My expectations for The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling were grossly misplaced. I admit, when I first bought this book years ago (back when Borders was still around), I was expecting the Disney trope. Animals dancing around a heartfelt story of a boy raised in the jungle. Like many others,…
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A Backpacker’s Book Club: Part Wild on the Colorado Trail
The nearby libraries often dole out free books to make room for newer additions. It was on one of these shelves that housed Part Wild by Ceiridwen Terrill. I picked it up, and my interest was piqued by the “IDIOT” scrawled next to the author’s name. This book must have…
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A Backpacker’s Book Club: The Strays in the Catskills
Every so often, I happen upon a book that captures me from the start and introduces me to a flurry of emotions along the way. And this was one of them. I found it on the “Free Books” shelf at the library and was instantly drawn by the splash of…