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never lost to us, until we have forgotten them.” George Eliot
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016
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Layne (27 Year, Costco Employee)
1) Please, share three books that have made a lasting
impression on your life.
The Christ Commission by Og Mandino
Velocity by Dean Koontz
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
2) Which one of the three would you choose to give as a gift
to a distant friend or long lost loved one?
The Christ Commission by Og Mandino
3) How would you summarize the book to the person you are
sharing it with?
Basically, it’s a non-believers account about what happened
during Jesus Christ’s final hours as he, the non-believer, attempts to disprove
Christ’s divinity.
4) How old were you when you read it?
20.
5) Where were you at in your life, during that time?
I was serving a mission in Idaho.
6) How did it influence your life then?
It gave me a different perspective, from a non-believers
point of view, and taught me to look at life from multiple viewpoints.
7) What would you add as a word of encouragement or message
of hope within the cover the book?
We learn to judge each other so quickly. Take the time to
respect and get to know one another. Then you’ll realize we are all unique
parts of a special Family.
“Sooner or later all mankind will realize that the greatest
cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrow and crimes of humanity
rests solely in acts of love. Love is the greatest gift from God. It is the
divine spark that everywhere produces and restores life. To each and every one
of us, love gives us the power to work miracles with your own life and those we
touch. ” Og Mandino
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Keith (Foreign (Saudi Arabia & China) English Teacher)
1) Please, share three books that have made a lasting
impression on your life.
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville
2) Which one of the three would you choose to give as a gift
to a distant friend or long lost loved one?
The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville
3) How would you summarize the book to the person you are
sharing it with?
The Confidence Man is a deeply subversive work. It suggests
that you are not able to believe or comprehend what Jesus Christ taught you.
Me: “How would you define ‘subversive’?”
Keith: “Subversive is that which undercuts accepted societal
norms.”
4) How old were you when you read it?
36.
5) Where were you at in your life, during that time?
I had gone back to school and was in graduate school at
UTEP.
6) How did it influence your life then?
It made me a lot more self-conscious and conscious of the teachings
of Jesus. It challenged my being and the essence of everything.
7) What would you add as a word of encouragement or message
of hope within the cover the book?
“I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.” Walt
Whitman
I first read this when I was 12 and felt “F--- You Walt!”
The next time I read it when was when I was 36 and now declared “F--- You society!”
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Randi (Designer 4 Bilbo Baggs)
1) Please, share three books that have made a lasting
impression on your life.
The Shack by William P. Young
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
by Christopher Moore
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
2) Which one of the three would you choose to give as a gift
to a distant friend or long lost loved one?
The Shack by William P. Young
3) How would you summarize the book to the person you are
sharing it with?
Life, Love, and the pursuit of happiness in a world full of
darkness.
4) How old were you when you read it?
33.
5) Where were you at in your life, during that time?
A fairly new Christian, submerged in ministry duties facing
a lot of attacks on my faith.
6) How did it influence your life then?
It awoke me to stop passing judgment on others whose life
was not like mine.
7) What would you add as a word of encouragement or message
of hope within the cover the book?
This book answered a lot of questions, changed the way I see
the world, interact with others, and view God. I hope it will do the same for
you. You are fearfully & wonderfully made.
“Why do children love to hide and seek? Ask any person who
has a passion to explore and discover and create. The choice to hide so many
wonders from you is an act of love that is a gift inside the process of life.” William
P. Young
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Jesse (Counselor & Chaplain at Phoenix Rescue Mission)
1) Please, share three books that have made a lasting
impression on your life.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Pet Semetery by Stephen King
1984 by George Orwell
2) Which one of the three would you choose to give as a gift
to a distant friend or long lost loved one?
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
3) How would you summarize the book to the person you are
sharing it with?
A classic story of childhood wonder, honor, and integrity.
4) How old were you when you read it?
Maybe 14. I was a freshman in high school.
5) Where were you at in your life, during that time?
I was in a better place than where I would be a little later
in my life. I had good friends, was involved in positive activities, and
enjoyed life.
6) How did it influence your life then?
It set an example of what it is to be honorable and
courageous.
7) What would you add as a word of encouragement or message
of hope within the cover the book?
Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live
righteously, and He will give you everything you need.
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of
getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you
know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no
matter what.” Atticus Finch
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Wayne (Explorer of Life)
1) Please, share three books that have made a lasting
impression on your life.
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Frankenstein: Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz
To Build a Fire by Jack London
2) Which one of the three would you choose to give as a gift
to a distant friend or long lost loved one?
Anthem by Ayn Rand
3) How would you summarize the book to the person you are
sharing it with?
All science and knowledge is lost and “I” no longer exists.
A man rediscovers how to think for himself and challenges a society where all
is stale and lifeless.
4) How old were you when you read it?
