Research paper for fun…

Are you kidding me? Although I’ve been known to do a research paper for school, yet typically I flat out refuse to do so. I’ve even suffered greatly and received some regrettable grades for it. Now that I think about it. I wonder why that is the case? I would continue to rant about this but if you’re reading this I’ll let you post your comment instead.

Currently I’m reading, “The Historian” once again. I’m undecided at the moment on which book to read next so I’ve chosen to reread this book until I make a decision. One reason I enjoy reading this book it that it has a way of working my brain (hold your laughing to yourself). I get this overwhelming sensation to go to the nearest library and stuffing my head in books and extracting all the information I can about “something.” What I would really love to do is to go somewhere I haven’t been and find a small town, find the more “established” people of that town, and interview them. Maybe I can become a Historian myself.

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A Rosy book, not so to me…

My preference in books is normally historical fiction and particularly those with multiple timeline. The kind of books that can make you car sick weaving back and forth from the past to back to the future so to speak. My latest read was close to this; however, it mostly dwelled on the present day events of the story. Unfortunately I had a little distaste in my mouth after finishing the book. Well, I guess I could at least mention the name of the book. The book is titled, “The Rose Labyrinth.” By the way, if you are a Christian like myself you may find the book disheartening. While the book had a good story and preceded to untwine itself very gently I found it disturbing for someone to go out of their way to attack Christian fundamentalism. Now, I’m not a reader of the “Left Behind” series, but to go all out and “poke fun” at people who enjoy reading the series I don’t think is quite right. Especially, when the “Rapture,” of which the book, “The Rose Labyrinth” speaks of is treated like the unveiling of the mythical fountain of youth. The characters in the book that were of this supposed occult following looking for a rapture that were portrayed as Crusaders, who brought death and blood to everyone standing in their way to Jerusalem, truly do not represent at all those who enjoy reading the “Left Behind” series. The author does deliver the message in various passages that the bad guys in the book do not truly represent Christian ideology. However, the reference to the “Left Behind” series clearly indicates, the way I see it, that the author believes that the theology of the “Rapture” or “Return of Christ’ is the poison in our cups.

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reading list…

I know it’s been awhile since my last post, but here’s a new one. I recently discovered a web site that allows you to catalog your collection of books. Librarything.com is easy to use. I’ve have been looking for a site such as this for a long time. Lately I’ve been using Bento, a personal database software for Mac, to do the same thing. Now I have a way of keeping up with my collection and also allowing others to see what I have as well. Check it out, but dont’ take my word for it.

To view my collection click the link, “personal library” in the Links sections on the site.

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