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I have returned from my extended hiatus! That doesn't mean I haven't been reading books in my absence, oh no. Quite the contrary. In fact, I have a backlog of reviews coming up. However, I will be departing this blog, hosted by blogger. I will be moving over to wordpress, so please, join me at my new website . I hope to see you there!

A good cry

Title: A Monster Calls Author: Patrick Ness Publication Year: 2011 Pages: 216 Publisher: Walker Books Date Started: February 21, 2017 Date Finished: February 24, 2017 Format: Kindle Beverage of choice: Hot cocoa Normally, I cry at the end of books. I’m a sucker for sad endings. So when I didn’t cry at the end of the last couple of books I read, I started to get concerned that I was broken. So I picked up A Monster Calls . I had just seen the preview for the movie and noticed that Jim Kay illustrated it, which immediately piqued my interested. I am happy to report, I am not broken. Cue tears. This book was beautiful. It reminded me of a grown-up Where the Wild Things Are. The story follows a boy named Conor as he struggles with his mother’s illness and the way everyone treats him. At night, a Yew tree outside his house transforms into a monster, which has promised to tell Conor three stories in exchange for a true story from Conor himself.

Book Review: A Crack in Creation

Title: A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution Author: Jennifer Doudna and Samuel Sternberg Publication Date: June 13, 2017 Pages: 304 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Date Started: May 6, 2017 Date Finished: May 12, 2017 Format: Adobe Digital *I would like to thank the publisher, author, and NetGalley for providing an ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review* It has been a very long time since I have read a book I have enjoyed as much as A Crack in Creation. The voice Doudna projects through the pages was not at all what I would have expected from such an accomplished scientist. In fact, her manner of story-telling rivals many actual novelists. And, naturally, the science was interpreted and condensed exceptionally well. Dr. Doudna is known in the scientific community as one of the researchers who discovered and described CRISPR/Cas-9, a rapidly expanding tool used to edit genomes. I fir

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