Book Review: Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye

Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye (Psychic Eye Mystery; Bk. 1)

By Victoria Laurie

Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Paranormal

Publisher: New York, NY: New American Library (Signet)

Release Date: December 2004

Description: 295p. ; 18cm; no special feature

Audience: General/Trade

Summary: Abby Cooper lives her life working as a psychic intuitive. She help people by using her unique talent and earns a decent income from it. Every day is the same as the one before but when one of her client turns up dead, things start to get wild. Dutch Rivers, Abby's potential boyfriend, turns out to be the one in charge of Abby's client case. The murderer thinks that Abby knows more than she really does and decided to stop her from talking. Now, instead of just dealing with Dutch and gathering clues, she also has to fight off this murderer as he/she attempts to take her life. 

Review: I enjoyed every second of the time that I spend on reading this book. It was fast-paced but still full of information and yet not overwhelming at the same time. This is absolutely the best book that I have ever read and would recommend it to people that likes mystery with a pinch of romance involved. 

My favourite part is when Abby gets questioned on her psychic power and when it starts to get on her nerve, she takes action. She would usually begin with a question and eventually goes into psychic mode, revealing details of the person's personal life. In the end, the person is left dumb-folded and confused. 

Though despite the fact that it is an awesome book, the way the crime was solved left more to be desired. It was rushed and lacked details. It would have been better if it was longer and there were more actions involved. 

P.S. This was the only video I can find on the book. 

Library Science Student

Considering I used to volunteered at the library last year, learning about the library system is kind of review form me. Though I did learn a few new things. For example, I learned how to create a blog and how to log-in to the library catalogue.

The thing I enjoy the most about being a Library Science student is that I get to go through the new books before it gets  put out. It gives me a head start to read new books that are added to the library collection. Also, I can't wait until we go bookshopping. That would be awesome!

The thing that I dislike is that I am the only student that has library science in this block. It gets boring at times because I have nobody to talk to but I guess I should look on the brighter side. I mean it's at least better than having someone that I don't like to be in my class.

Information Literacy- What??

1) Plagarism. What is it?

Quiz 1: 3/7
Quiz 2: 3/4
Quiz 3: 4/5
Quiz 4: no questions

Through these quizs, I learned quite a few things. For example, I learned about patchwriting and paraphrase. Patchwriting means you are using a majority of the same words used in the article/writing while paraphrase means you use the info provided and phrase it in a completely different sentence structure. Before I read about this, I thought the two things were the same and now I know different.
The thing I found most surprising is that you have to cite a source even when you are only using someone's idea as a base for your writing while you are explaining the idea in a whole different point of view. Though I guess when I really think about it, it can be plagarism.

3) Flickr and Compfight vs Google Images

• Flickr - Online photo management and sharing application
• It allows Flickr members to share their photos and videos online while still protecting their photo rights
• Compfight - Flickr image search engine
• Help people search for images online
• Creative Commons - a not-profit website that allows people to share their photos while still protecting their photo rights
• Google Images vs Flickr and Compfight
• Google Images - It is a image search engine that finds images on the internet which fits with the requirement of the subject being searched.
• Flickr and Compfight - They are applications that allows people to share photos and videos while still protecting their copyrights.
• Compfight - designed spercifically to search for images uploaded on Flickr.

Harry's Quote

If minds are truly alive they will seek out books, for books are the human race recounting its memorable experiences, confronting its problems, searching for solutions, drawing the blueprints of it futures.

-Harry A. Overstreet

When I read this quote, it made me think about Social Studies. A teacher once told me that we learn about history to avoid making the same mistakes that our ancestors made in their life. Through books, we gain not only knowledge but also creativity and imagination. Books shows us how unlimited our imaginations can be and gives us a sense of what people believed in way back in history. Books are also things that can help shape out future. In a Social Studies textbook, we learn about the events that happened, the mistakes that were made and the solutions that were brought forth. In a science fiction novel, it shows us what can be and the infinite amount of impossiblities that can be conquered.
I think what this person is trying to tell us through his quote is that books can be the foundation of our future. It can shapa and rearrange, making people think towards the impossibilities and gives us a connection with our past. Books are an unlimited resource. It can be used to find solutions, escape realitites, enhance the imaginations and so much more. In the end, it all comes down to how we use the knowledge we gained.

The Dewey decimal system is important because it gives the library a sense of where all non-fictions would go according to its theme. In general there are 10 classes and in each class, there are 10 divisions.
I picked this video because it explains how the Dewey decimal system works and shows that anybody can figure out how the system works if they try.