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My favourites of the year! I gave just three 5 star reviews out of about 30 books ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ These were books that I couldn‘t put down and I didn‘t want to end 🥰

This type of thing is generally my jam, but this guy is irritating and at 40% I‘ve decided that I officially do not care to know any more about him or this hike of his. Somehow he has managed to make me both bored and bothered. Later, alligator.

I liked this little story! I appreciate when people appreciate nature; I should get out more when it‘s not icy. Extra credit for finding this in a little free library and gifting it to a friend.

A totally unrelated bookmark but the PNW does have woods so 🤷🏽‍♀️

I see why this one isn‘t one of the more popular Freida books. It‘s a no from me dawg.

I avoided this book for the longest time because the cover just didn‘t attract me but it ended up being worth the read!

Definitely a page turner. Lack of resolution at the end was frustrating but she gives enough info that you can make up your own mind about what happened to each hiker. Not exactly a work of literary genius but sometimes you need a plane read that will keep you interested.

After graduating from Middlebury College this 23-year-old embarked on an 11-month journey, walking from Pennsylvania to California, traveling thru the Deep South, parts of Navajo Nation, & the incredible heat of Death Valley. He carries Rilke & Walt Whitman with him & he includes their helpful quotes. He is lonely & tired but also overwhelmed by kindnesses. Some reviews complain of “navel-gazing” but I disagree. I was impressed with his efforts.

The Pacific Crest Trail is one of the toughest hikes in the US. Running between the Canadian/US border at one end & the US/Mexico border at the other, it totals 2653 miles. Its terrain encompasses whole gamut between deserts & snow-logged trails, minimal signage, & the local wildlife includes rattlesnakes & bears. Still, many people try to thru-hike (travel from one end to the other) [continued]

While I am glad they were able to spend more time together, I can‘t imagine the risks they ran or how much pain her husband was in at the beginning of each walk. Sometimes the tone felt very incongruous to the situation. I completely understood why people backed off in many cases when they learned the couple were homeless. No one likes to be reminded of how close we are to being homeless ourselves or of our mortality.

'Excited, afraid, homeless, fat, dying, but at least if we made that first step we had somewhere to go, we had a purpose. And we really didn't have anything better to do at half past three on a Thursday afternoon than to start a 630-mile walk.'