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Vesper Flights
Vesper Flights | HELEN. MACDONALD
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Vesper Flights | HELEN. MACDONALD
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Vesper flights - a book that changed the way I look at nature , birds and animals ! A book that made me think and feel differently ! And of course lot of new words for me ! Loved it !

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jenwin
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“....messy stretches of species-rich vegetation with all their attendant invertebrate life are better, just better, than the eerie, impoverished silence of modern planting schemes and fields. I wonder how we might learn to align our aesthetic and moral landscapes to fit that intuition. I wonder.“

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BkClubCare
Vesper Flights | HELEN. MACDONALD
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Current #audiobook Esther assisting.

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Mitch
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A very restrained little stack from the sales #bookmail

TheBookHippie 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 4y
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LauraBeth
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Confession: I was away from the bookish world SO much in 2020 that I was completely unaware that Helen Macdonald had a new book out.

JennyM It‘s so nice to have you back 💙 4y
Megabooks Glad you‘re back! I hope 2021 is a better reading year. 💜 4y
Crazeedi It's been a tough reading year for a lot of us. Welcome back 4y
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LeahBergen Man, I‘m glad you‘re back! 😘 4y
BarbaraBB I was right in the middle of it and was unaware of it... (edited) 4y
LauraBeth It‘s good to be back @JennyM! 😊 4y
LauraBeth @Megabooks thanks 😊 I have a feeling that 2021 will be a much better reading year! 4y
LauraBeth @Crazeedi thanks 😊 it has definitely been a difficult year for most everyone ❤️ Hopefully, 2021 will be a better reading year for all of us! 4y
LauraBeth @LeahBergen I‘m glad I‘m back! 😂😘 4y
LauraBeth @BarbaraBB I think several books that were published this year slipped under the radar. 4y
Redwritinghood Glad you found your way back! 4y
LauraBeth Thanks @Redwritinghood - it‘s good to be back and to be reading again! 😊 4y
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Mitch
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Look what just popped into my email! 👍🏼🥳👍🏼#nfn2020

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WanderingBookaneer
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BkClubCare Thank you for posting this. It was very hard to figure out the word on the audiobook! This is so helpful. 3y
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SkeletonKey
Vesper Flights | HELEN. MACDONALD
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Current book. H is for Hawk was a favorite so I‘ve looked forward to this one.

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SkeletonKey
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Yes, welcome to the newest branch of York County Libraries, my TBR shelf. I am collecting way too many books for someone who‘s having trouble reading right now 🤦‍♂️

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Lindy
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Spring has, of late, become thin to me. It‘s starting to mean supermarket daffodil bunches & Easter promotions, rather than its richly textured changes: the scent of new herbage; algae greening on the trunks of oaks; the echoing drum of woodpeckers; rising skies & the return of that undefinable light to hollow out winter. All things I‘ve missed after years of mostly working inside.
[A quote especially for antipodean Littens]

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Lindy
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A collection of thoughtful, lyrical essays about the natural world and a woman‘s interactions with nature. I recommend the #audiobook narrated by the author. It‘s a calming, grounding experience.

monalyisha OOooO. This is on my TBR — but so good to know that it makes for a good audiobook! Starting next week, our library hours are increasing...so I‘ll be commuting 4 days a week again. Close to a full schedule! 🙈 4y
Lindy @monalyisha Hope all goes well at the library. 🍀 4y
monalyisha @Lindy Thank you! My Director is closely monitoring conditions in our town; I think she‘s really on the ball & genuinely cares about her staff. Her husband is immunocompromised, as well, so I think it makes her a lot more cautious. She keeps assuring us that we‘re not going to be at the forefront of anything, that we‘ll be going slowly, & that she‘s ready to transition back to earlier phases at a moment‘s notice. It‘s nice to trust in leadership. 4y
Lindy @monalyisha That sounds reassuring. 4y
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Lindy
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A hawk turned out to be a terrible model for living a human life.

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Lindy
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In the winter of 1934, Norfolk farmers learned that skylarks in their fields were migrants from the continent. They shot them for raiding their spring wheat. NO PROTECTION FOR THE SKYLARK ran the headlines in the local press. ‘Skylarks that sing to Nazis will get no mercy here.‘
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BekaReid
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I've been savoring this new volume of essays by Helen Macdonald. The title of this one made me laugh the moment I turned the page. Needed it this morning and was a great start to my day!

