I picked this book because I am a fan of Frank Peretti. This was his first novel. I really liked it, once I got a handle on the plot. Evil demons (well, what demons aren’t evil?) are trying to take over the town of Ashton, and …

The “Laughs, Luck…and Lucy: How I Came to Create the Most Popular Sitcom of All Time” is a book that is actually the memoir of the creator of the television show. This means that the entire book is not about Lucille Ball of the “I Love Lucy” television series. …

I bought this book for about $8.00, and I wasn’t aware at the beginning that the author, Ernest Becker, was dying of cancer. My heart went out to him the minute I found out the truth.
This Book, The Denial of Death, won the Pulitzer prize in 1974, and …

After Marvel’s comic book adaptations of Stephen King’s “The Stand” and “Dark Tower” books took off, Del Rey decided to get a piece of the action and do a comic book adaptation of another Stephen King fantasy door stopper, “The Talisman”.
The novel, like this comic, follows young Jack …

I have not read many books by the lawyer and author, John Grisham; however, when I read the book “The Street Lawyer” by him some months ago, I thought that it was a really good book.
At first when I saw it, I thought that it would be slightly …

My dad brought this book from Britain, when he was on a job trip to London.
The books is awefully big, 10 thousand jokes is allot, and this fills up over 1000 pages, but what the book has in quantity it lacks in quality.
Hundreds of pages filled up with lousy …

Compared to the Kindle, the Nook is simply so much better. The Kindle offers 3G, but it only works well if you connect to their online book store. There are two versions of the Nook. There is the one with wi-fi and the one with wi-fi and a 3G …

I purchased Parallel Myths at my college book store for a literature class. The book cost around $15 new.
The book covers many realms of mythology. In it, the reader finds myths and their counterparts from many cultures (example-the story of the Great Flood, told not only from the …

The book “Stories for the Heart” was published by the Lighthouse books publishing and is compiled by Alice Gray. The book is a collection of very short stories which is packed with inspiration about life, career, parenthood, student life, etc and some ordinary stories which are narrated by …

The Wasp Factory is a, well, I guess a horror novel? by Iain Banks. I’ve read some of his science fiction, and this is the first of his other novels that I’ve tried.
I found this book disturbingly graphic in its descriptiveness. I can understand the fascination with death …

To understand Public Administration one needs to have full grasp on the writings of some of famous administrative thinkers. This is the unique book in the sense that this contains only the writing about thinkers.
For me this is a God gifted book. I have benefited a lot from this …

Prior to purchasing this book, I bought a prep book to study for my SAT out of without any other clases or anything, and reading through the prep book helped me a lot with my SAT scores. I could of seen myself doing much worse without the books and …

Judith McNaught is amongst one of my favorite authors, and this is one of my many favorites amongst her classic novels, Whitney, My Love features young Whitney trying to entice the boy she thinks she’s in love with, while her family thinks she’s a disgrace and a shameful wotnon …

This is just another young adult book that I’ve just finished reading. Like the other teen books I’ve read before, I was also attracted to this book because of its cute cover. I think the author who is Sarah Dessen is amazing because she writes in a very understandable …

Humor & gore in 1? Yes, chick lit and murder mystery come together in this 2006 release by Christy Barritt.
Gabby St. Claire runs a rather unusual business: crime scene clean-up. This gory work is the closest thing to her dream job - that of a forensic scientist - so …

Wither’s amazing cover was what first piqued my interest. Even though you can’t judge a book by its cover, my reading experience is usually affected by the quality of the cover anyway, just because that’s a big part of its essence that sticks in my mind. Of …

Treasure Island written by Robert Louis Stevenson is one classic story of all time that I love to read about. In school, I had to study this for Literature and I must say that Jim Hawkins and the gang set sail for wonderful experiences and I had a …

Well this is another manga not really a book or a light novel.It is about the life of the two main characters Miyazawa and Arima as well as there friends.
Its been a long time when I saw the anime version but recently I’ve decided to find out whats the …

My favorite types of cookbooks to read are ones that involves southern cuisine. Being from the south I just feel connected to the recipes because they are ones that I either grew up on or currently prepare for my own family. Although southern cuisine is a guilty pleasure I …

I recently read Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and loved it. I didn’t think that Russian literature was really my thing, but this book is great! It is split into two main sections. The first hundred pages or so is the crime part of the novel and the last …

I love the Borders in downtown Louisville at 4th Street Live. Borders is the main retail anchor for the development that was built about 4 years ago, and is my main lunchtime destination for the days I choose to eat a 5-minute lunch and spend the rest of …

I have read most of Stephen Kings work, and while I have often complained about his difficulties in ending stories there are only a few of his books that it has actually ruined for me. Under the Dome is one of those few.
The book has an interesting and …

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 …

Ask anyone that reads historical fiction and you can bet that they are familiar with Philippa Gregory. For years now, her novels appear to have represented for many the true quality that can exist within the genre and her latest body of work, The Cousins’ War series has garnered …

Young Allies is another one of those series that got pulled to quickly in my opinion. Marvel has cancelled or put on hiatus a number of good series that just did not get the recognition they deserve. First you had Atlas, then Hawkeye & Mockingbird and now Young Allies. …

