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Hasn't read a Camino book? I did start one - The Year We Seized the Day, but for some reason I stopped part way. I guess that I'm just not that interested in reading other people's Camino stories, since I have my own! People who know that I've done several Caminos keep recommending books to me, and I have one on my shelf that was written by a friend - Pilgrims With Credit Cards, but I haven't cracked it open yet. I was just thinking about this today, with the book club thread, and also because another friend has offered to send me her copy of What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim.
Anyone else?
Define Camino bookHasn't read a Camino book?
Same here! It never occurred to me to read it from beginning to end and there are many pages that I probably have never looked at.And I admit to having Gitlitz and Davidson's The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago, but I haven't actually read it like a normal book. I use it as a reference, just opening it where I want some information.
BTW, I read the German comedian‘s book long before I walked myself and while I enjoyed it I didn’t entice me to walk. I found it distinctly weird when pilgrims would tell me on the CF that this is where Hape did this and here’s where he did that. And another btw, I doubt that it translates well into another language so don’t start with this one should you ever decide to read a “Camino” book.
I am reading Hape's book now.The only camino-related book I read was the book "Ich bin dann mal weg / I'm off then" by Hape Kerkeling, the german comedian.
I recently read a medieval crimestory that partly take place on the Camino francès.
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Roland
I have read and heard from others about the translation. I am sure it is very good but I don’t think I will read it as much is lost in translation.Translating is an unappreciated art. You can't just do a word for word job. You need to understand both cultures.
I have read Hape's book in English, and the quality of the translation was poor, to put it mildly. I kept thinking, I bet that was funny in the original, but it just reads awkwardly here. I read it all, and quite liked the ending which I felt was quite 'tidy' compared with another book I read where the man just went back to his small holding and that was it.
I too have been given e-books as gifts. I find other people’s books boring and repetitive. Much like most of the videos on you tube for the same reason. I can’t get through more than a few pages. I much prefer reading albergue reviews on Gronze. It is much more fun to try to spot type triple A personalities and folks who could find fault looking at the Grand Canyon. I have found some videos good and after checking out a video for 2 minutes or less I can pretty much tell if I will like it. For many they love reading these books and watching these videos, for me not so much and o have even wondered reading an excerpt or two thinking what is this writer talking about? But that is me and to each their own.Hasn't read a Camino book? I did start one - The Year We Seized the Day, but for some reason I stopped part way. I guess that I'm just not that interested in reading other people's Camino stories, since I have my own! People who know that I've done several Caminos keep recommending books to me, and I have one on my shelf that was written by a friend - Pilgrims With Credit Cards, but I haven't cracked it open yet. I was just thinking about this today, with the book club thread, and also because another friend has offered to send me her copy of What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim.
Anyone else?
This is what the forum is for...no additional books are needed to learn of these particular things.but I don't feel the need to read about someone else's blisters, their sleepless nights because of snorers, or their slog in the rain up to O Cebreiro.
Ooo could you share the name of this crime story book please?The only camino-related book I read was the book "Ich bin dann mal weg / I'm off then" by Hape Kerkeling, the german comedian.
I recently read a medieval crimestory that partly take place on the Camino francès.
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Roland
Am I the only one who...
Hasn't read a Camino book?
I haven't read any except for two Camino preparation books prior to our first camino.I should have clarified what I meant by "Camino books." I'm referring to mostly memoirs, not guidebooks or packing guides.
That's the same movie and timeframe that I, too, was literally set in "motion".seven years since The Way set things in motion.
I’m not sure I want to admit it, but I quit counting how many Camino books I’ve read at 50. Some better than others, a very few are works of art. None can replace or even capture the experience of actually doing it. Looking forward to our third Camino in the Spring of 2022!Hasn't read a Camino book? I did start one - The Year We Seized the Day, but for some reason I stopped part way. I guess that I'm just not that interested in reading other people's Camino stories, since I have my own! People who know that I've done several Caminos keep recommending books to me, and I have one on my shelf that was written by a friend - Pilgrims With Credit Cards, but I haven't cracked it open yet. I was just thinking about this today, with the book club thread, and also because another friend has offered to send me her copy of What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim.
Anyone else?
I am interested in books about the history and culture of Spain, but I don't feel the need to read about someone else's blisters, their sleepless nights because of snorers, or their slog in the rain up to O Cebreiro.
Kerkling’s book is considered by many for the massive increase in German interest in walking the Way. The same can be said for the American, New Zealand and Australian interest born from the movie The Way with Martin Sheen.The only camino-related book I read was the book "Ich bin dann mal weg / I'm off then" by Hape Kerkeling, the german comedian.
I recently read a medieval crimestory that partly take place on the Camino francès.
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Roland
I am reading Hape's book now.
I assume the Camino crime story may possibly be the one written by @Terry Callery.?
I enjoyed this one, but it was years ago and I might need to read it again. For me, it makes a difference to read a professionally written and edited book (which Psychic is), vs. a self-published memoir. I will happily read both, but most of the latter I speed-read. I admire and enjoy (to varying degrees) the self-published ones, but I don't subject them to the same type of criticism that the "professional" ones can take.My friend, who hasn't walked the Camino, was telling me about What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim
THIS thread and others like it are what the forum is for - a community of people with one primary interest in common, and a number of secondary interests too.This is what the forum is for...no additional books are needed.
