What I Have Read Lately

I have not updated the books I have read since March 13th so I have quite a list. I think I will list them this time instead of writing them all in a paragraph:

 

Hard Rain by David Rollins is a thriller and I enjoyed it very much.
Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul by Deepak Chopra is a very good book on how to integrate body and soul and become more balanced. I liked it very much.
50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food by Susan Albers, Psy. D. is full of suggestions on how you can do something else when you crave food. I found it very interesting.
Angelology by Danielle Trussoni is an excellent novel about angels and the angelologists who study them. I own this book and highly recommend it.
The Templars by Michael Haag is a fascinating book on the history of the Knights Templar. I learned a lot by reading it.
Hastur Lord by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Deborah J. Ross is a wonderful fantasy novel. Even though it was one of a series from which I read no others it stood alone well.
City of Gold: Dubai by Jim Krane is an excellent book on the history of one of the Middle East’s most prosperous city-states. I found the book fascinating and learned a great deal about a part of the world that is not well-known to me.
The Devil’s Rooming House by M. William Phelps is a great book about one of the most infamous female serial killers of all time. I was shocked by the story this book tells, but it was well-written and I could not put it down until I finished.
Forgiveness by Paula Huston is a very good book on implementing forgiveness in one’s life. I enjoyed reading it.
Death By The Book by Lenny Bartulin was a good novel, not great, but decent. I liked it fairly well.
House Rules by Jodi Picoult is a fantastic novel. My Mom bought this one for me and I loved it.
Eight White Nights by Andre Aciman is a passable novel. It mostly dwells in one character’s mind and I did not like it as well as some others.
Coming of the Storm by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear is a wonderful novel about first contact with the Indians in the Southeastern United States. I found it well-written and fascinating.
Changes by Jim Butcher is an awesome novel. I have read no others in this series, but found this one great. It deals with magicians, vampires, and law enforcement and does it very well.

 

Well that is what I have been reading.

 

Always,

Jo Ann

Back From Town with Goodies…

We returned home from town with the spoils of a raid on Borders, the library, and we did the other chores as well. Mom used her gift card to buy me the following items:

 

Mythology The Illustrated Anthology of World Myth And Storytelling edited by: C. Scott Littleton

From Storebought to Homemade  Secrets for cooking easy, fabulous food in minutes by: Emyl Jenkins

A little heart-shaped note pad

A book mark that says: A Journey Of A Thousand Miles Began With A Single Step. – Confucius

 

From the library I bought the following for $1.00 a piece:

 

Healing Grief  Reclaiming Life After Any Loss by: James Van Praagh

Lectio Divina  Renewing the Ancient Practice of Praying the Scriptures by: M. Basil Pennington

The Sky Is Falling by: Sidney Sheldon

Places I Never Meant to Be edited and with an introduction by: Judy Blume  Original Stories by Censored Writers

2003 Edition V.I.P. Address Book More than 28,000 addresses of the powerful, famous and influential Edited by: James M. Wiggins, Ph.D.

 

Plus I borrowed the following titles:

 

The Torah

The Dragons of Expectation  Reality and Delusion in the Course of History by: Robert Conquest

Judaism  History, Belief and Practice by: Dan Cohn-Sherbok

The Gift of Change Spiritual Guidance for a Radically New Life by: Marianne Williamson

Unattended Sorrow  Recovering from Loss and Reviving the Heart by: Stephen Levine

The Daily Drucker  366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done by: Peter F. Drucker with Joseph A. Maciariello

A Tale of Love and Darkness  a memoir by: Amos Oz

Blink  The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by: Malcolm Gladwell

Peace Is the Way by: Deepak Chopra

When Jesus Came To Harvard  Making Moral Choices Today by: Harvey Cox

Mad Mary Lamb  Lunacy and Murder in Literary London by: Susan Tyler Hitchcock

 

There are more but those are the highlights, and all these are "new books" the only kind I ever read. So I have to choose something to start. I know it is crazy to have this many books to choose from at once, but I am very eclectic and promiscuous in my reading tastes. Right now I have several books going at once.

 

We ate pizza at Sbarro in the mall. I bought Mom a chocolate ice cream and myself a cookies and cream one. You should have seen her face with ice cream all over it. I wish I had had the camera with me.

 

I thought of a story to tell you all later. I made notes at the mall, so I would remember it.

 

Well, I could not get into my space for a while there. Evidently the server was malfunctioning yet again.

 

TTYL,

Jo Ann