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Monday, November 27, 2023

FOX & I - An Uncommon Friendship


I loved this book. The author, a former park ranger, earned a doctorate in biology and zoology then built a small cabin on an isolated piece of land in Montana and plotted her next move. 

As she accepts research projects and teaches field classes and leads groups of undergraduates through the Wilderness areas surrounding Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons, we tag alone to learn things about the natural world that couldn't be taught inside a classroom.

But the main focus of this astounding book is her unlikely and inexplicable friendship with a red fox who visits her isolated mountain valley cottage at 4:15 every day. With traits that only humans should have, you will never view these small creatures the same again.

Fox & I is on my list of best reads of 2023.  My other top five to date (of course you're interested!😀) are: 

1. The Slow Horses Series (Mick Herron)

2. The Only Good Indians (Stephen Graham Jones)

3. Lessons In Chemistry (Bonnie Garmus)

4. Bear Town (Fredrik Backman)

5. An Invitation To The Party  (MJ Werthman White)

Tis the season for reading and writing and gift giving. I'd like to hear what some of your favorite books of the year are.





6 comments:

Anthony Duce said...

Thanks for the recommendations. I’ve read a few on your list. Enjoyed.

Yvonne Osborne said...

Thanks Tony. Glad you like!!

Magaly Guerrero said...

It sounds like a fantastic read. I'm adding it to my list. Lessons in Chemistry too.

Yvonne Osborne said...

Magaly,
It truly was. It enfolds you in the natural world in a way that books seldom do. Thanks for the comment here!!

Jemi Fraser said...

Sounds wonderful - off to check it out!

Yvonne Osborne said...

Jemi, It was really good.