The Rise and Fall of Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte

Who doesn't love dinosaurs? Well maybe others stopped when they were 5 but I am still fascinated by these fantastical creatures.   While attending a meeting where books were being discussed, one of the presenters shared that she had read 200 books in the first 5 months of the year and this was the best. Of course I had to read it.  The subtitle of the book is: A New History of a Lost World.  If Neil deGrasse Tyson wrote about dinosaurs and the people who study them, this would be the book.  Accessible science, surprising history, fascinating details.  Dinosaurs millions of years older than the giants we are familiar with.  Dinosaurs with feathers.  Dinosaurs of many colors.  A pierced, tattooed, rocking out young woman in China who is part of a team making many of these discoveries.  Great stuff.