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Book Of the Month..Beach Reads

Started June 17, 2007 · 10,379 views · 12 posts
I believe this was Toms idea... :)
I thought it good..
Book of the month Club
Beach reads... :)
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Tony Cohan’s ON MEXICAN TIME, his chronicle of discovering a new life in the small Mexican mountain town of San Miguel de Allende, has beguiled readers and become a travel classic. Now, in MEXICAN DAYS, point of arrival becomes point of departure as—faced with the invasion of the town by tourists and an entire Hollywood movie crew, a magazine editor’s irresistible invitation, and his own incurable wanderlust—Cohan undertakes a richer, wider exploration of the country he has settled in.

Told with the intimate, sensuous insight and broad sweep that captivated readers of ON MEXICAN TIME, MEXICAN DAYS is set against a changing world as Cohan encounters surprise and adventure in a Mexico both old and new: among the misty mountains and coastal Caribbean towns of Veracruz; the ruins and resorts of Yucatán; the stirring indigenous world of Chiapas; the markets and galleries of Oaxaca; the teeming labyrinth of Mexico City; the remote Sierra Gorda mountains; the haunted city of Guanajuato; and the evocative Mayan ruins of Palenque. Along the way he encounters expatriates and artists, shady operatives and surrealists, and figures from his past.

More than an immensely pleasurable and entertaining travel narrative by one of the most vivid, compelling travel voices to emerge in recent years, MEXICAN DAYS is both a celebration of the joys and revelations to be found in this inexhaustibly interesting country and a searching investigation of the Mexican landscape and the grip it is coming to have in the North American imagination
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\"On Mexican Time\" was a great read.
As someone recommended as a good read I am reading and enjoying A salty Piece of Land by Jimmy Buffet and
I have 3 other books on the go :D
A passionate Gardener
The Joy of Planting
and
Create an Impression..Landscaping for Curb appeal :D
I looked at your photo link and found the good pic of the Fresnel Lens ..
I agree what fun to hang out with Tully and the gang..
I love the names of the many characters in the book and I enjoy the songs and wonder if Jimmy Buffet composed music to any of them...
A good yarn indeed...
then you need to jump into \"looking for Joe Merchant\" by Mr Buffett.... i am reading that one right now... my first one was Salty Piece of Land, and my mother in law even thought it was good... Then i have Tales from Margaritaville to read next... then i have been in and out of a golf book called \"A Good Walk Spoiled\"... and after being at the John Deere Classic and seeing and meeting some of the golfers that were in the book on the course... i need to get back into it....

have a good one....
Thanks Tom I will check out the other Jimmy Buffet books..
I have always enjoyed his music ..now his books.. I also think I have a wee crush on the man.. :)

Golf is a good walk spoiled.
Mark Twain... :)
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Hmmmm, maybe I should grow a pencil thin mustache, wear a 2 tone Ricky Ricardo jacket and get an autographed picture of Andy Devine, then sit back and write mysterys.
actually i prefer to walk naked in the cross walk in the middle of the afternoon Davlin... so much more OPEN then... ha ha ha ha Fruitcakes... Paradise...Religion... Relationships...
cute.. cute... very funny... it would scare you all, as well as get me banned from the website... hmmmmmmmm now that is a thought... ha ha ha
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davilin more like Book of the Year club :lol: :)
Glad you had some good reads..
I received for Christmas a gift certificate for 3 book stores.. Loved the gift..
I am reading Warning of Gales by Annie Sanders.. (makes a good beach read)
and waiting to be read :) is War of the Unknown Warriors
Memories of Britian 1939-45