First, a confession: I had never heard of Ian Harding nor watched a single episode of "Pretty Little Liars" (I may be a few, um, decades more mature than PLL's target fan base), but I also love birds. And when the author was interviewed on the American Birding Association podcast, I thought, "I gotta check this out." Glad I did! I loved everything about it: the personable, self-effacing writing style, the tales from his childhood - especially the BEES, I woulda been rolling on the floor if I was confident I could get back up again - and of course the birds. So many birds, described with a true birder's joy. Highly recommend to my fellow birders and to anyone who could use a light-hearted engaging happy read, and that's basically all of us these days, right? I bought my copy used, and was delighted to find it was signed by the author. It's going on the shelf right next to my bird guides. Read more