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I'm reading now something completely different and I'm enjoying it too much. Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews, a paranormal romance/action novel (I genre that I just adore :D )
 
I'm about a half way through Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian Weiss, and then I'm also expecting Roger Woolger's book and cd in the post any day now - :)
 
I've just started reading Flag in exile...


...which is my latest read in David Weber's Honor Harrington series: military science fiction stories about a female space navy officer, who is so tough, strong and independent, that most men looks meek in comparison :cool and her telempathic extraterrestrial six-legged treecat! :laugh:


I'm a living self-contradiction: I dislike physical violence and strongly dislike militarism and aggressive nationalism, but at the same time I'm a total sucker for military suspense stories - especially when the leading characters in them are strong-willed and competent women on equal footing, or even more than equal footing, with men... :thumbsup:


Star Rover
 
I've just finished "Smilla's Sense of Snow," by Peter Hoeg. It's a wonderfully atmospheric murder-mystery.


I also loved "Basilisk Station" by David Weber.
 
Ah! It was "Basilisk Station" that got me hooked on the Honor Harrington series! The very first I read!


"Smilla's sense of snow" is an excellent novel. It was even made into a movie some years ago! :thumbsup:
 
My favorite topic! I'm a HUGE reader!!! I am reading 'Ask and it is Given' by Esther and Jerry Hicks. I LOVE 'Courageous Souls' by Robert Schwartz. You have to read it!! It's about how we choose our challenges pre-incarnation. There are a few mediums who go to the other side and listen to your soul discuss what challenges you choose to experience. They hear you discuss with other souls why you want them to play certain parts in your life, etc. Excellent book. I LOVE all of Brian Weiss's books, and of course Michael Newton's books about life btwn lives regressions. I LOVE Sanaya Roman's books. She channels and has great messages come through about spiritual topics. I also love Lee Carroll's books. He channels Kryon. So loving!!


Aside from spiritual books, I like a good medical/detective mystery like Robin Cook's books. : angel


I'm totally going out to get Eat, Pray, Love!!! It's been on my to-do list!
 
Oh I dream of a summer of reading!! Hopefully next year. I am in the mood to reread my favourites and am starting with a book by Jeanne Avery called A Soul's Journey , reincarnation karma and past life memories of the holocaust . Some rather shocking and dramatic stories , not a light one by any means. Then I will go back to Brian Weiss's books.


Then I will read for the first time a book called Psychology and Kabbalah , " The author {Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi] examines psychology as the study of the archetypal world that hovers between Earth and Heaven- or between our physicality and the prenatal memory from which we came." Alot of theory , -- it looks interesting ..


soufreindly
 
Hehe, I guess I'm the odd one here, but I mainly read fiction.


I just finished the new book 'Sorrows of an American' by Siri Hustvedt and it was *amazing*. The next book in my pile is by her husband - my all-time favourite - Paul Auster and I'm really looking forward to reading it :D
 
I've finished reading The Unbelievable Truth by Gordon Smith the other day and I quite liked it. He is a famous medium in the UK and I had his books on my wishlist for a while now.


He writes about how he became a medium, the book it's sort of an autobiography, but he also writes about other subjects and what he thinks about them, about myths on life after death, heaven and hell, ghosts, altered states, reincarnation, etc. I particularly liked the chapter on reincarnation, and he rebuffed some myths about it. He also warns about some the so-called psychics who tell their 'customes' that they were previously Cleopatra or Napoleon, etc. Then ironically he adds 'why they don't tell anyone they were street sweepers in the 1920s' I really liked his dry sense of humour throughout the book.


He went on to describe a flashback he had when he went over to France to a small town and he knew exactly where the pubs were, where the church was, etc. And he says he has never been abroad before in his life. This description was just like many experiences described here by forum members as well.


He wrote about Carol's experience with her children, and mentioned her book as well. I was smiling as I was reading that part.


He also mentioned Ian Stevenson and Brian Weiss.


Although the chapter on reincarnation is only about 20 pages or so, I found myself nodding in several places while reading this, actually I was nodding through pretty much all of his book :laugh:
 
Usually I alternate a fiction with a non-fiction book, but somehow lately I've been on a non-fiction kick. After reading the Gordon Smith book, I've just finished now Across Time and Death by Jenny Cockell and I was deeply moved. I've already read her second book, Past Lives, Future Lives, a while ago, but I might just re-read it for the sake of continuity after this one.


