A Walk in the Woods

Original thoughts:Nope. Just nope. I'm pissed at this book. I'll tell you why when I calm down.A couple weeks later:SPOILER ALERT... but not really... this book is not about hiking the Appalachian Trail... it's about hiking a tiny section and then hitching a ride to a hotel to spend the night in a cushy bed and then quitting to go on a book tour and then coming back and deciding to quit again... and then... well you get it. And this book is also about how much Bill Bryson hates the National Park Service. I did learn a lot of random facts about the hand America has had in killing nature, but there is very little about the soulful experience of hiking the trail.Hiking the Appalachian Trail is something that has always been on my bucket list.. one day I will. When I pick up books like this, I want to be inspired to go out there and experience it for myself. I don't expect it to be all rainbows and sunshine. I know it's a hard thing to do a thru-hike... but damn - Bill Bryson and his friend are just QUITTERS, BIG BABY QUITTERS. I was not inspired by this book at all. It really just makes me mad that he wrote a book like this and made a lot of money off of it and it's now being made into a movie... for nothing.Don't waste your time on this one. Go read [b:Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 12262741 Wild From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Cheryl Strayed https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1354159655s/12262741.jpg 17237712] instead. It's a great example of a hiker's inspiring journey... maybe I'm just spoiled by it.