June on the Range: Reading Update
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- June on the Range: Reading Update
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In honor of June on the Range, I read the first book of the Louis Lamour "Sackett" series "Sackett's Land". To my surprise, rather than a Western, it's set partially in Elizabethan England (!) and partially in what would eventually become America. Not really a Western, more of an adventure story that has some scoundrels and heroes. Still a great book.
Yes, I did enjoy that one. The first two books were not exactly westerns but definitely essential to the series.
Don't worry if you can't read as much as you wanted. The fact that you've gotten so many people interested in reading a once popular, neglected genre is very commendable. From all I've seen, this has been a huge success. A tip of the cowboy hat to you.
Thank you. I’m really pleasantly surprised by the positive reception June on the Range has gotten.
I finished last week Lonesome Dove ( for June of the Range) and not only became my favorite book of the year but also my favorite book fo all time, along with War & Peace, Les miserables & Ana Karerina. Thanks to you!
Wow! What great company Lonesome Dove is in!
I got back in the saddle for the first time in ages with Last Stand At Saber River by Elmore Leonard. Short, sweet and intensely cinematic. It would be easy to imagine this as an above average, budget movie starring maybe Glenn Ford.
On those western movies, not a penny of that budget was wasted and for Leonard, not a word is wasted. The way he sets things up, basically in a handful of paragraphs is a wonder to behold.
I have not read that one. Obviously I need to!
I’m a viewer! I’m not the fastest reader but I did finish The Sisters Brothers for June On The Range! There were guns-for-hire and horses and men in hats.
Thanks for creating June on the range. I have enjoyed reading Riders of the Purple Sage and the sequel The Rainbow Trail. I never would have picked them up if it wasn't for you.
Well it certainly has been a great event Michael I have really enjoyed it already looking forward to next year 😆
I’m really happy you have had such a good time with June on the Range!
Great update! You’ve definitely got me back into Westerns.
I noticed! Thanks.
I’m currently reading _Born to Trouble_ and have just gotten to the part where Jim Trammel is framed. I’m enjoying it so far, even though it sure looks like the kid has bitten off more than he can chew in that corrupt mining town.
Yeah, he’s pretty much the worst detective!
Like you, I haven't read as many Westerns as I hoped, because I tend to have several books going simultaneously in different genres, so June on the Range has been competing with Plutarch's Lives, Bleak House, and my ongoing reread of Sherlock Holmes. But I did manage to complete Riders of the Purple Sage and volume one of Louis L'Amour's Collected Short Stories, both of which were stellar reads! I can't say enough about how great L'Amour's short stories are. I am torn between moving on to the second volume or starting back at the beginning and rereading volume one. It was that good! Looks like L'Amour will be part of my reading lineup for the foreseeable future. Thanks for your inspiration!
Thanks for taking part! And it looks like westerns have some tough competition this month!
Great video! I think I've learned that Westerns are something fun I can dive into once in a while but maybe not marathon them in a single month haha. Still a genre I can pepper in once in a while which is something I never would have thought before this month!
Yes, be sure to mix it up with Slashers! 🤠 🔪!
I have been hearing about “June on the range“ from others
I am currently doing a reading project.
#1962project is where I read books published in, given an award or translated into English in
1962.
So following Wikipedia I scoured the lists for books published in 1962.
I found “Three-cornered War“ by Richard Wormser - and though formula written - and the chapters especially early on were very short - I was twenty plus pages in and in chapter seven! It felt like a worked up screenplay where each scene was given chapter. The stereotypes were out in force - more accurately shorthand was used a lot.
Just received another western today - a Karl May pulp western written in Germany in the nineteenth century. It fits my project as Karl May's works went out of copyright in 1962 so there were a flurry of adaptations that year - including films, audiobooks and a radio adaption on singles.
This is my first foray into the genre and so far hadn't been an off putting experience so far.
Lonesome Dove is on my target list for after #1962project which is running to March 2023.
Next year I'll have to plan better so I can participate. It's great to hear that you've enjoyed what you've been reading.
Poetry Crone, in her june on the range found a book of Louis L'Amour poetry called "Smoke From This Altar" and also a great old book of Australian Poetry called "bush poetry" which is the same as cowboy poetry. The book is called "The Man From Snowy River" by Banjo Peterson.
Also one of Louis L'amour poems she used for horror mayhem.
