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H wie Habicht
H wie Habicht | Helen Macdonald
Der Spiegel-Bestseller Der Tod ihres Vaters trifft Helen unerwartet. Erschttert von der Wucht der Trauer wird der Kindheitstraum in ihr wach, ihren eigenen Habicht aufzuziehen und zu zhmen. Und so zieht das stolze Habichtweibchen Mabel bei ihr ein. Durch die intensive Beschftigung mit dem Tier entwickelt sich eine konzentrierte Nhe zwischen den beiden, die trstend und heilend wirkt. Doch Mabel ist nicht irgendein Tier. Mabel ist ein Greifvogel. Mabel ttet. Um einen Greifvogel abzurichten, muss man ihn wie einen Greifvogel beobachten, erst dann kann man vorhersagen, was er als Nchstes tun wird. Schlielich sieht man die Krpersprache des Vogels gar nicht mehr man scheint zu fhlen, was der Vogel fhlt. Die Wahrnehmung des Vogels wird zur eigenen. Als die Tage in dem abgedunkelten Raum vergingen und ich mich immer mehr in den Habicht hineinversetzte, schmolz mein Menschsein von mir ab. Helen Macdonald Ein Buch ber die Erinnerung, ber Natur und Freiheit - und ber das Glck, sich einer groen Aufgabe von ganzem Herzen zu widmen. [Macdonalds] anschaulicher Stil verblffend und auerordentlich przise ist nur ein Teil dessen, was dieses Buch ausmacht. Die Geschichte vom Abrichten Mabels liest sich wie ein Thriller. Die allmhlich und behutsam anwachsende Spannung lsst den Atem stocken ... Fesselnd. Rachel Cooke Observer * New York Times Bestseller * Costa Award fr das beste Buch des Jahres 2014 * Samuel Johnson Prize
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llwheeler
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I do love a how many have you read type list! Even if, as many have pointed out already, this one is very skewed. And of course heaven forbid we get genre cooties on our Serious Best Books list (except Jemisin cause she's exceptional but don't worry Cloud Atlas can't possibly be genre [except it totally is] cause David Mitchell is a Serious Literary Author don't you know - but definitely no romance or fantasy or YA or *gasp* all three!)

wanderinglynn I had the same thought. All hail “serious literature” & the NYT. 4mo
tournevis Very male, very American, very white, and honestly, pretty boring. Also, yes, genre cooties. This is *literature*! Also, no Paul Auster, which is laughable. I've read five and own another five. Also I can't believe Chabon's Kavalier & Clay is there but not Yiddish Policeman. Anyway, moving on.🤷‍♀️ 4mo
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Soubhiville
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I liked the parts of this that were memoir of Helen‘s life, her childhood and love for her dad, her fascination with hawking from a young age, and her experience raising and working with goshawk Mable.

As other reviews have said, I could have done without most of the parts about TH White. I ended up skimming a lot of that, and don‘t think the book needed that much info about him.

I am interested in her other books.

Good morning from Sietje 🙂🐕

KathyWheeler Yeah — there was way too much about T H White in this book. Otherwise, I thought it was really good. 6mo
dabbe #sweetestsietje 🖤🐾🖤 6mo
Hooked_on_books I have this one but haven‘t been inspired to pick it up yet. Sietje is so cute! 6mo
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jenniferw88
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mcctrish
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#midwintersolace #naturalitsy I LOVED this book. I think it was the cover that grabbed me, then I realized HM wrote this about her grief journey when her father died suddenly. My father had died suddenly and I was ( with my sister) suddenly aware of how much work my father had been doing to support my mom and her declining health ( she eventually was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia). Absolutely no falconry aspirations but I got the grief

TheBookHippie ♥️ 10mo
AllDebooks This is still sitting on my bookshelf 📚 10mo
mcctrish @AllDebooks it really is interesting - the parallel story of T. H. White juxtaposed with her adopting and training a goshawk is so good 10mo
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quietlycuriouskate Love this book! ❤️ 10mo
AllDebooks @mcctrish I read the T H White book first but never got around to McDonald's book. Maybe this is the prompt to go find it. 🤔 😍 10mo
mcctrish @AllDebooks I‘m now thinking I should hunt up The Goshawk and read it 10mo
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batsy
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This was beautiful & sad, with an undercurrent of violence that comes with the territory of "taming" a wild animal. I found it moving in a lot of aspects, & appreciated the biographical aspects of White's life as integral to Macdonald's attempt to work things out within herself. The saddest thing was contemplating these hawks & falcons; do humans have to mess with nature in order to heal themselves? All throughout I just wanted Mabel to be free.

