Tuesday, March 3, 2015

february: 3 & 4

in february i read:

into thin air, by jon krakauer (this was a re-read…or rather, a re-listen, since this time around i listened to the audiobook version in the car.  this book is the frontrunner for my school's all-upper school summer read.  i hadn't read it in 10 years, so i wanted to make sure it was as good as i remembered.  IT WAS.  omg the suspense!  and there are a lot of great things we could talk about with the kids: sherpa culture, the ethical obligations you have to others in a crisis, the role of journalism, the science of what happens to our bodies at high altitudes.  i think we have a winner!  if you haven't read this book, you must!)

dragonfly in amber, by diana gabaldon (oh yeah, that's right: i read the second book in this historical fiction-romance-time-travel adventure.  you read that genre right.  at 700 pages, this book took me a while to read, but i really enjoyed it.  i will certainly be reading book number three in this series…after a break to read some other things on my list!  and at $4.99 for the kindle version, this is basically the cheapest entertainment money can buy.)

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