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Without shelter, we stand in daylight.

Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

August 7, 2019 by Leedock Leave a Comment

CBR11 Bingo: Science! I am not a science-y person, but I am a pretty avid gardener. Having spent a lot of time playing in the dirt, coaxing plant life to flourish and googling to find out what bug is terrorizing my plants, I am a sucker for fiction that circles the natural sciences. Barbara Kingsolver is the first author that I encountered that delves in that particular niche. A friend recommended her book “Prodigal Summer” to me several years ago and I was hooked. She […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Barbara Kingsolver, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Fiction, natural science

Leedock's CBR11 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Barbara Kingsolver, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Fiction, natural science ·
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Fly Evangelist

November 30, 2018 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

You lot – yes, you lot over there, pouring all over the cute cat and puppy pictures on the internet? All those bloody memes? Have you ever stopped to think that there was more to fawning over cute and cuddly mammals? Have you ever considered diverting at least some of your attention in the direction of the poor, neglected invertebrates? Erin McAlister’s book ‘The Secret Life of Flies’ is like an Evangelist’s pamphlet for Diptera. She’s here to tell you fly stories, and hopefully, by […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr10bingo, Erica McAlister, fly fly fly, natural science, The secret Life of Flies

LittlePlat's CBR10 Review No:32 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr10bingo, Erica McAlister, fly fly fly, natural science, The secret Life of Flies ·
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An Entertaining Setting Straight of Facts with Some Sobering Themes

July 23, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

It took me a while to read this one since each chapter is self contained so it was easy to read a chapter between other books, and sometimes the break was necessary given how many chapters ended on a similar dark note.  Each chapter in this book deals with a different animal, the myths we still see in pop culture about many species today, and the historical development of some of those views and how the natural sciences have evolved over the years. The chapters […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Lucy Cooke, natural science, nature, the truth about animals

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:130 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Lucy Cooke, natural science, nature, the truth about animals ·
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