Monday 13 September 2021

326. Meet Your Bacteria by Nicola Temple and Catherine Whitlock

BOOK REVIEW: Meet Your Bacteria by Nicola Temple and Catherine Whitlock

Bacteria may be one of the grossest things to even think or talk about. Sadly, these microorganisms are looked upon with disgust. Of course there are the bad ones and there are those who are heroes in disguise.

Did you know your body is a habitat? It houses an entire ecosystem of interacting microorganisms that form your own personal microbiome, your own unique set of bacteria.

This book looks at how your bacteria behave, how they benefit you (or otherwise) and how you can encourage the good to stay and the bad to depart.

It examines their role in key areas of the body: the skin, eyes, mouth, lungs, gut and the urogenital system. Learn how to promote the good bacteria on and inside you and combat the harmful ones.

This book also offers a trip into an incredible, invincible world, whose crucial significance we are only just beginning to understand. It holds up a microscope to the human microbiome and its fascinating workings.

Fully illustrated with vivid colours and diagrams, this book was absolutely an interesting read. I was intrigued by such a misunderstood subject and I have more respect for these microbes.

Sunday 5 September 2021

325. Thirst No.1 by Christopher Pike

BOOK REVIEW: Thirst No.1 by Christopher Pike
Recently, I have seen many books written by Indian authors that revolved around Indian themes and Hinduism. But what happens when a Western author merges Western vampirism with Hindu gods? That's what you get when you read this compilation of 3 stories in Thirst.
Alisa has been in control of her urges for the 5000 years she has been a vampire. She feeds but does not kill, and she lives her life on the fringe to maintain her secret. But when her creator, Yaksha, returns to haunt her, she must break her own rules in order to survive.
Her quest leads her to Ray. He is the only person who can help her; he also has every reason to fear her. Alisa must get closer to him to ensure her immortality. But as she begins to fall in love with Ray, suddenly there is more at stake than her own life...
In the 3 stories, Alisa's string of lovers (Yaksha, Rama, Ray, Seymour, Joel, Arturo: and it's only the first compilation!) meet untimely and gruesome deaths, except for one (find out who still stays by her side in the end). 
It was a gripping read till the very end and I would love to get my hands on Thirst No.2 to see how everything ends and also of the new beginning in the world of vampires. Truly fresh from the rest of the vampire romance genres I have read.