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​@@WildHeartsandWildflowers. Wait. I started listening and realized I already watched and commented on this video. What the heck, I was thinking this was a new post. I'm confused! Hahaha -James

@@teresaglasco6082 Hi, Teresa! 🙋‍♀️ Happy to meet you! This is one of the NF books I didn't get to this month, but I'm still very excited to read it!

@@readandre-read Hi, Angelia! 🙋‍♀️ This is a difficult question because I don't recall ever reading anything by Rebecca Solnit that I didn't love. 😊 Starting with her essays is a great jumping-off point. I found all her collections to be thought-provoking, validating, enlightening, and empowering. Her memoirs are excellent as well - 'A Field Guide to Getting Lost' (2006), 'The Faraway Nearby' (2013), and 'Recollections of My Nonexistence' (2020). Solnit has also written other fascinating books, from the history and significance of walking ('Wanderlust') to biographies to environmental activism, art, and the way communities come together during a disaster ('A Paradise Built in Hell'). One of my reading projects in 2025 will be re-reading through all of Rebecca Solnit's works (and the one or two I've missed). I'm really looking forward to experiencing these books again, and I plan to review them on my channel throughout the year. 😊

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff Thanks for commenting, Jim. That's a very interesting book as well, but right now I'm reading 'Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words' by Jenni Nuttall. Actually, I think we realized this coincidence previously! 😁 But I do love books that explore words in different ways.

@@Littlebiglibrary You're welcome, Jim, and I think you'd really enjoy that book and movie! 😊 Best wishes on your weight loss journey! You can do it!

@@ReadbyFred Thanks, Fred! I really enjoyed that book for a variety of reasons. 😊 I hope you do as well!

@@coffee_cookies_books Ah, thanks, Judy! I do love gardening (and my orchards), but I've only been growing things for the last ten years or so actually. I've loved spending time out in nature since I was very young though - hiking in the mountains, reading by the river, walking slowly in awe through the Redwoods. Nature is very important to me, so conservation is, too! 😊

Autocorrect changed your name to Julie 🙄, but I caught it and changed it back. 😁 It keeps doing this with my subscribers with similar names (like Angela & Angelia!) - so I need to be super careful!

@@WildHeartsandWildflowers I also have a love/hate relationship with autocorrect 😆🤪

@@WildHeartsandWildflowers I also enjoy nature I just am not much of a gardener. My home has minimal gardens because I live in a downtown core. I do live surrounded by the Niagara escarpment though and it’s a beautiful area so that makes up for it.

@@coffee_cookies_books I just looked up some images of that area, and it's breathtaking! ❤️

@@patriciah8579 That book sounds amazing, Patricia! Thank you so much for sharing! I'm definitely going to search for it!

@@Bookishtravels1 Thanks, Julie! Well, not all of them - at least not yet! ☺️ But I've really been enjoying them, and I do intend to read them all over the next few months. 😁

@@WildHeartsandWildflowers I read non fiction all the year round too :)

@@apoetreadstowrite I've enjoyed nature and nature poetry for as long as I can remember. Nature truly nurtures my soul. Over the last decade, I've also started exploring the importance and meanings of place - to individuals, yes, but also to cultures as a whole. However, I must admit, I have absolutely no interest in theology. 😊

@@WildHeartsandWildflowers: I love theology & philosophy, but have no intuitive sense for the supernatural anymore. My 'sense' of God would be pantheism, I guess: Nature is God & God is Nature.

@@apoetreadstowrite Sounds good to me. ☺️

Ohhhh, I bet it's because I've seen Nature of Oaks before! Mystery solved. Marketing for that one clicked.

@@MargaretPinard Glad you figured it out. 😁'The Nature of Oaks' is fascinating!

@@MargaretPinard Hi, Margaret! I love nature memoir, too. 😊 Very glad you found your way here!

No, but I'm not sensitive, I wish I were. I suspect that life really is this exceptional...

@apoetreadstowrite Part of me agrees with you, but a bigger part realizes how small we are and how little we know. 😊

@@WildHeartsandWildflowers: Certainly, I'm sure you are right.

