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Book 12

2006-03-15T19:41:10Z

12. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe

This book is the best bestselling fiction debut of the decade, a miraculously realistic study of an unbelievably status-mad society, from the fiery combatants of the South Bronx to the bubbling scum at the top of Wall Street. Sherman McCoy, a farcically arrogant investment banker (dubbed a "Master of the Universe," Wolfe's brilliant metaphorical co-opting of a then-important toy for boys), hits a black guy in the Bronx with his Mercedes and runs--right into a nightmare peopled by vicious mistresses, thin wives like "social x-rays," slime-bag politicos, tabloid hacks, and Dantesque denizens of the "justice" system.

704 pages/2880 total=19.2% of 15000

12 books=24% of 50

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Book 11

2006-03-15T19:32:15Z

11. The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers by Robert L. Heilbroner

This is an absolutely fantastic piece of work, as it does an excellent job of summarizing economic thought over the centuries, covering Marx, Malthus, Keynes, and many others. It is informative yet entertaining as he provides diescriptions of the people themselves as well as their economic thought. It is not a difficult read and you don't necessarily have to be all that interested in economics to enjoy it.

368 pages/2176 total=14.5% of 15000

11 books=22% of 50

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Book 10

2006-02-13T19:29:39Z

10. Selections From the Canzoniere and Other Works by Francesco Petrarch

This entirely new translation includes Petrarch's short autobiographical prose works, The Letter to Posterity and The Ascent of Mount Ventoux, and a selection of twenty-seven poems from the Canzoniere, Petrarch's best-known work in Italian. They are so well written it's scary. He writes these poems about a woman named "Laura" who he has fallen in love with. About half of the poems are before Laura's death and the rest were written after, and some of the best ones are from the latter half in my opinion.

128 pages/1808 total=12% of 15000

10 books=20% of 50

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Book 9

2006-02-11T23:06:59Z

9. Saint Basil the Great On the Holy Spirit by Saint Basil the Great

This book was alright, but not all that interesting to me. In it he is trying to demonstrate that the Holy Spirit is of one and the same nature with the Father just like the Son. Because of this conclusion he decides that equal honor and worship are therfroe due to Him. He is basically refuting most of the Arian proposals denying the full divinity of the Son.

118 pages/1680 total=11.2% of 15000

9 books=18% of 50

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Book 8

2006-02-10T16:14:23Z

8. Four Views on Hell by Stanley N. Gundry

I enjoyed this book immensely as it covered the doctrine of hell from multiple perspectives. Although I've been a Christian for pretty much my entire life, it's one of the many doctrines that are assumed to be known but the reality is that most people have never really thought about it. In it, Four different authors present their respective views on hell in a literal, metaphorical, purgatorial and conditional fashion. While it did not really change my view, it helped me to understand why some people might think that hell is a place of eternal punishment and why some might think that God would never do that to people. I also enjoyed the structure of the book because each author presented his view and then the other three had the chance to provide a rebuttal or support. Some of them got heated too! I would definitely recommend this book.

190 pages/1562 total=10.4% of 15000

8 books=16% of 50

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Book 7

2006-02-05T05:11:12Z

7. Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas by Elaine Pagels

I liked parts of this book, especially the final chapter that talks about how the Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity. Generally, Pagels is making a case for people giving gnostic writings a chance and not discarding them like most people in the Church do. She gives some decent support but I found her writing to be somewhat bland and was kind of bored while reading it. I think there is some truth to a lot of what she says, especially when she warns of the danger of Orthodox Christianity, but I worry that people will accept just anything as truth, when in reality, a lot of things that were written back then and continue to be so are not true at all, especially not true in accordance to Christ.

