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Tapestries of Life: Uncovering the Lifesaving Secrets of the Natural World by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
liengen95's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
lektorstrikk's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
torgeiraamboe's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
sweekune's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
3.5/5
A tour of various organisms, their roles and functions in ecosystems and how they often benefit humans.
- This is a book of snippets. There is an overarching theme of conservation and each chapter has its own sub theme but over all we jump from one short excerpt to another about different creatures and ecosystems. The information is interesting but not necessarily in-depth.
- I enjoyed learning about the many contributions creatures have made to life on this planet. However, I was also saddened by how much humans have changed and destroyed, disadvantaging so many species and ultimately ourselves.
- One concept I found interesting was the moving baseline. Because human memories are short, we think that what we or our immediate ancestors remember is the normal baseline for nature when in reality, that memory was already of a degraded nature.
I enjoyed Sverdrup-Thygeson's insect book more but this would be a good book for someone starting to read about ecology and conservation.
A tour of various organisms, their roles and functions in ecosystems and how they often benefit humans.
- This is a book of snippets. There is an overarching theme of conservation and each chapter has its own sub theme but over all we jump from one short excerpt to another about different creatures and ecosystems. The information is interesting but not necessarily in-depth.
- I enjoyed learning about the many contributions creatures have made to life on this planet. However, I was also saddened by how much humans have changed and destroyed, disadvantaging so many species and ultimately ourselves.
- One concept I found interesting was the moving baseline. Because human memories are short, we think that what we or our immediate ancestors remember is the normal baseline for nature when in reality, that memory was already of a degraded nature.
I enjoyed Sverdrup-Thygeson's insect book more but this would be a good book for someone starting to read about ecology and conservation.
a_robin_reads's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
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Information:
- Library ebook & Storytel audiobook
- Magical Readathon - Apothecary Keeper: read two books with flowers on the cover
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Review:
Very interesting. Bit too many subjects.
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Review previously placed on my blog:
Review previously placed on my blog:
I'm currently reading Tapestries of life by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson. I'm reading the Dutch ebook whilst listening to the audiobook at the same time. Reading this, because I want to read more from this genre. Also reading this for the Magical Readathon for the Apothecary Keeper supplementary with the prompt: read two books with flowers on the cover. This is an adult nonfiction book with nature and science themes.
Very interesting so far. I really like the set up of this book and learning a lot. Fascinating how nature works and how much we can learn from it.
This book was really good. I did think there were too many topics, so therefore it was a bit overwhelming. But the facts shared were all fascinating. Would recommend!
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elise_dragon13's review
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0