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By: Devourer of Books » Blog Archive » November Reading Wrap-Up

Devourer of Books » Blog Archive » November Reading Wrap-Up — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:52:28 +0000

[...] The Memorist by M.J. Rose [...]

By: lindymc

lindymc — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:34:28 +0000

My belief system is pretty much an “I don’t know exactly what to believe” situation; I seem to have more questions than answers. These books sound interesting but I wonder if they will provide answers, or more questions.

By: Devourer of Books » Blog Archive » The Memorist and The Reincarnationist Giveaway

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:43:31 +0000

[...] Monday I reviewed The Memorist and let you all know that I had two sets of The Memorists and the previous book in the series, The [...]

By: fyrefly

fyrefly — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:29:08 +0000

I generally don’t have a problem with books that have premises opposite to my own beliefs, as long as it’s explained and makes sense why the characters believe what they do. Books (primarily Christian fiction, but others as well) that tacitly assume that everyone shares the same worldview as their characters are harder to take.

By: devourerofbooks

devourerofbooks — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:03:51 +0000

S. Krishna, you actually bring up something interesting. I realize now that I didn’t have initial troubles so much with the premise of reincarnation as the idea of the ‘memory objects’ and the vivid past-life memories. Of course, either way it ended up working.

By: S. Krishna

S. Krishna — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:01:44 +0000

And I realized I didn’t even answer your question!

I actually believe in reincarnation, so these books aren’t that hard for me. (Though I don’t believe people can vividly remember their past lives). I have trouble reading overtly Christian fiction and tend to shy away from them.

By: S. Krishna

S. Krishna — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:00:02 +0000

I read The Reincarnationist and enjoyed it, and am looking forward to reading The Memorist.

By: Callista

Callista — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:34:24 +0000

I just reviewed The Ark, The Reed and The Fire Cloud which is about Noah’s Ark. I’m opposite to you. I’m Pagan and I believe in reincarnation so the book is opposite to my beliefs and I absolutely loved it.

So I do think it’s possible to like a book different from your beliefs and absolutely a good idea to try it.

I’ll be back for the giveaway for sure!

By: lenore

lenore — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:48:17 +0000

I have no problem with it – it is fiction after all! And this one does look good!!

By: Jeane

Jeane — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:25:22 +0000

I had a lot of trouble reading The Reincarnationist- partly because I don’t believe in reincarnation either, so the premise made me pretty skeptical. Also because I don’t usually read thrillers, so it was hard for me to enjoy to style and pace of the book. I don’t know which was the greater factor of my dissatisfaction.