WERA book club/Whatcha reading?

Slowly working through the Southwest collection at my city library. Latest checkout is a 1942 reprint of a narrative of a float trip in 1911 down the Green and Colorado rivers. Written by the Kolb brothers whose photography studio was/is perched at the top of Bright Angel Trail. Appendix is a hundred or more photos taken during the trip, saving those until I get part way into the book.

 

the Whistler was ok, lots of accurate stereotypes in it for sure. I like FL and can relate to the tribal issues and corruption in all sides of that story. I’m not a fan of lawyer/cop stories but I did finish that one.

 

Finding Alaska is a great book about just that, doing everything Alaska has to offer. The author moves his family there for a year and does it all from whaling to the Iditarod to the bush. Too cold for me so the book was great and as close as I’ll ever get to that wilderness, in the winter at least.

He also wrote “A walk Across America” 1 and 2 which he did in the 70s. I read those after the Alaska book, I enjoyed them all but liked Alaska the best. In the Walk books the first trek is upstate NY down Appalachia to New Orleans, he stops and works and lives with people. The Walk 2 was the same but he found a wife in NO who went with him to the coast in OR, again all in the 70s. Interesting take on the world then and again 40 years later for the AK book.

 

Part of me is scared Zeihan is right, and part of me is looking forward to a total global reset (in a good way, not the WEFs take on it) Any further discussion of him is probably best done at Phil's place so no one gets their panties bunchy.

 

I worked 3 summers in Alaska at 3 different fly in float plane only lodges. Worked as a chef in 2 and a fishing guide in one. Its an empty beautiful place

 

The True Believer - Eric Hofer

 

I thought of you a bunch reading that book. They did all the shit you guided for... fishing, moose, bear, elk hunting, then whaling with the Inuit and all the crabbing etc...

 

Endurance

Story about some stuff dicked men that were headed to Antarctica way before all the fancy marine electronics were around and got stuck in ice.

 

i am reading "The Daily Stoic"...every day we read a page with our morning coffee...and most every day it reminds us of something we need to be conscious of...highly recommend it!!

https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Stoic-...=1682042516&sprefix=the+daily+,aps,181&sr=8-1

 

great fucking book.

have you read the 4th turning?

 

The one by Alfred Lansing? That is a great book, some real tough blokes there.

 

Clash of the Carriers: True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of WWII
Barrett Tillman

 

gonna start crime and punishment soon.

 

We started with some of my favorites and also what was recommended from teachers and friends.
Found this article when looking for more books for the boys.
https://www.artofmanliness.com/living/reading/50-best-books-for-boys-and-young-men/

Will be doing our weekly recap at the dinner table tonight.
Next book for all three to read is "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte. One of my favorites from childhood that I think all 3 of my boys will gain something from it.

We've read easily 80 books over the past 2.5 years. It helps that there is a no TV/video gaming policy during the school week. Saturday nights we do a movie. Again, going for stuff with meaning and quality.

 

Some of the movies we've watched over the last few months. Recommendations will be appreciated. (Again me and my 3 boys ages 11,16,16 )

Big
Midnight in Paris
Animal house
Stand by me
Fandango
Coupe DeVille
Grumpy Old men
The Blues Brothers
The breakfast club
Sixteen candles
Secondhand lions
The road to Perdition
The green mile
Shawshank redemption
Rocky 1 & 2
Indian Jones 1,2,3
The Outsiders
Say Anything
Weird Science
Goonies
Empire records
Lord of the flies

 

The Code Breakers by Kahn.
Historical and interesting.

 

Loved it.

AMAZING accomplishment, as well as an undeniably awesome sailing adventure.

When ships were wood, and the men were were tough as steel.

 

I love that you guys are participating in this. I need more suggestions because I listen to about 6-8 hours of lectures and audio 5 days a week and like 4 ish hours on the weekends. I burn through a lot of material. Let’s keep it going!!!

 

You, sir, get a special mention for this brilliant threadjack.

 

ive done a few of these with my daughter (15), but some other great suggestions i didnt think of here!