The Wolf Border | 
pickShe's a good writer, a long book but didn't feel so.
Rachel is tasked with wolf reintroduction and thus follows the tale, the relationships she encounters and her own journey in all of this. I like how it all works together, her career path kind of exists with the borders of her family life and the friends she makes within this world. Lots of metaphorical links here, really made me appreciate her thoroughness.
pickRachel is a wolf researcher who is offered an unusual project to run in her home county of Cumbria. This book follows both her professional choices and projects but also offers a quiet character study of Rachel alongside some lovely nature writing. I really enjoyed this, as did my own little “wolves” (only one pictured).
pickThis novel covers a lot of different ground in a quiet and contemplative way. It was oddly soothing, even when stressful things were happening in the story. Loved the writing, and the audio narration was superb.
#AyUpAugust #Animal I‘m not a short story fan but I did really love Mrs Fox 🦊 from the book Madame Zero. I‘m also looking forward to reading Wolf Border - a Birthday present from a lovely Litten 👍🏻♥️. Love Sarah Halls writing ...
OMG I‘m so excited to receive this book! Thankyou @RachelO for this , and I‘m eating the lovely chocolate already.
Well , that‘s my next book sorted!
I LOVED her Mrs Fox 🦊 ( unforgettable) short story ( we read the short stories for IRL Bookclub ...I‘ve wanted this ever sinse !
Thankyou for this gift ... I appreciate it very much. I‘ll keep you posted ... you are reading it now yourself, or you are just finished ! Brilliant, XXX
pickStruggling to review this one! Particularly on audio, it‘s a quiet read, despite the huge themes it tackles - family, power, politics, addiction, love - and yet it really was gripping.
Rachel Caine, working on wolf projects in Idaho & long distant from her family, receives an unexpected offer - to reintroduce grey wolves to a large private estate in Cumbria, her home territory. Despite her better judgement, she drifts into a new start.
I‘m still sitting with this one - I‘ll write a review of it at some point (short version: it‘s great). Meanwhile, for #AnglophileApril, Rachel Cane is not one to say I‘ll #LetYouLoveMe. But, by the end of this very quiet book, she has actual relationships with real-life human beings, a family, even. Plus wolves. And told with a smidgeon of alternative history, which is still very ‘live‘.
pickI read The Wolf Border after
Madame Zero. There is the same edginess: a quality I‘ve come to love this year reading Deborah Levy & Rachel Cusk. I first read about wolves in White Fang when I was little: the starving wolves chasing the 2 men and the dog team, the dogs getting eaten one by one. I was glad to learn different, wonderful things about wolves! The scenes of weather, hills and water are vivid, the human stories develop absorbingly.
A decent #litsywalkers walk this morning, but boy, was it windy!?! The ferry isn‘t running today because of high winds, it wasn‘t easy to stay upright near the ferry shelter, and out at sea there are about 5 ships at anchor, presumably waiting for the weather to pass.
Plus, new audiobook, which I‘m enjoying a lot so far.
pickHaving heard 2 of the authors short stories on the radio 4 short story prize i was looking forward to trying this novel and it didn't disappoint. Rachel is a wolf expert who returns from idaho to her home in the lake district to oversee a project to reintroduce wolves to the countryside. I loved the ability to craft an engaging story of family, life and nature. A gentle story but i was absorbed and turning the pages as i would with a thriller.
#trytoremember #winterwonderland
The joy of reading sometimes is finding words you recognise but still need to look up - vestigial 'forming a very small remnant of something that was once greater or more noticeable' - i am really enjoying this book, and totally absorbed in the story - I was wondering whether i cd think of anything to post today when i happened upon this extract and word. I think it works. I hope everyone is enjoying their Friday.
#winterwonderland #freezeframe
It's nearly Christmas so a glass of port and a mince pie frames my latest read with a particularly cold looking cover. I heard one of the writer's short stories on the bbc short story competition this yr so thought id give this a go.
This is Moby. He may not be #AWolfAtTheDoor, but he's the nearest I've got, living down the road at Escot Park 'WildWood' with siblings Elvis, Sting, PJ, KD and Lemmy.
The book is *still* in my Audible queue. One day!
