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yosguns
climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 14, 2007 - 05:19am PT
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I'm wondering what the last book you all read is. Mine was called Not Me. I'm reading Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man now; never got my fix of Joyce before. Hoping to get Dubliners in at some point; I hear it's better. (P.S. To the JT thread: I would love to do Chasm sometime over New Year's.)
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ng
Trad climber
southwest
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Dec 14, 2007 - 07:30am PT
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"Confessions of a Slacker Mom"
highly recommended for anyone with kids
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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Dec 14, 2007 - 08:02am PT
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"on the ridge between life and death", david roberts.
man, he was a screwed up kid.
just started "life of pi"
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Kartch
climber
belgrade, mt
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Dec 14, 2007 - 08:27am PT
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Hey Euro,
Life of Pi was worth the read but I thought it had a slow start. Hopefully you stick through the philosophy to get to the meat of the story. Just my take on the book.
I just started quit reading "Che" halfway through, I'll have to get back to it sometime, and started reading "Flags of Our Fathers."
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pro_alien
Sport climber
Zurich, Switzerland
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Dec 14, 2007 - 08:31am PT
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Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story (by Leonie Swann)
A herd of sheep resolving the violent death of their shepherd.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Dec 14, 2007 - 09:53am PT
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Night Driving; Invention of the Wheel and Other Blues. A Memoir.
Dick Dorworth
quite a worthwhile read... I recommend it.
http://www.firstascentpress.com
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valygrl
climber
Boulder, CO
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Dec 14, 2007 - 09:55am PT
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Jonathon Waterman's In the Shadow Of Denali.
I hated Life of Pi.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Dec 14, 2007 - 10:01am PT
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Royal Robbins: Spirit of the Age, the biography by Pat Ament.
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hossjulia
Trad climber
Eastside
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Dec 14, 2007 - 10:06am PT
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"The God of Small Things" Arundhati Roy
A disturbing book about the Chaste system in India.
Perhaps not the best time of year to be reading something like this.........
Yeah, I thought the Life of Pi was over rated, but it was OK, not a waste of time.
Sounds like I need to pick up a copy of Dorworths book. Greg Childs (NOT Craig)has a new book out too. He's fantastic!
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survival
Big Wall climber
arlington, va
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Dec 14, 2007 - 10:09am PT
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"Razor's Edge" A history of the Falklands war. A great book, but almost toooo detailed. The story kind of gets lost in the extreme historical accuracy at times.
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imnotclever
climber
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Dec 14, 2007 - 10:11am PT
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Kartch,
I'm almost done with "Flags" it's pretty impressive. I may have to do more WWII books after this one.
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Prod
Social climber
Charlevoix, MI
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Dec 14, 2007 - 10:48am PT
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Sonny Liston was a Friend of Mine by Thom Jones. He also wrote the Pugilist at rest. Both are good collections of shorts that are for the most part character related.
I'd recommend them.
Prod.
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Ain't no flatlander
climber
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Dec 14, 2007 - 10:52am PT
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Enduring Patagonia by Greg Crouch. Not bad, not great. Good stories with too many attempts at flowery prose that come off insipid.
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rockermike
Mountain climber
Berkeley
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Dec 14, 2007 - 11:11am PT
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After hearing hype I personally thought Life of Pi sucked. But I'm not much of a non-fiction guy. whatever.
But my book of the week club (only part way into it) "American Empire" (Andrew Bacevich). Basically arguing that in spite of American "we're the shining light of democracy and justice" rhetoric this nation's foreign policy, in fact, ever since the revolution has been to do whatever necessary to feed economic growth. Baceevich demonstrates that Bush H, Clinton, and Bush W all have the same neo-imperialist goals. Just differing tactics. Worry not though, the book is not all leftest rhetoric either. Even mainstream scholars seem to appreciate the volume.
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BrentA
Gym climber
Roca Rojo
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Dec 14, 2007 - 11:19am PT
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Three Cups of Tea...mighty heart warming read. World needs more like Greg. He should win the Nobel Peace Prize within the next 3 years...imho.
Crucial COnversations is getting digested now, decent business talk book
I read "Leadership and Self Deception" not so long ago, and found it terrific
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WoodySt
Trad climber
Riverside
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Dec 14, 2007 - 11:19am PT
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" The Evil Gene ". Great read dealing with new info on the genetic foundation for much pathology, particularly sociopathy. It explains some ST... no, I won't go there.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Dec 14, 2007 - 11:25am PT
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Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan. Very interesting, everyone who subjects strangers to their dog at the crags should read and heed this book.
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andy@climbingmoab
Big Wall climber
Park City, UT
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Dec 14, 2007 - 11:41am PT
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I like to juggle 3-4 books or so at a time. I read a lot and very fast, so its nice to have a change of pace. I just finished a round of four:
The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough, Saltwater Flyfishing by Lefty Kreh, Chapterhouse Dune by Frank Herbert, and Traveling Music by Neil Peart.
I thought the Life of Pi was a decent book, but not wonderful. The Power of One by Bruce Courtenay is a better book in more or less the same genre. I think the Life of Pi falls in the cracks between a fun trash novel and a real piece of literature, and disappointed anyone expecting one or the other.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Ideeho
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Dec 14, 2007 - 12:14pm PT
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The Road by Cormac McCarthey
post-apocalyptic blues
I do want to read his other books. His language is very strong. All The Pretty Horses is my wife's fave.
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quartziteflight
climber
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Dec 14, 2007 - 12:21pm PT
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I hope the serve beer in hell. Pretty raunchy, but funny as hell
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