What are you reading?

cinnamongrrl · 04-10-2014, 05:25 AM

I just started reading Walden....

I didnt know til I started reading it that this book has inspired world leaders...(Ghandi was mentioned). I have found life altering wisdom...and Im not even that far into it....
Thoreau says things that Ive thought and could never word so eloquently....the greatest of which... that we spend more time doing than just BEING....Im going to make a more concerted effort to just BE....

deathbypoem · 04-15-2014, 04:36 PM

Currently reading 3 books.

Almost finished with "Stolen Innocence" By Elissa Wall

Still reading:

Secrets from the southern living test kitchens

Azar Nafisi: Things I've been silent about

They are super thus far

Gráinne · 04-15-2014, 06:30 PM

Royal Maladies: Inherited Diseases In The Ruling Houses of Europe. It traces hemophilia (a bleeding disorder) from Queen Victoria through her carrier daughters and into their sons, unfortunately who were heirs to the thrones of Russia and Spain, and close relatives to the German Kaiser. Then it traces porphyria (a metabolic disorder of the blood) from George III of England all the way back to Henry VI, whose bouts of madness led to the Wars of the Roses. The royal lines of Europe were already in bad shape due to marriages of close relatives, and diseases such as these weakened them further just as revolution came.

04-10-2014, 05:25 AM	#1
cinnamongrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: cleverly disguised as a responsible adult* Preferred Pronoun?: wild woman Relationship Status: No, thank you. Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Home in NC..gonna dig in like a tick this time… Posts: 7,665 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,247 Thanked 27,604 Times in 6,959 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	I just started reading Walden.... I didnt know til I started reading it that this book has inspired world leaders...(Ghandi was mentioned). I have found life altering wisdom...and Im not even that far into it.... Thoreau says things that Ive thought and could never word so eloquently....the greatest of which... that we spend more time doing than just BEING....Im going to make a more concerted effort to just BE.... __________________

04-15-2014, 04:36 PM	#2
deathbypoem Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Poetically versed to breathe only truth and bleed certainty Preferred Pronoun?: Kane Relationship Status: Married to Chefnaction Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Finally, home Posts: 1,987 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,900 Thanked 4,733 Times in 1,583 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Currently reading 3 books. Almost finished with "Stolen Innocence" By Elissa Wall Still reading: Secrets from the southern living test kitchens Azar Nafisi: Things I've been silent about They are super thus far __________________ I need your grace To remind me To find my own

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Gráinne Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Neither, nada, out of the box Preferred Pronoun?: My name always works Relationship Status: Happy whatever happens Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Little Rock Posts: 1,866 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,119 Thanked 7,391 Times in 1,459 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Royal Maladies: Inherited Diseases In The Ruling Houses of Europe. It traces hemophilia (a bleeding disorder) from Queen Victoria through her carrier daughters and into their sons, unfortunately who were heirs to the thrones of Russia and Spain, and close relatives to the German Kaiser. Then it traces porphyria (a metabolic disorder of the blood) from George III of England all the way back to Henry VI, whose bouts of madness led to the Wars of the Roses. The royal lines of Europe were already in bad shape due to marriages of close relatives, and diseases such as these weakened them further just as revolution came. __________________ The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one. ~Erma Bombeck