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One By One: A gripping psychological thriller with a twist you won't see coming! | Freida McFadden

Book Haul - husband wanted to spend time walking around town while we waited for the movie to start. Of course book store = book haul 🖤🖤🖤🖤

ShelleyBooksie Ohh!! Those all sound good. 1w

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wildwoodreads

A Walk in the Woods | Bill Bryson

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/

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Lost in the Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Adventure and Survival | Yossi Ghinsberg

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Israeli 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 ⬇️

Texreader what feels like an eternity getting to the hike, especially the relationship between them. But he continues that level of detail throughout, and it seems he wants to do right by the men who started the journey with him to acknowledge what each man went through. Whatever you do, don‘t listen to the audiobook. The narrator doesn‘t sound human (I confirmed it‘s not AI). He over-enunciates (annoying!) and provides almost no emotions. I quit ⬇️ 2w

Texreader the audiobook and checked out the ebook. So glad I did. I recommend it but beware, this is sheer survival mode. If ever one could have almost every bad thing happen, it happened to Yossi. I hope to see the movie Jungle with Daniel Radcliffe now, but I hope it is not so gruesome. #Bolivia #foodandlit @Catsandbooks 2w

LiseWorks I saw the movie, it was good. 2w

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lil1inblue

The Salt Path | Raynor Winn

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...

shortsarahrose Thanks for sharing this article! I have not read The Salt Path or heard about the controversy, but I am always down to read a solid critique of ableist discourse. I might have to read some of Polly Atkin‘s own work now. 3w

IriDas Thanks. I will enjoy this thoroughly. I‘ve been trying to tell people this when I was in academia and they would just throw supposed research that proves their point, while never questioning what sorts of people were included and excluded in the research. Now we‘ve got some sh*t head (RFK,jr) saying we need to send our autistic children to “camps” and “farms” to cure them. 3w

lil1inblue @shortsarahrose You're most welcome! I added 2 of Polly Atkin's books to my TBR after reading the article. I really appreciated this perspective. 3w

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lil1inblue @IriDas 🙌 🙌 🙌 3w

ChaoticMissAdventures Thank you! I was reading an article about their lies that started with why they actually lost their house and I realized "Moth" was still making appearances and how unbelievable that would be. I had not realized until then how long ago they started pulling this scam. 3w

squirrelbrain When the news first broke in the UK there were stories of people with the same condition that Moth supposedly had, who had been given hope by reading his story - so sad. 😞 3w

Suet624 Great article. Thank you for sharing it with us. 3w

Kitta @IriDas I work as a scientist and we spend years learning how to properly read and understand research papers - the content but also who is writing, who was studied, the conflicts of interest! It‘s so important and not something others are trained to do. I‘m not saying they shouldn‘t read the papers but they need to understand research in context. It frustrates me when I see people citing that awful Wakefield paper about vaccines & autism. 😡 3w

Kitta The more I read about this book the more angry I get. 3w

Deblovestoread Thanks for this. I was interested in the book until seeing the controversy. Now interested in supporting Polly Atkin instead. 💙 3w

IriDas @Kitta university was where I realized that far too many of my profs, including a physicist with a PhD, didn‘t take that lesson seriously enough. 3w

Kitta @IriDas 😢 that sucks. It‘s so necessary. 3w

BookNAround I‘ve been trying to ignore this news because I have this book on my tbr shelves (I bought it when it first came out) and I hate to not read something I spent money on. Argh!!! 3w

lil1inblue @squirrelbrain Ugh. That's so sad. 3w

lil1inblue @Deblovestoread Same! 💓 3w

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ChaoticMissAdventures

The Salt Path | Raynor Winn

An article I just found from last month.
I think this brings up an interesting topic.
Honestly in Nonfiction
How much do you expect to be truthful in a personal book

What could (should?) happen when it is revealed an author is being disingenuous?

I found this article led me to be disappointed in Winn. Talking to my partner last night, landed on I will read a book by a scammer, as long as I don't feel like they are scamming the reader (me).

ChaoticMissAdventures Article is free with an email address: https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-real-salt-path-how-the-couple-b... 3w

Cuilin Yeah, this is so disappointing. My husband and I both read the book and we wanted to see the movie. Not sure we will now. 3w

ChaoticMissAdventures @Cuilin disappointed, yes! The author of this article says "fact and fable are often jumbled up to some degree". I don't know about all that. I think I am in the camp of Winns deception is more evidence of her bad character and I don't like that. I like that the article related this to James Fry, he popped into my mind as soon as I heard she wasn't telling the "whole truth" 3w

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squirrelbrain There are several more articles after this one, also in The Guardian / Observer, with other people alleging deceit or elaborations of the truth. 3w

Kitta I remember someone else posting an article about this a little while ago! It reminded me in a way of the drama surrounding

A Million Little Pieces

ChaoticMissAdventures @squirrelbrain I definitely know I am late to this party. It brings up so many questions for me about expectations around nonfiction and what do I expect from them and myself. 3w

ChaoticMissAdventures @Kitta yes! I was telling my partner about how it reminded me of Fry. And I don't like it. 3w

Kitta @ChaoticMissAdventures yeah, I did enjoy reading Fry‘s memoir but was really disappointed that it wasn‘t entirely true. I haven‘t read the Salt Path and probably won‘t now. If they had said it was loosely based on the truth it would have been fine! But I‘m not happy they weren‘t honest about it. 3w

squirrelbrain Oh, I wasn‘t meaning that Shawna, that you were late to the party. I was a little unsure after the first article (mainly why had they taken so long to come forward) but the further articles only added to it. 3w

ChaoticMissAdventures @squirrelbrain definitely do not want to go off one article! I feel like I can never keep up with book news. And this is the sort of stuff that would affect my reading. Why now is a great question. I am annoyed they waited so long to come out with their story (not victim blaming, just they could have done this so much earlier) 3w

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MysticFaerie

Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail | Andrea Lankford

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3.5⭐️/5⭐️

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Texreader

Lost in the Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Adventure and Survival | Yossi Ghinsberg

Great timing. I‘ve started reading the ebook, having ditched the audiobook. And right off the bat, here‘s Bolivian food from a village in the jungle.

#foodandlit #Bolivia @Catsandbooks

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Texreader

Lost in the Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Adventure and Survival | Yossi Ghinsberg

I.cannot.listen.to.this.narrator.anymore.

He over-pronounces every danged consonant. The “t”s are the worst. Hard “t”s. Imagine hearing the word “titillating” with over-pronounced hard “t”s. There‘s no nuance in his narration and until I googled it, I thought it was annoying AI. And no darned pauses between sentences. Sentences are read closer together than words. I‘m so done. Splurging $2 for the ebook. #foodandlit #Bolivia @Catsandbooks

TheBookHippie 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😬 I get that!! 4w

IriDas Yeah, the lack of pauses were nuts. I had wondered if it was AI as well, but I think it was just edited strangely. I mean, who talks like that? 4w

Amiable That sounds terrible! 4w

kspenmoll I hate it when an audio narrator grates on your ears, etc. 4w

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Texreader

Lost in the Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Adventure and Survival | Yossi Ghinsberg

My next audiobook is for #foodandlit #Bolivia. The narration is…not good…. We‘ll see how far I can make it.

@Catsandbooks

vonnie862 Oh no! I was thinking about listening to this one. 4w

IriDas His voice doesn‘t convey “harrowing.” His voice conveys “happy holiday.” 4w

Texreader @vonnie862 Id say skip the audio especially based on @IriDas ‘s comment. I haven‘t gotten there yet but I can imagine it with the way his narration is going so far. 4w

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