A Walk in the Woods
Registered by electronicmonk of München, Bayern Germany on 1/27/2010
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
3 journalers for this copy...
Wirklich lesenswert
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Massenentlassung beim BookCrossing MeetUp im "Via Nova I"!
Massenentlassung beim BookCrossing MeetUp im "Via Nova I"!
Recommended by electronicmonk, and since I was in a "take books home" mood, I did. :)
In the front of the book there's a collection of misc. voices advertising "Notes From A Small Island". With some slight changes, the last one is a perfect match for this book:
"Splendid... What's enjoyable is that there's as much of Bryson in here as there is of Britain the Appalachian Trail." (Sunday Telegraph)
To clarify: I obviously replaced Britain in the above quote ("the woods" would also work), but otherwise it's a perfect fit. To tell the truth, there isn't a lot happening to Bryson and company while hiking, but the tone of writing makes it sound interesting anyway.
Well, with one caveat: as long as Katz' antics are involved.
From chapter 13 onwards, Bryson is on his own and these chapters felt a real slog: I mostly remember loads of complaints about how the modern industry and greedy tourists are destroying the forests and endangered species. While he's certainly got a point there, it simply got old after a while. The only reason I continued reading at that point was that Bryson hinted that Katz would join him again later, and when he finally did (in chapter 19) things immediately looked much more interesting. I guess two men of such wildly different temperament traveling the wilderness together are simply more fun to read about than a single man undertaking day hikes.
I'm planning to take this book along to my next meet-up, whenever that's going to be.
To clarify: I obviously replaced Britain in the above quote ("the woods" would also work), but otherwise it's a perfect fit. To tell the truth, there isn't a lot happening to Bryson and company while hiking, but the tone of writing makes it sound interesting anyway.
Well, with one caveat: as long as Katz' antics are involved.
From chapter 13 onwards, Bryson is on his own and these chapters felt a real slog: I mostly remember loads of complaints about how the modern industry and greedy tourists are destroying the forests and endangered species. While he's certainly got a point there, it simply got old after a while. The only reason I continued reading at that point was that Bryson hinted that Katz would join him again later, and when he finally did (in chapter 19) things immediately looked much more interesting. I guess two men of such wildly different temperament traveling the wilderness together are simply more fun to read about than a single man undertaking day hikes.
I'm planning to take this book along to my next meet-up, whenever that's going to be.
Taken along to Saturday's meet-up where it found a new reader.
Vom Meet-up am Samstag mitgenommen...
Neben der humorvoll erzählten Wanderung über den Appalachian Trail bietet das Buch einige interessante Einblicke in die amerikanische Gesellschaft. Finanzielle Sorgen der Nationalpark-Verwaltungen einerseits und andererseits völlig überdimensionerter Straßenbau - jenseits des Großen Teichs gibt es offensichtlich ganz ähnliche Probleme wie hier.
Das Buch kommt mit zum monatlichen Meetup, wo es hoffentlich auf einen interessierten Leser treffen wird. Gute Reise.
