Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a great, great book and right up there around my favorite of the series. This is a very long book and is darker than the rest, especially because we see our first death. However, the book is amazing! Again we start …

This book is the second part of Jessica Wakefield’s dilemma with bad boy Clay DiPalma, and together they want to frame and catch Clay DiPalma in the act for giving Jessica’s best friend Isabelle Ricci a drug at a fraternity party, causing her to jump off the building and …

Books on health and well-being are big sellers these days, and Dr. Oz, the doctor made famous by Oprah Winfrey, has joined the trend by authoring, along with his co-author Michael F. Roizen, a series of “YOU” books. I have read both “YOU Staying Young,” and YOU Being Beautiful,” …

Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay is oneof his earlier books, following in the success of his Finovar Tapestry trilogy. Unlike his later novels, Tigana is based less strongly on historical precedents, with only a resemblance to Italian culture. Tigana also features magic to a greater extent than …

Just seeing the front cover of this paperback novel, and reading the small summary at the back was enough to make me interested in this novel that I found in my aunt’s bookshelf some years ago. Although I thought the book was somewhat interesting, I thought the writing was …

Jake Drake Know-it-all is geared towards a younger audience than many of Andrew Clements other books, as this book is suited for readers about 7-10 years old. This is a great first chapter book for developing readers, as the storyline is interesting for kids - I mean, what kid …

The second installment to Linda Howard’s Mackenzie series, Colonel Joe Mackenzie is one of the best in his field. He’s doing what he’s always wanted - to fly. Everyone else is in awe of this quietly assured and strong man. Caroline Evans has a doctorate but …

I recently read this very nice book by Dr. Seuss called, “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” This book is especially dedicated for those who are venturing into adulthood, facing new challenges, new parents to be and for all people having problems and challenges along the way. This …

I love the National Parks. I love the idea of the National Parks and I truly loved reading The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (2009) by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns. This is a chronological account of how our National Parks came into being and when …

Ken Follett is an amazing historical writer which brings meaning to our history, to the world’s history.
The First book from a trilogy is The Fall of The Giants published in 2010 and in 16 countries. It is the story of World War 1 and how five families from five …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gulliver’s Fugitives is a novel that I simply did not care very much for. The reason I do not like it that much is because not only are the characterizations poor, especially the way in which Picard, Data and Worf are portrayed, but …

Oh M had to go out of her way to get her hands on the newly released book by American Idol finalist David Archuleta. She has been a big fan of his ever since and I was only too happy to accompany her to the bookstore. While out having …

Mates, Dates, and Designer Divas by Cathy Hopkins is her third book in the Mates, Dates series. This book is about Nesta, who is used to life being easy - she’s beautiful, her parents are happy, and she has plenty of pocket money. Her only real problem - and …

An international best-seller and famous personal development book for general public. It analyses the deep psychological origins from where our behavior flows. It clearly distinguishes. between the superficial self-development practices which aim only at the attitude change (but does not help in understanding from where the behavior & attitude flow …

One of the best books that I have read so far is New York Times Bestselling author Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol which is the third novel involving Robert Langdon. I previously read his last two books which are the Da Vinci Code and …

Oyayubhime Infinity is a charming manga by Toru Fujieda which DC Comics is now putting out, translated into english, in North America. The story involves a young up-and-coming japanese idol, Maya, who’s public identity which she creates for herself is radically different from who she really is. The bulk …

Police. A private detective. A murder. A prison. And no, I have no intention at all to review a novel from the crime genre. This is a story of Charlotte Davidson and her story of how she found her loved one and discovered the culprit of the murder.
Unfortunately this …

I have been reading Louisa May Alcott books since I was a young girl. I absolutely fell in love with little women and recently have had the opportunity to read “The Inheritance”. Interestingly, the inheritance was Ms. Alcott’s first book as it was written when she was …

The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of books written by C.S. Lewis. If you like the books from J.R.R. Tolkien, you’ll probably like the books from C.S. Lewis, as his style has similarities. This book has a really mature feeling, even if many people classify it as a …

Tragic Wand was written by James Tucker and published by Onyx in 2000.
It took me two years to read this book. I started the first chapter, then put it aside; then tried to restart a number of times, until recently I managed to plod past the first third; …

About two years ago I reviewed the first volume in the Essential Moon Knight collection and mentioned that it was an excellent series. This follow up volume collects a couple dozen issues from 1982 and 1983 and they are off the charts excellent. Moon Knight was always an odd …

Imagine if you had access to a magical doorway that would allow you to time travel into the past. What would you do? This is exactly the problem that Ted Chiang gives his main character. The story is set in medieval Baghdad and in many ways it’s a fable …

The full, and arguably rather excessively long, title of this book is (take a deep breath now) “The BBC Micro ROM Book: Sideways ROMs and RAMs”, which if somewhat ponderous does at least give a pretty good idea of what Bruce Smith’s book, published in 1985 by Collins, is …

The Odyssey of Captain Blood is one of my all time favourite books. The first time I read it, I was only a little girl. Despite the fact that I didn’t care much for reading, I just couldn’t put down the book. Even now, so many years later, …

I came across this gem of a book randomly in the library. I have heard bits and pieces of it from my mother and my English professors, but I really did not read into it nor know what it really was about. So I read it purely out of …

