I loved this book and I think it might be my favorite read of the year- strange considering it's a book on seeds and plants.

As some background I will say that last year I realized that I love listening to information on plants. I don't even garden but I found a radio show about gardening one day and I could just feel myself becoming unexpectedly happy to hear about how other people's peach trees were doing.

I did audiobook this so I'm not sure how different the experience would have been if I have read it. I saw the audiobook on sale and thinking about the radio show I thought 'why not?' and I'm glad I did. I do like books on micro-histories and the author writes about the various plants in a way that becomes a narrative instead of an outline of a series of facts. I felt like I learned something with my experience with this book while also getting a calming commute every morning listening to why peppers are spicy or how seed based plants evolved. If you like micro-histories, I recommend it. If you like plants, I recommend it. Wanna try a science book? I recommend it. I loved and will probably listen to it again in the future.

(look, I don't even give written reviews very often but I felt like I had to give it props)