REBECCA SKLOOT I have finally decided to pick this book up after five years since having bought it. I am writing a review for this book as I read it, with periodical updates every few pages. Recently, I have been giving in to writing the review anytime from immediately after, to a month or twoContinue reading “THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS”
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UPGRADE
BLAKE CROUCH I was very eager to read Upgrade when I knew the book was coming out. I had set a reminder on my calendar months in advance so that I could start reading it immediately. And it was totally anti-climatic for me. Upgrade was clearly a rushed book, with little to no rewritingContinue reading “UPGRADE”
The Gene : An intimate history by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The front cover of The Gene has a blurb by Hugh Jackman who calls it “A fascinating read”, and a blurb by Bill Gates who calls Mukherjee “A fascinating storyteller” Both the blurbs are right, but blurbs by a Hollywood actor and a tech billionaire misled me in to thinking that this book is aContinue reading “The Gene : An intimate history by Siddhartha Mukherjee”
Sai Tejas 