Book Club

[Chesediel]

And yet, Saddam Hussein had all those murals in his palace. But I suppose it was different since he was Sunni.

I suppose we could simply air drop a lot of old lamps and the ISIS soldiers would be in a flurry to find a djinn, frantically rubbing lamps, thus leaving them vulnerable to attack. All inspired by The Arabian Nights. The pen is truly mightier than the sword.

I remember you, you made quite an impression. I seem to remember that your favorite color is orange. I'll put your nominations down, and I hope you stay out of trouble long enough to stick around and participate in reading and discussing whichever book we decide to read.

Well Saddam only pretended to be muslim, Saddam was quite secular. In fact when interrogated he denied his involvement with Bin Laden citing that he thought Bin Laden was much too religious for his tastes. Not that secularism is any better, I mean after all Saddam thought he was the son of Nebuchadnezzar.

Lol if you did that I imagine they'd not dare touch those lamps. I have seen testimony they are even afraid to touch the Bible much less read it. Some even wear special shoes when showering so that shower genies don't attack them or whatever.

Lol my favorite color is actually dark green. As for sticking around, I cannot be rid of until my mission is fulfilled, and so far it is going swimmingly I am pleased to report. Everyone is seeming to be nicer to each other and there seems to be a breath of new vitality in this tired old place which is phase one. All the praise is to God for this. We'll see about phase two, I reckon I will have to struggle some with the hard-hearted to try to convince them to bring back Jesus' lost sheep which they thrust out and scattered. Nevertheless whether my screenname is here or not I will still be present and my eyes upon this place.

 

[Galatea]

Make a thread with a poll of books to vote on?

Yes, I wanted to leave the nominations open for a few more days before making the voting thread. By the way, I don't know that I have talked to you very much- but I have read your posts and like them. You were very loving to the guy in the losing hope thread.

 

[GODisLOVE7]

Here are some more to consider:

The Giver - Lois Lowry
1984 - George Orwell (this is my favourite book, but haven't read it in a while and have never discussed in book club setting)
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

 

[Chesediel]

Here are some more to consider:

The Giver - Lois Lowry
1984 - George Orwell (this is my favourite book, but haven't read it in a while and have never discussed in book club setting)
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

Heh I had seen 1984 is back on the top seller list. Personally I found kinda boring and so dreary. Of course that was kinda the point I suppose.

Brave New World was amazing, easily one of my favorite works of fiction of all time. Very short too, can read it in a matter of a few hours. "Ending is mending", excepting for the ending of that book.

 

[Galatea]

Well Saddam only pretended to be muslim, Saddam was quite secular. In fact when interrogated he denied his involvement with Bin Laden citing that he thought Bin Laden was much too religious for his tastes. Not that secularism is any better, I mean after all Saddam thought he was the son of Nebuchadnezzar.

Lol if you did that I imagine they'd not dare touch those lamps. I have seen testimony they are even afraid to touch the Bible much less read it. Some even wear special shoes when showering so that shower genies don't attack them or whatever.

Lol my favorite color is actually dark green. As for sticking around, I cannot be rid of until my mission is fulfilled, and so far it is going swimmingly I am pleased to report. Everyone is seeming to be nicer to each other and there seems to be a breath of new vitality in this tired old place which is phase one. All the praise is to God for this. We'll see about phase two, I reckon I will have to struggle some with the hard-hearted to try to convince them to bring back Jesus' lost sheep which they thrust out and scattered. Nevertheless whether my screenname is here or not I will still be present and my eyes upon this place.

That is one of the saddest things I ever read- that they are afraid to touch the Bible. How weak Islam must be, if its followers can not even touch a Bible for fear of being converted. I have considered reading the Koran to understand what their religion is about, and I know that reading it won't wreck my faith- but strengthen it by the comparison.

I was referring to your idol, who is orange. I voted for him rather reluctantly- but am now quite pleased with his conservative pro-life stance and the fact that Pence attended and addressed the March for Life. He is exceeding my expectations so far.

I don't know that anyone cares whether or not your eyes are upon this place. I suspect it is immaterial to most.

 

[Galatea]

Here are some more to consider:

The Giver - Lois Lowry
1984 - George Orwell (this is my favourite book, but haven't read it in a while and have never discussed in book club setting)
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

All three are very good books. I will put them on the list. Dystopian literature is usually excellent reading.

 

[Chesediel]

That is one of the saddest things I ever read- that they are afraid to touch the Bible. How weak Islam must be, if its followers can not even touch a Bible for fear of being converted. I have considered reading the Koran to understand what their religion is about, and I know that reading it won't wreck my faith- but strengthen it by the comparison.

I was referring to your idol, who is orange. I voted for him rather reluctantly- but am now quite pleased with his conservative pro-life stance and the fact that Pence attended and addressed the March for Life. He is exceeding my expectations so far.