batsy A really stirring read, and a heavy one, not least because it brings to light the vulnerabilities of people in terms of grief, isolation, and depression, but also our worst compulsions in relation to the creatures of the wild. And the cost that these creatures—the natural world itself—bears in order for humans to feel whole again. #TBRTarot @CBee 1y
Tamra Oh, you touched on why I bailed. 💜 I can‘t bear the thought of wild birds in captivity, unless they have been rehabilitated and cannot be returned. 😔 1y
squirrelbrain Great review - I have this on my physical TBR shelf and keep meaning to get to it. Your review has bumped it up the list. 1y
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CBee Really fantastic review! 1y
batsy @Tamra I know, right? It was tough to process that part 😓 1y
batsy @squirrelbrain Thank you! I'd love to see what you think of it. 1y
batsy @CBee Thank you! 1y
jlhammar Wonderful review - glad you enjoyed! I just loved her writing. Good point about wishing Mabel freedom. The relationship between these birds and their handlers seems like it could be one of companionship, respect and affection, but there are definitely ethical considerations. Falconry has quite the history and is fascinating, but one does wonder if it is kind to these wild birds. 1y
Suet624 A wonderful review as usual. Now I‘m wondering why I wasn‘t more concerned about Mabel. 1y
batsy @jlhammar Thank you! You bring up a great point that kind of answers @Suet624 - it felt like Macdonald was considerate and careful, which is why you sense that Mabel was in good hands. Yet the underlying question about why this practice exists still troubles me. Her writing was stunning and I appreciate her never taking her eyes off the ugly stuff. 1y
kspenmoll Such a wonderful review-I just loved this book& learned so much! 1y
kspenmoll @batsy Well said. The ethical questions the book poses regarding our relationship with the natural world are necessary & disturbing to contemplate. 1y
batsy @kspenmoll Thank you! I agree, I learned so much as well. I love that the author had could bring so much into the book because of her love of falconry. There's something beautiful and a bit heartbreaking wrt her devotion to Mabel, as well. 1y
DivineDiana I bought this book for my husband years ago. He did read it, and I have been planning to do the same. Reading your excellent review, I am somewhat hesitant to subject myself to the “worst compulsions”. 1y
batsy @DivineDiana It's a very good book, but yes it can elicit some complex emotions when you read it. In terms of what it takes to tame a wild bird. The excerpts from T.H.White's book are especially difficult because he made a number of mistakes 😟 1y
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ImperfectCJ
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I thought of the tagged book so many times during our 2-hour falconry experience yesterday. This local place has special certifications that allow them to offer interactive presentations to the public in a safe and legal way. I still kind of want to get into falconry, which I imagine would be rewarding, humbling, and very messy, but maybe I can just get my next job with a falconer. (This is me with a Harris's hawk.)

Tamra Gorgeous! 1y
jlhammar Wow, so cool! I loved H is for Hawk and this one 1y
batsy I just finished reading it! And loved it, so much to think about. Must be amazing to see one up close. 1y
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ravenlee That‘s so cool! 1y
ImperfectCJ @jlhammar I love Sy Montgomery's writing, but I haven't read that one yet...I'll have to pick it up sooner rather than later! 1y
Hooked_on_books I did a falconry experience a few years ago. It was so cool! I‘ll never forget it. 1y
ElizaMarie Such an amazing animal! 1y
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batsy
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Kind of lovely when book serendipity happens. Randomly picked H is for Hawk for the #TBRtarot this month, but as I see now it will feature T.H. White quite heavily because he wrote The Goshawk. It's something I didn't consciously register when I picked this up. Super illuminating to read this though, after reading The Once and Future King for the first time with the #OAFKingalong group!

