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the powerbook

May 28, 2005

I finished reading The Powerbook while I was away in Baltimore. Jeanette Winterson writes excellent books, and I love to see what she does with language, imagery, and especially touch. Her storytelling is indirect and mysterious yet intimate, so I found myself flying through the book waiting to see how it all goes […]

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noreasters

May 7, 2005

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a noreaster without snow. Stormy insane weather is always more fun than just a gray rainy day. I can’t help thinking that Liz would be jealous. The weather seers say it will stay like this all weekend. While I may be sick of it tomorrow, […]

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Virotherapy

May 6, 2005

(this is a review i wrote for biology 112)
Virotherapy: A New Method of Cancer Treatment
Links between cancer and viruses have been noted as early as 1912, and more clearly documented in the 1970s and 1980s when it was discovered that two patients’ lymphomas shrank when they had the measles (Nettlebeck, 2003:70). Virotherapy is a […]

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coraline

May 6, 2005

Coraline ~Neil Gaiman
This story is fantastic. I breezed through the book in a couple of hours, and i think it’s a great book for sassy and smart fifth and sixth graders. Heck, even a fourth grader so long as they don’t scare easily. I love Coraline’s attitude and faith in herself, her resourcefulness […]

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the future of life

May 6, 2005

The Future of Life ~Edward O. Wilson
I learned a lot from the first six chapters of this book. Enlightening, insightful, and interesting bits of information about the diversity found on earth, the places it can be found, and how it benefits humans to have other organisms around. Wilson gives so many examples from […]

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