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3☆ The premise of the book was very intriguing, and the authors description of the National Parks she visited-all but 1 park, were great. Alas her personality throughout the book is irritating and way too self centered. And she wonders why she is where she is!

The nature writing in this was great, but the non stop relationship issues not so much. #20in4 book 1/4

While this was a decent read, I was expecting a bit more focus on her journey through all the national parks and less relationship woes with her (ex)boyfriend. The descriptions we got of her travels were beautiful & inspiring, but I was hoping for more of them. I understand that it's a memoir though and obviously her trip changed her life in many ways. I admire her courage for traveling the country mostly solo, especially during a global pandemic.

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@BarbaraBB @Cinfhen

I loved the idea of this book: a woman taking a year off to explore America‘s national parks, without the foresight of knowing what 2020/covid/pandemic would bring to things. The story was less about the travel & parks & more about the author‘s struggles with romance/anxiety/life in general. Life is hard and 2020 increases that tenfold, and Emily shares all of it in a real way. Just wasn‘t the story I expected.