This afternoon I found another reading challenge that somehow seems irresistible, though I'm not exactly sure why since I usually dislike reading anything too science-related. It is the International Year of Biodiversity Reading Challenge, discovered via A Striped Armchair and hosted by Classical Bookworm.
Here's a breakdown of the challenge(s):
Here's a breakdown of the challenge(s):
- Basic: 3 books on any biodiversity topic.
- Biomes: 3 books about major world ecosystems: open ocean; coral reefs; lakes and rivers; arctic tundra; boreal forests; temperate forests; tropical forests; savannah; grassland/steppe/ deserts.
- Branches: 3 books on different life forms: plants; fungi; invertebrates (including insects); reptiles and amphibians; birds; mammals.
- Bye-bye: 2 books about endangered or extinct species or about extinction or conservation.
- Back yard: Buy 2 or more field guides to your local flora & fauna and get to know your neighbours.
- Biodiversity Bonanza: One of each of the above!
- Deep Jungle by Fred Pearce ~ This is a book I already own, but have not yet read.
- One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest by Wade Davis
- Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind by David Quammen ~ For whatever reason, this book looks fascinating to me!
- Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators by William Stolzenburg ~ Rather similar to the above title, but instead focuses on predation's vital role in the preservation of ecological diversity.
- Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds by Bernd Heinrich
- Demons in Eden: The Paradox of Plant Diversity by Jonathan Silvertown
- The Hidden Forest: The Biography of an Ecosystem by Jon R. Luoma
1 Comment:
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January 8, 2010 at 8:46 PM
Hi Kristine! Great list. i want to read "One River" too, and I'm interested by "The Hidden Forest." I hope you enjoy the challenge!
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