I was going through my Twitter feed today when a miscellaneous "Tweet" (is that the word? I don't even know the lingo im so new) posted "Happy World Book Day". It turns out today is World Book Day! According to Google World Book Day is a celebratory movement developed by UNESCO. The United Kingdom National Commission(UNESCO) is committed to the eradication of poverty, building peace and supporting sustainable development. The Commission plays a part in intercultural dialogue concerning education, culture, science and communication. It's no surprise ... Continue Reading...
Review: How to Clone a Mammoth
I want to start noting that I generally dislike the maltreatment of animals and cruelty enacted in laboratories, so this could not be an unbiased review. How to Clone a Mammoth is about cloning and the various problems concerned with the technologies used to clone cells. Shapiro explains these problems in the most base way, only touching on much of the scientific jargon that would confuse the average reader. She also explains that cloning would not return a perfect specimen from the Ice Age as popular belief has led us to imagine. Instead, the creatures developed ... Continue Reading...
Review: Undertow – Michael Buckley
Girl meets boy, boy is a creature from the deep blue sea. Lyric Walker is your average thirteen year old who lives in Coney Island until one day the world stops being average. In three years the world has been transformed, and our question of what lurks in the deep blue sea are answered. A group of humanoid creatures that call themselves Alphas have appeared on the shore line without any warning. What do the Alphas want, why are they here? Lyric is blackmailed into forming a tentative friendship with an Alpha boy: one who could be her undoing. Fathom is part of a beta ... Continue Reading...
Review: A Touch of Passion – Bowen Evans
Received via NetGalley from the Loveswept team (Random House Publishing Group) in exchange for an honest and completely unbiased review. Lady Portia Flagstaff has been in love with Grayson Devlin since she was sixteen years old, and has been saving herself in hopes one day he will see her as the woman she is and not the almost-sister she feels he treats her as. When she's stolen away by a Sultan with plans to make her part of his harem (**this isn't as cheesy as it sounds**), Portia must rely on the only man she's ever loved to save her, protect her and honor ... Continue Reading...
Review: Great Zoo of China – Matthew Reilly
The Great Zoo of China is about to open, and a select few VIP visitors have been invited to get a preview before opening day. Our hero, CJ from the National Geographic is tasked to write a piece on the clandestine Zoo after a brief visit, one that will expose her to inexplicable danger and test her physical and mental limits. She, her brother Hamish, and a few other surprising additions must fight to survive an ancient and cunning adversary, but can they stay alive long enough to survive the night? And when all hope is lost, can they stop the Zoo’s destruction caused ... Continue Reading...
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