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2017 Challenge prompts > A book set in the wilderness

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message 151: by Nadine in NY (new)

Nadine in NY Jones | 9721 comments Mod
Pioup wrote: "Has anyone read In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson? I'm guessing it's not 100% wilderness (they do have towns in Australia I hear ;) ) but I'm wondering if there is a significant porti..."

I read it a while ago, so I don't remember all of it (actually I think I dnf'ed it - it was a book club read and it was so slow that I just didn't finish it in time for our meeting, at which point I likely gave up). He does go through some of the open country in Australia, but mostly the book is about people he meets, and mostly those people are in towns and cities, so I wouldn't count it for "wilderness."


message 153: by Pioup (new)

Pioup | 54 comments Nadine wrote: "Pioup wrote: "Has anyone read In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson? I'm guessing it's not 100% wilderness (they do have towns in Australia I hear ;) ) but I'm wondering if there is a sig..."
Yeah, that was I was worried about. Thank you for your answer!


message 154: by Jo (new)

Jo (allweatherreader) | 50 comments Do we think Walden: Life in the Woods would count? Or is he too close to civilisation?

I really want to get a copy of The Thing Itself; I'm pretty sure the Antarctic counts!


message 155: by Chrissy (new)

Chrissy | 387 comments If anyone is looking for something YA to fit this challenge, I just came across Once Upon a River and it looks good.


message 156: by Laurel (new)

Laurel (lmalialis) | 11 comments I read The Wolf Road by Beth Lewis for this prompt, it was great!


message 157: by Chinook (new)

Chinook | 731 comments I read Ancestor, which is a thriller that takes place in remote, wilderness locations.


message 158: by Paige (new)

Paige Etheridge I'm thinking about doing a book about space instead. I usually lover forest themes, but I've been struggling to find a book. I did read some definitions in dictionaries that while wilderness is usually a terrestrial environment, oceans and space can count as well.


message 159: by Tara (new)

Tara Bates | 1008 comments Space can definitely count. I'd count any unpopulated, little explored place where you could get lost and not see other people if they weren't already with you lol


message 160: by Paige (new)

Paige Etheridge I ended up blasting through What We See in the Stars: An Illustrated Tour of the Night Sky. Several definitions in dictionaries included space, so I felt comfortable. Thanks Tara!


message 161: by Christine (new)

Christine | 9 comments Force of Nature. Ok not as great as her first - The Dry


message 162: by Anshita (new)

Anshita (_book_freak) | 273 comments Ever since last year, I've been meaning to read Lumberjanes #1. This year I've not read many graphic novels, but this could be a start to that binge-read.


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