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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
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informative
inspiring
lighthearted
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inspiring
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The right book at the right time. A lovely collection of reflections on walking in the woods. Made my heart warm and happy.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Très lent et doux, avec une touche de whimsical dans les choses simples que l’auteur remarque et pour lesquelles il s’émerveille. J’ai beaucoup aimé le fait qu’il parle autant de la beauté de la nature et de ce qui relie son expérience à celle de Thoreau, mais en demeurant lucide par rapport aux choses moins belles qui font partie de notre vie d’aujourd’hui. Et ça gâche pas l’expérience du beau, ça la rend juste plus réaliste.
Bonus : L’auteur est le mari de Jenny Slate, et on pourrait dire que ce livre est un peu complémentaire à ceux de Jenny du fait qu’ils parlent parfois des mêmes expériences, mais vécues de chacun de leur point vue. C’était beau et émouvant, pis j’avais l’impression d’être leur friend huhu.
Pour vrai, les conversations chez eux doivent être magiques.
Bonus : L’auteur est le mari de Jenny Slate, et on pourrait dire que ce livre est un peu complémentaire à ceux de Jenny du fait qu’ils parlent parfois des mêmes expériences, mais vécues de chacun de leur point vue. C’était beau et émouvant, pis j’avais l’impression d’être leur friend huhu.
Pour vrai, les conversations chez eux doivent être magiques.
Three walks before he met his now wife and three walks after.
Henry David Thoreau: I'm alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit. In my afternoon walk I would feign forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society. But it sometimes happens that I cannot easily shake off the village.
Henry David Thoreau: I'm alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit. In my afternoon walk I would feign forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society. But it sometimes happens that I cannot easily shake off the village.
Shattuck strikes one as an old soul trapped in a modern world. He grapples with personal difficulties or ponders life's good fortunes through the prism of Thoreau's works, offering charming reflections along the way.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Enlightening, Thought-Provoking, and Inspirational this story is a great one to read and peruse by the fire on a cold day or while sitting in a chair lounging in the backyard as the birds chirp and a light breeze ruffles your hair. This was a bit of an emotional one with sadness, happiness, and everything in between like happens in life.
It was about how the author Ben Shattuck decided to try out doing some of the things that Henry David Thoreau did with his walks and looking and reflecting on nature as he went. Ben also decided to go about experimenting and trying these walks and things out because he was having a difficult time after a. hard break-up that was causing him to have insomnia, anxiety, and bad nightmares.
He started on this journey by taking walks and doing what he could to follow in the footsteps of Henry David Thoreau and what you find and read while following along with his narrative is a poignant, moving tale of life, loss, love, and seeing the world, nature, animals, himself and others in a whole new light. It's also fascinating reading about his experience written this way with the sketches and drawings in the book as well that illustrate some of the places he went and how he reflects on things, people and events as things happen. This reminds me a bit of poetry and prose that's written beautifully in a way to touch others, remind others of the world, nature, animals, and their beauty as well as the people and their kindnesses.
Thanks so much to NetGalley and Tin House for letting me read and review this deep and soulful book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
It was about how the author Ben Shattuck decided to try out doing some of the things that Henry David Thoreau did with his walks and looking and reflecting on nature as he went. Ben also decided to go about experimenting and trying these walks and things out because he was having a difficult time after a. hard break-up that was causing him to have insomnia, anxiety, and bad nightmares.
He started on this journey by taking walks and doing what he could to follow in the footsteps of Henry David Thoreau and what you find and read while following along with his narrative is a poignant, moving tale of life, loss, love, and seeing the world, nature, animals, himself and others in a whole new light. It's also fascinating reading about his experience written this way with the sketches and drawings in the book as well that illustrate some of the places he went and how he reflects on things, people and events as things happen. This reminds me a bit of poetry and prose that's written beautifully in a way to touch others, remind others of the world, nature, animals, and their beauty as well as the people and their kindnesses.
Thanks so much to NetGalley and Tin House for letting me read and review this deep and soulful book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.