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jenniferw88
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Let's see if I get round to these... #bookspin #doublespin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Enjoy!!! 5h
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Dilara
The Jungle Omnibus | Ruskin Bond
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I've just started the Jungle omnibus of #Nature stories from (Anglo-)Indian writer Ruskin Bond. They seem to be mostly set in and around Mussoorie, the #Himalayan hill station where the author lives.

Picture of an Uttarakhand valley from Wikipedia.

#India

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BC_Dittemore
Braiding Sweetgrass | Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Possibly the most beautifully written book I have ever read/listened to. Robin Wall Kimmerer‘s mixture of science, memoir, and Native worldview combines to make an experience unlike any other. This book is truly a gift and I want to run out and buy a copy for everyone I know. Or, at the very least, tell everyone that they need to read it. Like, legitimately need.

Eggs Good to know🥰 15h
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TorieStorieS
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My last read of May was simply wonderful! The #ReadAroundTheWorldChallenge country was #Guyana (though there are sections on #Indonesia and #Paraguay) and in the 1950s, Attenborough traveled to the remote parts of the globe to film and collect animals for his BBC program, Zoo Quest. You can hear Attenborough‘s distinctive voice & sheer joy & wonder leap off the page! This provides a window into the past in a fascinating manner! Includes photos!

Bookzombie OMG, are the plastic animals from your childhood or do you have a zoo near your that still does them? I went to our zoo a month or so ago and they didn‘t have those machines. #nostalgia 1d
rockpools Oh that sounds wonderful! Good find! 1d
BookwormM Glad you enjoyed your trip ;) 1d
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TorieStorieS @Bookzombie The zoos around me still have these machines as Mold-A-Rama is a Chicagoland company! But two of these three are indeed relics of my childhood— the Komodo dragon is a bit more recent from a trip to the zoo about six years ago! 3h
TorieStorieS @rockpools I really loved it!! 3h
TorieStorieS @BookwormM Thank you for organizing this challenge!! 3h
Bookzombie @TorieStorieS I didn‘t know the name of the company. Thank you! 2h
TorieStorieS @Bookzombie No problem! Chicago‘s Museum of Science and Industry has a special exhibit featuring Mold-a-Rama right now! I can‘t wait to go! I think it lasts through the summer! 31m
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lauraisntwilder
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I loved this beautiful book, part essay collection and part memoir, about exploring the western coast of Denmark. Nors talks about nature, history, and her own life and family. Her writing, as in all her fiction that has been translated to English, is perfection.

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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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Wide variety of books read in May. Classics, favorite comfort reads, and several ARCs. 📖📚🤓 #mymonthinbooks

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Afua
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Trees are hands down some of my favourite things in the world. Learning so much more about them makes me feel even more strongly about how much they should be revered and protected.

If anyone knows any books about trees on the continent, hook me up!🤎

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Schwifty
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I always enjoy well rounded treatments of a topic such as this one where the author combines personal experience on the research end of it with a narration on the science and the cultural impacts. In this book, you‘ll learn how tides are generated, how climate change affects them, how different ages and cultures interpreted them and what they mean to islanders in Panama, monks in France and mudshrimp and migrating sandpipers in Nova Scotia.

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Small Wonder | Barbara Kingsolver
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It may be an unpopular opinion today, but this is a truth I try to live by.

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Robotswithpersonality
Becoming a Good Creature | Sy Montgomery
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Okay, I think I love the picture book more than the memoir it was based on. 🫢
This one actually mentioned a few animal encounters the memoir did not, and of course, all the art was in colour. Really happy to get to see more of Rebecca Green's work.
So wholesome! And, perhaps because of the target demographic, a lot less sad moments than the memoir!