Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Whatcha Readin'?
So, read any good books lately? If so, share it with us. Give us the title, page number you're on, and the last sentence you read. The next requirements are optional: copyright date, publishing date, author, birthdate of the author and founder of the publishing company and anything else you can tell us about your book. Relax. These are optional.
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Alrighty then, I'm currently reading Foxe-Voice of the Martyrs. Good book. I'm on page 303. The last sentence I read is from Revelation 6:11: "And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled." Fitting isn't it?
I'm reading "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo. It's very good. Gonna take a long time though. Anyhoo, I'm on page 324. The last sentence I read was this, "At nine o'clock, at the instant when the French army, drawn up and set in motion in five columns, was deployed, the divisions upon two lines, the artillery between the brigades, music at the head, playing marches, with the rolling of drums and the sounding of trumpets--mighty, vast, joyous,--a sea of casques, sabres, and bayonets in the horizon, the emperor, excited, cried out, and repeated: 'Magnificent! magnificent!'"
Since this is Frankie's post, I'll comment. The books I'm currently reading are Foxe Voice of the Maryrs and JRR Tolkien's LOTR. The last sentences and page numbers are as follows respectively: Page #463 "In late 2005, fighting spilled over into neighboring Chad, and human rights oganizations were calling for an expanded international force for Darfur and more UN peace-keepers throughout South Sudan."
Page #787 "All the lands were grey and still; and ever the shadow deepened before them, and hoped wanded in every heart."
You really want to know? ;) I'm currently reading:
Cries of the Heart by Ravi Zacharias (for the second time), page 38. Last sentence: "It was not out of character that he was the first to deny his Lord and yet the first to run to the tomb when the women came with the message that Jesus had arisen."
The Sunny Side: Poems and Stories for Proper Grown-Ups by A. A. Milne--yes, he also wrote Winnie-The-Pooh. I'm on page 165 and the last sentence was this:
"So Chadd, that promising recruit,
Stood to attention, clicked his boot,
And bellowed, with his best salute,
'A happy birthday, Father!'"
The God I Love, a memoir by Joni Eareckson Tada. Page 213, "I could always find a song."
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (reading aloud to my sisters). We're on page 169: "There is always light behind the clouds."
In addition, I have many (...20ish?) children's books from the library on my shelf, but I'm not in the middle of one right now so I'll spare you the details. :P Good post, Nate! Thanks.
I am on a business trip, so I actually have a moment to read now and then. I won't bore you with anything technical or other such non-sense.
I am reading The Shaping of a Christian Home, by Elisabeth Eliot.
I am actually not completely sure where I stopped. I think it was page 78. The last sentence, “She never asked, and we were the richer for it.” I think that this will need a little more context to be understood properly, but I’ll let you read the book to find that out. :-) Or, if you are just dying to know, ask me and I’ll tell you.
I suppose that I was a little hesitant to post this, as some said that I was reading “girl books.” What do you think?
Oh Luke, you are really going to read those?
Yes. What is wrong with that?
Well, those are girl books, and you are a guy!
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I didn’t think that this was a girl book and still don’t... Maybe I am wrong. Maybe not. Should the guys leave it all up to the girls? I have actually found the book to be a real challenge. A Christian Family, something that we should cherish. Something that we should prepare for. Something that we live. Something that we should keep. A unit in God’s design that is attacked perhaps more than any other. Am I really willing to give up all that I have and live for Him in His will?
I'm currently reading "All Things for Good" by Thomas Watson"... I have to give you the whole last paragraph, because it's really good stuff. :)
"The Lord's Supper works for good. It is an emblem of the marriage-supper of the Lamb, and an earnest of that communion we shall have with Christ in glory. It is a feast of fat things; it gives us bread from heaven, such as preserves life, and prevents death. It has glorious effects in the hearts of the godly. It quickens the affections, strengthens their graces, mortifies their corruptions, revives their hopes, and increases their joy. Luther says, 'It is as great a work to comfort a dejected soul, as to raise the dead to life'; yet this may and sometimes is done to the souls of the godly in the blessed Supper."
