Quote from: Arawn Bheur on July 07, 2013, 01:10:59 PM
I'm reading "The Exorcist".   It's not bad though I'm waiting for it to get scary.  It's supposed to be really scary to read, but so far nothing's phased me.

I guess it depends on when you read it.  When I read it, I was a 12 year old alter server. I was scared out of my mind!

The movie scared me too, until I saw it with my parents and two of our parish priests. They were MST3King it! "That's the wrong prayer. That's the wrong vestments. We don't do that... etc" Both of them were smirking the whole way through the actual exorcism.

Currently devouring Elantris by Brandon Sanderson.

Quote from: Yukari-sensei on July 07, 2013, 05:40:20 PM
I guess it depends on when you read it.  When I read it, I was a 12 year old alter server. I was scared out of my mind!

The movie scared me too, until I saw it with my parents and two of our parish priests. They were MST3King it! "That's the wrong prayer. That's the wrong vestments. We don't do that... etc" Both of them were smirking the whole way through the actual exorcism.

I don't know..."Pet Sematary" still gives me the heebie-jeebies.  So far there's only been part in "The Exorcist" that made me remotely go "o.o"  and that was because she licked her baby sitter's ankle.  >.>

xD that movie got me when I was maybe 7.  Now I can watch it without flinching. xD

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Just read a book entitled "The Art of Loving," what an eye opener that is! The author is a psychoanalyst that blows Freud's theories out of the water as total BS and hones in on what real love is about as opposed to what Western Society has bought into. I highly recommend it, by Erich Fromm.

Just started "First, break all the rules", and I have "7 habits of highly effective people" coming up right after.  No time for pleasure reading when you are trying to tackle a management-development list

Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg

Currrently reading The Transgender Guidebook: Keys to a Successful Transition, by Anne L. Boedecker, PhD.

The last book I read was Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline. Great book! Lots of fun!

"1984" by George Orwell

The information is quite relevant today. Back in 1984 newspaper editorialists said George was wrong. What they didn't see is that it was in fact happening incrementally starting with politically correct speech, the thought police are not far off. 

Quote from: Shantel on August 17, 2013, 05:55:16 PM
"1984" by George Orwell

The information is quite relevant today. Back in 1984 newspaper editorialists said George was wrong. What they didn't see is that it was in fact happening incrementally starting with politically correct speech, the thought police are not far off. 

post of the day. People have to open their eyes. What i see praised as technological advancement is worrying me a bit.

Quote from: ZootAllures! on August 18, 2013, 09:31:24 AM
post of the day. People have to open their eyes. What i see praised as technological advancement is worrying me a bit.

You're sure right about that!

Got 2 on the go,

Hung Jury - Testimonies of Genital Surgery by Transsexual Men. This book is for me a much needed positive outlook on genital surgery for guys

and

Veronica Roth's Divergent which I find is a pleasantly entertaining read. Glad I picked it up on a whim.

Nate

'The Pig That Wants to be Eaten - and 99 Other Thought Experiments',
By Julian Baggini.

'Tricks of the Mind',
By Derren Brown.

Of Poseidon by Anna Banks

Quote from: Lajs on August 26, 2013, 05:52:26 PM


'Tricks of the Mind',
By Derren Brown.

Oh, how is that?  I love him!  He's so talented and cute.


As of now, I'm reading a bunch of GRE prep books and math workbooks.  And I try each night to read a little of "The City of God" by Saint Augustine; however, my studies are preventing me from even making a dent in it. 

Quote from: learningtolive on August 26, 2013, 08:21:45 PM
Oh, how is that?  I love him!  He's so talented and cute.

Just as funny and fascinating as any of his shows. It even gives a little more insight into him as a person. The man is a genius, no question about that! : )

I was putting it off for years and years, but I have finally started reading Anna Karenina.

Quote from: Mary81 on August 27, 2013, 02:29:26 AM
I was putting it off for years and years, but I have finally started reading Anna Karenina.

I did the same for "War and Peace", so don't sweat it.  I commend you. 

Quote from: learningtolive on August 27, 2013, 03:02:34 AM
I did the same for "War and Peace", so don't sweat it.  I commend you.

I am in hospital next week to get a tonsil out. I was actually planning to pick up War and Peace to occupy the time

Star Wars: Edge of the Empire

Yes. I've been conned into running a game using the new Fantasy Flight RPG.