Better than TV

I have been reading "Into the wild." I read it a while back in a middle school English class if I recall. Just loved it. I am not even half way though the book and love the way it is written. I have been reading a lot of books this year, my hubby has a long commute to work on a bus so he reads. I have been reading some of the books he has purchased, which is great, better than TV any day. Actually I don't have TV, haven't had it for about 4 years and won't have it ever again. Your probably thinking, how can you live with out TV! well we do. 

Anyways back to reading Into the wild. I love this book, the story of Chris McCandless portrays a young man who just wants to live a simple life free to do what he pleases. So far I think Chris wasn't doing to bad, he had a few weird ideas. One thinking he could "live off the land in Alaska." I am reading about the nutcases who thought they could live off the land. I do agree that you can for a certain amount of time. Look at the mountain men, many of these young men where from the east, like Chris looking for some place new and getting away from people. They had to learning many things to survive in nature. There where many that died, but they explored, lived off the land, trapped game, hunted, and  knew where the best areas to live were. They learned many things off of experience, this was what Chris was lacking but he was young and learning. He died in the Alaskan wilderness like many who lacked the experience and knowledge of how to survive in the wild. Guess it was there time to go. 

So far this is what I am getting out of this book. I have never really been big on reading, but lately I have just been captivated by some of the books I have read like:

The Virgiana - very good

Tarzan of the Apes

The City of Ember