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09-10-2012, 11:56 AM
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Rivet Master
1959 26' Overlander
Powder Springs
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What are you reading?
Have you read any good books recently?
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09-10-2012, 12:00 PM
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Rivet Master
1959 26' Overlander
Powder Springs
, Georgia
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 671
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"Queen of the Road" by Doreen Orion
The True Tale of 47 States
22,000 Miles
200 Shoes
2 Cats
1 Poodle
a Husband
and a Bus with a will of Its Own
"Queen of Road" is a hysterical account of a year of travel in a Prevost Bus (and the time leading up to the trip.) Loved it!
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09-10-2012, 12:41 PM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
Mantua
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Assassins by Oliver North, 1776 by David McCollum. Jim
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09-10-2012, 12:47 PM
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Rivet Master
Vintage Kin Owner
HOUSE SPRINGS
, MO
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Someday'59
The True Tale of 47 States
22,000 Miles
200 Shoes
2 Cats
1 Poodle
a Husband
and a Bus with a will of Its Own
"Queen of Road" is a hysterical account of a year of travel in a Prevost Bus (and the time leading up to the trip.) Loved it!
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I've read that and loved it. I've given it as a gift a few times too. I'm actually reading an Agatha Christie book published about her notebooks. Interesting, but I usually need a good Poirot mystery for my Chrisite fix. Agatha Christies' Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making - by John Curran.
Tina
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Tina and Mike
1959 Avion e-20
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09-10-2012, 12:55 PM
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Rivet Master
1972 25' Tradewind
North Vancouver
, British Columbia
Join Date: Feb 2006
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I'm reading a couple of B.C. authors right now:
"Adventures in Solitude: What Not To Wear to a Nude Potluck and other Stories from Desolation Sound" by Grant Lawrence
"Bachelor Brothers Bed & Breakfast" by Bill Richardson
And just finished re-reading "The Wars" by Timothy Findley
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Live! Life's a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death! - Mame Dennis
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09-10-2012, 12:59 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1974 29' Ambassador
CONCORD
, North Carolina
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 192
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Neil Gabler's Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination is my most recent read. My wife was reading something about a bunch of shades of gray. I'll live in my fantasy world and she can have her's.
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09-10-2012, 01:01 PM
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Rivet Master
Airstream - Other
2016 Interstate Grand Tour Ext
Bosque Farms
, New Mexico
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Oh, geez, I've read over 200 books since getting the Kindle a year and a half ago, especially since the advent to borrowing ebooks from the library. Favorites? Oh, pretty much anything by Nevada Barr, Tony Hillerman (of course), Steve Brewer, Margaret Coel, Sue Grafton, Marcia Muller, Connie Shelton, or Michael Connelly (current read). Those are all mysteries. As far as others are concerned, a couple of major standouts are Charles Mann ( 1491, 2nd edition) and Hampton Sides ( Blood and Thunder).
Lynn
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09-10-2012, 01:18 PM
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one of those
2011 27 FB International
'03 F250 PSD
, Airstream summers, Catalac winters
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I average about two books a week, and have for most of 50 years. Where would I start...
Lately I been searching the Kindle cheapo book bin at Amazon. 100 books under five bucks or whatever it is.
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09-10-2012, 01:20 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 Interstate
Normal
, Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2009
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The Chaperone, The Warmth of Other Suns, The Devil in the White City, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Murder of the Century----all excellent reads.
Currently reading The Underground Railroad.
Maggie
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09-10-2012, 01:43 PM
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2 Rivet Member
2001 25' Safari
Fort Collins
, Colorado
Join Date: May 2012
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Been on a pilot bio kick lately;
Bob Hoover - Forever Flying
Robin Olds - Fighter Pilot
Ernest Gann - Fate is the Hunter
Robert Buck - Northstar Over my Shoulder - A Flying Life
Chuck Yeager - Yeager
Bud Anderson - To Fly and Fight
James Tobin - To Conquer the Air
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09-10-2012, 01:56 PM
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Rivet Master
Airstream - Other
2016 Interstate Grand Tour Ext
Bosque Farms
, New Mexico
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Check the site below for freebies! The site also has a facebook presence, so they automatically post the newest ones to my site.
