recommended ages: 7 and up
Kirsten Larson starts school in America with excitement and nervousness.The new teacher is new and very strict and says Kirsten needs to learn to speak English better because she needs to recite a poem in front of the class. One day Kirsten meets an indian …

Jose Carlos Somoza proposes the reader a trip to ancient Greece in his novel “The Athenian Murders”. This trip could remind us that one Umberto Eco offered with “The Name of the Rose”.
The body of a young man who studied in Plato’s Academy is found on the streets of …

This book is yet another suspense romance by Howard. I have to say, it was better than I had expected.
For the readers out there who have read other similar novels by Howard, you will that there is often a long and convoluted plot involved. However, in this book, the …

This book is the seventh installation in Sweet Valley’s The Unicorn Club series and it’s titled Too Close for Comfort. This is quite a mature story for the Unicorn Club and I can totally relate to the feelings implied here. When the new Unicorn club has disbanded with the …

I’m sure many of us have heard or even read the story of Alice in Wonderland. A little girl who followed a rabbit and falling down the hole with lots of magical things happening during her journey. Now, there’s a manga or Japanese comic made for it. The …

I am a HUGE fan of self-help books. I have quite a vast array of the on my bookshelves. This was a quick and easy read. It was helpful finding out what my strengths were. Unfortunately if you take the actual test, you only get your top 5. There …

The Stolen Germ is novel that write by Alisa Wood, its categorized as young adult fiction and bit of thriller, published by Summertime Books.
As the writer Alisa Wood began to write “The stolen games” At the age of 14 for The time he graduated high school was divided into …

At the end of last issue Tony Stark and Peter Parker were off to Washington for a hearing of some kind. This issue we find out what the hearing is about. The government is trying to pass a bill that will force superheroes to reveal their true …

I have been in the health care profession for years now, and I love my profession so much. It is very rewarding in so many ways. Hadn’t I been to nursing school years before, I would never have picked up a single medical book my whole life. That’s true, …

Nowadays it isn’t uncommon to use a computer every day. It doesn’t matter if we are working, studying or just hanging out, chances are we use a computer to do our every day, regular stuff. There are lots of different software to get a lot of different things done, …

No Humans Involved is the seventh book in the Women of the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong. This is the first book that revolves around Jaime Vegas, a TV psychic and a real necromancer. She has inherited the ability to see ghosts ad raise the dead from …

Nowhere to Run is a romance mystery novel written by Jeanne Bannon. Ms Bannon has never been a new author to me as I have bought and read some of her other novels, so I was thrilled when I learnt that she had published another book called “Nowhere to …

—˜Ancient Egypt’ is a book written by David P. Silverman. The author has written this book which is very interesting to read and it also contains a lot of information and knowledge about the ancient Egyptian civilization. The ancient Egypt had a very rich civilization. They were prosperous people …

I am a pretty advaint reader of Fantasy/Fiction and have read hundreds of books. And i have to say R.A Salvator is as of now my favorite writer of all time. His Dark Elf Trilogy (which is only just the begining of a epic 28 book series i believe) …

This book, Friday Nights by Joanna Trollope is a classic. Sometimes I find myself looking forward to a friendship whereby somehow or rather you are looking forward to a particular special day in which you could get some kind of elixir towards a charming friendship that has been new …

“Dead to the World” is the fourth book in the Sookie Stackhouse novel series written by the popular author Charlaine Harris. I also think that it was even better than the first three novels, and even more interesting than all of them put together. This was mainly because of …

I felt that this was a very long book and would be better suited for kids who know how to read on their own rather than a book a parent reads to their kids at bedtime or naptime. It follows the cartoon movie to a T, so if …

Has anyone here heard that the next Warriors series by Erin Hunter after the New Prophecy is going to be called The Power of Three, a three volume set. They will deal with what happened with Firestar after the battle with Bloodclan in Firestar’s Quest, as well as another …

“Bear Stays Up for Christmas” by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman is a charming, short Christmas story that tells of a bear that refuses to hibernate so that he can spend Christmas with his forest friends. This is a book that’s definitely geared toward young kids, but adults that …

Michael Pollan is the author of several previous books including the two he’s best known for “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” and “In Defense of Food” and he’s a longtime contributor for the New York Times. Interestingly, Michael Pollan is not a food scientist or a nutritionist or the like, …

666 (by Jay Anson)
So many negative meanings have been attached to the numerics of 666 —“death, murders, evil and primarily the devil. In this book, 666 referred to a house which had survived through the years. It had a history of unhappy events, and after …

Lately I’ve been doing great effort to avoid the charms of Regency era. I try to look books from different genres to not saturate myself, but I have to admit it’s costing me. I have very mixed tastes, so I don’t like to read the same thing all the …

Today I am reviewing a book by Japanes manga artist Osamu Tezuka. The book is called MW. The book is about two life long friends who first met on a remote island in Japan. On that first meeting, they were the lone survivors of a US military poison gas …

Vampire Knight Manga Volume 3 explores Yuki and Kanime’s past together and how she was before Cross Academy was started. Meanwhile Zero has to hunt vampires.
This was a very good manga and it was very interesting to read. The story was good and I enjoyed it a …

