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Books read in June and geocaching
Jul. 1st, 2017 04:38 pmThe Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage by Anthony Brandt (May 30-June 11)
Lieutenant Castner's Alaskan Exploration, 1898 by Lieut. Joseph C. Castner (June 11-13)
Winter Study by Nevada Barr (June 14-20)
The Shameless Diary of an Explorer: A Story of Failure on Mt. McKinley by Robert Dunn (June 21-26)
The Cat Who Tailed a Thief by Lilian Jackson Braun (June 27-30)
Robert Dunn's diary was shameless all right..he was very anti-Semitic and blamed everything bad that happened on the Jewish guy that was on the expedition..he kept saying stuff like "I hope the stupid kid drowns" and "I have the racial, not the religious, repugnance to Jews. I had never relished their race-selfishness..." Wow. D: They were also very cruel to their horses. ( warning: animal abuse under here! ) I can't believe I actually kept reading this book, but I have a weird thing where if I'm far enough into a book, I'll force myself to finish it (maybe it'll get better??), even if I'm hating it. That guy was awful, cruel, and super negative. This is only the second book I've rated one star on (the other was A Cat Named Darwin..that guy was cruel to his animals too). Someone on Goodreads said this book was "a lighter, less noble counterpart to The Worst Journey In The World." Lighter??! There was NOTHING light about this book. Don't even compare this awful book to the masterpiece that is The Worst Journey in the World. Ugh, one of the worst books I've ever read D:
Today there was a geocaching meet and greet at the Visitor Center to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday (you get a digital souvenir for going to an event for Canada's birthday). Always nice seeing old and new faces. :) After that mom and I went caching on Ester Dome with Jeanie (the lady mom used to work with, who we saw at the festival). I always love the beautiful views up there (too bad there's trash everywhere..ugh). I think we found around five and then went back home. Nice :)
( here are a couple pics )
( July 1: Cloudy )
Lieutenant Castner's Alaskan Exploration, 1898 by Lieut. Joseph C. Castner (June 11-13)
Winter Study by Nevada Barr (June 14-20)
The Shameless Diary of an Explorer: A Story of Failure on Mt. McKinley by Robert Dunn (June 21-26)
The Cat Who Tailed a Thief by Lilian Jackson Braun (June 27-30)
Robert Dunn's diary was shameless all right..he was very anti-Semitic and blamed everything bad that happened on the Jewish guy that was on the expedition..he kept saying stuff like "I hope the stupid kid drowns" and "I have the racial, not the religious, repugnance to Jews. I had never relished their race-selfishness..." Wow. D: They were also very cruel to their horses. ( warning: animal abuse under here! ) I can't believe I actually kept reading this book, but I have a weird thing where if I'm far enough into a book, I'll force myself to finish it (maybe it'll get better??), even if I'm hating it. That guy was awful, cruel, and super negative. This is only the second book I've rated one star on (the other was A Cat Named Darwin..that guy was cruel to his animals too). Someone on Goodreads said this book was "a lighter, less noble counterpart to The Worst Journey In The World." Lighter??! There was NOTHING light about this book. Don't even compare this awful book to the masterpiece that is The Worst Journey in the World. Ugh, one of the worst books I've ever read D:
Today there was a geocaching meet and greet at the Visitor Center to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday (you get a digital souvenir for going to an event for Canada's birthday). Always nice seeing old and new faces. :) After that mom and I went caching on Ester Dome with Jeanie (the lady mom used to work with, who we saw at the festival). I always love the beautiful views up there (too bad there's trash everywhere..ugh). I think we found around five and then went back home. Nice :)
( here are a couple pics )
( July 1: Cloudy )
