50 Books Challenge 2012 - # 4: Gorilla's in the Mist by Dian Fossey

Title: Gorilla's in the Mist
Author: Dian Fossey
Story: One of the most important books ever written about our connection to the natural world, "Gorilla's in the Mist" is the riveting account of Dian Fossey's thirteen years in a remote African rain forest with the greatest of the great apes. Fossey's extraordinary efforts to ensure the future of the rain forest and its remaining mountain gorillas are captured in her own words and in candid photographs of this fascinating endangered species. As only she could, Fossey combined her personal adventure story with groundbreaking scientific reporting in an unforgettable portrait of one of our closest primate relatives. Although Fossey's work ended tragically in her murder, "Gorilla's in the Mist" remains an invaluable testament to one of the longest-running field studies of primates and reveals her undying passion for her subject.
Start: january 18th 2012
End: january 23rd 2012
Comment: Dian Fossey is a woman I admire, for the work she's done. Off course I saw the movie, but I wanted more details. This books describes it, exactly how Fossey experiences her time between the gorilla's. In her writing you can taste her love for the animals. To her they weren't just gorilla's in the woods that she just happened to study. They were her children, the only ones she really cared for. What she did to help the apes is incredible and very inspiring. Unfortunately I think that this book won't interest everyone. It could be seen as boring for the average reader who's not interested in the daily life of a gorilla or any animal. A dream of mine has always been to see gorilla's in the wild, which was inspired by Dian Fossey. This summer I'm probably going to fullfill that dream, I too want to feel what she felt when she studied them.
Rating: 4,5/ 5

Top 5 Thursday: People I Want to Be for One Day

I've been thinking about this question for a long time. Who would you want to trade places with for one day. I doesn't matter if they are male or female or if they are dead or alive. I came up with these five.

5. Marlon Brando (in the 1950’s)
This was Brando’s best period in my opinion. I would just want to feel how it’s like to be an actor in that time and his acting methods. Because appearantly he wasn’t the easiest person to work with.

4. Dian Fossey
I admire the work she did and how she studied the mountain gorilla’s. It is a dream of mine to see them in the wild some day, so I would want to know how it feels to be Dian.

3. Jane Austen
She is my favorite writer and I love her stories. It’s sad that she only wrote six novels, but I would love to step into her world for one day. How she came up with the love stories, especially “Pride & Prejudice”, the most beloved story of all-time for me.

2. Naomi Watts
Off course I would want to be my favorite actress. She has done so many great movies and I love every single performance. The once in “21 Grams”, “Mulholland Drive”, “King Kong” and “The Painted Veil” are my favorites.

1. David Lynch
He’s not my favorite director, but I would just want to get into his mind. What the hell goes on in there? How did he come up with “Lost Highway”, “Mulholland Drive” and “Twin Peaks”? And I always wondered if everything has a deeper meaning or he just wants people to discuss about his films.

They almost made the top 5: J.K. Rowling, Rachel McAdams and Tom Hanks

Book Fair

I went to a book fair with my mother the other day. A school library wanted to raise money for a school in Indonesia, so they sold their books. And it where a lot of books. I didn't know where to start. So I found myself four wonderfull books:
- Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie;
- Gorilla's in the Mist by Dian Fossey;
- Sherlock Holmes: the Ultimate Collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle;
- The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
I only had to pay 3 euros! That's practically nothing! I gave 5, because it is for a good cause!
I'm a big fan of detective books. They're thrilling, exciting and mysterious! I was so glad that I found "Murder on the Orient Express". That's my favourite Christie story. So I will make it trough winter with those novels, haha!