Kindle Author | Discover new writers
In addition, check with the larger of the public libraries in your area to see if they're carrying ebooks. I check most of mine out from the Albuquerque / Bernalillo Co. Public Library. It's easy!
Lynn
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gringo
I average about two books a week, and have for most of 50 years. Where would I start...
Lately I been searching the Kindle cheapo book bin at Amazon. 100 books under five bucks or whatever it is.
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09-10-2012, 02:03 PM
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Rivet Master
2010 27' FB Flying Cloud
Fraser Valley
, British Columbia
Join Date: Jan 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jinkers
Been on a pilot bio kick lately;
Bob Hoover - Forever Flying
Robin Olds - Fighter Pilot
Ernest Gann - Fate is the Hunter
Robert Buck - Northstar Over my Shoulder - A Flying Life
Chuck Yeager - Yeager
Bud Anderson - To Fly and Fight
James Tobin - To Conquer the Air
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Have read the ones in bold.
Am working on a stack on the AS bedside table about airlines that have gone Tango Uniform - Pan Am, Braniff, Pacific Western, and Western.
Have put them away for a bit. Right now I'm reading a lot of current-event magazines like Time and Newsweek because of the upcoming US election.
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09-10-2012, 02:45 PM
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Almost a Miracle - John Ferling
The Beekeeper's Lament - Hannah Nordhaus
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09-10-2012, 04:39 PM
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4 Rivet Member
2011 30' Flying Cloud
Arvada
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If you enjoy historical non-fiction, I recently finished Destiny of the Republic about James Garfield. I'm currently reading The President's Club. Both are terrific1
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09-10-2012, 06:30 PM
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2 Rivet Member
1976 Argosy 20
RR4 Marmora
, Ontario
Join Date: Sep 2012
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I go through a book a week and have for many years, 2 years ago I got a Sony ereader, same as Kindle and others, the best invention ever!! I watch for the 50 cent weekends, the 2 for 1, the 3 for 1, 4 for 1 sales almost every other weekend and buy all kinds of books for next to nothing, also when I get tired and the eyes get week you can enlarge the print!
As for books, I read, James Rollins, Steve Berry, Kathy Reichs, Iam Flemming and all the other Bond authors, Jack Higgins, Stephen King, James Kohury, and just about aything else I can find.
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09-10-2012, 09:23 PM
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Rivet Master
2006 23' Safari SE
Holly Lake Ranch
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Just finished Bear Gryll's memoir, Mud, Sweat and Tears and Running with The Kenyans by a writer with the Guardian in England. Also the Steve Jobs biography. Fortunate to have a city library with a really good acquisitions program and they do a great job with non fiction.
and of course Gringo's blog. :-)
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2006 Safari 23
2011 Tundra Double Cab
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09-10-2012, 09:32 PM
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3 Rivet Member
2015 28' Flying Cloud
Ladson
, South Carolina
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Home Front by Kristen somebody - excellent
The Art of Racing in the Rain (if you like good dog stories)
Loved & laughed at Queen of the Road
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09-10-2012, 09:35 PM
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Rivet Master
1959 26' Overlander
Powder Springs
, Georgia
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 671
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more on "Queen of the Road"
Quote:
Originally Posted by oh2bcarefree
I've read that and loved it. I've given it as a gift a few times too. Tina
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I borrowed it from the library but immediately bought it when I finished...
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09-11-2012, 09:06 AM
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Rivet Master
2010 27' FB Flying Cloud
Fraser Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack46
If you enjoy historical non-fiction, I recently finished Destiny of the Republic about James Garfield. I'm currently reading The President's Club. Both are terrific1
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Jack, I picked that up at the library and started it, but will have to finish later. It started off as a very good read.
The Presidents Club - TIME
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09-11-2012, 10:26 AM
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Rivet Master
1971 27' Overlander
Central
, Ohio
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 2,365
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin245
The Beekeeper's Lament - Hannah Nordhaus
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Thanks - always a side interest - will have to pick this one up. Been so busy lately very little reading getting done.
The one next in line is: One Man's Wilderness"
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