The book was a decent overview of Muir's life, but I found it quite dry. The author often stuck to the bare facts of Muir's work and travels without any explanation as to what was driving him. Not a bad read, but I wouldn't recommend.
Pictured: eerie turquoise water of North Cascades National Park. Minerals in the glacier runoff cause the odd color. John Muir studied glacier movement in America.
#nationalparks #readoutdoors #extremereading

John Muir, in a letter to his wife during his first visit to Rainier:
"Did not mean to climb it, but got excited, and soon was on top. "
The picture is Rainier seen from halfway up Tolmie Lookout. John was clearly much more fit than I!
#hiking #nationalparks #nature

1) Lost City of the Monkey God was scientific and exciting. That's a winning combo in my book!
2) Sissy. Because my sibling couldn't pronounce my real name.
3) Ohh, tough choice! Mozzarella sticks are amazing, but it's hard to beat crispy onion rings.
4) More hiking! I've spent the week touring national parks and I'm not done yet!
5) Just two. ☹ "Es ist Freitag" and "it's Friday!"
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Finished up Sourcery on the way back from Olympic today, and even my good mood from all the mountains and hiking couldn't make me enjoy it. The book started out beautifully, lots of humor, an interesting antagonist, but the middle went downhill. Two- dimensional supporting characters, predictable plot, and one of those "forget it ever happened" endings. Ugh! I gave it a so-so because the first half really was funny.
#extremereading #nationalparks

Need some light reading for the car rides in between hikes. This is Mt Rainier, seen from Tolmie Peak. I've never been to the northwest before, it's so lush and green!
#extremereading #nationalparks #hiking #terrypratchettrocks

So, I originally picked this up to be polite as a new friend had strongly recommended it.Good grief, I had no idea adventures like this could happen in the real world! Douglas Preston was part of an expedition to search for a fabled "lost city" in Honduras back in 2015. Preston's story is chock full of huge snakes, infectious diseases, and well- researched history in a part of the world which I know little about.
#realadventure #travel #truestory

1) Recommended this to a friend just last week. He loves it!
2) Mission Impossible: Fallout. Er, I don't watch movies much?
3) Watermelon, for sure!
4) Oh goodness. 20-odd first cousins, the last time I checked.
5) @Monstershaped welcome to Litsy!
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The lovely @nerdcornerbooks recommended this one, and I'm glad she did. The Rosie Project is a pick for me, but a mild one. The plot was nothing spectacular, the writing fairly good, but the story unfolding through an autistic person's eyes was very different. I've worked with several people who thought like Don, so seeing it in narrative format really clarified how they thought.

From The Rosie Project. A fun read which is turning out to be surprisingly informative. The narrator appears to be on the autism spectrum, and his insights and reactions to social situations are quite interesting.
Thanks for the recommendation, @nerdcornerbooks !

No storms this weekend, so I made it to my reading spot. Got through the first chapter of Night Circus before the sun became too much.
#extremereading #serioussunshine

1) Going Postal is my favorite Terry Pratchett book! (So far) I've read it at least 4 times.
2) Puffy, hands down. Crunchy always feel stale to me.
3) Er, both? I'm a morning bird, so I often see both anyway.
4) I'd go on a massive Thriftbooks shopping spree!
5) 1st grade, because that's when reading became fun!
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I picked this up for an #ownvoices read as part of a #habitica reading challenge. The description sounded right up my alley- recipes, history, and a touch of the fairy tale. The reality was a good deal stranger. There were several bizarrely sexual scenes and mystical elements mixed in with references to Mexican history and step- by- step recipes.
The whole thing was very jarring.

I had planned to hike to a nice reading rock to enjoy the afternoon, but this sky was lurking over the first ridge. Barely made it back to the car before the hail started!
Credit where it is due, the storm was doing an excellent imitation of the 1812 Overture

1) I got my computer algorithm to work!
2) Zion national park. I can't wait to go back there!
3) Cake trumps pie every time in my world.
4) YES. My Saturday plans include another hike with a book.
Bit late, but too much fun to pass up!

Yep, just as good as I remembered! The characters are believable and sympathetic, the plot is good, and the story well- told. Something I particularly appreciate is that the hero escapes each situation in a believable manner- the are no crazy coincidences where the hero prevails through a weird set of circumstances. I definitely recommend, and will likely reread it myself again!

Took my book for a walk yesterday! Then promptly got lost in the story and ended up rather sunburnt. Still worth it!
#hiking #extremereading

I picked this off my shelf for my next #habitica #modestreadingchallenge read. Absolutely loved this in high school, but don't think I've read it since. Which is a real shame considering a mutual love of this book is how I met my best friend!
I'm excited to see if the book is as good as I remember.

I had read this years ago and completely forgotten I even owned it. In a happy coincidence, it came up in a #habitica challenge right as the show premiered on Netflix. So I had to read it. I loved every minute of it! I had completely forgotten how funny Crowley and Aziraphale's interactions were!

Hi! I'm brand- new to Litsy and really looking forward to meeting more bookworms.
1) Chronicles of Narnia! I've loved them since I was little.
2) Definitely horseradish. Forced to eat it to be polite one too many times as a kid.
3) Wiggly things with more than 8 legs attached! 😱
4) One sister, and she's pretty cool
5) That's the goal here!
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