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Trespassing Across America: One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland by Ken Ilgunas My rating: 4 of 5 stars I heard of this book when looking for an alternate to another hiking book I wasn't able to get at my local library, and I'm do glad I did. I chose to listen to the audiobook over a set of 8 hour drives, and it was the perfect time to do it. The long drive helped me feel like I was hiking with him, and his descriptions of the people and places he saw helped to paint a secondary vision for my own trip. I saw a few other reviews mention that they felt the author "lost touch" with the original intent of bringing awareness to the Keystone XL, but I don't feel like it's the case. Firstly, because the KXL was really a secondary motivation for the walk in the first place and remains in that secondary position throughout the book. In addition, the author dips back into the KXL whenev...

Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore My rating: 5 of 5 stars The narrator of the audiobook version fits well as the voice of Nathan Quinn, thoughtful, with a touch of slightly dazed with all the goings on. The story itself is interesting and amusing. Definitely a fun distraction read. The author's note in the end tells you how much of the science was real science, and has some very interesting tidbits. Absolutely worth the (very little) time. View all my reviews