[rnbkswm]

swine not - Jimmy Buffett

 

[runNYtrails]

Finished <i>"A Thousand Splendid Suns"</i> but struggling with <i>"Close Range"</i> - short stories by Annie Proulx. Liked Brokeback but the others are a little tough. And <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/ugh.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="ugh"> most unfortunately i opted for Amazon.com free shipping and my stuff isnt scheduled to arrive until the <b>21st</b>. Thasss just craaaazy !!! <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/sad2.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="sad2"> I ordered last Friday !! Might be worth a trip down to the basement to see whats hanging around down there that i never finished ... or started.

 

[Mrtambalynman]

I'm reading The Alchemist by Paul Coehlo. I've read his book "By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept" (or something to that effect). This one is his first book and is about following your passion (something that is particularly resonating with me right now). His books have magic and mysticism woven through them along with wisdom (?). I think Buxt would find them interesting if she hasn't read any yet.

 

[Eruu]

Please let me know how it is. I have this one in my bookshelf but I haven't touched it yet. I think I've read and enjoyed pretty much everything else he wrote.

 

[ecodork]

I've read a bunch of his books, and those two are probably my two favorite. I should go back and read them again.

 

[Floridaboiler]

I read this about a month or so ago. I enjoyed it. It is VERY light read. I ended up finishing it in about 8 hours. It is just a story that actually seems to be geared towards kids. Granted it might have said that on the book jacket but I might have missed it.

 

[Floridaboiler]

I just finished Term Limits by vince flynn

 

[runNYtrails]

seems like its feast or famine for me ... gave up on Annie Proulx's short stories and was desperate for a day when i decided to pick up <i>"On Chesil Beach"</i> - Ian McEwan. Didnt care for it last summer and had put it away for a snowy day. Well that snowy day arrived yesterday and so while i was waiting for Amazon.com to deliver i figured i;d have another go at it. I actually got into it this second time around and even re-read the stuff from last summer b/c the writing is so good. Anyway ... in the meantime my Amazon stuff shows up so <i>I am loaded</i> with goodies now <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Very Happy"><br><br>
In the queue ... <i>"Property Of"</i> - Alice Hoffman<br><i>"Running through My Mind: Confessions of an Every Day<br>
Runner"</i> - Scott Ludwig<br><br>
Bad weather, a good book, a glass of wine and a fireplace ... what more could a girrrrl want <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Smile">

 

[Tim]

<img alt="" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41jz-bVaS3L._SL500_.jpg" style="border:0px solid;">

 

[Mrtambalynman]

I'd be interested in your take on some of his others. His books remind me of the Celestine Prophesies in a way - I'm not sure how I feel about them. They're a bit too much like spiritual tracts for me to call them great books.

 

[ecodork]

The other ones I've read are The Pilgrimage, Veronika Decides to Die, Eleven Minutes, and maybe The Valkyries (I own it, but don't remember if I've actually read it).<br><br>
It's been a while since I've read any of his books, but I know what you mean about being a bit too spiritual. I think that's turned me off a bit as I've gotten older (and my cynical). It's funny that you mention the Celestine Prophesies, because I read that right around the same time I read The Alchemist. I think I was 18 years old. I remember liking The Alchemist more.

 

[royboy]

For some personal research I'm doing, I'm looking for any material on contemporary politics and apocalyptic eschatology. Can anyone here point me in the right direction?<br><br>
Alex

 

[HighHeat]

I actually liked The Alchemist, and only read it within the past 6 months.<br><br><br>
Right now, I'm working on:<br><i><br>
"Drink, Play, F@#k: One Man's Search For Anything Across Ireland, Vegas and Thailand"</i><br><br><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Very Happy">

 

[chqm8]

Just finished <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Point of Impact</span> by Stephen Hunter and am now halfway through <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Wild Fire</span> by Nelson Demille.<br><br>
They're both just action packed, quick to read novels.

 

[witchypoo]

* Christological Assimilation of the Apocalypse: An Essay on Fundamental Eschatology<br>
* Paul O'Callaghan<br>
* Hardcover<br>
* ISBN-13: 9781851827817<br><br>
* Arguing the Apocalypse: A Theory of Millennial Rhetoric<br>
* Stephen D. O'Leary<br>
* Paperback<br>
* ISBN-13: 9780195121254<br><br>
* Apocalypse and Millennium: Studies in Biblical Eisegesis<br>
* Kenneth G. C. Newport<br>
* Paperback<br>
* ISBN-13: 9780521068451<br><br>
* Marketing Apocalypse: Eschatology, Escapology and the Illusion of the End<br>
* Stephen Walter Brown, David Carson, Jim Bell<br>
* Hardcover<br>
* ISBN-13: 9780415148221<br><br>
* After the End: Representations of Post-Apocalypse<br>
* James Berger<br>
* Paperback<br>
* ISBN-13: 9780816629336<br><br>
* Apocalyptic Transformation: Apocalypse and the Postmodern Imagination<br>
* Elizabeth K. Rosen<br>
* Hardcover<br>
* ISBN-13: 9780739117903<br><br>
* Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire<br>
* Matt Taibbi<br>
* Paperback<br>
* ISBN-13: 9780385520621<br><br>
* Radical Religion in America: Millenarian Movements from the Far Right to the Children of Noah<br>
* Jeffrey Kaplan<br>
* Paperback<br>
* ISBN-13: 9780815603962<br><br>
* Messianic Revolution: Radical Religious Politics to the End of the Second Millennium<br>
* Richard H. Popkin, David S. Katz<br>
* Hardcover<br>
* ISBN-13: 9780809068852<br><br>
* Apocalyptic Faith and Political Violence: Prophets of Terror<br>
* James F. Rinehart<br>
* Hardcover<br>
* ISBN-13: 9781403974617<br><br>
* Contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic Literature<br>
* David Cook<br>
* Hardcover<br>
* ISBN-13: 9780815630586

 

[royboy]

Thank you "witchypoo"<br><br>
I have this feeling that witchcraft is not your forte but rather a personal interest? <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Smile"><br>
I'll check these out and see what I can use in my research.<br><br>
Alex

 

[Tim]

I started <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325&tag=kickrunners-20&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FAll-You-Can-Eat-America%2Fdp%2F1583228543" target="_blank">All You Can Eat</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325&tag=kickrunners-20&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FObamanomics-Bottom-Up-Prosperity-Trickle-Down-Presidency%2Fdp%2F1583228659%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1232593428%26sr%3D1-1" target="_blank">Obamanomics</a>.

 

[witchypoo]

since i was pre-natal... <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Very Happy"><br><br>
you're welcome.

 

[lelly]

Just finished a book called <i>The Broken Window</i> which freaked me out good about all the tracking of what we do, say, buy, take, eat, drink, wear, and think.<br><br>
Now I'm onto <i>Bulletproofing Your Job</i>, part of which is (for me) is not hanging around Kick anymore during the day. And I'm about to start <i>The World Without Us</i>.

 

[merigayle]

I am going to have to look up broken window, lelly.<br><br>
I just started this book:<br><br><img alt="" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GHY0YKDEL._SL500_.jpg" style="border:0px solid;"><br><br><br>
I have only read the first section which is about c-sections and the very high rate of them in our country and the link with rise in elective c sections and maternal death. Very uplifting, eh?<br><br>
The book, overall, is very pro-natural child birth.