This book is number five in a series by Craig Johnson. The wonderful thing about this series is you don’t have to read it as a series. Each book is its own independent story. This story in particular takes the main character away from his normal crew and into …

There is no denying that currently Narendra Modi is the most talked about politician of India. Being a supporter of the BJP, I am also expecting him to become the Prime Minister of India in 2014. Recently, I went through a book on Modi by Kingshuk Nag. I have …

Horror movie and book aficionados should keep their eyes peeled for the short story collection “Fear the Fever.” This collection includes a short story called “Daddy’s Dirty Books.” Obviously, the story revolves around a collection of pornographic magazines that a father keeps in his bedroom bureau. …

The Pelican Brief is one of the best classics by Grisham. Though all his books are law related, they all tend to be different, with the respective description and twist.
John starts this story by giving information about the death of two Supreme Court justices. Their murders are connected only …

After reading the final paragraph of Nietzsche’s, “On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense,” I felt somewhat lied to. Throughout this text the author attempts to take an all-knowing position as if he is an omniscient narrator of the world in front of him. We are urged to …

This is the third book in the magical Drake sister series and the first one that I read of these. I had just finished reading all of Christine’s Dark series about her Carpathians and was really lusting for more books from her! This series definitely does not disappoint! Once …

Teaching English to high-school students is a challenge, no matter how you slice it. You learn very quickly that they are there against their will, and they will take every opportunity to demonstrate how bored they are and how boring you are. Thus, you are met with …

My husband loves reading Dick Francis books and here is a review of the last one he read. Odds Against, is a thriller written my ex jockey Dick Francis. The book is a excellent read it has lots of twist and turns and will he or wont he …

Galapagos is not the most commonly cited of Kurt Vonnegut’s books, but it is my personal favorite. Like all of his books it teaches about life with the classic Vonnegut wit.
Galapagos recounts the story of travellers on the maiden voyage of the cruise ship “El Bahia del Darwin” …

Though it has been a long time since Stephen Covey’s book —˜7 habits of highly effective people’ came out, the impact of its content is still as strong and meaningful as it was when it had newly hit the bookstores.
The writer takes a very unconventional approach that contradicts the …

This is another great paranormal romance book that I had a hard time putting down before I finished it. Great read! Bite Me If You Can is another great read from Lynsay Sands that continues the story of the Argeneau family who are all vampires. This story …

This book follows famous author Paul Sheldon who has a bad car accident and wakes up in the home of his “number one fan” Annie, a nurse who is obsessed with Paul and his work, that’s OK and nothing new, lot’s of people are a little crazy about him …

The book “Purpose Driven Life” written by Pastor Rick Warren is one of the most popular religious book written in the modern generation. In fact millions of copies were sold and made Rick Warren truly a rich man.
Seemingly the book is a very good guide for spiritual walk that …

Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age By Martin Torgoff
Totally brilliant! Torgoff chronicles America’s obsession with drug culture from the end of World War Two to the modern age and does so in a way avoided by many interchangable books on drug abuse: he puts …

I bought this book through Amazon online when my baby was only one month old. If I remember it right I got it for less than 10 GBP back in 2007. I really wasn’t really planning to get a first aid book at that time but I got …

When my son was diagnosed with autism, the doctor gave me “Children with Autism: A Parent’s Guide” to help me get a better understanding of what my family would be facing. Right from the beginning, as I was reading the forewords and introductions - written by autistic parents …

A Bouquet of Roses: Glorious Arrangements for All Occasions by Christina Wressell is a glorious book instead. I love decorative ideas books and this leaves me in awe because there are just lots of ideas that allows me to experiment.
I have always thought flowers to be bland …

When I started reading Losing It from Cora Carmack, I had a vague idea of what I could expect from it. But whether I would like it or not, I was very sure of one thing: this book would make me laugh like no other. Losing It is filled …

While My Pretty One Sleeps is one of Mary Higgins Clark earlier books. The story is a little over 200 pages long, so very easy to read in one sitting. I love her writing and enjoy reading all her books, whether they are her earlier ones or …

James Rollins is my new favorite author. His books are awesome. He has written Sandstorm, Deep Fathom, Amazonia, Excavation, Subterranean, Map of Bones, Ice Hunt and Black Order. I have read all of them except Sandstorm and I am about to start that one. His books are wonderful and …

When I first discovered Vampire Knight, it was sitting on a Wal-Mart shelf crying out towards me. My first thought was this, “A graphic novel at a Wal-Mart that is not just a romance or action flick? Awesome!”, and thus I made one of the best purchases in my …

The comic opens on Oa, where even the guardians take notice of the appearance of New Krytpon. They fear that they may have to send in a brigade of Green Lanterns but hold off for now.
We then see Kal adapting to his new life quite well. He proves …

This is the third book in the X-wing series from the Star Wars expanded universe. It is about 5-6 years since the ending of the Return of the Jedi, the Rebel Alliance is turning into the New Republic and they have taken over the Imperial capital, the city-planet Coruscant. There …

Sometimes, I do wonder how successful people become more successful after a certain period of time. I read this book, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter and I have a better view on the …

Okay, seems that Mars and Venus on a Date (A Guide for Navigating the 5 Stages of Dating to Create a Loving and Lasting Relationship)is a really long and massive title. But this self-help book really scores points with me and I mean a lot of points at …