For those of you who may have never read a Stephenie Meyer book, please, I implore you, do not start here. If teenage angst and sparkly vampires are not your cuppa then might I recommend The Host. It is a highly enjoyable read. But poor Daniel is an idiot. I mean you have all of these people trying to kill you in the world and he goes off and does something stupid. So now not only are people looking for Alex (Juliana) and Kevin but they will take out Daniel too and anyone or thing that gets in their way. Every turn the book takes is obvious in advance. Imagine this scenario: you have a photograph of a guy doing something illegal. The image looks just like the guy in front of you only he swears it isn't him. How could it be possible that this guy didn't do it and yet someone who looks just like him did? Come up with the least inventive answer to that question and you've already figured out the first "reveal" of the book.

I loved the suspense and the on-the-run solutions. The relationships were entertaining and while it was long, the characters stayed true to who they were. The romance is really surface level (clean) and Kevin’s reaction to it every time had me laughing out loud. I don’t know if the science was correct but the simple names and natural poisons were impressive. Seriously, given that the chemist is on the run for her life, from a well resourced government agency and that she is clearly handicapped by the company she keeps, it is not unreasonable to expect a hair raising chase or nail biting conflict, thoroughly soaked in adrenaline laced action and heart pumping tension. Sadly it is not to be found here. Sure the hunt is on, the stakes are high and oh my is that not a lovely moon we have tonight. In other words……...yawn.As for students, they will usually choose the chemistry textbook that appears on their professor’s syllabus, especially if it is listed as a required material for the class. However, they may want to choose another title if the instructor allows it or supplement the required textbook if it doesn’t adequately meet their needs.

Your research is not very like brewing or cooking. Can you tell us something about what you study, and what you love in your work? With your fourth choice, Deborah Blum’s The Poisoner’s Handbook, we are in the territory of true crime. Why do you recommend this book? The blurb for The Chemist gives a good summary of the nature of the story so I will not rehash that here, suffice to say it is about a former agent, of some secret government group, who is in fact a torturer, not of the plier, hammer and waterboard variety but one who employs chemical compounds designed to stimulate intense pain thereby encouraging her subjects to reveal whatever hidden truth is desired. Only now the chemist has gone rogue, running for her life from her one time employer who clearly wants her neutralized.

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Some books are written more clearly than others, and every student’s learning style is different; a visual learner may prefer a text with plenty of illustrations, while a hands-on learner might benefit from a book bundled with interactive content and practice problems. There’s a best tool to learn chemistry for everyone. The Best Chemistry Textbook: Our Top Choice Chemistry equations are challenging and are something a bit different from mathematical problems, pH scale, and equations. Therefore, the best chemistry publication should include an in-depth explanation while developing your understanding of the whole process. It should feature innovative ways to explain the core concepts to make students/readers understand the lessons easier. Obviously I had to read this book. I bought it in English but then I wait for the Spanish version to come out.

This plot should be the bomb-dot-com. Female assassins? Political intrigue? Deadly missions? Yes, yes, and yes. Unfortunately, it was not bomb-dot-com. More like lame-dot-org. Your final choice is Why Does Asparagus Make Your Wee Smell? by Andy Brunning. Why does it, and what else does Brunning tell us? My expectations were really high and I was disappointed. How could the same person write the Twilight saga and this book? The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the ElementsI was genuinely curious about how Meyer would move from paranormal YA to an adult Spy Thriller. Would I find myself amazed as I typed out a positive review about how far she has come? Would I be rolling my eyes as I ranted about how terrible and offensive this was? Honestly, though, this book isn't as exciting as either of those options.

I have a love-hate relationship with Stephenie Meyer's work, and I think a lot of other people feel that way, too (even if they won't admit it). I'll start by saying that, yes, I do like TWILIGHT. The book, that is. Not the movie. I read it almost ten years ago, and I was at the perfect point in my life where it actually made a lot of sense to me. Because of that, I will always have fond feelings for Bella and Edward's admittedly self-absorbed world. However, in this review guide, we actually have two top choices depending on the student’s budget. First, the more economical option, which is Brown et al.’s Chemistry: The Central Science. This textbook is in its 14 th edition, which speaks volumes for the quality of the material. Its biggest strengths are the student-friendly explanations of the most essential concepts for general chemistry 1 and 2 and, its helpful practice problems, and emphasis on practical applications. Another point in its favor are the high-quality practice exercises with scaling levels of difficulty to deepen students’ understanding of each concept and give them opportunities to apply that knowledge. Yes, a lot of people die and some things happen to the dogs. BUT, they didn't expect to run into Alex - The Chemist, a weapon of torture and how she can take you out. I mean there WAS these assassins but . . . .Just like the first title, this text contains all the relevant material with logical organization and clear explanations. It sounds as if simple curiosity plays an important role in your research, but you and your funders are surely also interested in its potential applications. The molecules that interest me most are the ones that misbehave, or rather, that have structures that chemists believe they shouldn’t. The molecules, of course, don’t know the rules the chemists think they should follow, so these structures offer clues to new paradigms. I love the moment when I can figure out what the molecule is doing, and suggest new ways for chemists to think about molecular structure. Right now my research group and I are exploring molecules that have weird topological properties, like Möbius strips, and as a result, have unexpected structures. From here, we hope to give chemists who synthesize molecules in the lab some ideas about new classes of structures with interesting properties.