more book memeness

[theyellowhobbit]

10. Terry Pratchett- Moving Pictures
Not one of his best, though it was amusing. Basically Discworld invents movies, except with a lot of craziness.

11. Orson Scott Card- Songmaster
This one was amazing. There's this place called the Songhouse, where children who seem to have talent for music are brought and are instructed in singing, and some of them become "songbirds," the best and most powerful singers the songhouse can produce. The songbirds are sent out to the world until they turn 15, and then they are supposed to return to the songhouse to become teachers...The emperor Mikal wants a songbird, and this woman from the songhouse, Esste, makes it her lifelong quest to find his songbird, who turns out to be this boy Ansset. Ansset has the power to read people's emotions and sing them back...etc.

It's a must-read.

12. Gila Manolson- Outside/Inside

I was bored and it was Shabbat and it was there. It's high point is that it's only 95 pages or so. It's about modesty in Judaism, and why people should practice it. Back when I was first becoming religious cynara_linnaea lent me "The Magic Touch," which is by the same author. I told her "I became shomer nagiah despite having read The Magic Touch." I guess I'm just cynical about Orthodox Judaism.

Comments

[boroparkpyro.livejournal.com]

everyone hates the magic touch :-P

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

The Magic Touch is the only book I've ever read holding it inside another book- even sitting in the Beit Midrash at Brandeis, I was ashamed to be seen reading it: I just had to know what the fuss was about. Afterwards- I still don't get it. "It's so special to never have touched anyone but your spouse" just doesn't cut it as reasoning with me, at All.

[http://users.livejournal.com/stone_/]

Magic Touch is so bad. It doesn't outline any of the actual reasons to be Shomer Negiah. It's like talking about Shomer Negiah without discussing Judaism whatsoever. Kind of like the Rugrats Exodus story which doesn't mention God at all... like a reverse Hagaddah.

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

Reverse hagaddah! That's awesome!

By the way, I should have no problem getting to Bet Shemesh this coming Shabbat.

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

Your mom didn't hate my magic touch last night... :-p

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

Yeah. She started off in what seemed a logical direction, and then she somehow made these huge jumps, and I don't think she actually proved anything.

[boroparkpyro.livejournal.com]

my mom is gila manolson?

[sen-ichi-rei.livejournal.com]

no, your mom's face is gila manolson!