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Rusty Madra

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Book Club
« on: August 11, 2012 »
Thought I'd start a wee thread to see what everyone's reading. Love a good book myself.

Have a system in work whereby there's a table in which people leave the books they're finished with and take the ones they want to read.

Then had the idea to do the same with a cache in the Hills for anyone on Wild NI.

As soon as I get it set up I'll put on the GPS Co-Ordinates / Map Reference. Obviously it'll be somewhere out of the way like our own Geo-Cache. Any ideas for a good spot let me know!
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Re: Book Club
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2012 »
current book is "how to shit in the woods" seriously  :)

the ni-wild cache exists already, currently residing under the seat in my car, meant to put it out again yesterday but forgot to bring it on my morning walk  >:(

http://www.ni-wild.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2222.15


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Re: Book Club
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2012 »
ah, me silly  :-[ , i re-read the original post and see what your getting at, you want to hide the books in the cache
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Re: Book Club
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2012 »
Recommend:-

Banjo Bannon-"Ascending The Dream."  With him being from Norn Iron you can really relate to this.  A good read.

Bear Grylls-"Mud Sweat and Tears."  I like this guy.  He comes across as personable and in today's world he's not the worst kind of role model.

Currently reading:-

Ben Fogle-"The Accidental Adventurer."  Was about to put this away but it picked up again and I'm now intrigued about what's to come.  Hopefully keeping me interested.

I feel the need, for some reason, to buy "The Book of Bivvy" by Ronald Turnbull plus another book about lightweight backpacking.  Any recommendations?

Also, are there any members who either live, or frequent the Lisburn town area ?  Why not meet up for a coffe and chat about things outdoors?  Costa in Lisburn Mall is good.
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Re: Book Club
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2012 »
Currentyl reading:
Mountains of the mind - Robert Macfarlane
Brilliant book that looks at the fascinations with mountains and how their existence has came to be understood.

Recently read:
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to know - Sir Rannaulph Fiennes
Mud, Seat and Tears - Bear Grylls

Both great books, excellent reads.


We could even use this thread for book lending/swaps
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Re: Book Club
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2012 »
50 Shades of Grey Book 3 lol
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Re: Book Club
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2012 »
Quote from: Kayakgirl on August 12, 2012
50 Shades of Grey Book 3 lol

Boke!!!

The statues that walked, unravelling the mysteries of Easter Island - Hunt, Lipo

A walk in the woods - Bill Bryson

The player of games - Iain M Banks


Again - boke!
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Re: Book Club
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2012 »
Currently reading some Colin Bateman books.

Just finished I predict a riot. But now reading The day of the jack russell.

Colin is a northern irish writer and the books anr part of a funny series. All of the books are written with a bit of a belfast craic in them.
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Re: Book Club
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2012 »
Couple of recommendations that I've recently read.

'Mud, Sweat and Tears' by Moire O' Sullivan - an account of how the author got involved in Hill Running and Adventure Racing leading onto her attempts of the Wicklow Round

'Feet In The Clouds' by Richard Askwith - another Hill Running book and the book that got me out running in the hills. Simply superb

'Paddle - A Long Way around Ireland' by Jasper Winn - Just started into this and instantly gripped. It's about the author's attempt to kayak around the coast of Ireland.
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Re: Book Club
« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2012 »
In June when I was on holiday in Lanzarote there was a book left in my room by the previous occupiers.  It was Lee Child's book "Gone Tomorrow" and I picked it up and started reading it.

It is part of the Jack Reacher series and is currently being turned into a movie starring Tom Cruise.  Not usually my thing but now I'm totally addicted to these books and probably wont stop till I've read them all.

Since June I have read the following titles:

Gone Tomorrow
Killing Floor
Die Trying
Trip Wire
Running Blind
Echo Burning
Without Fail
Persuader
The Enemy

More about the Series here: http://www.leechild.com/books.php

I'm totally annoyed that they have picked  Tom "Short Arse" Cruise to be Jack Reacher in the Movies because Reacher is a 250lb, 6ft 5in, 50 inch chest, Killing machine whereas Tom is a 4ft 120lb Scientologist???

I would highly recommend these books.

 
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Re: Book Club
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2012 »
Paddle by Jasper Winn is a great book, it got me back into reading again.
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Re: Book Club
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2012 »
Gonna definately get a water-tight drum and plant our very own Wild NI Libary. Reading "Scouting For Boys" at the moment and finding it quite enjoyable.

I was never in the Scouts but kinda wish I had been after reading a bit of the book.

Also reading one called Bad Inc: about a group of ex-Russian airforce pilots who started a smuggling operation (true story and all)

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Re: Book Club
« Reply #12 on: August 19, 2012 »
currently reading 'bring up the bodies' (hilary mantel) the sequel to the booker winning 'wolf hall' ....it is favourite to win this years booker prize...great reads if you like historical fiction...
best read this summer has been 'the sisters brothers' (patrick de witt)

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Re: Book Club
« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2012 »
Quote from: Kayakgirl on August 12, 2012
50 Shades of Grey Book 3 lol



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Re: Book Club
« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2013 »
Books by John Grisham are worth reading. Just finished reading "The Racketeer" very good.  Hard to put down. Just one more page!

A man wrongly convicted gets even, with style.
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