Nature Literature discussion

Hi everyone,

I am now taking nominations for the May 2025 Book of the Month on this thread.

As a reminder, here are the rules:
- Please try to include a link to the book if you can
- Check the Previous BOTM list to ensure we haven't read it before (https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...)
- Limit your nomination to one book per month so everyone has an equal chance of winning
- Get your nomination in by Friday, April 4th - the poll will go up on Saturday, April 5th.

Thanks,
Becky

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

For this month, should it be fiction or nonfiction?

If fiction is allowed, I would suggest the new release Wild Dark Shore, set on an island between Tasmanian and Antarctica. I suppose it might be called an eco-thriller, with penguins, seals, a seed bank, melting permafrost, and personal dramas. It’s by the author of Migrations, which I’m pretty sure I saw on your bookshelf.

Otherwise, I liked this non-fiction book: Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change.

Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity by Nicklas Brendborg

NancyJ wrote: "For this month, should it be fiction or nonfiction?

If fiction is allowed, I would suggest the new release Wild Dark Shore, set on an island between Tasmanian and Antarctica. I su..."

Hi Nancy. We typically only do fiction in April and October, so I will use your non-fiction suggestion this time.

Hayley wrote: "Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity by Nicklas Brendborg"

Here is the link: Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity

Sina wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1..."

Hi Sina,

The Sixth Extinction was our BOTM in August 2018, so I will not inlcude it in the poll.

Smithsonian Handbook of Interesting Bird Nests by Douglas D.G. Russell

I’d like to nominate Marina’s book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Halcyon Journey: in Search of the Belted Kingfisher

Thank you, everyone. I will put the poll up today and this thread is now closed.

Wow a three way tie!? I was undecided and didn’t vote
... I could kick myself now.

NancyJ wrote: "Wow a three way tie!? I was undecided and didn’t vote
... I could kick myself now."

Hmmm... 3 books seems a bit excessive for a BOTM selection. Which one would you have voted for, NancyJ?