A Bland Sci-Fi Thriller | Review of ‘Robopocalypse’ (Robopocalypse #1)

By Cynthia Ayala

Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
Doubleday
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The robots have risen, awoken to kill and destroy the humans that have made them servants. But a small group of humans are fighting to save the earth, to save their kind, and survive through the years. With help from people both near and far, these humans might have a chance at survival or succumb to death.

Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson is the first in a sci-fi series published on April 17, 2012, by Knopf Doubleday. While frighteningly realistic, the novel presents itself with bland vignettes spoiled by blurbs at the beginning of each chapter that takes away some of the surprise and suspense that would have made this novel richer.
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Weekly Reading List #42

By Cynthia Ayala

Hello there avid readers. So I’m halfway done with this ten page paper about blogging and the publishing industry. Literally on page five and it’s due Tuesday by midnight. It’s really the last thing I need to do this semester and then I am done for the year. Woo! I mean I have one final left, but I did all the reading and paid attention in class so I’m not worried.

Anyway, here is my latest reading list, and as always all synopsis are courtesy of Goodreads.
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Anne Hathaway Nabs The Lead In The Low Self-Esteem Of Lizzie Gillespie, Written By Mindy Kaling

By: Eric Eisenberg You wouldn’t know it by looking at the skin-tight Catwoman costume that she wore in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, but apparently Anne Hathaway has low self-esteem… or at least she will in the new film The Low Self-Esteem of Lizzie Gillespie. THR, which reported the casting, says that the script was co-written by The Office scribes Mindy Kaling and Brent … Continue reading Anne Hathaway Nabs The Lead In The Low Self-Esteem Of Lizzie Gillespie, Written By Mindy Kaling

Anne Hathaway, Chris Hemsworth Up For Steven Spielberg’s Robopocalypse

By: Sean O’Connell For a while it appeared that Steven Spielberg’s Robopocalypse would end up on the back burner, as the director surveyed his landscape and considered other projects. But now a new report says exiting Fox chair Tom Rothman might be coming on board to produce Spielberg’s adaptation of the best-selling futuristic book, and that two very popular leads are circling key role THR … Continue reading Anne Hathaway, Chris Hemsworth Up For Steven Spielberg’s Robopocalypse