Savage Black — 18 weeks agoStill as good a book as ever. For these longest time these were the only books I read. And every so often I have to go back and re-read my faves—this one, the Island Stallion, the Mystery of the Black Stallion. I’m still Alec and I’m nearing 50 and a girl.
a terrific tool — 20 weeks agoactually, I’m not finished with this book (like many of Deepak’s that I always seem to be reading parts and pieces of) but I did turn it back into the library this time. Although I’ll get it out again soon. Actually, I think the idea has been as important as the actual techniques in the book.
much hot air signifying nothing — 21 weeks agoWhatever this book is about, it isn’t about walking the AT. Bryson (despite his protestations at the conclusion) did not walk the AT. The really sad part is that the only worthwhile parts of this book are about he and Katz WALKING the AT. Which they did a LITTLE of. They walked from Springer to Clingman’s, then rented a car to Shenandoah and walked a LITTLE there, then they dropped out of the 100 Mile Wilderness after a day.
And when he writes about walking, he has something to say. Otherwise he gives miniature and mostly wildly inaccurate lectures about murders on the trail, forest pests, Stonewall Jackson, and the like.
On top of that, at first I thought he just was a regular Yankee bigot and didn’t like Southerners but turns out he doesn’t like anyone, at least not from the way he characterizes everyone else as miscreants.
Despite all the reasons I didn’t like this book, it still gets an “it’s ok” rating because he really would be a good writer, and he is when he has something to say.
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