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Sagecoveredhills

Sagecoveredhills

A desert rat and ex-pat from North Carolina, currently sojournering in the Upper Midwest. I love nothing more than spending a morning drinking coffee while reading or an evening curled up by the fireplace with a good book and a good whiskey, unless I could be backpacking, canoeing or fishing... I enjoy a good story, reading about the American... more »
  • MI, USA
  • member since October 12 2007

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  • Garcon

    Garcon says

    Regarding Caro's, I have not seen the third edition. Path to Power was a stand-up second volume. I read them back-to-back (I guess I never uploaded Path to Power to my shelf). Thanks for validating Krakauer's smugness, it was never that apparent in his previous writing... but now that I look back on it! And yes, read him, never listen to him. Thanks again for the reference on Writing About Your Life. I'm going to look that one up. Enjoy another Midwest October day in mid November. What a great weather weekend. My family partook in a little urban wondering and then had lunch at an outside cafe... both days. We don't even attempt that during July, but 70* days call for a celebration. Best, Dave

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Amanda L

    Amanda L says

    Thanks for the friendship request, Sagecoveredhills. I'm glad you appreciate the picture as much as I do, however, I have to admit that I didn't take it. I found it while I was working for a company that sells images to advertisers, and I fell in love with it because of how amusing and inspiring the idea of hauling a sink up a mountain is. I love how excited the guys look to have accomplished something that is, in reality, pretty ridiculous. Happy reading!

    Amanda

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • terrell67

    terrell67 says

    nickled and dimed is nice for a couple of thoughts,and laughs....

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  • Garcon

    Garcon says

    Myself and Strangers, by John Graves. A classic man’s man post WW2 memoir. Graves personifies the traveling writer; macho, adventure seeking, well-read x-pat, mixing with affluent travelers. His writing is heavily influenced by Hemingway’s crisp, cut to the chase prose. But somehow, Graves seems more innocent, more imperfect, more personal than Hemingway (a friend, not a legend). Graves adds an interesting time twist to his own memoir, acting as the elderly editor and commentator looking back on his journal entries from his 20’s. I need to read a Grave’s novel or two now that I know the man. Graves and Hemingway inspire me to change my writing style. Throw out the fat, strip edit, cut the truth to the quick. What a great book to start the new year!

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  • Garcon

    Garcon says

    Myself and Strangers. A great travel log tracking Graves oversee's adventures while he was in his 20's well before he was discovered and compared to Hemingway. The travel journal gets picked up and dusted off by Graves now an accomplished author in his silver years. He turns his young man chicken scratch into a charming full travel journal with two voices, young graves and old graves. A very interesting perspective. I think I posted my informal review last year. If I find it, much like Chicago's weather, I'll send it your way. Dave

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  • Garcon

    Garcon says

    I saw your posting for Sandhill Boy. And I was just wondering if you have read anything from John Graves? Goodbye to a River is a wonderful nature travel book about a Texas river. I think you would really enjoy it. Best, Dave

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  • Howard N

    Howard N says

    Hi,

    Your review of "Mercury Falls" made me laugh. And now the book is on my wish list.

    Later,
    HN

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  • ingrid

    ingrid says

    PS - any advice would be appreciated!

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  • ingrid

    ingrid says

    Hey... I haven't read the Mark Twain biography yet (it is on my wishlist) ... but i do love his work... i love to travel so i really enjoyed The Innocents Abroad and A Tramp Abroad. I literally would laugh so hard that tears would come to my eyes...AND YES....we have just found out we are moving to the Chicago area. I have lived in Alabama my entire life, so this is going to be quite a shock to my system. But i believe it will be an adventure. ( I don't like cold weather but i guess i'll have to get used to it or else i'll walk around looking like the Michelin Man!!)

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  • Garcon

    Garcon says

    I have not read it, but I'm sure it will be stunning ... in snippets. Have a great rainy Halloween weekend. The rain is here and coming your way. Dave

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  • the musicologist

    the musicologist says

    Velvet Elvis is a good introductory work to some of his ideas and methodologies. I'd recommend it.

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  • the musicologist

    the musicologist says

    the fact that you're a north carolina ex-pat and you mentioned that you enjoy a good whiskey makes you alright in my book.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • tapbirds

    tapbirds says

    Greetings! Sorry for the delayed response. Sounds like you attended Pittsburgh Theological Seminary if Charles Partee was your professor? Did you finish his book on Calvin's theology? What did you think of it? The one Amazon.com review I read was quite favorable. Also, thanks for the "Goodbye to a River" recommendation, I'll check it out. Glad you enjoyed "The Road" - - I didn't think I would initially like it, then ended up reading it in almost one sitting!

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  • Howard N

    Howard N says

    A good book for this time of the year. Being a Cardinals fan I was hoping for a repeat of that 1964 season. Wait til next year!

    HN

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  • Howard N

    Howard N says

    Hello,

    Well, I have just about finished NORTH TOWARD HOME. I find it a hard one to put down. Willie Morris' memoir reads like a novel -- a good one. Although he was only thirty-two or - three when the book was published in 1967, he had already crammed a lot of living into those years and there was yet much to come. It was especially interesting to read about the awakening that he experienced as he moved from Mississippi to Texas to New York.

    It is also sad that when this memoir was published Morris had already lived just about half of his life.

    Later,
    HN

    How sad that his life was just about

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  • Howard N

    Howard N says

    I just purchased the book. I have read other books by Moriris and thought North Toward Home would be an interesting read. I am now reading Nixonland but intend to read Morris' book next. I too am a Southerner, but one who was born in and grew up in the Upper South.

    I'll let you know my reaction to the book when I finish it.

    Later,
    HN

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  • terrell67

    terrell67 says

    hello there,sagecoveredhills! i like that tag...as far as the book, blood done sign my name, i read it and thought almost instantly that if anyone wanted to discuss race,class, and corporate/right wing militancy,this their book!

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Finance Minister

    Finance Minister says

    Found two more:

    Wake Up, Sir!
    by Jonathan Ames (Author)

    An Evening of Long Goodbyes
    by Paul Murray (Author)

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Finance Minister

    Finance Minister says

    Thank you very much for recommending "Handling Sin", certainly looks like an entertaining read like "Confederacy of Dunces".

    This particular book deserves your attention:
    "Augustus Carp, Esq.: By Himself: Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man"
    by Henry Howarth Bashford (Author)
    A reviewer on amazon writes that this is in similar style and just has funny.

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  • tapbirds

    tapbirds says

    Hi SCH: Just a quick note to let you know that I finished "Betrayal" - - I really liked the novel! The vehicle that Douglas Bond uses to portray Calvin's life took me a while to get used to, and at first I felt it tended to be slightly contrived, at times. Overall however it was well-woven into the novel, and ended on a powerful note; I've posted my review if you're interested. Hope you are doing well . . . any recommendations from your summer reading?

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