For my Read 'n' Seed book I chose The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean. The book is by Susan Casey.
Do you remember the movie Twister? Well basically the plot of this book seems to be about the same sort of thing. Its about a group of scientists and wave fanatic surfers who are traveling around the world to find the most monster waves possible. As they are traveling they are collecting data to discover possible causes for ship wrecks!
For those of you who don't know me, I am engaged! :) My fiance is currently in the process of becoming a Navel Officer. With that being said, I have a special place in my heart for the ocean and everything that goes along with that. Bisides this, I've just always been enamored by the ocean. Coming from a small town in Wisconsin, the ocean has always been something that I would love to know more about because only on rare occasion do I get to even see it!
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From what I know about the book with out it being delivered it is 352. So with that being said, I will be trying to divide the book into exact quarters, meaning for each quarter I plan on reading 88 pages!
Happy readings!
This book sounds wicked awesome! It sounds like a really adventurous book. I could not imagine going out into ferocious storms on the ocean on purpose!To me it just sounds ridiculous but it will be awesome to hear about their adventures; their stories are going to be truly one of kind. Also, hopefully Matt will never have to be in some of the storms that I am sure these guys experienced!
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ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a really interesting book. I think it's nuts that people actually go looking for 100 foot waves! That just seems scary to me. I'm curious to hear about the things they encounter in the book.
Kristy
Brier, I have not seen twister but it seems adventurous! I'm surprise people are doing this kind of activity out there in the world. Thanks for being interested in the ocean, I hope to learn more about the things you will learn from this book. Mary
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds way cool...I also have a handful of friends in the military who are traveling across seas and I could only imagine the things they are seeing compared to us here stuck with just pictures of their experiences. I look forward to experiences this book will capture. Keep us posted!
ReplyDeleteNow that you compare it to Twister that makes me really eager to hear about it. I like that you took the adventurous book.
ReplyDeleteSounds like an exciting read-- i never knew waves could be such a hazard, wiping out entire villages?! It would be quite the adventure going out to sea to discover the source of all of the shipwrecks. Hope you enjoy this!
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