Book Review: Undeniable

Katie January 16, 2015 0 Comments

Undeniable is Bill Nye’s book on Evolution and the Science of Creation.  Part of the reason he wrote the book was due to the debate he recently did with the Creation Museum.  I found the book to be very interesting and I like how Bill explain’s things that may be complicated in such a way that it can easily be understood by everyone – whether they have a background in Science or not.  He explained a bit about the Darwin awards and how not having a fear of death will kill you.

I found it interesting his talk about cloning and how he was against cloning a human. I don’t know all the details around cloning but I’ve always wanted to clone myself to compare and see if my CP is in my DNA or in how my brain developed and to see if we could figure out any differences to maybe get rid of my CP.  May just be a big dream now but you never know with how science is advancing.  He also talks about how it is much easier to clone plants and a lot of strawberries and grapes out there are actually from cloned plants.

This is a very interesting read, thought provoking and as I said – easy to be understood by anyone with some of the reasons why science backs that there is such a thing as evolution and teaching how nature works.

I received a free e-copy of this book in order to write this review. I was not otherwise compensated.

About the Book

“Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as nature itself. It is also the most meaningful creation story that humans have ever found.”—Bill Nye

Sparked by a controversial debate in February 2014, Bill Nye has set off on an energetic campaign to spread awareness of evolution and the powerful way it shapes our lives. In Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation, he explains why race does not really exist; evaluates the true promise and peril of genetically modified food; reveals how new species are born, in a dog kennel and in a London subway; takes a stroll through 4.5 billion years of time; and explores the new search for alien life, including aliens right here on Earth.

With infectious enthusiasm, Bill Nye shows that evolution is much more than a rebuttal to creationism; it is an essential way to understand how nature works—and to change the world. It might also help you get a date on a Saturday night.

Book Review: Easy Origami Animals

Katie January 16, 2015 0 Comments

Easy Origami Animals is an easy to use guide to create 23 different animals using origami.  The book starts with the basics, introducing you to the symbols for folding and the basic folds.  Then, each of the 23 animals are shown in detail with instructions on how to properly make them.  There are a lot of fun animals in the book, a couple of fish I’m going to try to make too.

I received a free e-copy of this book in order to write this review, I was not otherwise compensated.

About the Book

Created by an origami master, these 23 models offer a menagerie of easy-to-fold animals. Figures include birds—a cardinal, parrot, bald eagle, and cranes—and a fox, pig, hippo, elephant, lion, and others. Diagrams illustrate every step of the folding process, and full-color pictures depict the completed models. Internationally renowned author John Montroll has significantly increased the origami repertoire with his original designs. Best known as the inspiration behind the single-square, no-cuts, no-glue approach, the American origami expert offers readers meticulously developed folding sequences that allow them to create better models with fewer steps.

Book Review: Science For Her

Katie January 9, 2015 0 Comments

As a female in a Science field, I was looking forward to reading this book.  It is a satirical teaching of science acting as though it is one of those girly magazines.  Unfortunately, I just didn’t get it. I didn’t even finish the book because I did not find it to be funny at all.  I wanted to like it, but the further I got into it, the less impressed I was with it, so I didn’t even finish reading it.

Don’t waste your time on this one!

I received a free e-copy of this book in order to write this review. I was not otherwise compensated.

About the Book

Megan Amram, one of Forbes’ “30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment,” Rolling Stone’s “25 Funniest People on Twitter,” and a writer for NBC’s hit show Parks and Recreation, delivers a politically, scientifically, and anatomically incorrect “textbook” that will have women screaming with laughter, and men dying to know what the noise is about.

In the vein of faux expert books by John Hodgman and Amy Sedaris, Science…for Her! is ostensibly a book of science written by a denizen of women’s magazines. Comedy writer and Twitter sensation Megan Amram showcases her fiendish wit with a pitch-perfect attack on everything from those insanely perky tips for self-improvement to our bizarre shopaholic dating culture to the socially mandated pursuit of mind-blowing sex to the cringe-worthy secret codes of food and body issues.

Part hilarious farce, part biting gender commentary, Amram blends Cosmo and science to highlight absurdities with a machine-gun of laugh-inducing lines that leave nothing and no one unscathed. Subjects include: this Spring’s ten most glamorous ways to die; tips for hosting your own big bang; what religion is right for your body type; and the most pressing issue facing women today: kale!!!

Be prepared to laugh about anything in this outrageous satirical gem.

Book Review: Unlocked

Katie January 9, 2015 0 Comments

Unlocked is a novel about genetically engineered sex slaves who are modified to heal quickly and be unable to get diseases.  At first they were just supposed to be soldiers but they are now sex-addicted doms.  Doc is selling them to business investors to use for the night (or more) and has a business suit there when a fire breaks out.  A fireman comes in and rescues Chanze and believes that he is the business man instead – who actually was killed in the fire.  Chanze thinks that he is a prisoner, but as luck would have it, Delano, the firefighter who saved him, is also one of the Spcecial Op soldiers who has made it on his own and creates a plan to save not only Chanze, but all the other men who Doc has under his “care”.

Only one problem – they all have chips implanted and they don’t think there is any way to deactivate them without the Doc realizing giving them little time to escape.  Or is there another way?  Meanwhile, the nanos in Chanze and Delano have joined the two of them meaning they will mate for life and if one dies the other will die too.  This could make their plan even more dangerous if not properly executed!

Definitely an interesting approach to a romance novel, but I liked the bit of technology aspect to it.

I received a free e-copy of this book in order to write this review I was not otherwise compensated.

About the Book

The Special Ops genetic experiments were designed to create super soldiers, not sex-addicted doms.

When Delano Briggs, BDSM club owner and volunteer firefighter, is called to aid in the evacuation of a burning New York hotel, he thinks it’s just another job.

But after rescuing the irresistibly sexy Chanze, he learns that behind the velvet curtains of the five-star hotel is one of the most exclusive, and immoral, prostitution rings in the country. For the men at the Cloister aren’t merely lovers for hire, but genetically enhanced sex slaves, created to provide the brothel’s rich clientele with the most insatiable doms and delicious subs.

Kept against his will by the doomsday chip implanted in his brain, Chanze sees no chance of escape. Until Delano and his three fellow super-enhanced operatives infiltrate the club for a walk on the wild side.