Announcing the first tag of 2022

[Book Concierge]

Care wrote: "For those of you who are science shy, here are a few great reads:

—The Hot Zone (about Ebola)by Richard Preston
— The Demon in the Freezer (about anthrax) by Richard Preston"

CARE !!!! It's so good to see you here again! We've missed you.

[Jgrace]

Care wrote: "Sorry, my phone went rogue and posted without me finishing.

** I will be reading: Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes

I..."

Welcome back, Care! I've missed your recommendations and your reviews.

[Care]

NancyJ wrote: "Those sound interesting. The poison book might be fun for the historical fiction game.

For those who read The Overstory by RIchard Powers, are there any real people or events that..."

Nancy, for planning purposes, know that all of the books I suggested are nonfiction. However, I cannot recommend Sarah Penner's The Lost Apothecary highly enough. It, too, deals with poison and is historical fiction.

[Care]

Anita wrote: "Care wrote: "For those of you who are science shy, here are a few great reads:

—The Hot Zone (about Ebola)by Richard Preston
— The Demon in the Freezer (about anthrax) by Richard Preston"

Care!!!..."

I've missed you guys! Much as I hate Goodreads's formatting, I decided that I miss you guys more. Not to mention how my reading life has lagged. If I don't read it for school, it pretty much isn't getting read.

[Care]

Booknblues wrote: "Care wrote: "Sorry, my phone went rogue and posted without me finishing.

** I will be reading: Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science by Rich..."

Great to be here! Looking forward to the History challenge!

[Care]

LibraryCin wrote: "Care wrote: "For those of you who are science shy, here are a few great reads:

—The Hot Zone (about Ebola)by Richard Preston
— The Demon in the Freezer (about anthrax) by Richard Preston"

Hi, Car..."

Good to be back! Every time I read a Canadian author, I think of you.

[Nicole R]

I finally sat down to ponder books for this month. Picking a science book is an impossible feat for me! Here are some options:

The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery by Sam Kean

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach

How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan

Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix by Howard Markel

If nothing has struck your fancy yet, I have two recommendations that I haven't seen yet:
Fire In The Turtle House: The Green Sea Turtle and the Fate of the Ocean by Osha Gray Davidson

The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey by Linda Greenlaw

[LibraryCin]

Nicole R wrote: "If nothing has struck your fancy yet, I have two recommendations that I haven't seen yet:
Fire In The Turtle House: ..."

Oh, I'll second "Fire in the Turtle House"!

[NancyJ]

Anita wrote: "It was a really tight vote. In fact, I was SO sure I knew the winner, that I bought two books for it. Except I was wrong. ..."

Anita, I know that a winning tag can't be used again for 3 three years, but is it possible for espionage to come up again? I voted for Science because of my climate change goal, but I have a lot of spy novels on my tbr to get to some day.

[Anita]

Nancy, Yes. The tags that lose in the vote are eligible to be resubmitted by a member or selected by the randomizer. There are no limitations on the time frame.

[Anita]

Yvonne wrote: "Anita wrote: "Has anyone read The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race? It sounds science-y. I really did not plan for science lol!!"

I rea..."

Thanks so much, Yvonne. I am a little nervous about the length, but I going to at least give it a try.

[Care]

Nicole R wrote: "I finally sat down to ponder books for this month. Picking a science book is an impossible feat for me! Here are some options:

[book:The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human..."

I think of you every time I hear about a great science book, and your recommendations always make my TBR teeter. Last year, I read Spineless, a book about jellyfish that I think you recommended for the Reading Women challenge (which is now no longer a thing, sadly). I loved that book, as jellies and I have a special history.

[Robin P]

When I saw Science, I thought about people in white coats in laboratories, which isn't usually a draw for me. But I have a bunch of social science options. I am actually preparing a talk on language and all these count:

In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language
Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language
How You Say It: Why You Talk the Way You Do—and What It Says About You
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

[NancyJ]

Robin P wrote: "When I saw Science, I thought about people in white coats in laboratories, which isn't usually a draw for me. But I have a bunch of social science options. I am actually preparing a talk on languag..."

Robin, these sound fascinating. I remember taking a quiz years ago about what words you use for different things, and it was pretty good at guessing the places I've lived. (Though I don't think Bismarck donut was on the quiz.) The RIghteous Mind sounds like something that might help us in this divided country.

[Care]

Robin P wrote: "When I saw Science, I thought about people in white coats in laboratories, which isn't usually a draw for me. But I have a bunch of social science options. I am actually preparing a talk on languag..."

I just bought The Righteous Mind. I'm collecting sources for my dissertation as they pop up in my reading life. It will be years before I read it, but I gave it a looksie, and it looks like a great book --one we need people reading right now in our country.