really slow going. After I got out of graduate school, I said I would never read a slow going book again. I had to read so many duds. I would be up for a classic if it was kind of easy to get into and read, B.
Ok
Well have u read a streetcar named desire, grapes of wrath, 1984, flowers for algernon, or any other bestseller classic?
I have read the grapes of wrath, 1984 and flowers for algernon. I don’t like to read plays that much. I have one fave play that I saw so many times, Long Days Journey into Night” Have you see that, B?
You know what? I bought some classics to read and never did. I will look and see what I have, B.
Alright
I’d like Bestsellers as well
Do u like
dune?
Me penumbras 24hr bookshop
The fault in our stars
Fahrenheit451
I don’t like the Ray Bradbury genre, so to speak. I don’t like adventure. I like the character development in books,B. I don’t know Dune
Why don’t u like Ray Bradbury? What is it abt him or his writing? I’ve not read so I don’t knw
My father is a huge adventure story reader like spies. Bradbury is science fiction but kind of technical, I think. I tried one and didn’t like it, so never read another. Books are so personal. Some authors styles really appeal to you. When I find an author I like, I read everything. I am like that with change. Once I find a nice hole, I stay in it :/
Same, A, Francine rivers seems like a good read.
I did the same for coelho n then now I wanna Luke if I read any more. I used to love Enid blyton n the author of Charlie n the choc factory.
I don’t know those 2 authors, B.
Mark of the Lion : A Voice in the Wind, An Echo in the Darkness, As Sure As the Dawn (Vol 1-3) Is this the one, B? It got 5 stars and it is 3 volumes so looks good.
But I don’t want you to purchase books for this book club, A. I believe I will want a book that is also found in your local library.
I bought Wolf Hall for 5 dollars. That is less than a small lunch down the street. That is a tip at restaurant for lunch. It is cool, B. I don’t do big expensive things :/
Whatever, A. You’ll be buying 50 books but Amazon is cheap and you don’t sound like you have a problem with book hoarding so go ahead and buy them, Ame.
Yep, when I am done, I give them to someone else to enjoy.
You really hate the library don’t you? Maybe the transport to and for cost more than five bucks for you
I like the library. I just got out of the habit and got lazy :/
Ok for our 3rd one, for the future. Do you want to make a short list cuz it is your turn or do you want me to do it? I don’t care either way. I
m easy :/
Well you can make a list but be sure to add variety n some best sellers.
I started looking on Amazon. There are so many books. How did you get your list, B?
The Husband’s Secret Hardcover
by Liane Moriarty
The Golem and the Jinni: A Novel Hardcover
by Helene Wecker
A Lineage of Grace: Five Stories of Unlikely Women Who Changed Eternity by Francine Rivers
Mark of the Lion : A Voice in the Wind, An Echo in the Darkness, As Sure As the Dawn (Vol 1-3) Paperback
by Francine Rivers
Joyland (Hard Case Crime)
by Stephen King
Orphan Train: A Novel Paperback – Deckle Edge
by Christina Baker Kline
The Anatomy of Motive : The FBI’s Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals Mass Market Paperback
by John E. Douglas
Dark Dreams: A Legendary FBI Profiler Examines Homicide and the Criminal Mind Mass Market Paperback
by Roy Hazelwood
Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI Mass Market Paperback
by Robert K. Ressler
Little Women (Bantam Classics) [Paperback]
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Paperback – August 29, 2013
by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and Sandra M. Gilbert
Persuasion (Dover Thrift Editions) Paperback
by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Dover Thrift Editions) by Jane Austen
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (
The Classic Treasury of Aesop’s Fables by Don Daily
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Phantom of the Opera: The Original Novel Paperback – December 11, 2013
by Gaston Leroux
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
White Fang [Paperback]
Jack London
I know this is a lot but they all looked kind of good so see what you like, B!
I just remembered you said you don’t want dark ones. Just ignore the dark ones.
They just looked good. I am dying to read more Francine Rivers but I am not wedded to any of these. They just looked interesting.
I will pick from these, A. But I’m not really a fan of jane Austen for some reason
What’s husbands secret and jinni about?
U sure u don’t mind reading another Francine rivers?
Actually, my desire WOULD be to read another Francine Rivers. That is my top choice, B. I feel very changed, even by that one book. I really like books to lift me up and to contribute something valuable to my life rather than just prurient interest like some on my list like about affairs and serial killers. I just didn’t know what you would like so I put various ones on there. *I* would like to read another Francine Rivers, for sure. In fact, I would like to stick with her for awhile.
Ok A
I’ll take the Francine rivers women that changed history. I actually saw that book so I know I can get it
For my list I’ll give you 1001 list to choose from, A. It’s a huge list but if u agree, u can short list them then I’ll short list from your list , ok? U can pick any 1001 list from the internet
Cool, B. That was just the one I wanted to read, too. Great minds think alike 😀
OK, B, I just saw this about the women who changed history but look at my last comment and see that Francine Rivers one. I will do whichever one you want but that one looks awesome, too. You can check them out and we will do whichever one you want.
I don’t want the other one, A :/ it’s 3 in 1 plus I don’t like lions
Ok B dear. That is fine, so we have our 3rd book picked. I am so enthralled with this current book that it may even take the place of my all time fave book, The Stand. This book is pure magic. Love is magic, B. If anything can transform, it is love. I am at the part where she ran away but came back. It was interesting that Hosea was not a wimp. He was a very strong man and she respected him. I think she could not have started to love him, which it seems she is, if she did not respect him. This stuck out to me. What do you think, B?
I haven’t seen the character development if respect yet, A. But to my knowledge she came back cuz it was 1 mile back to food and shelter and 30 miles north to slavery. She will be stupid to go back to the Duchess, too.
She is not one to know respect, A. To her all men are the same. She will respect him only if she finds her own bearing/respect which she has not.
I was thinking about this last night after I read your comment, B. In the OT, many things are shadows and foreshadowing of the NT. Gomer and Hosea are a foretelling of Jesus’ love for us. On the earth, one has to love and respect oneself BEFORE others will. Usually, one must command respect in order to get it, too. True human love is very scarce and very flawed.
God’s love is opposite this. It is the love Micheal Hosea has for Angel. It is given freely and the person does not deserve it. The Bible says that God loved is first and not because we did anything to deserve it.
I’m at 160 on the large brown book, A
Where u at now?
I think 260, B.
Ok I’ll try to catch up. I just saw Paul came home
I was wrong,B. I am at 160 and just saw Paul come home, too.
Ok A. Well I got a different message, although I liked yours.
I feel Hosea is a messenger of God, sort of like an instrument and he has full faith. He loved Angel not because he did so but because God told him to and he obeyed. God wanted to love Angel, and He did so in the form of Muchael in this story. It’s a bit diff from the soulmates stories. This one has God as a main theme I think.
Have you read any of the books in your list, A?
Btw why is your comment form arranged so weirdly
Why isn’t there a reply button for every comment
Yes, I know about the reply button, B. I don’t know why the replies are like that. I answer on the Comment Form itself but then it is not in order lol I did not read any books on my list cuz I wanted us to read them together? But, really I don’t want to read for the sake of entertainment as much as enrichment and Francine Rivers does that.
