Like H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald’s work is poetic and full of wonder about the world around us. I’m not a huge bird fan or anything, but this book is about more than birds and nature. It’s a way of looking at the world, of finding magic. And like H is for Hawk, Vesper Flight takes me a while to finish reading, because these books make me go back and pause, write down notes, and wonder about what she just said. Every writer, even hobbyists like me, would do well to read her work.