Over the course of his career, Dean Koontz has written a great many truly excellent books. Unfortunately, he’s also managed to produce some monumentally poor ones. (Relentless comes to mind, but that’s a discussion for another review.) Although What The Night Knows is by no means terrible, it fails to …

Charlie Fox and The Rooster is a short story by Elnora Watters. The story is about Charlie the Fox trying to trick Rooster and the other chickens. Charlie the Fox said lies to try to get the chickens out of the chicken yard. He calls them out to “play …

29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life was a book I started reading with high hopes. I had read an article about the health benefits of giving, and Cami Walker—”the book’s author—”had been interviewed. Knowing that giving has many positive benefits, I was …

I adore this book. I’ll say it again - I adore this book. I hate the movie but the book I have read several times in my lifetime and I’m only 27 years old lol. It is a really thick book but it is so well worth it. The …

I’m such a huge fan of the love team up of Mia Thermopolis and Michael Moscovitz! I was in grade 5 when I started reading the first book of the series, The Princess Diaries. From then on I started following and reading the series and of course Mia and …

Sense and sensibility was the first novel Jane Austen published. It tells the story of three sisters and their mother after their father’s death. The estates pass on to their older half brother, and they have to move to a smaller house without all the luxury they have been used …

This book is not a feminist one, but rather it ascertain the rights of women in Wall Street and other lines, or rather, the lack of it. I was surprised to read about the revelations of real life scenarios that portrayed the biased of different situations and the discriminations …

‘Peter and the Starcatchers’ by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson is a rip roaring pirate-filled adventure. It revolves around a world of fantasies (well, not exactly) which has been suitably written for teenagers. It narrates an impossible to put down tale of skulduggery and treachery, raging storms and bone-crushing …

I recently finished reading the fantasy novel ‘Fall of a Kingdom’ by Hilari Bell for the third time, and as always I thoroughly enjoyed it. The book is the first of a series of three, the other titles being the Rise of a Hero and Forging the sword, which …

When I was growing up in the 1970s I adored The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton and used to read it over and over. This is the second book in a series, the first of which I used to read as well which is called The Enchanted …

The title of this book is quite long, Look Me In The Eye: My Live With Asperger, by John Elder Robison. This is a really good autobiography, so people who likes to read something like “A Child Called It” or “Sickened” might like this one too.
People might be more …

So, we come to the end of this five book, unnecessarily drawn-out series. After four books, none of which I enjoyed, we come to the final (hopefully, considering Kiera Cass enjoys extending her book series) installment of ‘The Selection’ series. The first three books focused on America Singer and …

Have you ever met a person so self absorbed and out of touch with reality that you just wanted to throttle them?
Me too.
Usually I don’t meet them in print form, between the pages of what should have been a very entertaining book. Unfortunately, said book turned out …

In “Slow Kill,” the ninth of the Kevin Kearny series by Michael McGarrity, Kearny continues to balance his career with his personal life. The book begins when Kearny goes to California searching for some broodmares and finds himself accused of killing a murder. He isn’t a suspect for long, …

Some time of your life after the book-reading which comes across to the book to lower the eyebrow simply, ” You think in doubt; Cripes ! Did I how make my week of rear of this one wasteful? ” Or ” Was the point of this story what? ” Or …

In eighth grade, a friend lent me The Green Rider by Kristen Britain. I was hooked. Though I had read The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien the year before, the series which Britain claimed to base her story on, the first novel thrilled me. Briefly, the story …

The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies starts off like any good mystery novel, with a death. Specifically, the death of a well-loved priest named Father Hobbes. Unfortunately, as the reader continues deeper into the novel with high hopes of an intriguing mystery, he is first sorely disappointed and then …

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1922. I read this story while using my husband’s Motorola Android phone’s Aldiko e-book reader application. Before seeing this book on Aldiko, I did not realize it was a book since a movie was …

Out of Boneville is a cartoon by Jeff Smith. The series has received several prices, among them 10 Eisner awards. Fone Bone and his cousins Phoncible P. “Phoney” Bone and Smiley Bone are thrown out of Boneville. They are all white, bald caricatures whose main characteristic is their big …

I think every woman should read this book, Dear Fatty by Dawn French without a doubt. This book is super awesome, a very great autobiography by Dawn whom has made so many of us laugh. If you don’t know who she is, well she is a celebrity worth …

The Real Floppy is a great little reading book for children. Based around the topic of going to the beach with friends and family, it’s something that you know your child will be likely to have an interest in.
If your child is around the ages of 6-7, it will …

Baby You are a Rich Girl is the third chapter of the manga, The World God Only Knows; written and illustrated by Tamiki Wakaki
The next chapter introduces a new character and their new target for runaway spirits, Mio Aoyama. Keima and Elsee spend time at their classroom pretty funny. …

This tongue-in-cheek book, written by Beth Kendrick is good for newly-weds especially and a definite good read for all and also for married couples. It is a very heartwarming novel that I really enjoy reading.
The characters are mainly Stella, Erin and Casey and they have had their fair …

I have read the book —˜Everyone communicates, Few connect: What the most effective people do differently’ written by John C. Maxwell. This is a good and interesting book. In this book, the author lays emphasis on connection. Everbody communicates with other people, but there are few among us who …

The first Harry Potter book, where the craze all started. I read it at the age of 16, just because I wanted to know what all the hype was about. Four years, five novels and four movies later, I can tell you anything and everything you want to know …

