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I don't know if I'll read 4 books between now and December 21st, but I want to participate in this group and I'll read what I can including what I've already started.

Midwinter - nonfiction - Creating Black Americans by Nelle Irwin Painter
12 days of Christmas: poetry - The world keeps ending and the world goes on by Franny Choi

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Not sure this was the eighth one to read today! We‘re still in national lockdown and I‘m missing sky and mountains, oceans and waves, meadows and marsh - and this made me miss them even more! 😥#nfn2020

A beautiful, provocative meditation on the American Southwest. Nature writing at its finest. I love this book, very much.

If you‘ve never been out west, but wonder what it‘s like; this is the book for you. This quote is one of the best descriptions of Wyoming I‘ve ever seen. For some it is the reason we stay, for others it‘s a reason to get far away.

#6 A book about nature

I love nature, but not enough to read or write about it. I also don't have a strong desire to move from the city to a town 2+ hours away from the nearest town. For those reasons, I am only so-so to the beauty of this book. The author writes a collection of stories about her time in Wyoming after needing time away from NYC. The vastness and isolation she describes terrifies me, but I'm in awe of her courage.

#Readharder

As promised, I hauled this book across many miles and states to read it in WY. If I read the clues correctly, this lovely spot is not far as the crow flies from Erlich's ranch at the time she published it. She certainly has guts & fortitude for all the kinds of ranching activities she's done. I really appreciated the landscape & climate descriptions. I'm curious about the local (state) reception at release.

Fantastic book of essays on nature. She writes wonderfully with sentences that just sing. You can feel the love she has for nature through those sentences.

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Rainy morning reading; best way to start the day.

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Afternoon reading.

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I had to move indoors with my book about nature because it started raining outside. But I'm liking this book of essays about Wyoming, from the 1980s but apparently headed to reprint because I have a review copy.

It's #Recommendsday! While I'm stuck inside on this cold, rainy summer day, I'm recommending this slim, gorgeous memoir. Enrich is a phenomenal writer, and this is a beautiful meditation on nature and self-reliance. Perfect for fans of Cheryl Strayed, Annie Dillard, Pam Houston, Alice Walker, Terry Tempest Williams, and Poe Ballentine.