pickLike with most collections some essays spoke to me more than others, but as a whole it was lovely. Hopeful and uplifting even as it dealt with difficult and serious situations. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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pickLike with most collections some essays spoke to me more than others, but as a whole it was lovely. Hopeful and uplifting even as it dealt with difficult and serious situations. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
It may be an unpopular opinion today, but this is a truth I try to live by.
pickGlad I finally got around to this thoughtful essay collection. Turned out to be a good companion to my Demon Copperhead reading (though I think I‘m ready for a Kingsolver break). Some of these essays aged better than others (published in 2001), but overall a worthwhile read.
She touches on a myriad of topics so I‘m just going to use this as a free space for #NaturaLitsyBingo2023.
pickPublished in the wake of 9/11, these essays remain startlingly relevant. I felt a bit preached at on some topics but more often, as Kingsolver chronicles the small wonders that keep hope alive in a darkening world, the circuitous route her life takes to helping her understand motherly love, and the way stories can be and are woven into the fabric of our lives, I was cut to the heart and brought to tears.
Belated #AuthorAMonth
pickBarbara Kingsolver is amazing. I had only read her novels before this month. This one is essays and she covers a lot of ground. Environmental issues, sustainable living, politics, motherhood, etc. She has a degree in biology apparently and you can tell. I didn't learn anything exactly but she made me think about stuff.
#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville
#BookSpin done! @TheAromaofBooks
1. My parents named me Shannon after one of my mom‘s friends. Cochrane, my middle name, was my Irish grandmother‘s maiden name.
2. I‘m grateful that we are still doing Halloween trick-or-treating as far as I know. It‘s a bit of normalcy that many people need, esp kids. #thankfulthursday @Cosmos_Moon
pickWonderful collection of essays that make you think, make you feel, and remind you about what is truly important in life. Published 16 years ago, these essays are still relevant to our times and world today. Kingsolver is one of my favorite wordsmiths!
so-soIt's an okay read. Some of the essays are a wee bit condescending, and a few of the others just illustrate how little we've come since 9/11. And in fact, things may even be worse. But the essays about travel, family, and gardening are quite good.
#funfriday - Bright, happy parrots on the cover! And this is the best book of essays ever. I love it so much! About tragedy, resilience, how cultures respond to moments of great adversity, the meaning of patriotism, growing up female, being a mother, being a daughter, nature and science, writing and reading, and what particular stories and places can mean to individuals and humanity in general. A diverse range of lovely, thoughtful writing.
"Looking out on a clean plank of planet earth, we can get shaken right down to the bone by the bronze-eyed possibility of lives that are not our own."
Wishing I could be outside today instead of at my desk....
This is from an amazing essay collection by my favorite author of all time.
