It sounds like a deep pool, in need of a lifeguard. http://faculty.vassar.edu/brvannor/ReadingGenji.pdf
Went trough my teen years reading everything I could find by Robert Ruark. He was in love with Africa.
Speaking of reading and writing, I've been getting emails from Bookbub with book recommendations. They let me know some books in my favorite genres that are low cost or free. They only send one email per day, so I'm not inundated with junk mail. I like the emails and book recommendations so much, that I decided to follow them on Twitter. When I did that, I looked over their tweet stream, which I always do when I follow someone, and discovered that they're looking for paid content providers. If you like books and are a decent writer, you could check it out and apply with them. It's not full time as far as I know, but is more of a freelance basis, which is most of us here seem to be more interested in anyway. Here's the link.
I have BookBub and get most of my books through them but I'm not a writer unfortunately. I may go check them out on twitter though, thanks.
Ike, I liked the Honey Badger very much. After reading it I read everything I could find on Ruark. I'm now reading some short stuff, "Stories for the Heart," and "Front Porch Tales."
I also use Bookbub, although I found that I had to seriously narrow down my selections in order not to get a really large list each day. I now only get 3-4, which makes it easier for me to look through and see if there are any that I want to read or buy. I think that Bookbub is a great deal for people who like to read a lot, and it is nice that you can be as broad or as narrow in your selection as you want to be. I usually find books by using the Kindle store, and just typing in an author or topic that I am interested in, and then searching through the results, both by relevance, and by price. Right now, I have been reading a religious book by Rob Skiba called "Babylon Rising, And the First Shall Be the Last". It is an interesting book about the Biblical End Times, and how it relates to the times we are living in now. Rob also goes into some of the lesser-known facts about Washington DC, and the different structures that are there, and how they relate to paganism. Rob Skiba is one of my favorite authors, and when I finish this book, I will probably read more of what he has written. I have an interest in end times prophecy; and that is one of the main things that he writes about. Since I have the Kindle, and an Amazon Prime membership, I am allowed to check out books from the Kindle Reading Library, and that is where I got this one. I like that I can read some of the more expensive books this way, rather than having to buy the book. You can only get one book at a time, and another when you return the first one; but it works really well for me because most of the more expensive books can be checked out this way. While I was on the trip, I downloaded a novel to read called "The Tenth Chamber", which is about an archeological find of ancient cave paintings , and has some interesting history as well as an exciting story line.
I also have kindle Unlimited which is $9.99 a month but am thinking of getting rid of it. I don't seem to really use it that much.
Unless a person did a whole lot of reading each month, the $10 monthly subscription price seems to be quite a bit. Amazon has two other programs that I really like though, and neither one costs extra if you have a Prime account. The first one is the Lending Library. You have to have an actual Kindle to use this option; but it allows you to read books that might be costly to buy. You can borrow them for as long as you want to read them, and can only have one book at a time. Once you return it, you can then borrow another book. The other program that I like is one where Amazon offers you several new books to choose from each month, and you can pick whichever one seems interesting to you and read/buy it for free. I don't think you have to have a Kindle for this one, and you can also use it if you do not have Prime; but then it costs $1.99 for the book (as opposed to the regular price). One of my favorite writers is Thomas Perry, who writes the Jane Whitefield series. Jane is a Native American who lives near the Great Lakes, and helps people "become invisible" when someone bad is trying to kill them. Perry is one of those writers that just keeps you turning the pages to see what happens next, while at the same time, not wanting the story to end. The latest book that I read is about Det. Jake Till, and his chase across the country to find a killer who is hiding with call girls and then killing them when he leaves. It is called "The Boyfriend" and it came as one of my special offers from Book Bub since I had listed Thomas Perry as one of my favorite authors.
I am currently reading The girl with the dragon tattoo. I started it some time ago but didn't get interested in it. This time around I got into it and so far I like it. I'm not quite halfway through it.
I have read the girl wth the golden tattoo and like you l started it and couldn't get into it then some months later started it again and really liked it. It's a good story, I think.