so-soI do love John McPhee, but I was never able to get into this. I tried four different times, over 16 months. I did finish. The topics are good. The Mississippi River would naturally have changed channels on 1973. A town in Iceland tries to save itself from a series of lava flows. And in LA one of the best places to live are the San Gabriel Mountains, where landslides and debris flows are coming everywhere, sooner or later.
pickA low Pick for the setting, which was well described. I found the story mostly satisfying, but I got impatient toward the end. That could be my reading mood though.
Just finished my reread of Huck Finn ahead of my reread of James for #CampLitsy24. This just reminded me of how much I don‘t care for Twain‘s style of writing even aside for all the “of its time” racism. I much prefer Everett‘s retelling, and I‘m looking forward to diving in again this weekend!!
pickI read this book to go along with reading James. It was interesting to read the different pov from James and Huck.
🌹 N. K. Jemisin, Glady Hendrix, Charlie Jane Anders, T.J. Klune
🌻 Siren Queen by Nghi Vo. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Also The Lord of the Rings (to be fair, I haven't actually read the series. I can never make it past page 100 of Fellowship)
🌺 The Giver by Lois Lowry. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Tagged book
@eggs #wondrouswednesday
Tagging @wildalaskabibliophile @texreader @doppoetry
pickThere were aspects of this I loved and those I didn‘t. If I have to be honest, it‘s closer to a so-so for me. I find Huck honest and I love his adventurous outlook on life. The constant use of the N word wore me down, and I found the section with the Duke just dragged on for me. I remember liking this a lot more when I read it as a kid.
so-soI wanted to listen to this ahead of James, but now I‘m worried I might be the only person on Earth who doesn‘t like James 🤣 The story was fine but hearing the n word on every page and that long part about the king and the Duke were just a lot. We‘ll see what happens when we read James for #CampLitsy in July!
pickElijah Wood does a great job narrating this book; he was Huck. The story was a lot of fun, although the section with the King & the Duke was just a tad too long. My only problem with the book was the constant use of the n word; it made me cringe every time. On to Percival Everett‘s James after I finish The Fox Wife. 3 mile #audiowalk today with no knee pain!
Not very interesting scenery but at least I got to walk today. I‘m still babying my knee but that steroid shot really did help. With such short walks though, it‘s going to take me longer to finish the 3 hours I have left. Huck is getting a master course on how to be a conman! #audiowalk
