by chrissy 26 Replies latest jw friends
I don't know if it's up your alley, but I'm reading Angela's Ashes and quite enjoying it.
I also have plugged Persepolis I on a few different threads, I loved this book. It is one of the most popular books of the fast growing graphic-novel genre. Check it out if you ever get the chance, it is a powerful story, very creatively told.
Hey Chrissy, yes Ask the Awakened is a lot easier to read than Open Secret, which in comparison is a bit dry in a sense. Let me know how you like it if you check it out, I'd be interested to hear.
Ive nearly finished reading John Grisham's The Firm ( i know its a film, but I havent seen that either) Before that I read 1984 by George Orwell- I wanted to read that again after someone on here likened Big Brother the the JW's- so i re-read it with a different perspective.
Next in line is either- Crisis of Conscience by Ray Franz (have you heard ot it??? lol, kidding!!) Its on order from my library, im not sure when i will get it- or Runaway Jury by John Grisham, I love his stuff. Anyone like Dean Koonz?
GetBusyLiving,
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Society"
Thanks for reminding me of this – I've been meaning to read it for years!
tetrapod,
Great stuff – reading Demon-Haunted World was my last stab at atheism.
- Demon Haunted World – Carl Sagan
- The Blind Watchmaker – Richard Dawkins
I'm reading a lot of radical-optimist stuff like Rob Breszny's Pronoia is the Opposite of Paranoia, and I'm also falling in love with Avram Davidson's work all over again. Get hold of a copy of The Avram Davidson Treasury – it's kind of like a box of chocolate-covered hash, maybe. No, more like Harlan Ellison only more varied in "voice," quieter, and much, much less macabre.
gently feral
Something out of the ordinary perhaps? Forbidden Archeology : The Full Unabridged Edition
I read a lot of Ann Rule books.If you like true crime stories,she is by far the best writer.
Her website is www.annrules.com
Goldminer
Since you like science and readable nonfiction--I've recently enjoyed the following:
Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak by Kenneth S. Deffeyes (he's a retired Princeton professor and former petroleum geologist who worked for Shell Oil, and he explains the science behind M. King Hubbert's peak oil calculations, as well as what's possible and not possible where energy production is concerned, in a very clear way for the non-specialist).
The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless versus the Rest of Us by Martha Stout (a psychiatrist, she not only tells how to identify a sociopath--and there are more of them than you might think--but also gives a really clear explanation of what a conscience is and how it develops).
Any of Jon Krakauer's books are great--like Mulan, I thought Under the Banner of Heaven was really good, but it had many elements that reminded me of the WT. Into Thin Air is about a doomed Mt. Everest expedition, and it shows how a series of shaky decisions can lead to disaster.
Someone mentioned Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond. That's good, and so is his newest book, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.
If you're looking for some good fiction, I really liked By Way of Water by Charlotte Gulick. It's a well-written coming-of-age novel, but the mother in the story is a JW convert, so there's some very interesting stuff.
Best--and happy reading!
Jankyn