You know who might like this book. my English professor. She is so cool. She is a Gemini like I am. We laugh all the time. I am gonna e mail her this and see if she wants to come on with us.
What’s her name? I might know her.
My professor does not want to have her real name on here for anonymity.
I’ll ask a friend of mine to join too, then if she joins, if u don’t mind
Of course, B. Ask your friend. The more the merrier!
Speaking of expensive things. I buy nice spices like the Indonesian black pepper. I just bought some really cool olive oil made from kalmatra olives and things like that. I am kind of into gourmet cooking. I get a thrill from really hitting it right with food. Other than that, I don’t need expensive things, so the books are OK to buy.
Hi Ami, I can’t read every book, but with a heads-up I would like to read one of the E.L. Farris books (or some other contemporary fiction) with the group. I’m glad that I stumbled on this site.
Hi Alma dear and Welcome 😀
Well, trust me on this one, Alma. I have not led you wrong so far. You will really like this book.I have cried through most of it. I know E.L. Farris, as I told you, and I bet she would come up and talk to us. I have to wait until Biblea wants to read her though. Biblea and I must agree on books for there to be a Go!
Hey A
Could I ask what do you know about the name/history of Hosea? Isn’t that a bible symble steeped with meaning though
Yes, very much. Hosea married Gomer who was a prostitute. She cheated on him time and time again but he took her back. I remember one description on her. She was so dirty and filthy but Gomer took her back and loved her. It is a story of God’s love for us, B.
B, Can I ask you an astrological question. I don’t know if you deal with Nessus. Do you? Lets say a guy has his Pluto in exact trine to a female’s Moon. Also, his whole stellium of Sun, venus, Merc and nessus is an exact square to her venus. What would you say they both feel? Thank you, B, if you can help.
In not sure how to answ this, A
Nessus is the bad guy, right? Sq her venus would not be a gd thing I suppose
My question is how would she FEEL with all this stuff hitting her Venus in a square?
B How do you like my picture on my new article?
http://mychristianpsychic.com/journal/asked-ten-darkest-asteroids-synastry/
It’s ok, A
Do you like wolves?
Also regarding Nessus I really need to get a feel of that aspect to be able to answer. I frankly haven’t a clue
Nessus is the asteroid of pure abuse, B. If a person’s Nessus conjuncts another person’s Sun, the Nessus person will have a strong, strong urge to abuse the Sun person. This can be in any relationship at all. It is just the nature of Nessus.
I don’t like wolves, B, per se. However, they represent one’s primal nature, to me.
I don’t like to deal with Nessus now, A. I might delve into Proserpine but no bad asteroids. What does red riding hood represent then, A?
Ok, about Nessus. What do you mean about little red riding hood, B?
Did I get enough books for you, B 😀
Yes but I’d like if u took a look at the 1001 list
Hopefully there’s a book that can accommodate mine and your tastes there.
Did you put the 1001 list on here, B? I didn’t see it. I will get the next Francine Rivers one. Wolf Hall is on the way, so we are good so far. If you give me the 1001 list, I will take a look but I have a question for you. How about we keep on with Francine Rivers until we get tired of her or want to move on?
It’s a huge list. A. I could post it
http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/1001-books-to-read-before-you-die
Could you pick a few from there so we could short list to one?
I’d continue with rivers after this ok?
Sure, B. Thanks. We have the next two picked, so that is good. How about we go through some more of Francine Rivers before we move on? It is your call. I am easy 😀
I bookmarked the list and it will be a work in progress to pick some.I went through the list up to the last one but am not done yet but these look good
The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot #4)
by Agatha Christie
The End of the Affair
by Graham Greene
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
by Heinrich Böll, Leila Vennewitz
The Red and the Black
by Stendhal, Roger Gard
Willard and His Bowling Trophies
by Richard Brautigan
Tipping the Velvet
by Sarah Waters
Aesop’s Fables
by Aesop
Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, Vol. 2 (Cirque Du Freak: The Manga #2)9 we would do volume 1, first)
The Vampire’s Assistant (The Saga of Darren Shan #2)
by Darren Shan
Tunnels of Blood (The Saga of Darren Shan #3)
by Darren Shan
I remembered that you don’t want dark, B. Just forget these, then.
The Waves
by Virginia Woolf
Still Life with Bread Crumbs: A Novel Hardcover – Deckle Edge
by Anna Quindlen (I saw this on Amazon.)
The Elephant Tree
by R.D. Ronald
Veronika Decides to Die
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1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Veronika Decides to Die
by Paulo Coelho
A Prayer for Owen Meany
by John Irving
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson, Ralph Steadman (This is one of my all time fave authors since I was a teen)
One True Thing: A Novel Paperback9 saw this on Amazon)
by Anna Quindlen ( I may just get this one anyway even if you are not interested)
I an on page 234. I read a lot, today. What about you, B?
I’m on 218, A.
A, Veronika decides to die is one of the best books I’ve ever read. It touches the soul. I’ve read that already so I’m not going to choose that.
I don’t mind owen meany’s prayer or one true thing, A. Maybe can keep that on hold and let me think for a bit?
I’m also thinking of a book that can help practically, like a iphone app development book, A. What d’you think? I think it can help you put your asteroids to iphones apps as well.
I don’t think I want anything technical right now, B. My website switching over and all the glitches made me just want to not stretch myself with technology but I am getting a tablet soon so maybe then would be up for something . Do you have a tablet or know about them?
I’ve read 80% of Paulo Coelho and that is my favorite book of his. I think he wrote breathtakingly good with that one, A. It’s like you followed Veronika upon death and being brought to life in an irresistable dramatic realism. It’s slightly better than Redeemly Love, the former is high intense drama, the latter is agape love with promise of peace.
I will get that book if it is your fave, B. I bought the Anna Quindlan one which was the last one on the list. We can do it or not, whatever you want, but I wanted to read it, anyway.
why are u so interested in women and their mums, A?
Well get that book if you want to, A. It seems we have very different tastes in books. I mean like most books you listed arent going to be on my to-read list :/
Well are u sure those vampire books are on the 1001 lists?
Good, good, good B. Thanks. You can be so sweet! I bought that book already and so that will be our 4th. We are doing pretty well with a list of four, I think. Don’t you?
Yep, the vampire books are on the list, B. They are a series. How are our tastes different, B? Can you put it into words? I will check out your list. I am not gonna delete it. It will be good to keep for future reference.
Let’s forget the Goodreads and just do it on here. So, we have 4 in our list, right now. That is very good. The last one is the Anna Quinlan one, right. So, are we up to snuff on these 4? If so, we can pick more, if you want. Did you like any on my list?
Let’s just simplify matters and do our books, B dear. No use making major complications out of things :/
So far we have our present one, Wolf Hall, The Francine Rivers one on the Biblical woman and the Anna Quinlan one. Right? Do you agree with this list, so far, B?
I’m not too sure abt Qunlan. Care to share why it’s a star pick?
