pickI sympathize with Chris McCandless‘ family over his loss, but also understand how he hurt them with his unstinting moral code. It seemed to be more than youthful hubris. A deliberate unwillingness to communicate with loved ones caused them all so much hurt. If he had come out of the Alaska wilderness alive, one hopes that he would have learned enough from the experience of extreme isolation to resolve his familial differences. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.
#ABookADay2025
pickThe risk and costs of a climbing adventure gone wrong in a remote Alaskan mountain range for 2 climbing couples. Unfortunate but interesting.
#Read2025 #LitsyAtoZ #Bookspinbingo #Pantone2025
pickI was thinking about this book again because I was listing my favorite movies of the century (#8). So many passages resonated. The simple pleasures. The shock of the third world. The desperation. The awe. The disconnection from modern society. The discoveries of unknown ways of life. I too will die happy. I too, wanted freedom and got it. Was it worth it? It can't be answered. You can only live one life.
pickI‘ve wanted to read this ever since reading Into Thin Air years ago. It‘s an interesting story- Chris was not much older than I am, and I knew people who held a moral compass *somewhat* similar to his… but should never actually go to the lengths he did. It seems a small mistake might have been his undoing, but I really don‘t know how he would have lived if he had survived.
Yes to Fall swaps! 🍂🍁
Just signed up for the Falling For Fall Swap hosted by @Avanders @Chrissyreadit
So excited!
so-soFaina, a surprise arrival in the snow, didn‘t capture my attention like she did her adopters (and perhaps creators) Jack and Mabel. Faina‘s mere presence, a kind of miracle in their lonely lives, is the event but the somewhat blank girl doesn‘t do much beyond showing up and—as we humans often can‘t resist—leaving. Most of the characters in the book take a hike, to discover who they are and can be.
pickMy #bookspin this month was a historical fiction about the exploration of the Wolverine River through Alaska, the first successful trip by white men.
While the exploration part was interesting, I preferred the other part of the story is about Sophie, the wife of the lead explorer. She is left behind near Seattle, and finds a new interest in photography of birds and nature, in the days when the art of photography was new.
