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They're secret lovers? :lol:

I didn't know that, I was lucky enough to buy them when they first hit paperback so it was no problem. I agree about Cocrete Blond, that one also stands out. One of the top 3 for sure. Though I like all the Bosch books, have read some of the others Connolly's written but they don't have the same...

Nothing complicated really, a zen buddhist who thinks there is an intelligent spiritual energy of which we are a part of. I don't believe in a God per se, not like religious people, because that implies an entity that rules over the universe. It seems to me this intelligence basically lets us do...

I don't think there's any harm in getting off track a little bit in a thread but you seem to want to continue a religious debate. This is not the place. If you want to argue go to Inspiration, Spirituality, Faith, Religion.- Beliefnet.com, they have a whole section where this debate can go on...

A theist/zen buddhist

Live in Midland for now but I call Houston home.

I see you're reading Black Ice. I love the Bosch books and Black Ice was one of the ones that really stand out. How do you like it so far?

Don't know about any of these other "holy books" but let's take a look at the bible. First of all it wasn't even written until over 200 years after Jaysus died. It's been translated 4 different times, maybe more. The Catholic Church has tampered with the translation and by deleting and changing...

Your post reminded me of a t shirt I saw once. It said "Thank God I'm An Atheist". I thought it was so clever and irreverent I almost bought it even though I'm not an atheist.

I find the real irony here is a Christian complaining about someone disrespecting their religion. In my 55 years I've never known any group to be more disrespectful to other religions than Christians. For 30 years I lived in a town with Jews, Moslems, Hindus and Christians of course. I never...

Never read him myself, but everyone I know who has loves his work. Never heard anyone dislike it, pretty amazing.

dude, I see you're reading a book by Martin. Might interest you to know my brother is well acquainted with him and has spent time visiting his home. Can't tell you much about that as my brother and I barely speak to each other. Thanks for the compliment by the way.

The Bible. Everybody dies in the end. Many people must consider this a classic though. It is the best selling work of fiction ever.

I've never in my life felt bad about being a reader. If anybody's ever made fun of me for being one I can't recall. And if they did I would look at them with a mixture of pity and disdain. Pity because they are so ignorant as to think reading is a bad thing. Disdain for being dimwitted enough to...

Thank you Justin, I appreciate that! Good to hear from you.

I moved from Houston Texas to Midland Texas mainly because the woman I was marrying couldn't handle living in a big city. Mostly I've been reading what I call junk books. John Sandford, Michael Connelly, PJ Parrish etc but I have a serious interest in Modern Lit and some classics. Like anything...

Thanks Thank you Libra. I've already enjoyed several of your posts. Been lurking about a week now.

Hi everybody, I don't have much of a life or many friends since moving to a new town so hanging around forums like these is what I do after hours. Looking forward to future conversations with you all. Glad to be here. BTW my screen name is pronounced Dow Jones, it's a play on words. People seem...

A very mediocre book. Good enough I didn't give up on it but at the end a disappointment. I kept waiting for it to get better or grab me in some way like other novels have done as I kept reading til the end. Sometimes I can tolerate bad writing if the story pulls me in but in this case it never...