She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity | 
My book haul from the #betterworldbooks New Years sale. There are three more coming. #nocontrol #sorrynotsorry
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book looks at many of the discoveries around genetic heredity but also touches on the ways concepts of heredity have influenced human society and what our new knowledge might change. I leant towards the arts in school so my knowledge of biology is slim and this filled in lots of knowledge gaps. It starts from the earliest ideas around heredity, ⬇️
I am thoroughly enjoying this book! But I must admit the size of it gave me pause when my library hold came in 😂😂😂 657 pages but luckily nearly 100 of them are notes and indexes.
I received another chunkster at the same time but I figured I could only get through one of them and this one won. Sorry “Hild” I‘ll be back for you one day.
Started this one over the weekend. 700 pages and a library book. Wish me luck to finish before it expires!
Thanks @MelissaSue81 for the intro to it!
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I checked this one out via Libby from my local library and love it. Nonfiction tends to take me (much) longer to read. I like to digest the information in little bits and drive my loved ones crazy rehashing what I learn. 😂 Time ran out on this one. It's about genetics/heredity--the history, key figures, and interesting implications. I think I might need to buy it. 😉
pickFor a 20 hour long audiobook about a scientifically complex topic, this was really fascinating. There was a lot of different areas covered, and I can‘t say I fully understood all of it, but basically we don‘t know what we think we know about Genetics, ancestry, and heredity.
I‘m in DC for a meeting right now. We came out of the meeting and into the crazy awesomeness of the Pride Parade. Also, I might have visited 2 bookstores so far (Kramerbooks and Solid State Books). I leave tomorrow but might make my way to another one or two before I go. 😉
1. She Has Her Mother‘s Laugh and The Wangs vs. the World
2. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs 🦕
3. A Crack in Creation
I‘m on a biology bender 😂🤷♀️
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
pickPacked with interesting content. If you are interested in science behind ancestry, this is your read. There is a ton of good stuff here.
pickOne of the better science books I‘ve read in a while. Fascinating stuff. https://carlzimmer.com/books/she-has-her-mothers-laugh/
pickThis is a good overview of what genes are, how they work and how we can manipulate them. Zimmer uses his own experience with genetic testing to make concepts more relatable, yet his story never overshadows the science.
pickAbsolutely fascinating. Zimmer mixes in interesting anecdotes to set up each chapter that takes the reader deeper into hereditary, DNA, genes. I learned so much, and although the book is large, it really doesn‘t waste a page. One added benefit- I always knew my brothers and I couldn‘t be genetically similar. Siblings have a similarity range from 33% to 67% similarity. I feel, if nothing else, this validated my youthful suspicions😜.
pickI evangelized about this book a few months ago but lost my audio to a holds list when I was about halfway through. I got it back and finally finished and, I have to say, I think the first half was strongest. Part of that was, as to be expected, the more we learned about heredity, the more complicated and technical it became, which was harder to follow. Still, it was fascinating. The audio is well done and how I made it through.
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Been reading this book and ended up having the strangest dream about my dog‘s family tree. Obviously the result of eating too much before bedtime. #pugsoflitsy
This is a BIG book!
#SeptemberReads include these 12 and the tagged book plus whatever I‘ve forgotten! The best: “Home After Dark” and “Ecology of a Cracker Childhood” were extra special and memorable. 💕
As of about two years ago (pre-Litsy) I would‘ve told you “I don‘t read nonfiction.” I say this to let you know that when I recommend a 570 page book on heredity, it is coming from someone who never, ever thought she would read a 570 page book on heredity let alone enjoy it. I am about 200 pages in (or about 7 of 20 hours on audio) and it is utterly fascinating and extremely accessible.
I am reading that there are dozens of human GMOs that doctors created on the quiet in New Jersey, with genetic material from two ova. The science is gobsmacking. Can you imagine? You look at package that says “No GMOs” knowing you ARE a GMO? And that without ooplasm transfer from a different egg you wouldn‘t exist? #science #genetics
pickI‘m only two hours into it currently. I am really interested in the subject matter, but only moderately interested in the way the narrator tells it. I probably would actually enjoy reading the book in print more, but I can‘t do that and drive! Maybe the narrator will grow on me— it‘s 20 hours long, so he‘ll have plenty of time.
This book is BLOWING MY MIND. From the Hapsburgs to PKU (rare disease caused by certain proteins attacking the brain) to freemartins (hermaphroditic cows); I feel like I‘m leaning so much!!
Morning visit to the local beach bookstore. My daughter picked one fiction, one nonfiction (she‘s into genetics), a leather journal, and the owner let her pick an ARC book (pictured above.) She‘s super excited! I also picked up a book for 2 of my nephews and one for me! Chaching!
pickGenetics, DNA, and heredity is further examined in this science nonfiction from the history of inherited genes and the future of evolving cells. From the history of eugenics, recessive disorders, and physical anomalies, the book looks at all aspects of our physical make-up and how it affects humanity.
