CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

You read Dee Henderson. Cool.

You remember Danger in the Shadows. That prequil thing. My mom bought that and we listened to in the car. As a family. Talk about uncomfortable.

my mom does stuff like that too...
i haven't read "Danger in the Shadows" - my local library has a rather small selection.

Currently reading "Streams of Silver Book Two: The Icewind Dale Trilogy". I'm reading through the trilogy right now. Their not bad...a fast read.

I'm currently reading Shadowmancer by G.P. Taylor. Uh, the description is hard: some dude wants to be God and so he tries to control different stuff.
I recently finished a book by Ted Dekker, one of my fav. Christian authors, called Thunder of Heaven. It's about terrorists.

im reading perelandra by cs lewis

I am currently reading How to Share Your Faith by Greg Laurie.

Besides the numerous mangas I'm reading, I am also currently reading Madeleine L'Engle's "The Young Unicorns." I love her books/characters SO much! I've read this particular book about 4 times now, but I love it!

Ssjjvash wrote: I recently finished a book by Ted Dekker, one of my fav. Christian authors, called Thunder of Heaven. It's about terrorists.

Terrorism? I that what it's about? I tried so hard to read that book, 'cause I just LOVE Dekker, but I just couldn't do it. I'm gonna try again sometime, though.

I've finished of late Last Days Madness: Obsession of the Modern Church by Gary Demar and Perilous Times: A Study in Eschatological Evil by Kenneth Gentry. I should be reading Jesus and the Victory of God by N.T. Wright and Redating the New Testament by John A T Robinson soon.

I just completed The Complete Guide to Writing and Selling the Christian Novel, which is a pretty interesting book. The author doesn't come to mind at the moment. I am currently reading a great number of writing books.

Meanwhile, I have begun Isaac Asimov's Puzzles of the Black Widowers which is a collection of some great intellectual mystery stories.

uc pseudonym wrote:I just completed The Complete Guide to Writing and Selling the Christian Novel, which is a pretty interesting book. The author doesn't come to mind at the moment. I am currently reading a great number of writing books.

by Penelope J. Stokes? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0898798108/qid=1092186409/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-9784406-7133441?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

Mangafanatic wrote:Terrorism? I that what it's about? I tried so hard to read that book, 'cause I just LOVE Dekker, but I just couldn't do it. I'm gonna try again sometime, though.

Cool beans.

GhostontheNet wrote:by Penelope J. Stokes? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0898798108/qid=1092186409/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-9784406-7133441?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

That is correct.

Also, I would like to list an atrocity: my library has several books on how to write romance novels. I'm not talking about the well-written type, either.

uc pseudonym wrote:That is correct.

Also, I would like to list an atrocity: my library has several books on how to write romance novels. I'm not talking about the well-written type, either.

, please, knock me out now.

uc pseudonym wrote:That is correct.

Also, I would like to list an atrocity: my library has several books on how to write romance novels. I'm not talking about the well-written type, either.

*Gets out blackjack and knocks out Mangafanatic. What are the titles of such books? How to Write Cheesy Romance Novels?

Yeay, I found a borrowed copy of Dostoyevsky! *Begins reading The Idiot * Funny, I felt strangly, somewhat inexplicably like one this evening. Anyways... *next page, I'm a sucker for Russian lit*

I just finished Jonah. I think you guys know what it's about. On to the next minor prophet in my adventures through the Bible! Yeah, the Bible's about the only book I read lately. Once in awhile I pick up the latest left behind book, but not often.

I've just begun the melodramatically titled The End Times Controversy: The Second Coming Under Attack (which isn't true for Orthodox Preterists, only the Hyper Preterists) by Tim Lahaye and Thomas Ice to give them a shot at attacking my own Orthodox Preterist view.

That strikes me as an interesting title. However, allow me to warn that the issue is controversial, and discussion of it would be ill-advised.

GhostontheNet wrote:*Gets out blackjack and knocks out Mangafanatic. What are the titles of such books? How to Write Cheesy Romance Novels?