It had almost 5 stars. look it up on Amazon. We can forget it, though. We both have to like them, B. If one person is not excited, it is not good.
Here’s a few books I wanna read
Train man
100 strokes of the brush before bed
Lolita
Great Gatsby
Art of Motorcycle maintenance
Siddharta
The prophet
Mr penumbras 24 hr bookstore
Any suggestions or comments on these?
Btw I’m on pg 238
I used to love the Prophet when I was young. That sounds good. Lolitia sounds good. I did not like the Art of Motorcycle maintenance, The Great Gatsby or Siddarta. Lolita sounds good. I will check out the others and get back to you, B.
100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed Paperback
by Melissa P.
That looks good, B.
Train Man does not look too good to me, B.
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel Paperback
by Robin Sloan
This looks good, so any of those I just selected would be fine, B.
Thats cool A
Well I’ll let you know. Have you finished constructing your list A?
Cuz I’m having doubts abt Owen meany it’s a real thick book
If u have more I’d pick from them A
I can read anna quin but I’m not a big fan if mum daughter lit
B
Do you agree that we have three on our list now? The current one, Wolf Hall and the other Francine Rivers?
Yep
Aesop fables sound good.
Owen Meany sounds ok as well
Have you read cloud atlas or illusions?
Aesops fables sounds good to both of us B, so do you want to put that at number 4? I will check out Cloud Atlas and Illusions and get back to you.
Cloud Atlas does not sound that good to me, B. How about maybe later. I want to be super excited about the books and want you to be, too
Shall we pick the first 25?
Actually most years 21-25 was the most I could read in a year. Sad right?
It is not sad, B. You prolly have a fuller life than I do :/
Ok I hope I can get the same Arsops fables as yours
I think there are many versions A
It’s good to read books A
But then you must have moderation in everything
And don’t loose sight of reality
Spirituality is 100% when you’re dead n gone
Why not enjoy practical earth now while you’re here
Aww, so sweet and true, B, just like you. Yes, you are right about Aesops fables and the editions! If we have different editions, it won’t work. Want to forget it 😛
Yeah but can u give more options in your list cuz I won’t read anything dark or satanic at all
I have nothing more to choose from
I don’t like Woolf Austen bronte and these kind of writingsl
Ok B dear. Good night. Talk soon!
Gottcha. I am getting a feel for your taste and how to meet in the middle!
Btw I need to sleep
Will reply later in the evening
Are you wanting all my choices to be off your 1001 list or can they be choices from Amazon? Also, the fact that we have 3 is pretty good, B. I mean that will take us a few weeks or so, so we did well.
In the meantime can u share with me some bks u read last year, A? U can put them in good reads as read or put them here
I’m interested in way u read last year if u don’t mind sharing
Last year?
Some Trollope
Some Evan Hunter
Not too much, B. I got out of reading once I started Astrology, so was really excited to get back with you. You seem to read as fast as I do.
your comment form confuses me. Can you revert it to the reply tab after every comment?
btw what is jerky boys, a comic?
I comment on the Comment Form, B. It is easier than going to the article. Can I talk to you about something that is really bothering me? The Jerky boys? I want to link you a clip. I bet you would like them.
I left you that big list from your 1001 books. I just picked about 6 more. Why don’t you pick from those. There should be about 20 or so.
the 1001 list is pretty big, and it is found in amazon too. could you pick from there, cuz u shortlisted only a few and most are dark books..
Of course, B!
I just hit page 257, B.
Ok I have the list out again and will see what I think we might both like.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson,
Written on the Body
by Jeanette Winterson
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields
The End of the Affair
by Graham Green
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith
Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day
by Winifred Watson
are you interested in these books from the 1001 list?
the handmaid’s tale
the help
cloud atlas
love in the time of cholera
war and peace
on beauty
the stranger
master and margarita
inifinite jest
brothers karamanov
walden
brief wonderous life of oscar wao
delta of venus
red and black (this looks int, in your list also)
the secret history
The Red and the Black (Penguin Classics)
The Secret History
Yes, I guess we have different tastes but we can find ones we both like ^^
I will check out the rest tomorrow. I only looked at a few.
ok i’ll keep them in mind, A. I mean i just saw 1001 list doesnt have much beyond the very deep and difficult/ aka boring :/
BTW, the yellow wallpaper is only like less than 10 pgs and it is very etching/ unforgettable.
What is the yellow Wallpaper?
I really think we need to move beyond this list, B. You don’t want dark. I don’t like “masculine books” By that, I mean science fiction other than a soft science fiction like Crighton. I don’t like adventure and I don’t like technical books. You don’t like girly romance like Austen. You don’t like dark like vampires. You don’t like mystery. You don’t like female writers, in terms of the feminist genre, like Virginia Woolf. So, we need to meet in the middle which we CAN. It won’t be that hard. We already have 3 that we both like but I think we need to move beyond this single list imo.
we have VERY different tastes in books, A.
you didnt answ my comments below A :/
yellow wallpaper is about a mentally ill woman who sees figures on her wallpaper. it was written beautifully, A
I never heard of it B. It sounds lovely. Do you want that to be our 4th book? We are choosing our 4th one right now, if you lost count :/
I did pick 7 from your list, though, B. Did you see them? Did you not like them? In my opinion, we should forget the list and just look for single books and present them to each other.
I would like melancholy death of oyster boy to be are fourth book, if that’s what you mean
It’s bad of u to ignore my comments down below :/
I’ve read yellow wallpaper already so I’ll pass
I never ignore you, B dear :/
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories Hardcover
by Tim Burton
This is fine, B! I will get it today. Ok, so we have 4 . That is cool!
I thought you’d like love in the time of cholera, A
It’s a highly rated book
I like your suggestion of one single book
U can try first, A
I had a look at amazon this afternoon and they did have some good books!
Btw what do u think of paradise lost?
I thought your idea of honoring Christ sounds good I don’t mind reading christian fiction while learning more abt the bible. But I hv low tolerance for boring books :/
I KNOW. I hate boring books. Both of us have to be excited by the book. I don’t care how long it takes to find them. We will. We can do the El Farris ones at any time, too. Just keep that in mind. The love in the time of cholera looked OK. I will tell you honestly. I am not crazy about “true love” stories. I think they are fake and they make a person yearn for what can’t be. That is why I did not really choose that one
I don’t like
Movie books, A. I kind if have a phobia to them
I’ve watched Ripley and I don’t like fear n loathing
It sounds better on the big screen
Ok about movie books, B. That is fine!
I was thinking of this book “Paradise Lost”, A what do you think? It can be are 4th book. It has biblical themes
If not I’ll choose Lolita
No hurry
Lolita is Ok, too.
Don’t buy the books first A. You must be patient… What if you or I don’t read till the fourth book
I bought the Francine Rivers one–The Lineage of Grace. I did not get the others yet. I will check out Paradise Lost and Lolita and get back to you!
You are sensible, B :/
Ok I will do Paradise Lost. It is quite a daunting book but I will. We need to be sure to get a good edition and the same one because people say the editions vary and some are not too good.
