Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process

by Irene Pepperberg | Pets & Animals |
ISBN: 0061673986 Global Overview for this book
Registered by kriskross of Athens - Αθήνα, Attica Greece on 12/9/2014
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Journal Entry 1 by kriskross from Athens - Αθήνα, Attica Greece on Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Alex!

Journal Entry 2 by wingcluricaunewing at Dublin, Co. Dublin Ireland on Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Caught in the Ruin Bar in Dublin. I'd love to know how it got here from Greece !

Journal Entry 3 by wingcluricaunewing at Belfast, Co. Antrim United Kingdom on Saturday, March 21, 2020
"Alex and Me" rattled along at a fair pace - which was both the book's strength and its flaw. It was very easily read, enjoyable and it certainly held my attention. Having said that, things moved so quickly that it felt like Alex's 30 years with Irene hadn't really been done justice. At times, too, I felt the writing was a little too guarded; an extra little bit of detail here and there would have helped a great deal. One of the better books I read last year was "The Seabird's Cry" by Adam Nicolson. Each chapter in that book focussed on a different seabird - the further I got into that book, the more I felt that I'd learned. As easy as "Alex and Me" was to read, I honestly can't say the same about it. I learned very little about Grey Parrots on the whole, and the book only seemed to skim the surface of Alex as an individual.

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