What book are you currently reading?

[Scott Card]

Re-reading "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis. Entertaining and insightful.

[ratagonia]

Re-reading "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis. Entertaining and insightful.

What's that about? T

[cachehiker]

What's that about? T

I has been a while but if I remember correctly it's a series of letters written by an old retired devil named Screwtape to his inept nephew Wormwood advising him on how best to corrupt souls.

It is, without a doubt, one of my favorites. It's short, an easier read than most of my choices, hilarious in places, and highly recommended by this bibliophile.

[Scott Card]

I has been a while but if I remember correctly it's a series of letters written by an old retired devil named Screwtape to his inept nephew Wormwood advising him on how best to corrupt souls.

It is, without a doubt, one of my favorites. It's short, an easier read than most of my choices, hilarious in places, and highly recommended by this bibliophile.

What he said. Sorry, I didn't see your question.

[accadacca]

Has anyone read this one? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140...SIN=1400067677

Its a top rated book on Amazon.

[ratagonia]

Has anyone read this one? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140...SIN=1400067677

Its a top rated book on Amazon.

You mean:

Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth [Hardcover]
by James M. Tabor

(just helping out)

Tom

[blueeyes]

The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance by Laurie Garrett

[erial]

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (who previously authored Seabiscuit)

This is the story of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who during WW2 survives a ditching in the Pacific , weeks adrift at sea, and then years of additional hardship in Japanese prison camps. The book is relentless in depicting the suffering and cruelty in the camps, but not without a welcome humourous anedote from time to time:

In Naoetsu's little POW insurgency, perhaps the most insidious fear was pulled off by Louie's friend Ken Marvin, a marine who'd been captured at Wake Atoll. At his work site, Marvin was supervised by a one-eyed civilian guard called Bad Eye. When Bad Eye asked Marvin to teach him English, Marvin saw his chance. With secret delight, he began teaching Bad Eye catastrophically bad English. From that day forward, when asked, "How are you?," Bad Eye would smilingly reply, What the **** do you care?"

Had it not been for the war, Zamperini may have broken the 4 minute mile long before Robert Bannister. His feats of survival are equally amazing.

[greyhair biker]

The Stingray Shuffle by Tim Dorsey. Absolutely hilarious sick twisted dementia humor.

[canyonphile]

The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance by Laurie Garrett

This was an awesome book! I bought it when it came out back in the mid-90's....and then made the mistake of lending it to some dude I briefly dated.

Never saw it again .

I just finished Good Times, by Edward Abby, and now Desert Solitaire is on my night stand.

And, this amazingly comprehensive book on the history of American tonalism painting movement (George Inness, etc.) of 1880-1920. For landscape painters and art lovers, it's a must-have. For everyone else...probably not so much .

[Randi]

Interesting, thanks for the update.

Hahahaha ~ Your avatar is Ram's stick-out-tongue-face? How wierd and special! ♥ :)

[DOSS]

In the middle of my N'th read of Freedom of the Hills :)

[Rented mule]

Print is dead.......ho hum.....boring boring to read.....reading takes away important
hiking time. I once was asked on a date years ago by a girl and we were to read
a book by a stream. A book by a stream? duh!! hello!! A stream can't write a book!!
reading sux!

Except Bo and Tanya's new book when it comes out!! yeehaw.
Hopefully lots of pictures? Can't wait.

[ratagonia]

Print is dead.......ho hum.....boring boring to read.....reading takes away important
hiking time. I once was asked on a date years ago by a girl and we were to read
a book by a stream. A book by a stream? duh!! hello!! A stream can't write a book!!
reading sux!

Except Bo and Tanya's new book when it comes out!! yeehaw.
Hopefully lots of pictures? Can't wait.

This may not be the thread for you, then.

I read books while hiking quite often. Hiking can be quite boring, even in amazing terrain. I have read books in some incredible places...

Tom

[Dr. Nebz]

This may not be the thread for you, then.

I read books while hiking quite often. Hiking can be quite boring, even in amazing terrain. I have read books in some incredible places...

Tom

I too sometimes take a good book with me. Hell, beats sitting in your tent with nothing to do during a downpour.

[Felicia]

The Giant Book of Poetry
Edited by William H Roetzheim

[dbaxter]

Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer.
The more I read from him, the more I like him.

[Iceaxe]

Too Big to Fail

[Don]

Finally gotten around to Stegner. Reading Big Rock Candy Mountain now. I've already got Angle on Repose on hand for when I'm done with this one.

[restrac2000]

Midnight's Children
Manufacturing Consent
River of Doubt
Half the Sky

Thanks for the interesting thread. Great to have a list that goes back so many years with so many different contributors.