I really appreciate the book “5 Steps To Control High Blood Pressure” by Dr. Anjali Arora. The book is highly informative.After reading the book I acquired a greater understanding of the causes …

Invisible Prey is a book written by John Sandford and is a good, suspense, thriller book. I was on my edge’s seat the whole time and the author really knows how to tell a good story, for I was very shocked and amazed at the great, amazing pace …

The West End Horror (A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D.) is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Nicholas Meyer, published in 1976.
This story is different from the Sherlock Holmes’ genre I am used to - those written by Sir Conan Arthur Doyle. It is however, …

When did life begin? What exactly constitutes life? What is reality? These age-old questions have been pondered and explored probably forever. Many explorations have resulted in useful insights. Galileo, Newton, Einstein and many other have provided us with priceless knowledge of the world we …

I love desserts! Sometimes I revert back to my childhood days and wish that I could have dessert before dinner. A favorite treat of mine is ice cream, and when I read this quote from the cover of Ice Cream Treats cookbook by Charity Farreira stating, “Easy ways to …

The Grim Grotto is the eleventh book in the series of unfortunate events series and it is the beginning of the fast track of events that lead to the end of the series. The Baudelaire children aboard a ship crewed by a woman named Fiona, Captain Widdershins, and a …

Those of you who are not yet familiar with this beautiful children’s classic are in for a special treat. Dominic, a friendly, outgoing dog decides to explore the world. He packs, leaves a note on the door for his friends, and goes. He loves being on the road; everything …

Super Mario 64 Game Secrets: Unauthorized is not a strategy book that only takes a look at the secrets of the Super Mario 64 game, but it is actually a player’s guide - and not one of the better ones might I add. The reason I say that is …

Do you enjoy a good, well written murder mystery? Mary Higgins Clark never fails to entertain in this arena. She writes excellent books with well thought out plots and characters.
The story, We’ll Meet Again, starts out with the murder of a doctor and the arrest of his …

“Writing Fiction For Dummies” by Randy Ingermanson and Peter Economy is an instructional how to guide that is ideal for any individual that has the desire to write a novel and sell it to the world as well as those that simply would like to write entertaining stories and …

This was one of the best books I have read in a long time. It almost makes you not want to trust anyone you meet especially if they seem really nice and helpful.
This book takes place in Silver Falls, Washington where it seems to never stop raining. …

I really felt extremely bored reading this book title, From Celluloid to Cyberspace (The Media Arts and the Changing Arts World), which is written by Kevin F McCarthy and Elizabeth Heneghan. Luckily, I did not end up buying the book but just borrowed it from the library. …

This is the fourth book in the C.S. Lewis Narnia series. It is one of his best works, and it right up there with his best-loved works; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; and the Last Battle. I thought that a seafaring novel was going to be boring, …

Heath Ledger - His Beautiful Life and Mysterious Death by John McShane couldn’t have come at the right time. It’s not too late and the death of the late Heath Ledger is still fresh on most of fans’ minds around the world. His untimely death and the …

The first time that I looked at the cover for the book Recipe for Disaster by Miriam Morrison, I was already fascinated. I just gambled my thoughts that this book is going to be awesome when I first bought it at the ‘Popular’ bookstore in my vicinity. And …

A Year in the World is a beautifully written book that makes you want to travel. It is written by Frances Mayes, who is the author of Under the Tuscan Sun (which is different from the movie, by the way), and A Year in the World is her story …

AND THEN THERE WERE NONE. by: AGATHA CHRISTIE (1939)
Agatha Christie was always known for her ability to write in the genre of mystery and crime, granting herself the title as “Queen of Crime”. Her books and works are wildly popular, selling over 1 billion copies, and only beaten by …

The book, like the rest of Meg Cabot’s creations is the perfect company during summer vacations. The story is full of cheeky remarks from beginning to end. The story revolves around this girl who tries to break free from what is expected of the women in their …

I was shopping around my university’s school fair for cool stuff when I came across this little stall selling books. I was looking for a low-priced book, having many other books I haven’t read yet at home. I found The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant in one of …

As an Occupational Therapy student, we were taught different subject matters. But all those that we learned were categorized into subject areas including Pediatrics, Physical Dysfunction and Psychiatry. And speaking of Psychiatry, DSM-IV had been a great part of my learning. DSM-IV or the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental …

Unlike many of my feloow students I greatly enjoyed reading Shakespear’s Hamlet. I am a major theater buff and though I ususlly prefer to see plays acted out I will read them from time to time. Hamlet is one of my favorites because of it’s dramatic, secretive and …

I first encountered this book when I enrolled in a creative writing class in college. I wanted to learn as much about being a writer and Letters to A Young Poet fast became one of my favorites.
What I love about this book is that it cuts across the …

This book is definitely not very modern. The Hardy Boys series was written in the 50s and 60s, and you can tell by the way that mention of people who are Asian, Indian, or Native American is handled. Also the roles of males and females.
Other than that, and the …

The Broken Hearts Club (BHC) met weekly in a restaurant to talk about their broken hearts and emotions; a support group for those who were trying to recover from their failed relationships. There were four members in attendance Harris Tilman, a banker, Eric Porter, a literary …

