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« Reply #120 on: September 06, 2009, 01:10:51 PM » |
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Justification and Surprised by Hope both by N.T. Wright.
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« Reply #121 on: September 07, 2009, 04:20:49 PM » |
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update on listening to The Silmarillion: if the number of pages I had previously read (with my eyes) is x, I'm about 3x into the book now, so listening to the completely unfamiliar stuff has gone well. I decided that listening feels like being a little kid and hearing the tales in the oral tradition, while reading feels more like studying. I still have difficulty keeping track of some of the who and where and what group was that again? (I need a Venn diagram), but it doesn't bog me down--I know I'll be hearing the story again or studying it later, and I want to.
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« Reply #122 on: September 07, 2009, 04:39:17 PM » |
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I don't remember if you've read The Children of Hurin, but it's about as good as the best stories in The Silmarillion. It definitely exceeds the other partially-complete stuff in terms of polish (by which I mean that it's more polished, not that it's written in Polish).
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« Reply #123 on: September 07, 2009, 05:38:11 PM » |
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I haven't yet, but I plan to listen to the audiobook.
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« Reply #124 on: September 07, 2009, 08:38:15 PM » |
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I've actually never listened to an audiobook all the way through. When I was young my mom would read to my brother and I, but I would get impatient at the slow pace and finish the book on my own. I've also found that I remember less about the plot and what's happened before when I've listened to it rather than read it. I think the furthest I got was in grade 6 when I had surgery and my grandmother took a book she knew I would like and read it aloud onto tape for me so that even though I couldn't read I could still enjoy the book. I tried really hard to enjoy it because I knew she had gone to the trouble for me, but it was such a frustrating experience that I gave it up.
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« Reply #125 on: September 07, 2009, 09:32:48 PM » |
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I used to have the same sort of difficulty with audiobooks. even if I was very interested in the story, the relative slowness of listening would make me fall asleep or frustrate me. I would listen to the voice itself and get annoyed at it and picture the words on the page and imagine what is going on in the story, but then I would forget because my brain was too busy analyzing the annoyingness of the voice and picturing words on a page. but if it didn't do those things it wasn't busy enough. if I'm knitting or doing something else with my hands that only requires a little brainpower, listening to an audiobook can work. but I'm still finicky about the voice, and I have to be a in certain mood for the whole thing.
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« Reply #126 on: September 08, 2009, 10:26:15 AM » |
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Forgotten God--Francis Chan
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"When we spend so much time promoting everything we're against that the message of who we are for gets lost, when Christians are putting everyone else down, how is Jesus lifted up in that?." Doug Fields
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« Reply #127 on: September 09, 2009, 05:29:33 PM » |
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I started listening to The Children of Húrin. it is read by Christopher Lee, which is kind of awesome but rather distracting. I just hear DOOM and GLOOM and PONDEROUSNESS.
also, I've found that with The Silmarillion, I mainly enjoyed the stuff about about the Ainur and the Quendi and was less interested in the tales of Men. so we'll see how far I get.
other recent books I borrowed:
The Deathly Hallows Lectures: The Hogwarts Professor Explains Harry's Final Adventure, John Granger
Lord of the Rings: The Mythology of Power, Jane Chance
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« Reply #128 on: September 20, 2009, 12:47:19 PM » |
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I finished listening to The Children of Húrin. so tragic and dark and sad! but what a good story. having it read to me by Christopher Lee turned out to be rather awesome--I got over the "alas, it is Saruman speaking!" thing after hearing him do other characters' voices. (it was amusing to hear him say "booty" a couple of times. of course it was plunder, but it made me chuckle. and then I couldn't be like "alas!" after that.) I want to get a physical copy for the illustrations and to read it with my eyes.
borrowed Reading Harry Potter Again: New Critical Essays by Giselle Liza Anatol.
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« Reply #129 on: December 26, 2009, 11:38:47 PM » |
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Got for Christmas:
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
Religion Saves (and Nine Other Misconceptions) by Mark Driscoll
Got for free today at Lifeway (giveaway for first 150 customers):
Raising Dad by Thom and Art Rainer
Bought:
Do Something by Miles McPherson
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« Reply #130 on: December 30, 2009, 03:23:59 PM » |
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Purchased:
Your Movie Sucks, Roger Ebert
Gifted:
Quicksilver, Neal Stephenson
Code version 2.0, Lawrence Lessig
The Bread Baker's Apprentice, Peter Reinhart
The Original White House Cookbook
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« Reply #131 on: October 21, 2010, 04:58:55 PM » |
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The Music of The Lord of the Rings Films: A Comprehensive Account of Howard Shore's Scores, by Doug Adams
The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind The Lord of the Rings, by Peter Kreeft
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« Reply #132 on: February 08, 2011, 01:47:20 AM » |
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Ptolemy's Gate - Jonathan Stroud
Great ending to the Bartimeaus trilogy. But now I've heard a fourth book has come out. On my list to buy next.
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