The Reading List #42
It's been a while, but here we are with a fresh reading list post! I can’t believe this is Reading List #42 – there are so many mini-reviews up on here now. The latest four reviews cover fiction and non-fiction, and each of them really impressed me. Elephant Song, Wilbur Smith In Chiwewe National Park , Zimbabwe , TV naturalist Dr Daniel Armstrong films the slaughter of an elephant herd. In London , anthropologist Kelly Kinnear is caught up in confrontation with a powerful conglomerate warning them of imminent danger in Zimbabwe . Armstrong and Kinnear form an alliance in an attempt to fight greed and corruption. This was beautiful. The characters’ passion for the land and the cause was clear, and the way both the beauty and the terror of the country are described in juxtaposition with one another is fantastic. I found myself totally immersed in their world, and the plot itself was fast-paced. Stop Thinking, Start Living, Richard Carlson...