What are you reading at the moment?

[jbenham]

Finished Cimarron Rose. Very good book! Reading Rebel Island by Rick Riordan. He is a very good author and I recommend the Tres Navarre series.

[tonyd]

Currently reading Great Expectations by Dickens.

MOD, one of my all-time favorites!

I'm currently reading Ron Rash's first book - "One Foot in Eden" and slowly making my way through Don Quixote one chapter at a time.

Tony

[Gwendolyn]

Yes, and mindful of JLB's comments on classic photography in classic movies, what about the post-WWII movie version of GREAT EXPECTATIONS?

Greetings and best wishes to Magnus and to tonyd, and to all (not quite ready yet for, "And to all, a Good Night"!), Gwendolyn

What are you reading at the moment?
by tonyd on Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:24 am

M.O.D wrote:
Currently reading Great Expectations by Dickens.

MOD, one of my all-time favorites!

[jbenham]

Heartwood!

[lbroome]

I'm starting "Dead Connection"~ Alafair Burke today. Its a special book too, it was signed by her Father in New iberia. I guess I'll never meet her unless she comes to Baton Rouge or New Iberia. It looks like a real exciting good book by the reviews. Has anyone else read it in this forum? Later on Folks, Lonnie

[jbenham]

How come there don't seem to be any Billy Bob Holland discussions?

[lbroome]

I couldn't answer that JB. Its been awhile since I read Heartwood, so I'll add it to my re-read list and maybe we can discuss it. Like I say all the time mon, my noodle has a hard time remembering things and I'm doing all I can to remedy that with prayer and brain exercise. don't know whats wrong other than too much reading or hanging around theese PC's....don't know mon, Lonnie

[lbroome]

After my trip down to New Iberia, I chanced upon this book called "Nicky the Swamp Dog: A True Story" and on the front cover with his ears all perked up was a dog that looked just like Scooter. Well, I said right then and there, i had to have this book. Well i found a used one I could afford at Amazon, and just ordered it. It has a heart warming story, so don't read the review by the lady from New York, read the one from the lady from Breaux Bridge.




Product Description
Nicky The Swamp Dog is the true story of an amazing little dog (Rat Terrier) that finds a home with a swamp guide in the Atchafalaya River Basin in southern Louisiana. She grows up to be an accomplished scout, retriever and “assistant swamp guide,” befriending children and adults on swamp tours.

Like her master, Nicky rescues and nurtures injured or lost animals, including beavers, nutria, ducklings, owls and even baby alligators. They bring these little critters back to the houseboat, feed them, shelter them, and nurse them back to health. Then, when they are well, they release them back into the wilds.

The story is lavishly illustrated with color photography of Nicky and her friends, both animal and human, as well as the swamp environment in which they live. The book is suited for children Third Grade and higher, as well as anyone who enjoys nice nature photography.

About the Author
About the Author:

"JACKLYN SONNIER HIRSHBERG is an anthropologist who studied at the University of Houston, focusing on the culture of Native American Indians. After living in Houston for 25 years, she returned to her hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana, and was introduced to the nearby Atchafalaya River Basin, which she now considers “The Eighth Wonder of the World.” A tour of the swamp with guide D. Ray “Half Pint” Guillory in the summer of 1997 developed into a two-year course of learning about the basin and the variety of wildlife which inhabits this vast semi-wilderness area. Nicky The Swamp Dog is the first book Ms. Hirshberg has authored.

About the Photographer:

D. RAY “HALF PINT” GUILLORY is a swamp guide who lives with his dog, Nicky, in a houseboat in the Atchafalaya River Basin near Henderson, Louisiana. He got his nickname, “Half Pint,” only because he was smaller than his brother. Born in Orange, Texas, in 1950, he spent his childhood roaming the wooded areas, rice fields and swamps near his home. Feeling right at home in the great outdoors, he became a self-taught naturalist and photographer. After living in the wilderness of southeast Texas for two decades, he moved to the Atchafalaya swamp in the mid-1980s. Operating under the banner of “Half Pint’s Small Boat Swamp Adventures,” he has taken visitors from all over the world into the swamp to show them an environment such as they had never seen before. He trained Nicky to help entertain visitors to the swamp; he also taught her to rescue lost or injured animals. He considers his little swamp dog to be his best friend."

[CaribooRose]

HI Harmon
How come there don't seem to be any Billy Bob Holland discussions?

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I have no clue! I adore Billy Bob and his kung-fu katie investigator/g'friend/paramour LOL ... I have grown (grudgingly!) to accept Wyatt Dixon ... I enjoyed the slow growth of a healthy relationship between Billy Bob and his son Lucas ... and Billy Bob's muse ... Eddie? ... dang, I think I forgot the little gaffer's name & he is just SO cool!

Ummmmmm ya wanna start a thread about Billy Bob, Harmon?

Regards!!
Rose

PS: Lonnie ... that's a really neat book ... I have a copy and read it to the little kids here

[lbroome]

Thanks Rose, you know by now I'm just a little kid in a overgrown body hu?