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First chapter on Ravens. What’s not to love?

Very interesting couplings. A wide range of circumstances. It’s got me thinking all the big relationship questions.

Does it surprise anyone that I’ve offered to help Denver Audubon Society facilitate a new book club about birds with intersections on art, mindfulness and literature? I hope they pick me. This is their first book?

So many questions. The premise has my head spinning.

Holy cow. This book involving a painting made me
Think of Tartt’s Goldfinch. And in chapter 42, this author refers to Tartt’s take on art as described in Goldfinch.

Switched to the audio book because I’ve been driving a lot. And tired at home. I am totally into the story now.

Hmm. The cadence of the writing makes me feel unsettled. It’s loopy. And snarky. And departs key phrases. And is it first person, third person? Present tense? I like to relax into reading. So far I feel kicked around a bit. Let’s see where it goes

Like Tartt’s Goldfinch, I will remind myself it’s a good idea to try to love a story about an ill-begot painting.

This might be a perfect book. The author is on an incredible adventure by rowing and hiking to the Arctic. She’s a nature and bird lover, and the special sauce is she talks about food a lot. I enjoy how she details what they eat along the way, how they back it, their nutritional needs, food mishaps and the like. Nature, birds and food….I can get on board with this.

Charming. Starting to wonder where it’s going.

Not gonna finish. I think this needs a straight read through instead of opening it every 2 or 3 days. Switching to my next book.

Just what I wanted. Woods, coming of age, mystery, Adirondacks. Skilled writing.

This book is cracking me up. It’s a catchy story while also being thought provoking.

I will read this book forever. There is no time when these essays won’t live in my head.

Simply remarkable. I want to read it slowly and let her images simmer.

Struggling. Very YA. I have a hard time with keeping up with different lands and lore and spells and such. Just how my old brain works. Thought there was more s()xy time too. She persists.

I already love it. His writing and wit reminds me
of Stand By Me, Owen Meany, and The Whistling Season. All favorites!!!

Luxuriously imaginative. The prose keeps me afloat. Need a bit more progress at this point but happy to be swayed by her storytelling prowess.

Raucously fun so far. Ah to be a teenager on the loose, with means, and a glamorous sidekick in NYC 1940.

What she left behind was good writing skills. I hope it improves. I am only in the first chapter which is setting the stage for what appears to be a big story. But the writer isn't wowing me with her creative skills. Yet. I am open to what comes. I hope it gets better.

I was in Charleston, SC last weekend of the first time and a friend recommended I read this book. I loved Secret Life of Bees so it was easy to give this one a try. I am liking it so far and enjoying the references to Charleston that I now recognize (Bay Street, Broad Street, St. Phillips, and many more.)

I love this writer...her wit, gracious perspective, and tone. This is a memoir and it's put together as a series of short essays on her perspective on love and other acts of charity (wink wink). It reminds me of Gilead - the quiet meditation on life and faith.