I haven't seen the movie yet, but I read "into the wild" a long time ago, same author as into thin air- the somewhat more recent book about climbing everest. The Imax movie shot the same year (first imax camera to summit Everest) as Into Thin Air is written about was me and my hubby's first friendly date-followed by dinner and a lot of kissing about a week later.

I really liked both books, i have always been a fan of adventure writing.

The only other books I have read in the past two years are Harry Potter 7 and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Loved both.