So the reason I was thinking this book was terrible is I kept reading stuff that I swear I had read in some of Grisham's other books so I was thinking that he was running out of material or something. Finally, after about 100 pages I was like surely he didn't blatantly copy this much detail so I started flipping through the book and realized the reason I was remembering so much was because I had read the book before! haha. Felt pretty dumb, but turns out is actually an ok book with a heart breaking ending.

Moving on to Robinson Crusoe.

There was an author Eugene Rhodes that died in 1934 that grew up in New Mexico, and started writing about cowboying and life in general in early New Mexico. He had a lot of his short stories published in some early magazines, wrote a few books etc.. The Weekly Reader series even published some of his books. Easy reading with a lot of connections to he history of New Mexico and western Texas.

I found the first of his books at a junk shop in here in Abilene, I had never heard of him, but I bought it anyway. Read one, then found a couple of more now I have enough to keep me busy for a while.

Nice.

Hey DC, have you been over to the White Sands National Monument before? We are planning a camping road trip in July and the tentative itinerary is to first head to the Guadalupe Mountains NP and camp for a few days and make a day trip up to Carlsbad Caverns, then drive up and make camp for a few days in the Lincoln National Forest and make a day trip over to White Sands. After that we aren't really sure where to go. Maybe up to Colorado but that is a long drive from there.

Anyways, if you have been to any of those places what did you think? If they suck then we will change it up and maybe head up to the Panhandle first to Palo Duro Canyon and then on to somewhere in Colorado...


EDIT: gonna make a thread about this

Finished up Robinson Crusoe the other day. It was my last book that I brought with me out of town for work so I ended up downloading Kindle for PC and found Tom Sawyer for free so reading that now.

Just finished Patriots by Rawles and started Pale Horse Coming by Stephen Hunter. It's really drawing me in.

Finished up Tom Sawyer tonight and found Treasure Island for free through the kindle so starting it.
I'm still on a classics binge right now and working my way through a list I found of 100 books every man must read.

Try 'Flatland'. A short classic and entertaining read. It will feel very familiar to you in these times.

For years, I've been wanting to take on Don Delillo, but I never could summon the guts.

So, finally, I've started White Noise.

Wish me luck.....

Go here and you can get free books everyday;

http://home.bookbub.com/home/

I'm now reading a really good one called My Temporary Life.

Finished up Treasure Island and Self-Reliance by Emerson tonight. Not sure what I am gonna read next.

I'm so nerd, I read tech manuals and guides for fun...

• Apress HTML5 Mastery, Semantics Standards and Styling
• Advanced Penetration Testing for Highly-Secured Environments: The Ultimate Security Guide

An Altar In the World and
Leaving Church

Barbara Brown Taylor, very good reads and probably not what you would expect.

Just finished up "In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex".

Pretty good read.

I read that a year or so ago. Excellent read.

I just finished "Jump into the Shadow of the Valley" last night; my wife was at the 82nd museum this past week and thought I'd like it so got it for me as a gift. It was an excellent read. It's about a 82nd/508th trooper going through jump school and then his experience in Europe. Of the 140 men he originally jumped with on D-Day, he was the only one who wasn't wounded or killed by the end of the war.

When you look at it in that context, it's almost unimaginable compared to our casualties in modern campaigns.

Just read Empire of the Summer Moon based on THF recommendations. Excellent read if you are interested at all in Indian history in Texas.

Just finished They Rode Good Horses. Very good book. Thanks for the recommendation!

Finished Anne Lamott's "Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life" last night. I came away with the realization that I need to quit worrying about grammar and sentence structure and get busy recording as many things as I can remember about the family ranch for my grandchildren.

Currently reading Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace Revisited. Just finished Happy, Happy, Happy and was pleasantly surprised. It was very good. Also recently read Proof of Heaven which was good also. Favorites ever though are Fearless ( best I've ever read) and American Sniper. Anyone started American Gun by Chris Kyle?

I bought my wife Happy, Happy, Happy and she is enjoying it. I just finished American Sniper. The information was interesting, but the language was so bad I almost put it down. I would be interested to know how American Gun is.

Bought my wife Happy, Happy, Happy also. She thought it was great.

The Best Novels and Stories of Eugene Rhodes, by an author that grew up in the wilds of New Mexico, that went from cowboy to author.

I've been on a David Baldacci kick lately. Read several of his old and new stuff.

Currently reading "Calico Joe" by Grisham and "Entreleadership" by Dave Ramsey.

I try to read one business/nonfiction/self-improvement type book a month. Hopefully going into business for myself in the next few years so trying to learn from folks that have won in business.

Currently reading the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. On the 5th book. Only 10 more to go.

Have you read Lone Survivor? Man I couldn't put that book down. I'd have to put that one along with American Sniper as my favorites, but plan to read Fearless after I finish Happy,Happy,Happy (got it for fathers day today)