the issue of Cigar Aficionado with Danny Devito on the cover.There was a large thread on here before like this, but I'll be darned if I can find it. Someone recommended a couple of books on that thread, I added them to my kindle, and now I'm reading them, but now I can't find the thread. So, without further ado...
who recommended The Master Butcher's Singing Club? I'm reading it now and it's fascinating.
the issue of Cigar Aficionado with Danny Devito on the cover.
it keeps the spiders away at nightOoh, sexy.
A Feast For Crows. Hopefully I get to see how Game of Thrones really ends before George R.R. Martin dies and doesn't finish the last two books.
Do any of you do audio books? I have a hard time finding spare time to dedicate to sitting and reading something but do enjoy listening on my work commute. The problem with this is that I can't make it the only thing I concentrate on (people in this city are horrible drivers) so anything with a lot of characters, or stories that jump around a lot are difficult to follow.
The last few I listened to were The Martian (before I saw the movie), and Doctor Sleep.
My wife suggested the Outlander series and I made it through Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber before it got too hard to follow while driving. The Game of Thrones series was out from about halfway through the first book.
Name of the wind by Patrick rothfuss
I’ll be restarting this since I apparently lost the damn book sometime in 2015. I found it earlier this week with my airplane ticket from Munich shoved in it as a bookmark. I remember enjoying it half or so I read, but clearly forgot all about it. It’s a robust one, too.
Up next on the kindle is Arm of the Sphinx by Josiah Bancroft
Wife and I are both finally starting GoT...
Sorry.
Also if you adventure on the interwebs, it is A Song of Ice and Fire yo the book people and they are particular on that i I remember.
Those books.... so good.
Finished Recursion by Blake Crouch. Very similar writing style to Dark Matter, similar physics paradoxes uncovered.
Good read, pretty quick (started/finished it on a flight from Chicago to LA). I'd recommend it if you're into his style.
Reading The Terror by Dan Simmons. The book uses real names and ships of the quest for the Northwest Passage, but adds an ice monster of some sort that is beginning to wreak havoc now that the ships are locked in ice.
I have a bunch of stuff by Dan Simmons, just getting into it now. Quality writing for horror, kinda verbose but we'll see.
https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Novel-Dan-Simmons/dp/0316008079
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Not long ago, I read "Sailing Alone Around the World", a memoir by Joshua Slocum. After a 3 year voyage, ending in 1898, he completed a single-handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop Spray. He was the first person to sail around the world alone.Thanks PP.
Sailing is my passion, traditional boats only. I have an extensive library, but I'm always looking for more.
I have read, and watched survival and adventure stories in other settings too.
Reading the following now. I've been putting it off for a long time. So far, light enjoyable reading with a nice pace.
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Interesting column by Ross Douthat Tuesday in the New York Times about his currently reading Watership Down to his daughters and recognizing its relevance to current events.
‘Watership Down’ and the Crisis of Liberalism https://nyti.ms/2MVKOlS
Not long ago, I read "Sailing Alone Around the World", a memoir by Joshua Slocum. After a 3 year voyage, ending in 1898, he completed a single-handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop Spray. He was the first person to sail around the world alone.
One interesting note...When he was passing by Tierra del Fuego, he was warned that he might be attacked by some indigenous Yahgan Indians in the night, so he sprinkled some tacks on the deck. He was awakened in the middle of the night by yelps of pain. He was proud of resourcefully defending himself.
Excellent adventure story and an awesome read.
He set sail in 1909 to the West Indies and was never heard from again.
Not long ago, I read "Sailing Alone Around the World", a memoir by Joshua Slocum. After a 3 year voyage, ending in 1898, he completed a single-handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop Spray. He was the first person to sail around the world alone.
That was a good book, but unnecessarily long. ~800pp. It was fascinating. The second half of the book went much faster than the first. Most of the volume was incredible character development. I would not recommend it for casual readers who want in&out books.
Reading the following now. I've been putting it off for a long time. So far, light enjoyable reading with a nice pace.
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage , by Alfred Lansing, first published in 1959. This is, bar none, the most incredible and epic feat of human endurance imaginable.
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