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(01-22-2012 08:18 PM)MrsHayseed Wrote: [ -> ]Lynne

You maybe interested in UNDER MILK WOOD by Dylan Thomas and the brillant talents of RICHARD BURTON & All - Welsh Cast,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy0srtmv3og

That is unbelievably gorgeous! Listening to language well put together has to be one of the greatest joys in life. Thank you! What a treasure.

I was hoping you would enjoy the richness of this Lynne and you are.

I can't take Dostoyevsky right now because I have enough problems of my own. So now I'm listening to:




From what I've heard so far, the author was a Bad Boy until he was forced to read Jane Austen at Columbia in graduate school. Through the transformative power of literature, he became a Wonderful Man.

I don't know if he's just trying to cash in on a trend and play the heartstrings of us ladies, but he's got me.

That sounds like a good read Lynne.

I have been doing some light reading at night since both my eldest and youngest sons are living overseas now,I read Agatha Christie's Poirot's Final Case.

I actually suffered for three days of a deep mourning.I cried,I wanted to make it end differently,but then at the end of those three days I thought "kudos Agatha,no other author can add to your adventures,they cannot give Hercule new adventures because you killed him off."

(02-04-2012 05:35 PM)MrsHayseed Wrote: [ -> ]That sounds like a good read Lynne.

I have been doing some light reading at night since both my eldest and youngest sons are living overseas now,I read Agatha Christie's Poirot's Final Case.

I actually suffered for three days of a deep mourning.I cried,I wanted to make it end differently,but then at the end of those three days I thought "kudos Agatha,no other author can add to your adventures,they cannot give Hercule new adventures because you killed him off."

I didn't know she did that!

But he can always come back from Reichenbach Falls like Sherlock Holmes.

I saw a show on TV recently about the actor who plays him, David Suchet, actually taking a ride on The Orient Express as it is today. That would be so fun!

You know, I went to graduate school but didn't finish due to the exhaustion of working full time in a very demanding career field at the same time. Later I was blessed to take any and all classes I wanted as a post grad for free (usually incredibly high course fees) at a state school at night because I was working for a state educational institution. I was like a kid in a candy store because, due to my undergrad major, which I didn't really like but was doing so I would be employable, I'd missed out on many classes I wanted to take out of the sheer love of the subject. Anyway, I'm sort of a perpetual student type. This guy, who wrote the Austen book I'm currently loving, is a wonderful teacher and taught at Yale and he would have been one of my favorite profs. But I don't have to go to Yale! His book is like listening to and learning from his wonderful lectures for under $10. BTW, MIT is offering their courses on the internet for free and challenging the elitist monopoly pricing structure and restriction on education. So cool!

I picked up a copy of "A Christian Manifesto" (by Francis Schaeffer), and read it cover to cover last night.



Wow, wow, and wow. I was very impressed. This book was written 30 years ago, but the author has described exactly what's happening now, based upon what had happened until 1981, when he wrote the book.

Anyway, it's a wonderful read, more political than philosophical (like his other books) and not a hard read at all.

I highly recommend it, especially if you are unhappy with what you see happening to our country today.

NEWS FLASH! Not only is reading good for you, but RE-reading is better!

Quote: ... Last week, academics confirmed what book lovers like me instinctively knew: re-reading an old favourite is good for you.

A study published in the Journal of Consumer Research, concludes that repeated "hedonic experiences" such as re-reading a novel or watching a film for a second time, offer many mental health benefits including heightened awareness and pleasure, and opportunities for growth and self-reflexivity.

"Even though people are already familiar with the stories or the places, re-consuming brings new or renewed appreciation of both the object of consumption and themselves," study authors Cristel Antonia Russell of American University and Sidney J. Levy of the University of Arizona said. "By doing it again, people get more out of it."

The study is based on in-depth interviews conducted both in the United States and here in New Zealand, where Russell taught at the University of Auckland. The researchers focused on experiences people actively and consciously choose to repeat - rather than habitual or addictive behaviour - such as re-reading books, re-watching films and returning to the same holiday destination. ...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news...d=10786987

(02-22-2012 12:26 PM)Here Am I Wrote: [ -> ]NEWS FLASH! Not only is reading good for you, but RE-reading is better!

Quote: ... Last week, academics confirmed what book lovers like me instinctively knew: re-reading an old favourite is good for you.

A study published in the Journal of Consumer Research, concludes that repeated "hedonic experiences" such as re-reading a novel or watching a film for a second time, offer many mental health benefits including heightened awareness and pleasure, and opportunities for growth and self-reflexivity.

"Even though people are already familiar with the stories or the places, re-consuming brings new or renewed appreciation of both the object of consumption and themselves," study authors Cristel Antonia Russell of American University and Sidney J. Levy of the University of Arizona said. "By doing it again, people get more out of it."

The study is based on in-depth interviews conducted both in the United States and here in New Zealand, where Russell taught at the University of Auckland. The researchers focused on experiences people actively and consciously choose to repeat - rather than habitual or addictive behaviour - such as re-reading books, re-watching films and returning to the same holiday destination. ...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news...d=10786987

See, read your Bible at least once a year

I'm still reading A History of the Baptists of Thomas Armatige (vol I)