The Book Thread

[Bobcat]

Fiction
Just started "Pirate Latitudes" by Michael Crichton (soon to be a movie by Ron Howard)

Non -Fiction
and "Blackwater" The Rise of The World's Most Powerful mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill. b

both start out well, will let you know If they are good.

[hotjava66]

I havent heard of the Crichton one, is it new?

[Bobcat]

Yes, published posthumously . they found the complete Manuscript after his death two years ago.

[MarylandMark]

Who's reading them to you and can they talk louder than the bar room chatter?

[03darkshadow]

just finished pirate latitudes. pretty good read. want me to tell you how it ends :D

[Bobcat]

just finished pirate latitudes. pretty good read. want me to tell you how it ends :D

NO!:smash:


:sifone:

[Bobcat]

Pirate Latitudes
It was alright, but nowhere near his other books, it will make a good screenplay.

The Blackwater book is starting out as a wimpy liberal rant......I'll keep going.

[Trim'd Up]

Who's reading them to you and can they talk louder than the bar room chatter?

I was going to ask the same question. :seeya:

[03darkshadow]

Pirate Latitudes
It was alright, but nowhere near his other books, it will make a good screenplay.

The Blackwater book is starting out as a wimpy liberal rant......I'll keep going.




the pirate latitudes seemed just like pirates of the Caribbean to me. the end was kind of corny too.

[Bobcat]

the whole thing was kind of corny, must have been a rough draft that he never finished.

[Scarab KV]

the whole thing was kind of corny, must have been a rough draft that he never finished.

So is it worth looking for on CD.
I picked up Shadow Divers a month ago and still haven't had a chance to start it.

[Bobcat]

that is an awesome book, it turned those guys into the History Channels "Deep Sea Detectives"

[Scarab KV]

Cool. Look'n forward to the read.

[baddogz28]

Reading 'Liberalism is a Mental Disorder' by Michael Savage.

[Bobcat]

Finally read "On The Road" by Kerouac , Capote was right.....that's not writing.....that's typing.

[redhotsommer]

Favorite book of the last year..."The Rum Diary" by Hunter S. Thompson.

Talk about corny...read a Jimmy Buffett book a month ago...my god man...stick to singin!

[Bobcat]

The only good Buffet book is "A Pirate Looks at 50(or 40) " the rest are unreadable.

[redhotsommer]

The only good Buffet book is "A Pirate Looks at 50(or 40) " the rest are unreadable.

I read "A Salty Piece of Land." More like "A Stinky Piece of Sh%t." I agree, "A Pirate Looks at 50" was a good book...his own life is actually WAY WAY better than anything he makes up.

Those of you who consider themselves "Parrotheads" should really read how he depicts offshore boats in "Salty Piece." I laughed my head off reading it...one of the characters literally shoots "the obscenely loud, tank-top and bikini crowded" boat with a machine gun.

[Bobcat]

Jon Ronson's THEM Adventures with Extremists

Good book that gives an insiders look at extremists in all countries, gives you good info on the idiots behind the "daily ko's" and their "soup kitchen" politics.

(He also wrote "Men who stare at Goats")

[old377guy]

I may have to move to the tropics if for no other reason just to elevate my literary sensibilities.:sifone:

[Bobcat]

Sounds like reasonable thinking!:sifone:

[old377guy]

agreed, even though the missus may have a different take on the plan

[Bobcat]

Jon Ronson's THEM Adventures with Extremists

Good book that gives an insiders look at extremists in all countries, gives you good info on the idiots behind the "daily ko's" and their "soup kitchen" politics.

(He also wrote "Men who stare at Goats")

You have got to read this book, funny as hell (and a bit scary)

I give it 4 out of five beers:sifone:

[Bobcat]

Ball Four (1970) by Jim Bouton, only twenty pages in but funny as hell.

[Gladhe8er]

Last Book I read: "What's your Poo telling you" by Dr. Stool

[Bobcat]

And what was the outcome ?:sifone:

[Gladhe8er]

And what was the outcome ?:sifone:

This....
http://www.drstool.com/qa.php

[Bobcat]

:bump:

[Gladhe8er]

Well this thread has gone to chit!

[Bobcat]

I do quite a bit of reading in the porcelain storage area anyway !:ack2:

[KENNYO]

Lee Child's Jack Reacher series kick ass....

