The Radioactive Boy Scout

The Radioactive Boy Scout

The Radioactive Boy Scout is a true story of a boy who builds his own nuclear reactor, which causes an EPA emergency, and thousands of dollars in cleanup  resulting in barrels of radioactive waste being trucked to Utah. The boy got radioactive materials from common household items like smoke detectors and lanterns, which he concentrated into chunks of pure metal. He used these to create a nuclear reactor.

I would rate this book at 4 out of 5 stars

SOL

I could smell the caramelizing sugar. We pulled open the oven door, and the pans of milk and sugar were bubbling, and quite burned. Not the creamy Dulce de leche for spanish class. A brown, sticky, bubbly, burned, mess. I poked at it with a spoon. Underneath was the golden caramel it was supposed to be. I was relieved, and I checked the directions. It had said to cover the pans with foil. No wonder it was burned.

The Road

The Road. Cormac Mcarthy

A father and son referred to only as "son" and "papa" travel on a road across a post apocalyptic america. The man teaches his son how to find food, protect himself , and most of all, survive to carry the fire on for the human race. Their goal is go south, where they will be able to survive another winter under the ashen sky.

I really enjoyed the writing style in this book. Cormac Mcarthy used short, bare sentences to show scenes, even though there are great descriptions. The relationship between the characters is portrayed very well, and I understood them. I would rate this book at 4 out of 5

The Road

The Road
Cormac Mcarthy

Although I have not finished, The Road has so far been a very powerful book. The writing style uses bare sentences that don't need things like commas to convey a message. The book also does not have things like names, which are not needed in a post-apocalyptic setting. The characters show weaknesses and are relatable, which makes the unusual setting more realistic. I really enjoyed reading this book, and  I would rate it at 4 out of 5 stars.

SOL

I slid the cue between my fingers, and the tip glanced off the side of a white ball. It rolled across the felt, and smashed into a black ball. The black ball headed straight into a hole in the corner, failing to knock into any of the other balls scattered about. I heard a low bump as it hit the corner, and a clink as the ball hit another one inside the pocket. Darn it. I pulled the ball out, and tried the shot again.

Little Brother

Little Brother

I read Little Brother, a book about terrorism, computers, hackers, and the Department of Homeland Security all through a teenager in San Francisco. I have finished reading this book, and I really liked how the characters evolved over the book, and how my point of view also changed along the course of reading the book. This book was distopian, but was not futuristic or unrealistic, and was relatable to our lives, and real issues like government surveillance and terrorism. This book was exciting from the beginning, and I enjoyed through the end.

4 out of 5