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dcycleman

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So what are you guys reading ?
I have 3 books going right now.
The Lost Empire by Clive Cussler- action adventure, cheesy fast paced

The Complete Sea Kayakers Handbook- awesome text learning all sorts of stuff about how the tides work, the effects of currents, prevalent winds, reading charts, even using vectors to figure course. A++

98.6 degrees the art of keeping your ass alive by Cody Lundin- just started it, I saw a Mors Kochanski youtube video where Mors recommended it, so I had to give it a try.Im only in the first chapter but its keeping my attention so far.

Also picked up the national audubon society guide to north american trees eastern edition, browsed through it , Ill be using it

Ok , what are your lists?
 
dcycleman said:
So what are you guys reading ?
I have 3 books going right now.
The Lost Empire by Clive Cussler- action adventure, cheesy fast paced

The Complete Sea Kayakers Handbook- awesome text learning all sorts of stuff about how the tides work, the effects of currents, prevalent winds, reading charts, even using vectors to figure course. A++

98.6 degrees the art of keeping your ass alive by Cody Lundin- just started it, I saw a Mors Kochanski youtube video where Mors recommended it, so I had to give it a try.Im only in the first chapter but its keeping my attention so far.

Also picked up the national audubon society guide to north american trees eastern edition, browsed through it , Ill be using it

Ok , what are your lists?
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I used to read a lot...then I became a writer... ;)
 
I have to read so much for work, that I choose to go aliterate on my own time.
 
In all seriousness, I read the Bible daily. I keep up with every new novel by John Grisham, and I'm a fan of Clive Cussler too.

For outdoors reading I have Mors Kochanski's Bushcraft and several volumes of Woodsmoke, The Foragers Harvest by Samuel Thayer (it's descriptions and pictures are helpful) I've read both of Lundin's books but his second one almost copies his first.
 
I used to read the Clive Cussler type, fast paced action adventure stuff whenever I wasn't reading something academic or professional. I was even more into the historic conspiracy stuff like James Rollins and his ilk. But I've taken a serious and unexpected turn toward fantasy stuff in the last year. I had read Tolken and the other standards, but never got into the genre. For whatever reason, I picked up Patrick Rothfuss's book "The Name Of The Wind" and was blown away. Far and away the best book I'd read in years. The sequel quickly followed, as have other books since. Right now I'm waiting for my turn at the second "Stormlight Archive" book (Brandon Sanderson) from ye olde publick book depository.


Michael
 
mistwalker said:
I read the Foxfire Edition back in high school, awesome set of books!
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Funny you mention that.... I've been in the process of calling dibs on the family sets and rereading some of that stuff. I lived out of those books back in the day. They were my other Bible.


Michael
 
velosa said:
I have to read so much for work, that I choose to go aliterate on my own time.
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Alliterate? Like this?

Fleeter be they than dappled dreams
the swift sweet deer
the red rare deer.

Four red roebuck at a white water
the cruel bugle sang before.

How literate! :D
 
The only fantasy stuff I've read per se are Steven Kings books. Ive read tons of those, the most fantasy like being the gunslinger series. The last couple books he kinda lost me tho. Ill probably read under the dome soon enough. Never heard of Patrick Rothfuss, Ill look him up.
 
I have really gotten into Brad Thor, lately. Generally, I read a lot of history and biographical type books with some outdoor educational stuff.
 
my wife is a stephen king fan so i bought her this when i discovered "rage" was being pulled
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Raymond1000 said:
Alliterate? Like this?

Fleeter be they than dappled dreams
the swift sweet deer
the red rare deer.

Four red roebuck at a white water
the cruel bugle sang before.

How literate! :D
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Ha. Not literate enough Raymond. :D You misread one too many L's. Aliterate means that I can read, I just choose not to. Alliterate or alliteration is the use of words with the same sound.
 
dcycleman said:
The only fantasy stuff I've read per se are Steven Kings books. Ive read tons of those, the most fantasy like being the gunslinger series. The last couple books he kinda lost me tho. Ill probably read under the dome soon enough. Never heard of Patrick Rothfuss, Ill look him up.
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Do. He creates an alternate reality as good or better than anyone else. It is all more "Lord of the Rings" fantasy more than Stephen King fantasy, just so you know.

For me, that first book was hard to get into simply because Rothfuss paints such a vivid and detailed picture of the fantasy world in his books. But once you're in, you're in. When I finished the second book of that series (the third isn't out yet), I COULDN'T read anything else for over a month. My mind was still processing what I read and I couldn't stop thinking about it all.


Michael
 
velosa said:
Ha. Not literate enough Raymond. :D You misread one too many L's. Aliterate means that I can read, I just choose not to. Alliterate or alliteration is the use of words with the same sound.
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velosa, you relieve my mind. :thumbup:

I was concerned about the long term effects on your wife and kids.
 
+1 for Stephen King's Dark Tower Series.....volumes & volumes but a worthwhile read.

+1 for Clive Cussler's work......actually got to meet him by accident while visiting Napa Valley.....he was driving one of his classic automobiles.

Other favorites are Jeff Shaara's novels on the Civil War and Preston & Child's novels featuring Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast which represent a mix of suspense, mysticism and a little of the macabre mixed in for good measure. What can I say.....he carries a Les Baer .45ACP as his EDC. I may write them a note and suggest that a Fiddleback make a cameo appearance since Pendergast has an appreciation for only the finest.

Some of Lee Child's work makes for good reading as well......he certainly cranks them out on a regular basis.
 
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