Suet624 I‘d forgotten about that! 1y
jlhammar Oh yes, I hadn‘t thought about that. Great timing! 1y
batsy @Suet624 @jlhammar The insights are really interesting. Loving this so far. 1y
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batsy
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Decided on my May pick for #TBRtarot and am very much looking forward to it! @CBee

CBee I‘ve heard good things about this one! 1y
Billypar I thought this was fantastic - hope you like it as much as I did! 1y
batsy @CBee Yes! 1y
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batsy @Billypar So happy to hear that! Just managed the first few pages today and the writing is so good. 1y
jlhammar Loved it. Hope you enjoy! 1y
batsy @jlhammar Thank you! Glad to hear that you liked it. 1y
Suet624 Enjoy! 1y
batsy @Suet624 Thanks! 1y
Fr3NcHtOaSt Love this book and the documentary on PBS was great as well 1y
Goleemn Ohhh, a good book! Enjoy your pick! 1y
batsy @Fr3NcHtOaSt I didn't know there was a documentary! Thank you, I will look it up. 1y
batsy @Goleemn Thank you, I'm finding it quite brilliant! 1y
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Robotswithpersonality
H is for Hawk | Helen Macdonald
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Mehso-so

Been trying to work out how I feel about this for the last day or so and I'm still conflicted.
Wretched dichotomy: the intimate window into appreciating a truly wild creature, so very different in nature from a human, but a terrible stolen privilege at that same time, the idea that for therapy in grief, you have a right to control another living being's behavior. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality I think primarily I suffered from a 'lack of synopsis reading', because I thought this would be a nature book about studying birds in the wild and how that helped the author heal from loss. It turned out to be a sad girl training a captive bird, whilst analysing an earlier account of a sadder man training a worse off bird, and as beautiful as the writing was, there's something ugly in that power dynamic. 2/? 2y
Robotswithpersonality Bonus points for the sheer number of ways the same bird's colouration can be poetically described. 2y
Robotswithpersonality Without the examination of T H White, his life and his book, would this memoir be half its size? Feels something like an academic analysis, bits relate directly to the growing relationship with the goshawk the author is training, but I don't know how much of White's life, beyond the tenuous connection of being lonely, really connects to the story the author is not quite telling about her own life, her own grief and, more fully, the journey with her own hawk. 4/5 2y
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Robotswithpersonality Suffice to say, if this memoir had ended with her freeing the hawk, I'd feel differently. 2y
CSeydel Great review 2y
Robotswithpersonality ⚠️ Depression, sadism, internalized homophobia, animal cruelty, animal death 2y
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Robotswithpersonality
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New word alert! Pretty sure it's just a fancy way to say 'hawkish'.
'Accipitrine: relating to birds of a family that includes most diurnal birds of prey other than falcons, New World vultures, and the osprey.'

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Robotswithpersonality
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A new method of encouraging scholastic excellence! 😂

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Robotswithpersonality
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Particularly taken with the appearance of this delightful passage, as this book is in dire need of moments of levity.

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Everyone's a critic.

BkClubCare I loved this memoir. 2y
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Considering this author's gift for artful description, I'm sincerely hoping she has, or will, publish a poetry collection.

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Small in size or small in mind?
Privileged rich white guys and young children, so much ignorance in common! 🤨

CuriousG Every time I see quotations from this book I love them and wonder why I just couldn't get through it even though the writing is so beautiful. I might have to try again. 2y
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Robotswithpersonality
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Kindred spirits. And the lovely descriptions continue.

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"Beautiful like a granite cliff or a thundercloud."
THIS. WRITING.??

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Relatable feeling that has inspired many a spontaneous walk. 🚶🏼‍♂️

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Megabooks
H is for Hawk | Helen Macdonald
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I‘m glad I finally got to this even if it was a like, not love pick. Helen‘s grief was so palpable. She seemed to need the hawk to share her mind and understand her needs. It‘s something I‘ve seen in a lot of animal owners who are going through loss. The historical parts about the schoolmaster and his attempts at hawk training weren‘t as interesting to me as Helen‘s personal journey. #roll100

Loving these daffodils!

