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I'm so happy to see all this Dostoevsky love in here. He is one of my top 10 favorite writers. Never read The House of the Dead and Poor Folk though. You'll have to tell us how it is.
Right now I'm reading Stalin: Paradoxes of Power by Stephen Kotkin. It's the first of a three volume biography on him. Really good.
I'm also reading the Hobbit again on those nights where I need a break from political intrigue and mass murder.
Right now I'm reading Stalin: Paradoxes of Power by Stephen Kotkin. It's the first of a three volume biography on him. Really good.
I'm also reading the Hobbit again on those nights where I need a break from political intrigue and mass murder.
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I read The Hobbit not long ago before I moved. What a funny, wee, delightful book.
I love history, and have just finished a book on he Tudor dynasty by Leanda de Lisle. She puts many years of research into her novels, and they are written in a non-lecturing, more chatty style, though they are always factually accurate.
I studied both English Literature & Psychology when I was very young, and loved all of it. Our lecturer was truly inspirational. I decided not to pursue it as a career, as I didn't think at the time I'd make a living out of it - a choice I regret to some extent now.
I picked up Stephen King's new novel 'The Institute' from the libary, and am going to start on that later.
His novels are like looking forward to a chocolate mousse, or your favourite dessert - can't wait to read it!!
Novels and reading are such a treat for me, and something we should be encouraging not just the younger generation to do more of, but everyone.
Thank the Lord for libraries and library services!
I love history, and have just finished a book on he Tudor dynasty by Leanda de Lisle. She puts many years of research into her novels, and they are written in a non-lecturing, more chatty style, though they are always factually accurate.
I studied both English Literature & Psychology when I was very young, and loved all of it. Our lecturer was truly inspirational. I decided not to pursue it as a career, as I didn't think at the time I'd make a living out of it - a choice I regret to some extent now.
I picked up Stephen King's new novel 'The Institute' from the libary, and am going to start on that later.
His novels are like looking forward to a chocolate mousse, or your favourite dessert - can't wait to read it!!
Novels and reading are such a treat for me, and something we should be encouraging not just the younger generation to do more of, but everyone.
Thank the Lord for libraries and library services!
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Drifting off-topic here, but I think they were about equally evil. They were just different kinds of evil due to circumstance and temperament.
Stalin accomplished more evil because he was a more successful dictator with a more durable and appealing ideology. If Hitler got what he wanted, he may well have killed and enslaved just as many if not more.
A good counter question would be which ideology is worse- Nazism or Marxist-Leninism?
Stalin accomplished more evil because he was a more successful dictator with a more durable and appealing ideology. If Hitler got what he wanted, he may well have killed and enslaved just as many if not more.
A good counter question would be which ideology is worse- Nazism or Marxist-Leninism?
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Yes Stephen King is not a very Christian thing to read, but I've read him from ever since I was young. He has great insights into the human character methinks, and he discusses our flaws and weaknesses in a very frank style. His literary descriptions seem to always hit the mark, and his subject matters are always different and curious.
I like the fact that he isn't afraid to explore our darker side, which of course, we all have inside of us.
I like the fact that he isn't afraid to explore our darker side, which of course, we all have inside of us.
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That's the cool part about King- he may not be a Christian, but the Lord has given him such a keen insight that a Christian can benefit greatly from reading him.
I'll add too that while he's great with the darker aspects of humanity, he also has a great handle on heroism. I loved that Pop Star in The Stand (forget his name).
I'll add too that while he's great with the darker aspects of humanity, he also has a great handle on heroism. I loved that Pop Star in The Stand (forget his name).
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