12 or 13.
5) Where were you at in your life, during that time?
I was a total mess. My father was someone to be feared and I
was living with my Grandparents while my family was breaking up. It was a
pretty rough time in my life.
6) How did it influence your life then?
It further divided me, intellectually, from my group of
friends. I tried to explain it to my friends, who didn’t get it, and even tried
to get my girlfriend to read it, to no avail.
7) What would you add as a word of encouragement or message
of hope within the cover the book?
“Many words have been granted me, and some are wise, and
some are false, but only three are holy: ‘I will it!’. “ Ayn Rand
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Justin (Manager at Samurai Comics)
1) Please, share three books that have made a lasting
impression on your life.
Doctor Strange: The Oath by Brian K. Vaughan
The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire
Tales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski
2) Which one of the three would you choose to give as a gift
to a distant friend or long lost loved one?
Tales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski
3) How would you summarize the book to the person you are
sharing it with?
Bukowski was a beat poet and these are short stories of
everyday frustrations.
4) How old were you when you read it?
25.
5) Where were you at in your life, during that time?
Physically in California, Long Beach. I was dating my
girlfriend who would become my wife.
6) How did it influence your life then?
It helped me learn to take life in stride.
7) What would you add as a word of encouragement or message
of hope within the cover the book?
Treat others as you want to be treated and use lots of
‘please’ and ‘thank you’s.
“The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it -
basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.”
Charles Bukowski
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Katy (Community Relations Specialist for Bookman’s)
1) Please, share three books that have made a lasting
impression on your life.
Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Jazz by Toni Morrison
2) Which one of the three would you choose to give as a gift
to a distant friend or long lost loved one?
Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
3) How would you summarize the book to the person you are
sharing it with?
It’s a classic coming of age tale with magical realms and
adventure.
4) How old were you when you read it?
I think I was 12.
5) Where were you at in your life, during that time?
It was the summer before 7th grade and I was in
love with reading.
6) How did it influence your life then?
The main character was a girl about my age, that I could
relate to, and the hero. I loved that you could apply the elements of fantasy
to real life.
7) What would you add as a word of encouragement or message
of hope within the cover the book?
“May God bless and keep you always,
May your wishes all come true,
May you always do for others,
And let others do for you.” Bob Dylan
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Anthony (Senior Financial Advisor)
1) Please, share three books that have made a lasting
impression on your life.
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
2) Which one of the three would you choose to give as a gift
to a distant friend or long lost loved one?
Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
3) How would you summarize the book to the person you are
sharing it with?
A story of persecution, vengeance, forgiveness and rebirth.
4) How old were you when you read it?
At 14, although I didn’t really get it, and again at 43,
when I really got it.
5) Where were you at in your life, during that time?
I had been at the height of my life just prior to falling to
my lowest.
6) How did it influence your life then?
Reading it forced me to deal with my own life. Before I had
just been on autopilot. It spoke to me to forgive and move forward with Love in
my life.
7) What would you add as a word of encouragement or message
of hope within the cover the book?
No matter what people see or what people think, you are a
free soul and, with an open mind, can better this corrupt world.
“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the
sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man
is what you do when that storm comes.” Edmond Dantes
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Jo (Graphic Designer & Musical Therapist)
1) Please, share three books that have made a lasting
impression on your life.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
1984 by George Orwell
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
2) Which one of the three would you choose to give as a gift
to a distant friend or long lost loved one?
1984 by George Orwell
3) How would you summarize the book to the person you are
sharing it with?
It’s about standing up for your rights and fighting for what
you know in your heart to be right.
4) How old were you when you read it?
14 years old.
5) Where were you at in your life, during that time?
I was in high school trying to figure myself, and life, out.
6) How did it influence your life then?
It made me think more critically about the world around me.
How one life impacts another.
7) What would you add as a word of encouragement or message
of hope within the cover the book?
It’s okay to be where you are at.
“My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for 4.
Unless there are three other people.” Orson Wells
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J. Cheshire (Owner of Backstage Attire)
1) Please, share three books that have made a lasting
impression on your life.
IT by Stephen King
The Bachman Books: Rage / The Long Walk / Roadwork / The
Running Man by Richard Bachman, aka Stephen King
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
2) Which one of the three would you choose to give as a gift
to a distant friend or long lost loved one?
The Bachman Books by Richard Bachman, aka Stephen King
3) How would you summarize the book to the person you are
sharing it with?
It’s 4 short stories that are different and better than the
movie.
4) How old were you when you read it?
20.
5) Where were you at in your life, during that time?
I was in the Marine Corps’ on a LST flat bottom, looking to
pass time.
6) How did it influence your life then?
The weird thing is, I felt proud. I had picked up a book and
finished reading it; and I enjoyed it! ‘King’ was the ‘hook’ that drew me into
the world of reading. Until then I had got by using Cliff Notes for school
projects.
