Thread: What are You Reading?

Just read "With Reckless Abandon" memoirs of a boat obsessed life by Jim Sharp. A great read about the Windjammers sailing out of Camden Maine with a bunch of Jims other endeavors thrown in. It was amazing to read about the kind of work these boat owners put into maintaining / repairing these 100 year old ships. Imagine someone taking a 75 foot spruce tree 3 1/2' across the butt and whittling it down to a tapered mast 12" diameter at the top. Did I mention he has a bum leg from polio. I met the 83 year old author at the Windjammer Days in Camden, bought his book and chatted with him about his museum. Read the book in two nights, very hard to put it down

Now I need to find a copy of "Adventure: Queen of the Windjammers" a book about the 122' ship he sailed out of Camden for 25 years. What I wouldn't give to have sailed on her with 6000 square feet of sail pushing her to 14 knots.

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

I've been meaning to read that for years, JBpilot-always hearing quotes from it!

That's the way that I was with it. Even still I'm reading it slowly. It's a lot to digest. Some of it is so simple yet so profound! There is one part that says avoid long drawn out wars or your population will grow weary of it. Seems true to me! (Not making judgements for or against the current wars just how the country seems to feel about them).

Reading Victory Through Air Power by Major Alexander P. De Seversky
Written in 1942 its basically an attempt to convince America that the air is where the war will be won/lost.
He makes some good points but hindsight shows us he is a bit overoptimistic about what air power can do.

Reading Appalachian Trials. Not so much a how to guide for camping but dealing with the psychological side of hiking long term. I went to Philmont twice with my boys and you spend 10 days on the trail as a group and got to see the dynamics of group psychology play out. This book deals more with the solo hiker and how not to be in the 70% of people that fail.

I've been on a kick of audiobooks lately. It makes the time on a treadmill more bearable.
Just finished "The 5th Wave" by Rick Yancey. It was fine, mostly meant for a young teen audience I suppose. Fine enough that I have put a hold on the second audiobook in the series.
Now moving onto some Stephen King. I think I will try "Full Dark No Stars" audiobook.
Happy weekend everyone.

"Vintage Rolex Sports Models" by Martin Skeet and Nick Urul



Well written and interesting. A great history.

I enjoy a good mystery now and then and recently finished, "The Girl on the Train," by Paula Hawkins. I was intrigued by the premise of a woman commuter on a train who might have seen something related to a murder. However, the characters were unlikeable and repeated alcoholic blackouts of the main character became tedious. In the end, it became somewhat of a thriller, but by then I didn't really care.

On the other hand, I thoroughly enjoyed, "Case Histories," by Kate Atkinson. This book combines suspense with excellent writing, outstanding character development, sophisticated psychological portraits, and family saga.

I ordered some new drawers from Dulutg Trading Co and this popped up during the checkout. Light hearted.




Note: For the life of me, I can't figure this sideways pic thing! There's no method to its madness!

I listened to "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" this weekend while driving to visit relatives. I'm also about a third way through Boone: A Biography about the life of the frontiersman Daniel Boone.

"One Second After" by John Matherson, a fictional, but nonetheless chilling book on what happens when an enemy of the US detonates a nuclear device high in the atmosphere, so that the only effect is a crippling Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP), shutting down everything contains electronics, instantly.