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We Will Not Be Saved by Nemonte Nenquimo
Synopsis: Born into the Waorani tribe of Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, Nemonte Nenquimo was taught about plant medicines, foraging, oral storytelling, and shamanism by her elders. Age 14, she left the forest for the first time to study with an evangelical missionary group in the city. Eventually, her ancestors began appearing in her dreams, pleading with…
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Non-Fiction November: Diverse Perspectives
I’m so excited to take part in the Non-Fiction November blog event this year! Running for five weeks from Monday, October 27th to Sunday, November 30th, each week participants will discuss different prompts relating to their non-fiction reading. Week 4 is hosted by Rebekah at She Seeks Nonfiction. This weeks prompt is one of the reasons…
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Non-Fiction November: Book Pairings
I’m so excited to take part in the Non-Fiction November blog event this year! Running for five weeks from Monday, October 27th to Sunday, November 30th, each week participants will discuss different prompts relating to their non-fiction reading. Week 3 is hosted by Liz at Adventures in Reading, Running and Working from Home. I found this…
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WWW Wednesday: 12/11/25
Happy Wednesday from rainy old England. I think its rained here for about 2 weeks straight now… WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam Taking On A World of Words, where bloggers answer the following questions: Just Finished… The last book I finished was Ragwort by Sam K. Horton. I’m not sure if…
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Nature Needs You by Hannah Bourne-Taylor
Synopsis: Nature Needs You tells the compelling story of how Hannah, without campaigning experience, funding or contacts, set out to save swifts from extinction in the UK. Her mission is to change the law and make ‘swift bricks’ mandatory so that the birds who nest in our walls will have a future in Britain. Nature…
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A Training School for Elephants by Sophy Roberts
Synopsis: In 1879, King Leopold II of Belgium launched an ambitious plan to plunder Africa’s resources. The key to cracking open the continent, or so he thought, was its elephants—if only he could train them. And so he commissioned the charismatic Irish adventurer Frederick Carter to ship four tamed Asian elephants from India to the…
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