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Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
Sara Dykman
3.73 AVERAGE
181 reviews for:
Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
Sara Dykman
3.73 AVERAGE
adventurous
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informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I loved this book! It was very inspiring and made me want to go on my own bike tour following the monarchs!
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Pretty good book, with both depressing and hopeful tones (as environmental books tend to be.) Structurally, the closest thing I could compare it to was that Bill Bryson book where he road trips through small town america. However, rather than go to hotels, watch tv, eat candy bars, and just generally have a negative outlook on the entire thing, there was a point to the journey the author made. In addition to experiencing the entire yearly migration of monarchs, the author connected to students, strangers, and other monarch enthusiasts who are doing great work of providing space for monarchs to rest on their incredible journey. It did get a little monotonous, but that's as much a testament to her will on this journey as it is a detriment to this book. Great book for people who like appreciating the little things
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I am a Monarch enthusiast and enjoyed learning more about monarchs and their life cycle. I also have so much respect for what this woman did and the trip she made. Her accomplishment is truly amazing!
I agree with other reviews regarding the negative tone of the author and how there were parts that were made to be more political than needed. Towards the end of the book, she even admits she has a "doom and gloom" way of presenting her positions about monarchs and conservation in general. This was really frustrating. You don't get people to care about something by scaring them or criticizing their way of life. You get them to care about something by generating enthusiasm and excitement. I'm not sure this book will sway anyone who didn't care before. A bit of a letdown in that regard.
I agree with other reviews regarding the negative tone of the author and how there were parts that were made to be more political than needed. Towards the end of the book, she even admits she has a "doom and gloom" way of presenting her positions about monarchs and conservation in general. This was really frustrating. You don't get people to care about something by scaring them or criticizing their way of life. You get them to care about something by generating enthusiasm and excitement. I'm not sure this book will sway anyone who didn't care before. A bit of a letdown in that regard.
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This book is a love letter to nature, to bike touring, to North America, to conservation, to monarchs, and to the future of the world.
I read this book slowly, not because it was dense or uninteresting, but because this felt like something that should be savored. A trip of this scope, a migration, exists outside of time. That's how I felt this book should be read. Calmly, with no rush; with the peace that one would have while looking at butterflies dancing on a field.
I read this book slowly, not because it was dense or uninteresting, but because this felt like something that should be savored. A trip of this scope, a migration, exists outside of time. That's how I felt this book should be read. Calmly, with no rush; with the peace that one would have while looking at butterflies dancing on a field.