Man-Eaters of Kumaon
Book by Jim Corbett
Man-Eaters of Kumaon is a classic book by hunter-naturalist
Jim Corbett, detailing his real-life experiences hunting man-eating tigers
and leopards in the Kumaon region of the Indian Himalayas from the 1900s to the
1930s. The book contains ten stories of tracking and shooting dangerous
predators, including the infamous Champawat Man-eater, and also provides
insights into local flora, fauna, and village life, making it a blend of
adventure and natural history.
I, on the other hand, am an avid reader. I ride the stationary bike every morning from 6:00 - 6:35 and I read while on the stationary bike. My legs won't pedal if my eyes aren't reading haha!
Here are a few books that I've read recently that I couldn't put down (but, of course, I had to put them down to go to work and to study!).
I recently read The Women by Kristin Hannah. This book is about the women who went to Vietnam. I wasn't even born when the Vietnam war began in 1955 and I was a young high school student in 1975 so my memories of that time are not of war. This book is gripping and I may have experienced all of the emotions while reading . . . including sobbing while on the bicycle!
It is really interesting to me, because that book is not my normal genre. I love thrillers and mysteries . . .but this book was so good.
I know most of you have read Theo of Golden. It is another "hard to put down" book.
Sometimes it is hard to put down a good James Patterson book. The Widow by John Grisham was also really good! How about The Briar Club - oh my goodness!! Read it, if you haven't!
For "light" reading, I've been reading the Richard Osman series about the folks that live in a retirement home and solve mysteries (Thursday Murder Club Mysteries). I enjoy the lighter writing of Donna Andrews, too.
Some of you have given me THE BEST book recommendations. What are some books that you "couldn't put down"?
I have found that books have a way of pulling us into worlds we didn’t expect to care about—and sometimes, those are the ones that stay with us the longest.
Books are definitely a "thing" that makes life better for me!
Great choice for today.
ReplyDeleteBooks were my word of the day too. There's a fiction book called The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian that was really good, set in Africa where a hunt goes way way awry. Two in a row so we're on a roll whoohoo!
ReplyDeleteWe've made it two days! We've got this!!
DeleteJamie: Books is also my word of the day today:
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I’m doing B for Books too!
ReplyDeleteI don't do the alphabet blog but if I did B would be about books also.
ReplyDeleteI read a book yesterday that I could not put down. The book itself was not great, but I had to find out "who done It"
What book did you read??
DeleteSeveral are using B for books. I enjoy reading the reviews and do make note of books that sound interesting to me! Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteI love getting book recommendations from other readers!
DeleteI mostly read mysteries, and a few were so suspenseful I had to finish them in one sitting. Sometimes you just have to find out what happens!
ReplyDeleteI love a good book - one that I have to finish!
DeleteI read the Man-eaters of Kumaon and really enjoyed it. Didn't they make a movie from it maybe 10 or 20 years ago?
ReplyDeleteThe Women touched me pretty deeply, Lisa. Like you, it not only touched all my emotions, but yanked a few.
ReplyDeleteI've Theo of Golden on my library wish list now!
Oryx & Crake trilogy by Margaret Atwood.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of the books you mentioned. When I used to ride my stationary bike, I also read or watched videos. Now that I use a gazelle, there's no book holder and it's harder to read.
ReplyDeleteI loved The Women and also one of her other books The Great Alone. I love a page turner. Not sure how much cycling I'd get done with a book on the go lol.
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