This is a good three not a bad three. It was funnish but not a perfect little essay. At 34 pages of attitude, you really can't go wrong confirming that mountain climbing will probably never be your thing. By you I mean me. My poor ears can barely handle weather systems coming through at a "normal" altitude and I get vertigo climbing two flights of open stairs. As much as I chuckled at the writer's responses to what she got herself into, this (me and mountain climbing = bad idea) was a sad realization for me to make. After having read her other two books, and having just about liked them (Yes, I still don't think she is God's gift to book-world), there was no way I would've paid for this Kindle Single (is there a way I can publish them too, since that's what bloggers seem to be doing these days?), had it not been for the extreme love the husband carries for anything that has Crosley's name. I am in half a mind to think its her looks he likes and not her writing style, but I cannot totally strike off her writing also, she is not that bad. In fact , she is pretty good. Very funny. LOng sentences with more than 20 words in each, but nonetheless, funny. Her usage at funny analogies always made me think of her as a new I-dont-know-what (coz, I obviously suck at analogies). There is also this self-deprecating humor she shows when she is talking about the situations she is involved in, my favourite being the one in which she talks about her liking for ponies (May be the fact that its her first essay in her first book could be a reason for me remembering it still)To summarize what I feel about Crosley and all of her books, this one included - pick it up when you want to do some brain-dead reading and also laugh at the same time. And yes, if you like it, learn how she does those cool analogies and metaphors. That's all.
What do You think about Up The Down Volcano (2000)?
It was okay for me. I'm happy it was short, otherwise I may not have finished it.
—dshanea
Not my favorite out of her published work, but she is always good fun.
—Levi
This book gave me sympathy altitude sickness
—Debbie
