pickI picked it up because I've never read a horror story set in the desert, and I was pleasantly surprised. This was a pretty effective, tight thriller. 270 pages flew by! I thought I guessed the twist pretty early, but started to doubt myself as the story continued, which matches the mentality of the characters, and that's pretty impressive. TR: Discussion of rape, though the event is not described.
“I would never have started this trip if I had known how tough it was, but I couldn't and wouldn't quit.”
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Emma Gatewood was the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first person to walk it twice and she did it all after the age of 65.
#WalkingHiking
#Falling
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pickI am so saddened that I finished this because it was so much fun.
I loved Helen right from the opening chapter. There's so much realness to her. She's smart, opinionated, fierce, passionate and full of try. She's just trying her best. She's a year divorced & is trying to pull herself together & is ready to start with a wilderness survival course that ends up being nothing like she expected but an opening to somethings that she needed.
#25in2025
This book resonated with me in a way I wasn‘t prepared for. What a journey.
I read six books in August. Three physical books and three audiobooks. August was a month of unique reads but I enjoyed most of them. I‘ll consider that a success.
Full wrap up: https://wildwoodreads.com/2025/09/02/august-2025-wrap-up/
pickIsraeli Yossi, American Kevin, and Swiss Marcus are mochileros (backpackers) in Bolivia who decide they want to see a real jungle and Indian village. They hire a man, Karl, to guide them through the forest. As the title makes obvious, everything goes terribly wrong. These mochileros have no idea that their enthusiasm isn‘t enough to get them out alive. It is gruesome and harrowing. Yossi lives to write the book—so there‘s that. Yossi spends ⬇️
I've read a fair number of articles about this controversy, but this is the first one that addresses the ableism of it all. It's worth the read.
https://lithub.com/nature-is-not-going-to-cure-you-on-raynor-winns-fabricated-me...