@@apoetreadstowrite Well, I'm not sure, but I certainly can hope. ☺️

@@WildHeartsandWildflowers: I have just loaded a video on Gothic literature that raises some of these issues, well from my hurt perspective anyway.

@@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk Hello, and thank you for your comment. NonFiction books have definitely led me down some interesting roads, and many more in the future, I'm sure. Always more to explore!

@@apoetreadstowrite Thanks again for you supportive comment. Hearing understanding, empathetic words from others outside of the US is validating, comforting, and encouraging.

@@WildHeartsandWildflowers: Look after yourself. I stand with you.

@@apoetreadstowrite Hello and welcome! It sounds like we have much in common. John Muir's love for experiencing nature was incredibly deep, and his writings reflect that passion. I've probably never felt quite as connected to nature as I do whilst exploring the Redwood forests here in northern California. I've often dreamed of living off-grid and in a tiny home (or being completely nomadic) - so many great aspects to that lifestyle. However, at my age with my health issues, probably not going to happen. (Never say never though. ☺️) Still, I do enjoy and value my current small farmstead life. And the room for lots of books. 📚📚📚

@@WildHeartsandWildflowers: That all sounds fabulous. Yes, I am very lucky - Ah, John Muir...

@@apoetreadstowrite How exciting that you've written nature poetry! You're right - it's more important than ever right now. I look forward to exploring your channel's backlist and watching the videos you mentioned. 😊

@@WildHeartsandWildflowers: It would be a joy to follow one another's bookish adventures.

@@apoetreadstowrite Oh, thank you so much. I sometimes feel barely coherent, let alone articulate, when I discuss books. So much that could be said, but so much is subjective, and so much is best left unspoiled for the reader. I mostly try to communicate my primary thoughts and feelings about a book or author, and let people move forward on their own to discover what the books mean to them. I do love Mary Oliver! ❤️

@@WildHeartsandWildflowers: You do a great job, your videos are very engaging & personable, I really enjoy them. Ah, yes, Mary Oliver...

@apoetreadstowrite Thank you! That's very encouraging. 😊

@@ReadBecca You're right - they *are* rare! This book is so important that I can't seem to stop talking about it. ☺️

@@HannahsBooks Hello, Hannah, and welcome! 🙋‍♀️ Thank you so much for your comment. I loved the interesting questions in this tag. They really made me think! You're right - I did share quite a few personal experiences here. The nature of the questions seemed to draw them out of me. ☺️ Plus, I do love reminiscing about books I read long ago. I hadn't thought about those archaeology books and my rock collection in years! I'm looking forward to hearing your responses to this tag soon. I really enjoy your thoughtful videos, and I've already gleaned some excellent book recommendations from you! 📚📚📚.

@ Thank you so much! ♥️

@@MarilynMayaMendoza Hi, Marilyn! I stand corrected. Somehow I missed reading Oliver's 'Dog Songs' - I'll have to remedy that! I have a Border Collie, Rhubarb, who will be 2yo in March. I'm sure she'd highly recommend I read dog poetry. 😊

@@Bookishtravels1 Yes, the benefits of spending time in nature are so clear once you start doing it. I'm loving how, more and more all the time, science is proving this to be true in specific and sometimes surprising ways! I really enjoyed reading 'The Nature Fix' earlier this year - subtitle being, 'Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative' - by Florence Williams. ❤️

@ oh fab thanks for the recommendations , trying to find somewhere near me that does a ‘forest bathing’ day near me 😎

@@Bookishtravels1 That would be so cool! I'm fortunate to have plenty of nearby forested mountains where I can hike (when I'm not injured! 🙄😁). I like to just sit and soak up nature for hours. My favorite has a hidden lake!

@@WildHeartsandWildflowers oh sounds wonderful!

Hi, Berina! 🙋‍♀️ I know how much you appreciate being out in nature, too. Your love for the rivers and lakes and forests is so clear in all your beautiful videos and in your art. ❤️ Thanks so much for your comment.

