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Gregory Crouch

Social climber

Walnut Creek, California

Oct 30, 2016 - 10:19am PT

I took some late night pleasure reading lately to counterbalance my steady diet of 19th century newspapers and mining treatises.

Into the Woods by Tana French, the first of her Dublin Murder Squad mysteries. I enjoyed it, but not as much as I was hoping to considering the recent rave in the NYT book review. I might give the second and third a spin to see if the series improves.

And Welcome to Paradise, Now Go To Hell by Chas Smith about the North Shore surfing scene. It's not Barbarian Days, but I still thought it was pretty good. Very different POV. Does anybody know Chas Smith? Considering how little actual surfing there was in the book, I'm curious to learn how much time he spends in the water. (He could well do tons and just doesn't write from that POV. I simply don't know.) Some very well drawn characters in that book, particularly Kaiborg Garcia and Eddie Rothman, quintessential North Shore heavies.

Tobia, I have not read My Losing Season. I'll put it on the list.

neebee

Social climber

calif/texas

Oct 31, 2016 - 02:33am PT

hey there say...

don't read much, as, i don't like to when i am writing...
though, i have not done the writing on my last book yet,

and i see why...

i am refreshing my spanish, suddenly...

so, i am reading:
the hound of the baskervilles, IN SPANISH...
AND-- had finished reading around the world in 80 days, IN SPANISH...

and will now read--
the secret garden, (after this last chapter of the hounds)
and will read this IN SPANISH now, too...

very fun to do...

:)

by christmas, i will read: a christmas carol, IN SPANISH...

:)
and hope to finish my vol. 6 book, for january, :))

Adventurer

Mountain climber

Virginia

Oct 31, 2016 - 03:01am PT

"Hitler" Assent 1889-1939 by Volker Ullrich. A bio of Hitler from birth to the start of WW2. A good read which explains just how he developed into the scourge of the 20th century.

Batrock

Trad climber

Burbank

Nov 18, 2016 - 08:18am PT

A sampling on my shelf right now. A Canyon Voyage is really good and highly recommend it.

Urizen

Ice climber

Berkeley, CA

Nov 18, 2016 - 08:27am PT

Islands in the Stream. I missed this one on my first trip through Hemingway, but I'm fascinated by it now. As usual, it's about men who do things and make things and their friends and their sons. Almost exclusively dialogue; It's as if one person you met invited you onto his boat for the weekend and now you're just watching and listening to everyone, trying to figure what each of these people really is, or will turn out to be.

Tobia

Social climber

Denial

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 18, 2016 - 09:39am PT

I'm in Stephen Ambrose's Crazy Horse And Custer and forgot how thorough and well written his books are.

I have Enduring Patagonia beside it and looking forward to it.

Batrock, A Canyon Voyage sounds like a likely title to follow up with.

Ward Trotter

Trad climber

Nov 18, 2016 - 10:38am PT

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand . The incredible story of Louie Zamperini, Olympic runner ,bombardier, survivor of a 2000 mile raft drift in the Pacific Ocean, and appalling treatment by a sadistic guard in a Japanese POW camp.

Branscomb

Trad climber

Lander, WY

Nov 18, 2016 - 10:41am PT

MaoII by Don DeLillo and Rigadoon by Louis-Ferdinand Celine.

Current craziness and what it's like at the end of civilization...got it covered.

Mike Honcho

Trad climber

Golden, CO

Nov 18, 2016 - 10:47am PT

I just finished Edmund Morris' three books on Teddy Roosevelt, "The rise of Theodore Roosevelt" "Theodore Rex" and "Colonel Roosevelt".

I'm just starting "The First Afghan War and it's Causes" by Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand ~1879

In the que after that is another, but more extensive history of "Alexander Hamilton" by Ron Chernow

Love me some muthafukin history baby! I wish I had a small nest egg and a MASSIVE library to just go bonkers..

pud

climber

Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia

Nov 19, 2016 - 08:14am PT

A look into the mind of a woman raised without love.
Not for everyone but, an education in the importance of caring.

jogill

climber

Colorado

Nov 19, 2016 - 12:28pm PT

Nancy and I have been enjoying the PBS series "The Durrells in Corfu" and it finally dawned on me that Larry Durrell is in fact Lawrence Durrell, whose Alexandria Quartet I read in the early 1960s. We picked up a couple of his books for pennies on the dollar at the local library sale.

justthemaid

climber

Jim Henson's Basement

Nov 20, 2016 - 12:38am PT

Just geeking out on Natural history stuff. Reading "Pinion Pine" by Lanner right now

sempervirens

climber

Nov 20, 2016 - 11:02am PT

Just finished "Crazy for the Storm, A Story of Survival", by Norman Ollestad. It's a true story that reads fast and easy. It's very compelling. Supertopo crowd would probably relate to it - a plane crash in CA in the late 70's (no, not that plane crash, and drugs are not a theme in this book). A fun read.

Mungeclimber

Trad climber

Nothing creative to say

Dec 8, 2016 - 10:39pm PT

Inferno by Dan Brown

Superb fun read. I realized I hadn't read a novel in a long while, so I fixed that on a flight. Just finished it and looking for something unpredictable for the next read.

mouse from merced

Trad climber

The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.

Dec 9, 2016 - 01:41pm PT

The Earth Beneath Me: An Epic Helicopter Journey Across the World
by Dick Smith,1983

Author: Pilot Dick Smith of Australia
Date: Began August 5, 1983, ended in Sydney on July 22, 1983.

Stage One
Fort Worth to London
6,345 nautical miles (ll,752 km0.
60 hrs/52 mins.
Avg. speed 104 knots 9192 km/h).

Stage two
London to Sydney
12,469 nautidal miles )23,092 km).
113 hrs/20 mins.
Avg. speed 110 knots (203 km/h).

Dickbob

climber

Westminster Colorado

Dec 23, 2016 - 06:34pm PT

I just finished our own Neebee's Steppingstones Through Jakes Ranch Volume one. It is a collection of short stories that my family and I read. I'm sure it is no suprise to you all that she is an extremely prolific author.
This novel took a ton of effort and I was surprised by the quality.

You should all purchase one of her books from her. The money goes to the best of causes.

I am starting George R. R. martin's Game Of Thrones next. I have been wanting to dive into his works for a long time now. Never saw the TV thing. We don't do much TV around here.

Tobia

Social climber

Denial

Topic Author's Reply - Dec 24, 2016 - 03:43am PT

i just finished Enduring Patagonia, a job well done, Mr. Couch. If you haven't been to Patagonia or climbed at that level (like me), you will feel as though you have. i also learned a lot about Jim Donini's accomplishments, so a tip of the hat to him as well.

i zipped through a short read by a local friend Awake My Soul, by Grant Scarborough. It has nothing to do with climbing, but inspirational none the less.

i just got a toehold into Blood & Thunder (The Epic Story of Kit Carson) by Hampton Sides.