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New_Helicopter_3993 t1_jdlatll wrote
Reply to comment by PleasantSalad in Do you ever try and read certain books at a certain time in your life to maximize your immersion? by foulbeastly
The Wild Trees by Richard Preston. It would probably be more fitting for the Pacific Crest Trail, but I think you'd appreciate it anyway.
New_Helicopter_3993 t1_jdlb4lm wrote
Reply to Do you ever try and read certain books at a certain time in your life to maximize your immersion? by foulbeastly
When I was 20, I spent a summer working in Nantucket. I checked Melville's Moby Dick out of the local library, and read it over a few weeks. It felt like the perfect spot for that book, and I'm sure I enjoyed it more because of the location.
(I only discovered years later that Melville hadn't actually been to Nantucket before writing about it in Moby Dick. Didn't spoil the experience for me though.)