May 20, 2010
The 3 books I’d like to read next
1. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
What are some books you hope to get to soon?
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May 20, 2010
1. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
What are some books you hope to get to soon?
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The Rage Against God by Peter Hitchens
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Notes From the Tilt-a-Whirl by Nate Wilson
Hey, you stole my answer!
I was going to say Peter Hitchens’ “The Rage Against God.”
“The Flight of the Intellectuals” http://tiny.cc/lrrm3
I got lots of books for my birthday in January and am still making my way through them (currently I’m in the middle of the Complete Collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, which is great fun, but will take me some more time to get through).
Next on the list is Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace.
I do read more “modern” books, too, but I really like exploring all the classics that I’ve only ever heard the titles of before…
The gigantic David McCullough biography of John Adams has been staring me down for a while, so there’s that. But before I get to that I’m finishing out my third or fourth re-read of The Lord of the Rings. I might tackle Paradise Lost after that, or go the opposite direction and read something completely fluffy.
Yiddish Policeman’s Union is really interesting, by the way. It goes pretty political at the end, but I liked it.
John Adams was a book. I finished in on an airplane and I cried my way through the last 5 chapters. You wont regret pushing your way through that.
Kurt vonnegut is amazing. You should check out Slapstik it is his best work.
It seems like everyone has a different favorite with Vonnegut, which is pretty impressive. It says a lot about his consistency as a high-quality writer.
This will be my 2nd Vonnegut, so I’m just beginning….
Thanks for the suggestion!
I really enjoyed Mother Night, which was my second Vonnegut experience.
Slaughterhouse Five was mine.
Citizen Diplomacy from the David M. Kennedy Center (Because I’m moving to a new country in September, and I don’t know how to answer certain questions about America.)
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller (Because I’ll be telling my story at dozens of Rotary clubs over the next couple of years, and I want to know what Don has to say about stories.)
Disposable People by Kevin Bales (Because I’m going to school to learn how to end slavery, and I don’t want to wait until September to start learning.)
A few books I’m going to read next:
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (This is the sequel to her first book, The Hunger Games, which I liked)
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (I’ve barely started, but I’ve got a crazy goal to finish the entire works of Shakespeare before I graduate about a year from now.
Life of Pi by Yann Martel.
What can I say: everyone who reads this book loves it and I like tigers.
I’ve heard it’s one of the best books out there dealing with a boy, a tiger, and a lifeboat.
I’m currently trying to read 100 books in four years. Next up (book ten) is Canterbury Tales, but before that I’m re-reading the LOTR Trilogy.
Canterbury Tales is raunchy. I didn’t like it.
These are less the “what I’d like to read” and more the “what I’m going to read next” although there’s some crossover:
Rechurch by Stephen Mansfield
Permission Marketing by Seth Godin (really excited about this)
The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul
Currently working through:
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Underworld by Don Delillo
Suggestions from authors mentioned above:
Bluebeard by Vonnegut (his best, in my opinion)
Life After God by Coupland
(I realize I tweeted these @ you as well, my synergy is out of whack)
Prodigal God by Timothy Keller
Opposing Viewpoints on Human Rights
Washington’s Lady by Nancy Moser
Oh, I forgot about God Laughs & Plays: Churchless Sermons in Response to the Preachments of the Fundamentalist Right.
I want to read that soon, too.
woah–this sounds awesome. thanks for throwin’ it in the pot, too.
Why do I get an image of Jesus skipping around his disciples when I read that title?
haha–tunic flapping in the warm breeze.
I’m currently reading Man’s Search for Meaning by Frankl.
After that, my next three books will probably be:
The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Pollan
Bicycle Diaries by Byrne
Grace (Eventually) by Lamott
“The Meaning of the Pentatuch” John Sailhammer
I want that book badly, but it has to get cheaper first. I can’t even find his ‘Genesis Unbound’ for less than 60 bucks!
“I and Thou” by Martin Buber
“Orthodoxy” by G.K. Chesterton
“The Politics of Jesus” by John Howard Yoder
Chabon is fantastic. You’ll dig that book.
I’d like to read “Domino Men” by Jonathan Barnes. I also need to dive into “The Fountainhead.”
Of course, the next Harry Dresden is always on the list.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods & Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison
The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan
I’m in the middle of Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins) and When I Don’t Desire God (John Piper)…as soon as I’m done with these I’m tackling the three above! Yippee!
A Heart for the Community: New Models for Urban and Suburban Ministry
The Forgotten Ways
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union is on my list for this summer. I started it years ago and then lost my copy (the tragedy!)
All Families Are Psychotic is weird. Cool, but weird. Afterwards, I felt a lot better about my own family.
I’m looking to reading some classics this summer: The Brothers Karamazov, Catch22, as well as some Dutch classics. And everything else that comes my way.
I agree with your comment about All Families are Psychotic–that was my exact feeling after I read it.
…I’d probably do well to read it, then !
Catch-22 remains one of the best books I ever read. It was wonderful.
Coupland is excellent. You should also pick up Hey, Nostradamus! at some point.
Right now I’m working through:
Return of the King (finishing a reread on LotR)
War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges
Medical Apartheid by Harriet Washington
I’m just happy I’m actually reading a book at this point: Lit, by Mary Karr.
Absolutely enjoying it.
My husband and I love Douglas Coupland. I can read his books in one sitting (VERY rare for me). “Hey Nostradamus!” is my favorite, although very sad.
Interesting story: My husband actually attests that reading Coupland’s book, “Life After God”, was the point of conversion for him–to believe in God and follow Jesus.
I don’t think that was the author’s intent.
Guess God uses anything and everything.
Currently reading Twenty Chickens for a Saddle.
I’m currently reading Ambitious Brew by Maureen Ogle and The Consequences of Ideas by Sproul
I want to “finish” Infinite Jest.
I really want to read “The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement” by Jean M. Twenge. I saw it in a bookstore and it jumped out at me.
Someday I would also like to finish the Narnia series because I’m a bad Christian and have never read them all. :)
I’ve got 3 on the way from Amazon now.
‘Peculiar Speech: Preaching to the Baptized’
‘Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl’
‘In Praise of Slowness’
But I’ll probably flip through a few pages of each one and put them on a shelf somewhere. I’m a pretty non-committal reader unless the book is amazing, which is rare.
Vonnegut and Copeland are two of my all-time favorites. Enjoy.
Those two are your suggestions. So, thanks.
- “Notes from the Tilt-a-whirl” by N.D. Wilson
- “Dear and Glorious Physician” by Taylor Caldwell
- John Van Epp, “How to Avoid Falling in Love with a Jerk” by John Van Epp Ph.D
- Book 4 of the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini (If it ever comes out!!!!)
oh douglad coupland, how proud is canada of you?! (so so proud)
Ilium by Dan Simmons
The Romance of the Rose
Kingdom Triangle by J.P. Moreland