What are you currently reading?

[mtnkid85]

Im finally getting around to Douglas Chadwicks "A Beast the Color of Winter". Great book so far, recommended for anyone interested in taking a deep dive into mountain goats.

 

[Sytes]

Working through the Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn / Kyle Mills.
Currently on Red War.

 

[shannerdrake]

Ridgeline by Michael Punke

It’s about the Fetterman Massacre at Fort Kearny.

 

[220yotekiller]

At Sheep Show last week I picked up 'Hunting on Three Continents' Vol 1 and Vol 2 by Jack O'Connor which I just started. Pretty happy with the deal, cheaper than eBay

Also reading 'Being Nixon' which is pretty good.. interesting guy. Might read his memoirs next

oooh those would be a fun read.

 

[-dirt-]

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

 

[CorkyM]

This one

 

[westbranch]

I believe he did. I haven’t read anything else by him yet.

His appearance on BHA podcast was good. Worth a listen if you have not heard it.

 

[2rocky]

Just finished this . My gf bought it for me because of the Spokane, WA / Inland PNW history in it.

The Cold Millions​

Jess Walter​

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...p=true&qid=KGXwWQINaF&rank=1#CommunityReviews
The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Beautiful Ruins delivers another “literary miracle” (NPR)—a propulsive, richly entertaining novel about two brothers swept up in the turbulent class warfare of the early twentieth century.

The Dolans live by their wits, jumping freight trains and lining up for day work at crooked job agencies. While sixteen-year-old Rye yearns for a steady job and a home, his older brother, Gig, dreams of a better world, fighting alongside other union men for fair pay and decent treatment. Enter Ursula the Great, a vaudeville singer who performs with a live cougar and introduces the brothers to a far more dangerous creature: a mining magnate determined to keep his wealth and his hold on Ursula.


Dubious of Gig’s idealism, Rye finds himself drawn to a fearless nineteen-year-old activist and feminist named Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. But a storm is coming, threatening to overwhelm them all, and Rye will be forced to decide where he stands. Is it enough to win the occasional battle, even if you cannot win the war?


An intimate story of brotherhood, love, sacrifice, and betrayal set against the panoramic backdrop of an early twentieth-century America that eerily echoes our own time, The Cold Millions offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation grappling with the chasm between rich and poor, between harsh realities and simple dreams. Featuring an unforgettable cast of cops and tramps, suffragists and socialists, madams and murderers, it is a tour de force from a “writer who has planted himself firmly in the first rank of American authors” (Boston Globe

About the author​

Jess Walter​

Jess Walter is the author of five novels and one nonfiction book. His work has been translated into more than 20 languages and his essays, short fiction, criticism and journalism have been widely published, in Details, Playboy, Newsweek, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe among many others.

Walter also writes screenplays and was the co-author of Christopher Darden’s 1996 bestseller In Contempt. He lives with his wife Anne and children, Brooklyn, Ava and Alec in his childhood home of Spokane, Washington.

 

[TheTone]

I believe he did. I haven’t read anything else by him yet.

They’re good. Tony’s a great guy, great name also

 

[Birdbander]

Just starting this book.

I've been obsessing over all things Colorado dusky grouse hunting and fell down the rabbit hole of white tailed ptarmigan while researching. I'm worried I'm going to receive a bill from Onx for overuse

 

[woods89]

Finished this one up tonight. It's the story of meth in the early 2000s, told through the lense of a small town in Iowa. I learned quite a bit.

It won't make you love big pharma or big ag.......

 

[CorkyM]

 

[Zak]

I'm attempting to read 2 books a week this year, currently on track. I'll be looking at this thread for ideas since I have an ambitious goal.

"Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir was my favorite so far, really entertaining science fiction book.

Currently reading "More Guns Less Crime" just because I see it referenced so much.

 

[Hunter4Life78]

KILLING CRAZY HORSE.
So far it has been very interesting. Covers the conflicts between the U.S. And Tribes of the west.

 

[woods89]

Just started this one. I'll report back once I'm done.

 

[noharleyyet]

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Started this yesterday.

 

[TheGrayRider]

Just started this one. I'll report back once I'm done.

Good find! Following your post, Woods89. Great author and great story about an American hero. Happy hunting, TheGrayRider.

 

[pabearhunter]

CJ BOX Joe Pickett series

 

[Hem]

Just wrapping up
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Holy sh!t. Talk about a book that I had to keep rereading sentences over and over and often was totally lost as to where I was in the story, who was speaking, or if we were even in reality or dream/thoughts. A bit of Fear and Loathing mixed with Walker Key Chronicles. Definitely some great literature within it, but overall, man... IDK, 3 stars? Anyone seen the movie? I wondered if it was as odd.

Some books simply shouldn't be made in to movies.
I'd rather not ruin the images in my head from the written word.

 

[TheGrayRider]

Extremely few Americans as brave and courageous as the late Master at Arms, Second Class (Sea Air & Land) Michael A. Monsoor.