What are you currently reading?

[Nate Mode]

I'm currently reading Tough Trip Through Paradise by Andrew Garcia. I highly recommend it.

 

[44hunter45]

I'm currently reading Tough Trip Through Paradise by Andrew Garcia. I highly recommend it.

Great read.

May be a book that could not be published today. It is so unvarnished that no doubt someone would call it hateful. It really is just a guy relating the things he experienced, without all the modern hand wringing. Garcia is not touting a point of view, he is just putting it out there as he remembered it.

I always enjoy old first person accounts, it is harder for the revisionists to spin them. I have some early printings of Mark Twain that have content that has since been removed by "enlightened" editors.

 

[Nate Mode]

Great read.

May be a book that could not be published today. It is so unvarnished that no doubt someone would call it hateful. It really is just a guy relating the things he experienced, without all the modern hand wringing. Garcia is not touting a point of view, he is just putting it out there as he remembered it.

I always enjoy old first person accounts, it is harder for the revisionists to spin them. I have some early printings of Mark Twain that have content that has since been removed by "enlightened" editors.

Garcia was a product of his time. It's a tragedy that so many nowadays want to edit "erase" history in any form. If you really want a good read check out The Last Hero by Peter Forbath. It's historical fiction but not for the easily offended crowd.

 

[rustneversleeps]

I'm currently reading Tough Trip Through Paradise by Andrew Garcia. I highly recommend it.

It's on my nightstand and next on my list!

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Open Season, CJ Box

So far a fun before bed read.

 

[rwc101]

I like comedy audio books for long drives.

 

[Gebada22]

Just reread Boys in the Boat for the second time. Story of the 1936 US men's 8 rowing team. Absolutely fantastic story about courage, endurance and raw guts.

 

[mtnkid85]

Im on AB. Guthries "The Bigsky". A super fun read about the mountain men time period around the 1830s.

 

[High Desert]

I read "Falling" by TJ Newman. A thriller about a plane hijacking and kidnapping. I heard it was good but was disappointed. Interesting story idea but there is a huge plot hole that overwhelms the last third of the book.

 

[MarvB]

…meh!

 

[BrentD]

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…meh!

Gotta be better than the movie.

 

[MarvB]

Gotta be better than the movie.

Not so much unfortunately … with only a few chapters left, I feel like crawling in the horse.

 

[GrantK]

Just wrapped up "Smuggler" by Roger Reaves, highly recommended, as is the Lex Fridman Podcast with Roger...

 

[Hem]

Finished Crow Fair last night...short stories by Thomas McGuane.
Most excellent.

 

[Irrelevant]

Not so much unfortunately … with only a few chapters left, I feel like crawling in the horse.

Really? I thought it was way better.

 

[Irrelevant]

Currently working through this one:

So far it's pretty classic Harrison. Similar to Brown Dog, but not quite as good. 4.5 stars.

 

[kansasdad]

Christmas gift


Unusual dust cover design…..it doesn’t cover the book.

 

[dirtclod Az.]

Cowboy Kent Rollins cookbook/tales from the trail, and Hank Shaws book Hunt, Gather, Cook.

 

[MarvB]

Really? I thought it was way better.

It’s not that it’s “bad” (though Punke’s no Jack London) but I guess I was hoping for a touch more history or background on the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. Gives the reader a renewed respect for both humped bears and maggots though

 

[noharleyyet]

Christmas gift

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Unusual dust cover design…..it doesn’t cover the book.

I respect his acting chops...political and literary, not so much.