Here's another question, and Shaun is just gonna LOVE it!!! What book (Besides the Bible - that one is a given.) has been most influential in your life? What book have you gotten the most out of, related to the most, or learned the most from? Don't worry, Shaun, you can say "Green Eggs and Ham" and no one will make fun of you! I'm sure Donna will stick up for you. ;)
Mine is a book called "An Odor Of Sanctity" by Frank Yerby. It's about a younger gothic brother that goes through all sorts of ups and downs winding up in Moorish Spain - too many twists and turns to talk about, but it's about not only his physical journey but his spiritual one. I've read the book through 4 times, and get something new out of it each time. It changed my outlook on life, because I can relate too well with the book. Anyway, that's my book. What's yours?
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
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reading is a complete was of time.
rent the movie ... it's a much more efficient use of your time.
what a load of crap ... do you really think we all believe that you put that much thought into reading?
you want a good book? read the Far Side Complete Edition - now that's worth my time.
This is all totally unrelated, but I just wanted to say "hi" to everyone....it's been so long since I've talked to anyone at SENHCA I'm at loss as to what to say....I guess I'll just have to keep posting......
Talk to you all soon!
Ruth (Nilsen)
ruth! welcome to the group ... hey if you want to be able to post to this blog, just send me an email (you can get my email at my personal blog).
Wonderful comment Donna! Well written and exactly fits the question; I'll try to find the book. And don't worry about Shaun. Illiteracy is a disease, so I'm told, but someday Shaun will overcome and rise above his reading problem. ;)
And welcome Ruth! It's always great to have someone new in here to help add to the discussions! We've never been formally introduced, but I'm sure you'll find I'm the black sheep of the group. ;) At least one of them anyway. Welcome! I believe, however, you would remember Cheryl (Gum)? That's my other half - the one who tries to keep me in line. Doesn't always work, but....
I don't know that any one book has made a profound influence in my life.....I love to read and think that everything that I do read has something that I relate to regardless of the type of book. However, "I Know this Much is True", I think by Walter Lamb,was excellent and really takes you through the emotion of the characters.
it's like you guys didn't listen in Literature class ... don't you remember? Mr. Dahms always told us that most great writers were/are insane! What's that say about the people who read that crap?
Hi Donna,
This is great....it's so strange to be reading about everyone and catching up on their lives.....
I would have to agree that every book I have read has had an influence, good, bad or otherwise. And I also agree, I could've gone on about others as well. But as you can see, like with Shaun, you have to limit things in FC so that people can pop in, leave a quick answer, and then run away to go skiing or mountain goating or something else. Ben and I tend to ramble on and on, on the other hand, so we are practicing limiting ourselves so that the others will stop throwing things at us. If you have any other books, feel free to list them as well! Don't let the questions or the Shauns intimidate you! Post away!
I can't say that I have really had a whole lot of extra time to read other than what is required for school like my nursing books and my anatomy book, which is quite educational if I say so myself :)It's also fun to torture Brian with gory pictures ;) One uplifting book that I have been able to read in the past couple of years is Stick a Geranium in Your Hat and be Happy by Barbara Johnson.
Another great choice, Kiley! I have that book as well - I just pulled it out since you mentioned it. Long story short, it was given to me by a long time friend of mine, whom I not only witnessed to and is a member of my parents church now, (Back then I worked with him and he didn't believe in God), but he gave me the book because he told me (long after the fact) that my befriending him and including him in my life kept him from commiting suicide. You never know the effects you'll have on someone, and that was quite the powerful revelation. So that book has great meaning to me. Thanks for listing it Kiley!
Most influential book that's influenced your life. I'd have to say there are several..one for each facet of my life. First, to Shaun, don't you read technical books? I could understand you not really liking Ivanhoe, but what about "The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit" by Ralph Kimball? Surely if you read THAT it would change your life. Besides it has lots of pretty pictures of Entity Relationship Diagrams and Star Schema Data Models! I know how much you love those.
Ok, back to my books. The first that comes to mind is "Code Complete". Yes, it's a technical book about programming, but dang it, it changed *my* life!
Spiritually? I'd have to say "The DaVinci Code", but not for the obvious reason. That book light a fire under me to learn as much about the history and growth of the Christian Church as I could, which in turn revitalized my spiritual growth. And Donna, I really loved Tuesdays too.
Professionally? I'm going to cheat and say "The Wall Street Journal", which is technically a newspaper, but I think everyone here will allow me to fudge. When I started junior college, I was a Computer Science major. I used to read the WSJ when I was bored at work. I grew to like it so much that I decide to change my major to Management Information Systems, which is a Business Degree. So it changed my major, and thus the Univserity that I went to, and the career I choose to pursue.
Artisticly? That would be a tie between "The Speedball Textbook" (a calligraphy book) and "Leonardo daVinci, Master Draftsman", a compilation of most of daVinci's drawings. I got this after I saw the exhibit at the Met in NYC, which was another life-changing experience.
Politically? (I know you're getting tired of this, but you asked :) ) The John Adams biography by David McCullough. What a fantastic book about the struggles our country went through to become an independent nation, and an incredibly dedicated man who inspires me even today.
Now, don't even get me started on other books that I love, but don't qualify as "life-changing"!
The Da Vinci Code was great....can't wait to see the movie....hope it lives up to the book.
The Lord of the Rings also a very good read, as well as The Hobbit and The Similaron by Tolkien....
ok, ok, Alan, you're right. Books with pretty pictures of data schemas rock.
You REALLY want to know which book changed my life? Inside SQL Server by Kalen Delaney - she absolutely rocks. For someone to know that much about SQL Server is just insane. What a great read (so I've heard).
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