noharleyyet
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Struggling with this...a tale of ruinous rationalized over the top self indulgence.
What are you currently reading?
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JV842
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It seems like that’s the life of so many of em
Got to be hard not to fall into that
Birdbander
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Back to the outdoor theme.
This is a book about a man who set out to explore & chronicle previously unknown areas of the Hudson Bay Lowlands just over a decade ago.
It'll probably never happen but I'd like to see the northern areas of Canada and/or Alaska.
This is a book about a man who set out to explore & chronicle previously unknown areas of the Hudson Bay Lowlands just over a decade ago.
It'll probably never happen but I'd like to see the northern areas of Canada and/or Alaska.
Good book. Shoalts has done some wild expeditions. I’m about to start another of his, “Beyond the Trees”. Given your interest, I’d recommend The 29th Day by Alex Messenger. It’s a true recap of a grizzly attack while on a far north canoe trip. Similar writing style.
Birdbander
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I have read the 29th Day @trb, really enjoyed it
shannerdrake
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Just finished Red Metal by Mark Greaney.
Very well done. Very well researched, realistic, and accurate. Similar pace and adventure elements found in his Gray Man series but believable.
Recommend it. Would read very well over audiobook too. Looking at you Ken.
Very well done. Very well researched, realistic, and accurate. Similar pace and adventure elements found in his Gray Man series but believable.
Recommend it. Would read very well over audiobook too. Looking at you Ken.
Sheltowee
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About halfway through and, knowing what eventually happens, is just gutwrenching. Very well written and a fast read.
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Sheltowee
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Felt apropos given that, around this time exactly 162 years ago, E. Porter Alexander's artillery bombardment preliminary to the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble assault began.
If y'all ever have a chance to visit Gettysburg and stare up Cemetery Ridge from the Codori House or down into the Devil's Den from Little Round Top, I'd highly recommend it. Just chills contemplating what those guys saw in July 1863.
hunter49
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Currently reading Winterkill.
The third book in the CJ Box - Joe Picket series. Thought the first one was good. The second was just ok, the third is fairly predictable.
Think this is point I drop the series.
Writing is just not that great.
They r OK for a quick read.
Unless anyone can say otherwise that the series will get better.
The third book in the CJ Box - Joe Picket series. Thought the first one was good. The second was just ok, the third is fairly predictable.
Think this is point I drop the series.
Writing is just not that great.
They r OK for a quick read.
Unless anyone can say otherwise that the series will get better.
Southern Elk
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I stopped part way into the third book as well, for the same reasons as you. I can’t believe he wrote so many of those and people kept buying them.
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noharleyyet
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It does/did not...
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Wrapped up The River Why.
This was, I think, my 3rd time through the book, though it's been a solid 15 years since my last reading. It's not Duncan's best book, at least not the first 2/3's. Bothers K was much better, but the last 1/3 is enjoyable. When I first read it, in late middle school or so, I remember it being a book about fishing. Now in my 40s, it is clearly a book about family angst, developing a sense of community, and simply growing up, told through the eyes of a fishing fanatic. The best parts include good descriptions of the coastal PNW and eastern OR townies, and the inability of the male brain to think clearly in situations around the particular females. The character development isn't stellar. And the rambling gets a bit tiresome. All in all, a B.
This was, I think, my 3rd time through the book, though it's been a solid 15 years since my last reading. It's not Duncan's best book, at least not the first 2/3's. Bothers K was much better, but the last 1/3 is enjoyable. When I first read it, in late middle school or so, I remember it being a book about fishing. Now in my 40s, it is clearly a book about family angst, developing a sense of community, and simply growing up, told through the eyes of a fishing fanatic. The best parts include good descriptions of the coastal PNW and eastern OR townies, and the inability of the male brain to think clearly in situations around the particular females. The character development isn't stellar. And the rambling gets a bit tiresome. All in all, a B.
