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August group read - nominate a book set in the wilderness
This probably seems a little obvious, but Wild by Sheryl Strayed has been on my TBR list for a long time. I've heard it's good for group reads as well.
I was going to do Wild too, but it would be great if it was a group read.
I've been wanting to read The Land Breakers by John Ehle
Here's what I've been reading for the prompt: Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them by Donovan Hohn.
A charming, fun non-fiction choice. :)
A charming, fun non-fiction choice. :)
Another vote here for Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Kelly wrote: "The Eagle Tree by Ned Hayes"May be of use to check out these books (I understand many may enter their choices from an app that makes adding links difficult.)
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold
The Eagle Tree by Ned Hayes
The Land Breakers by John Ehle
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (The order entered here is only the order from which I grabbed these from the posts above. If a goodreads link was already included, I did not repeat here. )
In addition, I'd like to nominate a book that has been around for awhile, but is a delightful read:
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson(I can't nominate another, but if it has been awhile since you have read them, I encourage reading one of Jack London's into the wilderness stories. Or perhaps one of the polar expeditions.)
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The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael FinkelFrom Msg 20:
The Revenant by Michael PunkeFrom Msg 31:
Walking the Amazon: 860 Days. The Impossible Task. The Incredible Journey by Ed StaffordLook to be some wonderful suggestions on this entire thread -- and some big question marks about how to use one's time as I read the reviews.
I've read wild but it is great! I'd like to nominate the stranger in the woods by Michael Finkel
I'm not sure if it will count but when I read this book I really felt like it was set in the Russian wilderness and the forest setting was important to the plot. The Bear and the Nightingale
I have been wanting to read this for a long time:One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd Jim Fergus
The Snow Child!
Walking the Amazon: 860 Days, One Step at a Time by Ed Stafford It's by the 1st person to walk the entire length of the Amazon. It's so good.
The Bear and the Nightingale because I just got is on audiobook.
And yet another vote here for Wild by Cheryl Strayed
The Last One by Alexandra Oliva is what I read for this prompt. Pretty good survival story with a little twist.
Melody wrote: "Lord of the Flies by William Golding"I second Lord of the Flies... that's the one I put down to read for this topic.
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson.
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