257 pages/1372 total=9.1% of 15000

7 books=14% of 50

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Book 6

2006-02-04T06:18:15Z

6. On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius

This translation was great, and I can see why it is held in such high regard. Saint Athanasius stood contra mundum for the Trinitarian doctrine "whole and undefiled," when it looked as if all the civilized world was slipping back from Christianity into the religion of Arius-one of those "sensible," synthetic religions which are so strongly recommended today and which then, as now, included among their devotees many highly cultivated clergymen. It is the glory of Saint Athanasius that he did not move with the times; it is his reward that he now remains when those times, as all times do, have moved away.

120 pages/1115 total=7.4% of 15000

6 books=12% of 50

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Book 5

2006-02-01T01:37:25Z

5. The Scandal of the Incarnation: Irenaeus Against the Heresies by Saint Irenaeus

I enjoyed reading this book and thought that the man who selected all of the different parts from Irenaeus' different works, Hans Urs von Balthasar, did an excellent job of picking the more pertinent and interesting topics without boring the normal reader with unnecessary details about Gnosticism. I learned a good deal about Gnosticism and Irenaeus' opinions towards it and Christianity, and am definitely going to keep this book to use as a resource for further learning.

111 pages/995 total=6.6% of 15000

5 books=10% of 50

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Book 4

2006-01-26T19:41:08Z

4. The Myth of Certainty: The Reflective Christian & the Risk of Commitment by Daniel Taylor

Well, I had to read this book for my Intro to Christian Theology class and at first I really liked it. Taylor appears to set out in hopes of reconciling the differences between close-minded skepticism and close-minded Christianity, but as the book progressed, I just felt like he was repeating a lot of what I've read and heard before. The style was good, and he included one or two little narrative selections throughout each chapter that put emphasis on certain points that he was making. These were very helpful because I personally could sympathize with the main character and identify people I knew with others. But I just am tired of reading things about reflective Christianity I suppose. It certainly wasn't bad, I'm just not sure that it was profound at all. Not that it has to be. So I suppose my conclusion is if you are new to this sort of discussion then this is a great book to pick up. If you are familiar with this debate then you probably don't need to spend time on this one.

158 pages/884 total=5.9% of 15000

4 books=8% of 50

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Book 3

2006-01-14T02:38:24Z

3. Selected Poems (Goethe: The Collected Works, Volume 1) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

This was an incredible collection of poetry, quite possibly the best poetry I've ever read. Of course, I am anything but an expert in poetry and well over half of them I did not fully understand but that just makes it all the more exciting when I do come to understand the reality behind a poem. It also made me wish I knew German so I could read the poem in its native language, because a translation will always take away some of the original.

298 pages/726 total=4.8% of 15000

3 books=6% of 50

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Book 2

2006-01-09T06:59:15Z

2. An Eyewitness to History: Patriarch Nikephoros of Constantinople by Norman Tobias and Anthony R. Santoro

I enjoyed this book a good deal and am very glad to see that these two gentlemen gave their time to the translation of this piece. There is a good introduction that focuses briefly on the life of Nikephoros and his family and upbringing and then it goes into the actual work, which focuses on the period from the reign of Maurice (582-602) up to Constantine (718-775). I had somewhat of a difficult time following everything due to the many different names, but I took notes so I think this will prove to be worthwhile when class begins.

220 pages/428 total=2.9% of 15000

2 book=4% of 50

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Book 1

2006-01-06T07:34:44Z

1. The Secret History by Procopius

I picked this book up because I need to read it for my class on the History of the Byzantine Empire this semester, so I figured I'd try and get a jump on my work load. I thought it was certainly interesting, even if it was somewhat biased. Procopius writes about four people: a general named Belisarius, his wife, Antonina, and the emperor Justinian and his wife, Theodora, but the main focus is on the later two. He clearly hates both of them and does nothing short of summarizing all of their misdeads during their reign. But whether or not it was biased, much of what we know about the two of them is thanks to his writings, so for that we are indebted. I'll summarize his thoughts on Justinian by quoting him: "One of these days Justinian, if he is a man, will depart this life: if he is Lord of the Demons, he will lay his life aside."

