i have a solo coming up. im not a big reader but i need something "light", preferably funny to take along.

please give me your best suggestions. thanks! Jan

kanoes,
Glad to have you join us. You can look thru some of the previous posts and get a few suggestions. Also, for some "light" reading I list here a few for your consideration:
"They Shoot Canoes, Don't They" by Patrick McManus
"Northern Lites" by Jack Kraywinkle and
"Some of My Best Friends are Fishermen" by John Craig
canoerone

"A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson- very funny book about through-hiking the Appalachian Trail.

"The Woman Who Married a Bear" by John Straley- first in a series of mystery novels starring a fairly dysfunctional backwoods Alaskan detective. I laughed alot, but then I have a warped sense of humor.

Kanoes,

I have been trying to think of a book or books. I think I might have an idea. Light read, true short stories, and humerous.

"Poachers Caught!" Adventures of a Northwoods Game Warden, by Tom Chapin

Easy read. I like short stories like this. You can put it down at the end of a story. Some novels are hard to put down. Good bok for a solo.

I liked "Bush Pilots: Legends of the Old and Bold" a lot. Short stories by pilots out of Ely back in the hayday. Some funny stuff too about busting poachers and a great story about how these guys would get their girl in the plane and fly off to have lunch somewhere.

It's really a great read and by Bob Cary as well. Comes with a cd of interviews that Bob did with these old timers over a cup of coffee. Those were the days!

thanks all....this gives me many good options. ill be in the public library on monday. :)

The Final Frontiersman by James Campbell

I'll second Canoerone with a Patrick McManus book. I've read a couple and he always make me laugh. I recently read: Father water, Mother woods : essays on fishing and hunting in the North Woods by Gary Paulsen.

just an update. i went with Bush Pilots....its sealed in my gear pack right now. (left the cd at home for weight concerns..hahah) i paddle in monday. thanks again everyone!

Have a great trip Kanoes!

thanks mongo....i will. :)