Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Wild by Cheryl Strayed is an honest, raw, memoir of one woman's journey across the grueling Pacific Crest Trail. I must confess; I picked this up thinking it would be another Eat, Pray, Love and was surprised to discover it was definitely not that. Yes, it's a woman undergoing a somewhat extreme journey far from home after some serious emotional upheaval. Yes, she learns some profound things about life, herself, and the world along the way. But Cheryl Strayed somehow manages to keep all this aspiration firmly grounded in the West Coast earth.

Though it's not the greatest book I've read this year, it's still a thoroughly enjoyable read where I often felt like I was hiking right along with Cheryl.