I had to stop reading Bridget Stutchbury's The Private Lives of Birds. It's a non-fiction study of avian pairing habits, but the deeper I got into the book, the more I disagreed with Stutchbury's methodology. I'm all for exhaustive observation of the subject animals, but when you start interfering in their lives - removing chicks from nests, attaching weights to female birds to replicate flight patterns of fertile birds - I call foul. I'll have to pick another book for my "Book I Own But Have Never Read" category. I have plenty to choose from.
Book published this year: Here I Am, Jonathan Safran Foer
Book I can finish in a day: Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline DONE
Book I've been meaning to read: The Door, Magda Szabo
Book recommended by local librarian or bookseller: TBA
Book I should have read in school: Animal Farm, George Orwell
Book chosen for me by a loved one: The Garden of Fresh Possibilities, Kim Smith
Book banned at some point: Holes, Louis Sachar DONE
Book I previously abandoned: The Path Between the Seas, David McCullough
Book I own but have never read: TBD
Book that intimidates me: The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
Book I've read already at least once: Harpo Speaks, Harpo Marx DONE
Book published this year: Here I Am, Jonathan Safran Foer
Book I can finish in a day: Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline DONE
Book I've been meaning to read: The Door, Magda Szabo
Book recommended by local librarian or bookseller: TBA
Book I should have read in school: Animal Farm, George Orwell
Book chosen for me by a loved one: The Garden of Fresh Possibilities, Kim Smith
Book banned at some point: Holes, Louis Sachar DONE
Book I previously abandoned: The Path Between the Seas, David McCullough
Book I own but have never read: TBD
Book that intimidates me: The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
Book I've read already at least once: Harpo Speaks, Harpo Marx DONE
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