Forum Index > Full Moon Saloon > What are you reading?
 Reply to topic
Previous :: Next Topic
Author Message
ActionBetty
Im a dirty hippie!



Joined: 06 Jul 2003
Posts: 4807 | TRs | Pics
Location: kennewick, wa
ActionBetty
Im a dirty hippie!
PostFri Jan 11, 2008 11:28 pm 
Dr. Oz's book " you staying young" up.gif up.gif

"If you're not living good, you gotta travel wide"...Bob Marley
Back to top Reply to topic Reply with quote Send private message
More Cowbell
Warrior Princess



Joined: 01 Jul 2006
Posts: 5657 | TRs | Pics
Location: Alive on Earth
More Cowbell
Warrior Princess
PostFri Jan 11, 2008 11:29 pm 
I've 3 going at once: Owls aren't wise and bats aren't blind (A naturalist debunks our favorite fallacies about wildlife) The Omnivore's Dilemma (tough, depressing reading. It's making me feel real bad for all those corn fed cows) Flush - Carl Hiaasen (my Jury Duty book)

“If you want to forget all your other troubles, wear too tight shoes.” - Unknown
Back to top Reply to topic Reply with quote Send private message
yukon222
Member
Member


Joined: 12 Mar 2007
Posts: 1893 | TRs | Pics
yukon222
Member
PostFri Jan 11, 2008 11:38 pm 
The White Cascade by Gary Krist. Story about the deadly avalanche which struck the train on Stevens Pass in 1910. Gripping story.

Back to top Reply to topic Reply with quote Send private message
Grizzy
Yellow Cedar Hugger



Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 1936 | TRs | Pics
Location: Switchbacks
Grizzy
Yellow Cedar Hugger
PostFri Jan 11, 2008 11:50 pm 
Finished World Without End By Ken Follett (sequel to Pillars of the Earth)...awesome , but LONG book...perfect for winter! agree.gif Now reading Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaur By Carl Safina.... very sad so far....we are killing off these beautiful dinosaur's that have been here far longer than man has.... frown.gif

All the birds have flown up and gone; A lonely cloud floats leisurely by. We never tire of looking at each other - Only the mountain and I. ~Li Po~
Back to top Reply to topic Reply with quote Send private message
raz2sea
Daddy RAZ



Joined: 04 Dec 2007
Posts: 1060 | TRs | Pics
Location: Seattle
raz2sea
Daddy RAZ
PostSat Jan 12, 2008 12:18 am 
Dune - Frank Herbert

Back to top Reply to topic Reply with quote Send private message
duet by candle light
Member
Member




duet by candle light
Member
PostSat Jan 12, 2008 11:26 am 
Mick E. Meows wrote:
The Grapes of Wrath, plus NWhikers.net discussion forums, and the back of the cereal box.
I wonder what kind of cereal, and why are you reading the back of the box at 10PM?

Back to top Reply to topic Reply with quote Send private message
Ski
><((((°>



Joined: 28 May 2005
Posts: 12797 | TRs | Pics
Location: tacoma
Ski
><((((°>
PostSat Jan 12, 2008 12:01 pm 
"Fire Ecology of Pacific Northwest Forests" James K. Agee "The Conquest of Everest" Sir John Hunt ( for about the eleventieth time ) "And the Sea is Never Full" Elie Wiesel "Why Birds Sing" David Rothenberg

"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
Back to top Reply to topic Reply with quote Send private message
Karen
Member
Member


Joined: 22 Dec 2001
Posts: 2866 | TRs | Pics
Karen
Member
PostSat Jan 12, 2008 12:12 pm 
I always have 3-4 books going at a time ... Currently I'm reading "River of No Reprieve" (Jeffrey Tayler), "The Boys of Everest" (Clint Willis), "In the Company of Crows and Ravens" (John M. Marzhuff and Tony Angell) and "In Defense of Food" (Michael Pollan). Karen

stay together, learn the flowers, go light - from Turtle Island, Gary Snyder
Back to top Reply to topic Reply with quote Send private message
Yet
Member
Member


Joined: 23 Apr 2005
Posts: 2634 | TRs | Pics
Location: Happily Ever After
Yet
Member
PostSat Jan 12, 2008 12:50 pm 
I've tried having more than one book going at the same time before, just didn't work for me. Reading a book is like going into a relationship. Sometimes I warm up slowly and have to get to know the characters first. Then I fall in love with them, live their story, and consume page after page into the night. Feeling their pain, celebrating their joys. Saying goodbye to a really good book is always somewhat painful ... and makes it hard to pick up another book. But eventually, I do. And I find other characters to discover, their stories yet to unfold. I love reading. Didn't get to do it as much this past winter break, nor this summer break, was too busy discovering other loves. But last year's winter break, had intense affairs with Charlotte Bronte's Shirley, Jane Eyre, and Villette.

