I read a good one recently. *The Road Spoke by K.R. Reinke*. Here is a description from Goodreads:* K. R. Reinke’s The Road Spoke offers readers an opportunity for reflection on how to live a more meaningful and fulfilling life, using his own cross-country bicycle trip as a template. Reinke not only sets out to ride 3,700 miles, but does so as a polio survivor and insulin dependent diabetic. Repeatedly overcoming his own limits, Reinke faces encounters and obstacles on his journey that he uses to give readers access to a joy that’s available at every moment, outside of reactions and unconscious patterns of behavior. Reinke deftly weaves spiritual topics and the minutiae of traversing the country until the two are inseparable. And, uniquely, he uses his triumphs and travails as a wellspring for broad, far-reaching reflection that is more than personal. Readers will take away a vision of a different way of living, one that can bring peace in the face of adversity.* Doug
On Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 12:01:58 AM UTC-4 velomann wrote: > "But I hope you're not listening to these books using ear buds, risking > accidents from passing traffic, other bikers, emergency vehicles, etc. " > > I never listen to audiobooks (or music) while I'm bike touring. The Kindle > is for actual reading during down time and in the tent. > > Mike M > > On Monday, July 8, 2024 at 2:25:07 PM UTC-7 jonathon...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Nice Plat! >> >> I've never tried the whole audiobook thing. As an English major, I've >> always been partial to physical books. Typically I'll ride somewhere nice >> in order to sit down and read. But your description of how books drive you >> forward on rides certainly has me interested! I've been reading Baudelaire >> and Perse most recently, not as much fiction for me as of late. >> >> Happy riding! >> >> John M. >> >> On Sunday, July 7, 2024 at 8:06:54 PM UTC-7 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! >> wrote: >> >>> From today’s Read and Ride: >>> Bike: 55 mermaid Platypus >>> Book: The God of the Woods, Liz Moore >>> Outfit: REI dress, Keen sandals, cooling sunsleeves and Oakley glasses >>> with road prism lenses >>> [image: image0.jpeg][image: image1.jpeg] >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Jul 7, 2024, at 10:45 PM, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! < >>> jonasa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I have never understood “summer reading.” Why aren’t we doing winter >>> reading? That’s when you are supposed to curl up under a warm blanket and >>> lose yourself in a book. Summer is TACTILE. You are out there just with >>> summer all over you. You have to wash it off at the end of the day, you >>> know? There is no sitting inside with books during a northern summer. >>> >>> >>> I can’t seem to hold still in SW Michigan’s summer. It’s the high holy >>> season and I need to be out in it, at all times. You should see my tan. But >>> I also love a bandwagon, and if everyone is doing “summer reading” I want >>> to be part of the craze. If I am sitting and reading, I’m not riding. >>> So, I decided to get a subscription to Audible and see if I could stand to >>> listen to narrators to get my books read. >>> >>> So far it has been really, really brilliant. I’m used to the narrators >>> now, and enjoy them. I end up doing longer rides because I will be at some >>> riveting part in the plot and need to know what happens next, and I keep >>> pedaling. Good for mind AND body. If you can be on bike paths instead of >>> roads, all the better because you are free to let your mind wander. Do not >>> attempt this if you are not adept at multitasking! >>> >>> I’m sure I miss a detail or two because riding and reading is >>> distracting, but mostly I’m tracking. In case anyone else was wondering how >>> to have it all, here’s my hot tip. Happy summer reading, not summer SITTING >>> and reading! >>> >>> I just finished All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker and loved >>> it. Starting The God of the Woods now. Both thrillers, if you wanted a >>> recommendation. >>> Leah >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/3N4pmKUB0Yg/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/41f34ef9-313e-4ae6-b37c-bcf05a9b696bn%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/41f34ef9-313e-4ae6-b37c-bcf05a9b696bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/0505aadb-19b7-4500-902b-a7459deb4d55n%40googlegroups.com.