jlhammar Gosh, those are so pretty! Nice to see blooms like that while we are getting hit by a massive snowstorm here in MN. 2y
KathyWheeler There was far too much of TH White in the book. It would‘ve tipped over into love for me if there was less of him. 2y
Megabooks @KathyWheeler yes!! 💯 agree! 2y
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Megabooks @jlhammar I saw that in the news. 🤯 Stay safe and warm! 💛 2y
BarbaraBB Great review. I agree on the TH White! @KathyWheeler 2y
PuddleJumper Great! 2y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB yes, that was definitely my least favorite part. Thanks! (edited) 2y
Megabooks @Cinfhen yes, I agreed more with your star rating than Barbara‘s. (I do like that feature on the storygraph that tells you what people you follow have thought.) (edited) 2y
Megabooks @PuddleJumper #roll100 has been fantastic for cleaning out my queue! 2y
vivastory I tried reading this a few months after my dad passed but the emotions were too raw at the time. I def want to try again though. 2y
Megabooks @vivastory I can see how that would be overwhelming. I‘m sorry for your loss. I hope you do enjoy it if you go back. I think it‘s up your alley. 2y
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KathyWheeler
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I only have one complaint about this book —- there‘s far too much about T. H. White in it. The transitions between the sections on White and her own experiences aren‘t always handled skillfully; sometimes I had to wait for her to say “he” or “him” to know that she was talking about White. Otherwise it‘s a great book about hawking and grief. She began training Mabel as a way to handle her grief after her father died. #audiowalk

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KathyWheeler
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I have about 2 hours left in this audiobook, so between walking and driving places, I should finish it tomorrow. There was a briskness in the air this evening. It‘s supposed to get down into the 40s beginning on Friday. #audiowalk

BkClubCare This is SO EXCELLENT on audio! 🦅 2y
KathyWheeler @BkClubCare It really is good on audio. I‘m glad I chose that format. 2y
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KathyWheeler
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No, Helen, the fact that your hawk keeps overshooting your fist when she returns to you does not mean that deep down she recognizes that you are a terrible person at heart! 🙄. I‘m loving this book because it‘s about more than training hawks; it‘s also about grief. #audiowalk. Trees are often way too close to sidewalks down here, so you often see broken sidewalks like this.

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KathyWheeler
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I wasn‘t expecting to learn so much about T. H. White in this memoir. I‘m really enjoying this. MacDonald reads her own book, and she does a good job. #audiowalk

jlhammar Loved this book! Glad you‘re enjoying it. 2y
KathyWheeler @jlhammar I‘ve only heard good things about it, so I thought I‘d check it out. 2y
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Mrs_B
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This book is beautiful. I can see why they chose extracts from it for this year‘s English exam. Helen writes almost like a poet. I love her humility and sincerity.

BkClubCare Yes! Strong PICK, lovely book. 2y
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Pogue
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Mehso-so

Meh. I was expecting more of this book to be about the author and her hawk. Not T. H.White.

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Soubhiville
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Do these new (used) nonfiction books make my brain look bigger? 😜🧠

I was right beside the closest Half Price Books today and couldn‘t pass up the chance to browse.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I loved Lab Girl, and just about anything by Mary Roach! 3y
Texreader Yay! When we lived in Round Rock, date night involved visiting all the HPBs in Austin 3y
TiredLibrarian I've been meaning to read H is for Hawk & Bonk for a while. 3y
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annahenke Good picks! 3y
RaeLovesToRead I have H is for Hawk on my TBR... should fit PopSugar prompt for a book mostly set outside 😊 3y
Soubhiville @Texreader I actually went to the RR location 😊. I live about 5 miles from there. 3y
Soubhiville @TiredLibrarian I‘ve read Bonk already but it‘ll be fun to be able to refer to my own copy. 3y
Soubhiville @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @RaeLovesToRead I‘ve been wanting to read them both for ages! 3y
Texreader @Soubhiville Where in RR? There wasn‘t one when we lived there (20 years ago) 3y
wanderinglynn Lab Girl is on my TBR. 👍🏻 3y
Soubhiville @Texreader it‘s on Louis Henna, at the junction of 35 and 45. It‘s been there since we moved here, so at least 7 or 8 years? 3y
Texreader @Soubhiville How fortunate! Wish it had been there when we lived there. But we kept the other locations busy! 3y
BkClubCare H is for Hawk is a favorite. Ohhhhhh! Lab Girl is great, too. 3y
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RaeLovesToRead
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Thanks for the tag @Yuki_Onna

- My initial thought was that surely I had... but I can't think of a book I've read more than twice (unless you count books my Mum read to me when I was little)... recent re-reads include One Day by David Nicholls & The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by G.W. Dahlquist

- Yes, I am a sucker for a gorgeous cover ❤

- Tagged. I haven't read it yet, but I'm going to for #pop21 (A book set mostly outdoors)

Yuki_Onna @RaeLovesToRead You're welcome! 🤗 3y
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MrBook
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My library‘s staff picks for this month! Chosen by a colleague, the theme is #TailsAndTales to coincide with the #SummerReadingProgram. Have you read or watched any of these?!

