Since having a child I have not read much. But that does not mean that I do not TRY to read. So here is a list of books that I am TRYING to read for one reason or another:
1. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. - This is sure to be an Oprah's Book Club Book. I haven't even started it yet as a friend just loaned it to me but with this whole life in transition thing going on, I wanted to give this book a try.
2. Stages of Faith by James W. Fowler. - I'm taking a developmental psych class on adolescents and faith development is never talked about. I have to write a 5 to 7 pg. paper and I'm rereading some of this book for class.
3. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. - I heard that this book is anti-God (as stated by the book's author) so I'm reading it to see what an extreme atheist's perspective is. I find that the traditional concept of God and Jesus that the Church has constructed should be challenged and who better to challenge then someone who does not believe at all! However, as I am not trying to convince atheists to believe in God, I would like the same courtesy.
4. The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory. - I need some real fluff, right?
5. The Bible. - For a project
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i have Eat Pray Love and i read it voraciously. it's a terrific read and written with a great sense of humor. i envy anyone's first taste of it.
I actually took my kids to see the movie version of "The Golden Compass" and thought it was very good. My 10 year old daughter also pointed out to me the book two weeks ago in a bookstore and said she wanted to try and read it.
I understand that the second and third books in the trilogy become increasingly anti-God and faith bashing. The author is apparently cleverly getting the core audience of fans together before unleashing his antireligious diatribe in the pretext of a fantasy story.
The god in Pullman's novels is a false god.
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