Reviews for Summer World: A Season of Bounty

The average rating for Summer World: A Season of Bounty based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-07-07 00:00:00 Bill Reno Summer is quite similar to Heinrichs´ book about winter and I want to especially mention the amazing language and love for nature that´s filling each page of this magnificent work. As it´s often the case with the lucky ones who have made their passion their profession, it´s not just the detailed description of the research, but the epic language and poetic choosing of the right words to describe all those impressions. In comparison to his book winter world, there is so much to explore, so much we don´t know, just bits of information of certain animals of some climates. What there´s going on in all habitats, climate zones, and especially in the thresholds and borderlines, where the climates and species change, interact, and interbreed, would be a lifelong voyage of discovery for million of biologists. Not even to talk about detailed exploring of one animal group, just all the interconnections, symbiosis, and ecosystems around there. Personally, I would prefer the summer trip, but I would possibly have no more time for reading and writing as during winter, because I could stay observing at night too and get, again and as so often, far too less sleep. Another fact is, that instead of the starvation, hunger, and shortage of winter, summer is filled with love, joy, and happiness (for alpha predators animals). And survival of the fittest, brutal selection, deadly territorial disputes and mating battles,... Anecdote time, there is one big problem with summer. No matter if lying in a beach chair or, personal favorite, going out in wild nature to hang a hammock between two trees, preferable somewhere with a great panorama onto the mountains or next to a small creek, the problems start immediately. Instead of being able to read hundreds of pages in one sitting, the amazing environments makes one distracted, one watches birds, insects, clouds, and worst of all, an evil little seductive voice wants one to go on a hike, swimming, explore the woods apart the paths, follow riverbeds, collect whatever one finds, fruits, berries, mushrooms possibly even as food, treasures, etc.. Damn nature with its fauna and flora and epic moments. A compromise can be audiobooks, podcasts, or, if there really is no other option, conversations with humans while exploring the wonders of nature. A wiki walk can be as refreshing to the mind as a walk through nature in this completely overrated real life outside books:

Review # 2 was written on 2020-04-11 00:00:00 Erik Olsen New Month, New Tier List! Click Here to see all the books read in April and where they rank!Onwards to the written review! The world right now seems dead, but some birds are already stirring...they hop where the snow has melted... I quite liked this fresh take on the warmest season. From the very moment the frost dies away, the world is awakening. Summer is a time of green, urgency, and lots of love lost and found. This lovely little book teaches about nature - from the bugs to the birds, and everything in between. In particular, I loved all the science behind the season. Both the flowering and the leafing out determine the insect populations, which in turn make the summer world possible for the majority of birds and most mammels. Heinrich didn't just list facts, he also went into scientific studies and observations to understand how and why things happened the way they did in the summer. I did listen to the audiobook, and after a bit things did get a little samey but I think that's just cause without pictures, it got a little difficult to hold all those facts in my head. But as a whole, I was quite pleased with this book - I felt like I learned so much and I cannot wait to pick up other books by this author. And would you look at that, summer is right around the corner! YouTube | Blog | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Snapchat @miranda_reads