oh and how could i forget...





and i read this in high school cuz i overheard women (girls to be exact ) saying men wouldnt get it

there are other books that have left an impact, but i never finished them so i wont post them

Anxiety said:

oooohhh whats that about?

SirPsycho said:

basically about myth, religion, hero stories throughout the ages from ancient mythology and the bible on up through star wars. the book is basically a long interview, and campbell is a very well spoken, gentle, interesting speaker. i highly recommend it...it made me wrap my head around several ideas that were very new to me.

SirPsycho said:

Trust me, based on the titles you've posted, this'll become a favorite of yours.

When I read this in 7th it was scarier to me than any horror book I had ever read...Just too dead on

Lammastide said:

yeah the title did jump out at me..

sinisterpentatonic said:

this looks like its funny

thekidsgirl said:

that was a good book

ever heard dead prez "cover" ?

wow, that video summed up the whole book in 3 minutes. I liked it, but now I'm depressed

thekidsgirl said:

thekidsgirl said:

ever here Fela's Beast of No Nation?

little bit longer though.

The Mists of Avalon changed the way I see religion.

The Autobiography of Malcolm X changed the way I see race and racism.

The Spiral Dance deepened the way I viewed the Divine Feminine.

Lies My Teacher Told Me showed me the bullshit American students are taught about world history.

My passion is reading and I have ready many, many books that have left me speechless and have taught me eye-opening truths about our world. Just to name a few:

Roots
Sophie's Choice
Rooftops of Tehran
The Color Purple
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Catch 22
The Grapes of Wrath
A Fine Balance
Love in the Time of Cholera
Reading Lolita in Tehran
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David Copperfield. It was the first "grown-up" book I ever read. I was 9.

Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson triggered a lot of things in me.
And,funny as it sounds,some biographies....especially Divided Soul ( about Marvin Gaye) and lots of non-fiction books by Robert Anton Wilson. He made me think twice about how we perceive certain things in life.

There are tons more but these are the ones I remember off the top of my head.

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Superfudge

Seeing the Unspeakable: The art of Kara Walker

and currently:








...i don't read as much as i should...

sammij said:

update!


and where are we now young lady?






moticon
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Aelis said:

this looks VERY interesting

SirPsycho said:

Chapter 11...
I kinda wanted to talk to you about it later

ugh, i really need to read more.

sammij said:

well you know im always down

here's another good one..(tho it didnt change my life persay)



Dostoevsky makes a great analogy between the intellectual man and a mouse.


he claims only dumb people will accomplish great tasks, because the intelligent will over analyze their situations until they deduce the wisest choice is to do nothing!

The best portrayal of the horror of World War I excellent psychological analysis of the soldiers mind set some heavy stuff but genius writing.



Amazing perspective on East Africa in the first half of the twentieth century taught me not to make assumptions



this and Tolstoy made me realise it was pointless to try and write a book those Russians really kick some ass
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endymion said:

i only read Dostoevsky but he did make me go dayum

SirPsycho said:

Yeah Dostoevsky is the bollocks

Ivan Turgenev Fathers and Sons is worth reading

and you should read Tolstoy Anna Karenina (that girl was hot )
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