In honour of
The International Year of Biodiversity Reading Challenge I've been working my way through The Song of the Dodo by David Quammen, which is full of islands and evolution and not nearly as depressing as it sounds. (I dunno about you, but dodos don't strike me as the most cheerful kind of bird, seeing as how they're all dead and all.)
Alas, I learned a valuable lesson about checking out 600 page science books during the Olympics: I just won't finish them on time. (It was totally worth it though. I was going to ask if you saw the gold medal hockey game, but I know you did. I am pretty sure they would revoke your citizenship otherwise.)