Back to top Reply to topic Reply with quote Send private message
Gaius
Member
Member


Joined: 06 Jul 2002
Posts: 59 | TRs | Pics
Location: Kölpinsee, Usedom
Gaius
Member
PostSat Jan 12, 2008 1:01 pm 
"Thérčse Raquin" by Émile Zola. According to the critics in 1867, it is pornography. Yeah baby!! Somewhat racy, if you have a good imagination. Seriously it is a story along the lines of Crime and Punishment. A study in the human condition. And "Paris 1919" by Margaret MacMillan on the Paris peace conference. Wilson, Lloyd George, Clemenceau and others making decisions that still effect the world 89 years later.

Back to top Reply to topic Reply with quote Send private message
HurlGurl
Wildernested



Joined: 29 Jul 2007
Posts: 98 | TRs | Pics
Location: nwhikers.net
HurlGurl
Wildernested
PostSat Jan 12, 2008 1:02 pm 
Old Books
Pacific Crest Trails from Alaska to Cape Horn by Joseph T. Hazard

At the end of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency in 1909, his fiery eldest daughter, Alice, buried a voodoo doll of new First Lady Nellie Taft in the White House lawn.
Back to top Reply to topic Reply with quote Send private message
BeyondLost
Crazy Bob



Joined: 07 Jul 2007
Posts: 3601 | TRs | Pics
Location: Whidbey Island, WA
BeyondLost
Crazy Bob
PostSat Jan 12, 2008 1:36 pm 
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson He explains special relativity such that I can finally understand it. At least immediately after reading it. lol.gif

Back to top Reply to topic Reply with quote Send private message
Flower Sniffer
Sniffer of flowers



Joined: 12 Jun 2006
Posts: 977 | TRs | Pics
Location: Snohomish, WA
Flower Sniffer
Sniffer of flowers
PostSat Jan 12, 2008 2:22 pm 
The Sea Runners by Ivan Doig. Slow reading, but good. Also reading the two latest issues of Backpacker. We got two new ones in one day! Did anyone read the article about the woman who was sexually abused by her father and think...wow! What the hell is this story doing in Backpacker Mag?

If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there.
Back to top Reply to topic Reply with quote Send private message
touron
Member
Member


Joined: 15 Sep 2003
Posts: 10293 | TRs | Pics
Location: Plymouth Rock
touron
Member
PostSat Jan 12, 2008 6:09 pm 
I read Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King, which was interesting and entertaining. Then I read Heretics by GK Chesterton which had the following sage quote on grape nuts:
Quote:
There is more simplicity in the man who eats caviar on impulse than in the man who eats grape-nuts on principle.
Now I am reading The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians by J. B. Burry. This book talks about the invasion and infiltration of the Ostrogoths, the Visogoths, the Franks, the Saxons and all the other barbarians into the Roman Empire. There are parallels between this and our own times, when the hairy Sasquatches invaded the Olympics and Cascades, robbing peope of their Gorp, melting down their sporks and trekking polls into gold and silver, and plundering their camps in the ALW and GPW and Dark Divide.

Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.
Back to top Reply to topic Reply with quote Send private message
Yet
Member
Member


Joined: 23 Apr 2005
Posts: 2634 | TRs | Pics
Location: Happily Ever After
Yet
Member
PostSat Jan 12, 2008 6:12 pm 
Quote:
There is more simplicity in the man who eats caviar on impulse than in the man who eats grape-nuts on principle.
They taste the same, yes?

Back to top Reply to topic Reply with quote Send private message
   All times are GMT - 8 Hours
 Reply to topic
Forum Index > Full Moon Saloon > What are you reading?
  Happy Birthday speyguy, Bandanabraids!
Jump to:   
Search this topic:

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum