The book “The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle” by Hugh Lofting if one of the greatest American masterpieces—as far as literature is concerned. Its premise is very interesting, and it is a great tale for all ages.
I thought that Dr. Dolittle’s ability to speak to animals was the best …

Finders Keepers by Marilyn Kane is the 4th book in her Gifted series for younger teens. this book focuses mainly on Ken Preston and his gift - the ability to hear and communicate with the dead. He uses this ability in Better Late than Never to save Jenna from …

Of all the books I’ve read, this is probably the one that touched me the most. It tells of a story about a young Shepard who had a dream about a buried treasure in the pyramid desert. So he sells his sheep, travels to the place, meets an alchemist …

Battlefield of the Mind is a book written by Joyce Meyer. Normally, I love self-help books because they are very helpful and not to mention insightful as well. As for this title book, it is the more useful because the text written are inspired on some of …

Can you believe it when I say that I cried in the midst of reading Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult? Yes, I did and this author is really great and I bought it at a market price of close to $20. This novel is really touching and …

This book will keep you reading until the last page and then will have you read it all over again. The internal dialouge throughout the book is heartbreaking and unusually dark for a teen story. The metaphors of a tree are beautiful and haunting, something you cant forget. Images …

Callander Square, written by Anne Perry was published by Random House, 1980.
Anne Perry’s stories often fill me with awe - she could so clearly describe the women and their society during the Victorian times, and yet spiced it up with mystery and suspense. It is an education …

Storm Front is the second book in the series about the Chicago based wizard Harry Dresden. The characters are mainly the same as in the first book, so it is best to read that first. Not that you won’t enjoy it if you read number two first, but the …

The Scarlet Letter, a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a universal classic and a masterful exploration of humanity’s unending struggle with sin, guilt and pride. It is a foundational work of Modern American literature. I was gifted this novel by my teacher who liked me.
The story begins when the …

The Remorseful Day was written by Colin Dexter and published by Ballantine Publishing Group, 2001.
Such a pity that the author had retired Inspector Morse forever, from the face of this earth. I really enjoyed reading the mysteries of his protagonist, the taciturn yet highly ingenious detective, who …

Bridget Jones’s Diary is a funny, sometimes laugh out loud funny, read. It is set in the form of a diary, and you see each day how much she weighs (which is also amusing, as she will often weigh herself multiple times in a day), as well as …

I had my doubts before picking up this book actually. It was an equal mix of anticipation and thinking that i may be wasting my time again.
So far, I’ve had my ups and downs with Howard’s books. But this one apparently was a hit!
Death Angel, being the title, already …

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 …

Choosing a suitable medical book can be a daunting task for a first year medical student. One never knows what they ought to look for in a book, and the lecturers seem to recommend books because they wrote them or they know someone who wrote the book. Luckily, after …

Dr. Mahathir is one of Malaysia’s Prime Ministers. He serves for almost 23 years as Prime Ministers. During his duty, many stories, controversy and many more rumours that are political created. These include how he sacks his deputy through a series court affidavit in 1999 that become riot in …

Revisiting this manga brought back many memories. This is my first ever manga book and I loved it so much that I became a fan of the Kindaichi series.
This is an older version of the book, there is a newer version with much nicer cover design but I really don’t …

This book is sort of a continuation of Welcome to Temptation, only focussing more on Davy Dempsey. The main characters of Welcome to Temptation get a brief mention, this book is mostly about new characters and Davy.
This is actually a really fun book. I liked the setting, the idea …

The Uncensored Confessions by Nina Malkin is a book about a teenage band and the members that are consisted in it.
I remember those days that I was in a school band and having conflicts and secret thoughts about the band but could not for a fact communicate with …

Set in the middle of nowhere and containing another conflicted protagonist and child with extra normal powers, Stephen King’s “Desperation” is a book worthy of King’s name but not your money. It may not have the heart stopping moments of “The Shining” or the creativity of “The Dark …

In this third book in the series about Anne Shirley, Anne goes of to college at Redmond College in Nova Scotia. She goes together with her friends from Avonlea, Gilbert Blythe and Charlie Sloane, as well as her friends Priscilla and Stella from Queen’s College. She also befriends a …

Gunsight Crossing is a western written by William W. Johnstone.
This is my favorite of the Blood Bond series which Johnstone writes.
I like both main characters Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves. I like the comraderie of the two men in the book. I also like Josiah Finch …

BATMAN CATACLYSM sets in motion the No Man Land’s storyline that was one of Batmen’s best ‘maxi-series’ story arcs in the books pubslishing history.
Is a supervillian always needed to be the focus of a comic story?
Maybe not.
Cataclysm is unique in the sense that instead of battling a down and …

My best friend loves reading love novels, and some time before she has loaned to me a book by Lynne Graham titled Bond of Hatred.
In the story of Bond of Hatred, tells the story of a young woman Sarah who impulsively flung a marriage proposal to Alex Terzakis, in …

The Autobiography of Special Agent Dale Cooper has the subtext —˜My Life, My Tapes’ and on the inside cover it says —˜As heard by Scott Frost’, so he wrote it. I think Dale Cooper is my all-time favourite television character so he is of course, a fictional person …

I’ve always been a big fan of Donny and Marie and even over the years, I’ve read stuff about them on the newspapers, magazines, watched them on TV and I even have watched certain interviews that they had been on. But I am also very aware that they are …

Promises in Death is the latest instalment in the In Death series written under Roberts pseudonym.
After reading the excerpt, I had kinda high expectations for this book. And I’m glad it turned out this well.
First and foremost, the thrill factor that seemed to be lacking in the previous …

This fairy tale, loosely based on Cinderella, is a good book for girls to read. Ella, cursed by a fairy to be obedient, must obey anything she is told. This is of course a very inconvenient and at times dangerous curse.
She decides to find the fairy who cursed her …

I had been wanting this book for quite a while before I received it as a Christmas gift. It is a very nice book for a knitter, especially one who, like me, likes to have a finished product quickly.
There is a good section at the front about how to …

I have been a huge wrestling fan for nearly 25 years and along the way of course I’ve had my fair share of favorites - amongst them is the Canadian wrestling legend known as Bret Hart. Given his amazing accomplishments in the ring and the unfortunate tragedies in his …

This is another story by Mary Higgins Clark. It is the story of Ellie Cavanaugh who is seven when her elder sister Andrea gets murdered near her home in New York’s Westchester Country. It is Ellie’s testimony that puts Rob westerfield in jail despite there being more suspects in …

This is a magical fantasy story that my boyfriend bought for me. He told me that his mates were telling him what a good story this was, since their girlfriends simply love it, and so, he bought it for me. The female character is Annabelle Tinker, whose …

The Wheel of Time is an immersive series of novels. Robert Jordan’s masterpiece begins, obviously, with the first volume, The Eye of the World. Full of mystery and intrigue, the characters find themselves being driven headlong into a world full of conflict and strife. The introspective way in which …

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“Baby Sign Language Basics” is approximately 4 inches x 4 inches and about 1.5 inch thick, pocketbook written by Monta Z. Briant. It is a great Early Communication Tool for Hearing Babies and Toddlers which includes 60 American Sign Language (ASL) signs. It is published by Hay …

Anyone who wants to understand where the world is headed today and why, should read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
A daunting one thousand plus pages, Atlas Shrugged opens with the sentence that is to become the catchphrase of the book and that is, “Who is John Galt?”
Well John Galt …

Ashleigh is finishing off her second year of high school, and her boyfriend Kaleb has just graduated. She feels like she’s losing him, and when he decides not to go with her to her fest friend’s party, Ashleigh feels like the end of her relationship is getting close. But …

I avoided watching the movie Precious until I read that book that the movie was based on, Push by Sapphire, because I generally enjoy books more than the movies. As well, having heard about, read about and seen information about the content of the movie, I did not think …

This book is written by James Hadley Chase. I was not aware of this author until my cousin told me about it. He had read a couple of his novels and was very impressed by his writing style. So, he reffered me to read A Coffin from Hong Kong. …

The man who Clown enlisted arrives at a club to meet a man named Claudio. While he’s initially let in, albeit reluctantly, a group of thugs insist that he leave. They drag him out to a back alley. When a bunch of rowdy drunks wander into …

Where do people get so many disgusting things from? From birth, upbringing, or environment? All these questions I tackled with John Steinbeck as I read his novel, The Winter of Our Discontent.
Usually, Steinbeck wrote about ordinary people, toilers fighting for their rights in this life. His characters are understandable …

Apocalypse is one the major villians in the Marvel Universe, having been a major thorn in the side of X-Factor and the X-Men over the past twenty years. Apocalypse was born over 5,000 in Egypt. He is one of the first known mutants in history. Left to …

I recently read Henry Ford’s book “My life and work”. The book was written in a very businesslike and substantive manner, with no goofy deviations. “Pouring water” is not his method, only a businesslike approach and proper expenditure of resources, whatever it is: time, money, words.
It is …

“The Very Sleepy Sloth” is a children’s book written by Andrew Murray and illustrated by Jack Tickle (yes, that is apparently his real name). It was published in 2003.
I liked this book because it features animals, it has cartoonish art, and it teaches a lesson in a …

Pierce Atkins, magician/illusionist meets Ryan Swan in this novel. They work together, with Ryan representing Pierce as agent, travelling with him to his shows.
Ryan and Pierce are very opposite individuals. While Pierce is confident and enigmatic, Ryan is insecure and apparently lacks affection. Their work brings them together time …

I have read the book, A Promising Man, and About Time too. If you are a fan of chick lit, it is more than likely you will like this book. Being a fan of chick lit myself, I really liked it.
The basic plot is a woman who meets a …

Life of Peter Drucker, in part, determined by events that are not intentional. However, for Drucker, coincidence does not mean anything to them, are not ready at their door, knock at the event. Does this book is a biography of Drucker? Of course not. Krames not write a biography …

“Dragon’s Bait” is a book written by Vivian Vande Velde.
Alys is a 15 year old girl who lives in the village of Saint Toby’s.
A local merchant wants her father’s tin shop. So they accuse Alys of being a witch.
Atherton is a the person hearing the trial. He is …

Paddington’s Cartoon Book, although dating back to the far-off days of 1979, can still easily raise a smile or two if you are in the right mood, and it certainly does so for me! I can’t actually remember where I got my copy, but it is actually quite possible …

I watched Twilight movie four times last year and since then became a certified Twilight fanatic, then I started looking the the remaining series at the local bookstore but couldn’t find it. So one of my friends asked what Twilight series I would like to receive as a gift, …

I read this book as my hubby recommended it.It was fantastic and each page has twists and turns which made me not to keep the book inspite of my busy work schedule.The story starts with the murder of two justices–Abe and Glenn Jensen.The FBI cannot even able …

The Inheritance of Loss is a novel from the author who came from India, Kiran Desai. This novel is a parallel story set in post-colonial India and the United States. With the setting in the township Kalimpong in the Himalayas in the decade 80. The story is about some …