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@Leaving_Marx@wyrmsign.org how can you say it's the best book you read in 2024 when we aren't even half way through the year yet?
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Trying to find a better way to track books I want to read than a random spreadsheet. I had used readinglog.info which was provided by my local public library until they shut down the program. Luckily, I regularly backed it up via their CSV export. I've used Library Thing for years, but adding books for "To Read" really screwed up a lot of the other features of the website, like recommendations, etc. I really love Free Software & the Fediverse particularly. My primary social media account is on Friendica @fu@libranet.de for now everything I post here is automatically "re-tooted" there.
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Ji FU replied to Leaving_Marx@wyrmsign.org's status
@Leaving_Marx@wyrmsign.org how can you say it's the best book you read in 2024 when we aren't even half way through the year yet?
Ji FU reviewed Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and …
A childhood favorite
3 stars
I wanted to buy a copy of one of my children favorites. It wasn't quite as entertaining as I remember, but the pictures where better, I was pleasantly surprised to find they were done by Robert Lawson
Ji FU started reading A Little God Time for Couples by Michelle Winger
Spending quality time together as a couple can be difficult, but it's incredibly important for …
My wife brought this home from Ollie's Discount store a couple of weeks ago, and we are actually reading it!
Ji FU reviewed Common Prayer Pocket Edition by Shane Claiborne
Common Prayer Pocket Edition helps individuals and today's diverse church pray together across traditions and …
A good introduction to an old way of worship for a new millennium
4 stars
Claiborne's common prayer is primarily pointed at introducing the liturgy to evangelicals. Evangelicals traditionally have been weary of anything traditional, religious, or repeadative, but with today's western "church" leaving more questions than answers geared towards making seekers feel welcome rather than challenging believers, many young endangering are looking to the past to improve their future. Common Prayer is based, in part, on the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, but it's been "updated" to remove the barrier of the three year cycle to a more digestable one year. It ads to the daily liturgy some modern readings about MLK, Ghandi, Sojourner Truth, and others that can inspire Christians of today. Its designed to be used in communion with other belivers, such as in the radical monestosem that Shane is known for.
Most of the contents is absolutely available free of charge on their website commonprayer.net but it's so much better to …
Claiborne's common prayer is primarily pointed at introducing the liturgy to evangelicals. Evangelicals traditionally have been weary of anything traditional, religious, or repeadative, but with today's western "church" leaving more questions than answers geared towards making seekers feel welcome rather than challenging believers, many young endangering are looking to the past to improve their future. Common Prayer is based, in part, on the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, but it's been "updated" to remove the barrier of the three year cycle to a more digestable one year. It ads to the daily liturgy some modern readings about MLK, Ghandi, Sojourner Truth, and others that can inspire Christians of today. Its designed to be used in communion with other belivers, such as in the radical monestosem that Shane is known for.
Most of the contents is absolutely available free of charge on their website commonprayer.net but it's so much better to have a dead tree in your hand.
The only down side to the pocket edition is it's small size, unlike traditional daily liturgies you'll need some additional books at hand such as a bible and a hymnal. This ends up mashing commonprayer.net almost necessary anyway, and for me the internet is a place far too distracting to help direct prayer with the all mighty.
Ji FU rated Common Prayer Pocket Edition: 4 stars
Common Prayer Pocket Edition by Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Enuma Okoro
Common Prayer Pocket Edition helps individuals and today's diverse church pray together across traditions and denominations. With an ear to …
Ji FU started reading Common Prayer by Shane Claiborne
Common Prayer helps today's diverse church pray together across traditions and denominations. With an ear …
I finally picked up the full version after struggling through the pocket edition for years. Though you still need a Bible to go along with and the included "hymnal" is still incomplete.
Ji FU started reading 99: Stories of the Game by Wayne Gretzky
99: Stories of the Game by Wayne Gretzky, Kirstie McLellan Day
In 99: Stories of the Game, Gretzky looks back on the last ninety-nine years and tells us, from his point …
Ji FU started reading Plagues of Night (DS9-Relaunch #26) by David R. George III
Plagues of Night (DS9-Relaunch #26) by David R. George III
The first novel in a two-part Typhon Pact adventure set in the universe of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine! In …
Ji FU quoted Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and …
Mrs. Popper sighed ..."It will be very nice to have you at home for a vaccination, of course, but it is a little hard to sweep with a man sitting around reading all day."
— Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater (Page 7 - 8)
The struggle is real.
Ji FU started reading Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and …
I first read this book over 30 years ago. My brother got it for me at Christmastime, so I'm going to see if it was as good as I remember. Already impressed as I hadn't known the few illustrations had been drawn by Robert Lawson, my favorite author.
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The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis
First published anonymously in 1418, Thomas à Kempis's The Imitation of Christ is a classic Christian devotional work that has …
Ji FU started reading Indiana Jones and the Interior World by Rob Macgregor
A strange mystery connects the whispering moai statues of Easter Island to the eerie ghost …
Didn't finish the last one, but this one is due this week, so we'll see how it goes
Ji FU stopped reading Indiana Jones and the Unicorn's Legacy by Rob Macgregor
I finally gave up on finding this library book that i haven't seen since the beginning of December. I was almost done too and I have no idea where it is.
Ji FU replied to Gersande La Flèche's status
@gersande "Like a lot of young people who grew up in the 90s in the west, sustaining eye contact during conversation was drilled into me." Word! This was one of many things that made my enrollment in the U.S. military intolerable for me as looking an officer into the eye was, to put it mildly, unacceptable. "Are you eyeballing me boy?!?"