"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

We've discussed books here off and on. Just wondering -- what have you guys been reading lately?

I just finished a three-book John D. MacDonald/Travis McGee bender. Great stuff as always.

-- Mark
 
I'm reading The Hobbit again because my wife bought me a copy illustrated by Alan Lee and also the legend of sigurd and gudrun.
 
I've been reading a lot of John Grisham's books lately. I've always enjoyed his stuff, and have figured out I can borrow the electronic versions from our county library, and upload them to my Nook. I've been working my way through all the Grisham novels they have.
 
I've been working my way through Clive Cussler's new line of books, the Issak Bell series of detective novels. I don't like his other stuff, too fantastical. But this new line is loosely based on a Pinkerton type of detective in the 1900 to 1910 period in America. When the airplane was a brand new invention, and the fastest car around was a Locomobile roadster.

I've always been drawn to that period of history, everything we use now was invented in that short period.

Carl.
 
The last book I finished was book #5 in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series by George R.R. Martin. I've read them all and I can honestly say I've enjoyed these books every bit as much, if not more, than Lord of The Rings. I would recommend this series strongly to anyone who enjoyed LoTR. It isn't exactly the same but in the same ballpark. I had never heard of these books or the author until I watched the first season of Game of Thrones on HBO last year. I liked the series so much that went out and bought all 5 books. Wasn't disappointed either, great read. I can't wait for #6. It's suppose to be a 7 book series but we'll see. Oh I almost left this part out, A Game of Thrones is the title of the first book in this series.
 
Thanks for the suggestions guys.
I got a new ebook reader so it will be way easier for me to read books in English (and Spanish), since finding the printed versions here sometimes is quite a problem.
Now, for example, I'm curious to read some of the John MacDonald books that many people mention here. :)

Fausto
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Found my copy of Distant Water: Fate of the North Atlantic Fisherman, a book written about the trawler fishing trade. The author, William W Warner, did a great job with his book about the Maryland blue crab, Beautiful Swimmers, that I picked up DW at the Goodwill right away. Beautiful Swimmers provides a lot of information about the blue crab, but also goes over history of the Bay, the Eastern Shore, the MD and VA laws, and interviews a lot of watermen and scientists. The style is folksy, like you are there. I have nothing more than a passing interest in the DW book (I am a MD resident and therefore the BS ;) book means a lot to me), but it seems like it will be just as entertaining.

Deadliest Catch before it was a tv show I guess...
 
I'm currently binge-rereading my way through Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire books. I recommend them if you like James Lee Burke or James Crumley. They're not nearly as dark, but there's something of the same tone.
 
As soon as I finish reading the current fantasy anthology i am working through, I will be reading Moby Dick, strange that i had never read such an american classic isnt it?
I also just ordered the first Isaac Bell novel, read most of the Dirk Pitt novels, but I thought I would give it a try (Carl's recommendation didnt hurt :p)
 
Robert.B said:
I'm reading The Hobbit again because my wife bought me a copy illustrated by Alan Lee and also the legend of sigurd and gudrun.
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Read that book way back in the early seventies. Long enough ago that I could read it again as a new book. :o
I think my all time favorite though was "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn."
-Bruce
 
I heard about all youse guys having a good time back in October in Frederick, I felt left out. Let's do it again! Can't post this in Traditional, but a couple members in the MD area put our heads together, we'd like to have another get together. Good food, good booze and good knives, even learn a little about sharpening techniques courtesy of Jackknife.

I was supposed to post this about a month ago, and dropped the ball. We want to do this around mid to late March, definitely before April. Somewhere with good food (think burgers and beer) and they won't freak out over sharp things .

Last time was in Frederick. They met up for burgers and beers, and walked to Edgeworks, a local knife shop, afterwards. We could do this again. We would like to include a knife shop in the mix, but seeing as Edgeworks is the only one in central MD (unless anyone can recommend another knife shop or gun shop that has a good selection of knives, through email) that might not be an option.

Any ideas are welcomed.
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Reply to the thread in Community if you have any ideas.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...Maryland-get-together?p=10536270#post10536270
 
Robert.B said:
I'm reading The Hobbit again because my wife bought me a copy illustrated by Alan Lee and also the legend of sigurd and gudrun.
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I have that version too; it is fantastic. I think I will gift a copy of this to my 3-year old nephew, who loves storytime, especially if pictures are involved. I also have The Lord of the Rings, also illustrated by Lee.

I'm readin 11/22/63 now, by Stephen King. It is about going back in time to stop the Kennedy assassination. Great read so far.
 
quattromori said:
Thanks for the suggestions guys.
I got a new ebook reader so it will be way easier for me to read books in English (and Spanish)
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Fausto, if you just got an eBook reader, you might consider reading some of the classics. Many of the old ones are out of copyright, so they're free!

I just LOVED The Three Musketeers and A Tale of Two Cities, for example...
 
Anna Russell
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Lord! We used to listen to her in college in the early 70's. How wonderful to see that. Thanks for posting it.
 
Raymond1000 said:
Have you heard Anna Russell on the Ring Cycle?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv7G92F2sqs
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I haven't actually! thanks for pointing me in that direction.

Good news today too, bought my first home! put an offer in substantially lower than the asking price, and within 3 minutes we had an answer back...I didn't figure it would be that easy. It has a massive basement and I actually intend to finish one of the half finished rooms into a hobbit hole of sorts for my man cave, even down to the circular door lol.
 
Congrats, Robert! I'm glad to hear things are going well for you since your move here to the US.:thumbup:
 
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