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Well, I got Dan McClellan's book. I want to spend time reading it along with a couple other books I'd like to start out with for some summer reading. Here are some I would suggest:

• A Calamity of Souls. David Baldacci (just finished it). Going to read his new one now.
• Restoration. God's Call to the 21st Century World. Patrick Q. Mason
• Into the Unknown. The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos. Kelsey Johnson

That's for a start!

I'm going to back off a bit from participation here since summer is here and there are a lot of things to do outdoors, etc. In and out, here and there. No extended discussions or fruitless, he said/she said stuff for now. If you want to continue this thread, this might be a good place for others to list what they are going to begin their summer reading with!

Regards,
MG

If this thread belongs elsewhere, I suppose it ought to be moved. I'm so used to posting on this part of the board it slips my mind that some topics are more appropriate in another place.

Happy reading!

Until later.

Regards,
MG

I'd vote the location of the thread is just fine.

I recommend the short story MG Three Point One enters his exaltation in four parts.

MG Three Point One - Part 1
MG Three Point One - Part 2
MG Three Point One - Part 3
MG Three Point One - Part 4

Great idea to start this master thread. It's a good place to link the four parts as they got buried between aside conversations.

MG 2.0 wrote: ↑

Sat May 10, 2025 11:01 pm

A Calamity of Souls. David Baldacci.

Regards,
MG

That book sounds like it would stack up well to To Kill A Mockingbird.

I would agree with the Dean and Moksha's suggestions. In addition, here are some suggestions for anyone looking to build their testimony this summer.

Who can forget this Mormon classic with the very inappropriate title:



With a title like Uranus Testifies of Christ, it was guaranteed to become an instant classic. As a side note, cosmologists have recently decided to change the name of the planet Uranus because of all the inappropriate jokes. The new name cosmologists have chosen is Urectum.



Not to be outdone by Nancy Goldberg or John Pratt, Jeffrey R. Holland decided this title would be appropriate for his semi-autobiographical book:



This popular book was written by a few of the young women that were in Louis Midgley's ward during the 80's. It has quickly become the gold standard for young women in the Church on how to deal with creepy old Mormon men:



If you're Mormon, chances are excellent that you voted for Trump and will be voting for him again. This popular book has been a great guide for the younger generation on how to forgive and forget the stupid choices their elders make.



Probably the most accurate title of any book, ever:



This book, along with Added Upon can be found in every Mopologist library.



And who can forget this instant classic about Louis C. Midgley's very short stint as a scout leader:



One of the few books from the personal library of Joseph Smith that has managed to survive the ravages of time and is now on display at the Church History Museum:



This book was meant to be a sort of prequel to John Pratt's Uranus Testifies of Christ but was fortunately pulled from Deseret Book shortly after publication. If anyone is luck enough to have a copy, they are selling for thousands of dollars on eBay:

drumdude wrote: ↑

Sun May 11, 2025 1:14 am

I'm surprised there is not a single issue of the Interpreter Journal in Dan McClellan's reading list. I thought McClellan cared about real scholarship.

Many great artists weren’t given their true recognition and praise they deserve until well after their death. Once the lost Nephite civilization is found, DCP and Interpreter will be a wealth of knowledge to guide humanity forward.

MG 2.0 wrote: ↑

Sat May 10, 2025 11:01 pm

Well, I got Dan McClellan's book. I want to spend time reading it along with a couple other books I'd like to start out with for some summer reading. Here are some I would suggest:

• A Calamity of Souls. David Baldacci (just finished it). Going to read his new one now.
• Restoration. God's Call to the 21st Century World. Patrick Q. Mason
• Into the Unknown. The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos. Kelsey Johnson

That's for a start!

I'm going to back off a bit from participation here since summer is here and there are a lot of things to do outdoors, etc. In and out, here and there. No extended discussions or fruitless, he said/she said stuff for now. If you want to continue this thread, this might be a good place for others to list what they are going to begin their summer reading with!

Regards,
MG

Why not save some time and get A.I. to summarise those books for you?

A couple of suggestions for you to read:

• Factfulness, by Hans Rosling with his son Ola Rosling and daughter-in-law Anna Rosling Rönnlund.
• Black Box Thinking, by Matthew Syed

If you read them with the right intent and with an open mind they will change you.

I'm currently reading "An American Health Dilemma: Race, Medicine, and Health Care in the United States, 1900-2000." I picked it up with the intention of reading it in February, but it's much more data heavy than I anticipated, and some of the subject matter is emotionally difficult to process/carry, so I'm having a hard time getting through it. I'm hoping to have it done by July (at my current pace).

Next will probably be Kevin Carnahan's "The Disappearance of Eve and the Gender of Christ: Why Traditional Soteriology Requires a Trans Savior".