Chapter ONE: Finding Your Inner Fishy!

First off, I hate being forced to read, so just as everyone else I was dreading to read this book, event he title of the book was kind of eh. My friends had started to read it and told me it was good but I didn't believe them. So I started to read it because we had to and since the moment I started reading I tried to find something to dislike about it...BUT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING. I was so interested in the first chapter.

This story reminded me of a video my class watched in Mr. Tisor's class last year about how man evolved or what the first creatures on earth were, and some students fell asleep but I loved it. Haha! I love all the evolution stuff. As everyone mentioned it was an easy read, Shubin writes as if he's actually taking to you, he explains very well with examples by analogies, similes, metaphors, and all that good stuff.

One of my favorite parts of Chapter One was on pg. 11 where he says:
"Similarly, where we work in the Arctic, temperatures can reach minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter. Yet inside some of the region's rocks are remnants of an ancient tropical delta, almost like the Amazon: fossilized plants and fish that could have thrived only in humid locales".
I really liked this because it made me think about where I live and maybe Buena Park was a desert or jungle before civilization...hey you never know! (scientists might). x) And just as he says even in the hottest place it could have been a freezing Arctic, or vice-versa.

I am totally looking forward to reading the next chapter: "Getting a Grip", sounds intresting :) In the future i really shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, LITERALLY! :)

<3 Nikita Patel