Now You See Her
Double Day Book Club
$1.00
I decided to join the Double Day book club out of whim. I mostly decided to join for the sake of earning some sort of virtual points to put toward earning money on a website. I was awarded the points. I received five …

Everyone wants to know why some people are successful and others are not. What universal energy accumulates around these successful people? That’s the basis of this book. He goes into the specific details of certain people like Bill Gates and the Beatles. And what I found interesting was that …

Billy Ray’s a Good Boy is a horror story chosen as one of the best of the year by the Willow Brook Review. It is a traditional horror story in the tradition of John Saul. I compare it to John Saul because it is similar to the theme …

I love to read book, especially a thriller but romantic drama book. After heard some chit chat talk about the twilight tetralogy, i finally decide myself to read them. Twilight is one from four books of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn).
I try to …

Strong Poison was written by Dorothy L Sayers and published by HarperCollins Publishers in 1995.
Dorothy Sayers’ novels often start off at a slow pace then it picks up and the suspense builds up till the end. It’s just that I must have the determination to plod …

If this is your first time reading this book, Your Coffin or Mine? A Novel of Vampire Love by Kimberly Raye, you will definitely mark Kimberly Raye to be your favorite author. Add her to your list because she is really one amazing author. That much I could …

As far as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short stories are concerned, his story, The New Catacomb, isn’t as scary as I think he intended on it being, but it is a great story to read.
The thing I like about this story is none of it makes any sense until …

If you’re a fan of children’s books, then Ogden Nash’s Candy is Dandy will be a definite treat! A collection of wonderfully amusing poems by famous children’s writer Nash, the book itself is a good buy, what with the amazingly delightful prose that everyone, even adults, will truly enjoy. …

The first thing I noticed about this book was not only that it was thinner than the rest, but it was also a different colour; but when I opened the book; just the topics on the contents page alone told me that this book was specifically addressed to parents. …

I have read the book —˜The power of love: Learn how to be in the Now’ written by Lester Levenson. This book is a good and interesting book. The author has clearly explained the difference between human love and divine love. Human love is always conditional. We expect a …

I want to preface my review of this book by saying that I am not, even slightly, a fan of the Twilight series. I read the books and saw the first two movies to see what the fuss was about, and I came out of the experience feeling …

In the era of “Bleeding Kansas”, the time when Kansas was being fought over because of the argument of whether or not it would be a free state Lidie Newton was a tomboy, and she once she had met Thomas Newton, she knew that he would be someone …

Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW by Scott Williams
With the apparent rebirth of Extreme Championship Wrestling looming on WWE TV, Scott Williams’ book chronicling the rise and fall of ECW could never be more timely.
There are several ECW books and history DVD’s on the market these days, …

Scott Pilgrim is a graphic novel created by Bryan Lee O’Malley. It consists of 6 books and has received a lot of positive acclaim, and even more attention after the 2010 movie “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”. I loved and completely recommend them both, they are a joy for …

That summer by Sarah Dessen is a book I could not put down. In a lot of ways it reminds me of how me and my sister are so I can relate in that way. I picked the book up at Wal-Mart because it was by my favorite author …

Unwind by Neil Shusterman is the first in a trilogy of books. The plot follows three main protagonists, who all end up telling the story from their points of view, they are Risa, Connor and Lev. Risa is an orphan from a state home who happens to be …

This book for older children, Home Wars by Dorothy Reynolds Miller, is one of those books where the contents are much better than the cover. The storyline sounds just like any other book: a preteen whose family isn’t getting along. But the book itself is so well written that …

“The Story of Edgar Sawtelle” is an interesting novel written by David Wroblewski.
Edgar Sawtelle is a boy born mute. He is unable to speak, but can hear. His parents Gar and Trudy breed and raise Sawtelle Dogs. Which Gar’s family has done for generations.
Edgar …

In the fourth book in this series, Kevin Kerney becomes Deputy Chief of the State Police. Between the books, his romantic interest in third book doesn’t pan out, so he’s without a woman in his life. On the plus side he has inherited 6400 acres. Although there will be …

If there is one Filipino comic book that I love and have collected every series since it was released, it is Beerkada by Lyndon Gregorio.
I was first introduced to Beerkada when I was in college. What struck me the most is that I can relate to the stories …

Making Your Money Work For You
By: Missy
This book is basically teaching you tips on how to expand your investments and savings. It teaches you that in order to make your money work for you, just pure saving isn’t enough. You need more work than that. I …

I consider myself to be a very seasoned reader. I can try to read anything and everything. When I stumbled across Suzanne Somers’ “365 Ways to Change Your Life” I thought that it would be an interesting read and I dove in.
I was right. This book …

I just finished this book recently and felt that it wasn’t quite over yet. I’m a fan of Maeve Binchy’s work, and am very familiar with her style of writing, which I love. This book, did meet all my expectations, except for the fact that I think …

Aidan, a high school kid, feels very lonely when his family moves to his grandpa?s house. Aidan never had many friends to begin with, he was only accepted by the popular crowd since his best buddy was a part of it. Now, after moving away, Aidan has lost whatever …

Host is one of the most captivating books I’ve read in a long time. It tells the story of the Wanderer, an alien parasite who has taken over the body of a human host, Melanie. The only problem is that Melanie doesn’t want to leave. Instead …