Five stars is my highest possible rating. It means a book that is life-changing, amazing, beautiful, intriguing, and engrossing.
Even by that metric MFive stars is my highest possible rating. It means a book that is life-changing, amazing, beautiful, intriguing, and engrossing.
Even by that metric Meet the Neighbors deserves more than five stars.
This book is beautifully and wonderfully written, and it is engaging from the very first word. It makes you face your biases about animals and ecosystems and reevaluate your assumptions. It is full of delightful anecdotes, enchanting facts, and fascinating characters both human and otherwise.
I can't wait until more people have read it so I can discuss the ideas in it. It is a masterpiece and everyone needs to read it. ...more
I love Barbara Kingsolver. This book was not easy to read.
If you want to be floored and appalled approximately every eight minutes, this is the book I love Barbara Kingsolver. This book was not easy to read.
If you want to be floored and appalled approximately every eight minutes, this is the book for you! It is certainly an excellent kick in the pants to eat more locally and to think more mindfully about food, culture, agriculture, life, and priorities....more
The title of this book: Is there intelligent life out there in the galaxy? This book's (brilliant) answer: I don't know, is there intelligent life herThe title of this book: Is there intelligent life out there in the galaxy? This book's (brilliant) answer: I don't know, is there intelligent life here on Earth???
Seriously. It's just a wonderful book. It walks through what we know about evolutionary processes, adaptation, life, ecology, and behavior, and extrapolates what extraterrestrial life could be like based on those factors. It is accessible and thought-provoking and mind-bendy in the best possible way. (Why do we seem to think that evolutionary relationships is the best and only way to categorize species??)
Then the last part of the book is where it gets really deep: If we can't manage to treat our own planetmates with dignity, how on Earth do we think we're going to handle aliens well? It's an absorbing argument.
Well-written and engaging. Difficult to put down. ...more
This was a fascinating book. I was worried about the length. I feel like a lot of science non-fiction books are longer than they need to be. Not this This was a fascinating book. I was worried about the length. I feel like a lot of science non-fiction books are longer than they need to be. Not this one. It was fascinating and novel all the way through. The Weindersmiths make abstruse issues (like international space law) as riveting as any thriller. I highly recommend this book. To everyone....more
This book is just phenomenal. It is packed full of fascinating observations and dazzling information. I'm not saying that it will work for everyone, bThis book is just phenomenal. It is packed full of fascinating observations and dazzling information. I'm not saying that it will work for everyone, but it actually helped me with my anxiety. Being able to go outside, no matter what else is going on, and look up at the sky and understand a tiny fraction of what the clouds are doing and why is very calming. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. ...more
This book is incredibly difficult to categorize and I loved it so much. On the surface, it's just a man walking around with a donkey in France and thiThis book is incredibly difficult to categorize and I loved it so much. On the surface, it's just a man walking around with a donkey in France and thinking about things.
Honestly, that's what it is all the way down, but it's also very readable, very thought-provoking, honest, and funny....more
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