It's a Tiger! It's a Quest! It's A Tiger's Quest!

Ahoy! *waves white flag weakly* I've been bombarded with work, that I have barely had time to post reviews on here.  I haven't even finished a lot of the books I had checked out at the library because of so much work. Sometimes, I just wish I could just flop and runaway somewhere. Go into some Alice in Wonderland trip and freak out because every plant and animal is a colorful animated thing that can talk (if you can catch my dark reference, I hope you liked it).

Anywho, I did manage to finish a few books that I will be reviewing...right about......NOW: *boom* commence confetti explosion:

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Remember my review on Tiger's Curse (Book 1 of the Tiger's Curse Series) back in June 2012? Well I was able to finish the second book called Tiger's Quest and man do I have a story for you. 

Just letting you know if this becomes a movie; it will become a hit. There is so much graphic action (and not too bloody either..sorry gory lovers) packed in this book, that I just sat and lapped it up. This is an improvement in writing from the last book. You can see that Houck put some thought into writing this book, especially the fighting scenes. 

There is romance with a sultry taste to it, that is the equivalent of a hot woman/man winking at you across the aisle and having an intense staring contest with you for a straight hour. (Talk about teassssiiiiing!). Secretly, the suspense is all the better from having that make out session you so desire....Sorry, got carried away there, but you somehow know what I mean (you do! you really do!) 

There were times that the sweetness and cheesiness from the first book will fly back in and slither on occasion but it compliments the sultry enough to be digested. I'd say continue reading the series and if you haven't already started check out the trailer in my first review for a hook. 

Not bad, Houck. 

Til Next Blogpost,

Miss Bobo

Zombie Alert! Zombie Alert!

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*looks left* *looks right*

cover picture courtesy of
 goodreads.com

pssst! Over here! Yes, you! Come here!

Have you heard about the new breed of zombie virus? Yes? Well have you read it? 

Well let me tell you: It's in this book called The Infects. Written by Sean Beaudoin in third person; The Infects tells the story of a boy with the name of Nick who after an accident at his job, he gets stuck at some sort of juvenile detention camp with other "inmates" who were sentenced for mysterious crimes. While at the camp, Nick is awake one morning to find one of the inmates among them had turned into a zombie and had started to devour the camp counselors there. From then on the zombie infection starts to spread throughout the campsite and further into the forest. 

Nick soon groups with the remaining human inmates who then fight to survive the zombie apocalypse. However, the crazy part is as they all continued to fight to survive in this forest full of Infects, Nick soon finds himself into a spiral of unprecedented events.

Reading this book, I found myself wrapped and hooked. The beginning of the book starts with quite a bang. The way in which Sean Beaudoin wrote this book was amazing. There is consistent dark humor through the pages parallel to that of your good meme and the suspense is not very predictable. I found myself every chance I could throughout my work week to continue reading this book. What was going to happen to Nick?! And the world at that?! And this is not the crazy part! 

The crazy part is close to the end where Nick discovers the origins of the zombie epidemic. I couldn't believe it. At the point of this discovery I found myself in anxious moment to discover what will happen next. Then all these conspiracy theories start coming into Nick's view in which not only had him thinking but had me thinking of society itself.

It was only a matter of time in which I started thinking what if this book is really just a huge metaphor for the crumbling of our youth's morale in today's society. Just plain crazy!!!! BUT DE-LI-CIOUS!

This is definitely an awesome book. And I would recommend it to those who love a good zombie that isn't your basic survival memoir. Or even for those of you who love a good conspiracy zombie story. And of course ZOMBIES!

Til Next Blogpost,

Miss Bobo. 

P.S. Click here for the trailer

Double Smash! Book Review Part 2. (Prosolar Mechanics)

I be coming round the mountain when she comes.....

Well hey there! Hope you are having a swell day. September has set lose its engines with some
breezy days this past week and school is already here.

cover image courtesy of goodreads.com

So far I have finished 15 books for the 2013 goodreads book challenge. Out of those 15 books I have finished three volumes this summer of a comic book series called Love and Rockets.

In my trips to the library I found the first volume on the stands and I figured why not? I've seen it so many times but never picked it up. So I did this time and boy was I glad.

Maggie the Mechanic: a Love and Rockets Book is a compilation by Jaime Hernandez that follows (in chronological order) the story of Maggie, a girl who lives with her best friend Hopey. One morning Hopey wakes Maggie up and pushes her out to work as a mechanic. From then on the comic follows her story as a mechanic and then diverges into the stories of her family and friends.

At first when I started reading this book, I was apprehensive because believe it or not, there was just too many words for me (I know I know!). But as I continued to read; I realized there is a good plot here. The inking and art style is what got me interested, but the stories themselves got me hooked. There are random dinosaurs, female wrestling, and surrealistic moments of human reflection through some of the characters. The characters themselves are definitely relateable and there is no gooey romances. The humor is great and there are some sad scenes but overall, it's a great comic book series.