And now off to some Charlaine Harris, going for Definitely Dead :D I can't wait for the tv series with Sookie and vampire Bill to kick off!
 
Love to read!


For the past year or so I've been reading books on LOA, as well as spiritual books, just finished the 3rd CWG book, now reading another of Marianne Williamson's books, " return to love" Love her books.


Another wonderful book I read a while back is" Dear Mr. God this is Anna" by, Fynn. If you like books on indigo children, you will love this one, written in '74, i ran accross it in a used book store, it's a beautiful story, and a true story.


happy to be a part of the forum, will definitely be looking at some of the books everyone is reading!


Namaste'
 
Anything by Dostoyevsky. But now I'm reading a biography of Davy Crockett and a Saint novel by Leslie Charteris. Don't try to figure me out, you'll fail.


Lonewolf
 
Kislany said:
And now off to some Charlaine Harris, going for Definitely Dead :D I can't wait for the tv series with Sookie and vampire Bill to kick off!
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So much for me reading now a Charlaine Harris vampire novel :rolleyes: I got caught up in The Return of the Revolutionaries and in all honesty, I can't put the book down :rolleyes: :thumbsup:
 
Sunniva said:
I just finished the new book 'Sorrows of an American' by Siri Hustvedt and it was *amazing*. The next book in my pile is by her husband - my all-time favourite - Paul Auster and I'm really looking forward to reading it :D
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:) I have Siri's What I Loved waiting in my shelf and I finally finished my first Auster book (I remember telling you a while ago I should read him, Marie, as I love his films), City of Glass.


I have high expectations on the Hustvedt's book as it's not only much appreciated all over, but the author also shares my birthday, like one of my favourite authors Amy Tan. :D


Karoliina
 
That sounds great!! Is 'What I loved' good? I'd love to read more by her as I love the style. It's very like Paul Auster.


You lucky to share your birthday with such a wonderful author. I share my birthday with Rambo :laugh:
 
Sunniva said:
I share my birthday with Rambo :laugh:
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LOL - but don't forget Eino Leino. ;) I found one of his best poems translated into English, for your enjoyment. :)

Nocturne - translated by Aina Swan Cutler
I hear the evening cornbird calling.


Moonlight floods the fields of tasseled grain.


Wood smoke, drifting veils the distant valleys.


Summer evening's joy is here for me.


I'm not happy yet no sorrow shakes me,


but the dark woods stillness I would welcome.


Rosy clouds through which the day is falling,


sleepy breezes from the blue gray mountains,


shadows on the water, meadow flowers...


out of these my heart's own song I'll make!


I will sing it, summer hay-sweet maiden,


sing to you my deep serenity,


my own faith that sounds a swelling music,


oak-leaf garland ever fresh and green.


I'll no longer chase the will-o-wisp.


Happiness is here in my own keeping.


Day by day, life's circle narrows, closes.


Time stands still now ... weather cocks all sleeping.


Here before me lies a shadowy way


leading to a strange, an unknown place.


Eino Leino
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I've yet to read What I Loved but I've heard from many people that it's brilliant. :thumbsup:


Karoliina
 
Frøken Smilla

Justin Smith said:
I've just finished "Smilla's Sense of Snow," by Peter Hoeg. It's a wonderfully atmospheric murder-mystery.
I also loved "Basilisk Station" by David Weber.
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Excellent idea, I took your recommendation, and started reading Smilla. I have another special link to the book, that its translator recommended me my present Danish teacher :thumbsup:


Skarphedinn
 
I got today in the post Higher Creativity - Liberating the Unconscious for Breakthrough insights; by Willis Harman, Ph.D. and Howard Rheingold and started reading right away, as I've just finished the last book I was reading. So far it's great, I can't put it down. It seems a bit 'outdated', but only in years, as in year of publishing, because the ideas posed in the book are totally current and relevant to the 'now'.
 
To Kill A Mockingbird (just finished, I could not stop crying!)


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I am an English teacher and grad student, so I have a lot of required reading, but I do love many of the classics. I adore anything to do with soul purpose, reincarnation, the meaning of life, etc.
 
