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Triple Cannonball on a sad read

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

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I would normally do a happy dance for a triple cannonball (which was my goal for the whole year, so I’m pretty amazed that I hit it in August!), but my 156th book, Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, hardly lends itself for happy dancing. While the book contained some pretty depressing material, Krakauer also filled it with beautiful scenery, touching interviews and his own little glimpse into the life of a difficult, passionate young man. “I’d like to repeat the advice that I gave you before, in that I […]

Religion makes some people kinda cray cray.

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer

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I had wanted to read Under the Banner of Heaven for quite a long time, and finally found a copy at my local used book store this year. I started and stopped reading several times, to pick up lighter, less gruesome novels, but I kept coming back to read this intense, true-crime novel, that is less about the horrible murder of a 24 year old mother and her 15 month old daughter (and it was violently and insanely horrible), as it is about a fundamentalist […]

Missoula is America

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer

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I’m a fan of Jon Krakauer’s other work, but when I heard he was coming out with a comprehensive look at the Missoula rape scandals in the last few years, I was hesitant. I had followed along with much of the reporting on those cases and am pretty tuned-in to the larger issues of rape culture in this country. Did I really want to read what a white dude (who may or may not be sympathetic to rape survivors) had to say about it? But […]

Yeah, not going mountain climbing anytime soon

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

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I’ve heard of Jon Krakauer before, due to Into the Wild, which he wrote about Christopher Johnson McCandless’s death in the wilds of Alaska. I knew Krakauer had a reputation for excellent writing, but I’ve never read anything of his before. After finishing Into Thin Air, I plan to find more of his work — this book was fantastic. “It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier. Climbing was a magnificient activity, I firmly believed, not in spite of […]

The Whole Story Behind “Into the Wild”

The Wild Truth by Carine McCandless

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For whatever reason, I have been incredibly moved and impressed by everything regarding the story of the life of Chris McCandless. It started with Into The Wild (1997) by Jon Krakauer. I am a huge fan of Krakauer and how he digs so far into the details to get a fair and honest picture of his subject without losing the emotional empathy that makes us connect in the first place. I will read anything by him. When I heard they were making a movie, I […]



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