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[yuuago]

+ It has been Very Cold this week. Ahhh, winter. :V Chilly and dark and ugh. I would like to hibernate, thanks. (I say this every November). All my xmas shopping is done, so I think I will wrap stuff up this weekend, if I can find the time.

+ I came across the blog The Arctic Book Review and ngl I'm quite enjoying going through the archives. There's a lot here that I'll have to put on a to-read list. Plus several things that I have read (so, after taking a look at the reviewer's thoughts, I can at least get a sense that we have similar tastes, though obviously this person is much better informed than I am).

+ I ran out of library books to read and now I'm picking stuff off my own shelf. Terrible.

Comments

[octahedrite]

That review blog is pretty cool, I'm now intrigued in this niche of books about the arctic.

[yuuago]

:D Glad you find it interesting. I've always been kind of drawn to arctic stuff since I live pretty far up there myself. (Not quite arctic, but in a designated "northern zone")

[octahedrite]

Any recs? If I wanted to read only one book about the arctic?

[yuuago]

That's a tough question!

I'd say maybe Dead Reckoning: The Untold Story of the Northwest Passage by Ken McGoogan. It covers the 16th century to present day, and looks at things like the politics of the search for the passage, how modern climate change affects the area, etc. A lot of northwest passage books focus on British expeditions, but this one covers Indigenous and non-British involvement as well. This author has written other books about the failed Franklin Expedition, and so this one also focuses a lot on that (also due to the many exciting discoveries related to it that have come to light in the last decade or so) but I thought he did a good job of expanding beyond that one (tragic, dramatic) event.

[octahedrite]

Ooh that looks like an interesting read. Adding to my tbr

[hokuton_punch]

Humans really should be hibernating mammals! Deeply unfair that we are not. ;______;

[yuuago]

I feel like evolution took a wrong turn somewhere. Definitely would be better if we could hole up and just sleep this out.

[ireneultramarine]

I'm taking a class about Arctic history next quarter. The review blog could be interesting to look at! :D

[yuuago]

:D!!! That's cool! I'm really curious about what you'll be learning in that course.

[ireneultramarine]

Let's wait until January and find out!! XDDDDD