Next Up: H is for Hawk and On the Move

Being unusually organized, we've chosen books for the next two months. Here's what we will be reading.

August Selection

Title: H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Date: August 17
Host: Steve

To whet your appetite, read this excerpt from the publisher's blurb: "When Helen Macdonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer … she'd never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators, the goshawk. But in her grief, she saw that the goshawk's fierce and feral temperament mirrored her own…Heart-wrenching and humorous, this book is an unflinching account of bereavement and a unique look at the magnetism of an extraordinary beast."

September Selection

Title: On the Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks
Date: September
Host: Chris at Open Book

From the publisher: "When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: 'Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far.' It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going. From its opening pages on his youthful obsession with motorcycles and speed, On the Move is infused with his restless energy. As he recounts his experiences as a young neurologist in the early 1960s, first in California where he struggled with drug addiction and then in New York, where he discovered a long-forgotten illness in the back wards of a chronic hospital, we see how his engagement with patients comes to define his life."


Let's get reading, people!