#OctoberXFiles @Robothugs @Cinfhen
What happens when #savage beasts (well, wolves) are reintroduced to the UK?
I think this sounds fascinating! Last year, 6 wolf cubs were brought to live in a country park near us, as part of a research study into 'rewilding'. Their names: Elvis, Sting, Moby, Lemmy, K.D. And P.J. (Of course!)
#nuyear @Cinfhen @TrishB
I *might* have blown all my credits in the Audible UK 2for1 sale. They had a nice selection this time!
panLeider konnte es mich nicht überzeugen. Die #Rezension dazu gibt es auf meinem Blog!
www.readbooksandfallinlove.com/2016/12/16/bei-den-woelfen-von-sarah-hall-rezension/
"Zählungen der Herde von Annerdale aus der Luft und am Boden haben ergeben, dass die Bestandszahlen zu hoch sind. Im folgenden Monat wird mit einer Reduzierung begonnen. Man will nicht warten, bis die Wölfe freigesetzt werden, will keine Krankheit riskieren. Eine letzte Jagdsaison auf dem Gut, das ist es, was du meinst, denkt sie, ein letztes Hurra." S. 201 #MittendrinMittwoch
Bin num auf Seite 170 und endlich mitten in der Geschichte! Es beginnt spannend zu werden und Rachel wird mir doch noch sympathisch! Bin gespannt wie es weiter geht. Die Wölfe sind auf jeden Fall schon mal gut angekommen!
Sonntagabende sind herrlich, um in #Buecher einzutauchen. Was lest ihr gerade?
Ich begebe mich wieder zu den Wölfen ins Reservat! #BeidenWoelfen
Zur Zeit bin ich etwas über 100 Seiten - schlecht ist das Buch nicht, nur fehlt mir die Zeit es zu lesen! Ich hoffe das ich am Wochenende dazu komme!
"Das Taxi setzt sie ab und fährt den Feldweg rückwärts wieder hinunter. Man hat den Schlüssel vertrauensvoll in der Haustür stecken lassen. Sie schliesst auf und geht hinein. Das Gebäude scheint schon länger nicht mehr bewohnt worden zu sein - es riecht vorwiegend nach Stein , einer mineralischen Leere und kürzlich verwendeten Reinigungsmitteln." S.89 #MittendrinMittwoch
This book is the only thing that stand between me and Christmas holidays 🎅🏽🎄❄️ #readyforchristmas #litstudent
"Es gibt eine kleine, ruhige Abschiedsparty. Zwei der Stammesältesten und ein paar Freunde aud dem Reservat nehmen daran teil. Sie trinken Punsch aus Plastikbechern und grillen. Es ist ein warmer Tag gewesen; der Abend ist ebenfalls mild." S.84 #MittendrinMittwoch
Bin nun auf S. 80 und nun beginnt die Geschichte endlich ein wenig Handlung zu bekommen.
Heute wird endlich wieder in diesem Buch weitergelesen! Ich hoffe sehr, dass es mich noch packt!
"Die Leute haben keine tiefere Beziehung zur freien Natur", sagt sie. "Sie wollen einfach nur nette Spaziergänge, schöne Aussichten und eine Teestube."
"Das mag sein", sagt er. "Aber ich habe eine spannende Vision. Manchmal muss man einem Land einfach die Realität eines Tiers präsentieren, nicht den Mythos." S. 42
#MittendrinMittwoch
Weiter geht es mit diesem Buch hier! Bin bei Seite 40 und mag den Schreibstil zwar sehr, doch die Geschichte packt mich noch nicht so.
"Sie weiss, sie wird den Job nicht annehmen, so reizvoll der Vorschlag oder so neugierig sie auch sein mag. Doch auch wenn sich sein Bemühen vielleicht als albern, als Zeitverschwendung herausstellt, er hat ihr immerhin einen Grund geliefert, nach Hause zu kommen." S. 22 #MittendrinMittwoch
Fange dieses wundervolle Buch nun an! Bin schon gespannt auf die Geschichte! Habt ihr es schon gelesen? #beidenwoelfen
Die schönste Seite des Herbst genießen - Achtung Fluchtgefahr: ich bin dann mal weg....
bailedIt isn't her, it's me. Not my cup of tea right now, so taking back to library for someone else to love. Did you love it?
