Beach Reading

[classyndry]

My all time favorite book for the beach is, And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails. I started this book in Spain. While I was reading about the British Navy issuing rum, we made a side trip to Gibraltar and I picked up a bottle of Pussers. I finished the book while on vacation in the Bahamas and got to read about rum punch while sipping it. I highly recommend this book if you like history and rum. If you tend towards the fiction side, the James Bond books are my favorite. I'll run out of them soon, but it will be a good run. I might bring a cigar book on my next trip (the British Virgin Islands). Any suggestions for upcoming trips?

 

[FlyFish]

Right now anything that isn't an IRS circular looks appealing.

This year I'll be re-reading "Gettysburg", "Grant Comes East", and "Never Call Retreat"


A trilogy of civil war novels that dramatize one possible outcome of the war had the South prevailed at Gettysburg. Co-written by Newt Gingrich but don't let that fool you into thinking these are right wing or junk. They are extremely well written and give great perspective and glimpses on the way life was for the men who fought on both sides. Plus some very interesting insight into the politics of the time in relation to the war itself. I highly recommend these if you are the type who likes to read abou the civil war.


Plus, the word "cigar" must be use 2,000 times in each volume. Apparently, Grant, Longstreet and many of the other major players would have been very good CP bretheren had they lived today. There's a lot of cigars consumed in those books.

 

[grateful1]

I may take up UNIX! NSFW

 

[alexgtp]

The 2 things I do not do while on vacation:

1.READ BOOKS/JOURNALS/NEWSPAPERS
2.EXERCISE

 

[mrjinglesusa]

The 2 things I do not do while on vacation:

1.READ BOOKS/JOURNALS/NEWSPAPERS
2.EXERCISE

Ditto.

I basically am reading all day at work so the last thing I want to do is read more at home or on vacation, even if it's for fun.

 

[Newfie]

On vacation, John Grisham is by far my favourite author. Don't know why to be honest.

I've read many of his books who smoking a cigar either on the beach, the balcony or in the bar in Cuba.

EDIT:

Except for reading a book, I like Alex's post!!!!

 

[Jam1173]

Just read a fantastic book by dennis lehane. he is the author of the book Mystic River..The one I just read was Shutter Island...Great book

 

[Bsneed51]

If you tend towards the fiction side, the James Bond books are my favorite. I'll run out of them soon, but it will be a good run. I might bring a cigar book on my next trip (the British Virgin Islands). Any suggestions for upcoming trips?

I have read most of the Bond books, and have purchased the most recent 7-8 of them. Excellent reads if you enjoy the movies. I would be happy to share these with any BOTL that doesn't want to spend the money on them.

 

[classyndry]

Right now anything that isn't an IRS circular looks appealing.

This year I'll be re-reading "Gettysburg", "Grant Comes East", and "Never Call Retreat"

I read the first two my senior year of college. Never got around to the last one. It didn't look good for the South at the end of the second though.

If you tend towards the fiction side, the James Bond books are my favorite. I'll run out of them soon, but it will be a good run. I might bring a cigar book on my next trip (the British Virgin Islands). Any suggestions for upcoming trips?

I have read most of the Bond books, and have purchased the most recent 7-8 of them. Excellent reads if you enjoy the movies. I would be happy to share these with any BOTL that doesn't want to spend the money on them.

Most recently I read live and let die. It was much different than the movie, and in many ways, better.

 

[Bsneed51]

Most recently I read live and let die. It was much different than the movie, and in many ways, better.

The one's that I have purchased and read most recently are the Raymond Benson books. They tend to be more like the movies. A little more light and outrageous, but still enjoyable.

 

[effinwill]

I usually read lots of beer bottle labels on vacation.

 

[Atlasm]

Nothing since I can't focus with my eyes out of whack due to too many Bahama Mamas.

 

[FlyFish]

Right now anything that isn't an IRS circular looks appealing.

This year I'll be re-reading "Gettysburg", "Grant Comes East", and "Never Call Retreat"

I read the first two my senior year of college. Never got around to the last one. It didn't look good for the South at the end of the second though.

Well, without giving anything away in case you wish to read it someday, although there is a "Victor" no one really wins. The blood that is shed in the real war and this book is horrific and incalculable. The tales of heroism and humanity in the midst of un-wordly violence in that third volume cross both sides and it makes you wonder how a nation could ever bring itself to that point.

Stories of men trading tobacco for coffee across a riverbed one monent and talking of each other's families.......then shooting each other down an hour later.

Or the tale of a sgt screaming for an opposing Col. to stop and to drop his arms, then being forced to shoot when the man won't. After the Col, falls from his horse the man who shot him holds and comforts him while he dies and cries over what he had to do while asking the man why he wouldn't stop.

If you tend to the emotinal side as I sometimes do, there are points where you need to put this book down and take a deep breath.

 

[jerodharris]

Im going to be honest here.. I like to read Maxim, Stuff, Sports Ilustrated and Playboy when i'm vacation or flying somewhere. Most of my days are spent chasing down my photos in the tabloids it's nice to read periodicals geared towards man sh!t.

 

[classyndry]

Right now anything that isn't an IRS circular looks appealing.

This year I'll be re-reading "Gettysburg", "Grant Comes East", and "Never Call Retreat"

I read the first two my senior year of college. Never got around to the last one. It didn't look good for the South at the end of the second though.

Well, without giving anything away in case you wish to read it someday, although there is a "Victor" no one really wins. The blood that is shed in the real war and this book is horrific and incalculable. The tales of heroism and humanity in the midst of un-wordly violence in that third volume cross both sides and it makes you wonder how a nation could ever bring itself to that point.

Stories of men trading tobacco for coffee across a riverbed one monent and talking of each other's families.......then shooting each other down an hour later.

Or the tale of a sgt screaming for an opposing Col. to stop and to drop his arms, then being forced to shoot when the man won't. After the Col, falls from his horse the man who shot him holds and comforts him while he dies and cries over what he had to do while asking the man why he wouldn't stop.

If you tend to the emotional side as I sometimes do, there are points where you need to put this book down and take a deep breath.

I remember them being pretty intense. I also liked the focus on the human side and the detailed parts about the individuals. I don't think I'd recommend it as vacation reading though. Not light enough for my taste. I watched Babel on a plane one time, what a depressing movie. Not the way to start a vacation.