[Bobcat]

Lee Child's Jack Reacher series kick ass....

I've read a few of those...likes to hit people with his elbows !:sifone:

[Bobcat]

James Crumley's "THE LAST GOOD KISS" (1978) any book that starts out with an alcoholic bulldog named "Fireball Roberts " has got to be good.

[Bobcat]

Rose....Martin Cruz smith.....pretty F*ckin good so far.
"Rugby is like watching grown men chase after a pig......except there's no pig !

[rschap1]

Sh*t my Dad says
pretty funny book of cranky old man quotes

[Bobcat]

Sh*t my Dad says
pretty funny book of cranky old man quotes

Now a TV series with William Shatner:eek:

[Bobcat]

HAVANA
............world series

by Jose Latour

Only twenty pages in but very good writing. It is set in a 1958 Havana casino during the World Series Yankee/Braves games.

[Bobcat]

"Dreams From My Father" Barry O, what a piece of crap, he remembers every single thing about his childhood. I get it, I get it, white people are bad.

[Bobcat]

It just gets worse, it is a good thing he was elected now , instead of a few years later ,where he could have established a power base and really f*cked this country over.

[Bobcat]

"Mid Ocean" by T. Rafael Cimino. Just got it today, I'll let you know if it is any good.

[Bobcat]

I liked it, but it is written more as a screenplay than a novel.

3 out of 5 Beers.

[Aqua-Holic]

Just finished The Spy by Clive Cussler....not quite as good as The Wrecker by Cussler, but pretty darn good.

Anyone else read any Clive Cussler books? My wife recently turned me on to him....good stuff thus far. I am excited to read his nonfiction too.

[Bobcat]

I've read Quite a few of those, probably ten in all. I think "Iceberg" was the first.

[Tony]

I dont have time to read, when I do its mostly parts and service manuals. I carry the laptop to the ****ter to catch up on the news and emails. Last book I read a few years ago was How to Live with a Neurotic Dog. If your a dog owner its a must read. Be prepared to laugh your azz off. Before that was Turning the Tide, before that was Deep Decent. That about covers the last ten years for me.

[MacGyver]

I carry the laptop to the ****ter to catch up on the news and emails. Last book I read a few years ago was How to Live with a Neurotic Dog. If your a dog owner its a must read.

Note to Tony's friends, don't borrow his laptop, haha!! As a dog lover I'll have to check that book out.

[Ratickle]

Just finished The Spy by Clive Cussler....not quite as good as The Wrecker by Cussler, but pretty darn good.

Anyone else read any Clive Cussler books? My wife recently turned me on to him....good stuff thus far. I am excited to read his nonfiction too.

I've read every Cussler book. The ones with no co-writer are the best. The original Dirk Pit ones are completely his. The Oregon series are also pretty good.

Cussler books read fast. I can usually finish one going one way on a plane to Florida etc, or to the west coast. Then another on the way back.....:D


I sure wish Clancy would put some more stuff out other than his co-writer stuff.

[Bobcat]

Absolutely positively could not finish obongo's book "Dreams of my Father" Written by someone who has never had to work a day in his life. What a bag of racial gas.

[dykstra]

"Cannonball" The worlds greatest outlaw race as told by Brock Yates

[Bobcat]

I'll look it up.

[jeffbare]

Ship Of Gold In The Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder
This was a great book, anyone who likes Clive Cussler, will like this.

[Dude! Sweet!]

"Cannonball" The worlds greatest outlaw race as told by Brock Yates

It's been on my xmas list for the last 4 years.

Yates' "Sunday Driver" is another favorite of mine. And one of my all time favorites is "Unfair Advantage" by Paul VanValkenberg.

Read 1984 and Brave New World back to back (relatively) recently. I have to say that Huxley paints a picture of someplace that sounds like a lot of fun... Get laid all the time, be happy, don't have to worry about knocking anyone up. I guess pregant chick porn would be impossible to come by, but seems like a smallish sacrafice to make. Damn shame that whomever is controlling the government didn't take a shine to this book instead of 1984... Would be a lot more pleasant that the cops-up-our-ass world that's unfolding before us as I type this.

[Enabler]

a treasury of damon runyon is a pretty good read.

[Bobcat]

Damon Runyon is a great read, and I usually do not like short stories.

[Bobcat]

Philip Caputo's " The Crossers" about Arizona border problems.

[Dude! Sweet!]

