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This one seemed like a good one to pull off the shelf this early Sunday morning. Thoughtful, reflective, and genius writing. Always love Annie Dillard 🌿

Dillard‘s afterward stated, “why read a book your kid is toting?” made me chuckle, as I read this BECAUSE my kid did. Dillard‘s observations of nature are beautiful and a smidge overdone, but I didn‘t love it because of that. I loved it because of the way her writing made me feel- soothed and calm. Maybe it‘s because she was so present caused me to feel the same. Beautiful.

📚 I have read the two series by Dorothy Dunnett more than twice. The Lymond Chronicles (6 books) five times. The House of Niccolo (8 books) currently in the middle of my 3rd time.
📚 Definitely! I always judge a book by its cover. Example: When I saw Beauty Queens I had to read it immediately
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#ThoughtfulThursday

I know I‘ve read LOTR four times if not five.

If I‘m on the fence about whether to read a book, a beautiful cover might convince me to give it a shot.

#thoughtfulthursday

Thanks for the tag!

As a pilgrim, Dillard deeply examines the world around her, noticing and drinking in details many of us will never see. This book demanded that I read it slowly, and I hope to be inspired by her thoughtful observations. This is lovely.

Bonus of silly doggos! #BindiUpsideDown #Greta

The perfect book to read during spring‘s awakening. 🌱
I love nature writing and this one certainly did not disappoint. At times, there were some passages that felt over my head, and I had to really concentrate on what I was reading. But, for the most part, it felt like Dillard was the perfect docent for our natural world. I even had several moments of “is this woman inside my head?!” I‘m a long time bug lover. 🕷similar to Upstream by Oliver

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If you could give a small area of your world a close reading, like you would give a poem, you would come close to this book. Dillard watches. For the circling of a full set of seasons she studies life and living and dying things. Full of fascinating (and some terrifying) facts about those we share this world with, and introspection on what life means. Take your time with this and drink it in. #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

And Dillard means to discover as much as she can. My #bookspin for March, this has been waiting for my attention too long. I‘m glad I‘m finally giving it. @TheAromaofBooks

Dillard charts a year chasing the elusive present moment in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia. In the midst of splendor, she also contemplates the unabashed horror of nature, violence under sunshine. She tries to be witness to it all, alternating dry humor and reverence.

I‘m left thunderstruck. Evocative, artistic nature writing that not only takes you to the outdoors but makes your world look different when you shut the book and look up.

A masterpiece about the natural world.

I was intrigued by Annie Dillard's writing, observations and thoughts on creation, nature, science. What a fascinating, brilliant mind. Sometimes though I would have loved Dillard to tone it down a little and be less present as a narrator - let nature 'do the talking' :).

Do you have a reading companion? My reading companion is a freckle-faced Border Collie named, Duke. He is super active but there are those rare times during the day when he loves a good itch, a snuggle and curling up while I read. Btw: book is Anne Dillard‘s book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Great short story memoir.
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I‘ve been a Litsy slacker...here‘s a throwback to a month ago. Hard to believe this book‘s approaching 50 and I‘d never read it. “You can heave your spirit into a mountain and the mountain will keep it, folded, and not throw it back as some creeks will. The creeks are the world with all its stimulus and beauty; I live there. But the mountains are home.”

I just signed up for #nfnov #nonfictionnovember
I have a few ARCs & home-owned books I would love to read in Nov; although, I‘m also participating in #nanowrimo, so hopefully 6 books make it through besides my own.

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What are you reading 1st? Me: Pilgrim At Tinker‘s Creek by Annie Dillard

My haul from the San Francisco Library Big Book sale last week. 🥰

Oh, it‘s mysterious lamplit evenings, here in the galaxy, one after the other. It‘s one of those nights when I wander from window to window, looking for a sign. But I can‘t see.

The whole show has been on fire from the word go. I come down to the water to cool my eyes. But everywhere I look I see fire; that which isn‘t flint is tinder, and the whole world sparks and flames.

Aside from reading half of Soulless on my flight east Thursday night I haven't gotten a ton of reading done the last few days because I am at my 10 year reunion at my beloved Hollins! So renewing to be amongst so many dear friends in the shadow of Tinker Mountain again. Hopefully the rest of my vacation will be more book-filled - starting tomorrow!

