Relating to a book about monsters is, for the most part, probably not a good thing. However, it seemed that on almost every page of Matt Kaplan's Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite I found something that related to my life and/or personality. Granted, the entire subject matter of this book correlates to my want to go into archaeology and paleontology. Kaplan uses many archaeological and paleontological research papers and magazine articles to explain each monster; for me, this is absolutely wonderful and further confirms what I would love to be able to do with my life.
However, it was not just the overall subject matter I related to; Kaplan seemed to mention nearly all of my favorite things in life. There is an entire chapter on dinosaurs, that I love, and in which he mentions Australia, one of the top places I want to go to in my lifetime. Furthermore, Kaplan mentions the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National Park multiple times, both of which I have been to and both of which I absolutely fell in love with. He also talks about elephants, my favorite animal, and geology, another one of my career interests. Finally, in the chapter on dinosaurs, Kaplan explores the idea of being able to rebirth dinosaurs, something that I have an immeasurable interest in. So, to say the least, I can easily relate to this book on monsters and absolutely love it.
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