I am currently reading Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan and just today I got Holographic Universe from the library. :D So far I can tell it will be a page turner. :thumbsup: I also started Elegant Universe by Brian Greene, but I thought I would read Holographic Universe first since you guys recommend it so much. :D


Recently I read Ghost: The Novel by Alan Lightman. I liked it a lot. Nothing else comes to mind at the moment. I am finally able to read a bit more since my kids are little older. :laugh:


ETA: Ooops I forgot to mention the book my nick is based on: A Wrinke In Time. Obviously, another favourite!
 
I have finished Auster's New York Trilogy now, and yesterday I read Nina Berberova's The Accompanist. Now I'll start reading Charles Dickens's Bleak House. It will be my first Dickens. :thumbsup:


Karoliina
 
I hope you enjoyed it, Karoliina :D I would recommend reading his 'Travels in the Scriptorium' since there is *some* connection between them (it's a very short book), but I haven't quite figured it out yet ;) .


You asked me what my favourite Auster book was and I must say that I loved his 'Book of Illusions' - the title is very saying and it's definitely a masterpiece : angel:D
 
Hi There!


Hmmm...Lately, I have been looking through my old college literature books. Early 19th century poetry...Keats...my old friend Yeats. ;) Wordsworth.


Jane Austen is my new passion these days and the Bronte sisters.


I will like to reread the Russian classics again.


Please don't be put off from my highbrow reading. I live to read and ponder. Plus...I like to read all the gossip like National Enquirer...because you know that I have an enquiring mind: angel Helena
 
Good taste, bluegreen. I especially love Wordsworth. :D And of course the Bronte's - I read everything of theirs before I was twelve and re-read them periodically now. There's nothing like a good book ;)
 
My situation now requires me to read a couple of books every week because of both work and studies - and I love it. I also get to read very diverse titles from chick lit to old Finnish literary classics, plus some non-fiction, too.


The only bad point is that there's hardly any time to read anything of my personal choice, but fortunately I can influence the books I work with a lot. :thumbsup:


Karoliina
 
I feel the need to post a few more of the books that I am reading, since I seem to be doing a lot of reading lately.


Anything by Terry Pratchett is good, but when you put him in a room with Neil Gaiman and force them to write a book about the epic battle between Heaven and Hell, you get excellent hilarity in the form of Good Omens.


I'm also fully engrossed in the His Dark Materials Trilogy, which my mother's friend loaned me. It is a young adult fantasy novel that borrows a lot of ideas from quantum physics theories. I'm currently on the second part of the trilogy, The Subtle Knife.


In addition to these I started Dostoyevsky's The Idiot and enjoyed the first few chapters very much, although I haven't gotten back into it for quite some weeks due to work.


Every so often I peek into an anthology of Ray Bradbury stories. I fell in love with his work back when I had to read part of one of his stories for high school.


I also started reading this book called Toward 2012:Perspectives on the New Age. It is a book that was edited by my boss' friend, Daniel Pinchbeck. So far it's interesting, but a neighbor who saw me reading it commented, "So is the mothership coming back for us tonight?". :)


I would suggest all of the above books to anyone who has not read them.
 
Hey Ginger,


I read the His Dark Materials trilogy last summer - and loved it! Pullman's got quite the imagination - and his theories are pretty interesting ;)


Hope you enjoy the rest of the trilogy!
 
I'm not currently reading anything since I just finished a book and got back in school, but I just finished Allison Weir's book, The Six Wives of Henry VIII.


As far as my reading tastes go, they usually lean towards historical or fantasy books. My favorites are Lord of the Rings, Little Women, and A Great and Terrible Beauty and its sequels.


While school is in session I tend not to do much reading aside from the required reading, which takes up a lot of my time. Luckily, not all of the reading is in textbooks!
 
Here the semester doesn't begin before february 1st so I have lots of time to read. I have developed a passion for Japanese litterature during the past year. Since christmas I've read one and is halfway through no. 2 novel by Haruki Murakami - I just absolutely adore him (in a litterate way : angel). I can highly recomment him. I you like the writings of Paul Auster you will definitely like Murakami, however the latter always has a surreal element. That is what I love. Oh, I could go on :laugh:
 
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