I feel like I actively read this week, and I still didn't finish anything. I'm starting to feel terrible about my reading skills. I did manage to post some reviews this week, though!
My hubs and I watched a couple of documentaries yesterday - Free Solo and The Last Tepui.
Free Solo was a tough watch! I am afraid of heights and the literal opposite of a person to Alex Honnold (who free climbs without ropes). It was a fascinating documentary. They did an MRI on Honnold's brain and found his amygdala to be essentially non-responsive. My amygdala on the other hand... I had to sit on the floor to watch Free Solo if that tells you anything. 😆
I watched Free Solo because I was really interested in watching The Last Tepui and wanted the background story on Alex Honnold first. The Last Tepui is about an untouched area of rainforest in Guyana. A scientist was looking to prove a Galapagos type of evolution in the region in order to gain environmental protections for the area. Due to terrain, they needed a climber like Honnold to make it up into the mountain. Such a beautiful place to see.
While I would never have an interest in climbing a cliff face, I'd love to have a climbing gym here. Do you have one where you live? Have you/would you ever go?
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What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall - This is really great. I'm so impressed by Kate Alice Marshall's ability to change her voice for the genre she's writing in.
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield - This is such a strange book, but I think I'm going to love it.
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I loved Free Hold, though it is crazy scary to think of doing that kind of climb. I can imagine falling a little bit too easily. I'm going to have to check out The Last Tepui now. Have a great week! :D
ReplyDeleteIt was so hard to watch his loved ones all assuming that he was going to die. Super scary.
DeleteNo way could I do regular rock climbing. With no ropes? Oh my goodness. I can't even manage to walk into Kroger some days without falling...
ReplyDeleteOur Wives Under the Sea sounds very interesting.
Hahaha! Nope - I have no interest in real rock climbing either!
DeleteI could never rock climb. We watched Guardians of the Galaxy 3 last night and sobbed. A Marvel movie made me sob. I'm still not over it this morning! I was on vacation this past week and read 5 books. I'm pretty shocked.
ReplyDeleteI decided to skip Guardians 3. I've seen all of the Marvel movies, but I'm starting to make my exit from them, I think.
DeleteI'm afraid of heights too, you will never find me climbing any sort of rock, mountain or anything like that. There's just no way. I once went up in a glass elevator on the side of a building or you can see outside and it was just absolutely terrifying.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds terrifying. I hate even looking out of hotel windows on higher floors.
DeleteMy reading has been up and down, the best for me is to change up my genres. But not everyone reads as diverse genres. The only thing I don't tire of is mysteries of various types.
ReplyDeleteAnne - Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post
I read widely, but my focus has been awful lately.
DeleteFree Solo reminds me of a movie I saw a while back (fiction) called Fall. Oh my gosh I had to take a break as I'm scared of heights and just... nope.
ReplyDeleteIs that the snow lift one? I'm going to have to look it up. The snow lift one looked terrifying!
DeleteSo, Honnold doesn't experience emotions? Or he is more apt to take risks because of his brain make up? My reading has been hampered lately too. As long as you are reading and enjoying the books, you are doing a great job
ReplyDeleteThe question is does he live this lifestyle because his amygdala doesn't react or does his amygdala not react because of his lifestyle. After watching the documentary, I'm inclined to think it's the latter.
DeleteI normally don't watch documentaries that much, unless they are about a topic that I'm really interested in.
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"They did an MRI on Honnold's brain and found his amygdala to be essentially non-responsive. My amygdala on the other hand... I had to sit on the floor to watch Free Solo if that tells you anything. 😆"
ReplyDeleteLOL!
I still have to read What Lies in the Woods, but I've enjoyed Marshall's YA novels.
I loved What Lies in the Woods, but it was so different from her other books!
DeleteYeah, I didn't realize Kate Alice Marshall wrote YA as well and when I read What Lies in the Woods I was blown away. Always impressed with authors jump genres/categories like that.
ReplyDeleteShe's so versatile!
DeleteI loved What Lies in the Woods, I can't wait to read more of her books!
ReplyDeleteI've loved all that I've read by her!
DeleteShe's so great!
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