blueidealist24 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I just finished a Christian historical fiction novel, Candle in the Darkness by Lynn Austin. Btw, I'm not a very devoted Christian, this was just recommended in secular magazine, actually. Link to comment
Liraele Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 One Hit Wonder - Carlie Carillo Link to comment
Silverbirch Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I am preparing to be thoroughly creeped out. image removed That would be very interesting. One of my exes was a psychologist who had a personal and professional interest in understanding how cults work, and he had several books on different cults. I read one of them. It was interesting talking with him about that subject. Link to comment
imsuperman Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 That would be very interesting. One of my exes was a psychologist who had a personal and professional interest in understanding how cults work, and he had several books on different cults. I read one of them. It was interesting talking with him about that subject. It's a very interesting read. I'm about 3/4 of the way through. I had read two long fiction books before and wanted to get back into non-fiction, so I took a chance with this because I knew about the mass suicide thing only vaguely, and didn't really know much else at all about it. You know how you always hear like serial killers started by killing animals when they were kids and stuff? Similarly, Jim Jones was a master manipulator from a very early age. He would have audiences and keep them as long as he possibly could in his barn loft and do "healing" shows and that type of thing. It was a very good choice for a book. It's a really, really creepy book because it actually happened, but it describes how he used fear, making himself the victim, and going on the offensive to have absolute control over his "church." It's just incredible, because his inner circle were mostly educated people. Link to comment
Silverbirch Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Hi. I'm from Australia and we had a notorious shocking secret cult exposed here quite a few years ago called "The Family" led by a woman named Anne Hamilton Byrne. Most of the followers were educated people, including doctors. She is in a nursing home now with dementia, and a recent newspaper article claimed that she had amassed more than $20million dollars - I'm sure it would be MUCH more. Some of the former members of the family are presently talking about how her estate should be managed when she dies and paid out in compensation. There are books on that cult which you would likely find interesting. Link to comment
treesandbees Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Link to comment
Liraele Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath Link to comment
Miss Firecracker Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Letters From The Earth By Mark Twain (1909) Wow! I loved this. Link to comment
treesandbees Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Picked up: Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte Link to comment
SpottiOtti Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Exit Ghost by Philip Roth. It's really bumming me out. But I can't put it down. Link to comment
imsuperman Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Finishing it up tonight. Four issues a night over three nights. image removed Link to comment
blueidealist24 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I just finished True North: The Shocking Truth Behind Yours, Mine and Ours by Tom North. I read it because I said I'd review it for a magazine I work for but it was a wonderful book even though there were a few disturbing parts. I highly recommend it. Link to comment
Liraele Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Life After Death - Damien Echols Link to comment
treesandbees Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 If I Stay by Gayle Forman. It is a movie being released soon or is released so wanted to read the book before seeing the movie. Link to comment
ParisPaulette Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Gavin de Becker's "The Gift of Fear" and can I just say, "Wow!" I avoided reading this book for so long, because it just sounded too pop-psychology for me. And then a friend, who'd been carjacked and nearly killed, urged me to read it. Now I'm making my sons read it and their girlfriends too, it's that important a lesson in how listening to your intuition can potentially save your life. Link to comment
faraday Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 The Giver - Lois Lowry I read this book when I was young...and it changed the way I viewed the world. I can't wait until my daughter is old enough to read it I've heard the movie sucks. Too bad. It's such a cool concept. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment
imsuperman Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 The Green Mile by Stephen King. Haven't read this in a while. I have the original six book series too Link to comment
Liraele Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Firespell - Chloe Neill Seven Systems of Indian Philosophy - Pandit Rajmani Tigunait Link to comment
treesandbees Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Nights In Rodanthe - Nicholas Sparks Link to comment
Fame1977 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I'm reading The 5th Wave. The author's name escapes my mind at the moment. I tried to read the Divergent series, but I couldn't take it after the first book. It just dragged. I also read Me, Earl and the Dying Girl. It was very good. Link to comment
Liraele Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Fevre Dream - George R.R. Martin Link to comment
t1lersm0m1 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I recently read Inifinity + One. I couldn't get into it at first, then gave it a second shot a month later and am so glad I did. I also ready Barely Breathing. Now I'm reading Overeater's Anonymous. I have so many unread books on my Kindle, and others in my wishlist, I'll have to read a book every day in my retirement LOL. Link to comment
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