First time in my life that I find myself to be a member of a Book Club, and unexpectedly so.I'm sorry but I need to move this thread to the Pilgrim Books section of the forum! It sounds very much like a Book Club thread - Junior Version!
Hello! I walked the Camino Frances in 2015 after traveling to Spain for a retreat. Months before, I had a remarkably vivid dream in which I was walking on the way through rolling hills in the wind. When I told a friend about it, she gave me a slim book of maps that she had picked up but never used.Hasn't read a Camino book? I did start one - The Year We Seized the Day, but for some reason I stopped part way. I guess that I'm just not that interested in reading other people's Camino stories, since I have my own! People who know that I've done several Caminos keep recommending books to me, and I have one on my shelf that was written by a friend - Pilgrims With Credit Cards, but I haven't cracked it open yet. I was just thinking about this today, with the book club thread, and also because another friend has offered to send me her copy of What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim.
Anyone else?
I am a reader and I read all kinds of books. I enjoy history, philosophy, religion, science fiction, poetry, plays, literature from all eras, and fantasy to name just a few. Our home is filled with books; I collect books and found many to be some treasured friends.Hasn't read a Camino book? I did start one - The Year We Seized the Day, but for some reason I stopped part way. I guess that I'm just not that interested in reading other people's Camino stories, since I have my own! People who know that I've done several Caminos keep recommending books to me, and I have one on my shelf that was written by a friend - Pilgrims With Credit Cards, but I haven't cracked it open yet. I was just thinking about this today, with the book club thread, and also because another friend has offered to send me her copy of What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim.
Anyone else?
I didn't read a 'Camino' book before my first Camino and purposefully avoided the movie The Way. Why should I let a movie guide me or influence me? It was my Camino, my experience. There are many fine Camino authors and books out there and I've read a few since. Much more satisfying now.Hasn't read a Camino book? I did start one - The Year We Seized the Day, but for some reason I stopped part way. I guess that I'm just not that interested in reading other people's Camino stories, since I have my own! People who know that I've done several Caminos keep recommending books to me, and I have one on my shelf that was written by a friend - Pilgrims With Credit Cards, but I haven't cracked it open yet. I was just thinking about this today, with the book club thread, and also because another friend has offered to send me her copy of What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim.
Anyone else?
I saw "The Way" totally by accident and had no clue what it was about. It definitely influenced me or I never would have known about, nor walked my five Camino's.purposefully avoided the movie The Way. Why should I let a movie guide me or influence me?
Terence Callery has written a Camino crime story novel, "The First Pilgrim", published in 2020, available on Amazon, if anyone is nterested.Ooo could you share the name of this crime story book please?
Hasn't read a Camino book? I did start one - The Year We Seized the Day, but for some reason I stopped part way. I guess that I'm just not that interested in reading other people's Camino stories, since I have my own! People who know that I've done several Caminos keep recommending books to me, and I have one on my shelf that was written by a friend - Pilgrims With Credit Cards, but I haven't cracked it open yet. I was just thinking about this today, with the book club thread, and also because another friend has offered to send me her copy of What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim.
Anyone else?
I am a ‘sucker’ for Camino books and one of the most interesting I have read is Grandma’s on the Camino written by the granny herself Mary O’Hara Wyman who, at the age of 70, undertook to walk from St Jean to Santiago alone. She decided to leave her phone at home !! And only bought walking poles when she was several days into the walk. I won’t say anymore about it as I do not want to spoil anyone’s pleasure should they buy the book! But, I am reading this for the third time in a year!Hasn't read a Camino book? I did start one - The Year We Seized the Day, but for some reason I stopped part way. I guess that I'm just not that interested in reading other people's Camino stories, since I have my own! People who know that I've done several Caminos keep recommending books to me, and I have one on my shelf that was written by a friend - Pilgrims With Credit Cards, but I haven't cracked it open yet. I was just thinking about this today, with the book club thread, and also because another friend has offered to send me her copy of What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim.
Anyone else?
My husband and I read and enjoyed Pillars of the Earth. It was the perfect long story in audio format for our lengthy pilgrimage from Lisbon. We wear a single ear pod from a set so that we can listen from my phone. (Our free ear is for listening to nature, cyclists’ warning bells, and Buen Camino! greetings.)I have read 4 or 5 Camino related books; a couple written by forum members. All had merit in their own way imo. I agree, Tim Moore's "Spanish Steps" was very quirky and humorous.
A fascinating book, "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett, is a novel about the building of a great cathedral in Europe. It has been discussed elsewhere on the forum, but at 1000+ pages too lengthy for discussion as we hopefully will all be walking again before finishing up.
A great thread topic, @trecile and a nice change from the usual.