I don't know that anyone cares whether or not your eyes are upon this place. I suspect it is immaterial to most.

Oh it's not for fear of being converted. It has more to do with their superstitions than even their religion. In the case I saw (which was of a muslim whom actually did end up converting to Christianity, praise God) they think a magic spell will be placed on them if they touch it.

As for Koran I have read it and it's a fairly crazy read. The companion texts to it are also important and way crazier.

As for idols they have no breath at all. A human is not an idol. Though perceiving you to be referring to President Trump, frankly I did not vote for him. I wrote-in Jesus with the heart that he would appoint the correct candidate to serve under me as my viceroy. I am quite pleased so far with my servant Trump so far, he thinks much like I do which is uncanny given our disparate backgrounds and lifestyles. I will refuse to acknowledge Trump as my leader as he did quite plainly swear his fealty to me in his inaugural speech.

Well I thought you cared seeing you seem to want to keep me around heheheheheh. Maybe I will rethink my self-imposed immaterial ban on becoming attracted to women 10 years plus or minus my own age seeing as you tease me so nicely for an old lady.

 

[Galatea]

Oh it's not for fear of being converted. It has more to do with their superstitions than even their religion. In the case I saw (which was of a muslim whom actually did end up converting to Christianity, praise God) they think a magic spell will be placed on them if they touch it.

As for Koran I have read it and it's a fairly crazy read. The companion texts to it are also important and way crazier.

As for idols they have no breath at all. A human is not an idol. Though perceiving you to be referring to President Trump, frankly I did not vote for him. I wrote-in Jesus with the heart that he would appoint the correct candidate to serve under me as my viceroy. I am quite pleased so far with my servant Trump so far, he thinks much like I do which is uncanny given our disparate backgrounds and lifestyles. I will refuse to acknowledge Trump as my leader as he did quite plainly swear his fealty to me in his inaugural speech.

And you talk quite nicely for a whipper snapper.

Well I thought you cared seeing you seem to want to keep me around heheheheheh. Maybe I will rethink my self-imposed immaterial ban on becoming attracted to women 10 years plus or minus my own age seeing as you tease me so nicely for an old lady.

I assumed you voted for Trump since you were such a fan the last time you were here. Why do you refuse to acknowledge Trump as your leader since he plainly swore his fealty to you in his inaugural speech? Since he swore fealty, shouldn't you acknowledge him?

You speak quite nicely for a whipper snapper.

 

[Chesediel]

I assumed you voted for Trump since you were such a fan the last time you were here. Why do you refuse to acknowledge Trump as your leader since he plainly swore his fealty to you in his inaugural speech? Since he swore fealty, shouldn't you acknowledge him?

Oh I was just a lil excited to see the others again and got a lil hyper.

Oh I acknowledge Trump, as my servant that is, just as he has himself sworn. So far he's doing quite well, he will be rewarded. It is kinda ironic though some whom acknowledge him as their leader hated me so strongly. Oh well, what can one do? The pressures of being a king and yet a peasant. To which I add, to somewhat touch back on the topic at hand: Pulling hard for that L'Mort D'Arthur. How there will always Mordreds. Telling you there's something to them epics and their ingraining into the cultural subconscious.

 

[Galatea]

Oh I was just a lil excited to see the others again and got a lil hyper.

Oh I acknowledge Trump, as my servant that is, just as he has himself sworn. So far he's doing quite well, he will be rewarded. It is kinda ironic though some whom acknowledge him as their leader hated me so strongly. Oh well, what can one do? The pressures of being a king and yet a peasant. To which I add, to somewhat touch back on the topic at hand: Pulling hard for that L'Mort D'Arthur. How there will always Mordreds. Telling you there's something to them epics and their ingraining into the cultural subconscious.

And we always want a Camelot, don't we? And someone pure to follow. You have something there- about the cultural subconscious. I think we all are looking for a King Arthur when we vote, even though we know the one voted in won't be.

 

[Chesediel]

And we always want a Camelot, don't we? And someone pure to follow. You have something there- about the cultural subconscious. I think we all are looking for a King Arthur when we vote, even though we know the one voted in won't be.

Lol what was so pure about King Arthur, I mean he did kinda get deceived by his sister into begetting Mordred (sorry spoilers, I know). Heheheh Trump isn't King Arthur in this metaphor, he's either Lancelot or Tristan, quite s ladies man and one of the strongest knights in the land. Then again I suppose by that criteria I'm either Galahad or Percival.

 

[Galatea]

Lol what was so pure about King Arthur, I mean he did kinda get deceived by his sister into begetting Mordred (sorry spoilers, I know). Heheheh Trump isn't King Arthur in this metaphor, he's either Lancelot or Tristan, quite s ladies man and one of the strongest knights in the land. Then again I suppose by that criteria I'm either Galahad or Percival.

