Reading Update

I'm almost done with Devil in the White City, and have given up on reading the parts about the fair. Instead I'm just finishing the serial killer parts. I'm not one to skip parts in books, but I just don't give a shit about the fair. And you only live once right? Why waste it on a book thats boring you.

I'm on page 80-ish of my pal Jacob's book, Choreboy and really like it. I need to set aside more time to read it though because I want to finish it up soon so I can give him my feedback.

I just grabbed The God Delusion. I've been waiting for this book for months, and finally it was my turn. I know there's a lot of criticism thrown at this book, obviously from religious people but also from Atheists, calling Dawkins a blow-hard, etc...but I'm excited to read it anyway. Even if it is just some rally-cry for Atheism.

On the first page:

I suspect - well I am sure - that there are lots of people out there who have been brought up in some religion or other, are unhappy in it, don't believe it, or are worried about the evils that are done in its name; people who feel vague yearnings to leave their parents' religion and wish they could, but just don't realize that leave is an option. If you are one of them, this book is for you. It is intended to raise consciousness - raise consciousness to the fact that to be an atheist is a realistic aspiration, and a brave and splendid one. You can be an atheist who is happy, balanced, moral, and intellectually fulfilled.

So yes, a bit fluffy, and yeeks he used the term "consciousness raising" quite a bit, but I think it'll be nice to read something that says what I've believed since as far back as I can remember. I know Christopher Hitchens just put out a similar book, so maybe I'll grab that one too. I'm not a fan of Hitchens' writing style though.