false 12 194 149 true 6044529 read 1 true 4051773 currently-reading 44 true 4051772 to-read <![CDATA[new comment from Gina]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67109896 Amber's review of Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
by David Sedaris

Just a couple of his short stories! I appreciate your span of reading, though, Amber!!! I'm gonna be tackling some of your reads this fall! ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Gina]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69285355 Christian's review of All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque

One of my favorites from High School! A real eye-opener ... have you seen the b/w movie? You should check it out! ]]> <![CDATA[Gina added 'Children of God']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69877165 to: Children of God (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Mary Doria Russell
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]]> <![CDATA[Gina added 'The Sparrow']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69876380 to: The Sparrow (Paperback) by Mary Doria Russell
Wow! Not what I expected at all. I'm not normally a sci-fi kind of girl, but this was an interesting read. Not only the premise -- contact through musical presentation, picked up from a remote monitoring station in the Caribbean, by five unlikely friends, a protagonist who is an agnostic Puerto Rican priest fraught with sexual tension, and a time-bending excursion to a planet of beautiful, cannibalistic aliens -- but the way it moved me was totally unexpected. The second book in the series is better ("Children of God"). Warning: there are graphic scenes and copious amounts of questionable language in this book, and it is in no way a "religious" book, but the story IS spiritual, and it's a great read. ]]> <![CDATA[Gina added 'Peace Like a River']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68104693 to: Peace Like a River (Paperback) by Leif Enger
I really enjoyed this book, although was not crazy about the "dream" sequence toward the end ... I guess maybe I didn't expect it to be so pivotal? It left me thinking, and really, really enjoyed the parallels between this one and "To Kill a Mockingbird." Absolutely love young protagonists! ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Gina]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65884257 Nate's review of The Hole in Our Gospel: What does God expect of Us? The Answer that Changed my Life and Might Just Change the World
by Richard Stearns

Are you done? Can you bring it camping? I'll "trade" you this one for "The Body - An Owner's Manual" while we're camping .... ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Gina]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43736781 Amber's review of The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Simon Winchester

Sounds good ... is it? Hey, do you know what anthropodermic bibliopegy is? Look it up for fun ... :-) ]]> <![CDATA[Gina is on page 235 of Peace Like a River ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68104693 Gina is on page 235 of 320 of Peace Like a River ]]> <![CDATA[Gina made a comment on Laura's profile]]> http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1885931-laura Gina made a comment on Laura's profile:

Laura ... what was the name of the book we talked about at writing tools ... the short life of someone? Or something like that? I think the writer was Mexican or Cuban or the like. ]]> <![CDATA[Gina added 'Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41493712 to: Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals (Paperback) by Shane Claiborne
Claiborne always gives me stuff to think about ... and where I'm at right now, I'm still chewing on a lot he says. Regardless of is someone is a "Christian" or not, it seems like there has to be more to life than mindlessly following your own selfish desires. Worse, someone who is so tied into thinking like the government that whatever Washington says, goes.

My natural "anti-authoritarian" bent makes this book "make" sense to me. I would like to see a lot of Christian leadership read it, and try to integrate what they've been saying for so long into some of Claiborne's questions and ideas. While I'm trying to move away from "arguing" about things that are convictions, I think Shane makes strong points for a reassessment of religion as usual, and gives compelling examples of how to live a life that truly reflects love first.

Lots of good ideas and quotes (he resonates with Gandhi, which makes him OK in my book!!). A good read for anyone sick of "business as usual." ]]>