7) What would you add as a word of encouragement or message
of hope within the cover the book?
The enjoyment and satisfaction of reading a book has changed
my life.
“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live
inside us, and sometimes, they win. There's a Mr. Hyde for every happy Jekyll
face, a dark face on the other side of the mirror. Lunacy is when you can’t see
the seams where they stitched the world together anymore. That's what a shrink
is for; friends and neighbors; their job is to f*** the mentally disturbed and
make them pregnant with sanity.” Stephen Bachman/Richard King
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Luke (Brother, Father, Son & Dentist)
1) Please, share three books that have made a lasting
impression on your life.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
The Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
2) Which one of the three would you choose to give as a gift
to a distant friend or long lost loved one?
The Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card
3) How would you summarize the book to the person you are
sharing it with?
Science-fiction parallel of God, Christ and the Devil.
4) How old were you when you read it?
30.
5) Where were you at in your life, during that time?
Just starting a new job, feeling lost in my family life and
disconnected from God.
6) How did it influence your life then?
It changed the way I thought about God, His role in my life,
and helped me to see life from a wider view.
Helped me to understand why bad things happen in life, and how both
those things can work for our good.
7) What would you add as a word of encouragement or message
of hope within the cover the book?
God loves us my friend. Even when it feels like no one is
there, He is there. What is happening in
your life? Find him there, and He'll see you through.
“I love only life. But life can only continue in the face of
death.” Orson Scott Card
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Amy (Owner of Lulubell’s Toy Bodega)
1) Please, share three books that have made a lasting
impression on your life.
Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
2) Which one of the three would you choose to give as a gift
to a distant friend or long lost loved one?
Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
3) How would you summarize the book to the person you are
sharing it with?
A really unique coming off age story that doesn’t sugar coat
life.
4) How old were you when you read it?
At 15 while in high school and again in my 40’s.
5) Where were you at in your life, during that time?
I was not in a good relationship and was facing a lot of
struggles. Reading about another’s challenges was a good place for me to go.
6) How did it influence your life then?
In general, reading gave me an escape and opened a world of
knowledge. It allowed me to get lost in the pages of a book and experience a
positive voice in my life.
7) What would you add as a word of encouragement or message
of hope within the cover the book?
“If you hate your parents, the man or the establishment,
don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree. If
you really want to rebel, out-earn them, outlive them, and know more than they
do. The best revenge is to out achieve your adversaries on a massive scale.” Henry
Rollins
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Devin (Trumpeter for The Phoenix Symphony & Milano Music)
1) Please, share three books that have made a lasting
impression on your life.
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the
Unbeliever) by Stephen R. Donaldson
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
2) Which one of the three would you choose to give as a gift
to a distant friend or long lost loved one?
Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the
Unbeliever) by Stephen R. Donaldson
3) How would you summarize the book to the person you are
sharing it with?
It’s about a gentleman who gets leprosy, loses the ability
to feel, and is abandoned by his friends and family. He’s magically transported to a land where he
is cured of his leprosy, regains feeling, and is recognized as a reincarnated Lord
and Savior. He commits a crime, because he can feel again, and changes the
whole of the magical world.
4) How old were you when you read it?
15’ish.
5) Where were you at in your life, during that time?
I was just a high school student going through normal
teenage things.
6) How did it influence your life then?
It taught me to treat the World with intentional kindness.
7) What would you add as a word of encouragement or message
of hope within the cover the book?
Never cease getting up and taking another step.
“”I’m not alive.” She heard fury climbing to the top of his
voice. “I’m a leper. Outcast unclean. Lepers are ugly and filthy. And
abominable.” His words filled her with horror and protest. “How can it be?” she
moaned. “You are not—abominable. What world is it that dares treat you so?””
Stephen R. Donaldson
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Pat (Owner of Power Pill Arcade)
1) Please, share three books that have made a lasting
impression on your life.
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Dune by Frank Herbert
2) Which one of the three would you choose to give as a gift
to a distant friend or long lost loved one?
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
3) How would you summarize the book to the person you are
sharing it with?
It’s about a guy born in space, raised by Martians, who
comes back to Earth with profound intuitiveness and psychic powers. It is kind
of like a Christ story.
4) How old were you when you read it?
16 years old the first time; but I’ve read, reread, and
reread it again throughout my life.
5) Where were you at in your life, during that time?
I was in high school and had just moved to Canada.
6) How did it influence your life then?
As a ‘stranger’, in the ‘strange land’ of Canada, it gave me
a more positive outlook on life. I could identify with the challenges of being
an outsider.
7) What would you add as a word of encouragement or message
of hope within the cover the book?
First Corinthians 13.
“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another
person is essential to your own.” Robert A. Heinlein
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