Litsy

so-so

An interesting story. There are four different storylines in 100 pages. While they all converged and concluded well, it felt like too much. Just when I got invested in one story, it switched to another. I don't think it would have benefitted from being longer (it told the story it wanted to), but it would have been better if it was more focused on fewer characters or connected the characters more directly.

shanaqui I had the same quibble with The Mountain in the Sea; Nayler's stories would be more satisfying if they were just a bit... tighter to a small number of characters. In The Mountain in the Sea, one character feels pretty much narratively wasted, despite the other storylines being pretty amazing. 3d

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MarshmallowAdventures

The Tusks of Extinction | Ray Nayler

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A surprisingly satisfying little book, it tackled several interesting issues with the large scale problems of the ivory trade and human greed at the center of it all. I almost wish it were longer, but it gains some of its charm from being succinct.

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WildAlaskaBibliophile

The Tusks of Extinction | Ray Nayler

Sippin' on gin and juice. Laid back, with my mind on my book and my book on my mind!

Jess861 Curious about what you think of this book so far? 2w

WildAlaskaBibliophile @Jess861 it's good so far. Of course, there is the murder of elephants and mammoths, which is difficult for me. I always look up movies on Does the Dog Die website before watching them; just shows how difficult animal death and cruelty is for me. 2w

Jess861 @WildAlaskaBibliophile - thank you! I can't read about animal deaths if it is graphic. I can handle it if it adds to the story and is just sad but I still don't like it! 2w

WildAlaskaBibliophile @Jess861 Same! It doesn't go into graphic detail of the poachings, more of the aftermath where people and elephants/mammoths come across the remains. Some detail there. Still upsetting but not nearly as much as it would be if the author had detailed the physical aspect of the poaching. (edited) 2w

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WildAlaskaBibliophile

The Tusks of Extinction | Ray Nayler

“Damira followed the blood down the hill.“ #FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

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Soubhiville

The Tusks of Extinction | Ray Nayler

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Nayler‘s pro-animal scifi with heavy environmental themes speaks to me!

This 100 page novella is fast paced and is about Wooly Mammoths that have been cloned from ancient DNA. And the ability to implant digitally saved human minds into new bodies.

I didn‘t love this as much as The Mountain in the Sea, but I tend to enjoy full novels more than novellas in general.

Pictured is Sietje at work allowing a puppy to share her bed- uncommon!

AlaMich Sweet photo! (edited) 1mo

AmyG For a minute I thought you got another dog. Good girl, Seitje! 1mo

Soubhiville @AmyG Haha, oh no, we are a one dog household. And two cats 😂. 1mo

MemoirsForMe I thought you added to your fur baby family too. Such a sweet photo! 😍 1mo

Hooked_on_books That‘s so nice of her to share her bed! 1mo

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Gissy

Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction | Michelle Nijhuis

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6th book read November 2024

Wow! Fascinated nonfiction book about how “conservation became a movement for the protection of all species including human”.

This book made me feel angry and sad about the atrocities made in the past that put in extinction many species. Things that I was not aware, things I ignored, shame on me, because these actions put in danger these species and I admire led some of these actions in the fashion world😔⬇️

Gissy (CSI sad every time I went to see a picture of these species that are not in our planet anymore.

My observation with the book is that it goes back and forth in history all the time?and sometimes I was confused with names and order of events. I used a chart to trace the order of events. Also I wish it would have pictures of these species. But it was fascinated and now I want to read some books author mentioned. 4/4.5⭐️ 3mo

Gissy Book recommended by YouTuber @BrittaBohler
#Nonfiction @Bookwormjillk
Book was given by @BookBissom1 during #NaturaLitsy #Midsummerswap June 21, 2023 3mo

Bookwormjillk Sounds excellent. Stacking this. 3mo

Gissy @Bookwormjillk YouTuber Britta Bohleis in buddy read group with other two persons and they read books about nature. Maybe you can ask her about Other books.YouTuber abookolive gives amazing nonfiction recommendations. 3mo

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Schnoebs

The Tusks of Extinction | Ray Nayler

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3.75⭐️

Though I wasn‘t in love with, I absolutely wish I had someone to talk about this book with. Highly recommend for any #bookclub. It‘s been a while that a sci-fi has really made me think. It‘s truly what I love about the genre. Never thought I‘d read such an interesting approach to discussing the ivory trade and poaching issue.

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JessClark78

When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time | Michael Benton

#HauntedShelf #BookScavengerHunt

#Desolate

+16 points #FrightClub

Jadams89, PuddleJumper

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Kenyazero

Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America | Dan Flores

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I‘d call this a fascinating but stressful read. It was a big library read on Libby a while ago, and I was intrigued enough to read it. It starts out with a pretty cool prehistory of North America, and half way through it quickly spirals into a distressing tirade of environmental destruction and needless cruelty as white colonists flood the scene. Indigenous perspectives are definitely missing in this book.

Kenyazero Used for #OwlHouseReadathon Gwendolyn Clawthorne: taught you something new about animals. 6mo

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