{"id":1051,"date":"2008-10-20T21:22:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-21T01:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24575613.post-8716597632945614512"},"modified":"2008-10-20T21:22:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-21T01:22:00","slug":"books-ive-read-lately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/raisingheller.com\/?p=1051","title":{"rendered":"books i&#8217;ve read lately"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>enders game, orson scott card<\/span><br \/>well steven has been asking me to read this for a long time and i finally broke down and finished it last night. i have heard some mixed reviews. i feel like people i know either love it or really hate it. i have to say that i fall into the love it category. i know that some have felt it was offensive but i didn&#8217;t feel that way at all. if you like science fiction as well as a good story you should definitely pick it up.<\/p>\n<p><span>rebekah (women of genesis series), orson scott card<\/span><br \/>i picked this up when i went to the library looking for enders game. i couldn&#8217;t find enders game but i am &#8220;oh so glad&#8221; that i got this instead. i haven&#8217;t read the book of genesis much and didn&#8217;t know much about the women of genesis soi was thoroughly intrigued. it actually made me grab the bible when i was done to read their acutal stories. though mostly speculation, it was so interesting to see these women as real people with real lives. i would recommend this to anyone. i also have the first book in the series &#8220;Sarah&#8221; waiting on my counter to be read. i can&#8217;t wait.<\/p>\n<p><span>the red tent, anita diamant<\/span><br \/>i read this on recommendation of kimberly dee and i am so glad i did (thanks kim). once again i was facinated hearing the story of jacob and his wives. it is hard to imagine the people of that time but it really helps you understand what they could&#8217;ve gone through. if you like historical fiction, i think you will really enjoy this and the one above.<\/p>\n<p><span>pillars of the earth, ken follet<\/span><br \/>this book was a really hard read for me not mention it was 1100 pages long. their were a bunch of stories that eventually weaved together to create an amazing story but it took a long time to get there. one of the reasons it was hard for me to follow is it kept jumping around to different narrators. it was a bit confusing in the beginning but once you get the hang of it, you are hooked. if you are at all offended by rape scenes and some british cus words &#8220;DO NOT READ.&#8221; if you can handle a little, ok maybe a lot, of craziness i think it was a good read.<\/p>\n<p>i want to hear what other people have been reading and if you have any must reads please let me know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"italic;\">enders game, orson scott card<\/span><br \/>well steven has been asking me to read this for a long time and i finally broke down and finished it last night. i have heard some mixed reviews. i feel like people i know either love it or really hate it. i have to say that i fall into the love it category. i know that some have felt it was offensive but i didn&#8217;t feel that way at all. if you like science fiction as well as a good story you should definitely pick it up.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"italic;\">rebekah (women of genesis series), orson scott card<\/span><br \/>i picked this up when i went to the library looking for enders game. i couldn&#8217;t find enders game but i am &#8220;oh so glad&#8221; that i got this instead. i haven&#8217;t read the book of genesis much and didn&#8217;t know much about the women of genesis soi was thoroughly intrigued. it actually made me grab the bible when i was done to read their acutal stories. though mostly speculation, it was so interesting to see these women as real people with real lives. i would recommend this to anyone. i also have the first book in the series &#8220;Sarah&#8221; waiting on my counter to be read. i can&#8217;t wait.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"italic;\">the red tent, anita diamant<\/span><br \/>i read this on recommendation of kimberly dee and i am so glad i did (thanks kim). once again i was facinated hearing the story of jacob and his wives. it is hard to imagine the people of that time but it really helps you understand what they could&#8217;ve gone through. if you like historical fiction, i think you will really enjoy this and the one above.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"italic;\">pillars of the earth, ken follet<\/span><br \/>this book was a really hard read for me not mention it was 1100 pages long. their were a bunch of stories that eventually weaved together to create an amazing story but it took a long time to get there. one of the reasons it was hard for me to follow is it kept jumping around to different narrators. it was a bit confusing in the beginning but once you get the hang of it, you are hooked. if you are at all offended by rape scenes and some british cus words &#8220;DO NOT READ.&#8221; if you can handle a little, ok maybe a lot, of craziness i think it was a good read.<\/p>\n<p>i want to hear what other people have been reading and if you have any must reads please let me know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/raisingheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/raisingheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/raisingheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/raisingheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/raisingheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/raisingheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/raisingheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/raisingheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/raisingheller.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}