Oic, A. Didn’t know that
Ok don’t buy the books first ok
I’m having trouble with reedeemly love it’s getting boring at the centre where the kids are. I’m @260, and I’m struggling to read :/
Yes, the kids are boring. I agree. I don’t know my page number but I could see how that whole theme would just keep getting worse :/
What doe ms pettigrew entail? I keep forgetting to check :/
I don’t think I want paradise lost anymore after reading reviews A
Maybe we can put it to later.
Can I change it to Freakinomics?
A year of living biblically?
I’m having a hard time choosing. You’ll prolly read 3 books before I complete this one, A.
Out of interest how many books did u read in 2013? Could u share them with me?
Good about Paradise Lost. It seemed like a drag :/
I did not read for a long time, so prolly did not read many in 2013. I will look up Freakinomics. I still like Redeeming Love.
Freakonomics does not really turn me on. I kind of know what you like enough to pick some different books for us. Have to fear. Deputy Dawg is on the job.
I don’t like A Year of Living Biblically. For me, I want to learn things beyond what I could learn on my own. That is what interests me about reading. I like an author with really good insight into human nature in a way that I could never do.
Once you start a book, if you give up you get cooties.
What doe ms pettigrew entail?
What do you mean? If it is in Redeeming Love, I have not gotten there yet.
Hopeless Paperback
by Colleen Hoover
The Secret Keeper: A Novel Paperback
by Kate Morton
Sycamore Row Hardcover
by John Grisham
Drowning Ruth: A Novel (Oprah’s Book Club) Paperback – Print
by Christina Schwarz I bet you like this one :/
Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah’s Book Club) Paperback
by Jeffrey Eugenides
Oprahs Book club is a good place to look. She kind of discovered Wally Lamb and so she has really good taste in books imo
B
This is on a whole different subject. Have you ever heard The Jerky Boys?
You don’t know what I like, A. I don’t like the title drowning Ruth
Anything with water puts me off, A.
I like catchy titles that just shine and say “read me!”
I try to avoid women books unless they’re light and witty.
I saw this book in the library about this pretty sis and the smart sis. I think it’s called the pretty one and the smart one. That’s my kinda book, A. Nothing about lifetime dramas kinda books.
Drowning Ruth sounds awful to read tbh. I mean it’s a gd bk but someone wrote the whole story out n then I don’t like that it’s a female story of tears complications death and bondage. I don’t know how to explain it A
Ok B
You make the lists and I will choose. That sounds like a plan :/
I don’t like anything about gay transgender or middle sex as well, A. Nor virgin suicide kinda books. Sorry I was busy today, I’m free now and I’ll give u a list soon. Just for interest sake, A. You don’t have to pick from there. I’m not a fast reader so it’ll prolly take me or us time to actually read those books :/
Lets do this, B dear. You give me lists of 5-10 books. I will pick one. If I can’t, I will ask for another list. Redeeming Love got a little better. I don’t want to say where I am in case you are not there. It is better though. The kid’s theme ended and that was good that it was not prolonged. You were right about that lol
Ok
The book thief
Mr Penumbra’s 24 hr bookstore
Fyodor Dotevsky
the help
handmaids tale
lolita
tree grows in brooklyn
i never promised you a rose garden
the good earth
velveteen rabbit
perks of being a wallflower
watership down
I’ll look thru your list now. I need to key them into goodreads.
Man, B
My all time fave book as a child was a Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I adore that character. I think her name was Francine, if I remember correctly. I have read some of these like The Good Earth, Velveteen rabbit, which is one of my favorites etoo. I will look later, B dear.
The thing about the Prophet is that it is kind of like the Bible. You don’t just read/read it. You kind of study it. We could do that at the same time as our novels, if you want. We could do the same chapter and talk about it. I would like to do that. It would be cool, B.
But the prophet is a real slim book, right A? I saw it but didn’t take it
Slim but super esoteric. It is not just junk esoteric. It is really good stuff but deep, philosophy and no slow going and one must think about each page or really each sentence, B, imo
This was hw I felt about Ayn rand. She’s almost biblical to me. Not to blaspheme
From your list, I’d like Arsops fables as well
Have you read Melancholy death of oyster boy? Or phantom tollbooth?
I don’t want anything dark or twisted, A so I have to say no to any vampirical or dark books inclusive of anything warped,
You are everevolvingepithet too right A?
She was bad, B. Man, that one was dynamite and not in a good way :/
Why do u act so sweet and innocent as TV then you become cray cray like sand and hera
U talk like eee actually
Cray Cray :/
So you! I am gonna see what page I am on in the book. I am making a jakes juice. I got my 4 aloe leaves, so God Forbid, I keep my hair nice :/
Can u talk like that cray TV ?
What is cray TV? I have not watched TV in like 5 years
That dumb cray TV who always gets plummeted by TOC
I don’t know anything about it, B. Do you like Redeeming Love any better now?
I am on page 303. What about you, B? If I had my druthers. After Wolf Hall, I would do a bunch of Francine Rivers. It really lifts me up.
284, A
I got a few qns to ask you
Who is Joseph Rothschild?
Why’d you think Angels father slept with her then shot himself?
What was he tormented by? Do you think he loved Angels mum?
Hi B
Before we talk about that, I wanted to talk about Mawagon(sp) I think he was a form of Satan. I think the Par a dice was a form of Hell and the fact that it burned down in flames was a symbol. What do you think? I wonder about the 2 girls who got killed in the fire. This is a wild, wild guess. It may show that good people like Lucky go to hell. Maybe, innocent people like the Chinese girl, go to hell but this is kind of stretch. I do think that Satan and the fire may have been a symbol though. Also, the Madame moved on and Satan is til in this world and will go on forever thus. He is not stopped by tragedy. He causes tragedy and moves on to cause more.
I am on 307 or so
I really need to think about these questions. I don’t want to talk off the top of my head. I think that Duke was a figure of Satan though. Micheal is a figure of Jesus, of course and of God.
To me, Angel’s father was totally selfish in the manner of a Mal Narc or a sociopath. He loved Angel’s mother for how she made HIM feel, not what she needed or who she was. This is a very common kind of love. Astrolology wise, it sounds like a Nessus/Deja relationship. They are the heights of passion, like more than any other aspect even Pluto ones. When they end, the wreckage is mind boogling. That happened here.
Rothschild is Jewish, which is interesting. This is a total guess and a stretch. He may have represented the Old testament. However, I think more of the case that he was a solid friend and represented the wonderful friendships in the Bible like David and Jonathan. Maybe, he just represented the value of friendship and loyalty, given freely and with devotion.
Just throwing out some ideas for us. Angel’s father may have been a form of Judas. He would not accept repentance and he killed himself when he saw what he did to Jesus. Angel was an innocent and was betrayed by the father as Jesus was an innocent and betrayed by Judas ( and the world)
The father may have represented this fallen world in which there is no hope. The father was hopeless and, as such, killed himself. This world is hopeless. too.
The father defiled angel as Judas and the world defiled Jesus. Angel will come forth OK and so Angel represents hope, too. Those are just some ideas to run by you. They may not be right at all. Just putting them out there for your consideration, B.
