Dinara Tengri

Title: Cats' Cradle Author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. First published in 1963 by I read the SF Masterworks edition by Orion Group Publishing. Source: Malmö City Library "Told with deadpan humour & bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon &, worse still, surviving it ... Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding 'fathers' of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he's the inventor of 'ice-nine', a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three eccentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness. Felix Hoenikker's Death Wish comes true when his last, fatal gift to humankind brings about the end, that for all of us, is nigh..."  " Don't be a fool! Close this book at once! It is nothing but  foma !" Cat's Cradle is a classic, and after h...

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish .  For this week's top ten list, I decided to take a road less travelled and focus on something else other than books and popular culture. So for all of you who study full-time and also have secret blogger identities, here come ten survival tips.   *Author's note: this is a humorous article and is not to be taken too seriously. The author of this article is not responsible if this advice will prove unsuccessful.  1. Get plenty of sleep. Because you cannot study and manage a somewhat functioning online enterprise  if you're running high on too much caffeine. Taping your eyelids to your forehead may work too, but it's not good for your skin. 2. Study first, blog later.  Because the nagging little voice in your head will eat you alive if you're writing another trivial top ten list, and you still haven't started on this week's case study.  3. Always have...

Author: Robert Eggleton Published in 2012/2016 Publisher: Dog Horn Publishing This book was sent to me by the author in exchange for an honest review. Author proceeds have been donated to a child abuse prevention program operated by Children’s Home Society of West Virginia Edit: this review was updated on August 26th 2017 with a new blurb, a word from the author, and new purchase links.  " Lacy Dawn's father relives the Gulf War, her mother's teeth are rotting out, and her best friend is murdered by the meanest daddy on Earth. Life in the hollow is hard. She has one advantage -- an android was inserted into her life and is working with her to cure her parents. But, he wants something in exchange. It's up to her to save the Universe. Lacy Dawn doesn't mind saving the universe, but her family and friends come first" *** Rarity from the Hollow  is a science fiction/fantasy book about Lacy Dawn - a twelve year old girl who is very smart and v...