@@WildHeartsandWildflowers 🌷🌹🌺❤

Hi, Justin! Yes, you should definitely make some nature rec videos! 👏👏👏 I enjoy your thoughts on books, and I can tell already your videos would be great in the way of book recommendations for me. 😊 My nature reading has been primarily memoir, poetry, conservation, and all things plant-and-tree-related. 😎 I'm open to broadening my horizons though. For instance, I read Heinrich's 'Why We Run: A Natural History' back when I was a runner, and I have his 2021 running/aging book, 'Racing the Clock,' on my shelf (need to read that!) - but now you've made me realize I should read his nature-focused books, too!

@@TheWoodlandGardener Glad you enjoyed this, Angela! Of course, as dedicated as you are to planting native plants around your beautiful property, I'm not surprised. 😊 I've heard only one interview with Douglas Tallamy - here on YT, I believe - he was very down-to-earth and yet so passionate. ❤️ I think you'd love both Mary Oliver's poetry and 'The Nature of Oaks' by Tallamy!

Hi, Tiffany! 🙋‍♀️ Yes, her covers really are gorgeous! ❄️☃️❄️ I've been tempted to cheat and start reading one this week, but I'm going to 'be good' and hold off until December 1st. 😂 Not like I don't have plenty of other books to read! 📚📚📚 As to my sweater, thank you! When I was younger, I never wore red because someone told me it clashed with my hair. 🙄 Now I don't care. 😁 I love this shade, and it's flecked with other colors, too. I got it at a thrift store, so the price was right. ❤️

@@PageTurnersWithKatja Thanks, Katja, so glad you enjoyed it. 😊 What was your favorite nature-themed book you read this year?

@@Littlebiglibrary I love Live Oaks, James! Here in northern California, we have six different Oaks, including a species of Live Oak, but the two most common are the Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii) and the Valley Oak (Quercus lobata). I'm so happy you're going to check out Mary Oliver's nature poetry! I think you'll love its thoughtful, appreciative tone!

@@TriumphalReads Thank you so much for watching, commenting, and subscribing, Justin! Great job growing Goldenrod - it's an amazing native plant in several ways. Plus, it's beautiful! I'm very happy I found your channel because we have a lot of overlap in the non-fiction areas of science, nature, and history. Really looking forward to following along with your videos and hearing your book recommendations!

@@malb9236 This book looks so interesting! Most likely gut-wrenching in some ways, but important to hear what these women are experiencing and feeling. Thank you for sharing about it!

Ah, growing up in a very Catholic family I also read about lots of different beliefs systems. This really resonates.

@@PageTurnersWithKatja Hello, and thank you. 😊 I agree this is a great tag! I've watched several videos now that are doing this tag, and they've all been so interesting. Excellent questions, and the very nature of non-fiction means the answers might go anywhere! (Plus, I always love hearing people's childhood bookish memories. ❤️)

@@PageTurnersWithKatja Yes, after reading 'The Dance of the Dissident Daughter' that is exactly what I did. Explored widely, and it was fascinating, validating, and eye-opening. 😊

@@RicksReads Thank you so much! 😊 I do enjoy reading biographies and memoirs focused on some of my favorite actors and actresses, as well as interesting people throughout history. I mostly prefer reading about women, but there are definite exceptions. For instance, all the memoirs of Michael J Fox are excellent and thought-provoking! His most recent was published in 2020 - 'No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality.'

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff Jim! I just started reading that book, too! It was in my NonFiction November Pile of Possibilities! Wasn't sure I'd get to it, but I have! Looking forward to hearing what you think of it! (No worries about the tag. ☺️)

Oh, wait - no! A different book! 😂😂😂

The one I'm reading is 'Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words' by Jenni Nuttall. 😁 I'm still interested in hearing about Bryson's book though. 😎

@@WildHeartsandWildflowers curious coincidence reading two books with the same title. Bill Bryson's full title is "Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way". I have read a book called "Wordsl*t: a Feminist Guide to Taking back the English Language" by Amanda Montell, which was a fascinating read about how the English language like most languages is biased against women. One of the Patriarchy's oldest tropes is woman as sex object. 300 years ago sir and madam were both used as formal terms of address. But with time 'madam' evolved to mean a conceited or precocious girl, then a kept mistress or prostitute, and, finally, a woman who manages a brothel. All of those changes while the meaning of 'sir' just stuck where it was.

