New Books- First of 2012

We had a great meeting to discuss Pride and Prejudice.  That certainly opened a new venue for my reading.  I am actually considering reading more Austen books and might even watch a movie or two.

For next month we picked two more books.

Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas

http://www.amazon.com/Bonhoeffer-Pastor-Martyr-Prophet-Spy/dp/1595552464/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327367759&sr=1-1

A new biography about one of the first to speak out against Hitler.

This will be the book we discuss at the next meeting.

Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time by Michael Perry

http://www.amazon.com/Population-485--Meeting-Neighbors-Siren/dp/0061363502/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327368498&sr=1-1

Biography of a Volunteer Fireman in snippets surrounding fire calls.

This will be the book we discuss on the website.

We also agreed to read the Princess Bride for the meeting after next but we haven't decided what the second book would be just yet.

Book Club Tomorrow Night

Are you ready to discuss Pride and Prejudice?  We start up at 7PM tomorrow.  Check out some of the links Ihave on the right had side  as well.

See you there.

Walking in the Will of God

Interesting so far.  Walking in the Will of God depends a lot more on who GOD is than what we are doing or have done.  Has anyone else gotten to read some of Steve McVey's book?  I have read about a quarter of it and like it so far, but it fits nicely with a lot of what I already think, so I was wondering if there might be dissenting opinions out there or even if you might agree with me.

Pride and Prejudice

I have made it about 40% through the book and I am surprised to say that I am enjoying it.  I hope everyone else is getting a chance to read it as well.  I am finding that Jane Austen's writing style keeps the reading very interesting and the humor in most of it is caught even with the older english writing style.  It seems to keep my mind engaged throughout the story.  Is anyone else finding it a good read or even a bad read?

Next Books

Two new books again.  Gives us a lot to talk about and hopefully will get some discussion out here on the blog.

The book we will discuss at the next meeting is a real stretch, at least for me, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.  We have not tried a romance yet and so I thought lets go with a classic and expand the horizons.

The book to discuss online here on the blog is Walking in the Will of God by Steve McVey.  This may be stretching in content but isn't as much a stretch in reading material.  I am looking forward to it and hope you will join me in reading it. 

I have not read either book before and I think there may be a few like me out there although I think some of our number may have read Pride and Prejudice before and maybe they can interject some things to help the rest of us understand it better.

Feel free to post comments.

The books can be found on Amazon here:
Pride and Prejudice  (The kindle edition is free)


 Walking in the Will of God

Keep looking for new links on the right hand side of the site.

Another Great One... From 4 to Infinity and Beyond

Another great night of discussion going over the book Here's Looking at Euclid by Alex Bellos.  Education methods to neat tricks to synesthesia (you need to look that up) to the sum of human knowledge the topics ranged.  I am certain that if we all didn't need to get home we would have solved the budget crisis as well but time sent us away.  We all seemed to enjoy the book by Mr. Bellos.  I will be posting some links on the site to visit that are related to math and Alex Bellos to review.  Much of his proofs and background can be found on his site.  Let me know if  you read the book or even have some math tips or sites of interest.

God Bless

Generous Justice

That was a great book.  I must admit that I started off thinking that he is really going around in circles to prove a point that would have been easier to take on directly.  What I found though was that he was not so much making a point as trying to get people to think, discuss and maybe even change.

His tying justice and righteousness to disadvantaging one's self for the advantage of the community was brilliant and his examples were very insightful.  Weaving one's life into the fabric of a society that has broken down and people are falling through the cracks was an amazing picture of what he was trying to say.

I would say that his list of notes and references at the end were almost as impressive as his discourse.

So what did everyone else think?