Hi everybody!
Erika, where are you at in your reading? I know you have been going strong whereas I keep taking breaks from the book. I am enjoying reading it slowly. I feel like I am learning a lot, and I'm letting all of it sink in before I continue plugging along. In my spare time I am also reading a book series that I read in middle school - The Vampire Diaries. I LOVED this series when I read it 15 years ago and I am enjoying it once again! lol. Tiff, where you at in your reading? Marcus, are you even bothering with this book anymore? Lou, how is your second read coming along?
I am mid-Chapter 7. I will post more soon.
Love you all.
Kim
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Reading is a Beautiful Thing!
When I look back, I am so impressed againwith the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense ofmyself in the world, I would do that again by reading,just as I did when I was young.~ Maya Angelou ~
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted;nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed,and some few to be chewed and digested:that is, some books are to be read only in parts,others to be read, but not curiously, and some fewto be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. ~ Francis Bacon ~
All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality -- the story of escape.It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.~ Arthur Christopher Benson ~
Readers may be divided into four classes: 1.) Sponges, who absorb all that they read and return it in nearly the same state, only a little dirtied. 2.) Sand-glasses, who retain nothing and are content to getthrough a book for the sake of getting through the time. 3.) Strain-bags, who retain merely the dregs of what they read. 4.) Mogul diamonds, equally rare and valuable, who profit by what they read, and enable others to profit by it also. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted;nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed,and some few to be chewed and digested:that is, some books are to be read only in parts,others to be read, but not curiously, and some fewto be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. ~ Francis Bacon ~
All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality -- the story of escape.It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.~ Arthur Christopher Benson ~
Readers may be divided into four classes: 1.) Sponges, who absorb all that they read and return it in nearly the same state, only a little dirtied. 2.) Sand-glasses, who retain nothing and are content to getthrough a book for the sake of getting through the time. 3.) Strain-bags, who retain merely the dregs of what they read. 4.) Mogul diamonds, equally rare and valuable, who profit by what they read, and enable others to profit by it also. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~
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Umm yeah, sorry guys but I stopped reading this a while back. Seemed way too cult-ish for me. The whole thing was just way too wierd. Crazy words like pain-body, and a constant doubling back on the points that he makes just made it feel like I was in the middle of a cult and I was getting brainwashed. I hope I havent offended anyone but thats the honest to God's truth. I am ready for the next book.
Speaking of that, who is choosing the next book? and are we trying to start on June 1?
Hi Marcus-
I am sorry to hear that you feel that way about the book...what an awful feeling!!! We have encountered a few problems with the first schedule, so I am not really sure when we will start the next book. I am almost finished with "The New Earth" but I understand that there are many others that are not finished. I would like to give everyone the opportunity to finish this book because it contains a lot of information and the book forces the reader (at least in my opinion) to do some reflection. I hope that you can join us when we start the new novel. Like I said, I am not sure when that is going to be, but I will keep everyone posted!
That's OK Marcus. I will get crackin on finishing this book. I know Erika had the idea about Augusten Burroughs' new memoir, which I saw in the book store is just out on hard cover. I know I don't want to buy a hard cover. We should start discussing the next book soon and get everyone's thoughts...
Right. I noticed that Augusten Burroughs' new book is only hard cover at this time. On Amazon.com is is not expensive, but I understand if we want to wait on that particular book. Actually, there is another memoir that I will post about...we may want to read that one!
I hope that all of you had a wonderful extended weekend.
Erika
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