A Sea Of Red

Just picked up the following book to read on my business trip to Japan & the South Pacific ...



It seemed fitting and the reviews from friends have been outstanding. This reminded me that we hadn't started a Summer reading thread yet this year.

So what have you read or are in the process of knocking out? Is the book worth the investment of time & resources?

i started A wizard's rule by Terry Goodkind
after that its...no lie....AREA 51 - An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base by Annie Jacobsen

Bought one book this summer: The Portable Thoreau

Have 2 gift books: Cal Ripken, Get in the Game and CS Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia

I was on a good clip until my NOOK crashed on vacation!!
Finishing SM Stirlings Series
Seal Team Six
A book on WW I whose name escapes me.
Rumsfelds book
Just to name a few in the last month

Just finished The Millennials by the Rainers. Am about halfway through with Outliers by Gladwell.

After meeting my goal last year of one book a month, I'm not doing so well this year. I think I'll be up to five books once Outliers is done. The books I really want to read just aren't out on paperback yet.

ALUmnus wrote:Just finished The Millennials by the Rainers.

How was that? I was given a book called The iY Generation about the same generation and hated it. I figured the Rainers would do a much better job on it.

SuperJon wrote:

ALUmnus wrote:Just finished The Millennials by the Rainers.

How was that? I was given a book called The iY Generation about the same generation and hated it. I figured the Rainers would do a much better job on it.

It was good, I really enjoyed it. It's mostly informational, but as a youth pastor I think you could gain a lot from it. Go to ChristianAudio.com, it's their free audio book this month. The only weakness I found was that, while they study how this generation is, they don't at all go into why they're this way. That's something I'd really be interested in.

Let's see ....

Currently Reading:
The Book that Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization by Vishal Mangalwadi
Spectyr (A Book of the Order) by Philippa Ballantine
The Shooting Salvationist: J. Frank Norris and the Murder Trial that Captivated America by David R. Stokes

Completed:
Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel by Philippa Ballantine and Tee Morris
The Gift: A Novel by Bryan Litfin
The entire Percy Jackson series

Next on the list:
Scarlet by Stephen R. Lawhead
The Nearest Exit by Olen Steinhauer

Finally reading Don't Waste Your Life by Piper. Just picked up Erasing Hell by Chan, Weird by Craig Groeschel (we're doing this series in the fall), and Vintage Jesus by Driscoll.

phoenix wrote:Let's see ....
Currently Reading:
The Shooting Salvationist: J. Frank Norris and the Murder Trial that Captivated America by David R. Stokes

Did that book come recommended by Ergun?

Cider Jim wrote:

phoenix wrote:Let's see ....
Currently Reading:
The Shooting Salvationist: J. Frank Norris and the Murder Trial that Captivated America by David R. Stokes

Did that book come recommended by Ergun?

lol. It's funny -- I saw it on the Amazon Vine request list and skipped over it. Then I saw someone talking about it on PCCBoard, so I requested it from Amazon. Today, I got a PR email about it asking if I wanted a review copy. Guess I was predestined to read it

So far it's an interesting book.

My dad was reading it a month or so ago. I scanned it and it seemed to be relatively entertaining.

A Dance With Dragons by George RR Martin

WinterIsComing wrote:A Dance With Dragons by George RR Martin

I'll be reading it as soon as it comes out on paperback.
Heck, I might as well just wait until the entire series is done and just read it from start to finish. I hate waiting.

Love & Respect. If you're married or going to be married, or thinking about getting married in the near to distant future - you must read this! Phenomenal

Colt McCoy's book is next on my list.

ALUmnus wrote:

WinterIsComing wrote:A Dance With Dragons by George RR Martin

I'll be reading it as soon as it comes out on paperback.
Heck, I might as well just wait until the entire series is done and just read it from start to finish. I hate waiting.

its probably a good idea. it could of been 300 pages and still gotten most of the info you get in. its slow and and way too drawn out. i stopped after 250 pages and moved onto The Moral Landscape by sam harris. this book should be listed as a comedy.

LUnpretty11 wrote:Love & Respect. If you're married or going to be married, or thinking about getting married in the near to distant future - you must read this! Phenomenal

Colt McCoy's book is next on my list.

Emerson Eggerichs' book is hardly a new release and doesn't really introduce anything earth-shattering. But it is the best marriage guide/workshop out on the market right now. I am teaching from the follow-up "Communicating Love & Respect" right now in my life group.

Wrapping up Unbroken and it is going to be an absolute must see motion picture whenever it comes out. I would love to squeeze in this one before the summer is over ...



Fresh off my adventures in Papua New Guinea this seems like an awesome read.

PS - God bless Colt. Hook Em.

Id like to get a hold of Francis Chan's new book and give that a read (once I find a library that has it)

Just finished "Growing Up Colt". Sly... you have to read this book! It's the first book I have read cover to cover in years (that's right... I am not exactly a ready), and I read it in 2 days (kinda proud of myself)!! Loved it. Awesome setup, awesome story, and awesome perspective from Colt and his dad. If you like sports, country life, and/or God, then you should add this to your list. He does an incredible job of pulling the Gospel into the book - all throughout the book. So good!

jmdickens & I had a common former pastor in Austin who did an interview with Colt 7 his dad as they were putting the book together. I am interested to check it out.

As for Unbroken, it is the most incredible biography I have ever read. Period. Louie Zamperini has gone from being a guy my grandfather used to mention to becoming a personal hero of mine over the course of this book. I would consider it a must read for anyone here on the board.

Finished The Shooting Salvationist -- review is up all over the place, including here. Not a bad book -- people who love Norris won't like it too much, but I thought it was pretty fair all the way around. Doc gets a mention or two in the book as well.

The only book I've read so far that has been a disappointment has been The Book That Made Your World -- not because I disagree with what he's saying (I mostly don't), but because it's really nothing that I didn't read in Nancy Pearcey's Total Truth. The point of view is unique, and I learned a few things about Eastern philosophy, but in the end it seems like the same thing I've read before -- probably because he and Pearcey both are students of Francis Schaeffer.