Ha ha! Great question.
Truth be know, not a heck of a lot. I don't get a heck of a lot of time to read books outside of hockey. And I'm a notoriously slow reader.
As a rule I don't read novels. I know, I know, but I've always found non-fiction more satisfying. I like travel books in particular.
Here's five books that I found time to read this summer. None of them have anything to do with hockey:
1. Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw - Part novel. Part travel guide. Part history text book. Part comedy. Part memoir. All brilliantly put together by one of my favorite non-hockey writers - Will Ferguson (mind you, he did help out on The Girlfriend's Guide to Hockey
)
2. Country Roads of British Columbia: Exploring the Interior
- I like to explore spots most people have never even heard of. Gas prices got way too high this summer, and are here to stay, so until I strike it rich, I guess I'll have to travel vicariously through Liz Bryan's excellent book.
3. How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
- Great book. But I need to re-read it because me not a genius!
4. Breaking Dawn
- Yeah right, who am I kidding. But I did give my girlfriend's kid my Chapters card so she could save 10% on it, so technically I bought it. At least I bought enough of the hottest selling book of the summer to warrant the cheap plug on this website!
5. Frommer's Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands & the San Juan Islands
- I'm going on vacation there for almost three weeks, although this book has made me realize I need about 3 months off of work!
An old friend recommended I read Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid
. If that's how long the title is I'm thinking the book must be unbearably long. Perhaps I'll settle for The Sex Lives of Cannibals
instead.
Truth be know, not a heck of a lot. I don't get a heck of a lot of time to read books outside of hockey. And I'm a notoriously slow reader.
As a rule I don't read novels. I know, I know, but I've always found non-fiction more satisfying. I like travel books in particular.
Here's five books that I found time to read this summer. None of them have anything to do with hockey:
1. Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw - Part novel. Part travel guide. Part history text book. Part comedy. Part memoir. All brilliantly put together by one of my favorite non-hockey writers - Will Ferguson (mind you, he did help out on The Girlfriend's Guide to Hockey
)2. Country Roads of British Columbia: Exploring the Interior
- I like to explore spots most people have never even heard of. Gas prices got way too high this summer, and are here to stay, so until I strike it rich, I guess I'll have to travel vicariously through Liz Bryan's excellent book.3. How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
- Great book. But I need to re-read it because me not a genius!4. Breaking Dawn
- Yeah right, who am I kidding. But I did give my girlfriend's kid my Chapters card so she could save 10% on it, so technically I bought it. At least I bought enough of the hottest selling book of the summer to warrant the cheap plug on this website!5. Frommer's Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands & the San Juan Islands
- I'm going on vacation there for almost three weeks, although this book has made me realize I need about 3 months off of work!An old friend recommended I read Lost on Planet China: The Strange and True Story of One Man's Attempt to Understand the World's Most Mystifying Nation, or How He Became Comfortable Eating Live Squid
. If that's how long the title is I'm thinking the book must be unbearably long. Perhaps I'll settle for The Sex Lives of Cannibals instead.
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When I take a break from my hockey readings, I normally crank out something by Vonnegut, Stephen King, Hunter Thompson or any random book I can find on the discount rack at B&N.