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Santiago
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"Earth Abides" by George Stewart. Very timely, to say the least.
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rogbag
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Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series (for the second time) as well as his Saxon/Last Kingdom series. I like to be entertained.
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Marc
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wilderone
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Marilyn Monroe: Crypt 33 Gregory and Speriglio
The Devils Punchbowl Greg Iles
The Wrong Side of Goodbye Michael Connelly
Chasing the Dime Michael Connelly
To Die For Kathy Braidhill
The Hypnotists Love Story Liane Moriarty
Beautiful Day Elin Hilderbrand
The Pacific Alone Snively (re-read 2nd time)
Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon Myers
Something in the Water
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chuckie
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How the Scots invented the modern world....The True story of how Western Europe's poorest nation created our world, and everything in it..
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Hook
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I find I can't pull myself away from reading the headlines, about every hour or so.
Bit of a horror story, which is not my favorite genre..............
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AKgringo
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Quote: Originally posted by Hook  | I find I can't pull myself away from reading the headlines, about every hour or so.
Bit of a horror story, which is not my favorite genre.............. |
Guilty of the same.....and it is so tough when so much of the political establishment, and news industry has credibility issues!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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bajaric
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My reading material comes out of stuff that I buy at self storage auctions (like the TV show Storage Wars) Books are one of the most common things
that are found in abandoned storage; I have an endless supply of other people's reading material, like a river of books flowing past, I only need to
reach out and pluck what I want to read from the stream. I will read almost anything, except the self help / get rich quick stuff. Not a fan of
horror, either.
I get a lot of textbooks for literature classes, Steinbeck, most recently, also Diary of Anne Frank. While in context this is worse than anything
Stephen King could come up with it is beautifully written, and almost soothing in its banality, fell asleep more than once reading it.
Recently I got a whole collection of Nora Roberts novels! How many of those can you read? So far about seven, and that is enough! Basically steamy
romance novels disguised as narrative works, but surprisingly readable. Yeah, I know..... She has sold 280 million books so must be doing something
right.
For bawdy adventure with a taste of history, Wilber Smith.
I like turn of the century English literature; Of Human Bondage, etc.
A few recent standouts out of the hundreds of books I have read:
Mediaeval and Modern Europe, Davis, 1914 Written just prior to WWI. Sink your teeth into this one. if that is a little obscure and you want a great
history that takes a while read:
European Discovery of North America, vol. 2 Morison
other recent great reads:
Spain in Our Hearts, Hochschild, 2016 Americans in the Spanish Civil War
Nunaga, Ten years of Eskimo Life, Pryde, 1971 Life in Northern Canada
Sailing Alone Around the World, Slocum. For the sailors
Other authors; John Grisham, Elmore Leanord,
so many. Basically I will read almost anything from the great to the awful. Teen fiction, you name it. A couple of Baja books:
Baja Adventure Books, Walt Peterson. A bit dated but great detailed maps of some of the more remote areas of Baja and a little information for rock
hounds.
History of Lower California, Martinez. Poorly translated but gives perspective of a native of Baja History. Viva Cantu!
Someone you know drinking too much? The Natural History of Alcoholism, Vaillant, Graduate level reading. No, you can't drink in moderation..
Can't forget Land of Missions, Kier. Good reference.
And of course my book, The Weekend Storage Warrior, Storage Auctions for Fun and Profit, under my pen name Jens Tobias
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David K
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That's 'Baja California Land of Missions' 
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chippy
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Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen.
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jwheel1970
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Ernest Hemingway "The Old Man and the Sea" - An easy read, one day, maybe two.
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pauldavidmena
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Haiku poetry is a particular weakness of mine, so I've added Bushfire Moon to the list. Ron Moss is a superb poet, and also a volunteer firefighter from Tasmania. It's a quick read that is as beautiful as it
is harrowing.
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BajaBlanca
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This thread is FUN!
Sideways but as you can see, I have 3 shelves of Patterson. Helpful when you want to turn off the craziness of news.
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BajaBlanca
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I should also mention that I have 7 bookshelves here at home, full of all different genres. Plus I gave so many to our local library that they turned
down the last batch LOL
Remember that we (bajanomads and I) gave quite a few books to the middle school along with all the bookshelves we had at the bnb. Actually, one of my
favorite memories was seeing kids immediately pick up books and start reading the day I dropped them off!
The high school has books, books, books.
Way back in the day, possibly 2013, someone here donated and dropped off dictionaries and all the scholarship students got them. Thanks again for
that!
Regarding Patterson, he writes for kids and his goal is to make the books so, so entertaining that they even the most reluctant reader will be
engaged. I am a fan.
Have a good day escaping into whatever book you are reading!
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thebajarunner
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"Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers"
Finished it last night.
Some very bad decisions by El Presidente Santa Anna.
History could have been quite different had he not been so into his ego
(Maybe that is a theme that resonates today)
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AKgringo
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Blanca, I am not familiar with James Patterson's work, but your reference to his ability to draw younger readers to pick up a book remind me of J. K.
Rowling!
Her imagination, and ability to paint an image with words in the Harry Potter series, is not just for the kids!
Am I the only adult on this board to have read them all?
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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bajaguy
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C. S. Forester
The Good Shepherd, to be released as a movie in June titled The Greyhound
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Santiago
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| Quote: Originally posted by pauldavidmena | | Haiku poetry is a particular weakness of mine, so I've added Bushfire Moon to the list. Ron Moss is a superb poet, and also a volunteer firefighter from Tasmania. It's a quick read that is as beautiful as it
is harrowing. |
Juan takes me fishing,
Shares his burritos and beers,
Next time I'm tipping
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