208 pages=1.4% of 15000

1 book=2% of 50

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2006-01-06T07:28:06Z

Fiction and Poetry (1130 pages, 377 pages/book)
1. Selected Poems (Goethe: The Collected Works, Part 1) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1/13, 298 pages, 5 stars
2. Selections From the Canzonier and Other Works by Francesco Petrarch, 2/13, 128 pages, 4 stars
3. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe, 3/11, 704 pages, 5 stars

Non-fiction (1750 pages, 194 pages/book)
1. The Secret History by Procopius, 1/6, 208 pages, 4 stars
2. An Eyewitness to History: Patriarch Nikephoros of Constantinople by Norman Tobias and Anthony R. Santoro, 1/9, 220 pages, 5 stars
3. The Myth of Certainty: The Reflective Christian & the Risk of Commitment by Daniel Taylor, 1/26, 158 pages, 3 stars
4. The Scandal of the Incarnation: Irenaeus Against the Heresies by Saint Irenaeus, 1/31, 111 pages, 4 stars
5. On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius, 2/4, 120 pages, 4 stars
6. Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas by Elaine Pagels, 2/5, 257 pages, 3 stars
7. Four Views on Hell by Stanley N. Gundry, 2/10, 190 pages, 5 stars
8. Saint Basil the Great On the Holy Spirit by Saint Basil the Great, 2/11, 118 pages, 3 stars
9. The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers by Robert L. Heilbroner, 3/1, 368 pages, 5 stars

2005 Final Book List

2006-01-01T16:56:28Z

Fiction (7060 pages=243 pages/book)
1. The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy, 287 pages, 1/1, 4 stars
2. Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings, 262 pages, 1/5, 5 stars
3. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King, 264 pages, 1/08, 4 stars
4. Candide by Voltaire, 144 pages, 2/1, 4 stars
5. Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective by Agatha Christie, 217 pages, 2/5, 4 stars
6. Murder in Three Acts by Agatha Christie, 264 pages, 2/13, 5 stars
7. Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 135 pages, 2/27, 4 stars
8. The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 255 pages, 3/13, 4 stars
9. The Plague by Albert Camus, 269 pages, 4/15, 5 stars
10. The Thanatos Syndrome by Walker Percy, 372 pages, 5/9, 3 stars
11. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, 192 pages, 5/11, 5 stars
12. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, 186 pages, 5/14, 5 stars
13. Answered Prayers: The Unfinished Novel by Truman Capote, 180 pages, 5/15, 3 stars
14. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis, 216 pages, 5/18, 5 stars
15. Misery by Stephen King, 338 pages, 5/22, 5 stars
16. Disclosure by Michael Crichton, 497 pages, 6/5, 5 stars
17. The Weather of the Heart by Madeleine L'Engle, 96 pages, 6/5, 5 stars
18. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis, 216 pages, 6/9, 5 stars
19. Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King, 372 pages, 6/11, 5 stars
20. Sonnets of Love and Friendship, 82 pages, 6/12, 5 stars
21. The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis, 217 pages, 6/23, 5 stars
22. The Poet and the Donkey by May Sarton, 126 pages, 7/2, 4 stars
23. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, 238 pages, 7/10, 5 stars
24. Hunting Down Amanda by Andrew Klavan, 436 pages, 7/11, 5 stars
25. The Fall by Albert Camus, 147 pages, 7/17, 5 stars
26. The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis, 227 pages, 7/21, 5 stars
27. The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis, 186 pages, 12/26, 5 stars
28. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, 454 pages, 12/28, 3 stars
29. The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis, 184 pages, 12/29, 5 stars

