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A very enjoyable read, full of humor and some good laughs!Travels with My Donkey by Tim Moore
it was this book that led my to my very first Camino steps
This book is the reason I first walked the Camino
- The Year We Seized the Day by Elizabeth Best and Colin Bowles
I can second this book, I read it during my second Camino, laughed myself to sleep each nightTravels with My Donkey by Tim Moore
I would have had this in my list but for criterion number 2 in the original post.A Furnace Full of God, by Rebekah Scott
Off The Road: A Modern-Day Walk Down The Pilgrims Route Into Spain.
By Jack Hitt
AUTHOR | TITLE | PAPER | E-BK | AUDIO | |
1 | Codd, Kevin A. | To the Field of Stars: A Pilgrim's Journey to Santiago de Compostela | Yes | Yes | |
2 | Downie, David | Paris to the Pyrenees | Yes | Yes | Yes |
3 | Gabarain, Antxon Gonzalex | The Great Westward Walk | Yes | Yes | |
4 | Hitt, Jack | Off The Road: A Modern-Day Walk Down The Pilgrims Route Into Spain | Yes | Yes | |
5 | Kevin, Tony | Walking the Camino (from Granada) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
6 | Piper, Ailsa | Sinning Across Spain: Walking the Camino | Yes | Yes | Yes |
7 | Rupp, Joyce | Walk in a Relaxed Manner | Yes | Yes | |
8 | Simsion, Graeme, and Anne Buist | Two Steps Forward: A Novel | Yes | Yes | Yes |
9 | Sumption, Jonathan | Pilgrimage | Yes | Yes | |
10 | Ward, Robert | All the Good Pilgrims: Tales of the Camino de Santiago | Yes | Yes |
I started reading that book a year ago, but although interesting, it was too "mystical" for my particular taste.The Pilgrimage by Paul Coelho
I started reading that book a year ago, but although interesting, it was too "mystical" for my particular taste.
Yes...the Camino was mystical for me. I don't need a guide to the Camino....I would like to discuss about the mystical aspects of the camino with others that they experienced.I started reading that book a year ago, but although interesting, it was too "mystical" for my particular taste.
A couple of chapters in and I was done.You are too kind in your description....
Someone just created a thread here for[Edit] Sorry. I've reported below on an older thread with a recent posting.
The list doesn't depend on which Camino route. At this point, it is just a list of 10 books about the Camino, selected from suggestions in the thread above. We will vote on which one(s) to use in a new "Book Club" thread. If this goes well, we'll try another book, and we might even open the list for more suggestions.Can the book list idea be expanded to include all the Caminos including the Francigena?
This is too deep for me, Rick...just sayin'. I hope it's too late to enter it this time around.Is it too late to suggest ...
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Only because nobody nominated it in time. I'll add it to the growing list for future consideration.I'm surprised "I'm Off
Then" by Hape Kerkeling is not in the offering
If you give me a link showing its availability to forum members in English, I'll add it to the growing list.Is it too late to suggest
(I'm not committing to a comprehensive list of books about the Camino!)
- The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago: The Complete Cultural Handbook, by David M. Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson
The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago: The Complete Cultural Handbook, by David M. Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson
Here's a secret - I'll post tomorrow with a thread to start with this book, while we vote on the second.I would like to read and talk about it with you all. But maybe we shall start with an easier book?
Hape is definitely an inspiration for German peregrinos - every single one I walked with had read his book, or heard about the Camino because of him.I'm surprised "I'm Off Then" by Hape Kerkeling is not in the offering. As I understand, it was very instrumental in Germans walking the pilgrimage and I met quite a few of them myself. I am in the process of reading it now as it was translated into English
I'm only a third of the way through the book so far and he has already taken a bus ride.Hape is definitely an inspiration for German peregrinos - every single one I walked with had read his book, or heard about the Camino because of him.
However, like Coelho, there does seem to be some doubt over how much of the route he actually walked!
My favourites are:Some great ideas for a Forum Book Club were suggested on a Zoom call today. I'm outlining a simple approach below, and let's see how it goes.
Here is the plan:
Here are some ideas on criteria for selected books, but we can adjust as appropriate:
- Develop a list of candidate books. People suggest books in the thread below, and I update the list in post #2.
- At intervals, we start a new thread - one book per thread, and one new book/thread every couple of weeks or so.
- We'll try to put the list in tentative order, so people have a few weeks to find and read books if they want.
- If you can't read the book at the time of the initial discussion, you can still comment on the thread in the future.
[By the way, there is no reason that any forum member cannot start a new thread on a book as long as they respect Rule #3 about commercial posts. However, if we do this in an organized "Book Club" fashion, we might get better interaction among interested forum members. Also, we can stretch out the experience over the months as we wait patiently to walk!]
- Camino de Santiago is a central theme.
- Generally not self-published memoirs, particularly by forum members (i.e. Book should be written and edited professionally, and we want to avoid both self-promotion and hurt feelings.)
- May be paper book, e-book or audio book.
- Maybe be fiction or non-fiction, but generally not strictly "guide books".
- For selection of "next book," I'll get it started, but maybe we can have an occasional poll for input.
With all this in mind, make your book suggestions below, and I will start the ball rolling.
Thanks for that, just ordered it."Pilgrimage," by Jonathan Sumption. THE book on medieval European pilgrims and pilgrimage, including but not limited to Santiago. Very readable.
I didn't like it, and didn't finish itI started reading that book a year ago, but although interesting, it was too "mystical" for my particular taste.
I'm not sure how that would work, as I have only been on a few of those zoom calls. Here on the forum, more people can participate - in their own time zones!I suggest we set up a separate time for the book club forum instead of using our usual forum time on Tuesdays.
In these Covidian times, and without the opportunity to embark on the physical walk, I have been on a virtual pilgrimage, through the Camino literature, travelogues and histories, but only decided recently to put them all together and I am SHOCKED at how many I have! How does other people's collections compare? And is there anything glaringly missing?Some great ideas for a Forum Book Club were suggested on a Zoom call today. I'm outlining a simple approach below, and let's see how it goes.
Here is the plan:
Here are some ideas on criteria for selected books, but we can adjust as appropriate:
- Develop a list of candidate books. People suggest books in the thread below, and I update the list in post #2.
- At intervals, we start a new thread - one book per thread, and one new book/thread every couple of weeks or so.
- We'll try to put the list in tentative order, so people have a few weeks to find and read books if they want.
- If you can't read the book at the time of the initial discussion, you can still comment on the thread in the future.
[By the way, there is no reason that any forum member cannot start a new thread on a book as long as they respect Rule #3 about commercial posts. However, if we do this in an organized "Book Club" fashion, we might get better interaction among interested forum members. Also, we can stretch out the experience over the months as we wait patiently to walk!]
- Camino de Santiago is a central theme.
- Generally not self-published memoirs, particularly by forum members (i.e. Book should be written and edited professionally, and we want to avoid both self-promotion and hurt feelings.)
- May be paper book, e-book or audio book.
- Maybe be fiction or non-fiction, but generally not strictly "guide books".
- For selection of "next book," I'll get it started, but maybe we can have an occasional poll for input.
With all this in mind, make your book suggestions below, and I will start the ball rolling
Thanks for the information about your book. This is covered by Rule 3, exception 1, found here.(I'm not sure of the protocol here, but Bob suggested I post about my book.)
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