Member Reviews
Lens and L, Reviewer
Good book with a solid storyline. I really liked the main character and how the story unfolds for the reader.
Kari C, Bookseller
I really enjoyed reading this book. The author takes us with her journeys around the world as she explores volcanoes. The book combines science, memoir and travel adventure. I really enjoyed the armchair travels and parts of the book made me laugh out loud. The book is easy to read and fun and I found the science interesting. Enjoy
Macaela W, Librarian
Jess Phoenix opens her book at The Explorers Club, the night she gets in. And then she takes us back to how she got there. She found passion in a geology class and just kept going. Her first adventure was with a class in the summer studying Death Valley. Camping, her first time, which she takes to it pretty quickly. And then she finds her passion in the volcano. Starting with two different ones on the Hawaiian Islands before moving to the tallest one which is under the ocean. Jess talks about the great pictures that she took, but there were none in my advanced copy. She has a great voice and the book is easy to read. She and her husband created Blueprint Earth, a nonprofit environmental science and education organization. This was a great book for me, someone who’s interested in the world, but isn’t as adventurous as she is.
Anabel U, Reviewer
*I received a copy of this book on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for this opportunity.*
MS. ADVENTURE follows scientist Jess Phoenix during a handful of her most memorable field experiences. Phoenix has lived an incredible, adventure-filled, and frankly amazing life-- and it was fascinating to me, as a lay person, to peek into the world of geology. This book is a very easy pick-up-put-down read, because none of the chapters are connected in any meaningful manner, meaning you don't have to follow a story line to enjoy any part of this book.
I can understand how this 'field journal' layout might be jarring for a lot of readers, but personally, I enjoyed reading the snippets of Phoenix's professional life and experiences since it prevented the narrative from getting too bogged down. Phoenix also did an excellent job of describing her work in an engaging and informative manner that anyone could easily understand.
This book was written to help propel Phoenix's work as a scientist and climate change activist into the general public, and I think it was a fun and intriguing read.
LADY R, Reviewer
This was a great read that was so interesting. I loved the way that it followed the author's story from education and through her research days. It was interesting to learn that this path was almost accidental. As in the early days, she struggled to find an interesting subject to study. It was brilliant learning about the research she was involved in. From getting samples from land volcanoes. Through to time spent on a research vessel looking at deep ocean volcanoes. It's certainly not a career for the faint-hearted. There were plenty of issues and problems to overcome. This book was well-written and kept my interest throughout. The only thing missing in this book was pictures especially since the author describes posing for domestic interesting pictures.
So much praise goes out to the author and publishers for bringing us this wonderful journey.
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Kate K, Reviewer
I didn’t realize this book would expire - I was 54% through before it expired and was enjoying learning about the author’s experiences. I always enjoy reading about people experiencing things I would never do and there was definitely a lot of that here! I will probably get it from the library at some point to finish.
