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I am reading a sequal to  "The Pillars of the Earth"  by Ken Follett called
 "World Without End".  Alot of plot lines and interesting characters.  The stories take place in 11th and 13th Centuries respectively.  The Pillars of the earth was a fantastic book...too early to endorse the equal though.

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I have a ton of books. I have a coworker who likes many of the same authors and she always gives them to me. But right now I am not into a new book yet. We are reading Nora Roberts: Sign Of Seven Trilogy and the 3rd book does not come out until winter I think. cry

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Interesting title...whats it about?

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I'm re-reading a book called The Buddha in Daily Life by RIchard Causton. Very good.

D you might appreciate this- I am also paging through and reading my official Elvis Graceland Tour guide as well too.smile
 

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I'm still on the 4th book in the Dark Tower series. Except I have misplaced it. I think I may have left it up at my parent's house.

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It's about a trio of boys that share the same birthday who accidentally perform a ritual and the whole town goes haywire. They each develop some sort of gift. The town goes wonky every 7 years with a lot of violence. Some people are aware, others have no memory of the horrible events. They are trying to figure out how to capture what escaped and 3 women come into their life that also seem to be apart it. Basically a good vs evil series

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Mz, I started that series too...I think I left it in book 3.  Did he ever finish the series?

JD, thank you, thank you very much... for supporting the King's spoiled offspring.  Your read on buddhism...I am sure there is some pearls of wisdom there.  Anything spark your thoughts so far?

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It's about a trio of boys that share the same birthday who accidentally perform a ritual and the whole town goes haywire. They each develop some sort of gift. The town goes wonky every 7 years with a lot of violence. Some people are aware, others have no memory of the horrible events. They are trying to figure out how to capture what escaped and 3 women come into their life that also seem to be apart it. Basically a good vs evil series



 That sounds like a fun series...what are the names of the other 2 books in the series?



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Book 1- Blood Brothers
Book 2- The Hollow
Book 3- The Pagan Stone (waiting for release Dec 08)

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 I may have to check it out.  On your recommendation smile

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She is my favorite author. I think she does good balancing out a good story with a touch of romance.

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My favorite author is Pat Conroy

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Dylan wrote:

Mz, I started that series too...I think I left it in book 3.  Did he ever finish the series?

Yes, he did end up finishing it.  (Or at least writing 4 more books.)  I read the first 3 a long time ago, and then after he came out with the last one, I decided to pick it up again.  I re-read the first 3 and now I'm about halfway through the 4th.  The 4th isn't grabbing my attention like the others did.

 



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I think at some point, I will revisit it myself.

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Dylan wrote:

Mz, I started that series too...I think I left it in book 3. Did he ever finish the series?

JD, thank you, thank you very much... for supporting the King's spoiled offspring. Your read on buddhism...I am sure there is some pearls of wisdom there. Anything spark your thoughts so far?



Well D, its from a Nichiren Buddhist perspective. & the Nichirens are big on chanting. You may have noticed G-gal often prays for people "NMRK" which is short for a Buddhist devotional prayer/chant "Nam Myoho Renge Kyo" which translates to "Devotion to the Mystic Law of cause and effect that exists throughout all the sounds and vibrations of the universe." Its in recognizing that one is interrconnected with, and not a seprate operative within the mystical law (or from a Christian persepective perhaps the "Breath of Life") that we can harness the power of it to work for us for the sake of good, inner peace, prosperity, happiness, inner-strength. The book explains how that isn't necessarily just idealism or a mind-trick, but can actually occur within the physical universe.

 



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I'm reading and I LOVE:

"IF YOU WANT TO WALK ON WATER YOU'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF THE BOAT"

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John Ortberg

It's about taking risks and seeing the different things God will put in front of us, as a challenge or gift to us, and recognizing it!!!

-- Edited by darleneapd at 13:52, 2008-06-20

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JD...there is great truth in all religions.  What attracted you to the Buddhist philosophy?


Darlene...I agree, challenges are always opportunities for personal and/or spiritual growth.

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I got bored with the Church of Satan, D. biggrin

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JD The Jazz Doctor wrote:

I got bored with the Church of Satan, D. biggrin



 I didnt think black was your color, had you pegged more for a plaid kinda guy



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Dylan wrote:

 

JD The Jazz Doctor wrote:

I got bored with the Church of Satan, D. biggrin



 I didnt think black was your color, had you pegged more for a plaid kinda guy

 


with socks and sandals biggrin

 



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but the socks could be black.

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actually I came to it in college as a philosophy minor. It seemed to be both a very natural and practical approach to life to try and be at peace and to try and see oneself and all things as they truely are.  Its the one philosophy I wanted to keep reading more on. It was the most inspiring and useful I felt.smile

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the socks I wear on the outside reflect who I am on the inside. way too white.aww

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I'm still reading MAD magazine....does that count? nod.gif

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Does Mad still have the folding cover to turn it into a different picture?

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I'm still reading MAD magazine....does that count? nod.gif



 as long as you read it and don't eat the covers. My husband doesn't read. He just eats the covers we say. He bought a book recently. I am still waiting to see if he will actually read it.



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It sure does!!

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JD...I can appreciate that...it is a lifelong journey. 

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I've just finished a couple of Dean Koontz novels and a James Patterson... Upstairs I have another Koontz on the go, and today I went to the library with Martha and took 3 book myself. The one I have started this evening is called Blackout by Chris Ryan

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darleneapd wrote:

I'm reading and I LOVE:

"IF YOU WANT TO WALK ON WATER YOU'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF THE BOAT"



Our church did a Sunday School class going through that book about a year ago. I didn't do that class but those who did said it was really good. One of my friends was teasing me that  I need to get out of my boat once in a while and I said "Hey, me playing bass in front of people is getting out of my boat every week." Being up front is not my nature.



I just started reading "The Heart of the Artist" for the second time. It is written for those serving in the church in artistic ways. I'm sure there are things I missed the first time, and this time I plan to take some notes and sharing the best points with the rest of our music team via the email list.

It addresses issues like excellence vs perfectionism, handling disagreements between team members, service burnout, etc.


 



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