Thursday, September 16, 2010

Thursday Book Questions, Pt. 1 (via Jenna St. Hilaire)

So, clearly, my semi-regular blogging of the early summer vanished in the late summer/early fall rush. For those who are still listening, this blog is not defunct--just in a bit of a slumber. I promise that I do have quite a lot to blog about, so all sorts of library/theology/research-related content will be posted soon enough.

In the meantime, though, Jenna over at A Light Inside has started a delightful series of posts that invite her readers to participate. For this, methinks, my blog will awake briefly from its ongoing slumber.

And so, without further ado, here is Part 1 of Thursday Book Questions. To see more Thursday Book Questions submissions, visit that link and scroll to the comments.


1. Favorite childhood book?
Picture book: either Heckedy Peg or Tiki Tiki Tembo
Novel: The Giver

2. What are you reading right now?
For school: Tertullian's Against Praxeas
For pleasure: Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art (rereading)

3. What books do you have on request at the library?
None at this time

4. Bad book habit?
Starting books and taking quite a while to finish them (unless they are for school).

5. What do you currently have checked out at the library?
A lot of books for school and research:
Habits of the High-Tech Heart: Living Virtuously in the Information Age
Power Failure: Christianity in the Culture of Technology
Thinking About God in an Age of Technology
Letters from Lake Como: Explorations in Technology and the Human Race
A Broadening Conversation: Classic Readings in Theological Librarianship
Engaging Technology in Theological Education: All That We Can't Leave Behind
Theological Librarians and the Internet: Implications for Practice
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
The Spirit of Early Christian Thought (via ILL)

4 comments:

  1. Nice, the librarian in me LOVES this book list... If we lived near by to each other I would ask you for a cup of tea to hear all about these readings!

    :)

    I read L'Engle's book on faith and writing many times in my twenties... it was a very influential book in my life...

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  2. Sweet! Thanks for participating, Donna.

    Walking on Water is one I still need to read, too. And I'm impressed with all those books about technology and the internet/social networking. That has to make for an interesting study.

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  3. Two of the above answers need to be amended, but rather than do so in the post, I figured I should do it here as an addendum, since the additions occurred this evening after I posted the above.

    A third book I am now currently reading: The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis (will be a reread for me, though my first time through it, I now know, was before I knew what pain was)

    And a book I just put on hold at my library: A Grief Observed also by Lewis (which I've never read before, but I now have the intense urge to do so)

    I thought I'd throw those out there in case anyone else has thoughts about these titles as well. :)

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  4. C.S. Lewis is one of my favorite authors. Cheers to your wonderful selection! :)

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