Anyone ever read Seven Days in May? Thinking about picking that up.

[Bobcat]

That looks good, I might look it up.

[Dude! Sweet!]

Just read the New Zealand Securities Market Act of 1988. Whee! It was a giddy romp that left me begging for more, More, MORE!!!!

[Bobcat]

Philip Caputo's " The Crossers" about Arizona border problems.

Excellent 5 Beers

[Bobcat]

Just read the New Zealand Securities Market Act of 1988. Whee! It was a giddy romp that left me begging for more, More, MORE!!!!

I read the 1986 version, I don't do sequels:reddevil:

[Bobcat]

The Road to McCarthy,around the world in search of Ireland by Pete McCarthy.

It's a travel book about Irish Pubs around the World, so far funny as hell.

[Dude! Sweet!]

I read SpoungeBob's "Crabby Claws Christmas" last night... It was a bit over my head though.

[Bobcat]

That Sponge Bob is an arrogant prick, don't get me started on Patrick

[Big Time]

What's a book? Is that like a magazine?

[Bobcat]

No, a magazine holds bullets.

[Bobcat]

The Road to McCarthy,around the world in search of Ireland by Pete McCarthy.

It's a travel book about Irish Pubs around the World, so far funny as hell.

5 Beers...excellent book

[Bobcat]

"Letters from the Sandbox" Charles Meier. private contractors in Iraq. decent read, very fast. Some of you might recognize the author if you have been to the Red Garter, He's the bouncer.

[fund razor]

That Sponge Bob is an arrogant prick, don't get me started on Patrick

If my photoshop skills were better, there would be a Bobcat Squarepants photo here. Or maybe Spongepants.

[Bobcat]

I thought it was Rumbob Drunkpants !

Actually some rum in my coffee sounds awesome right now, but alas, the cupboard is bare.

[Dude! Sweet!]

Got Cannonball for xmas. Looking forward to reading it. Has some good pictures in it...

Also got a couple of Robert Williiams coffee table books. Very entertaining artist who doesn't seem to get his due compared to contemporaries like Roth and Von Dutch. The best part is the one that my wife had my inlaws get me had "Appetite for Destruction" on the cover. Entertaingly uncomfortable to open on xmas!

[Bobcat]

I keep forgetting to look up Cannonball.

[Dude! Sweet!]

I keep forgetting to look up Cannonball.

Bring your reading glasses. Tiny tiny print, but already very entertaining. Sunday Driver by Brock Yates is also an awesome book.

In Sunday Driver, Brock writes of a season in Trans Am driving one of Warren Agor's Camaros. A bit of speedboat trivia... Warren Agor's chief mechanic (and I'll apologize in advance for the potential misclassification of his duties) was none other than Bob Madera, our old buddy RMBuilder from Marine Kinetics. I'm guessing half the guys on this board have Bob's valve train components or at least Bob's cams in their motors.

[Underdog88]

For the dog lovers:
The Art of Racing in the Rain is a GREAT read. 5 beers! The whole book is written from a dog's perspective whos owner is a racer. "I'd read it myself but I have no F-ing THUMBS!" sez the dog...

[MacGyver]

For the dog lovers:
The Art of Racing in the Rain is a GREAT read. 5 beers! The whole book is written from a dog's perspective whos owner is a racer. "I'd read it myself but I have no F-ing THUMBS!" sez the dog...

Thanks! I'll add it to my list.

[Bobcat]

I just requested it from KW library.

[Dude! Sweet!]

For the dog lovers:
The Art of Racing in the Rain is a GREAT read. 5 beers! The whole book is written from a dog's perspective whos owner is a racer. "I'd read it myself but I have no F-ing THUMBS!" sez the dog...

Someone gave it to me for xmas last year. There were entertaining aspects to it but overall not my bag.

[Bobcat]

If you keep riding BMX bikes your bag is going to be in a mason jar full of phenol on the fireplace mantel !:puke:

[fund razor]

I'm guessing half the guys on this board have Bob's valve train components or at least Bob's cams in their motors.

Guilty on all counts. :cool:

[Dude! Sweet!]

If you keep riding BMX bikes your bag is going to be in a mason jar full of phenol on the fireplace mantel !:puke:

I like to keep 'em guessing... Yesterday I wrecked on a skateboard!

So far so good on Cannonball. Made it to page 2 before I hit a Hunter Thompsen quote!