If you remove the "cheesy" you would have the title of one. The other had a very similar title. I did not look at them extensively, but long enough to garner one interesting bit of information.

Humorous ancedote: a well-known romance publisher would always publish primarily blue books with a circular picture in the center of the cover. Worried that readers could not tell so many books apart (they'd published dozens, after all), they published one romance novel with a green cover. It bombed nearly completely. Six months later, they published the same manuscript with a blue cover and it enjoyed record-challenging sales.

uc pseudonym wrote:That strikes me as an interesting title. However, allow me to warn that the issue is controversial, and discussion of it would be ill-advised.

I trust you have me in mind? It may be an interesting title, but a deceitful one as partial/orthodox preterists hold to a future Final Judgment/Second Coming/Ressurection and Rapture. I believe you are correct that "discussion of it would be ill advised," this is after all, not TheologyWeb.

uc pseudonym wrote:If you remove the "cheesy" you would have the title of one. The other had a very similar title. I did not look at them extensively, but long enough to garner one interesting bit of information.

Humorous ancedote: a well-known romance publisher would always publish primarily blue books with a circular picture in the center of the cover. Worried that readers could not tell so many books apart (they'd published dozens, after all), they published one romance novel with a green cover. It bombed nearly completely. Six months later, they published the same manuscript with a blue cover and it enjoyed record-challenging sales.

Currently reading Heart of the Sword , a history of the development of weapons and war. I'm also starting on the Oxford Illustrated HIstory of Europe.

I'm reading "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov. It's a bizarre love story, but Nabokov is a literary genius..

I'm reading "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov. It's a bizarre love story, but Nabokov is a literary genius..

That's one I keep meaning to read myself. You might also be interested in Nafisi's 'Reading Lolita in Tehran', which offers an interesting discussion of the book (among other things).

Anyways, I'm currently reading "The Primacy of the Church of Rome: Documents, Reflections, Proofs" by Margherita Guarducci, which examines the issue of Roman primacy from an historical and archaeological.

I've also been reading "Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture" by Patrick McGovern. This book investigates the origin of wine making from it earliest known traces found in Georgia (c. 6000 BC) up to the collapse of the Myceneans.

Technomancer wrote:That's one I keep meaning to read myself. You might also be interested in Nafisi's 'Reading Lolita in Tehran', which offers an interesting discussion of the book (among other things).

Hmm, I haven't heard of that, actually... I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the recommendation =)

I have just started yet another book.
Mandy
by Julie Andrews--the actress. I found it at a garage sale! Mandy is an orphan...I don't know anything else about it.

Great Expectations, by I'm sure you know who

I have a bad feeling that my AP English class is going to dominate my reading schedule. The reading assignments are just generally a bit over 100 pages, but they come pretty frequently...

uc pseudonym wrote:
Humorous ancedote: a well-known romance publisher would always publish primarily blue books with a circular picture in the center of the cover. Worried that readers could not tell so many books apart (they'd published dozens, after all), they published one romance novel with a green cover. It bombed nearly completely. Six months later, they published the same manuscript with a blue cover and it enjoyed record-challenging sales.

Makes perfect sense, really. I mean, no one's reading these books because they're genius. It's all about getting all the sensuality you can for your buck? And how can one gauge sensuality before they read the novel? Why-- the cover, of course! Apparently green's just not as steamy as blue. . .

I am currently reading "Everyday Mind: 366 Reflections on the Buddhist Path", written by various individuals. It has wonderful daily insights on how to step back, relax, and get on with life in an often dreary world.

No, I'm not converting to Buddhism -- I just joined my first Christian church and I refuse to turn back. I'm reading more for the philosophies to live peacefully since I'm prone to anger. *thumbs up with a grin*

As one who's constantly reading multiple books at one period of time (and often out of the order it was written in), Craig Bloomberg's Interpreting the Parables and the last unread sections of Ben Witherington's Jesus, Paul, and the End of the World, I also found a copy of The Christians as the Romans Saw Them by Robert Louis Wilken, which I've begun.

Dune By frank Herbert.