Eating Styrofoam and Reading

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Taking a break from reading, "The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey" by Rinker Buck. This book takes one on a journey with Rinker and his brother Nicholas as they travel the Oregon Trail with mules and a covered wagon. The book talks about his memories, how he got the wonder lust bug and you learn so much other history, even putting to rest about the myths of Native American's attacking the wagon trains. There is so much humor sprinkled through out that had me laughing and shaking my head in awe at their experiences at the same time. I learned so much history about mules, George Washington, and the people who traveled it. I even learned how Oregon City got it's name. The year Rink, Nick and Nick's dog, Olive Oyl, set out on their four month journey, from Troy, Kansas to Baker, Oregon, was 2011. This was the first time in over a century to make an authentic crossing. They did have challenges such as the modern highways that paved over some of the trail. The book is so rich in history how the pioneers of the original wagon trains navigated the trip and how many of them died and wasn't due to Native American ambushes like the movies portray. The book has some color photos in the front inside jacket and peppered with black and white through-out. I found a photo showing a more close-up of the two on the wagon with Olive Oyl from the files of wsj.com articles. (https://www.wsj.com/articles/rinker-bucks-american-journey-1435678934) That is the one I'm posting here. It's a fun and heartfelt book and highly recommend. About the Styrofoam; air popped popcorn is horrid. It's like eating Styrofoam. So, I salted it. Now it's sea salt Styrofoam. I'm going to cave in and add some olive oil to stick to the kernels. Beats the purpose of having it lighter but I'm at the point of, "I don't care." Are you reading anything good you would recommend?