Teaching clinic book is for classroom teachers who have problems or questions about their teaching profession and Sue Cowley provides some answers to teacher’s most vital questions. I bought this book back in 2007 when I was busy entertaining the idea of whether I should pursue my childhood …

Since I’ve gained a renewed interest in Bram Stoker and his works, I’ve found myself spending a great deal of time reading some of his short stories.
One of these, Dracula’s Guest, gives a better understanding of his views toward vampire legends and provides the reader with some entertainment in …

When I was younger, I tended to have a rather undecided opinion about Finnish author Tove Jansson’s popular series of books about the Moomins, strange and slightly otherworldly creatures who lived and had (generally fairly gentle) adventures in a landscape that was also a little bit on the otherworldly …

“The Sands Of Time” is a 1988 novel by Sidney Sheldon, which encapsulates the lives of four nuns of a Cistercian convent in Spain who elope during a military attack on the convent by the GOE (a special group formed to pursue basque terrorists) headed by Colonel Acoca. These …

Devotional books for Christians come by the truckload. It is hard to pick one that will be right for you, fitting with your faith, reading style, timing, and interest. I have tried several devotional books and most I stopped reading after a couple weeks. My mom recently gave me …

If you like learning about another culture, reading a few romance scenes and enjoy a splash of suspense, then this is the perfect book to read. The Dowry Bride is about a girl, Megha, who becomes a target for murder by her husband and mother-in-law just because her family …

The I Love Lucy Cookbook is in fact a cookbook with actual recipes just waiting to be tried - many of which have a Cuban theme or twist to them, which is to be expected since Lucy was married to a Cuban after all! However, the book is not …

Bartlett’s Words for the Wedding, written by Brett Fletcher Lauer, is a very Top 10 book that my friend borrowed me. There’s all nice things about weddings that I need to know about and the best preparations for it. Not literally though because the BIG difference in …

In Country is a book written by Bobbie Ann Mason. I found this book at a going out of business sale for $2. The summary caught my attention. I’m glad I got this for $2, because if I had paid any more for it, it would have been a …

I am software professional. Initially at the start of my career, I was associated with finance and to turn it into Software was not easy. The biggest hurdle was programming. It all starts with C. I studied a lot of books for this but could not understand the intricacies …

Ever since i was a small child, i have always loved reading the Nancy drew series. My friends have also loved them. Fast forwarding into the future, my kid sister even loves to read the books. Why do we love these books so much? There are many reasons.
One thing …

The Pagan Stone picks up where “The Hollow” left off. For those who have already read the first two books the last book of the series is rather predictable.
I am a great fan of Nora Roberts and have every book she has written in the last …

This is the second book in the series about Anne Shirley, the first is Anne of Green Gables and covers Anne’s life from she’s 11 until she’s 16. This book covers to the next two years, in which Anne works as a school teacher in the Avonlea landscape. You’ll meet …

The jungle of Sumatra in Indonesia is the primary setting for this story. It is where Dr. Jonathan Rhodes has set up his makeshift research facility to conduct studies on the medicinal plants in that area. It is his hope that he can convince an over-consuming planet the benefits …

My friend recently bought me the book Crazy for You, by Jennifer Crusie. It is a romance book, and it has a cute dog on the front cover. The main character, Quinn McKenzie goes through a lot of interesting changes during the book. Some of the supporting …

It is only fitting that a band who have lived their life so openly and hungry for attention should be the subject of such an honest book. For thirty years Motley Crue were the band that set the template for the West Coast glam rock scene, no one could …

George Orwell’s famous dystopian novel “1984″ is not only a great book, it is also a startling look at a possible future if we don’t heed Orwell’s advice.
The novel takes place in the year 1984 in a futuristic London that doesn’t seem like London at all. In this …

This is a psychology book written by a psychology practitioner and professional Dr Laurie Helgoe.
Chapter one is available in an audio book format in the author’s website found in http://www.wakingdesire.com. For interested readers, chapter one MP3 can be downloaded here http://www.wakingdesire.com/introvertpower.htm
The book is written for introverts or for …

Lacey Armstrong is living a very ordinary life: single mom, great friends, difficult mother, and a business owner. Her day to day life is mundane with no excitement or change. However, all those things come to a standstill when Hurricane Damien levels Lacey’s home, which actually turns out to …

Love With the Proper Husband by Victoria Alexander is a classic love story, set in a historical romance setting. I am sometimes fascinated by the society of the ‘ton’, where it is something only for the upper class community during those times.
2 characters are in question here. One …

Grave Peril is the third book in the Dresden files, Jim Butcher’s series about the Wizard Harry Dresden. In Grave Peril Harry has to face down some tormented ghosts while trying to find out who’s torturing them.
Some important characters are introduced in this book. First time I read …

Author: Minnette Meador
Publisher: Resplendence Publishing
Genre: Historical fantasy/romance
Release Date: Out now
OK I admit, being a guy I’m not a big fan of romance novels. When I read the blurb for this book, however, I was very much intrigued and just had to review it. Now I’m glad I did.
It’s 6.0. AD …

Daredevil Issue 291 shows the beginning of the Kingpin’s plan to not only control the media, but outright purchase the media. Little does he know that he himself is being tricked by a more powerful villian in the form of Hydra.
This issue is one of the last to …

My daughter got to go to the school library for the first time yesterday and check out a book. Since she loves stories about dinosaurs, she picked out the book Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She was Extinct.
I wasn’t sure what to expect from this book before reading …