What are you reading?

[XPLSV]

End Game by Dennis Behreandt, a book my brother sent me for Christmas. Was rather hesitant to read it, knowing my brother, but three chapters in, I can say it has been somewhat interesting. Jury still out...

[Dave B]

End Game by Dennis Behreandt, a book my brother sent me for Christmas. Was rather hesitant to read it, knowing my brother, but three chapters in, I can say it has been somewhat interesting. Jury still out...

Out of curiosity, I looked this up on Amazon and now I'm worried I'm on a list. If anyone from the FBI is reading this, I have an alibi for Jan 6, 2021.

[Scott P]

Freedom Climbers is what I'm currently reading. It's one I haven't read yet.

[greenonion]

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Cathedral building etc in 1100s England. Don’t ask me why/how I zeroed in on this one but it’s pretty dang good. Gives a good sense of what life was like there, in that time period.

(Looking forward to getting around to the Immortal Irishman eventually per Wentzl’s and Montanahiker’s recommendations)

[Steve2]

The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds, by Christopher Mason. Don't be misled by the reference to 500 years; this is as much about what we're developing now in genetic engineering.

Bottom line, we're on the verge of being able to edit the human genome not only to eliminate diseases, but to create almost any attribute from the embryo stage.

[petal53run]

Shadows Reel by CJ Box. Its about a game warden in Wyoming. Mystery and thriller and surviving the wyoming wilderness. Why? I use to teach in WY and my music room was the gathering place for presentations and meets. CJ Box based one of his books in that town, was a featured author invited by the librarian and gave us his books for our library. Ive followed him ever since.

[marksilas]

Susan: Thanks for the recommendation. "Levy also wrote another of my favorite polar exploration books, Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition,"
Got it from the library and read it in 3 days. Excellent!

[DaveLanders]

"The Hiking Book From Hell" by Are Kalvo. Sort of a Norwegian version of Bill Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods".

[dwoodward13]

"River of Lost Souls: The Science, Politics, and Greed Behind the Gold King Mine Disaster" by Jonathan P. Thompson

Although it bills itself as a book about the Gold King Mine spill in 2015, it might be more about the history and development of Silverton and greater San Juan basin. Fascinating to read about the history of the area, and be able to recognize historical names from the peaks or other features in the areas.

[RhodoRose]

"One Man's West" by David Lavender, after whose brother, Dwight Lavender, both Lavender Peak (La Platas) and the Lavender coulior on Sneffels were named.
Easy, fun read,, and an interesting account of early climbing in the San Juans, as well as mining and ranch life in early/mid 1900s.

[greenonion]

Just finished Disappointment River by Brian Castner. Very good historical account of Alexander Mackenzie’s (and team’s) search for the northwest passage down the Deh Cho (Mackenzie) River in Northwest Territories of Canada. The author parallels that trip in 1789 with his own version by canoeing the entire 1,125 miles of the river to the Arctic Ocean in 2016 (or so). Highly recommend. Very interesting history of the Voyageurs era in Canada along with the author’s own expedition in modern times.

Next up:
Going to finally give Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian a try, yet quite violent and grisly apparently.

Still need to get around to the Immortal Irishman too; planned for this winter.

[Kiefer]

Next up:
Going to finally give Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian a try, yet quite violent and grisly apparently.

I've been wanting to read this as well. Especially now since the last article I read about McCarthy said, Blood Meridian is "unfilmable."
But 'they' said that about Life of Pi as well, and that turned out pretty damn fantastic (I thought).