I came to the conclusion today that an important asset in life is acquiring knowledge. No I am not talking about knowing every article on Perez Hilton's blog on the latest celebrity gossip, I'm talking about just knowing about important things, really anything for that matter. If this is true the best way to acquire knowledge is to read, so my new goal is to read... a lot. I think it is important to know things and be able to reference important events and such. So other then of course your standard history books which I will read a lot because of school I have also made it priority to also read any other book that has been deemed popular or important in the past say I dunno 500 years. Yes that is a lot of books. It just seems like the right thing to do. Anyways all the books that I am reading or have received lately are for different interests just so that I can have a vast array of knowledge when I am done. Here is a list of books that I am planning to or have read recently:
The Prince - Machiavelli
Hipster Christianity - Brett McCracken
Animal Farm - George Orwell
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
Divine Comedy - Dante
The Chronicles of Narnia
1984 - George Orwell
And the list goes on to of course continue to read the bible more and really any other book that I may find anywhere. I just think that is important to know about things and it seems that all books even fiction have some sort of message within them somewhere that is wisdom the other has to be passed on to someone.
Now is where I incorporate you, the reader, to give your input. Perhaps you have a book that you would like to recommend. Although my list is long of books to read I hope that eventually I will be able to get to them all.
4 comments:
Saint Francis of Assisi (1923), a book by G. K. Chesterton. I read it during while traveling in Europe, great book.
I'm not a big reader, so it's a big deal when I find a book I really liked and actually finished reading. So here are a few recommendations, all classics: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Slaugherhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, and Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger.
Happy Reading, RyRy.
Definitely read Catch-22 - I read it last year and i loved it.
Also you should read Eat Pray Love - also loved it...
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