What I'm Reading: 'Missoula' by Jon Krakauer

When I initially heard about this book, I had every intention of reading it and got a copy as quickly as possible. After reading the first few chapters, however, I set it aside and had a very hard time finding the proper motivation to finish it. This is not intended as bragging, but I've read a lot about rape on college campuses, so I wondered what new information I could possibly glean from a whole book on the subject, especially one that spends a LOT of its word count on very specific cases. However, it was due back at the library so I gave it a second look, and like all Jon Krakauer books, it read very, very quickly and before I knew it I was finished and glad I had put the time into it. Not everyone's cup of tea, to be certain, but it is thoroughly-researched and gets into many of the nuances of both criminal trials and disciplinary hearings of rape cases. Kirsten Gillibrand is also a fan.