I wanted to love this book because I have heard so much about it, but it just was not meant to be. Beautiful flowery phrases and very thoughtful but I just found myself skimming through trying to become interested.

Dilliard takes a dialectical approach to scrutinizing the wonders and the horrors of the natural world.

But time is the one thing we have been given, and we have been given to time. Time gives us a whirl. We keep waking from a dream we can‘t recall, looking around in surprise, and lapsing back, for years on end. All I want to do is stay awake, keep my head up, prop my eyes open, with toothpicks, with trees.

#QuotsyMarch18 Day 22: There is so much quiet #Grace in Annie Dillard‘s prose, providing me with the space needed to contemplate on life‘s beauty, and what it means to “spend” the day in silence.

This was a tough one for me. At times fascinating, like when describing a mantis laying eggs, or observing a muskrat. The pages of rambling consciousness, however, I could do without and found myself skipping paragraphs, which I never do. I appreciate the beautiful and brilliant writing, and after listening to her interviews, Annie Dillard herself. She is such a cool and humble woman. And to think she wrote this at 27?! I had to give it a pick.

This was a tough read so I‘m trying listening. Turns out it‘s a tough listen too.

I don‘t mind the deep, theological musings, but the ceaseless stream-of-consciousness narrative requires me to take frequent breaks.

Such a amazing meditative read about intricate nature of natural world

This was filled with deep observations on the natural world. The author confronts the beauty and brutality of the natural world while spending a year on Tinker Creek in Virginia. She observes closely and with great patience to, for example, find the mantis eggs on a stalk of grass or observe the elusive muskrat. All these observations are beautifully recorded in this book.

I would encourage Annie Dillard to plant some petunias in her yard and then wait for a groundhog to show up. She will then see something eat all the flowers.

#AwesomeAutumnBooks
@Jess7
#WildWednesday

I attempted to plant a vine of beans next to some cherry tomatoes. I finally gave up and left the vine at the mercy of rampaging snails. Can you see the snail to the right of the book?

I have heard this is a beautiful book. I want to love wild things.

I'll start with my local snails.

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New month, new books! I'm starting these three today as part of my new effort to bring down my pile of owned but unread books. These are all on my TBR bingo card. The two on the right are also buddy reads for this month. #septembertbr

I am so excited by getting this book!

This one is for a book club so I was going to try to make myself read it, but then I remembered that one of the reasons I disbanded the book club I ran for 10 years (aside from the main reason of the flagging membership) was because I was tired of forcing myself to read things I didn't want to. When I joined a new book club it was a relief to not have that obligation hanging over me, as I am just one of several members, not in charge of it.

My current book club read is slow, but has some interesting things to say.

Although I'm not actually that excited about my next book club read, I gotta admit it sounds pretty peaceful: "Over the course of a year, the narrator observes and reflects upon the changing of the seasons as well as the flora and fauna near her home." #peace #maybookflowers

The #bodyofwater variety pack. These are all books I've read except for the tagged book, which is this month's pick for my in-person book club. I'm not actually that excited about reading it. 😏
#maybookflowers

Happy #bookishbirthday to Annie Dillard! She wrote this after observing and journaling the world around her every day. It's tremendously inspiring to think about as I focus towards journaling again. #readwomen

I always like to shop at an independent bookstore when traveling. We visited Seattle and this was my purchase from The Elliott Bay Book Company.

More class reading, as usual, and then off to fencing practice.

Gathering up these #greencovers makes me want to READ! most of these still on my TBR. #marchintoreading.

The remains of breakfast and a book I'm reading for my environment class. 📚🌼

Welcome to #fridayreads with Book Culture Columbus!! Olivia is reading "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" and LOVING it: "it's changing my life. Annie Dillard is a goddess. It demands to be read slowly because every sentence is such a gem." ??? #bookculture #bookculturecolumbus

My new moose mug from my friend Kim went well with this older library edition of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek! #booksandcoffee

#ReadJanuary
#BooksAboutNature
@RealLifeReading

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