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Lindy
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She told me of a childhood memory: her father carefully opening prickly sweet chestnut cases for her to uncover the glossy marble nuts inside. She was entranced. Early moments like this planted the desire for discovery inside her, an urge to find the wonder of seeing hidden things brought to light.
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keys_on_fire I never knew there was more than one chestnut in there! 😎 4y
Lindy @keys_on_fire Lifelong learning 😊 4y
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Lindy
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So often we think of mindfulness, of existing purely in the present, as a spiritual goal. But winter woods teach me something else: the importance of thinking about history. They are able to show you the last five hours, the last five days, the last five centuries, all at once.

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Lindy
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At times of difficulty, watching birds ushers you into a different world, where no words need be spoken.

Tanisha_A 😍 that's beautiful 4y
Lindy @Tanisha_A 😊It rings true, doesn‘t it? 4y
Tanisha_A Yess. I can't stop looking at this bird - it's gorgeous. Oh that blue. 4y
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Lindy @Tanisha_A We‘ve had blue jays nesting in a spruce in our yard for years. On top of that, our neighbours put out peanuts for them. Jays tap on the window to let them know when a refill is wanted. They come to our yard to eat and leave piles of empty shells. 4y
Ruthiella The jays in my yard aren‘t so brilliantly blue as that! Wow! 4y
Lindy @Ruthiella Photo editing made the blue more vibrant. ☺️ 4y
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Lindy
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It was wonder to hear Helen Macdonald with Charlotte Higgins at an online Edinburgh International Book Festival event today. It also gave me a chance to get more yarn prepped for dyeing. 😊

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rockpools
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Short essays looking at the natural world, and, above all, our relationship with it. From field guides to swifts, from berries to watching naturalists themselves, I felt that Helen Macdonald had something new and interesting to say, that I wanted to hear.

I wasn‘t always enamoured with her writing style, but as I settled into it I began to appreciate the slowing down I needed to re-read sentences, and the stretching of my vocabulary.👇🏻

rockpools Regardless, I thought this was just wonderful and I‘ll be buying a print copy to reread when it‘‘s available.

Thank you #NetGalley and #JonathanCape for the chance to read and review this in advance.

Book no.2 for #NetGalleyReviewathon and a real actual named square for #bookspinbingo. @TheAromaofBooks @sprainedbrain
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4y
squirrelbrain Great review! 🦅 4y
sprainedbrain Fantastic review! 4y
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MonicaLoves2Read
Vesper Flights | HELEN. MACDONALD
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Unpopular opinion but I just didn't like it. It could very well be the ecopy I have. She would be talking about one thing and then without a break, she would start on another topic. I was so confused reading it, I just finally had to give up and move on. Like I said I'm the only one who didn't care for it. Give it a try, you may enjoy it like a lot of people did.

Thanks Netgalley for the copy for my honest opinion.

rockpools That‘s a shame. I have the NetGalley copy ready to go. 🤞 4y
MonicaLoves2Read @RachelO that's the copy I had. You may enjoy it. The way it was written just confused me. All the others that have read it, have enjoyed it. 4y
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rockpools
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The downside of trying to clear your NetGalley backlog is that you spend more time on NetGalley. And we all know what happens then.

👆Nature Writing. Essays. Out 27th August.

Wife I hope she does the audiobook because she has a mesmerizing voice and delivery 🌹 4y
rockpools @Wife Oh really? I‘ll see if I can find H is for Hawk on audio - thanks! 4y
squirrelbrain I still have H is for Hawk on my TBR shelf..... 4y
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rockpools @squirrelbrain 🤫 Me too! 4y
squirrelbrain Oh, I just remembered, have you seen she‘s presenting a programme on TV this week? Tues 9pm BBC4, about wildlife around the M25 - supposed to be v good. @Wife @RachelO 4y
rockpools @squirrelbrain Thanks- I‘ll take a look! 4y
Wife @squirrelbrain I don‘t have access to BBC 😢, but I would have been very interested. 4y
squirrelbrain I wasn‘t sure where you were @Wife - sorry about that! 😬 4y
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underground_bks
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Fans of H Is for Hawk will rejoice, as will any lover of first-rate nature writing. In her new essay collection Vesper Flights, Helen Macdonald plumbs the depths of the meanings man has spun around animal life, and does it all on sharp and soaring wings.

Soubhiville Terrific photo! 5y
underground_bks @Soubhiville my cat Peter is doing all the heavy lifting here 😂 5y
Nute The BEST photo! 5y
underground_bks @Nute 🥰🥰🥰 4y
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