Books

The River

Gary Paulsen tells another story in the Hatchet universe. 

You should not read The River. You should not even read this review unless you have kids. Go and read things for grown ups. 

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OMG I love these books. Brian is such a likable hero. I’ve reread them all in the past couple years to my kids and I enjoyed them every bit as much as I did as a tween. They’re a mainline injection of “I could definitely hack it as a caveman” delusion. 

My boys also like them for the same reason plus, to quote from my 6yo’s reading journal, “I liked it because it was the kind of story I could really understand.”

Start with Hatchet, the original story of a teenage boy stranded in the remote woods. From there you can pretty much bounce around anywhere in the series. 

Five star YA adventure lit.

Semimonthly refresh of the mission:

Review one book per day until I’ve reviewed every book I read in 2024. 

You can follow the quote chain all the way back. 

So far, the book’s popularity seems to move the engagement needle a lot more than anything I say about the book. 

But the consistency is paying off! I’ve gained ~1k followers and I’m getting tagged in literature related discussions, which is fun. 

I’m about a third of the way through the list and at this point I’m thinking about continuing daily reviews even after burning down my 2024 list. 

Thank you all for following along 😊