[Ratickle]

If my photoshop skills were better, there would be a Bobcat Squarepants photo here. Or maybe Spongepants.


I thought it was Rumbob Drunkpants !

Actually some rum in my coffee sounds awesome right now, but alas, the cupboard is bare.

Ahhhhh:eek:

[Underdog88]

Someone gave it to me for xmas last year. There were entertaining aspects to it but overall not my bag.

I think you have to be a real dog lover... you look at them after and wonder what is going thru their minds. I liked it.

[MacGyver]

I just downloaded it from Audible.com. I have a hard time staying focused when reading books, so I'll try the electronic version instead.

[Bobcat]

I have it from the KW Library, have not cracked it open.

[Bobcat]

"The Understanding of the Outboard Motor" by Eugene Stanger


I found this in the trash....it must be good!

[drpete3]

Was thinking about getting Lord of the rings. Never read it before

[drpete3]

Last book I read was "I hope they serve beer in hell" OMG

[Dude! Sweet!]

Last book I read was "I hope they serve beer in hell" OMG

One of my buddies knows Tucker really well. Says he's a sociopath. As I recall they tried to make a movie of Beer in Hell and Tucker went nuts during the filming... It all went in the sh1t can.

Speaking of sociopaths, Happy Hour is for Ametuers is another entertaining read...

[Bobcat]

"Tropical Surge" A History of Ambition and Disaster on the Florida Shore 2005 by Benjamin Reilly

Just started it, pretty cool so far.

[Awaken]

Had a long flight from Balt to San Diego. Picked up "Decision Points" by George W Bush. Excellent read. From his early days as a businessman, oil investor, unsuccessful attempts to run for congress, days as Governor, and of course his Presidency.

I am a conservative, but I think even a liberal would find his thought process interesting.

[Bobcat]

"Tropical Surge" A History of Ambition and Disaster on the Florida Shore 2005 by Benjamin Reilly

Just started it, pretty cool so far.

Excellent....5 Beers.....reads like a fictional novel.

[Bobcat]

Had a long flight from Balt to San Diego. Picked up "Decision Points" by George W Bush. Excellent read. From his early days as a businessman, oil investor, unsuccessful attempts to run for congress, days as Governor, and of course his Presidency.

I am a conservative, but I think even a liberal would find his thought process interesting.

I'll look into it....

[Dude! Sweet!]

What did you think of the dog book?

Still working on Cannonball here. Great read so far, but haven't had a lot of time lately...

[Bobcat]

It was a bit depressing, the writer definitely has talent though.

[Bobcat]

"Windward Passage" by Jim Nisbet. Really good, kind of a cross between Kurt Vonnegut & William F. Buckley......better have a dictionary on hand. 4 Beers

[JJ Apache]

23 Minutes in Hell. Bill Weise?(sp) Was a fast read, and very descriptive! Makes you think....

[Bobcat]

"MoneyBall" Michael Lewis.....about Major League BaseBall.....soon to be a Major Motion Picture.

[Tony]

Tig Welding for Dummies and the Mikuni Carb Tunning Handbook have been on my nightstand all winter. Its time for something new, I'm waiting on the new Charlie Sheen autobiography.

[Underdog88]

Mikunis are my bag Tony:) Just put a DynoJet kit in a pair today and tuned on the Dyno.

[Bobcat]

"MoneyBall" Michael Lewis.....about Major League BaseBall.....soon to be a Major Motion Picture.

Very interesting, but could have been done in a hundred pages or less.

[Bobcat]

"Manatee Insanity"
Inside the War over Florida's Most Famous Endangered Species

[Bobcat]

Damn good read, told both sides of the story and gives you an eye opening how the state interacts with the Feds, (poorly)

4 Beers

[Bobcat]

"Air Dance Iguana" Tom Corcoran, Key's write and Photographer of seven Jimmy Buffet albums. 4 Beers.

[Bobcat]

"The Brass Verdict" Connelly, 5 stars

[rschap1]

My son got "Look, I fixed it"
Pretty much a picture book of all those misguided "repairs"
Some I have seen online and in emails before, but nearly every page makes ya laugh :)

[Bobcat]

Those are hilarious , I'll look for the book.

[Bobcat]

" A Blind Eye" G. M. Ford. 4 Beers . This guy used to write comedy mysteries, He's moved on to full blown hard ass crime.

