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Slow, like building nests and collecting eiderdown. Portrait of unique nesting grounds on remote Norwegian islands & a determined older woman charged with caring for the ducks. Takes patience, both the reading and the waiting for the birds. 2024

110 “We do not think of watching the world around us as work.”

258 “The island and the wild things are never fully known… We are all just children. We never know enough, not even the half of it.”

This was adorable! It was about a boy who wanted to build a boat and found out the hardships of building one and relying on family and neighbors to help him build the boat. Wonderful illustrations.

Beautiful and stunning artwork. This nonfiction book is about a boy and his dad who travel to Alaska and wind up living on a remote island with a caretaker of goats on the island for 7 months. Wonderful writing and just absolutely gorgeous graphics.

*sorry for the shitty camera skills*

It's a foggy morning here in upstate NY. Great day to curl up and listen to a murder mystery which is my current read.

Patrick Barkham visits some of the smaller islands in the British Isles.

What he had to say about the history, people, and environment of the islands he visited was very good nature and travel writing but I could have done without the many, many references to D. H. Lawrence's story “The Man Who Loved Islands“ (which I haven't read) and Compton McKenzie, who the story was based on.

Next up is an #arc from #netgalley that I‘m finally getting around to.
This was also my June's #bookspin pick.

#coffeeandabook

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Always helpful when the book has a map.
We are starting on the Isle of Man

This should be squarely in my wheelhouse and I expected to love it. But, not so much. Some of the writing felt forced & contrived. It‘s also not particularly memorable. I finished listening a couple of weeks ago and recall little about it. Of course I‘m willing to admit that might be my fault because a lot competes for my attention this time of year.