-Current-
Empty:
We are currently listening to this book, Empty by Suzanne Weyn. So far it is a great book and it really makes you think. The reason why is because of the fact that at some point these array of events could happen to us. Resources running out? Tensions running high because of it? It is all realistic and it's kind of scary to think that it could really occur at some point in our life, and because of that, this book is really a great story.
-Finished-
Double Helix:
Double helix was a very good book in my opinion, and I feel that one of my favorite parts about reading it was the controversy surrounding the topic that the book was all about, transgenics. In my opinion, transgenics could be a very good thing for our world in terms of preventing disease. It could also however, be a very bad thing. If it became open to the public to genetically modify a human being, it would be costly. In this case I believe that the rich would be able to throw lots of money into their children, creating an almost unfair advantage throughout their offspring compared to others. This would also throw off diversity, which is something that is extremely important for us. So if we found some way to balance out the process of going about transgenics I think it would save a lot of lives and turn out to be a very good thing.
So after that rant about transgenics, i'd like to finish the reflection for this book. The author did a very good job of keeping us on the edge at the end of each chapter, wanting us to continue on and read more. This was really treacherous for us, as we had to wait a whole day to be able to hear the next chapter. There also was a great deal of drama and exciting things that happened throughout, molding this book into a very good story.
So after that rant about transgenics, i'd like to finish the reflection for this book. The author did a very good job of keeping us on the edge at the end of each chapter, wanting us to continue on and read more. This was really treacherous for us, as we had to wait a whole day to be able to hear the next chapter. There also was a great deal of drama and exciting things that happened throughout, molding this book into a very good story.