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff That *is* a coincidence! Yeah, the evolution of the word 'madam' is a great example of the misogynistic attitude toward women that has significantly affected the world, including its languages, through the ages. I'll need to check out that book as well. It would be interesting to see how much they overlap and their different approaches to the topic.

@@readandre-read Looking back, I think I was actually very lucky as a child. I very frequently won the random 'drawing' prizes at school, and I was always finding money, in the street gutter with no one around, or on a solitary hike between the railroad tracks and the 'rich' people's houses. Usually a few dollar bills, but once, when I was 8yo, a wad of $18! I thought I'd hit the jackpot! (Although I worried about the person who'd *lost* the money!) I used to walk the mile to those tracks (at age 10) to feed the horses. I'd cut up a few apples, cross the tracks, and call the horses to the chain link fence. Each place had one or two horses, and they soon knew me and came running. Of course, I imagined they were *my* horses and just visiting these people. ☺️ Now I realize that the real luck was that I had the freedom to roam and explore and dream - and that I never got lost or (too terribly) hurt. 😁😎

@@TheGrapeJellyLibrary Hi, Flossy! 🙋‍♀️ Welcome! I love 'Read by Fred' - and Fred! He's a great guy and talks about such interesting books! I mean, non-fiction books are amazing, right? 😎 I just now read in your channel's "About" section that you consider yourself a "Memoir Queen" - that's so cool! I love memoirs, too. ❤️ What's one of your favorite memoirs?

@ Cool! I would say, Being Henry, The Fonz and Beyond. 💕 How about you? What is your favorite! I’m wondering if I read it? 🤭

@TheGrapeJellyLibrary Oh, I love Henry Winkler! I need to read that! 😊 As to my favorite memoirs, that is a very difficult question! Not just because I've read and enjoyed a lot of them through the years, but because - until this year - I never kept track of what I read! (Now I have StoryGraph! Yay!) However, I *can* tell you that this year I've really liked all the memoirs I've read, especially 'The Sun Does Shine' by Anthony Ray Hinton, '84, Charing Cross Road' by Helene Hanff, and 'Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life' by Delia Ephron. 😊

But now I've set myself a little project to try to recall all (or a lot anyway!) of the memoirs I've read in the past! Thanks for motivating me. ☺️

@@WildHeartsandWildflowers I loved The Sun Does Shine. I read that just about three months ago. I once created a video of only book covers of all the people I’ve read. It was something! It definitely needs updating now, though. That sounds like a fun project. I bet you end up impressed!

@@Bookishtravels1 No worries, Julie! 😊 I really enjoyed answering these questions. Great new tag!

@ Thank you 😃

@@Littlebiglibrary Hahaha! I'll remember that, James, and not tag you in the future either. But you gave a good answer here! Living where I do (northern California, just west of the Sierra Nevadas), and being a history nut from a young age, I was fascinated with the Oregon Trail and the pioneers. Later, I became very interested in the lives of the Californios, the Native Americans, and all the immigrants (the Chinese, the Cornish miners, etc) who came during the Gold Rush.

@@WildHeartsandWildflowers I have a paperback western written by Todhunter Ballard titled "Gold In California". First published in 1965 and is a SPUR award winning novel. SPUR award would be like an Oscar award only it's for Western themed books. I have that book on TBR for 2025. The back of the book reads in part, Gold Fever. Gold Trail. Gold Coast. So it's about the California Gold Rush. I am looking forward to reading that. And I finished back in August "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" by Dee Brown. The saddest historical non fiction that I have ever read! About how the Europeans aka White man took control of this country. Take Care -James

@Littlebiglibrary Yes, 'Bury My Heart' is excellent. Haven't heard of Ballard's novel, but I'll have to look it up now. Thanks! 😊