#LitsyLovesLibraries

mommyincolortv Loved Zootopia!!! The sloth is my FAVORITE! 3y
TheBookHippie The One and Only Ivan is required in school here, they read it and then watch the movie. Zootopia was a favorite of my son when he was little. 3y
KVanRead Life of Pi! 😍😍😍😍😍😍 3y
Gissy I read, The one and only Ivan was so cute and good. 3y
SaunteringVaguelyDownwards Whale Rider is fantastic! We compared the book and film versions in my YA Lit class, and then I taught the movie when teaching 10th grade world literature. Great discussions about tradition, gender, and identity! 3y
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Kristin_Reads
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4⭐️ || Part memoir, part history, part nature-writing, this explores Macdonald‘s experience of raising a goshawk, dealing with the grief of her father‘s death, and also the author TH White (Once and Future King). Such an interesting weaving of subjects!

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kspenmoll
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Eggs Lovely selections 💙🐦💙 4y
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Cinfhen
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“There is something religious about the activity of looking up at a hawk in a high tree. It turns one‘s eyes up to the heavens”

I always assumed this book was a grief memoir, but it‘s MUCH MORE than that. Part nature journal, part academic literary analysis, Helen Macdonald seamlessly transitions from man to bird to depression to loneliness with stunning prose. I definitely believe hearing Helen read her book elevated the memoir.

BarbaraBB I loved this one too even though I DID read it as a book about grief. She wrote about it so well. 4y
KarenUK Her nature writing is beautiful, and I ugly cried at the stuff about losing her Dad..... 4y
Reviewsbylola Hmmmmm I‘ve always thought this book was about hawks so I wasn‘t interested. Sounds like I‘m far off the mark! 4y
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Cinfhen
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This has been on my TBR audio shelf for a long time and for some reason, it‘s NOW calling to me. Have you read/listened @Megabooks ???

Megabooks No, I haven‘t. Someone gave it to me, but I can‘t really read a book about grief right now. 4y
Cinfhen I thought it was a grief memoir too @Megabooks but it‘s really not. It‘s a beautifully written exploration of nature, literature and falconry. I think you‘re going to love it, when you‘re ready. The audio is fantastic and it‘s currently free on #AudiblePlus 4y
Kalalalatja I feel like it is one of the books you SHOULD read, but I keep putting it off 🤷‍♀️ 4y
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Cinfhen I‘ve been putting it off for so long too @Kalalalatja but it‘s actually beautiful/ the narration is soothing and poetic. 4y
BarbaraBB I loved it 💔 4y
Cinfhen It‘s so good @BarbaraBB 4y
KarenUK One of my favorites 💕💕💕 4y
Megabooks Thanks for the heads up! My audio queue overfloweth! 4y
KarenUK @Megabooks I think you‘ll love the audio.... it‘s wonderful💕💕💕 4y
Suet624 Lovely to listen to. 4y
Caryl This book is beautiful; audio is terrific. 💕 4y
Cinfhen Helen McDonald has the most soothing voice and she‘s the right type of odd duck 🦆 I‘m really enjoying the audio @Caryl @Suet624 @KarenUK @Megabooks 4y
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cdreincarnate
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I absolutely loved this book 💯

I especially appreciated how Macdonald wove the story of T.S. White‘s attempt (and utter failure) to train a hawk in with her own hawk-training story. I found it utterly delightful and informative and now I really want to read “The Once and Future King”.

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“I think of what wild animals are in our imagination. And how they are disappearing-not just from the wild, but from people‘s everyday lives, replaced by images of themselves in print and on screen. The rarer they get, the fewer meanings animals can have. Eventually rarity is all they are made of. The condor is an icon of extinction...And in this lies the diminution of the world. How can you love something if all it means is loss?”

Kimzey Love the photo! I just received this book as a gift and look forward to reading it. 4y
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WellReadCatLady
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Relaxing audiobook.

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Sapphire
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I think I might be entering a “memoir” phase. Started this book today. “Looking for goshawks is like looking for grace: it comes, but not often, and you don‘t get to say when or how”.

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AutumnRLS
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Loving the audiobook for this one.