Why didn’t you answ my qns :/
Well tbh I don’t think Francine Rivers is a very good writer like someone who will convey symbols and meaning. She is a literal writer. I think the author just wanted to get rid of Lucky and Mai Ling to aid in the story development. They are sort of like useless characters.
I don’t see it burning down as being a hell but it shows that evil places burn down and are vanquished. Nago wan is not satan but a useless Minion of him
Muchael is not Jesys but a man of faith
Well, the book is getting a bit predictable but I feel Rivers is very good conveying human emotion and I appreciate that. I think one can guess about meanings and symbols and may be wrong. Rivers has workbooks for some of her books and those would tell us, if you want to get them. I do thing there are figures of Satan in there such as Magawan and Duke, though. They could be figures of demons, too. They are figures of the dark side, at any rate, I think.
I think Micheal is a form of God and Angel is a form of man, though. I feel pretty certain of this from Hosea and Gomer. Also, Hosea is God and Gomer is Israel. The OT stories may have many layered meanings, too.
I did not get Wolf Hall in the mail yet. I hope it did not get lost in the mail. I will check it out today. So, we are deciding on our 4th Book now, right?
I don’t want to read too deep into this, A. I don’t know who Joseph is in the story
I don’t remember reading about him
Anyway the dad was wrecked by guilt I felt he did love the mum as well, A. If he did not he wouldn’t kill himself
Do u really think Francine Rivers is a mystery writer? I think she was just trying to write the story of Angel
The main focus is her
There aren’t any more to it
If there were I didn’t pick up on it A
Cool that u picked up so much on it
But you shouldn’t get so lost in things here
Francine is not unravelling a biblical mysteryou shd look for Dan brown for that
Who is Dan Brown, B? If I had to hone it down to a simple symbol. I would say Hosea was God/Jesus and Angel was mankind.
I was just at the library juz now trying to pick up wolf hall but it’s not there
Incidentally I picked up a book called Kate’s style by Caroline. It’s gorgeous I’m glad I spent 14min of my life reading that
That book sounds amazing. It is about Kate Middleton?
http://www.lovingwhenithurts.com/2012/10/hosea-and-gomer.html
http://www.womenoffaith.com/2011/06/hosea-a-love-story-2/
Here are some links that explain the book of Hosea, I think it is a book. I have not read these all the way through but thought you could google Hosea and see what struck you and bring it back and we can talk about it, if you want.
Yes her dress style, A
I loved that book
I’m sure the princess has got many fashion stylists A and tips for dress but her dress style is sensitive and respectful
Something I love abt her dressing
Good insight, B. She is not flashy at all. This was really interesting to me. Did you see her official portrait. She looks older. It fascinated me that a woman would look worse in a portrait but is showed the gravity with which she took her position. She is a Cappy venus, I think and that may be part of it. What do you think of the portriat.
Did you like Diana’s style, B? What about Jackie O? Did you like her style? I have picture books on these woman. I am fascinated by them. I have read all the biographies of them.
Ok A
You’re right about Angel being mankind
But let’s keep her to human form for now ok?
Do you not believe Michael can be human too? Must he be God? To me Michael is just a man with faith. A simple man with faith that moves mountains
This is what I think, B. The characters can be symbols of several things. Hence, Micheal is a man with simple faith. His name is after the book of Hosea. I think it is a book or the character, anyway. So, that tells us he was a man and he had a wife who was a prostitute. However, Hosea is also a picture of God with faithless Isreal and also God with mankind. So, I think Micheal Hosea is a picture of all this, too. The bottom line is that God loves man even if man is filthy and degenerate like the symbol of a prostitute. That is the picture of it imo
I have not seen the portrait.. not sure what portrait you speak of.
Well, I dont like diana or jackie o style
I like vanessa hudgens style, sometimes carla bruni.
do u know how i can save my login info? it always resets and this irritates me.
I don’t know those people. I will look them up. I think you have to register for my Forum. I am not sure because I am on this side but try that. Google Kates official portrait and you will see it. If not, I will link it. It is so unusual for a woman to have a portrait where she looks worse. I would like your opinion on it, B.
btw I really wanna go visit Egypt. Which country do you really wanna go for your next trip, A?
Aww I see. I have no desire to see Egypt. I have been to Israel, twice and that is my fave place. I have always wanted to see France but with the Muslim population getting so dominant, it would ruin it. I have always wanted to see the English castles. The one historical period I love is Henry the 8th. Other than that, I am not that interested in history. B, if you can go OBE, you can visit anyplace. We could try to do it together. You have to really work at it. It is a real skill like playing tennis :/
It’s not nice, A. Kate has never been really good looking. She is stylish and then she is waifish and then she knows how to carry herself. To me, sometimes she looks like a transgender. It doesn’t matter, though. She has an interesting face. She looks good overall.
http://static.entertainmentwise.com/photos/Image/spl435738_001.jpg
I saw Kate in movement after the birth of her son. I think her smile makes her beautiful. She does not have a classic beauty in terms of Princess Grace. However, she has a movement to her which is very pleasing imo. Do you know that she has Chiron conj the ASC, I think and she was bullied.
yes, she has a certain masculine feel to her. I can see how you say the transgender thing, B.
That is a terrible pic of her, B. Can you imagine how bad it would be to be a public figure with people clamoring for your bad pics. That would kill a Libra ASC 😀
i like her dress there..
did u see my comment on countries?
No, your comments on countries? I missed it. I will look, B.
I don’t like her dress there. It is too plain for me. I think more of a pizazz style like Diana or Jackie O.
ok show me the pizzaz style, please.
and let me know which countries u wanna visit. or u wanna stay home n read books?
Umm, The only country I have a desire to visit again would be Israel. Other than that, I will stay home and read books :/ You know what is cool about Israel. It feels like home. When you land, they say “Welcome home”. I was crying all the time because I felt God’s presence there. The first time I went, I was in college. I did not believe in Jesus. I went with my family and grandmother. I was crying during that whole trip, too. God’s spirit is there, B. You and I should go together :/
The pizzaz style. I will look a bit later, B.
When Diana went to the White House and danced with John Travolta, I liked that dress. I will get some pics if you want but I like classic with an exotic twist. kate is too classic for me.
hee hee hee. tell me how you will look like so i can spot you at the airport. I mean I expect to not be surprised.
I’ve never thought of going to Israel, A. Are there any touristy attractions there? Do not tell me you are going on a pilgrimage
LOL Pilgrimage
Well, Israel has a spirit unlike any place in the world, B. You would feel it. There are amazing things to see. She is a tiny country the size of New Jersey. In a few hours, you can cover the whole country. It has very old sites if you like archeology, which I don’t. You can see Biblical places like the Valley of Meggido in which the final battle of the Tribulation will take place. You can see all sorts of amazing things in terms of culture, if you like that.
It is interesting that Israel got the black Ethiopian Jews and so one can see the Black Jews, too, which is fascinating. There are Chinese Jews and Jews from all races. I have to try to avoid saying, ‘You don’t look Jewish”
I like to wander around cities and see the people and the little shops and places that people go, not the major sites. It was pure desert before the Jews got it after WW2 and now it feeds the Middle East and provides as many flowers as Holland.
