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July 09
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Leah
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Lonesome Dove (Mass Market Paperback)
by Larry McMurtry
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June 30
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Leah
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Under the Banner of Heaven (Paperback)
by Jon Krakauer
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recommended for: anyone who wants an unfortunate history lesson.
read in April, 2008
Leah said:
"This was a very intense book, and I learned a lot from it. I didn't really know anything about the Morman religion, and so it was a good history lesson for me. It was also deeply disturbing and shocking to learn what has gone on in their history, a...more
This was a very intense book, and I learned a lot from it. I didn't really know anything about the Morman religion, and so it was a good history lesson for me. It was also deeply disturbing and shocking to learn what has gone on in their history, and the injustices that have been done, especially to the young women who are a part of this group. It made me incredibly angry and frustrated because these perverse things are being done in the name of a faith in a loving god, and how can you honestly justify that?
I really enjoyed Krakauer's detached writing style. He had to make little commentary or put his own opinions out there--he simply had to rewrite what these people were telling him or report things that they have said or done, and that made it insane enough without him making an extra comment. They were fully able to make themselves look completely idiotic or insane without any help from him.
I wish that this had been a fiction book. Truly chilling that it is not. ...less
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May 26
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Leah
is currently reading:
On the Incarnation: The Treatise De Incarnatione Verbi Dei (Paperback)
by Saint Athanasius the Great, St. Athanasius
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New comment on Jordan's review of
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
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Leah
marked as to-read:
The Almost Moon (Hardcover)
by Alice Sebold
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May 25
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Leah
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Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America: An Evangelical's Lament (Hardcover)
by Randall Balmer
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read in May, 2008
Leah said:
"Somewhat of a dry read--very fact/report based, but very informational. He doesn't sensationalize his arguments or make ad hominem attacks; he simply reports on the changes throughout the church in the way that he sees it based on the church's unfor...more
Somewhat of a dry read--very fact/report based, but very informational. He doesn't sensationalize his arguments or make ad hominem attacks; he simply reports on the changes throughout the church in the way that he sees it based on the church's unfortunate (and often hypocritical) tight ties to political groups and political leaders throughout the last several decades. I saw Balmer speak at UNL last year, so a lot of the information was repeated from his speech, but it is still a good reference to why current mainstream religious right leaders have chosen abortion, school vouchers, and school prayer as key issues, while ignoring or even insulting issues such as the environment or sustainability. Challenging and interesting read--definitely biased, as the cover shows, but he calmly and factually makes his arguments. He rightly points out that he will probably be "shunned" from the evangelical community after this publication, but I would hope that most people of faith would take the challenge of at least considering his arguments....less
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Leah
added:
O Pioneers! (Vintage Classics)
by Willa Cather
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read in May, 2008
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Leah
marked as to-read:
A Man Without a Country (Paperback)
by Kurt Vonnegut
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May 20
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Leah
marked as to-read:
Night Is Dark and I Am Far from Home: Political Indictment of US Public Schools (Paperback)
by Jonathan Kozol
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May 09
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Leah
gave
to:
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by Jon Krakauer
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read in May, 2008
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