Thread: recent books you read

Originally Posted by walrus

Originally Posted by NVSemin

I read bible and study hebrew a bit

@NVSemin, the scribes and the Pharisee also read the bible, you know what happened to them.

they JUST read it like NYT, not seeing the Messiah

Originally Posted by NVSemin

Originally Posted by walrus

Originally Posted by NVSemin

I read bible and study hebrew a bit

@NVSemin, the scribes and the Pharisee also read the bible, you know what happened to them.

they JUST read it like NYT, not seeing the Messiah

Alright, just making sure

Originally Posted by X

Im reading "The road to Nowhere: a journey through boxing so wasteland" by Tris Dixon.

It's a good read, he goes out to find former fighters who were never huge megastars to see what's happened to them and what they make of their careers in retrospect. People like Don Fullmer, Jeff Chandler, Dwight Qawi and the like.

I'm really enjoying it, and would recommend it

I was so close in making my last book about boxers.
I had my title "Forgotten Greats"

Pretty similar to how the book you mentioned would read. Had Talked to Ken Norton about doing it, along with Ron Lyle & Leon Spinks.
Lou Duva & Angelo Dundee were approached- I think they would've agreed. This was 2010.
I would finalize the book at the Boxing Hall of Fame. By 2011, everyone passed away, exlcuding Leon. I was at the door of success and it slipped away. I pitched the sequel to my first book to the publishers who agreed on Forgotten Greats, but they were IMO pro-Obama and didnt like my objective analysis on him. It was denied on arrival.

Understanding the old testament by Jay Williams.
Written a few decades ago, but is timeless.
Seeks to show bible shouldn't be read to prove or dispute, rather should be read to see how faith plays apart in our lives like it did for the Israelites

Originally Posted by SlimTrae

Understanding the old testament by Jay Williams.
Written a few decades ago, but is timeless.
Seeks to show bible shouldn't be read to prove or dispute, rather should be read to see how faith plays apart in our lives like it did for the Israelites

I read "understanding Jay Williams by the NEW testament "
Written a few thousand year ago, but it is timeless
Seeks to show books by Jay Williams and other agnosticts shouldn't be read to prove or dispute, rather should not be read at all

I am back on reading kicks after a period of abstinence.

They are as follows:
Undisputed Truth - Mike Tyson
No Logo - Naomi Klein
Unknown Pleasures - Peter Hook
Revolution - Russell Brand

Originally Posted by Gandalf

I am back on reading kicks after a period of abstinence.

They are as follows:
Undisputed Truth - Mike Tyson
No Logo - Naomi Klein
Unknown Pleasures - Peter Hook
Revolution - Russell Brand

I read parts of UT by Mike, the ones on peekaboo and his early trainings,
nothing super new, just a little bit of new stuff

I think Mike realized that as soon as the opens up completely, the interest towards him will drops,
this is why I guess the reveals littble by little interesting parts about peekaboo, Cus, and all that.

Originally Posted by NVSemin

Originally Posted by SlimTrae

Understanding the old testament by Jay Williams.
Written a few decades ago, but is timeless.
Seeks to show bible shouldn't be read to prove or dispute, rather should be read to see how faith plays apart in our lives like it did for the Israelites

I read "understanding Jay Williams by the NEW testament "
Written a few thousand year ago, but it is timeless
Seeks to show books by Jay Williams and other agnosticts shouldn't be read to prove or dispute, rather should not be read at all

Agnostic? I thought he was a believer in Christ. Much like the many other authors who write about exegesis.

Also reading Summa Theologica by Aquinas, good stuff, deep read.

I've been reading game of thrones non stop just lately (I've just finished 'feast for crows') I was feeling a little burnt out so I opted for a couple of easy books and in the last week I've read



Good book, not a patch on To Kill a Mockingbird and you have to try and forget that its not an actual sequel because some of the characters are completely different (mainly Aticus, in this one he comes across as being quite small minded even though the original attributes from TKAMB are still in there)

Just today I finished

There’s something special about eight-year-old Rhoda Penmark. With her carefully plaited hair and her sweet cotton dresses, she’s the very picture of old-fashioned innocence. But when their neighborhood suffers a series of terrible accidents, her mother begins to wonder: Why do bad things seem to happen when little Rhoda is around?

I thought this was a brilliant book, mainly told from the mothers point of view, little Rhoda doesn't actually do a fat lot in the book but I utterly detested her, it probably wasn't quite as shocking now as when it was first published in the 50's but still it was a nice easy read.

after my two easy books I fancy something a wee bit more testing on my old noodle so I'm going to get started on these