I like these dresses, A
http://www.fashion-district.org/files/2013/03/miranda-kerr-floral-dress.jpg
http://cdn01.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/headlines/2013/07/miranda-kerr-big-apple-bombshell.jpg
http://www.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2013128/reg_634.VanessaH.Dress.mh.022813.jpg
I dont like that diana dress; she looks like death
http://celebsview.info/wp-content/uploads/vanessa-hudgens-style-05.jpg
vanessa hudgens dresses effortlessly, like she loves life, A.
Cool. Thanks, B. It will be fun to look! You are such an interesting person.
YES, Vanessa has a great style. I like that but I am not crazy about the others. They are kind of grandma dresses, to me :/
you mean the mirander kerr dresses are granny dresses? it takes a great figure to pull those off, A
You are right about the figures, B! However, I am not crazy about the style of dress. It is simple which I like but I like some more of an interesting twist added.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bBGzVmKvbsk/TkPhs8JOvlI/AAAAAAAACaY/ZQjUqW7b6nQ/s640/vanessa-hudgens.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BiXTjqlGh8k/Tbcz9gr0_9I/AAAAAAAAEeE/9QY0txSCIto/s1600/vanessa-hudgens-hat.jpg
http://www.stylebakeryteen.com/images/vanessa-hudgens-beach-style.jpg
I love these <3
YES, B! Her style is truly amazing. I can see why you love it. I had my eye on an Alice Olivia dress which has kind of that style. I will link it for you. Her style is what I mean that she has style and not just what one would “expect” from a well dressed person.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191042118407?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
I’m not int in obe A sorry
I won’t mess with these stuff
It’s best u find someone else to obe with A
I want a real human experience n not a ghostly one
Ok, B.
I don’t like that dress it’s too old styled for me
Btw A, try forums there are many ppl doing the same obe stuff u are
If u really wanna be gd at it they’ll teach u
But just be careful
Don’t go where things have become irreversible :/
Yes, that e bay dress is so-so. I don’t need Forums, B. I do it on my own but it would be fun to do it with a cool person like you :/
No, find someone else, please. If like to live in the real world. It would make me miserable if I were to live in the Neptunian world. I am moving away from astrology after about 15 years. It didn’t improve my life much, A. I prefer to live in the real world than a spiritual one. Best you find someone with similar interest to you. I won’t ever do OBe I’m sorry
Our ideals clash greatly
I’m no longer into astrology as much as before, A
I found myself I no longer need that as my guide
That is cool, B. Can you explain more about how you found yourself, if you care to, only.
Life is about living in the real world
Not hiding in the darkness of astrology
It won’t make you a living it just prepares you to be a spiritual person or go back to the spirit world
Nothing wrong with that but I no longer like that
It’s a matter of willpower and knowing what you want
I’ve always been one person I don’t play act to different people
Thus I can be more focused in life
I don’t want to waste my energies on useless things
It depends on what you like and what you look up to
Who your role model is
Then live your life accordingly
Nobody holds you back
You’re very stubborn u are the only person that can help yourself :/
I think to be successful one must be smart in the sense of knowing what to give up and what not to what to invest in and what not to
If u fail in that then your path is swerved
It depends on what makes u happy ok
Aww a lot of wisdom, B. Thank you. I have clear, personal goals, to me. I want to be authentic and have an authentic voice that is true to myself. I want to be able to stand up for what I think is right. I want to be true to myself in a word. I want to be a light that leads people to Jesus for my spiritual goals. For my more specific personal goals, I want to sing and play the guitar well enough to be a professional.
Who are your role models, B? What are your goals, in a specific sense, if you care to say. You have been more general.
We are very different, A
I’m not going to focus alot on spirituality anymore
I want succes in the material world, A
Ask what a normal human being wants
That’s what I want as well
I’m conventional
Anyway, B. I am gonna get back to my book and look forward to Wolf Hall coming. My life has gotten much richer now that I am reading. We still have to pick our 4th Book. Right? I am not sure where we left off but we will do it!
Why are you so helpless
What do you mean, B?
Here is a destination for your next trip, B We have to do this one together!
http://israel21c.org/israel-in-the-spotlight/israel-on-the-scrabble-map/
Scrabble? I’d see you’re the type to go to Israel just to play scrabble
If you go to Egypt with me I can wrap you in gauze and put u Ina coffin A you’d love that I think
It’s an experience you won’t forget
I h8 u
U are so idiotic
🙁 🙁 :/
I was at a bookstore just now trying to find the other francine rivers. then i saw a book, called bible something, but it was a christian fiction. it was set in israel and had a girl on the cover. i would like to read that book, if u could find that title for me. it’s a new arrival type of book.
i also saw that the old version, bantam books has a different storyline for reddemly love. what is your publisher? mine is the multnomah publishers.
i at 303, where are u at?
also, i thought u had deleted this post for good, and our book club has disbanded. you throw such surprises, good or bad, a.
Our book club is still on! I love it, B! How can I find that book from just that small amount of info, B? I am at 313, I think. I have about 2 chapters left, I think. You try to find out the name of that book, B. You would be better able than I. You are a librarian, for goodness sakes :/
I’m at 321, now. I saw your analogy around these pages. God loves man even though they are not worthy. And they keep leaving Him…
Well I’ll search it but two eyes are better than one :/ Won’t you help search? Well it has isreal on it, I don’t really like isreal, its your kinda book thats why i asked if u knew, a.
What do I search, B. There is not enough info for me to search, my Friend
ok i will try to find it…
How has it changed you, Friend..?
Thank you, B. I could not begin to search for a book with those few words. Well, I do feel quite changed. I am breaking down some of my defenses. I was just like my mother in being SOOOO hard on myself. I will give you an example. I have a beautiful garden but I would go out and see that I had not weeded and I had not started seeds and I had not picked off dead things I needed to and I would feel like such a failure. I did this in all parts of my life. I have made a success of this website but my house is a mess. I look at my house and feel like a failure. I look at my closet and feel like a failure. I look at my personality and feel like a failure.
Also, Seeing Angel’s shame helped me see my own. That is just one thing and there are many more that I will write about later, too.
That’s beautiful, A. I am glad the story could inspire you so much. It’s not too late to live the life you wish you led, A.
Thank you, B dear.
What canned fruit do you like?
I like sweet peaches, canned green grapes and mandarins. I wanna see how our taste differs, A
Well I haven’t been connected to the Tudors although I must admit some fascination for Anne Boelyn
Well could it be you were from that period?
U can do that search for the fiction book, btw I wanted to see how good you were with google
I can’t find it yet maybe u can.
B, I don’t see how we can find a book if we just have the words Israel and the Bible. I would help if I could. Yes, Anne Boelyn is totally fascinating. She is at the center of this period, for me. As far as canned fruit, I don’t eat it, so can’t really say. That was a cute question though :/
This book has really changed me, B.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/946.Books_Besides_the_Bible_Recommended_for_Christian_Readers
do u like any on this list? Screwtape letters?
well i just borrowed wolf hall. its not my kinda book, A. but I figured I could try to improve my reader breadth.. my book is the paperback.. there was a hardcover which I thought was prettier but it was heavier.