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Melkyl
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Parts of this book were okay, but overall it was so boring to me. I wanted to DNF the book, but I honestly don‘t know an easy way to do that on my Kindle. So, my only reason for finishing was to not mess up my Kindle library; that‘s not exactly a ringing endorsement. I really wish the author would have just not focused so much on White. If I wanted to read about him/his book, I would have read his books.

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KarenUK
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#alphastack #letterH
So ‘H‘is for hawk, which is awesome, and made me ugly cry....
Also ‘H‘ is for a couple of well-used cookbooks from a goddess, a book I‘ve owned since I was 5 yrs old.... (Pooh of course), an all time fave (History of Love), and a couple of recent additions to my #tbr because of my a lovely book twin (The Housekeeper and The History of Rain) 📚💕 @BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB Oooh you bought them both! Excited to see what you‘ll think of them although I‘m almost sure you‘ll love them too 👯‍♀️ 4y
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Hestapleton
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It‘s official. I‘m DNF‘ing my #bookspin for August. I just can‘t get in to the writing and topic of grieving the loss of father is just too triggery for some of my own trauma. Just a case of it‘s not you, it‘s me. Adding to the donate bin.

TheAromaofBooks Sometimes a book just isn't right!! Hopefully your next read is better!! 4y
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Mitch
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I have this book on my shelf - one day I‘ll feel robust enough to read it. I have booked to hear her talk though at the Edinburgh Festival

https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/helen-macdonald-the-natural-w...

SW-T I LOVED H is for Hawk. Her new book sounds interesting and I plan to read it. Trying not to build up expectations based on Hawk though. 4y
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ChaoticMissAdventures
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I am confused why so much of this book was about TH White. If felt out of place in this book that is mostly about MacDonald and her hawking experience and journey, mixed with her depression and how she worked through the loss of her father. I feel the book would have been stronger without the added extra of White's story sprinkled through.

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Texreader
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More book recommendations: https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/3/27/21197470/ask-a-book-critic-read-through-qu...

I have the tagged book. Sounds like this is the time to be reading it.

JillR I really enjoyed H is for Hawk and agree it was comforting. Also found the tagged book unexpectedly calming despite it being about a mysterious disappearance... 5y
Texreader @JillR Thank you! 5y
squirrelbrain Ooh I have H is for Hawk in my shelves too.... I may just pick it up soon. 5y
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H is for Hawk | Helen Macdonald
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Thank you so much @Meaw_catlady for the wonderful early birthday presents! You are so thoughtful!! (I checked with her before I opened. 😁)

I have not read H and am excited to!! And there‘s a healing candle that smells great, a Princess Leia journal, and crystals for healing, one of which is on my chest now. Thank you for the presents and your endless positive energy/encouragement!! 💞💞💞📚🎂🤩🤩

Meaw_catlady Yay! Glad you love it all!!! Happy birthday month!!!! 💕💕🥰 5y
Megabooks @Meaw_catlady thank you so much, dear friend!! 🥰💖🥳😘😘 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🎊🎉🎊🎉 5y
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Megabooks @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks thanks!! 🤗😊 5y
Reviewsbylola Such a sweet gift! 5y
Megabooks @Reviewsbylola it is! 🥰🥰 5y
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1. Yes. When it comes to books not people.
2. Tagged! and it‘s already left my nest and is on its way to a new owner.
3. Word of mouth. I usually stay away from news because I am an empath and it affects me brutally.
4. I snooze at least 3 times. This morning I wanted to snooze all day but I forced myself out of bed.
5. @DaveGreen7777 @Branwen @catiewithac @Soubhiville @kspenmoll @litenthusiast thanks for the tag @Megabooks
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DaveGreen7777 Thank you for the tag, Rachel! 😻😻 5y
Meaw_catlady @DaveGreen7777 you‘re welcome my friend ! 😻 5y
Q84 I'm with you on the snooze. I set several alarms just to make sure. 5y
kspenmoll Thanks for the tag! Will get in it!❤️ 5y
Megabooks You‘re welcome friend!! 👍🏻💖 5y
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H is for Hawk | Helen Macdonald
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It was such a blah day. Raining outside and feeling under the weather. I started listening to this as I worked and it helped the day eek by a bit faster. I love learning about falconry. Birds fascinate me.

ImperfectCJ I loved this one on audio. I hope you continue to find it a balm. 5y
BehindthePages @ImperfectCJ Thank you! The author's voice is perfect for it. 5y
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