Every spring I hear birds singing, hearing birdcalls I didn’t hear for months through the long freezing winter. This March we had a few especially warm days and the familiar birdcalls started up again. I live near a park so I hear a lot of birds singing. One day …

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 …

Jamila Gavin’s novel —˜The Wheel of Surya’ is a mind blowing book. It was the runner up for the 1993 Guardian Newspaper Children’s Fiction Award. A big part of the novel is set in a village in Punjab. One can get a beautiful glimpse of rural India with …

Habits and Love, written by Rod Schumacher is a nice book. I mean it. I take pride in my book reviews and rarely do I read books that have no meanings to it. I try my best, though sometimes I do come across books that are really …

Art objects that have a high historical value, of course capable of compelling any one to possess. Greed and love of many people in the art, which want narrated by Lewis Perdue through his book entitled The Daughter of God. Suspenseful story in Daughter of God, begins when found …

Written by Cecily Von Ziegesar, Gossip Girl is a good book for adolescent and certainly adults like you and me. It is full of the life of the rich and famous and certainly “privileged” kids that we came across in boarding schools and trendy schools. Up came …

Scott Lazenby used to be a city manager for a small city in real life. He wrote this book, “Playing with Fire”, as a fictional account of the goings on within city government. From the very beginning Lazenby grabs your attention with tles of the wild people city officials …

This is an absolute must read book for any mother of an autistic child or anyone that has been touched by autism in some way or another! In this book Jenny McCarthy explains what she went through with her son, Evan. To say her journey has tugged …

Divided in Death, written by J D Robb, was published by Berkley Publishing Group in 2004.
I find Robb’s books extremely riveting! I’m no fan of science fiction; but I like this series of futuristic crime detection. She has developed realistic and likeable characters like Eve Dallas, husband …

Wandering leisurely through one of the many wonderful art museums in Europe or America, I sometimes have a hard time conceiving how an artist like Caravaggio or Monet can bring such beauty out of simple oil and canvas. How can such plain materials aided by some brushstrokes give us …

This novel titled, “HRH” by Danielle Steel is quite a good read for me. But I really recommend all who wants to read it to borrow it from friends or the library, but if you must buy, wait for it to be auctioned on ebay or your local …

Boys Next Door is a manga by Yuki Kaori. The manga is composed of three chapters and two side stories. I didn’t really pay any attention of the two side stories; I like the main story more. The manga is a mix genre of adult, drama, horror, mature, mystery, …

This story, Here’s the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice by Maureen McCormick. This is such an amazing story and for those of you out there aspiring to become a celebrity, this book is a must read. It is a very honest rendition and a …

When Santa Fell to Earth is definitely something different from Cornelia Funke. While you still have her signature style, as well as the magical elements (rooms that are bigger on the inside than the outside, that kind of thing). The setting, however, is actually earth society (with a sort …

Anne Bishop is an extremely talented fantasy author who paints an amazingly detailed world when it comes to her writing, her storytelling skills are incredibly indepth with out of this world characters, places, and plots. You’ll instantly fall in love with each of the main characters in this book …

This is the coolest game to play ever, it is so entertaining for all ages. I used to think that it was just for kids until I got it as a gift from one of my close friends and I fell in love with the game. You can actually …

I’ve got this book as a gift to me by a friend. The manual of the warrior of light is a book authored by Paulo Coello who has also authored some bestselling books like “The Alchemist”. This author is one of my favorite contemporary writers of all …

In this genre there isn’t more of an adept storyteller than James Rollins. Another proof of his talent is the novel “The Last Oracle”, part of the series “Sigma Force “, but that could easily be read independently from this one. The story begins in the temple of the …

The Book of General Ignorance is an awesome coffee table book, party tool and boredom breaker. As a book that contains a lot of random facts presented in a comedic fashion, it doesn’t come off too serious or too silly. I found it to be a tough read as …

I am in the martials arts for quite some time now and I would like to add my tuppence worth to Matt Furey’s book about how to get rock hard abs. First of all let me tell you folks that this is utterly overpriced. I own another one of …

Wren to the Rescue is a charming story by Sherwood Smith about every girl’s fantasy - her best friend turns out to be a princess. (Well, actually, the fantasy might be better if she herself turned out to be a princess.)
But her friend is pretending to be an …

I am the Running Footman was written by Martha Grimes. (published by Dell Publishing in 1990)
Martha Grimes has an engaging style of writing that brings out the best in her characters, making them endearing, no matter how prepossessing they are, and her stories are really a delight to read! …

Half the Mother, Twice the Love, written by Tonya Bolden and Mother Love being the focal point of this book here, is a funny and witty book that I love to read. This book is passed on by my mom who told me to read it because she …

This book, Exploring the Darker Side of America: Strange Highways: A guidebook to American mysteries & The Unexplained by Jerry D.Coleman could actually be better. The pictures are quite in handy, and in depicting the story, I sort of understand what the author was trying to talk about. …

I have to read many books for the English class that I am taking this year. I find that the reading can really pile up quickly. It helps me tremendously to have Sparknotes handy all the time.
The Sparknotes of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott …

The White Castle is a historical novel written by Orhan Pamuk. Orhan managed to get the Nobel prize for literature in 2006. Orhan Pamuk talked about self-identity, conflict and friendship between a slave who came from Italy with an Ottoman scholar in the 17th century. As is characteristic of …