pickIt‘s hard not to compare this to Erica Berry‘s Wolfish (tagged below, which I also enjoyed). Eight Bears is less of a memoir and more just straight-up science journalism and travelogue. It‘s also *far* more organized. Previously, if you‘d asked me how important organization was to me, I would have scoffed. I tend to think of myself (and my taste) as being sort of dreamy, floaty, and tangential. But Gloria Dickie proved me wrong! 👇🏻
monalyisha 1/2: I found this streamlined narrative nonfic to be endlessly fascinating…and sad. Ending with polar bears really drove the bleakness of our situation home. She writes, “At the end of my odyssey from cloud forest to sea ice, only three bear species seemed destined to prosper at the end of this century — the American black bear, the brown bear, & the panda. Indeed, the future itself reads much like a fairy tale: The Three Bears.” 1w
monalyisha 2/2: And, “Without bears, the woods and our stories would be empty.” To end my review on a lighter note, I‘ll leave you with a hot take: my new favorite bear is the spectacled bear. Hands down. Highly recommend! (edited) 1w
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Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear 1w
Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About FearTheBookHippie Oh I still want to read this. It‘s on my wishlist. Library doesn‘t have it! Now I really need it! 😂 1w
monalyisha @TheBookHippie You do! (If you ever need an enabler, message me. 😅) 1w
