tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post6666181408804897530..comments2024-03-27T21:19:02.636-05:00Comments on The Nature of Things: H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald: A reviewDorothy Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-11174355386291218792016-04-02T18:03:23.512-05:002016-04-02T18:03:23.512-05:00Well that sounds great!Well that sounds great!Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-29427662138700130332016-04-01T14:40:45.786-05:002016-04-01T14:40:45.786-05:00I think you might enjoy it, Judy. T.H. White is ev...I think you might enjoy it, Judy. T.H. White is ever-present as Macdonald wrestles with her grief as White wrestled with his Goshawk, and she draws many lessons from his experience and from his books, including <i>The Sword in the Stone</i>.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-6022787787400002812016-04-01T12:29:03.681-05:002016-04-01T12:29:03.681-05:00I agree with Carmen. Wonderful review. While I was...I agree with Carmen. Wonderful review. While I was reading it, I thought about The Sword in the Stone. (I have read all the books of The Once and Future King and they are wonderful!) [http://keepthewisdom.blogspot.com/2006/01/books-read-from-1940-part-six.html] And then that comes up in your review. I also thought of Yeat's poem The Second Coming and the way Joni Mitchell used that in a song. And of course Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Yours is the first review that made me want to read Helen Macdonald's book.Judy Kruegerhttp://keepthewisdom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-12381510989121301562016-03-31T22:54:15.518-05:002016-03-31T22:54:15.518-05:00It is a good book, very well-written, almost lyric...It is a good book, very well-written, almost lyrical at times.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-11167083101378523522016-03-31T21:59:38.666-05:002016-03-31T21:59:38.666-05:00Great review, Dorothy! For some reason I thought y...Great review, Dorothy! For some reason I thought you had already reviewed this book when it came out. I must have seen it in another blog.<br />Being about raptors, I think I would enjoy it.Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242364668293349799noreply@blogger.com