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Started by Mudwall Gatewood 3.0, March 14, 2017, 10:43:29 AM

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sanjuanwormhatch


Beetle


sanjuanwormhatch

Interesting review

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/books/review/earth-is-weeping-peter-cozzens.html

the gist is this:

QuoteStill, I have a feeling the academic fight for the true legacy of the Indian Wars — Brown [author of Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee] versus Cozzens — has just begun.

Dee-Vo

Finished "The Stand" earlier this evening. Complete and uncut version was the longest book I've read thus far at 1439 pages.

Interesting book.

Now for a new one to delve into....

Dee-Vo

I'm starting Julia Navarro's "Story of a Sociopath."


Beetle

#155
I saw Woolly was reading this so I got it.......great combo of history, fishing, birds and true crime.    Read it in two nights



https://amzn.to/2Jq4Lyd

Woolly Bugger

Quote from: Beetle on June 01, 2018, 07:48:22 AM
I saw Woolly was reading this so I got it.......great combo of history, fishing, birds and true crime.    Read it in two nights

Wasn't that a great read! Couldn't put it down!


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ex - I'm not going to live with you through one more fishing season!
me -There's a season?

Pastor explains icons to my son: you know like the fish symbol on the back of cars.
My son: My dad has two fish on his car and they're both trout!

Woolly Bugger

ex - I'm not going to live with you through one more fishing season!
me -There's a season?

Pastor explains icons to my son: you know like the fish symbol on the back of cars.
My son: My dad has two fish on his car and they're both trout!

sanjuanwormhatch

Been reading Michael Pollan's new book about 'shrooms (maaaan) after buying into the pre-release hype and must say, 100 pages in, it's a very interesting read.  Have a feel it will blow the doors of preconceived notions surrounding our fungi brother and the like.

Full name:  How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

Jfey

Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on April 11, 2018, 15:42:31 PM
https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Middle-Finger-Lawless-Sierra/dp/1416534407

One of the most entertaining books I've read in a long time.

Agree.   That final scene was pretty crazy.  Stupid gringo.

Gives a new perspective on why so many  South of the border want to migrate out of there.
Yup, going fishing

sanjuanwormhatch

Quote from: Jeff Fey on June 07, 2018, 07:44:28 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on April 11, 2018, 15:42:31 PM
https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Middle-Finger-Lawless-Sierra/dp/1416534407

One of the most entertaining books I've read in a long time.

Agree.   That final scene was pretty crazy.  Stupid gringo.

Gives a new perspective on why so many  South of the border want to migrate out of there.

I bought some JPS Brown books after reading and the guy has a way with words and really captures the spirit of Sierra Madre (that sounded really professorial but couldn't come up with another way to say it).  Plot in Jim Kane is lacking but I would still read it.  I've had my eye on a forests of the night that doesn't cost $50 since reading. 

Jfey

Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on June 07, 2018, 09:19:42 AM
Quote from: Jeff Fey on June 07, 2018, 07:44:28 AM
Quote from: sanjuanwormhatch on April 11, 2018, 15:42:31 PM
https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Middle-Finger-Lawless-Sierra/dp/1416534407

One of the most entertaining books I've read in a long time.

Agree.   That final scene was pretty crazy.  Stupid gringo.

Gives a new perspective on why so many  South of the border want to migrate out of there.

I bought some JPS Brown books after reading and the guy has a way with words and really captures the spirit of Sierra Madre (that sounded really professorial but couldn't come up with another way to say it).  Plot in Jim Kane is lacking but I would still read it.  I've had my eye on a forests of the night that doesn't cost $50 since reading.

Cool I'll check those out.   Really interesting to learn about the way of life down there.
Yup, going fishing

Woolly Bugger

ex - I'm not going to live with you through one more fishing season!
me -There's a season?

Pastor explains icons to my son: you know like the fish symbol on the back of cars.
My son: My dad has two fish on his car and they're both trout!

driver

#163
Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter


This was an interesting read. Again a little one sided, but makes you see beaver a little differently.


Beetle

#164
Thanks Driver.    I'm going to check that out. 

I enjoyed this one Cattle Kingdom