This one is really good so far. Do yourself a favour and order his first book too. It's called The Singing Earth and also comes with a perfect soundtrack.
Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024
This one is really good so far. Do yourself a favour and order his first book too. It's called The Singing Earth and also comes with a perfect soundtrack.
right, i forgot about that one. thanks!
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
I recently finished the new Willie Mays book which was very good.
Reading 2004
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023 MSG 2024, MSG 2024 Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
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Jon Krakauer, Classic Krakauer.
This is such an excellent book! As much as I really like Krakauer's Into... books and the longer ones, I'm a huge fan of his essays and outdoor stories. This one along with Eiger Dreams are two BIG favorites.
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Just finished the book @GlowGirl - I havent enjoyed reading a novel so much in ages. Apparently Reese Witherspoon bought the rights to the film, so I'll be looking forward to that if things ever return to normal again.
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What did I do? Not necessarily for me, but as far as the world around me goes, this is the worst year of my life. A year of disease, tyranny, massive fires, hatred, racism, death, ennui, depression. I read to learn and I read to be entertained. So what did I do? I read Albert Camus' The Stranger. It's a "classic". Classics are occasionally humorous, frequently tragic. Of course it was going to be tragic. Of course it would pull me down deeper into depression. What kind of fool am I?
Don't be a fool like me.
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
What did I do? Not necessarily for me, but as far as the world around me goes, this is the worst year of my life. A year of disease, tyranny, massive fires, hatred, racism, death, ennui, depression. I read to learn and I read to be entertained. So what did I do? I read Albert Camus' The Stranger. It's a "classic". Classics are occasionally humorous, frequently tragic. Of course it was going to be tragic. Of course it would pull me down deeper into depression. What kind of fool am I?
Don't be a fool like me.
it's getting harder and harder to find something that takes our minds away from the collective doom we're all feeling.
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
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What did I do? Not necessarily for me, but as far as the world around me goes, this is the worst year of my life. A year of disease, tyranny, massive fires, hatred, racism, death, ennui, depression. I read to learn and I read to be entertained. So what did I do? I read Albert Camus' The Stranger. It's a "classic". Classics are occasionally humorous, frequently tragic. Of course it was going to be tragic. Of course it would pull me down deeper into depression. What kind of fool am I?
Don't be a fool like me.
it's getting harder and harder to find something that takes our minds away from the collective doom we're all feeling.
Yes, my friend, absofuckinlutely.
Starting this evening, my next read is going to be much friendlier to the mind:
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
What did I do? Not necessarily for me, but as far as the world around me goes, this is the worst year of my life. A year of disease, tyranny, massive fires, hatred, racism, death, ennui, depression. I read to learn and I read to be entertained. So what did I do? I read Albert Camus' The Stranger. It's a "classic". Classics are occasionally humorous, frequently tragic. Of course it was going to be tragic. Of course it would pull me down deeper into depression. What kind of fool am I?
What did I do? Not necessarily for me, but as far as the world around me goes, this is the worst year of my life. A year of disease, tyranny, massive fires, hatred, racism, death, ennui, depression. I read to learn and I read to be entertained. So what did I do? I read Albert Camus' The Stranger. It's a "classic". Classics are occasionally humorous, frequently tragic. Of course it was going to be tragic. Of course it would pull me down deeper into depression. What kind of fool am I?
I am interrupting book 3 of the Harry Potter series to read aloud My Name is Seepeetza, by Shirley Sterling to my daughter, which her Indigenous Advocate at school lent her.
It has a similar diary format like Anne Frank's book, written at an Indian Residential School. My daughter asked me how these First Nation, Inuit, and Metis children died. I can hardly answer.
Reading 2004
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023 MSG 2024, MSG 2024 Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
The last couple weeks I’ve been on a bit of an Elmore Leonard kick, I love his writing! I’m sad to admit I only came to him through a tv show (Justified), but now I’ll adding him to my list of authors to work through their catalog. Started with The Hot Kid, then the Raylan Givens stories, on the last book now, lol.
"The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."
10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
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Bernard Cornwell - War Lord (13th and final book in The Last Kingdom series)
Went to order and not out for another 5-6 weeks. Did you get digital version or some other version?
it's an audiobook. i got the audible uk version.
Excellent, thanks. Enjoy it, I look forward to reading in late Nov!
thanks! same to you.
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Back into the mountains I go! This is the last one by Ed Viesturs that I haven't read. They're all very good to great. Liking it already as he is not at all hesitant to talk about the abuse of the mountain and the over-crowding. I'm a bit burned out on Everest Stories (there are so many other great climbs to read about!) but because it's Viesturs, I must read it and I'll enjoy it, no doubt.
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
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-EV 8/14/93
-EV 8/14/93
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
MSG 2024, MSG 2024
Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Just finished the book @GlowGirl - I havent enjoyed reading a novel so much in ages. Apparently Reese Witherspoon bought the rights to the film, so I'll be looking forward to that if things ever return to normal again.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
-EV 8/14/93
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Eric Anderson Shadow and Light of Albert Camus
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
It has a similar diary format like Anne Frank's book, written at an Indian Residential School. My daughter asked me how these First Nation, Inuit, and Metis children died. I can hardly answer.
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
MSG 2024, MSG 2024
Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
Did you get digital version or some other version?
Excellent, thanks. Enjoy it, I look forward to reading in late Nov!
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..