Puritan Paperbacks-- from "The Banner of Truth Trust" P.O. Box 621, Carlisle, PA 17013
There are bunches of other excellent books in this series-- can't wait to read them!
I was directed here from Rachel's blog, so I thought I might as well contribute to the poll-thing going here.
I'm currently reading "Your Victory in Jesus" by D.L. Moody. I'm on page 32. The last sentence I read (I think) was, "Atlast he got the victory, and that is how Wellesley College was built". (It was a section in the book about having the right attitude towards your money)
I just finished "Don't Waste Your Life" by John Piper.. a great book. On my trip, I also brought the books, "Safe in the Everlasting Arms" by Elisabeth Elliot and "Light from Heaven" by Christmas Carol Kauffman.. also really good books!
I'm reading The Grand Alliance (the third volume out of six) from The Second World War by WSC. I'm on page no. 263 and the last sentence I read was, "Nevertheless, only one scene riveted my background thoughts: this tremendous Bismarck, forty-five thousand tons, perhaps almost invulnerable to gunfire, rushing southward towards our convoys, with the Prinz Eugen as her scout."
I am one who has many books started, but two that I am reading faithfully would be the following:
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell, page 95, the end of chapter 8: "And so they passed on to speaking about other things than Mrs. Kirkpatrick and her prospects, scholastic or matrimonial."
Lies Women Believe and the Truth That Sets Them Free by Nancy Leigh DeMoss, page 85: "In fact, if we could have all our longings fulfilled down here, we would easily be satisfied with staying here, and our hearts would never long for a better place."
Oh no. I'm supposed to be reading. And in an orderly fashion with sentences and stuff, and stopping at a certain point. Hmmm... I was just reading a bit of a book by Mike Huckabee (who I haven't endorsed), but that was kinda the jaunt for the evening. I read websites.
I just finished reading a book called "The Great Democracies, volume 4" by Winston S Churchill. A very interesting history book, if you are interested in government history. The last sentence is: "The convulsive climax of the first Great War was finally and inseparably to link America with the fortunes of the Old World and of Britain."
I'm reading "Doctor Dan, the Bandage Man" by Helen Gaspard and illustrated by Corinne Malverne.
I just finished page 2, and the last sentence I read was "Boo hoo hoo," Dan cried, and he ran in the house to his mother.
Published by Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.
-Excerpt from "Green Eggs and Ham"
"I do not want green eggs and ham"
Dr. Seuss
I have been on this sentence for about a week pondering its life lessons. For example:
Do the green eggs exemplify the green party of the USA?
Or perhaps they mean something deeper, like pure existence of the alpha male.
I often wonder why I never have had green eggs. This is one of life’s constant ponderings.
After Beth read me this book it changed my life.
I'm a readin' Sams Teach yourself ASP.NET in 21 Days. The last sentence I read was....."You need to know what the CLR does so that you can anticipate any actions it will take on our code." This is a mysterious sentence, suspenseful in every way....will it assinate the code, or will it just injure it and leave it for some poor soul to come upon it and take it to the hospital......The adventure continues, next time on ASP.NET 2.0.............. :-{)
BTW, it's the second edition, authored by Chris Payne, Published by Sams Publishing 2003 Next time, find out what the CLR does to the code......
I'm reading "A History of Christianity" by Kenneth Scott Latourette.
A very tough read...but a very necessary read to solve the problem of my lack of Church History knowledge. Here is the last sentence I read on page 132:
"In its response to all three of these movements which is deemed heretical- Gnosticism, Marcionism, and Montanism- the Catholic Church quickened a process which was already in progress, the development of an administrative system which centered about its bishops."
Pray for me...
I am reading A Knight of the White Cross by G.A. Henty. The last sentence I read was on page 108 - "You have learnt enough, and it would be but a waste of time for you, a knight and a soldier, to spend another day in study." I'm also in the middle of For the Temple (also by Henty) but Rachel took it back to the library without knowing I was reading it. :P
Sarah
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