I’m reviewing two books by the same author because I am so far behind in my reviews. In fact, I finished my cannonball last month but I need to make it count by getting these reviews submitted. Plus, what a great post title!? So, I first read Killers of the Flower Moon because it seemed like everyone I knew was reading it. That wasn’t quite true but it started feeling ubiquitous so I started it in July and finished it in a few days. David Grann […]
Or, How Not to Climb A Mountain
As someone who has paged through the expedition diaries of more than one Victorian explorer, I found a lot to like about The Ascent of Rum Doodle, a satire of those very types of people and their writing. But even if you haven’t has the pleasure of reading much in that genre, you may still find something to like within. Led by Binder, a man desperate to be the type of leader he’s read about but lacking any insight into himself and others and trying […]
I’ll be staying at home, thanks…
Ever since reading The Worst Journey in the World, an account written by one of the survivors of Robert Falcon Scott’s doomed expedition to the South Pole, I’ve been fascinated by explorers. Until now, I’ve read exclusively about explorers of the Antarctic. The Lost City of Z takes us to the other extreme – the Amazonian jungle. While the polar explorers are faced with a bleak, desolate and treacherous landscape, freezing temperatures, rationing and storms, those who enter the jungle are faced with dangers that are […]