The Pilot’s Wife is the story of a woman woken up in the middle of the night to be told that her husband has died in a car accident and she has been left alone with her teenage daughter. Living in New England, in a small coastal town, …

I started reading Jack London’s book a couple of days ago, and the first, after the introduction about the author, was the story “The Call of the Wild.” It was about the dog Buck who knew the world in all its glory.
Jack London is one of the few writers …

My youngest brother ran track all through high school. I always watched from the sidelines and wished that I could be able to run like that. I admired the sleek, lean muscled bodies and the amazing endurance that these runners possess. So when I found this book, Born to …

Batman and Robin: Batman Reborn is a graphic novel by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Frank Quitely. Dick Grayson has taken up Bruce Wayne’s mantle as the Batman and dons cape and cowl while Bruce’s son Damian takes up the role of Robin.
This graphic novel is …

Buy this book, The Skin Type Solution by Leslie Baumann or loan it if you must. This a skin book that all women should have. Personally, in my point of view, that is.
I know there are already countless books out there, but how can one misses a book …

The Top 10 of Everything 2007 is written by Russell Ash, and my family has this really big book. In fact, I have other versions as well, ranging from different year at home.
There are basically thousands of questions in this book that you will feel truly honored to …

My daughter is now 2 years old but I started her on picture books when she was only a week old. She used to love the colorful pictures and enjoyed the times that I used to spend with her teaching her the names of the different objects. …

I bought this book as a gift for a friend of mine. She and her husband are big wildlife buffs and have an extensive library of books that tells them about their favorite species. However, I felt that this book would be a great addition to their collection …

The Heart of a Leader is an inspiring and informative book about on the art of influence. The author, Ken Blanchard who has written the best selling book “The One Minute Manager”, did a masterful job in making this book. It is truly a good book especially those people …

This is a supernatural teen thriller / horror story. This novel is about how cruel some people can be to others, sometimes for no real reason at all. At the same time it also shows that others can be kind-hearted and helpful, even to those that are different. The …

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson is the first book in his truly remarkable series The Malazan Book of the Fallen. His novels are the only ones that I need to buy as soon as they come out. Most other books I wait until they are …

I have always been curious how various things work so I found this book rather interesting. And while it may have been published in 1976 in London, most if not all of the items in this book are still in use today. For example, I rode an escalator at …

When it comes to reading and learning, sometimes, children are simply not interested in the text. This problem creates a larger problem where students are then drifting off during class readings and not fully grasping the lesson. However, when researching a book that would be fun and interesting for …

The book is a story about Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He was born without a body odor but his sense of smell indeed extraordinary. He was able to differentiate all the smell. From a renowned expert perfume, he inherited the art to mix various oil and herbs. However Grenouille’s genious is …

Percy Jackson and the Olympians is the literally one of the best children books of all time and in my opinion, better than the Harry Potter series. So far, there are four books in the Percy Jackson series and more coming out soon.
Based on Greek mythology, it is about …

Do you ever wonder why the best fictional adventures seem to happen to the same class of people over and over again? Most fairy tales involve the fey folk interacting with poor, honest families. The child protagonist is usually highly moral yet misunderstood. Well, author Holly Black stuck to …

I had become a supervisor of people that I had worked with as line staff for many years, and found out that a lot of people don’t necessarily like that kind of thing. While I thought going into supervision was going to be kind of like being a first …

Amy Harmon is now one of my favorite authors ever in the Young Adult/New Adult genre, along with Colleen Hoover. The Law of Moses caught my attention from the very beginning, with its synopsis and the reviews from the arcs, so I was extremely excited about it. I knew I …

X-23 #10 Marvel Comics
Writer: Marjorie Liu
Artist: Sana Takeda
The cover is very well done and would be a really neat piece to have framed and put on your wall if you ever got it signed at a convention. You have X-23 in what appears to be a sewer tunnel. …

This book is based in the Spanish TV program with the same name, that has been broadcasted in different TV channels making always the audience to burst into laughs.
What you will find in this book is a great source of laughter, divided in different sections, like a section of …

The Savage Dragon Issue 1 was published in 1993 and was one of Image Comics’ first big hits. Erik Larsen wrote and illustrated the issue, which he did for quite a while in the series. For some reason, I absolutely loved this issue of Savage Dragon.
The art …

Last year I moved to Berlin for good. Without knowing how to speak German well, I was jobless for quite a while. Before I realised, i was actually suffering from depression. I spoke to a friend, and he recommended me to read alot, to keep my mind active and …

An Accidental Woman is written by Barbara Delinsky. This book is very much a romance/drama.
The main plot of the book is about Heather Malone. She moved to town fourteen years ago and settled down. She’s a kind gentle person that everyone in town loves. She lives with …

A Time to Kill is another famous novel by John Grisham. I should admit that this is a real life experience to several people. John makes me wonder about what would I have done should the same circumstances happened to me.
Carl Lee Hailey is living peacefully in Clanton. He …

E.A.R.L. is the autobiography of Rap star DMX which is written by Smokey Fontaine who manages to write this book from the perspective of Earl Simmons (DMX) for the entire duration of the book. In the book, DMX speaks about everything important in life and does so in …