Non-ficton (9416 pages=241 pages/book)
1. The Seven Deadly Virtues by F. Forrester Church, 112 pages, 1/13, 2 stars
2. Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes, 59 pages, 1/23, 3 stars
3. The Person and the Common Good by Jacques Maritain, 108 pages, 1/26, 2 stars
4. Epic: The Story God is Telling and the Role That Is Yours To Play by John Eldredge, 104 pages, 1/27, 5 stars
5. Written on the Heart: The Case For Natural Law by J. Budziszweski, 252 pages, 2/7, 3 stars
6. The Heidelberg Catechism, 77 pages, 2/9, 5 stars
7. Unbound by Neal Lozano, 254 pages, 2/19, 4 stars
8. Letter to the Soviet Leaders by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, 59 pages, 2/23, 4 stars
9. The Elements of Effort: Reflections on the Art and Science of Running by John Jerome, 207 pages, 2/27, 4 stars
10. Detente: Prospects For Democracy and Dictatorship by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, 112 pages, 3/1, 5 stars
11. Mediaeval Feudalism by Carl Stephenson, 116 pages, 3/6, 5 stars
12. A Question of Character: A Life of John F. Kennedy by Thomas C. Reeves, 510 pages, 3/8, 5 stars
13. Justice, Gender, and the Family by Susan Moller Okin, 216 pages, 3/17, 1 star
14. The Gulag Archipelago One by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, 660 pages, 3/20, 5 stars
15. The Gospel of Life: Evangelium Vitae by Pope John Paul II, 189 pages, 3/25, 5 stars
16. On the Geneology of Morality by Friedrich Nietzsche, 177 pages, 3/28, 3 stars
17. Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud, 127 pages, 4/6, 2 stars
18. Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America by Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith, 212 pages, 4/8, 5 stars
19. Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture by Lesslie Newbigin, 160 pages, 4/14, 3 stars
20. The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values For Humanity by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, 338 pages, 4/22, 4 stars
21. My American Journey by Colin Powell, 644 pages, 4/26, 3 stars
22. A History of Russia by Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, 665 pages, 5/12, 5 stars
23. Great Political Wit by Bob Dole, 190 pages, 5/16, 3 stars
24. When Godly People Do Ungodly Things: Arming Yourself in the Age of Seduction by Beth Moore, 302 pages, 5/30, 3 stars
25. The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis, 141 pages, 6/7, 5 stars
26. The Rule of St. Benedict translated by Anthony C. Meisel and M.L. del Mastro, 117 pages, 9/11, 3 stars
27. Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Michael B. Oren, 446 pages, 9/11, 4 stars
28. The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren, 336 pages, 9/13, 5 stars
29. The Roots of Romanticism by Isaiah Berlin, 171 pages, 9/14, 5 stars
30. Considerations on France by Joseph de Maistre, 176 pages, 10/2, 4 stars
31. Wild at Heart by John Eldredge, 223 pages, 10/5, 5 stars
32. Finding the Love of Your Life by Neil Clark Warren, 176 pages, 10/15, 4 stars
33. Saladin in His Time by PH Newby, 210 pages, 10/20, 4 stars
34. The Subjection of Women by John Stewart Mill, 110 pages, 10/24, 4 stars
35. Real Presences by George Steiner, 236 pages, 12/2, 4 stars
36. Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality by Sigmund Freud, 130 pages, 12/6, 4 stars
37. The Book of the Cosmos by Dennis Richard Danielson, 556 pages, 12/11, 3 stars
38. Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello to Courtship by Joshua Harris, 229 pages, 12/20, 5 stars
39. Memories of John Lennon by Yoko Ono, 309 pages, 12/24, 5 stars

Well, I surpassed my goal of 50 books by finishing with 68 and my goal of 15000 pages by finishing with 16467, so I would consider this a successful year. And I had ten more nonfiction read, which I am happy with. It is far too easy to pick up fiction and read it so I am glad to see that I voluntarily read non-fiction, although many on my list were for school. My favorite three fiction were The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Disclosure by Michael Crichton, and Misery by Stephen King. My favorite three non-fiction were The Gulag Archipelago One by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis, and Memories of John Lennon by Yoko Ono. However, all of the books were pretty darn good in my mind.

