Hello Corinna,

Welcome to Book Talk! I think most of us are obsessed about books here! (I prefer being called obsessed to what my teenage daughter calls me - a book nerd).

What are some of your favourite books/authors?

Hello, I am rereading Casanova Was A Booklover by John Maxwell Hamilton. (I am supposed to be reading Heart of Darkness, but just can't seem to get going.) Here are some interesting book facts: In 1998 140,000 new books were published in the US. Using 1990 census data, that is one book for every 126...

Hi everyone, I thought I would start a blog about things that interest me, things that I want to find out more about. For starters, I'm wondering what water consumption and conservation programs people from different areas have. In my town in Northern British Columba we do not have water meters, and...

Hi Abigail, You said: (That's where Calvinists disagree with most other denominations, I think. If I do anything good, it was nothing I did of my own free will, but God ordained it from the first and it could never have happened any other way. I believe this also because any other view makes God a w...

Hi Chris,

Take care, my thoughts are with you and your father.

Jan.

Hi, I've been away, and am catching up on the conversations. Sorry for so many posts in a row. It was an Anglican Bishop who pointed out to me in an analogy, that a little child will sit in the corner of a room scared to move if he is in that room alone. If his Mother is in there with him he will wa...

[quote="Robert Tulip"]There is something repugnant about teaching children claims that have been proven to be scientifically false, and confusing them by asserting these traditional claims are true. If that is faith

Hi everyone, Just recently I have picked up the book Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell and it has given me an extremely different outlook. I've looked this up on Amazon to see what it is about. I'll check with my local library and see if I can inter-library loan it. Thanks for the recommendation. Jan.

Hi setonfire, I enjoy history on an amateur level. I started out with local history, moved into Canadian history, and have just begun reading about ancient history. Two books that I have been trying to start are "Ideas A History From Fire to Freud" by Peter Watson and "A History of Go...

Hi Audrey,

Welcome to BookTalk!

What career do you hope to enter once you've finished your schooling?

It is cool that Ophelia has someone to read french books with!!

Jan.