3rd on the Non-fiction Best Sellers list

[Ladytrekker]

http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Found-Pac...ic+coast+trail

While looking at New Yorks best selling book list ran across this book its listed 3rd on the paperback non-fiction not sure if this book has been mentioned before but thought I would throw it out there. Its listed for sale on Amazon.com

[Northern Lights]

I really enjoyed her story.

[Luddite]

Good book. She's an amazing writer.

[slbirdnerd]

Very good book. Highly recommend. Her journey is not just about her hike.

[moose717]

Very good book. ... although she is hiking the PCT in her story, a big part of it is the how & why she started and how she grew and, I believe, overcame her demons and made peace within herself. She's also a great writer. I gave a copy to one of my children who is an English & Sociology major. I'm waiting for her to find the time to read it so we can go together to one of the author's workshops

[aficion]

http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Found-Pac...ic+coast+trail

While looking at New Yorks best selling book list ran across this book its listed 3rd on the paperback non-fiction not sure if this book has been mentioned before but thought I would throw it out there. Its listed for sale on Amazon.com

There is no such thing as Non-ficion. Your signature line is amongst my favorites.

[SCRUB HIKER]

I'm almost finished with it right now, and I'm liking it a lot more than I've expected. In a few weeks I'll be able to tell what effect, if any, it's had on drawing Cheryl wannabes out onto the PCT. Could be a good thing, a bad thing, or a total non-issue. We'll see.

[Ladytrekker]

There is no such thing as Non-ficion. Your signature line is amongst my favorites.

LOL yea I caught that shortly after I posted but was not able to edit it. But hey do hikers really need to spell. ha ha.

[Ladytrekker]

There is no such thing as Non-ficion. Your signature line is amongst my favorites.

Oh bad me just saw you sign on name how funny get it now.

[chiefduffy]

I read it, enjoyed some parts. Not much about the trail. Not much personal growth. Lots of sex and drama, mainly the whiney, shockfest kind. YMMV

[Ladytrekker]

I haven't read it did not know it was racy lol just was surprised that a book with hiking made a lost like this your description of the book is probably why it is number 3

[Venchka]

Ladytrekker,
No Spoiler Alert from me. I'll wait until you have had a chance to read the book.
Enjoy!

Wayne

[Studlintsean]

I read it, enjoyed some parts. Not much about the trail. Not much personal growth. Lots of sex and drama, mainly the whiney, shockfest kind. YMMV

Agreed. Not a bad book at all but not what I'm looking for. I missed the Oprah book club sticker on the back when I bought it.

[Train Wreck]

You want details on the trail, you get a guidebook.
You want to hear about all the emotion and relationship stuff - you're a woman

[erieite]

I heard an interview last year on Geon Ghomeshi's Q show on the CBC it was very interesting.

[SCRUB HIKER]

I just finished writing an opinion on Wild for my blog. Long story short, I really don't like the idea that hiking is a cure-all for when you're down in life, especially if you're wayyy down like Cheryl Strayed was when she started. I do really like the book as an entertaining read. But that message that the PCT is going to take you from lost to found is bound to disappoint a lot of people.

The fleshed-out version of that opinion is at http://scrubhiker.blogspot.com/2013/...inking-of.html

[aficion]

LOL yea I caught that shortly after I posted but was not able to edit it. But hey do hikers really need to spell. ha ha.

As long as we can think............hopefully like you..............we'll be OK.

[rocketsocks]

I just finished writing an opinion on Wild for my blog. Long story short, I really don't like the idea that hiking is a cure-all for when you're down in life, especially if you're wayyy down like Cheryl Strayed was when she started. I do really like the book as an entertaining read. But that message that the PCT is going to take you from lost to found is bound to disappoint a lot of people.

The fleshed-out version of that opinion is at http://scrubhiker.blogspot.com/2013/...inking-of.html

Spot on Scrub, cause no matter where you go...there you are. Good luck on your up coming hike of the PCT, look forward to following along.

[DavidDillow]

Listened to the book about six months ago. It got a little long and involved about her life before she got on the trail but I enjoyed the part on the trail.

[yankeehotelbackpack]

I read Wild last year and found it very compelling, both for the details about Cheryl Strayed's hike and for the window into her personal struggles. As a matter of fact, her book inspired my newfound interest in backpacking -- for the physical and emotional challenges it's sure to present. Not sure if this makes me a hiker "wannabe," as a previous poster suggested, but as someone who adores the great outdoors and has just never thought to strap on a pack and head into the woods for a spell, the book spurred me into a direction I'm pleased to be going in. After reading 7 or 8 other hiker memoirs, Wild is the one that sticks in my head. (Although I loved the Barefoot Sisters books, too.)