Random book from our personal library.
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Random book from our personal library.
pickI orchestrated my read of this book to coincide with a trip to Galapagos. I also read Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle and Origin of Species beforehand. This all contributed to my enjoyment of this book.
The Beak of the Finch is focused on the Grants, a family of scientists studying Galapagos finches. Highlighting their work, Weiner illustrates visible evolution that is occurring around us right now, not centuries from now.
As well as the heritage breed soay sheep 🐏 and replica Bronze and Iron Age roundhouses 🛖 at Flag Fen, they do have a small selection of books in the visitors' centre, so I picked up a couple by two of my favourite TV archeologists: Tamed by Alice Roberts, who unaccountably hasn't including cats in her list of ten species 🤷🏻♀️ (but I'm kvetching), and Paths to the Past by Francis Pryor, who actually discovered and excavated the Flag Fen site.
All over the place. Medical insurance headaches that are already negatively impacting my kids. Over an hour trying to figure out that my daughter can‘t go to her scheduled appointment with the specialist tomorrow. I have been fighting insurance companies since my oldest was born over 28 years ago. I‘m so tired.
On the good side, my youngest son enjoyed the summer reading kickoff and I won for best speaker at Toastmasters.
#mentalhealthmonday
Went to the beach with the kids today and I took the wrong book. 😭 😭 😭 I took one I‘d already read.
The weather is gloomy, but the cool feels nice to this middle-aged afab body. I moved away from the desert at exactly the right time. :)
How is the weather in your parts and what is your fave beach/park read?
#summerreading
#beachlife
My 16yo and I have agreed on a reading challenge: We will each read 20 pages a day of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. If we do that, we will complete the book before we leave on our trip to the Galápagos Islands in a few weeks. And this (somehow?) will enhance our trip. At page 206, am I having regrets? Perhaps.
New bookstack! ☀️ What is everyone reading this long weekend?
“human mating behavior delights & amuses us
& galvanizes our gossip, but it is also deeply disturbing.”
I love nonfiction so much guys📚
I can‘t wait until I get my hands on the 2016 edition!
#firstlinefriday #nonfiction #bibliophile
#psychology #uncommon #librarybooks
slowly trucking along with the last two books for the #orilium April challenge. Oddly enough, the book about the history of Porcelain in Europe(The Arcanum) is the more interesting of the two.
#history #porcelain #paris
