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read a bunch of funny scifi by Lee A Martinez

and a couple Lee Childs.

We Were Young and Carefree
By: Laurent Fignon
TDF two time winner and second place once by 8 seconds.

Assault on Lake Casitas

by Brad Alan Lewis

True story of a rower who seems to have missed his one chance at the Olympic games after years of training and every expectation he would make it. Won't take no for an answer and shows great spirit and determination to take an unusually gritty route to finally get his chance to represent the USA and then take Olympic gold.



The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka,Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good
By: David J. Linden

Very interesting book on what really happens in your brain when you feel pleasure.

Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention
by Stanislas Dehaene

Though it doesn't sound all that interesting this book is rather compelling and fun to read.

For scifi fans:

Hyperion

Very good book though be warned there is a second book following this.

The Grendal's Shadow

Fun adventure scifi book. Sort of like an African big game hunter in the future on another world.

I'm planning a tour along the South and North Carolina coasts into Virginia in September. To familiarize myself with the area I just finished Pat Conroy's novel about Charleston, South of Broad. I expect to read a couple other of his books before the end of the summer. BTW Travels with Charley has long been a favorite.

I loved The Great Santini. Though it was more about military family life, I enjoyed the local flavor. I haven't visited South Carolina, so I have no idea how true to life it was.

If you'll be visiting North Carolina's Outer Banks, I'd recommend "An Outer Banks Reader." This collection of articles was compiled by David Stick and it includes writings by diverse observers, starting with the 1500s and continuing to the end of the 20th century. Eyewitness accounts cover everything from Native farming practices to a day behind the scenes at Risky Business Seafood. The book is divided into topics, so it's easy to select readings on topics that interest you. It's the next best thing to being there.

I've been on a Florida author crime thriller kick this summer so I've read:

Carl Hiaasen:
Nature Girl

Tim Dorsey
Florida Roadkill
Hammerhead Ranch Motel
Orange Crush
Triggerfish Twist
The Stingray Shuffle

Laurence Shames:
Mangrove Squeeze
The Naked Detective

Edna Buchanan:
Miami, It's Murder

James Grippando:
The Pardon
The Informant
The Abduction
Beyond Suspicion
Last Call

Charlaine Harris:
Dead Until Dark
(Book one of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, which the HBO tv show "True Blood" is based on.) I actually liked it, even though I had already watched a couple of seasons of the show.

Shames was okay. Some really wordy narrative descriptions, but having spent a lot of time in the Florida Keys, I enjoy the stories. Grippando is a great storyteller. Dorsey is bizarre and twisted like Hiaasen. I've read a lot of Hiaasen in the past. I really like Dorsey. Buchanan was rather pedestrian and boring.

Even though I've already seen the Swedish movies, I'm going to start reading the Steig Larsson Millenium trilogy (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is the first book)
So in a couple of weeks my summer ends and I go back to hardly reading anything.

The Great Santini is next on my list, and I'll check out the Outer Banks Reader. Thanks!

cycling home from Siberia . Author Rob Lilwall . 30,000 miles 3 years 1 bicycle . A good read and quite a adventure. Also read Planet walker by John Francis. This guy covered some miles mostly on foot.