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50. A book with a bird on its cover
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I think I'll read Sarn Helen: A Journey Through Wales, Past, Present and Future
, a book I just picked up recently.Other possibilities:
Deathless
Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy
Young Girl Eating a Bird
The Fledgling
Bridge of Birds
The Shape of My Name
Gone: A Search for What Remains of the World’s Extinct Creatures
Flaubert's Parrot
and a bunch more that I've added to the Listopia.
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Right now, I think the front runner is Magpie Murders.
(I do like the listopia suggestion of Make Way for Ducklings, though.)
I have so many books with birds on the cover, I could probably make reading them my challenge for the year! I chose The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams:
I've no idea what the bird is, if it makes an appearance in the story I'll come back with an update.
Dixie wrote: "I think I'll read Sarn Helen: A Journey Through Wales, Past, Present and Future , a book I just pic..."Sarn Helen looks really interesting!
Jenna ✨DNF Queen✨Here, Sometimes... wrote: "Dixie wrote: "I think I'll read Sarn Helen: A Journey Through Wales, Past, Present and Future , a b..."I'm looking forward to it. I went to a small college in Wales many years ago and have loved it ever since (and before, too, actually!).
Even though the cover has a big butterfly, there are small birds in the background: The Things She's Seen by Ambelin Kwaymullina
I have way too many options for this one - so I'll use it for my favourite prompt choice as well.
What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird
Birding to Change the World: A Memoir
Extinctions
All the Little Bird-Hearts
Songbirds
The Bird Hotel
Around the Year in 52 Books
Books mentioned in this topic
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (other topics)Birding to Change the World: A Memoir (other topics)
What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird (other topics)
Songbirds (other topics)
Extinctions (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Robin Wall Kimmerer (other topics)Ambelin Kwaymullina (other topics)
Jen Williams (other topics)
Amy Tan (other topics)
ATY Listopiahttps://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
What are you reading? Can you identify the bird on the cover?