Right now I'm currently reading something like 12 books because I have the problem where I wish I could read so many different things and thus, I get none of them actually read. But for the year, I am going to make the same goals of 50 books and 15000 pages again and see how it goes. Happy reading everyone!

Book 68

2006-01-01T16:45:11Z

68. The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

I finished this book a few days ago, and as it turns out, this is my final book for the year. I enjoyed this one and this brought me to the conclusion of The Chronicles of Narnia, which although I was trying to get it done, now makes me slightly sad. I honestly would not mind having a few more to pick up, but oh well. This book talks of how evil first came to the great land of Narnia and how Aslan came back and saved them. The Christian parallels throughout the entire series are just incredible and this is no exception. If you have not undertaken this series, then you have some work to do my friend.

184 pages/16467 total=110% of 15000

68 books=136% of 50

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Book 67

2005-12-28T15:35:41Z

67. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Well, to say that I did not enjoy this book would be a lie. At least part of me wants to say that it was utterly abominable, but the problem is just that I am not as knowledgable on the topics presented in this book to make a real judgment. However, I read this book because I am taking a class called "Gnostic Fantasies" this semester and my professor despises this book, and so much will be revealed for me over the next few months. So it may be fun to go back and read it again in six months with my newfound knowledge. As a piece of fiction, it was extremely well-done. It was gripping; I stayed up until 3 AM last night finishing it. To me it didn't even seem predictable, which is typically the downfall of contemporary fiction. The ending was predictable, but not in the sense that it destroyed the book by any stretch of the imagination. As an historical fiction piece, I'm not so sure. Yet.

454 pages/16283 total=109% of 15000

67 books=134% of 50

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Book 66

2005-12-26T23:06:58Z

66. The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

I think out of the six I have read of the Chronicles, this was my favorite thus far. I must admit that I began this one after taking a break from the Chronicles with the aim of just getting through them so I can say that I have finished the series, but was pleasantly surprised by it. I was getting tired of the style of his writing but this one was refreshing. It seems that this puts everything into perspective because it tells how Narnia came into existence and so, the entire series begins to connect a little better in my mind. Well worth your reading.

186 pages/15829 total=105% of 15000

66 books=132% of 50

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Book 65

2005-12-26T23:01:00Z

65. Memories of John Lennon by Yoko Ono

I really enjoyed this book alot. I am extremely jealous of all the wonderful people who were fortunate enough to have known this man, and I really enjoyed the selections that Yoko Ono included. The entire book was a collection of art, letters, poems and reflection pieces written by people that grew up with him or worked with him or some, were just influenced by him. Some big names were Peter Gabriel, Elton John, Pete Townshend and Mick Jagger, and it was just incredible to see how he had an affect on others around him. The entire book offered amazing insight into the life of Lennon as a person, musician, artist, activist, father and husband, as well as others. It gave me a lot appreciation for all that he did, especially what he and Yoko tried to do regarding peace. I would definitely recommend this book.

309 pages/15643 total=104% of 15000

65 books=130% of 50

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Book 64

2005-12-21T01:30:03Z

64. Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello to Courtship by Joshua Harris

I really enjoyed this book by Joshua Harris, an author that I was not all too impressed with previously. In his first book, entitled I Kissed Dating Goodbye, he takes the rather obvious stand against dating. But in this book, two years after he married his wife, he becomes an advocate for it (or courtship) and does a very nice job providing wisdom that is typically found in someone with much more life experience. Whether or not everything he says is completely correct is still up in the air but he does not try to enforce anything on his readers and provides plenty of Biblical support for the things that he does suggest. I would recommend this book to anyone thinking about pursuing a relationship or anyone who is already in one, as it would provide a second opinion on some extremely serious topics.

229 pages/15334 total=102% of 15000

64 books=128% of 50

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Book 63

2005-12-12T01:58:36Z

63. The Book of the Cosmos by Dennis Richard Danielson

I had to read this book for my cosmology class and it was definitely an interesting piece of work. Danielson has assembled eighty-five different texts about all sorts of things that deal with cosmological theories, from black holes to creation theories to superstrings. My only problem with the book is that I'm not all that interested in the subject, but it did open my eyes to lots of new things that I am unaccustomed to. It was nice too because the selections were relatively short and so when sometimes they were written in slightly lofty language, they didn't necessarily end up boring me.

