tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780049817885747695.post6472946699165595343..comments2023-09-19T12:12:47.644-04:00Comments on EM-anating: old, new, borrowed...e-orbinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02182101191521956506noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780049817885747695.post-70628074811726933912012-07-26T09:42:52.236-04:002012-07-26T09:42:52.236-04:00Read one book cslled "Tea With Hezzbolah"...Read one book cslled "Tea With Hezzbolah". It's featuring Carl Medearis but written by Ted Dekker. I found it a quite interesting read. If you can't it at the library and are interested, let me know and I can send you my copy. Got it at Amazon Marketplace. :)<br /><br />+Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10750591595847541192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780049817885747695.post-74560201224534194342012-07-18T19:20:09.940-04:002012-07-18T19:20:09.940-04:00I think the whinyness (if that's a word) is wh...I think the whinyness (if that's a word) is what I connected with. I was pretty angsty for a long stretch there. Come to thing of it, I haven't read Catcher since I got married. I certainly hope that I've not gotten too satisfied with life to enjoy the fictitious turmoil. That would be dreadful. In a way.<br /><br />The books I have in queue right now are all by a fellow we heard speak last week called Carl Medearis. He was certainly reverently irreverant in his speaking, so I'm hoping his writing follows that same pattern.Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10750591595847541192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780049817885747695.post-65913769938986419042012-07-18T13:46:32.547-04:002012-07-18T13:46:32.547-04:00This is my first attempt at reading David Foster W...This is my first attempt at reading David Foster Wallace - i'm excited nervous about how it will go, like a first date (is there a word stronger than uber-geek?)<br /><br />I love Donald Miller like I love Anne Lamott (but Annie edges him out just a bit) and I think they fall under that same umbrella of reverent but entirely irreverent at the same time (that might even be on one of her book jackets) <br /><br />I only read Catcher in the Rye in high school and it was admittedly not an angsty time so Holden seemed whiny... then three years ago I read Franny and Zooey by Salinger , finished it and immediately stared it again, finished it, and then immediately read it out loud to a friend. I couldn't devour enough of it. Which leads me to believe (1) I'm angsty enough now and (2) I need to give Holden another chancee-orbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02182101191521956506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780049817885747695.post-11770115908371453132012-07-18T13:35:50.121-04:002012-07-18T13:35:50.121-04:00One of the speakers at the conference we were at l...One of the speakers at the conference we were at last week was talking about David Foster Wallace and played a clip from his famous commencement speech at Kenyon College. What a fascinating man and what a tragic end. If I ever get through my stack of new books, I hope to check out some of his stuff and see if I can comprehend it. :)<br /><br />As for my "go to" books: I have probably read "Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance" by Don Miller more than any other. It's definitely well creased. "Blue Like Jazz" is also pretty worn. But if I'm going classic lit, it's got to be Catcher In The Rye.... it really does.Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10750591595847541192noreply@blogger.com