If you are interested in comic books that have realistic themes such as break-ups, being gay/queer, punk, a mechanic but manage to keep a subtle science fiction tone, I would recommend this book to you.


Til Next Blogpost,
Miss Bobo

Double Smash! Book Review Part 1. (It's A Science!? Say What?!)

  Hey guys,

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Hope you all have started September well and may the Fall may begin to greet you well *bellows cape*

I've been in transit from book to book on the fly and am going to be sharing some with you. I would like to start September with a non-fiction book because it sure has been a while.

If you may or may not have known I am not as much of a fan for non-fiction as I am for fiction. It really has to be either a subject that interests me or something I am required to read for a class. And that shouldn't be the case. We should be able to read up on something random and capture what we
learned because you never know when that knowledge will come back in the forefront of your brain and help you. But enough of sermons today!

image [of book cover]
courtesy of goodreads.com

Reading some articles on our biology I have learned that at the times we hug, talk, and kiss with loved ones; a hormone in our bodies becomes active, oxytocin. It rises especially within physical activities such as sex and kissing.

Now, I've heard about sex but what about kissing? Recently, I finished a book that took a further scientific approach on kissing. 

Found randomly in a library I went to in the city, The Science of Kissing by Sheril Kirshenbaum explores the science behind kissing (double whammy woah!).

Kirshenbaum explores what are some human biological effects that occur before, during, and after kissing is done. Kirshenbaum also shows a mini-experiment she had done with a small group of volunteers using a special machine and pictures of different types of kissing.

It may sound a bit boring to read because of all the facts but it is interesting to read because Kirshenbaum shows how it plays into the bonding between romantic couples. How many diseases that can be exchanged besides mono and how it can be a major part of human interaction.

The only con I found consistent throughout the book was the fact that Kershenbaum didn't do any further experimentation. She only gives suggestions on how kissing can be further researched and explored in the scientific field. I understand maybe Kirshenbaum had put that there for anyone who is in the field to further look into it; but I think it would have been better that she had gone the extra mile and spoken with human biologists on how these experiments can be carried out and maybe even made a further attempt in getting a bigger experiment done.


Til Next Blogpost,
Miss Bobo

Bonechiller (A Book Review)

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Holly ho everyone! Hope everyone is doing all right.

Currently I have been trying to catch up on this reading challenge of 50 books before the year ends and so far I have been able to squeeze in some books during the past two weeks. Which means: there are a couple of book reviews on the way.

And this is numero uno.

Written in first person narrative; this book tells the story of Danny, a teen boy, who has moved with his dad from Toronto to Harvest Cove; a small town where nothing ever happens.
One night while cruising with his new friends, he meets a "strange creature" that no one has ever seen before. He comes back home terrified and discovers legends around this creature. At first, Danny tries to disregard such a creature exists but as he tries to forget, he soon realizes he can't and now he will have to face it in order to survive and save his friends.

The creature itself was interestingly disgusting in description which helped in finishing the book. However, I don't like the way the author transitioned from the main character's normal routine to this creature. It is weak and barely visible. And the author could have done better.

Just for the monster, I won't label it as a bad apple. However, I would hesitate in recommending it to anyone unless any of you are monster lovers.



(check out the book trailer made by a fan.)




Til Next Blogpost,
Miss Bobo

Don't Breathe A Word! (OR Else!)

I've been holding unto this for too long! *unbuckles and sighs*
SO, remember that book trailer I posted back in March as a hint? Well here it is! Ideally the hint was actually the author rather than the book (I really wasn't going to give it all away you know!). I figured to throw you guys off the loop and trick you. But anywho back to the mystery at hand:

courtesy of jennifer-mcmahon.com

Written in third person narrative, Don't Breathe A Word is a suspense novel written by Jennifer McMahon (who had also written Dismantled: hence the hint) following the story of a girl, Phoebe, getting wrapped in the mystery of a girl gone missing. As Phoebe continues to investigate what happened to this missing girl, she ends up getting mixed up in the mystery of the town. 

At first, reading the blurb and the first few pages, I inferred that the book was about faeries and a whole quest to save the girl who went missing since the concept of faeries is brought up in the beginning. However, as I continued to read it, I realized there was no way to affirm that faeries were even involved. McMahon really did a creative job in blurring the line between reality and fantasy. The way the book starts is great because it involved a random occurrence resulting into indirectly and directly affecting the main character's personal life. But at the same time, the beginning remains as a random occurrence rather than coming back and revealing more.

Even at the end, it was confusing in understanding the characters themselves. It really is one of those WTF! books with subtleties in which you finish the book and just have this quizzical moment of 2 minutes trying to figure out what happened and what is going to happened.  Near the ending, the story unraveled into an interesting twist showing more of a realistic view of what really is insanity. It ended in a cliff ending with a question between the lines of whether faeries are real or not while also playing with the idea of whether the main character is insane. Not going to lie I was a bit traumatized. 

Maybe reading this review will still be confusing which at that point I will suggest to read it and see what you think. I still go with Jackie Chan on this (in a good way?). 

Til Next Blogpost,
Miss Bobo

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