It’s that time of year when bookstores everywhere showcase “summer reading” options. But take a pass on the books touted as easy reading and pick up “War of the Whales” by Joshua Horwitz instead. Just released on July 1, 2014 by Simon & Schuster, this book takes you behind-the-scenes during the battle to protect whales… [read more]
Wesley the barn owl
I just finished reading the book “Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl,” and it was wonderful! I highly recommend it to everyone, you don’t have to be an owl fan or a bird fanatic in order to appreciate this book. The book is about the author, Stacey O’Brien,… [read more]
The whales of Moby Dick part 1
I’m finally reading Moby Dick for the first time in my life. It was never assigned reading during my entire educational experience and I never got around to reading it post-college. And then the book club I joined last fall decided they wanted to read Moby Dick and as the whale enthusiast in the group… [read more]
Ringing in the New Year with new wildlife books
I spent the last week of 2011 in book heaven! It was a wonderful way to wrap up the year and start the New Year with new wildlife books to read and more fascinating information to absorb. Book heaven happens to be Powell’s City of Books in Portland, Oregon. If you love books, you have… [read more]