556 pages/15105 total=101% of 15000

63 books=126% of 50

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Book 62

2005-12-07T19:20:17Z

62. Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality by Sigmund Freud

I read this book in preparation for a presentation that I will be doing tomorrow morning for my European Intellectual History class on childhood sexuality causing neurosis in adults and found this to be extremely helpful. I would not recommend this book for the faint-of-heart due to its extremely sexual and touchy content. There were numerous times while reading, especially the first essay on sexual abberations, that I was forced to take a break. Freud is such an enigma to the world, espcially the Christian community, that he is sometimes hard for me to stomach, although I do find him to be brilliant in many ways, which makes him much more bearable. Many of his theories seem extremely unfounded and incredible, but he at least laid the groundwork for much of the psychological thought of the twentieth century.

130 pages/14549 total=97% of 15000

62 books=124% of 50

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Book 61

2005-12-03T05:44:35Z

61. Real Presences by George Steiner

I generally enjoyed this book, although much of what he said was well above my head. It certainly is the type of book that I could re-read each week and find something entirely different each time. His general thesis was to discuss how all types of art can in fact be underwritten by God. I'm not so sure that I would recommend this book to just anyone, but if you are open to a challenge then it is certainly worth the try. I would love to read it again some time in the future, but my list is so long that it will quickly fall to the bottom, but hopefully not be forgotten. He makes some great points, and one of them is sad in that the average person who picks it up will get nothing from it.

236 pages/14419 total=96.1% of 15000

61 books=122% of 50

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Book 60

2005-10-26T01:20:27Z

60. The Subjection of Women by John Stewart Mill

This book is an essay arguing for equality in all areas for women, and has become a landmark in the struggle for human rights. Mill argues clearly, logically and concisely, not biting off of more than he can chew. After reading what he has to say it is hard to believe that there is and ever was an argument against him. In a nutshell, Mill is arguing that it is impossible for one to say that a woman's nature can be defined at the time, because never in history has the world ever allowed for them to fully develop to their potential. He also says that it could only be beneficial for women to have equal rights, because as it stands approximately half of the population is not being used to their full potential. I would suggest reading this to most people.

110 pages/14183 total=94.5% of 15000

60 books=120% of 50

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Book 59

2005-10-21T14:57:23Z

59. Saladin in His Time by PH Newby

Honored by Christian and Muslim alike, celebrated by Dante and Sir Walter Scott, Saladin reigns as the most famous of all Islamic heroes. As sultan of Egypt, Syria, Yemen, and Palestine, he achieved great success in the wars against the crusaders--particularly with his capture of Jerusalem. And, his disciplined army stood in marked contrast to the Christians, who slaughtered indiscriminately following their victory in 1099. This thoroughly researched biography shows Saladin as a skillful diplomat, a generous but firm ruler, and a deeply religious man...who tragically died without enough money to pay for his own grave.

I really enjoyed this book. It was a pretty simple read but it had a lot of useful information.

210 pages/14073 total=93.8% of 15000

59 books=118% of 50

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Book 58

2005-10-15T14:45:20Z

58. Finding the Love of Your Life by Neil Clark Warren

I enjoyed this book. Warren decides on 10 different principles that are geared towards helping you choose the right person to marry and then proceeds to discuss each one in a good amount of depth, but not too much. A lot of questions that people find themselves asking such as Do opposites attract for a lifetime? and What is the most important quality I should look for in a potential mate? are all answered here. Yet, he does not force anything on the reader, but merely suggests them and with his experience I would think it important to take his advice. I would recommend this to anyone interested in relationships.

176 pages/13863 total=92.4% of 15000

58 books=116% of 50

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