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The Abominable: A Novel | Dan Simmons

I‘ve started this audiobook for #foodandlit #Nepal @Catsandbooks #litsyatoz #letterA #chunksterchallenge

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britt_brooke

The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest | Anatoli Boukreev

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ One of the most elite mountaineers in history tells his account of the 1996 Everest disaster. As a guide for Seattle-based Mountain Madness, his was to ensure the safety of their clients. Jon Krakauer is a bit critical of Boukreev‘s decisions, as is documented in Into Thin Air, so this is Toli‘s version. Another fantastic Everest memoir. I won‘t take sides. They both had traumatic experiences and valid memories. The epilogue made me cry.

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britt_brooke

Into Thin Air | Jon Krakauer

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ What started as an article for Outside Magazine turned into the deadliest day on Everest (at that point), and a totally different experience ensued. The article expanded into this incredible memoir, perhaps as an act of catharsis. I first read this 14 years ago and loved it just as much now. Harrowing, sad, and incredible.

Highly recommend all of Krakauer‘s books! His “Under the Banner of Heaven” is what got me interested in cults.

LeahBergen It‘s such a good read! 4d

AlaMich I am a very slow reader but I finished this in two days. So good! 4d

britt_brooke @LeahBergen 🩷🩷 4d

britt_brooke @AlaMich 🥰 4d

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Bookwormjillk

Into Thin Air | Jon Krakauer

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A re-read for me, but perfectly timed for when it‘s cold and the wind is howling. This is the book that started my love affair with high altitude climbing stories and it still holds up almost 30 years after publication.

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Traci1

Abominable | Dan Simmons

Which of my lovely gifted books should I read first? Decisions are hard.

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I vote

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

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TEArificbooks I‘ve read books by the authors on the right so I would suggest those ones 1mo

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hedgehokey

Into Thin Air | Jon Krakauer

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This was a very harrowing story that makes you doubt the sanity of anyone who summits Everest. The story was well written, but a little bit rambly at times switching between 1996 and previous expeditions, at times this was lightly annoying because I wanted to hear more about what happened in 1996, but I understand that a lot of context needed to be set so that the layman (like me) could understand mountaineering terms.

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Shaneyney

Abominable | Dan Simmons

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so-so

While this was an ok book about mountain climbing and had some good historical information. I found it a bit tedious and was very disappointed that there wasn‘t on single abominable snow man in the whole book. I think I just went into it expecting something different. I like Simmons as an author and know that he likes to be very detailed, but the book didn‘t live up to the description on the back cover

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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster (Anchor Books) | Jon Krakauer

#WednesdayWanderings @AllDebooks @jenniferw88 @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

1. My favorite literary walks (hikes) are the tagged book as well as Wild by Cheryl Strayed
2. The terrain is vastly different looking but the feelings of solitude and loneliness seem similar. I feel inspired by the discipline and focus it takes to accomplish individual physical and mental challenges. #litsolace #midsummersolace