Old Friends

Since I've gone back to 1986 with my last book (here) it was funny to see an old friend in the form of a book staring at me when I went over to my parent's house last week. A Voyage for Madmen (here) is a nonfiction book about a race to circumnavigate the globe, one man, in a sailboat, no stops. I think nine men tried it. I won't ruin the book and tell you how many made it back or what happened to them. My brother was in town, and as it was he who was reading it . . . he was the one who enticed and cajoled me to read it.

I loved this book. I'm not at all nautically minded. I can't even remember the last time I sailed on a boat, but this book grabs the readers attention and hooks them with their own imagination of what these men went through in their race around the world. I referenced it after I read it (here). I need to add it to my "To Be Read" list. It will be good to read again.