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mgd
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 Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:06 pm |
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I had put down Peter Jenkin's book, Looking for Alaska, a few months ago, and now I finishing it up. 
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Quark
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| goats gone wild wrote: | | I am making myself finish "Men, Mountains and Mules...Lieutenant O'Neil's Olympic Expeditions."
I started it a few years ago and got really bored right from the start. |
Are you inSANE????
"...Other than that, the post was more or less accurate."
Bernardo, NW Hikers' Bureau Chief of Reporting
"...Other than that, the post was more or less accurate."
Bernardo, NW Hikers' Bureau Chief of Reporting
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goats gone wild
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Very likely.  Why else would I continue to read a book I wasn't enjoying thoroughly???? Stubborn as a mule, I suppose.
Or maybe has something to do with the fact that Wood's book, "Across the Olympics" is one of my all time favorites. MMM would be a much better book if the numerous cross references were edited a bit.
No matter. I finished it tonight while waiting to pick my son up from his basketball game in Montesano. They should be arriving back in Forks around 1 AM!
Now, what to read next???
.....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
Jason Hummel
.....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
Jason Hummel
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touron
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Goat, after walking the gauntlet with your last book, you need an easy and fun read. I suggest Louis L'Amour. Hmmm....Catlow
Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.
Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.
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Phil
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:42 am |
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| Gray wrote: | | Just finished Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. I started with his The Big U, and couldn't figure out what all the fuss was about him. Snow Crash made it more clear, good book.
My favorite recent read was China Mievelle's Perdido Street Station, one of the best and most beautifully realized fictional worlds in a long, long time. I need to pick up some more from him. |
Ive tried NS numerous times and it just isnt happening for me in the way I had hoped. I liked Snow Crash and Zodiac, and a few others, but his monumental series that everyone raves about is lost to me.
CM, on the other hand, wow. Yeah check out the Scar and Iron Council.
Speaking of sci-fi, how about Stephen Donaldson's Gap series? Gaiman's American gods? 
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jennmonkey
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Just finished Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut. Just starting Catch 22. My friend has been trying to get me to read Catch 22 for about 10 years and I'm just finally getting to it. 
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goats gone wild
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Thanks for the suggestion, touron. Sounds like a good backpack read.....lightweight 
Jennmonkey, let us know what you think of Catch 22.
.....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
Jason Hummel
.....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
Jason Hummel
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Backpacker Joe
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"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:28 pm |
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I finished Cell by Stephen King a few weeks ago.
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mtngrl
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:49 pm |
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Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. Just finished the part about India, now it's on to Indonesia. I'd highly recommend; great book.
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Riverside Laker
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has anyone read "The Book Thief" and if so do you recommend it?
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Phil
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:39 pm |
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| goats gone wild wrote: | | I am making myself finish "Men, Mountains and Mules...Lieutenant O'Neil's Olympic Expeditions." |
I feel your pain. I'm fascinated by all things Olympics, however trivial, and this was a slog even for me. Was only able to make it happen by reading it while also have the included maps and modern topos out in an effort to track their route.
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Malachai Constant
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Well you are not alone the earlier book was so much more interesting probably due to the incompetence of the party compared to O'Neil.
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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Spotly
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:40 pm |
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"Challenge of the North Cascades". I've been doing lots of reading on the history of climbing lately and this book is a fun read. I recently watched a show called "Vertical Frontier" and it's prompted me to take a closer look at the early years of rock climbing and Yosemite in particular. So now to find some enjoyable sources for that next 
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goats gone wild
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.....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
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