READING
I’ve always been an avid reader… especially when I began going on long expeditions and needed to keep preoccupied during storm days, rest days, loss of sanity days. One of my favorite things to do, still, is going to the library and check out a book. It’s like Christmas morning, especially if I’m fortunate to be the first to read a brand-new book they’ve just acquired.
The reason I’ve decided to start posting books I read is a selfish one. If this gets one person to put down their smartphone, turn off their laptop or TV, and sit for an undisturbed period of time to enjoy a good book, then it’s worth it. The benefits are abundant.
Most books I read have been suggested to me by other readers, admirers, or in magazine reviews. Not every book I read I like… though a majority of those won’t be posted because I just can’t finish them… too boring and won't hold my attention.
Get outside, sit under a tree or pop in a tent, and read.
Skål,
Sean
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April 2, 2020
Clare dives into the theory of how we might live if we had no fear. One day, an aging artist jots down secrets in a notebook and leaves it for a stranger to find in a Santa Monica café. The stranger picks it up and is inspired to write down her own and find the person...
March 26, 2020
I was expecting a memoir of Flea’s life up to today… most curiously, what his life was like in the Red hot Chili Peppers. But, I didn’t get that… the book covers up till RHCP was formed. Another surprise was how well this guy can write and how well read he is. Books pa...
March 16, 2020
Little weirds is right! This book must have been written in stream of consciousness, just in paragraph form, trying desperately to organize incoherent thoughts. My first impression was of poetry… the kind of poetry that makes completely no sense. She must have been hig...
March 10, 2020
I’m not much into nonfiction works that’s major theme is humor, but thought what the hell… I laughed my butt off in sections. First book I’ve read from author Sedaris, and his stories are a wild ride into dark humor. His emotional observations about mortality and middl...
March 1, 2020
Been hearing a lot about this novel so when it finally became available in the library, I jumped on it. Each chapter is a character study of life as an urban Native American Indian. Eye opening and profound. It’s heartbreaking to think how our past ancestors treated a...
February 11, 2020
The base of the book is the author’s subjective description of the time he was connected to Kurt Cobain (the last three and a half years of his life), when Kurt did the work he is most remembered for. Goldberg was Nirvana’s music manager. He discusses in detail the rel...
February 3, 2020
Mo talks about life and death and those that maybe got the raw end of the deal… that should be known by the general public, but aren’t. People who made life worth living for the rest of us. Makes us to think about who gets remembered, and why. He’s a good storyteller,...
January 29, 2020
I skimmed through this book… just trying to get her perspective on how she writes and if anything popped out out to me. I much prefer books where people have been in the ring with blood, sweat, and tears… risked life and limb to come out the other side. One thing she...
January 11, 2020
The story of Dalai Lama’s escape to freedom to India from Lhasa, Tibet as a teenager. I’ve read the story before, even have maps of the exact route. Stephen brought me back to when I was in Tibet… the Monasteries I visited really hit home. Imagine being ascended to the...
January 2, 2020
A great book that gives an insightful look of what working in the White House is really like, traveling with a President (Obama), and the day-to-day. She admits, and rightfully so, that her job was truly special, a one of the kind that she actually got through a job po...
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