What are you Reading right now?

[lt1fire]

I'm always happy with a good book and think others in the club might be also. My main interests are Spy/History/Overland (travel/adventure) books. Starting a thread to get new ideas and to give others ideas.


This year i've read
"Who needs a road"

2nd time and a must for any cruiser head, trip in a 40 series fron New York to New York in the 60s
http://www.amazon.com/Who-Needs-Roa...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324319612&sr=1-1

"The Tycoons"

historical accounts of Rockefeller, Carnegie and a few others from the age of the tycoons. Very good read
http://www.amazon.com/Tycoons-Carne...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324319691&sr=1-1

"Thunder Struck" by Erik Larson

Amazon.com: Thunderstruck (9781400080670): Erik Larson: Books
Great book. Larsen makes History Novels. Where he normally picks two people that are loosely connected in history (in this case Dr Harvey Crippen and Marconi) and writes with insight to their lives from historical text as almost as if he is writing a fictional novel. The book is full of great historical facts and insight as well as telling you what happened to key places in the book and if any of them are still around today.
Right now he is my favorite author.

"Devil in the White City"

Amazon.com: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (9780375725609): Erik Larson: Books
another by Larson this time with (HH Holmes who is considered to be the nations first serial killer and Daniel H. Burnham creator of the 1893 chicago worlds fair.

First Overland

http://www.amazon.com/First-Overlan...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324320173&sr=1-1
Account of 6 students from oxford and cambridge in 1957 that drove two land rovers from London to Singapore and back. The toughest part of the journey by far was driving into Burma by way of the Stilwell road. Somewhere there is a BBC documentary floating around about this that I am trying to track down.

It was extremely interesting comparing this and who needs a road side by side and seeing how different the world was just 10 years later in many of the same parts of the world.

Right now i'm reading
A thousand splendid sons

and
Long Way Down

I'll comment on those when i'm done.

Just ordered the Increment for my next one which came highly recommended as a spy novel.

So anyway post up any recommendations you might have or if you are looking for any recommendations.

 

[custyota]

uhhh....

I can't read.

 

[mtweller]

I can't read.

Nor type, apparently... snort.

R

 

[77cruiser]

2 of the best books ive ever read....and i hate to read

Lone Survivor by Marcus Lutrell-True Navy seal story

12th angel by Og Mandino

Honorable mention:

Bo Knows Bo
Its not about the Bike by Lance Armstrong




you can thank me after you read them

 

[Off Duty]

...MUD...

 

[little_joe]

Who Needs a Road? is awesome!

Santa is bringing me "A Road More or Less Traveled".

Just started this: The Beekeeper's Lament.

A favorite from the past year: HInt Fiction.

I find Jon Krakauer fascinating to read, his Under the Banner of Heaven was also one of my favorites from the past year. Way creepy.

If you have a Kindle, this is a fantastic read (Al this one is up your alley): "Blood on the Tracks" (Kindle Single) by Cecelia Holland.

 

[lt1fire]

Who Needs a Road? is awesome!

Santa is bringing me "A Road More or Less Traveled".

Just started this: The Beekeeper's Lament.

A favorite from the past year: HInt Fiction.

I find Jon Krakauer fascinating to read, his Under the Banner of Heaven was also one of my favorites from the past year. Way creepy.

If you have a Kindle, this is a fantastic read (Al this one is up your alley): "Blood on the Tracks" (Kindle Single) by Cecelia Holland.

Don't have a kindle Joe, just can't get in to them but the book looks goos so maybe i'll have to borrow my mom's next time i'm back home.

Ordered a few more off amazon yesterday for next year.

And my hero and greatest modern explorer ever

Had a copy of this book years ago but lost it and never got around to reading it so I bought a new one

 

[tat2matt]

Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

 

[pawwright]

Amazon.com: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (9781594200823): Michael Pollan: Books

It's been a good read so far, still on the corn chapters. I've read a couple of his other books, very easy to follow, not too dry. Doesn't really push one view over the other.

 

[uzj100]

Here is the list for 2012

Ten Great Books to Expand Your Horizons | Intermittent fasting diet for fat loss, muscle gain and health

Here is what I am reading now. Absolutely hysterical. Was recommended by a friend at work. Do not let any women read this book. :<)

Amazon.com: High Fidelity (9781573225519): Nick Hornby: Books

 

[GLTHFJ60]

The guy who wrote "Who needs a Road" Al Podell, presented at CMCC 2010. He seemed pretty cool, but rambled on and on...

I bet the book was good though. His stream of consciousness was probably filtered past a couple of editors before hitting the presses

 

[Tym]

Here are two good books and probably the only ones I've read since "Who needs a road" several years ago.

One Second After - by William Forstchen

Patriots - John Wesley Rawls

Real eye opening books...

 

[lt1fire]

Half way through this one. Very good book and interesting.
It is funny to see how overlanding is done with a much larger budget though. But since the author is part of the Stroh brewing family he can afford it. Stark contrast to most other overlanding trips you read about.

 

[lt1fire]

Ok so I finished these three and will review


Ok read.... the worst overlanding book i've read though.... mostly because of how vague it is. Needed to be longer and way more in depth in some places. What struck me as funny was the guy got tire of it all not even half way through. Left his car in La Paz and flew home for 6 months...... I guess overlanding is different when your family has millions of dollars


Here again it was too short but at 400 pages that is saying something. Some topics were brushed over too fast. The problem here is the amount of things he has done in his life and accomplished he would need a 1000 page book to adequately detail them all. Still a great read.



My favorite of the 3... very well written and kept my interest the whole way... although since I read it in a day that should be too hard.

Now on to the next round.

 

[custyota]

Books

I think we use to have a book thread but could not find it. I'm sure Al will pull it out of his ass and find it. And yes I can read just not spell and use grammar.

Read any good books lately?

I'm into military history. I just finished reading "Lions of Kandahar".


Canadian offensive

 

[custyota]

Stupid I pad would not let me finish.


Anyways the book was about a Green Beret A team sent into the afghan desert to be a blocking force and help with a huge attack on the Taliban. All hell breaks loose and every thing goes to s***. the story told from the eyes of the capt of the team. Pretty descriptive.

I just started reading " the red circle." A story about a seal sniper.

 

[GarnerFJ40]

Nope, out of mine...

https://forum.ih8mud.com/nc-olde-north-state-cruisers/543264-what-you-reading-right-now.html

 

[custyota]

Thanks pres can you merge the 2?

 

[GarnerFJ40]

It is done!

 

[Cirbo]

First Overland

http://www.amazon.com/First-Overlan...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324320173&sr=1-1
Account of 6 students from oxford and cambridge in 1957 that drove two land rovers from London to Singapore and back. The toughest part of the journey by far was driving into Burma by way of the Stilwell road. Somewhere there is a BBC documentary floating around about this that I am trying to track down.

Al, I have a DVD on the making of this documentary if you'd like to borrow it.

Jim