book thread

[-CarlHungus-]

Anyone reading anything they like right now?

I am reading Tom Holland's (historian, expert in medieval history, early islam and christian history) Dominion and it is amazing. I'm generally a pretty slow reader, so slogging through it, but just the Preface had me floored. If you've been trained about early church stuff then it's probably not news to you. But it's a fantastic read so far. I wonder if @wvkeeper(HN) has read?

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Other's I read recently:

Mark Spitznagel's Safe Haven. A good fairly quick read about principles on how to shape an investment portofilio - or rather how to think about it. I found it to be good for how to *think* about this stuff, but not much practical advice.

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Steve Palmer's Say Grace. I met him at a food thing and he was a great guy. He is a restauranteur /entrepreneur (I highly recommend his Skyline Lodge in Highlands, NC). He struggled with addiction in the restaurant industry and it's his story out. Probably not as interesting to people outside of the food industry but a good, quick read. As an aside, I had a bone-marrow bread pudding dish at one of his restaurants and it was crazy good. Also had an appetizer of a nashville hot fried oyster on top of a deviled egg. It was amazing.

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[HerdandHokies]

Warlock is one of the best westerns ever written if anyone has managed to go this far through life without reading it.

 

[wvkeeper(HN)]

Dominion is really good. Tom Holland is a great read in general. His podcast is funny and well worth the time.

 

[wvkeeper(HN)]

Outside my "professional" reading I just finished Wendell Berry's newest book, which is sort of his magnum opus, "The Need to Be Whole". Highly recommend.

 

[-CarlHungus-]

Dominion is really good. Tom Holland is a great read in general. His podcast is funny and well worth the time.

I need to listen to more of the podcasts. Only heard a few episodes.

 

[herdfan429]

I’m a biography fan and I’m currently fly reading
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[-CarlHungus-]

I’m a biography fan and I’m currently fly reading

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are you prepping for the movie?

 

[-CarlHungus-]

Dominion is really good. Tom Holland is a great read in general. His podcast is funny and well worth the time.

The book is making me identify more with this too. My wife grew up bouncing around Catholic , Eastern Orthodox, and Presbytery…she is so much better educated than I am.

 

[HerdandHokies]

The Long Ships is another great book. It’s a fictional Viking tale.

 

[-CarlHungus-]

The Long Ships is another great book. It’s a fictional Viking tale.

I like fantasy movies and western movies, but I never got into fantasy fiction books. NOt sure why.

 

[HerdandHokies]

I like fantasy movies and western movies, but I never got into fantasy fiction books. NOt sure why.

It’s not what I usually consider to be fantasy; there’s no magic etc. The characters all believe in their religions but that’s about as far as that goes.

 

[Archetype XLIV]

Who Moved the Stone? https://a.co/d/7HmmqEQ

 

[herdfan429]

are you prepping for the movie?

Yeah I am

 

[herdfan06]

The book is making me identify more with this too. My wife grew up bouncing around Catholic , Eastern Orthodox, and Presbytery…she is so much better educated than I am.

In that order?

 

[-CarlHungus-]

In that order?

Catholic schooling, some mass.

Then both Orthodox and Presbyterian churches growing up and into college.

Now we’re a mix of all I’d say in how we think. My wife goes to mass some but mostly Presbyterian (members). Some things I really like about the Catholic or Orthodox Church. The older I get the more I like the ritual and sacred element I feel more there than a main line Protestant place. I like a lot of the saints study and early church Fathers reverence. Not a big fan of the hierarchy and Pope stuff.

The older I get the less overall I care about “denominations “ either. There are some really wise people to learn from in all kinds of churches.

 

[HerdandHokies]

Catholic schooling, some mass.

Then both Orthodox and Presbyterian churches growing up and into college.

Now we’re a mix of all I’d say in how we think. My wife goes to mass some but mostly Presbyterian (members). Some things I really like about the Catholic or Orthodox Church. The older I get the more I like the ritual and sacred element I feel more there than a main line Protestant place. I like a lot of the saints study and early church Fathers reverence. Not a big fan of the hierarchy and Pope stuff.

The older I get the less overall I care about “denominations “ either. There are some really wise people to learn from in all kinds of churches.

Except Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912 of course.