#stateofwonder

[sweetteascience]

*NEW POST AND GIVAWAY!* Check out our #ScienceBookClub book review and enter to win our copy of #StateofWonder! Contest is open to 🇺🇸 only and closes on April 28. Link to enter is at the bottom of the post. . We’d also love to hear all of your book recommendations! Summer reading is nearly upon us. . . . #reading #recommendedreading #ScienceReading #AnnPatchett #STSfavorites #STSblog #STEMreading #STEMbooks (at Tybee Island, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwXW8ZUBLCK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bd15p2vctwdl

[yourartsdesiremtka]

FEATURED WORKS OF ART: Water is the source of inspiration for our current exhibition entitled "Water's Edge" and no one captures the unique qualities of water quite so intimately as Brian Peterson in his "State of Wonders" book. We are thrilled to have a limited number of framed fine art prints available along with signed copies of the book. #stateofwondersbook #minnesotastateofwonders #stateofwonder #brianpeterson #yourartsdesiremtka #buyart #minnesotaartists #localart #localartists #minnesotainspired #artgalleryminnetonka #galleryminnetonka #yourartsdesiremtka #minnetonkaartgallery #photography #watersedge #waterdroplet #landscapephotography (at Your Art's Desire Gallery of Art and Framing)

[ensotheatre]

Out supporting our friends at @ensowinery and reading a Care of Trees “research” novel 😍😍. . Have you done something kind for yourself today? If not, take a moment. Make it yours. . Perhaps it’s just the deepest breath you’ve taken all day. . Well-deserved. . Caitlin & the Ensemble #wine #enso #stateofwonder #bewell #breathe #todaysinspiration (at Enso Winery) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnZ072Uhnjn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11wzf7gdfgqie

[dbgossett]

#stateofwonder #thanksgiving (at The Edgewater)

[mamawolfeto2]

Just wrote a review for this one- stay tuned to jenniferwolfe.net! #bookstagram #cantstopthinkingaboutit #stateofwonder #annpatchett #readersofinstagram

[jpustka]

After loving Bel Canto so much, I have to read another book by Ann Patchett. #stateofwonder #paperbackswap #booknerd #tbr

[hopediana]

See it in the people around you. See it in your pet. See it in nature… in the birds, in the feather in your path, in the butterfly that catches your eye, in the sun on your face. Look for wonder in every single moment and treat it as if it is a beautiful miracle… because it is.

#stateofwonder #lifeisamiracle #begrateful

🌱🌸❤️🌸🌱 (at Boston, Massachusetts)

[dbgossett]

#indiefern #stateofwonder (at From 5 Poplars)

[sarahbrett2]

State of Wonder

State of Wonder: Ann Patchett 

                          Pay attention to this one because I have a feeling this book is going to get BIG. Reviews just came out for this book at the beginning of June which may be why you haven’t heard of it yet. State of Wonder follows Dr. Marina Singh who is a research scientist at a Minnesota based pharmaceutical company. She is sent to Brazil to track down the famous Dr. Swenson who is developing a new “miracle drug” in the deep jungle. Marina is sent there because her colleague, Anders Eckman, dies while assisting Dr. Swenson. The first half of the book isn’t that exciting. It mostly deals with Marina’s decision to travel to the jungle and strange dreams she has while taking an anti malaria drug. Not really my favorite parts honestly.

But keep reading because once Marina finds Dr. Swenson, the book starts to get very interesting. Honestly, this was a book I could NOT put down. I think I read the entire thing over the course of two days. Patchett writes about everything from a cannibal tribe to anacondas to medicinal tree bark. The plot lines were very interesting and helped move this book along quite nicely. The descriptions of the jungle and the creatures within it were amazing and something that I had never really read about before. The one critique I would have of this book is its characters. Marina is somewhat of a likeable character, but in the end I didn’t see her as a heroine. Dr. Swenson’s character didn’t seem to be developed enough to form an opinion on her one way or another. Really the only character that I cared about was Easter, the deaf boy Marina befriends.

Part of what drew me to this book is my fascination with pharma drug development. I wrote a research paper on drug testing in third world countries during my junior year of college and ever since then, I have been looking for books related to this industry. State of Wonder was just one insight into this ever growing and often secretive industry. This book has been marketed as the female version of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. I’ve never read that book, but now I think I may have to. Even though this book explores some heavy issues, it is still easy to get through and would be a great summer read for almost anyone. On a concluding note, I have never read anything by Ann Patchett before but I may have to start following her work. Next on my list by Patchett is Bel Canto.

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