4 stars
This book took me forever to read... mainly because it is just too ridiculously depressing. I know there are probably lots of books that cover the fact that humanity is on borrowed time, but I really can't compare the research so I will just focus on what this book covers. Tennesen spends a lot of space covering past extinctions and what the world looked like before humans. Fish and birds that were here as recent as one hundred years ago are now no longer in abundance. Food chains have been disrupted which damages an environment that is already being damaged by pollution. He then discusses how animals have evolved and the future evolution of animals after the extinction of the human race. The smallest section discusses the future of the human race and the possibility of an evolved human species. This is all fascinating and I thought the research was well organized and relatively easy to understand. It's not necessarily the best news but it does provide a lot of information to think about. I received this EGalley from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Pirate Hunters: The Search for the Lost Treasure Ship of a Great Buccaneer by Robert Kurson
4.5 Stars
I found this to be an exciting, fast paced and extremely interesting book concerning two veteran treasure hunters' expedition to find a rare sunken pirate ship off the coast of the Dominican Republic. The pirate in question, Joseph Bannister, is as interesting a character as the divers themselves and book is engrossing and hard to put down. I did think that the ending was rushed but in this case the journey proves to be much more exciting than the discovery. I received this book in a LibraryThing giveaway..
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