What are you reading?

[JustLovelyJenn]

Yesterdays reading selections included Edgar Allen Poe's a Tell Tale Heart, and Ralph Waldo Emerson's The American Scholar.

I just love the early American Authors, they have so much passion, so much drive and such eloquence. If today's activists, or even politicians had even an eighth of their skill and determination and grace, the world would be a far different place.

[Tawse]

uhm... didn't Poe have a passionate relationship with Opium? lol

Or is that just an urban legend?

Originally Posted by JustLovelyJenn

Yesterdays reading selections included Edgar Allen Poe's a Tell Tale Heart, and Ralph Waldo Emerson's The American Scholar.

I just love the early American Authors, they have so much passion, so much drive and such eloquence. If today's activists, or even politicians had even an eighth of their skill and determination and grace, the world would be a far different place.

[TheDreadPirateRoberts]

Originally Posted by JustLovelyJenn

Yesterdays reading selections included Edgar Allen Poe's a Tell Tale Heart, and Ralph Waldo Emerson's The American Scholar.

I just love the early American Authors, they have so much passion, so much drive and such eloquence. If today's activists, or even politicians had even an eighth of their skill and determination and grace, the world would be a far different place.

i agreeee...i love the selections you're reading......i think there are a good number of people who do have that passion...who want to see progressive change...and who may be helping to make it happen in their own lives or local communities...unfortunately its seldom heard of....especially with this media.....gods i love you....im looking forward to reading with you for years to come...

[betenoire]

"There are parts of Texas where a fly lives ten thousand years and a man can't die soon enough. Time gets strange there from too much sky, too many miles from crack to crease in the flat surface of land." - Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

[Tawse]

betenoire - your quote reminds me...

there's a feature in the Kindle (maybe the nook too?) where you can highlight a certain part of the text and other people can see (as they read on their kindles) what other people have highlighted (it tells you how many people highlighted that text).

It can be very interesting seeing what other people highlight... When reading Dresden Files and Hunger Games I found the highlights to be lines that were beautiful, exceptionally comedic, or impacted the plot of the book... but with witch and wizard - the highlights are nonsensical or I've lost my mind.. one of the two.

[Honey]

"Shes Come Undone" by Wally Lamb....Everyone should read this...Lamb writes from the perspective of a girl-woman...I am convinced he is NOT a bio male !!

[foxyshaman]

Re-reading: Blackfoot Physics by F. David Peat

F. David Peat holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics and is deeply interested in the relationships between science, creativity, art and culture.


"Blackfoot physics is an account of his discoveries, in a remarkable synthesis of anthropology, history, metaphysics, cosmology and quantum theory. Peat compares the medicines, the myths, the languages, indeed the entire perceptions of reality of the Western and indigeneous peoples. What becomes apparent is the amazing resemblance between indigeneous teachings and some of the insights that are emerging from modern science. Peat's insightful observations extend our understanding of ourselves, our understanding of the Universe, and our place in it. This book is a captivating read for anyone interested in the relationship between science, spirituality, and different ways of knowing."

[Julien]

Thief of Lives, book 2 of the Noble Dead series by Barb Hendee and J.C. Hendee. I really enjoyed the first book Dhampir. Only 9 more to go in the series (I think).