[stylist] what I've been reading...

[Jacobson, Shawn D]

OK, back on topic.

Another book I read recently is "Last Call" by Tim Powers (the same guy who wrote "On Stranger Tides", the book that the most recent "Pirates of the Caribien" movie was based on.  "Last Call" was a very good page turner about poker lore, Los Vegas, and a type of poker game played with tarot cards that the bad guy used to take over people's bodies.  An interesting story with a lot of action.

Another book I read, and was disappointed with, was "Covet, a Novel of the Fallen Angels" by J.R. Ward.  The author really overdoes the sex scenes in this one which is too bad because they become a distraction from the rest of the book (which could have been interesting).  Also, the theology is a little punk for my taste.

Now I'm trying to clean up a backlog of magazines, so no new novels for a while.

Have a joyous new year with joyous reading.

Shawn

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chris Kuell
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 2:09 PM
To: bjnite at windstream.net; Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] what I've been reading...

Brenda,

Wow--now that's a real leap. How about these two, simpler words-- birth 
control.

chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brenda" <bjnite at windstream.net>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] what I've been reading...


> Hey Chris
>
> You really did open a can of worms with the overpopulation issue.  the 
> words that come to mind are euthanasia and eugenics - hmmm to what group 
> would these concepts be applied first?  the first word that comes to mind 
> is blind.
> brenda
>
>
> On 1/3/2012 12:56 PM, Chris Kuell wrote:
>> Hey Shawn,
>>
>> Thanks for the recommendations. I have friends in West Virginia who tell 
>> horror stories of families destroyed by methamphetamine. It's hard for me 
>> to understand, but I guess I should be thankful I'm not predisposed to 
>> addiction. Methland sounds like something I'd like to  read for more 
>> insight.
>>
>> I think people on both sides of the political isle, as well as in our 
>> local NFB meetings, are good at pointing out problems and projecting 
>> ramifications, but fall short on potential solutions. I find I have 
>> little tolerance for this. In the whole scheme of global climate change, 
>> of course we should all do what we can to reduce our carbon footprint, 
>> but even that won't be nearly enough. The real problem, and queue the 
>> opening of the can of worms here, is over-population, in my opinion. Our 
>> planet just can't contain and feed 7 billion people, and when it comes to 
>> balance, mother nature always wins. Earth will be okay, it's just a 
>> matter of whether or not we'll be around to see it.
>>
>> Now, about that Mayan calendar...
>>
>> chris
>>
>>
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