[Bobcat]

" Honey, Let's get a Boat" A cruising adventure of Americas Great Loop

4 Beers.

[Bobcat]

"The Longest Silence" Thomas McGuane. Just started it.

[Ratickle]

Dead Or Alive by Tom Clancy (Grant Blackwood ghost writer assistant).

:cheers2::cheers2: (Is that 4 Beers or 2 Beers? I'm giving it 4)

Decent Clancy book if you like his writing. A plausible plot with his usual twists and turns based on today's state of the world. 950 page hardback, so I couldn't finish it while flying back and forth to Oregon.:sifone:

[Bobcat]

"The Somnambulist" Jonathon Barnes...good for a first novel. Kind of a weird Sherlock Holmes meets Houdini 3.5 Beers.

[Bobcat]

"The Somnambulist" Jonathon Barnes...good for a first novel. Kind of a weird Sherlock Holmes meets Houdini 3.5 Beers.

This author needs an ass whoopin......started out so well then deteriorated into drivel:puke:

[Bobcat]

The Cure for Everything is SaltWater by Mary South. True account of a woman who dumped everything and purchased a trawler to live on and cruise up the ICW from Florida to NYC. pretty good, although I skipped on a lot of family flashback pages.

3 Beers

[Bobcat]

" A walk In The Woods" by Bill Bryson. Any travel book this guy writes is Hysteerical.

4 Beers

[Bobcat]

"The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua " By Randy Wayne White. True adventure tales from Outdoor Magazine. Funny stuff.

4 Beers

[Bobcat]

"The Demon of the Waters" true account of the whale ship Globe's mutiny

5 Beers

[JJ Apache]

" Letters From A Nut" Ted L. Nancy. Very funny. Gave it to John as a gift several years ago..

[Ratickle]

" Letters From A Nut" Ted L. Nancy. Very funny. Gave it to John as a gift several years ago..


I had always figured John wrote it......:huh:



:)

[JJ Apache]

I had always figured John wrote it......:huh:



:)
Have you read it? Arent the letters great? Jerry Seinfeld discovered this guys letters and antics...

[Bobcat]

"Skunk Works" Lockheeds secret facility. Ben R. Rich. so far so good.

[FormulaOne]

American Sniper

Just finished it. Bad ass book.

[old377guy]

"Skunk Works" Lockheeds secret facility. Ben R. Rich. so far so good.

anything to do with the Skunkworks and the SR-71 is fascinating

[Bobcat]

It was mostly about the F-117 stealth fighter and stealth cruise missiles.

[FormulaOne]

Started "dogs of war". So far so good. Would have never guessed that working military dogs were always one rank above their handlers.

[Bobcat]

I did not know that.

[JJ Apache]

So, last weekend Travel Channel had on Million Dollar Vacation Homes. One of them was inspired by Toad Manor in The Wind in the Willows... It was too cool. Now I have to read the book..
Went to the Library yesterday and got a copy.. Its an 'older childs' story from 1890.
Kenneth Gerahame.

[Bobcat]

Just finished "The Lunatic Express" discovering the World...via its most Dangerous Buses, Boats, Trains ,and Planes.Carl Hoffman very good. The Author starts to lose it there in the end.

5 Beers

[Bobcat]

"Batfishing in the Rainforest" Randy Wayne White. Another true adventure book.

[Bobcat]

"Unbroken" Laura Hillenbrand A World War II story of Survival, Resistance ,and Redemption.

True stuff, chilling so far and I rarely read books by girls.

[Bobcat]

"Notes From a Dirty Old Man" Bukowski.......he's a nut.

[rschap1]

"Unbroken" Laura Hillenbrand A World War II story of Survival, Resistance ,and Redemption.

True stuff, chilling so far and I rarely read books by girls.

This was mentioned by a caller on Free Beer and Hot Wings this morning...
Caller said it was a WAY cool read:)

[JJ Apache]

My client read this recently, and suggested I read it.
War Beneath the Waves
Sounds interesting.


An amazing story by Don Keith of bravery in a WWII submarine that took 60 years to tell (http://www.donkeith.com/index.php?p=16)

[JJ Apache]

Also this.
Flags of Our Fathers

Amazon.com: Flags of Our Fathers (9780553111330): James Bradley, Ron Powers: Books (http://www.amazon.com/Flags-Our-Fathers-James-Bradley/dp/0553111337)