Science Reading Challenge 2009 Wrap Up Post

I read 2/3 books and none were on my original list so technically this challenge is a failure.
Here is the link to my original post:
http://abookloverforever.blogspot.com/2009/01/science-book-challenge-2009.html

I enjoyed both books I read greatly so I am counting it as a success personally. The challenge calls for reading nonfiction only but I would like to mention a fiction book I read called the Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa which has a lot of math in it which they count as part of science. I highly recommend it as it is one of my favorites for 2009. I read Gardening Eden by Michael Abbate and This is Your Brain on Joy by Dr. Earl Henslin as nonfiction for this challenge. I loved both of them. I will be signing up for the Science Challenge 2010 and hopefully will do better. :)

Here is the link to my post on Gardening Eden which I forgot to update but I did love the book:
http://abookloverforever.blogspot.com/2009/04/gardening-eden-by-michael-abbate-and.html

Here is the link to my post on This Is Your Brain on Joy by Dr. Earl Henslin which has a full review:
http://abookloverforever.blogspot.com/2009/08/this-is-your-brain-on-joy-by-dr-earl.html

Science Book Challenge 2009

I can't believe I am joining another reading challenge but I can't resist. I love this button and science. My BS is in Biology with a minor in Secondary Education and my MS is in Biology.

Visit the link below to read all the rules and sign up.

http://arshermeneutica.org/besieged/Science-Book_Challenge_2009

Basically:

Read at least three nonfiction books in 2009 related somehow to the theme "Nature's Wonders". Your books should have something to do with science, scientists, how science operates, or science's relationship with its surrounding culture. Your books might be popularizations of science, they might be histories, they might be biographies, they might be anthologies; they can be recent titles or older books. We take a very broad view of what makes for interesting and informative science reading.

After you've read a book, write a short note about it, giving your opinion of the book. What goes in the note? The things you would tell a friend if you wanted to convince your friend to read it--or avoid it. Naturally, you can read some of the existing Book Notes for ideas. You might like to read our Book-note ratings for ideas about how to evaluate your books.

My List:

1. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

2. Good Germs, Bad Germs: Health and Survival in a Bacterial World by Jessica Snyder Sachs

3. Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv

Subject to change though. :)