What a great idea, especially for such a long book! I have yet to listen to an audio book, by must give it's try in certain situations. A mini series was made based on the book and although I enjoyed it, I preferred the book by far.My husband and I read and enjoyed Pillars of the Earth. It was the perfect long story in audio format for our lengthy pilgrimage from Lisbon. We wear a single ear pod from a set so that we can listen from my phone. (Our free ear is for listening to nature, cyclists’ warning bells, and Buen Camino! greetings.)
I took John Brierly book on my first Camino and left it in the forest a few days later. The Camino needed to be what I made of it...after all, it was my pilgrimage... I found books distracting for me. The only helpful thing to me was data on my phone when I felt lost in order to reconnect to the path/find an alberge. That was infrequent. I did find one piece of advice given to me by an Outdoor Store owner in Southampton, Ontario. Canada. She never walked the Camino but gave me advise from a customer who did many: Halfway in the day when you stop for lunch/rest, take off your boots and socks, let them dry 15-20 mins or so. Put on a new clean pair of socks, you now have a brand new pair of feet to enjoy the rest of the days walk...IT WAS DEVINE!Hasn't read a Camino book? I did start one - The Year We Seized the Day, but for some reason I stopped part way. I guess that I'm just not that interested in reading other people's Camino stories, since I have my own! People who know that I've done several Caminos keep recommending books to me, and I have one on my shelf that was written by a friend - Pilgrims With Credit Cards, but I haven't cracked it open yet. I was just thinking about this today, with the book club thread, and also because another friend has offered to send me her copy of What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim.
Anyone else?
Treat your feet like friends and they will do the same for you.I took John Brierly book on my first Camino and left it in the forest a few days later. The Camino needed to be what I made of it...after all, it was my pilgrimage... I found books distracting for me. The only helpful thing to me was data on my phone when I felt lost in order to reconnect to the path/find an alberge. That was infrequent. I did find one piece of advice given to me by an Outdoor Store owner in Southampton, Ontario. Canada. She never walked the Camino but gave me advise from a customer who did many: Halfway in the day when you stop for lunch/rest, take off your boots and socks, let them dry 15-20 mins or so. Put on a new clean pair of socks, you now have a brand new pair of feet to enjoy the rest of the days walk...IT WAS DEVINE!
Agreed.A mini series was made based on the book and although I enjoyed it, I preferred the book by far.
I read every book I could get my hands on before my first Camino in 2005. I hate to admit that Shirley Maclean's introduced me to the Camino. I love history so I wanted to know about the places I was going to walk through along the way. Read more as they were published. Also watched some DVDs on returning. I have now donated most of my books to my local Camino chapter. I have hung onto "The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago".Hasn't read a Camino book? I did start one - The Year We Seized the Day, but for some reason I stopped part way. I guess that I'm just not that interested in reading other people's Camino stories, since I have my own! People who know that I've done several Caminos keep recommending books to me, and I have one on my shelf that was written by a friend - Pilgrims With Credit Cards, but I haven't cracked it open yet. I was just thinking about this today, with the book club thread, and also because another friend has offered to send me her copy of What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim.
Anyone else?
Yes!!! I'm reading Art of the Pilgrimage right now and one of my favorite lines isI am a reader and I read all kinds of books. I enjoy history, philosophy, religion, science fiction, poetry, plays, literature from all eras, and fantasy to name just a few. Our home is filled with books; I collect books and found many to be some treasured friends.
I have read a few books by those who have walked the Camino and I have enjoyed some of them and others not so much. It really is a personal taste issue - I can begin a book and never finish it and then a few years will pass and I will find it again and enjoy it.
It is like reading Herman Melville and just finding it tortuous to read as I did in high school. Or think of Juvenal, which many might find a true slog, but for me, I find great pleasure.
If you don't find it interesting, move on. If you find something you like, then relish it. During this time of COVID, few things are as pleasant as having the time to devote to a great book.
Yes and no. I've read various books of historical, archaeological and topographical relevance to the Camino, and a select few insightful personal - but not too personal - accounts, but with the notable exception of Kiernan's delightful cartoon production, I've no more interest in diary entries on daily distance, blisters and the dumping of mental and physical baggage than I have in reading anything relating to credit cardHasn't read a Camino book? I did start one - The Year We Seized the Day, but for some reason I stopped part way. I guess that I'm just not that interested in reading other people's Camino stories, since I have my own! People who know that I've done several Caminos keep recommending books to me, and I have one on my shelf that was written by a friend - Pilgrims With Credit Cards, but I haven't cracked it open yet.
Anyone else?
I finished The Year We Seized the Day and thought Elizabeth Best was honest and changed/uplifted by the Camino, but I thought Colin Bowles was probably insincere and just wrote a cursory "epiphany ending." But I hope he was helped, he needed it.Hasn't read a Camino book? I did start one - The Year We Seized the Day, but for some reason I stopped part way. I guess that I'm just not that interested in reading other people's Camino stories, since I have my own! People who know that I've done several Caminos keep recommending books to me, and I have one on my shelf that was written by a friend - Pilgrims With Credit Cards, but I haven't cracked it open yet. I was just thinking about this today, with the book club thread, and also because another friend has offered to send me her copy of What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim.
Anyone else?
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