Teddy Dondanville
Rock Climbing Guide & Freelance Writer
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Holy smokes that took FOREVER. I really slowed down for the last book I read. And really delayed on getting this post written. After too many months I finally finished Jack Kerouac’s On The Road. Considering the fact that it’s not a very big book, the fact it took me so long says a little something about how I enjoyed the book. Or perhaps better said, how I lacked in enjoying the… Read More
I’ve done it! I’ve read my 20th book. And damn was this was a long one. Rowling must have thought, “welp, they’ve already read 3 of my books, they are probably hooked. Might as well make the next one fat as hell.” I have finally finished Harry Potter y el Cáliz de Fuego (Goblet of Fire) by J.K. Rowling. This book took me a while because of its sheer size. Besides that,… Read More
This time, the book I will be talking about is Wild Winds, Adventures in the High Andes, written by Ed Darack. I came upon this book from a friend. She was finishing her service and was getting rid of some of her non-essential items. She saw the book and figured I might like it. So she gifted it to me. Wild Winds is about a mountaineer and photographer (Darack) and his passion for photographing… Read More
The most recent book I read was Madre Noche (Mother Night) by Kurt Vonnegut. And yes I read it in Spanish. Which as it would turn out, much unlike the Harry Potter books I’ve read in Spanish, to be a bad idea. Like some of the other books I’ve read (El Lunes Son Para Libros: 1st Edition) I stumbled upon Madre Noche in a book exchange library in Huaraz. Since high school I have been… Read More
I may have just read one of my favorite books of my entire life. Or at least my favorite book of my Peace Corps service. David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas has had me consumed for the past couple weeks. His novel of about 500 pages accompanied me wherever I went. I read it in bed every night, at work, on the toilet, at friend’s houses, in coffee shops and on buses. I could… Read More
I’ve done it again. I’ve read another Harry Potter book in Spanish. This time it was La Cámara Secreta (The Chamber of Secrets). I was really impressed with myself after reading this one. Mostly because of the pace in which I read. I think I finished the whole thing in 2 or 3 weeks. That’s much faster than the first one I read. I was also impressed with myself because of the more… Read More
This edition will talk about a book called The Locust Effect written by Gary Haugen and Victor Boutros. Like many of my other books, I found this one on a random book shelf. At first, I was drawn to its title, but was turned off by its size and description. I finally was convinced to pick it up when it came up in conversation with a friend. The Locust Effect is a lifework of… Read More
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