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Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness | Alastair Humphreys

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Absolutely loved this. A years adventure in a 20kmx20km map centred around the authors home. Really made me think about exploring more of the area in which I live - something I did a lot during Covid but may resume once I‘m moving a bit more!

Also some really interesting thoughts around sustainability, right to roam, housing, and numerous other topics.

#ASingleMap

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Soubhiville

The Backyard Bird Chronicles | Amy Tan

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I have tried a few of Amy Tan‘s fiction books and didn‘t connect well with them. This journal and collection of drawings however was delightful!

She‘s an incredibly talented artist, and I found her observations and commentary on her backyard visitors funny and interesting. Highly recommend if you also like birdwatching or feeding your locals.

MemoirsForMe I‘m looking forward to reading this one even more now. 4h

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Robotswithpersonality

The Backyard Bird Chronicles | Amy Tan

Oof, the entry packs a punch, but the ending sentence really knocked me out.

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Robotswithpersonality

The Backyard Bird Chronicles | Amy Tan

Hee hee. Spicy for birdy, not for squirrel! 🌶️

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Robotswithpersonality

Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell | Sy Montgomery

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Sy Montgomery's distinctive voice, a mix of perky and reverent, just isn't a match for the overwhelmingly sad tone of the material. If dismal statistics and a flood of accidental, neglectful, cruel, and gory turtle injuries and casualties recounted wasn't enough, references to the COVID-19 pandemic and other hellish aspects of 2020 enter the story to depress the reader further. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? On the plus side:
Insatiable curiousity yields some interesting side bars/tangents.
The book showcases important work being done. I think perhaps Montgomery also wanted to focus on a more uplifting, relatable topic, the people helping the turtles, showing that people care even in the worst and most challenging of circumstances. 1w

Robotswithpersonality 3/3 There are sweet and silly moments, by they come late and few.
The sub-theme of linkages to time based on the lifespan of turtles, the aging of the author, is not quite as shoe-horned into the narrative as it might first appear.

⚠️animal abuse, animal death, discussion of COVID-19 pandemic, discussion of transphobia 1w

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bookishbitch

The Backyard Bird Feeder's Bible: The A-to-Z Guide To Feeders, Seed Mixes, Projects, And Treats | Sally Roth

We have 5 pairs of cardinals that have been visiting our feeders this year. It's impossible for me to get a good photo of them all at the same time. This one isn't bad though.

Leftcoastzen I live where there are no Cardinals.Thanks for posting, beautiful! 2w

bookishbitch @Leftcoastzen You're welcome! 2w

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PaperbackPirate

On Meadowview Street | Henry Cole

I read this to my class today - what a sweet story. It made me think of the #naturalitsy group on here because this is like We Are the ARK for kids.

PaperbackPirate

We Are the ARK: Returning Our Gardens to Their True Nature with Acts of Restorative Kindness

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AllDebooks

A Tree a Day: 365 of the World�s Most Majestic Trees | Amy-Jane Beer

#NaturaLitsy #Dailybuddyread #ATreeADay

Well, that's a wrap on January.
🍃 Are you enjoying our daily read?
🍃 Do you have a favourite entry for January?
🍃 Have the entries prompted you to research more on that day's subject?

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

AllDebooks @Deblovestoread @Bookwormjillk @Read4life @TheBookHippie @kspenmoll @TEArificbooks @Cuilin @DebinHawaii @Chelsea.Poole @dabbe @Chrissyreadit @CBee @julieclair @tdrosebud @Soscha @Seabreeze_Reader @StaceGhost @Daisey @bcncookbookclub 3w

Cuilin I love starting my day with this book. I love the Major Oak tree in Sherwood Forest and I also love the road of trees in Northern Ireland. 3w

TheBookHippie Yes! I loved that Theresienstadt was in the book and everyday I‘m in awe. Such a perfect book for the year! 3w

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CBee I need to catch up but am very much enjoying it! 3w

AllDebooks @Cuilin I loved the Major Oak too, visited it many times. It is a lovely book. 😍 3w

AllDebooks @TheBookHippie glad you like it. I like the variety of posts, so interesting. 3w

AllDebooks @CBee no rush, just enjoy. X 3w

Read4life I‘m just enjoying this book. I start my day with it out on the hammock with my coffee. It‘s just a perfect start to each new day. 3w

AnnCrystal 🌱💝💝💝. 3w

Faranae 😂 I think I'm the only one who doesn't like the book. I thought I would, but it doesn't go deep enough at all, and some of the trees I already knew about, I got annoyed because of how she talked about them (for example, focusing on the death of Kiidk'yaas instead of its part in Haida life, the saplings created from cuttings, the use of the wood in Six String Nation, etc).

It did give me something to track daily for Storygraph though! 3w

dabbe I'm loving it and even got Matt reading it with me. 🤩 The only parts that sadden me, though, are the trees that no longer exist. 🥺 3w

TEArificbooks I‘m loving it. I thought it was going to highlight a tree species a day but I like the specific trees. I thought the 11 bonsai trees was a cute story. 3w

Daisey I‘m thoroughly enjoying this book as well! I don‘t tend to read it every day but about every 3 days I read a few days. I‘m not sure it‘s quite what I was expecting, but it‘s fascinating. 3w

Seabreeze_Reader I'm enjoying the daily essays, although I sometimes miss a few days and then read multiple entries to catch up. I think the reading is just the right length and if I'm curious about finding out more info, I can do more research on my on. The stories of destruction do make me sad. How could someone manage to run over a lone tree in the middle of the Sahara dessert? It just boggles my mind. So far, I still like the Emancipation Oak entry the best. 3w

kspenmoll My favorite entry for January is 01/04-The willow tree-always loved the weeping willows. 3w

kspenmoll @TheBookHippie Loved this info too- there is so much in this book-I adore it & its a lovely way to start my day. 3w

AllDebooks @Seabreeze_Reader @kspenmoll 😊 3w

AllDebooks I enjoy the variety of posts, not just actual trees but stories, art, sculpture, literary references, and history. 3w

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Singout

Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell | Sy Montgomery

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I loved this first #AuldLangSpine book from @Chelsea.Poole--hoping to get to more later in the year!
Sy Montgomery, a nature writer for children and adults, chronicles a year spent in New England with diverse people committed to understanding, rescuing, and deeply loving all kinds of turtles. The main focus is on the Turtle Rescue League in Massachusetts, who gently unearth and incubate eggs, and release the hatchlings /1

Faranae

Singout helping turtles across the road during nesting and hatching season, responding to emergency calls, and providing a home and care to rehabilitate local turtles or have a forever home for exotic ones.
The beauty and dignity of the turtles shines through, as well as the dedication and vigour of those who care for them. Montgomery also intersperses these very local stories with global ones, and spiritual and ecojustice perspectives and
wisdom. (edited) 4w

Singout #MRC2025 #ThematicTitles 4w

Chelsea.Poole I am so happy you chose this one to start off the year. I love these creatures and loved hearing about the kind souls caring for them. Validated my lifelong commitment to stopping for to remove turtles from the road. 💚 3w

monalyisha Added! Turtles keep popping up for me lately. I‘m taking it as a sign. Also, I‘m from MA, I work there now, and I live just across the border in RI. So, if reading this book spawns the inspiration for a field trip or two, I‘m in a good position to embrace that! 3w

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