Farewell, My Subaru- Doug Fine

Doug Fine finds a way to go green without give up his iPod and laptop. In this book he tells all about moving to New Mexico and retro-fitting his house for green living. His writing is witty and entertaining, and I am definitely inspired to take up the challenge of green living when I make it back that side of the Atlantic. As a side note Doug keeps up a blog about his ongoing green living (http://www.dougfine.com/farewell-my-subaru), and when I emailed him about a broken link he sent a personal email response. Now that's service with a smile. :)

Into The Wild- Jon Krakauer

This is one of the few books I've actually read before seeing the movie. The story of Chris McCandless giving up his life of privilege to become a hobo is fascinating. In some ways I'd like to think I've done the same by coming here, but the life I gave up wasn't quite as privileged and my experience here is not quite as isolated. While I think the author had enough of his own interesting stories and perspectives to share, I was kind of annoyed with all of his interjections. He warns the reader of this in the Author's Note, but still, I would have been perfectly content with Chris's story by itself.