Ghost Rider

This was a bookclub pick, and not something I would have picked myself. I sort of know Rush, as in I could identify that they are a band. I actually asked a few friends if they knew them and they had a similar response.

Well, the book itself is kind of charming and easily readable, I just didn't really have much of an attachment or nostalgia for the author. Tragically, Neil loses his wife and daughter in the same year, and the book covers his recovery through motorcycling through Canada, the US and Mexico. It can be very sad, but it will also make you want to travel, eat good food, and get moving.

However, halfway through the book he completes four months of traveling, and spends a snowy winter at his lake house in Toronto snowshoeing and skiing. And THEN, the second half of the book is him basically doing the same trip again. I skimmed the second half. I can see some people loving this book, those who are motorcyclists, and Rush fans, especially, but it was just not for me.

This memoir by Neil Peart takes the reader through his solo travels through North America on motorcycle while he overcomes the grief from the loss of his partner and teenaged daughter within months of each other. I swear, I think I cried at some point in every chapter. Descriptively written and very honest. Highly recommended.