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Valorie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Valorie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Valorie Grace Hallinan
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October 2011
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Revisiting H Is for Hawk
“….her feet were gnarled and dusty, her eyes a deep, fiery orange, and she was beautiful. Beautiful like a granite cliff or a thunder-cloud. She completely filled the room. She had a massive back of sun-bleached grey feathers, was as muscled as a pit bull, and intimidating as hell….” H is for Hawk, by Helen… Continue reading Revisiting H Is for Hawk →
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Rhode Island
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I would add, based on what one reviewer said here, that the account of the beloved tree that was cut down at Harvard was dispiriting. I agree with the
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| I always welcome writing by Terry Tempest Williams. This one is a bit of a slog, though. Seems as though it needs a more substantial theme to tie the essays together. Written in a journal or memoir style, it partly takes place during the pandemic. Gi ...more | |
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| Susan Orlean is a fantastic writer; I've read The Orchid Thief and The Library Book. (I also saw the movie Adaptation which, at the time I pretty much enjoyed but hasn't aged well with me - what I recall of it, the movie seemed pretentious and muddle ...more | |
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| I have been following Deborah’s blog, Writing on the Edge of the Wild, for many years on WordPress. (She now has a Substack version as well.) I have always found her insights about art, literature, truth, beauty, and the human dilemma to be evocative ...more | |
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| I do not recommend this book, especially if you are new to learning how to return your yard into a healthy, native habitat. I doubt that more experienced enthusiasts would get much out of this book either, since is it a series of random question, loo ...more | |
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How Can I Help?: Saving Nature with Your Yard
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I totally agree with this review. And the book has a hefty price tag. Not worth it for a series of random questions and answers. I am disappointed in
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How Can I Help?: Saving Nature with Your Yard:
"The information in this book is good. Maybe great.
The format of this book is a train wreck. The organization is haphazard at best, the Q&A format is confusing. They are purportedly questions that the author has received during his talks and lectures" Read more of this review » |
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Nov 20, 2012 07:30AM
In recent weeks, I've read San Miguel, Flight Behavior, and Sweet Tooth, all excellent in their own way. Just wrote about Flight on Books Can Save a Life today (http://wp.me/p28JYl-qr) and will soon feature Ian McEwan's Sweet Tooth. All of these would make great Christmas gifts.
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