Books-What are you reading?

[whipski]

Waltzing the Cat, by Pam Houston

[hawkgt]

in process.....

The last Campaign. Sherman, Geronimo and the war for America. by H.W. Brands

[Cisco Kid]

Just finished "The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944" What a soap opera clusterfk of egos, mistakes and misery.

[alpinevibes]

Most of the way through Peking to Paris: A Journey Across Two Continents in 1907 (after rewatching Long Way Round/Down/Up) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...eking-to-paris

About to dive into the Alexandria Quartet - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...andria_Quartet

[irul&ublo]

Just finished "The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944" What a soap opera clusterfk of egos, mistakes and misery.

Guns At Last Light is really good. I like Atkinson

[dan_pdx]

The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson is worth checking out. It's a true story about a heist of rare bird specimens by an obsessive fly tyer looking for feathers from extinct/endangered birds. Goes deep on both fly tying and natural history.

[schindlerpiste]

Old book. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Michael Chabon is a great writer

[bennymac]

^i occasionally go back and re-read one part of that book that I especially enjoyed - don’t want to spoil it - but yeah that guy is talented.

[beer30]

2 years ago I bought a kindle. Using the overdrive app I can check our books from the library online. Total game changer. Not only do I have online access to a huge amount of books. Kindle allows me to read in bed without a light that disturbs my lady. I can read until I fall asleep (like literally fall asleep with kindle in my hand) and the device keeps the page where I fell asleep. Also has ability to cross reference/look up via online search engine events, people, definitions. Also with my Amazon prime subscription I can read the Economist. Highly recommend purchasing one to anyone who likes to read.


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I too am onboard. I live overseas so it makes my access to English books that much easier as well.

[The AD]

Yeah, I get almost all my ebooks using Overdrive. Lots of times I'll need to place a hold and wait several weeks until the title is available, but no big deal. I've always got something to read. I very strongly prefer reading on a Kindle to reading a printed book.

[alembical]

I just finished and enjoyed Path Lit by Lightening, a recent book on the life of Jim Thorpe. Highly recommend.

[fool]

Yeah, I get almost all my ebooks using Overdrive. Lots of times I'll need to place a hold and wait several weeks until the title is available, but no big deal. I've always got something to read. I very strongly prefer reading on a Kindle to reading a printed book.

I use Libby but same same. I'm on the same page - I like the Kindle more than a book for so many reasons. When I find myself reading a paperback - or magazine - I sometimes end up trying to 'hightlight' the text with my finger like I do on the Kindle.

[halliday]

Unmasking The Klansman by Dan T. Carter

[yeahman]

"Trail of the Lost" by Andrea Lankford. Searching for missing hikers on the PCT. She is also the author of "Ranger Confidential," which I edited years ago, so when I saw this in the bookstore the other day I bought it. Very interesting read so far.

[riff]

The Story of B
Daniel Quinn




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[babybear]

I use Libby but same same. I'm on the same page - I like the Kindle more than a book for so many reasons. When I find myself reading a paperback - or magazine - I sometimes end up trying to 'hightlight' the text with my finger like I do on the Kindle.

I have definitely done that too lol


I’m reading Origins by Lewis Dartnell and have been highlighting the heck out of it
It basically traces how plate tectonics impacted various eras and civilizations.
I read a lot of geography and history and this one is a page turner with some new stuff I did not know prior as well as some better explanations of systems and cycles than I have read in the past
Highly rec if any of you are into that stuff

[bennymac]

^ooh yeah thanks adding that one to the list

[schuss]

Serious reading: the technology trap by Carl Benedict frey is a great actual history of tech through the lens of societal and economic factors
Stand out of our light by James Williams is a cutting take on the attention economy
Fun reading:
This is how you lose the time war is a wonderful fever dream. Go in blind.
Scholomance and uprooted by Naomi Novik were delightful distractions.

Currently working through dogs of war (meh) and some of Noviks other works. Serious reading has slowed as work has gotten busy as I do a ton there.

[riser4]

Probably gonna try and read Doppelganger: a trip into the mirror world, by Naomi Klein.

[evasive_MT]

I have definitely done that too lol


I’m reading Origins by Lewis Dartnell and have been highlighting the heck out of it
It basically traces how plate tectonics impacted various eras and civilizations.
I read a lot of geography and history and this one is a page turner with some new stuff I did not know prior as well as some better explanations of systems and cycles than I have read in the past
Highly rec if any of you are into that stuff

Thanks for that.

[boltonoutlaw]

I have definitely done that too lol


I’m reading Origins by Lewis Dartnell and have been highlighting the heck out of it
It basically traces how plate tectonics impacted various eras and civilizations.
I read a lot of geography and history and this one is a page turner with some new stuff I did not know prior as well as some better explanations of systems and cycles than I have read in the past
Highly rec if any of you are into that stuff

As a student of history and geography you might enjoy this one that I found fascinating:
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World, by Simon Winchester

[TBS]

I will toss in two non-fiction titles

First A Life Wild and Perilous by Robert Utley chronicles the fur trappers of the early 1800s and their role in settling the west.

Second is Mindf*ck by Christopher Wylie, a cofounder of Cambridge Analytica. He covers how CA gained access to the Facebook profiles of 87 million Americans, and how they weaponized that data, using money from Robert Mercer and strategic leadership from Steve Bannon, to fuck with the BREXIT vote and the 2016 presidential elections.

[G. Gordon Liddy]

I loved The Great Alone By Kristen Hannah - Great story teller and takes place in PNW and Alaska.
Rereading for the third time The River Why. I love this book and it gets better every time. I gave it to my wife when we first started dating and told her if she understands Gus, then she'll be OK with me...

[babybear]

As a student of history and geography you might enjoy this one that I found fascinating:
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World, by Simon Winchester

Thank you for the rec- I’ve read this one already and it was excellent.
I think I’ve read all of Simon Winchester’s at this point.
I recently got pretty excited because I saw he had a new book out on the Mississippi - The end of the river- but turns out that it was just mini book. Still good and I think it was free with Amazon prime

[schindlerpiste]

Junior Bounous and the Joys of Skiing.

Not only should every skier read this great book, but it is a must for all Utah residents, and anyone interested in mountain history. The guy is a living legend, and a powder skiing/teaching pioneer