Tearisci
Pearl Clutcher
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Nov 6, 2018 16:34:30 GMT
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Post by Tearisci on Jun 20, 2024 15:11:46 GMT
I haven't finished anything. I am almost done with Tower of Dawn by Sarah J Maas. And started Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan yesterday. Having watched the movie too many times, I thought I would try to read the series. Why do I keep picking up new series when I have so many TBR hard covers in book shelf?!? I'm a big fan of Kevin Kwan and I love the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy. He just came out with a new book that I devoured quickly. |
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Post by monklady123 on Jun 20, 2024 15:12:29 GMT
This has been one of those weeks where I can't make up my mind what I want to read, so I've had four books going at once. hahaha I was moving along with the four, then I got Fourth Wing off of hold so I had to read that one again. I love that book! Finished that in a couple of days and went back to the other four. I continued on with those for a few days. Then someone in my book group made a random comment about The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd. I checked that out of the library and devoured it in two days. It's the story of Ana, the wife of Jesus. Since the bible is silent on whether Jesus did or did not have a wife, Kidd speculates that he did since back then you were expected to get married. I don't usually rate books but I would give this one five stars. So it's been a five-star week since "Fourth Wing" is definitely that. Not so sure about the rest of these books I'm reading, but that will be for next week's reading thread since I doubt I'll finish any of them this week. This is one where I will need to take the dust cover off when I read it. Having a good ole Baptist DH and working at a church, when I got this book from Book of the Month DH saw the cover. He asked what it was about. I told him. Oh boy, you would think I might have invited Satan to dinner. Oh no, he didn't have a wife. He was perfect yada yada yada. Honey, you need to calm down(sang in my best Taylor Swift voice), it is a work of fiction. No one is going around saying Jesus had a wife. Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. I wasn't there. But I am very glad to hear you liked it. It's been on my shelf for a while. I need to bring it out soon. I really need to go to my BOTM account and find my oldest books and start with those. Yes, I'm quite sure this book will offend certain brands of Christians.  But I found it very moving. Personally, I would like to think that Jesus had a family (the scriptures do mention mother, and brothers of course) that included a wife. The relationship between Jesus and Ana was lovely. And the end raised some interesting questions in my mind. Which I won't say what they are because it would be spoilers for you. But let me know when you read it because I'd love to discuss it with someone! |
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Post by Bridget in MD on Jun 20, 2024 17:22:39 GMT
This has been one of those weeks where I can't make up my mind what I want to read, so I've had four books going at once. hahaha I was moving along with the four, then I got Fourth Wing off of hold so I had to read that one again. I love that book! Finished that in a couple of days and went back to the other four. I continued on with those for a few days. Then someone in my book group made a random comment about The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd. I checked that out of the library and devoured it in two days. It's the story of Ana, the wife of Jesus. Since the bible is silent on whether Jesus did or did not have a wife, Kidd speculates that he did since back then you were expected to get married. I don't usually rate books but I would give this one five stars. So it's been a five-star week since "Fourth Wing" is definitely that. Not so sure about the rest of these books I'm reading, but that will be for next week's reading thread since I doubt I'll finish any of them this week. I LOVED the Book of Longings! |
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But I found it very moving. Personally, I would like to think that Jesus had a family (the scriptures do mention mother, and brothers of course) that included a wife. The relationship between Jesus and Ana was lovely. And the end raised some interesting questions in my mind. Which I won't say what they are because it would be spoilers for you. But let me know when you read it because I'd love to discuss it with someone! 