The Natural History of Selborne

The Natural History of Selborne | Gilbert White

so-so

As a historical document, this is a great look at the natural world in a particular spot in England in the 1700s. As a book, and particularly as an audiobook, it works less well, too often giving a listing of animals and being a bit dull for it. Some bits are good, but overall I didn‘t enjoy this much. #NaturaLitsy

AllDebooks Great review x 14mo

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The Natural History of Selborne | Gilbert White

#Naturalitsy #Scarathlon

Although this letter was written in June 1775, it seems perfect for all the cobwebs I'm finding in my garden atm. Anyone else reading/enjoying Selborne?

I thought I would do a quick check-in and see how everyone is doing. I narrowly missed getting flooded by Storm Babet yesterday!! 😱 Just a soggy garage, it could have been a lot worse. 😅

Anyhow, hope all is well. 🍁🎃🍁

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Bookwormjillk I‘m glad you didn‘t have too much damage. We‘ve had about 6 one hundred year storms in the last two years and it‘s frightening. I haven‘t started to book yet. Soon! 1y

jlhammar Glad to hear you weren‘t flooded. Life is really getting in the way of my reading this month! Very frustrating. Hoping to dip into this some this week yet, but it‘s very unlikely I‘ll finish by the end of the month. Still really looking forward to it. 1y

Cuilin I‘m reading about a letter a day or so. I‘m going slow but I‘m enjoying its gentle style and pace. Glad to hear about the flooding, Cork Ire not so lucky. (edited) 1y

Hooked_on_books I listened to almost all of it. The audio was the only way I could get the book and it‘s not the best choice, unfortunately. Some of it‘s great, but it‘s a bit dull. 1y

AllDebooks @jlhammar I think it lends itself to an occasional dip in as the letters are shortish. I certainly couldn't read it as a stand-alone book. I much prefer coming back to it periodically. 1y

AllDebooks @Cuilin sorry to hear about Cork, it was a terrible storm 1y

AllDebooks @Hooked_on_books I should imagine it could be quite tedious in places as an audiobook 🤔 1y

TheSpineView This is a book that I need to read a bit then let it rest while I noodle on what I just read before picking it up again. 1y

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Life is hectic as always. Our landlady isn‘t fixing a water problem so we‘ve been pretty much without water for a month. Dealing with the health dept. and unfortunately if it doesn‘t get fixed within a set time, they could condemn all the impacted homes and we would have to move. Trying to stay positive and enjoy my fav time of year, but it‘s getting harder. We signed The Wyrmling up for a costume contest at a local fair. Looking forward to it. 🖤 1y

AllDebooks @TheSpineView I feel the same 😊 1y

AllDebooks @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Yikes!! That sounds so stressful. Hope it gets sorted asap. The costume contest sounds fun, enjoy x 1y

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Cuilin

The Natural History of Selborne | Gilbert White

These are quite complementary!! Anyone else reading both of these?

#PemberLittens #NaturalLitsy

@BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks

AllDebooks I'm reading Selborne but not Tess. Might have to rethink that 🤔 1y

Amiable Interesting pairing! I‘ve read “Tess” but not the Selborne. 1y

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The Natural History of Selborne | Gilbert White

Reposting for @AllDebooks
#Naturalitsy

A reminder for our next #buddyread starting on the 1st of October. As this a volume of letters, I thought it best to set as a schedule-less read. The discussion thread will be on the 30th of October.

All welcome to join in. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/20934/20934-h/20934-h.htm

AllDebooks Thank you for the share x 1y

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AllDebooks

The Natural History of Selborne | Gilbert White

#Naturalitsy

A reminder for our next #buddyread starting on the 1st of October. As this a volume of letters, I thought it best to set as a schedule-less read. The discussion thread will be on the 30th of October.

All welcome to join in. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/20934/20934-h/20934-h.htm

@LitsyEvents

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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm I‘ll have to skip out on this one as I‘m already committed to the Scarathlon/Naturalitsy buddyread. ❤️ 1y

AllDebooks @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm 👍 1y

Graywacke On the fence. Looks great, but also looks like a bit of a commitment. 1y

jlhammar Thanks, looking forward to it! 1y

Bookwormjillk I‘ll try this one. I couldn‘t find a copy of the scarathlon one. 1y

yourfavouritemixtape This looks interesting but I can‘t make it this month. 1y

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Bookwomble

Natural History of Selbourne White | Gilbert White

“Black weather,
Cucumber fruit swells,
Rooks sit."

- 11th March, 1768

Cathythoughts Great post ♥️ 5y

Bookwomble @Cathythoughts Thank you ? I haven't read "Selbourne", but the author of the book I'm presently reading, Richard Mabey, has written about it, and quotes this passage, which he likens to a haiku. 5y

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Seshat

The Natural History of Selborne | Gilbert White

#earthsong #lyricalapril #day22 An illustration from the Folio edition. I recently got this, so thought of it. @Cinfhen

Cinfhen This was originally written in 1890's 😱🤓cool!How lovely you found a #FoloioEdition (edited) 8y

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