reading suggestions?

[Tuckervill]

I read most of Riding with the Blue Moth while sitting at bookstore (yes, I skipped around, but I read at least half of it--I had a lot of time to kill) and found it depressing.

I have Bike for Life It's more like a reference book, but there are lots of good stories like that of John Howard, and the authors' accounts of their epic rides.

I watched The Flying Scotsman on pay-per-view the other day, and I'd like to read that book.

Karen

[Melalvai]

I'm a big fan of the Metal Cowboy. Momentum is Your Friend is about his trip across America pulling his two boys (5 and 7 yrs). The Metal Cowboy is about some of his adventures when he was single and childless. They are both great reads. He's very funny and I love his attitude.

One thing I learned recently (from his reply to my fan-mail) is that writers need amazon reviews, particularly when a book is new. So if you read a book you like, post an amazon review. It really helps their ratings.

[Thorn]

Probably not what you're looking for, but what about Greg Moody's novels?

And, since I tend to read for comic relief more than anything...French Revolutions by Tim Moore.

[mimitabby]

hey, get your hands on Llamas and Empanadas! it's a great book. A fellow TE gal wrote it about her personal adventures in South America! I thought it would be kind of boring, but it's not!!!
It's full of all sorts of pain, humor, surprises, and, well, bike riding. and why she did it.

[five one]

It's not a book, but I've been keeping up with the journals and pictures of Dominic Gill, a young Brit who began his cycling adventure in June of last year in northern Alaska and is still on his way to Cape Horn. Last time I checked, he was in Ecuador. He's on a tandem, picking up stokers when he can. If I remember correctly, velogirl rode with him for awhile when he was in CA. Interesting reading, beautiful photos.

http://www.blue-ant.tv/takeaseat/home.php

[elk]

Yay! Lots of books....!! Thanks!

Tri Girl...I am just finishing Heft....I'm not crazy about HIM, but he has such a strong and natural, and often honest, voice that I followed him all across his adventures.
I teach English too; like Magnuson, I teach creative writing in a college..and I was interested in how his cycling and his teaching dove-tailed and obscured each other....I know the feeling!

Fragments and such don't bother me when they serve voice...

ALl these sound great. I might start with the ..Moth book. It sounds interesting, as does the book by Bill Strickland, the title of which escapes me at the moment...

[boy in a kilt]

Anything by Josie Dew is worth reading. You have to dig a little to find her books, but Amazon usually has a couple.

[elk]

Probably not what you're looking for, but what about Greg Moody's novels?

And, since I tend to read for comic relief more than anything...French Revolutions by Tim Moore.

I LOVE Mystery novels ....

[Bron]

And, since I tend to read for comic relief more than anything...French Revolutions by Tim Moore.

I bought that one for a friend and ended up reading it myself before I sent it to him. Very funny.

Has anyone else read "Rough Ride" by Paul Kimmage? It's not always that cheerful but gave a picture of what life is like for a domestique.

[bikerz]

I really enjoyed The Rider by Tim Krabbé - an account of a long race in the French mountains in the cold rain. Parts of it are very funny. Krabbé was a amateur cyclist for a few years in the 70s, and is also a champion chess player.

[bmccasland]

My SS sent me [U]Miles from Nowhere[U], an enjoyable read! It is cycling related. Part of me wanted to get on a bike and go heavy duty touring, and part of me wanted that tour with a SAG truck in tow with hotel reservations every night.

[Starfish]

I can't recall the author, but there is a great nonfiction book called Twenty-One Days In July.

It is a very interesting and engaging book about the TdF. Well written and lots of fun...not dry, but also very informative.