I just finished reading the third one (Mockingjay) a few days ago. I really enjoyed the series but it was rather dark. My first was reaction was "How is this a kids book?". I loved the story and the characters. I had to stagger my reading of them though. After each one I had to wait a wee...

I think it's easy to overlook a lot of the content in this book if you're not in a specific frame of mind.. If you're not willing to empathize with Holden, if you don't read into his use of language you'll miss out on his character. If you don't pay attention to the things and people that are import...

I've read this book twice. The first time I read it I must have been maybe thriteen years old and, I have to admit, I didn't give it much thought. To me it was a rather boring book about a kid talking about his last few days. I just read it again, and this time I loved it. And what I mean is, it mad...

I think what is being said is: "Should you be right, you are taking away the meaning of my life." The existence of god is the central underpinning that validates everything else a christian values. Morality is directly derived from the law of god. What makes things good or bad without that...

I agree the treatment is far too epic for the hobbit. This is a more light-hearted story than LOTR, and should probably be treated accordingly. I liked Jackson's treatment of the characters... The trolls are funny and stupid, the goblins are suitably gruesome (yet the goblin king is caricaturesque a...

That's actually pretty interesting. It's always fun to go back to something you thought you knew and looking at it in a whole new light. I wonder what catholic symbolism can be found in this book? In the entire series? I'm the kind of reader that likes to wonder what the person writing was like, wha...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl5McGN2L-E Lux Aeterna, the theme song from the movie requiem for a dream. I'm not sure if I've been conditioned by watching the movie, but I can literally feel the despair in the music. The frantic, maniacal unending repetition of the violins, the violent clash of pe...

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Ant, I'm curious what you think of johnson's posts. I think he's given better answers to your questions than any of us. I'm sort of surprised that you continue to hold that we're all soulless material reductionists in the face of that. That being said, I think you have a point regarding the climate ...