It's been a great month of readin pardner. I's read: Bloody Season; Journal of the Gun Years; The Gunfight; The Ox-Bow Incident; Shane; and currently reading The Searchers. I have Payback too which I hope to get to by the end of the month.
That’s a bunch of great books! I hope they didn’t cost you a pile of gold to purchase!
I started late due to real life getting in the way, but I've had so much fun. Next year I'll make sure to participate the whole month!
Thanks! I appreciate you joining in. I’ve also been having trouble with real life.
I’ve enjoyed June in the Range immensely! I’ve branched off a little at the moment reading nonfiction memoirs about cowboy/pioneer days, but I will resume reading westerns tomorrow to finish out the month.
That’s great to hear! Thanks for joining us!
Just checking in with my favorite booktubers.
Hey Scully!
I heard the rights of Conan were sold again. To Titan? I never would have even noticed before I started watching your videos. 😉
First, love the threads. Looks like you’ve had a pretty productive month on the range so far! My month has been horrible unproductive, so I haven’t gotten to my western yet 😢
That’s okay. I’m sure War and Peace is taking up most of your time.
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Maybe you should check out the Holmes on the Range books. As both a Holmes fan and Western fan they are great.
I'll second Holmes on the Range. Those books are a lot fun and very well done. Steve Hockensmith, the writer of the series, did a fair amount of research on how the Old West was really like.
Yes, you have to read Lonesome Dove.
Thanks for the recommendation! I will definitely check those books out.
Given June on the Range is about westerns I was wondering if you have read any of CJ Box's Joe Pickett stories? They are set in modern times but are basically detective stories with a very western flavour. Another CJ Box but a stand alone and even more western is Blue heaven. Good reads
Not yet but I have heard great things about the Joe Pickett books. I’ll definitely get to them.
I finished my June on the Range books. Ranked from worst to best.
The Virginian by Wister. I didn't feel like I got close to any of the characters and knew any of their motivations.
Riders of the Purple Sage. I liked it but wasn't thrilled. Perhaps his very first western may not have been the best to start as I felt the bumps.
Six Gun Snow White by Catherynne Valente. A fantasy western retelling of Snow White, where Snow White is half Native half white. It was good and very fast paced.
House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday about a young man of the Kiowa Nation coming of age and asking the big spiritual questions with a side plot with a Catholic priest also asking the big spiritual questions. Which, wouldn't it be the one that landed for me? The deeply introverted, reflective meditative one?
Lucky you. I wish that I was going to read Lonesome Dove for the first time. You will wish it were even longer.
It’s pretty good so far. Of course I’ve only just started it.
The Westerns of Donald Hamilton are quite good. Smoky Valley & Mad River for example. Also Ernest Haycox's short stories are worth a read.
Excellent! Thanks!
THE start could probably be “the virginian”
Preacher and the mountain Caesar, by William Johnstone, features a mountain man, fighting a wacko who is trying to revive ancient Rome in America. Batshit fart at the moon crazy tale, I was entertained from start to finish.
That certainly sounds like a genuine Johnstone plot!
i want to send rhonda the cowboy set costume on chewy
Ha! Rhonda has refused to dress like a cowboy. She has put her paw down on that one. Thanks though!
I would like to hear your individual review of Payback at Morning Peak. Also, your opinion of Lonesome Dove when you finish it.
I’m not sure I’ll do a review of Payback. It would be me saying “well, this book is okay” and little else.
You're doing so much better then me. I've only finished two Westerns so far, lol. Though I'm currently 200 pages into Lonesome Dove. I'm not far enough in to have a finalized opinion, but so far I have mixed feelings about it.
Interesting. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it. I just started it and am only a few pages in. Good so far!
For June on the range I read Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove and made a short review video of this book. Spoiler free. Steve Donoghue talked about this book and I was happy I was almost done. In my opinion Lorena going on the trail with them is kinda a spoiler. She decides to leave awhile in the story and the things that happen to her are nice not to know before I read it.
I literally just started Lonesome Dove. It’s pretty good so far!
I thought the Lonesome Dove saga was excellent
What's the best Western horror novel? The only thing that kind of pokes at my mind is The Totem by David Morrell, although I'm not sure that totally counts. I know they're out there. EDIT: Just as I finished typing my question, you started talking about the Matheson novel.
Michael, are there any Dean Koontz books that you like?
I liked a lot of his books from his earlier years.
Have you ever read the sudden series written by Oliver strange?