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The book “The Selfish Gene”, created by Richard Dawkins, is an award winning book about the understanding of natural selection and evolution. Richard Dawkins explains and describes how genes could be both selfish and altruistic, while providing basic context behind the information to better help the reader understand. The book is packed with knowledge about evolution and natural selection, even going as far as explaining life from the start.

Speaking about Darwin's Finches (on my last post), if anyone is interested in the theory of evolution and Darwin's work, you might enjoy the tagged book.
Now, it's been almost two decades since I've read this (and it was a translation) so I was very young then and I'm hoping the writing isn't actually as dry as I remember 😅
Still, it's an interesting book and I'd love to read it again soon.
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Less fun to read than other animal books I‘ve read before but nonetheless a fascinating read!

Intriguing story of a young medical student arriving in Paris to study anatomy in 1815. He meets a woman and her daughter who navigate the underworld of thieves, spies, Darwinian evolution theory, and napoleon‘s exile. A LOT going on and at times even a reader‘s suspension of disbelief is unable to make this a solid winner.

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Don‘t read this book unless lots of animal death and racism don‘t bother you and you‘re just super into Victorian science. I‘m Brooke H on Goodreads if you want to read my full review. (And yes, I did read this entire book to prep for a trip to the Galapagos. Of which there was one chapter. So.)

The bestselling author of Other Minds shows how we and our ancestors have reinvented our planet.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thank you Macmillan Audio & Netgalley for the audio ARC! The audiobook was narrated by the author. I enjoyed reading this book. It has nature writing in it but at the same time, it‘s also philosophical. I found it very interesting.

On Sale: 9/3/24

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I‘m enjoying this Netgalley ARC being published on September 3. It‘s interesting. It reminds me of David Attenborough‘s nature documentaries that I watch but that‘s not bad because I enjoy those documentaries. I feel like I‘m listening to one of those documentaries instead of watching it but at the same time, this book is philosophical. It‘s giving me a lot to think about.

I started this book last night. I requested this one and the publisher accepted my request. I like it. Netgalley has really great choices on their Read Now and Listen Now sections on their website this month. I‘ve enjoyed a lot of the books that I‘ve read from there this month. I don‘t always want to read the books that are available on there but I‘ve been looking on Netgalley every day this month and I keep seeing books that I want to read.

Yay! I was approved for the audiobooks of all of these. I already have The Money Trap and Supremacy as ebooks so I‘m excited I get to listen to them on audio. I wish I could read them all right away but they would have to be reviewed as soon as I finish them but I don‘t read and review books that fast. Reading and reviewing books takes time. Sometimes, it takes me all afternoon or all night just to write reviews and then get them posted online.