Thanks for reading a book that was not your kind. I will try to do the same for you on our next book!
Looks like a cool list, B. I will study it later.
Yea, I don’t like heavy books either, B.
well A, its always good to read a genre that you’d never otherwise read.
In school we dissected macbeth, and other books like the outsiders. to be honest I really loved them but I would never have picked them up on my own. Thats how I see it, A. If left to my devices I’ll read my kinda books still but those other books left a great impact on me.
I am thinking redeemly love is not your kind of book. I am glad you chose to read this chicklity fiction, a.
Yes, about studying a hard book like Macbeth. If we were to do it, we would prolly need study notes. I bet we could do something like this but we would have to put forth more effort. What do you mean Redeeming love is not my kind of book? Do you call it chick fiction?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11149.The_Screwtape_Letters
I think you will like Screwtape letters, A. I like it too, it is also symbolic, and its about demons. but i dont wanna read about demons now, so maybe later on down the list?
Btw, I noticed the whole site changed colour and style… A. I am not sure what happened.
I am making it so mobile devices and tablets can use it easier, B. As far as Israel, B, I would die for her.
The Screwtape Letters look really good, B. We will read it if/when you want!
I am looking at the list now. I will put up what looks good to me.
The Case for Christ
by Lee Strobel
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables #1)
Surprised by Joy
by C.S. Lewis
Till We Have Faces
by C.S. Lewis
Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
by John Piper
The Problem of Pain
by C.S. Lewis
The Practice of the Presence of God
by Brother Lawrence
Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
by Francis Chan, Danae Yankoski
The Robe
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The Robe
by Lloyd C. Douglas
Don’t Waste Your Life
by John Piper
The Jesus I Never Knew
by Philip Yancey
The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out
by Brennan Manning
What’s So Amazing About Grace? Study Guide
by Philip Yancey
Jesus Freaks: DC Talk and The Voice of the Martyrs – Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus, the Ultimate Jesus Freaks
The Count of Monte Cristo (Oxford World’s Classics)
by Alexandre Dumas
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
by Eric Metaxas
The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant
Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman’s Soul
by John Eldredge
You know, I like everything on here except if it is LDS/Mormon. What looks good to you? I just got to the end of page 2 and I am gonna have 100 :/
dont waste your life sounds good, a.
what did u mean youd die for israel… did u mean it literally.
Yes, B. I meant it literally. This song reminds me of the book “Redeeming Love”, Did you finish? I wanted to ask you something about the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_J34QyY0Pk
by the way, the script in your page says cloudflare, it is not working :/
I have not finished but I will in a while.
I hope I get Wolf hall today. I have wanted to read that book for months but was too lazy to get it :/
what is nice about wolf hall, and why would u die for isreal.
u are a weird persona, A.
Israel will take me a while to answer. B dear. Wolf Hall is about the only period in history in which I have an interest enough to study and read–Henry the 8th and the wives. I have read most everything on them.
Which actress would you get to play Angel?
The lady on the cover is not pretty enough :/
Would you get someone like Nicole Kidman?
I see a porcelain figure maybe Nicole Kidman or the other female that played pearl harbr. I might even put avril lavigne
My cover has the lady’s face cut off but I would not do Nicole Kidman at all. There is one girl I saw in her life. She looked exactly like an angel. She was that totally gorgeous. She was a med student at Duke which is amazing. She had won a state beauty contest.
One day, I saw her in the grocery story. She was so gorgeous that even in the grocery store, she stuck out as an angel.
To me, I would pick a Victoria’s Secret Model. There is one I am thinking of but I don’t know there names. Angel was totally gorgeous even in a frumpy dress. That is very, very unusual.
Avril is not really Angel, to me. This girl would be Angel to me, B.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/03/27/article-2121079-125AB230000005DC-700_634x777.jpg
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20322566-the-action-bible?bf=2000&from_search=true
i like this, what do u think?
anyway i just read your israel synopsis. you really sound like a politician. I have no knowledge of melingi or whatever you wrote, friend.. none at all. where did you get so much info on israel?
The action Bible looks cool, B. Did you mean we would get it as one of our books or were you just showing it to me?
I’m showing to you first, A cuz I’m not sure I wanna buy it yet. It can be possible for future reading, though. It’ll prolly cost 6x a paperbacks cost.
Btw this new format is easier to use for mobile devices but the catch is that you cannot see an overview of everything and then you need to scroll up blindly
The Bible will be my present to you, B!
Lol no need, A
B dear
If you would accept a gift, I would be the one who would be honored. It would be my pleasure, much more than yours. Allow me to, B dear. It would be my Valentines Day present to you. I owe you a present anyway :/
Lol A, you are so polite. You don’t have to send, A. Well tbh that isn’t my superduperabsolutelyfave book, plus I’ve not read 1/600 of the bible properly, as well.. I just wanted you to see it, like a comic bible version. I’m not very much a fan of this drawings, they come across very dark to me, like Sandman. I like clean, children-style drawings, A. I had a full coloured children’s bible but I think someone stole it. I would really like that one. But I would only know it when I see it.
So, all in all, do you like this format better for mobile devices?
I replied this already but I think it did not post.
Well it’s nicer and neater but on my mobile device I have to scroll a long time as I cannot contract or expand the page to aid my viewership. Overall it’s nice. It has a wordpress format.
I will take your comments about the format and send them to the guy who designs the format. Thanks. B!
it would be nice to have a “NEW” or colour indication of a new post, as well. I mean it’s going to be all text over here
The web designer wrote this to me when I sent him your comments, B
The forum comment from your friend sadly can’t be fixed at this time. Your forum doesn’t have a responsive theme at this time. (It however will be the end of march and will be Installed with your maintanence contract)
Check this out, B
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=348820361835617
It’s hilarious A
U posted it before on dxp
They can be sued for this lol
I was thinking that I would have had a literal heart attack, B
I finished the book. It was amazing. I am crying and will go to bed crying, for many reasons, joy is one of them.
Is your book the small paperback?
I’m still at p 327
Yeah the VS models sound like a good idea, A. Yes the cover with half a face has an ugly girl, A
Post the pics if u like. But Angel has to be special and not just an empty porcelain casing
She has to have expressive eyes or some emotion
I was thinking Miranda Kerr, or Namie Amuro, tang Wei, Candice swanpoel, jesdica alba,
Btw immdone reading!
You can be assured christian lit have good endings . God is good
U can ask me your qn if u like
You are right about good endings, B! Well, this was my question or point for discussion. Angel really changed inside like a great deal. That gave me hope. To me, you could really see Angel’s shame when she was in the church and didn’t think she belonged among “good people”. I can relate to that shame even though I did have her specifics, of course. You really take on what was done to you in terms of owning it and it being part of you, rather than something outside you. I could relate to that. I could relate to her shame and to her not wanting to let anyone close so they would not see you and hence it would be uncovered.
