What are you reading right now?

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Nope, the Trask is a small paperback. I have at times had 1st ed Neal Cassady, and Kesey and others, but as I'm prone to bein broke-dick as a mutha effa at times Ive sold em for whatever.
Same goes for surfboards. and my artwork. Now ive decided not to sell anymore boards,or art. Its better to keep those items because you can't ever get what they're really worth (not in money but personal worth).
Books on the other hand I can let go of because like one buyer told me when I reminded him that some book WAS a 1st ed, "Dude, all books were a first edition one time."
I gave the Cassady to an Australian artist, to give to his son who is a beat fan. He keeps giving me art.

Another good NW book "You Can't Win." dont remember the author

[The Betty]

Richard Russo's "Nobody's Fool"

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Good book betts! ....as are all his books. My fav.......Straight Man.

[B-son]

Camel Club

[FoulWeather]

Another good NW book "You Can't Win." dont remember the author

Jack Black. http://www.akpress.org/1998/items/youcantwin

[qball]

Was rereading this thread for ideas.

NMM, did you ever finish "100 days of Solitude"? That book came to me highly recommended. It ended up being one of about 3 books in my entire life (no exaggeration and I can't think of the other two) that I have ever picked up and not finished. Usually, even if I hate the book, I have to know how it finished. Not that one.

Right now reading "Michaelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling". Some interesting tidbits on Michaelangelo and Raphael but the book is pretty dry.

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No....haven't finished it. Too many books going at once.....at least two always fall to the bottom of the stack. Will get back to it....eventually.

[FoulWeather]

Was rereading this thread for ideas.

NMM, did you ever finish "100 days of Solitude"? That book came to me highly recommended. It ended up being one of about 3 books in my entire life (no exaggeration and I can't think of the other two) that I have ever picked up and not finished. Usually, even if I hate the book, I have to know how it finished. Not that one.

Right now reading "Michaelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling". Some interesting tidbits on Michaelangelo and Raphael but the book is pretty dry.

Wow. 'One Hundred Years Of Solitude' is one of my all time favourites....

Speaking of unfinishished books. I've tried to read Moby Dick three times.

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Wow. 'One Hundred Years Of Solitude' is one of my all time favourites....

Speaking of unfinishished books. I've tried to read Moby Dick three times.

Well....there you go. I've read Melville at least three times. Even trade....

[FoulWeather]

i'm going to tackle moby dick again this winter. its a personal demon.

reading wolfe's 'the pump house gang' at the moment. the first story should be required reading for all you snot nosed spoiled brat middle class surfer types.

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read it in middle school. (had a grandmother that was a wolfe fan) I should reacquaint myself with that one....

[brdsurf]

El Bulli 1994-1997 by Ferran Adria
Certainly the most expensive book I have ever bought, but reference kind of books seem to be more expensive, but at nearly 85cents a page this one sems to top them out. Good food ponn though.

[navier-stokes]

i'm going to tackle moby dick again this winter. its a personal demon.

reading wolfe's 'the pump house gang' at the moment. the first story should be required reading for all you snot nosed spoiled brat middle class surfer types.

wife made me read it when i first meet her... as she knew i was interested in surfing etc....i took it as a good sign.. .the number of books in common that we had .... kind of bised my view of hobie though and it has never been the same since... oh maybe it was actually the profile of john severson in TSJ that baised my opinion of hobbie.... one way or another my deslike of hobbie started there......

[Stiffler]

"The Land that Kept it's Promise" History and narrative of the Central Oregon Coast. I was surprised to find that Waldport is built on Burial Grounds.

[brdsurf]

" I was surprised to find that Waldport is built on Burial Grounds.

How is that in any way suprising? The coastal indians really got the shaft from the whiteys. Many communites were built that way. Think the white people were the only ones that knew where good locations are? Good for them these few casinos figured out a way to get something back.