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This was a fascinating look at chickens and the culture that has risen up around raising them in the backyard. It is not a how to but rather one of those deep dives that will teach you a lot about these birds. I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Full review at: http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2025/01/review-under-henfluence-by-tove-danovich...

Onward to my sister‘s Christmas stocking book. I just have books for my boys, my niece, and my dad to go and I‘ll have pre-read everyone‘s presents. 😂

#ReadyourKindle 2 of 2 - Non-fiction

Again, a good month. 😊

I really enjoyed all those I read over the last 5 weeks, particularly The brother gardeners and Warrior
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@CBee

I loved this book, and if I didn‘t already have chickens I‘d be investing in some. Not that you‘ll get a great ROI, monetary speaking, but they‘re wonderful pets and def worth keeping if you like quality eggs/meat and don‘t mind getting your hands a bit dirty. There‘s so much good info here, history, culture, training, biology, meat industry details… I listened to this in two single session, and loved every minute (even the sad ones)

Really nice memoir and informative book about pet chickens.

This was exactly my kind of nonfiction… part memoir with lots of personal stories of the author‘s own experiences with her chickens, it also touched on many chicken related topics from the egg and meat industries, to wild chickens, the history of backyard chicken keeping, 4H & FFA etc., and had a vey conversational tone. Since I‘m currently obsessed with my new chickens, I was all in with this one!