I am still thinking of a way to explain what Israel means to me but I don’t have the words, B, so will wait until I do.
How Reading Changed My Life Paperback
by Anna Quindlen
Check this book out, B.
Interesting, A. I saw it. It isn’t what I’d normally read, but I’d check it out in the lib and let you know if it’s my cup of latte.
Wow I usually comment on the Comment Form. We have a lot of comments, B :/
Anyway, I wanted to talk about the book a bit. It struck me that there were Satanic/demonic characters such as Mogawan, Duke and others. Then, there were savior kind of characters like Rothschild. You asked me about him. He may have been a guardian angel kind of symbol. Also, that banker that took angel out of that whore house after Duke had forced her back.
These people may just be people who listen to God and prolly are. It shows how God can lead you. This gave me peace and a sense I can trust God more.
Many of these people throughout the book were led in supernatural ways by God, starting with Michael and his feeling that Angel would be his wife.
It was cool how they had children too. Her name of Sarah was related to Sarah in the Bible who did not trust God to wait for children. She took matters into her own hands and told her husband to have a child with the Egyptian maid. They had the son Ishamael.
That is the origin of the Arab people and all the things we deal with today, B.
After this, God gave Sarah the son he had promised which was Isaac, who is the father of the Jews. These two sons of Abraham are at the root of what you see today.
The Arabs got land and oil but God said the PROMISE( Jesus, the Law etc) would come through the Jews.
The Arabs made up the Koran to make another version of the story in which Ishmael was the son of promise, not Isaac. Hence, that is Mid east History 101 in a thumbnail :/
I’m not sure I share your views on Islam, A
I understand, B.
Since you are so sweet to me, B, how can I refuse a present :/
I’m started on Wolf Hall
I’m not quite sure ill like it. Has yours arrived? You will prolly complete it before me again.
You could add that to your 2014 list on Goodreads!!
Anyway, B, I appreciate the kind comments about my appearance but you know me, the heart is where it is really at.
Anyhoo, B, lets get back to our books. I hope Wolf Hall comes today. Do you want to try to pick the 4th one?
You are someone afraid of life, A
You need to get out more to see how people struggle so hard to live
You are way in your comfort zone, friend
I don’t want a life like yours
My desires in life are totally opposite to yours, A
It’s hard to remain friends
Maybe only in spirit
You are a gemini trying to hard to be a Scorpio
You should delve into more areas than just website astrology
Get out meet people and see how people go to many ways to just make a few dollars
You will find it exciting because it will take the focus off you
You will see how people see you as a tool or cash cow
It’s fun in the real world A
Don’t trap yourself like a schizo in a mental ward
Your gonna waste your life friend
Lana Del Ret would be perfect for this role of Sarah Hosea
She has the porcelain look, and she can look innocent and like a slut at the same time
She also looks fragile as a baby’s breath flower but tough as steel
She is perfect for this role
You asked what I did? I went out to meet people, A
It’s no longer school days
In the real world, ppl are interested in money and not you or your feelings
It’s no longer about self esteem or how people see you
It’s fun to play mental gymn with marketers, A ,
I see, B.
Do you want to pick our 4th Book, B? If you really don’t want to finish Wolf Hall, we don’t have to. I was thinking of that Christian writer and his name escapes me now, the one who wrote the Screwtape letters. Must be the Oldtimers :/
Give me a list then, A
I mean it can include anything like those we agreed upon earlier or new books
It’s good to read as well
Clive s Lewis wrote screwtape
Right CS Lewis
OK–How about my son’s book on Heaven. He says it is amazing. Do you want to stick with Wolf Hall a bit more? I gave you several lists. Why don’t you go back and look.
I don’t wanna look
It takes too much time scrolling
Besides I don’t think we should choose bk four so early
:/
Why the hurry
If u want then oyster boy
My friend liked this book
Anyway enough with the kissy face. I thought I got Wolf Hall but didn’t. Man, I may have to go out to get it :/
by the way in addition to wolf hall, i have the terry pratchet discworld book. ive always wanted to read that, just for info.
https://www.goodreads.com/trivia/details/201085-in-b-redeeming-love-11422-redeeming-lov
I can’t access it, B. They keep asking me question upon question. Want to cut and paste it?
Because you have been so bad, I started Ripple by E.L. Farris.
Go ahead I will read my Terry Pratchett book then
NO, my love. It is too sad not to read a book with you. Forgive me, PLEASE. I will get Wolf Hall, today.
Didn’t you order it for five dollars?
I did from Amazon. I have to contact them today but I am going out to eat a non existent lunch with my non existent son. Then, we are going to a non existent store to buy non existent produce for our non existent salads.
What does that even mean
Does it mean you will sit by the computer the whole day, then
It means that I won’t answer your quips as fast as I usually do. I am onto Greer Childers breathing now.
You mean like that vomit face she does, is that Greer breathing normally
Yes, exactly
My psychic feeling is that I am going to get Wolf Hall today. Do you want to stick with it. I think you should make the effort :/
yea, start on Wolf Hall. My psychic feeling is that you will like it 😀
I am gonna get a tablet for the few cases when I am away from the computer. I do have to go to my niece’s wedding. They will have to kick in the roof and take me out with a bull dozer :/
On a whole new subject, B, I am into gemstones. Do you have a collection?
B
What is your hardest struggle in life?
I have to read your comments on Redeeming love. Something just hit me about why she had a red dress in the cover drawing. She was washed in the blood of Jesus.
https://www.goodreads.com/trivia/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=wolf+hall&commit=find+trivia
try this, A…
those are my created questions. If you want to see them all, you may ask me. I like you to create some quizzes from book, too, A
They show up as Wolf Hall’s questions. I will get Wolf Hall in a few days. I started reading Ripple. She is an amazing author. I am hooked. It is cool that I know her. I have an autographed copy. They are thinking of making a movie of it. I led El to Jesus. In the second book and others, she writes about it, I think. I have the second book here, autographed, too.
If you want me to see the questions on Redeeming love, it may be best to put them here as I don’t seem to have access to the goodreads info. It is cool to put them here and maybe easier.
Ok, B.
No A that’s my created question on reedeming love. I created a few other questions on there
You can answer them
Lets just get back to the books. I will finish Ripple in a day or two and do Wolf Hall. If you want to talk about Redeeming Love, we can. It is a shame to lose the nice book club we have. You wanted to read books so don’t sabotage it :/
Do you mean struggle financially, B?
What did you do this weekend, B?
Anyway, B. If you want to go the Book club and work on our 4th book, let me know.
Whatever A :/
We might not even make it to the fourth book
https://www.facebook.com/hookersforjesus
Look at this girl, B. She kind of did what Angel did and she looks like Angel, too.
She’s pretty but way too grunge for Angel
Ok she has an angelic look but her personality doesn’t fit
She is loud bold daring and very manly
Angel is classy refined quiet and demure
Do you know this pecheresse she looks like Angel she is perfect
B
Want to kiss and make up 😀
Now that we had our lover’s spat, let’s get back to the Books. How far are you in Wolf Hall. Don’t tell me anything about the story. I have wanted to read this for months!