He was under a spell, so that didn't count. Arthur was pure in wanting to rule England under the rules of chivalry. That is what I meant.

If Trump is Lancelot, then who is Arthur? Is Obama Arthur and Michelle Guinevere? I think you must be Galahad, since you are the one with a mission.

 

[shineyourlight]

If anyone is interested in this idea, I thought we could read the same book together and discuss it as we go along. I think we should nominate books for reading. I personally live in a library (I hoard books), but realize many people may not hoard books and might need to download them from the internet. So, I think books that are in the public domain should be nominated. If you are interested, please post in this thread.

Oh, I also hoard books. I'll be down.

 

[Galatea]

Oh, I also hoard books. I'll be down.

Great If you have any you'd like to nominate, list them here. I'll make a new thread in a couple of days so we can vote.

 

[Chesediel]

He was under a spell, so that didn't count. Arthur was pure in wanting to rule England under the rules of chivalry. That is what I meant.

If Trump is Lancelot, then who is Arthur? Is Obama Arthur and Michelle Guinevere? I think you must be Galahad, since you are the one with a mission.

Well technically any citizen that asserts his birthright as ruler of the land is King Arthur. Arthur wasn't pure though that's why he could not even undertake the quest for Sangrail. Let's also not forget the shattering of Excalibur.

Lol as for Obama, well, I mean it's kinda obvious he is Sir Palomides.

I'd like to think of myself as Galahad, but then oh crap is Trump my dad? Nah I am probably Percival I am not as pure as Galahad to my shame.

 

[Galatea]

Well technically any citizen that asserts his birthright as ruler of the land is King Arthur. Arthur wasn't pure though that's why he could not even undertake the quest for Sangrail. Let's also not forget the shattering of Excalibur.

Lol as for Obama, well, I mean it's kinda obvious he is Sir Palomides.

I'd like to think of myself as Galahad, but then oh crap is Trump my dad? Nah I am probably Percival I am not as pure as Galahad to my shame.

Galahad was the pure one, of course. I was thinking that your mission here might be on par with Galahad's mission for the grail, that's where I was going with that one. I think you are more like Lancelot.

 

[Chesediel]

Galahad was the pure one, of course. I was thinking that your mission here might be on par with Galahad's mission for the grail, that's where I was going with that one. I think you are more like Lancelot.

I'll take both as compliments, but Lancelot I am the furthest from being not so physically powerful and obviously known of no woman. Percival was on the Grail quest as well and was granted to achieve it with Galahad. Then again I don't so much like the idea of having to castrate myself to atone for being a carnal minded virgin though. Sorry spoiler alert, I know.

The song does fit pretty well though with my inner personality, fears, and abhorrence of man's religious customs despite still trying to keep to Christianity:

[video=youtube;AXhQB-jfNFo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXhQB-jfNFo[/video]

 

[Galatea]

I'll take both as compliments, but Lancelot I am the furthest from being not so physically powerful and obviously known of no woman. Percival was on the Grail quest as well and was granted to achieve it with Galahad. Then again I don't so much like the idea of having to castrate myself to atone for being a carnal minded virgin though. Sorry spoiler alert, I know.

The song does fit pretty well though with my inner personality, fears, and abhorrence of man's religious customs despite still trying to keep to Christianity:

[video=youtube;AXhQB-jfNFo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXhQB-jfNFo[/video]

That was beautiful, thanks for sharing it. The song and the pre-Raphaelite paintings, both.
Did you read it in French? I can not read French and it probably lost something in the translation.

 

[Magenta]

Pulling hard for that L'Mort D'Arthur.

Brave New World was amazing, easily one of my favorite works of fiction of all time. Very short too, can read it in a matter of a few hours. "Ending is mending", excepting for the ending of that book.

I wonder you can in one breath praise something for being so short while in another promote something so long it would likely be far too unwieldy for an online book club, being close to eight hundred thousand words, covered in one hundred and twenty chapters, exposing the lives of close to a thousand characters LOL

I find tellings of the Arthurian legends quite endearing I would vote for that

 

[Chesediel]

I wonder you can in one breath praise something for being so short while in another promote something so long it would likely be far too unwieldy for an online book club, being close to eight hundred thousand words, covered in one hundred and twenty chapters, exposing the lives of close to a thousand characters LOL

I find tellings of the Arthurian legends quite endearing I would vote for that

Hmm, never really considered Mallory's work to be a long book. About medium size. Wasn't so much praising Brave New World for being short, just remarking that it is.

A long book that be Herodotus Histories. That's book is literally bigger than a brick. Nevertheless the first time reading it I was so engrossed it only took me 3 days.