GenreLand discussion

Sure, metaphorical wilderness counts, too.

I have had a mystery set in Yellowstone on my shelf for years that I thought would be a good fit here. But I keep reading about the overwhelming number of stupid people in Yellowstone trying to pet moose, bison, and grizzlies -- not sure there is much wilderness there with those idiots out in such large numbers.

Cheryl wrote: "I have had a mystery set in Yellowstone on my shelf for years that I thought would be a good fit here. But I keep reading about the overwhelming number of stupid people in Yellowstone trying to pet..."

I've never been to Yellowstone, but I've been to several of the other big NPs out here, and they are huge. There is plenty of back country to set mysteries in. The idiots you see on the news are usually on the main roads that are congested with other casual visitors.

Stina wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "I have had a mystery set in Yellowstone on my shelf for years that I thought would be a good fit here. But I keep reading about the overwhelming number of stupid people in Yellowston..."

I'm surprised you haven't made it to Yellowstone -- but then, I only made it to Colorado in 2018 driving through and I spent 22 years living in Utah, so I can't talk.

Cheryl wrote: "Stina wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "I have had a mystery set in Yellowstone on my shelf for years that I thought would be a good fit here. But I keep reading about the overwhelming number of stupid people..."

Brian used to live there (and in several other parks, including Rocky and Grand Canyon), so going back doesn't hold much allure for him. We did drive by Yellowstone on the way to Glacier, but that was when it closed due to flooding. And getting him to show me a bit of Glacier took a lot of wheedling on my part.

For this one, I read Be Not Far from Me. It's a pretty quick read about a girl who gets lost and horribly injured in the woods.

I read a wilderness mystery called A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson. I've had it on my TBR for a while. It wasn't bad but I don't think I'll continue with the series. I do have a fondness for wilderness thrillers and tend to like C.J. Box's stuff.

I've been in a reading slump and really struggling, but I was able to finish one book for this category, Rabbit-Proof Fence (aka Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence) about 3 Aboriginal girls who escaped from a residential school and walked 1000 miles home through the wilderness of Western Australia in 1931. True story and very informative on the historical treatment of Aboriginal people with a lot of points of comparison with US treatment of Native Americans.

Jacqie wrote: "I read a wilderness mystery called A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson. I've had it on my TBR for a while. It wasn't bad but I don't think I'll continue with the series. I do have a fondnes..."

It's been so long since I've read C.J. Box that I'm not sure where I am in the series. I should get back to those; they're interesting.

Cheryl wrote: "I've been in a reading slump and really struggling, but I was able to finish one book for this category, Rabbit-Proof Fence (aka Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence) about 3 Aboriginal girls who escaped ..."

Wow! That sounds intense!

I had intended to finish Way Out There: Adventures of a Wilderness Trekker but didn't manage it. I did finish Orbital, which is set on the ISS circa 2034, and Murder Road, which is set in a small town in the Michigan woods. Two very different books. I would recommend the former to some people but not everybody, as it's a meditative kind of read, and I don't have the background to say whether or not it was well researched. It felt like it was, fwiw. The other one was a let-down for me, and the more I think about it, the more I suspect it was a second or third draft that somehow got rushed to print.