OMG I am reading this book, its so sweet and comforting.. a really soulful incite..



For my Grandma xx

REDFEATHERS said:

What's it about?

I'm reading my "Things to do today" list I'm on the second page
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senik said:

Oh its really an easy read.. its about a guy who dies and meets 5 people in heaven..

Thats it..

Naah really, the idea or notion that when you die there are 5 people waiting for you in heaven (strangers or ppl you know) who explain how your lives may have crossed and how it has affected their life. Why certain things in your life has happened and they give you understanding in life.

Cos you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven if you are full of bitter, anger or hate.. its about letting go and being at peace.

Its fictious and I am totally engrossed in the book right now.. but it has given me a sense of calm..

so anyway, you will wait for another 5 ppl and hand down the lessons you have learned.

I really recommend it.

REDFEATHERS said:

Nice I'm glad it also brings you comfort and a sense of calm, esp. after your bereavement

Like your sig. too

senik said:

Yeah thanks.. well thats kinda why I chose it.. I just need something.. to read, to do, to work on..

But as its fiction, it tells a story, about his life too..



Thank you senik..

I'm about halfway through At The Highest Levels by Strobe Talbott and Michael Beschloss. It's an account of the end of the cold war by two people who had unique access to both the main actors and to important documents.

It tells the story mainly through the sometime secret negotiations between George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. It begins with reference to Reagan and his involvement, but frankly the Great Communicator comes off looking like W. (a comparison W. would relish... ). George HW on the other hand comes off like a skilled statesman, one who was eager to capitalize on changes that seemed unforseen, inevitable, and a result of Gorbachev's munificence, all at once.

It tells the story of the Malta conference, that took place in stormy weather on rocky boats, and may have been the single most important high level meeting during this period. It tells also the story of German reunification, which I remember was such a watershed moment. The fall of the Berlin wall etc. But the authors tell us also of the anxiety that gripped both the Soviet Union and even many in the US at the thought of a resurgent Germany (any European Orgers want to comment on what German reunification meant to you at that time?).

There's also interesting mentions of Robert Gates (is Robert his name?) the new Secretary of Defense. When his nomination was announced the main issues that came up was his involvment in Iran Contra Gate (or whatewver it's called), but this also tells of his role in the negotioations. He was highly skeptical of the Soviets and would constantly counsel caution. Not saying I blame him, but if Bush had taken his advice we might be in a different place today.

Oh yeah, there is also mention of Boris Yeltsin, an up-and-coming politician, always ready to radicalize the delicate balance that Gorbachev was creating.

Nothing here changes my opinion of him as a cock-stained whore.

Anyway, that seems like such a long time ago, and yet it's well within our collective memory. This story had a tinge of nostalgia to it.

Hell, Sign of the Times was still hot.

Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

You bumped up my thread

REDFEATHERS said:

Actually I started writing that post 5 minutes after you posted it.

Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller).

2the9s said:

oh.. lol.. well if you start replying to the thread that I am gonna create in about ten minutes time, you may be lucky enough to be about the 3rd to post..

2the9s said:

Also, btw, it was published in 1993, and it's interesting to look at what has happened in the world since that time.

You know, Iraq and shit.

2the9s said:

Does it have pictures?

Also, can we include books that we started but never finished?



Cause I started reading this autobiography of Arnold Henry Savage Landor called Everywhere: The Memoirs of an Explorer. Which is interesting mainly because of the opening pages (beyond which I did not get) where he describes his childhood in a very hysterical way.

He talks about how one time when he was young he was out in his backyard and wanted to climb this big tree that was back there, but the lowest branches were too high for him to reach. So he came up with this unique way of boosting himself up. He threw a rope up over the lowest branch, put the end of the rope in his mouth and bit down hard and then heaved the rope with all his might...

As a result, his front teeth wound up all over the back yard.



Is it just me, or is that something bkw would try?

fathermcmeekle said:

It does! And Gorbachev's birthmark is not airbrushed out.

2the9s said:

you are making my thread look boring..

REDFEATHERS said:

You hadda be there.

IrresistibleB1tch said:

C'mon now, I tried putting some Org references in there to sweeten the dose.

2the9s said:

Cant you just post the title or a picture? Nobody is REALLY interested in what you are reading..

2the9s said:

to quote another orger - "has anybody mentioned me yet? "
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IrresistibleB1tch said:

IrresistibleB1tch said:

Why? Have you written a book?

REDFEATHERS said:

no, still working on it.

i was hoping to be one of 9sey's org references. guess not.

I'm reading The Winter's Tale

IrresistibleB1tch said:

Okay, I just checked the index, Nader is not mentioned.

How's that?

AnckSuNamun said:

The statues come alive!

2the9s said:

well, it's crap then.

I'm reading GREEN RIVER, RUNNING RED by Ann Rule. It's the story of the GREEN RIVER KILLER.

M

I'm in the middle of Han Solo's Revenge: