Hazy Romance & Mystery Stew 🪔 | August & September 2023 Wrap Up

This one is so successful at creating this mysterious, dreamily romantic haze that kind of settles on top of the events of this novel and then there's a hint of danger in there as well. Like you know the other shoe is going to drop and you're almost excited for it to happen.

Dreaming in Turtle by Peter Laufer is a rather harrowing breakdown of all ways that turtles are threatened by humans in our modern world. These two books together ended up being the perfect representation of the think globally, act locally phrase. And they both will make you appreciate all things turtle.

I learned a ton from this book. I have to say I especially appreciated the conversation about food myths during the Italy chapter, speaking of Italy. But I did walk away from this book feeling like it was just a little bit too much.

These two books together ended up being the perfect representation of the think globally, act locally phrase. And they both will make you appreciate all things turtle.

I just wasn't feeling the pull to come back to it. It was actually starting to feel like a chore, and I really don't want to feel that about a book I'm reading.

And this is just such a thorough, fascinating account. Sure, the author is a little bit stiff at times, but she clearly has a command of the subject matter.

And certainly at such a young age, I would not have been able to appreciate the gorgeous, heartbreaking writing in this one and the psychological ride it took me on when reading it as an adult.

Maybe I just haven't found the right collection yet because I appreciated this, but I wasn't able to get lost in it.

There is always so much wonder and so much respect in her books and this is another great one from her. If you are interested in owls, this is definitely one you're going to want to read and if you are interested in owls, a while back I actually made a video in which I reviewed two other books on owls and I bring that up because one of those two books, Jennifer Ackerman actually references in this new book.