Books Reviews

Mary Higgins Clark’s ” Before I Say Good-Bye” book

I have read several of Ms. Clark’s books and though they are not particularly deep or captivating; they are interesting and make for some very easy reading. I found this at a garage sale and bought it for a quarter. I read the book that evening and …

Where I’m Calling from by Raymond Carver

Where I’m Calling from by Raymond Carver is a collection of short stories and for your information, Raymond Carver had passed away already. But his stories in this book ain’t that bad, however, there is a bit of a minus point to all this. The stories tend …

The Harry Potter Books

I’m almost 40 years old this year and I’m proud to say that I absolutely enjoy reading the Harry Potter books.They are meant to be teenagers’ literature but I find the book so very,very interesting. J.K. Rowling has a very rich imgination and her descriptive abilities are excellent. …

The Secret of the Caves

This book if the seventh Hardy Boys book written by Franklin W. Dixon in the 50s and 60s. While many of the ideas are old fashioned, and it is especially amusing to read about the “high tech” stuff the boys have or discover, they are, in general, good books …

The Mystery of Cabin Island by Franklin W. Dixon

This book is the eighth book in the Hardy Boys series. It is a fun book for preteen boys, although it is a bit old-fashioned. It is still an enjoyable read though.
The Hardy Boys series is very consistent. In this book, as usual, the boys discover a mystery. Their …

Book : Secrets of the Vine by Bruce Wilkinson

Bestselling authors are often suspect in my mind. I tend to be very cynical about the taste (or lack of) of the average American reader. So I approached Bruce Wilkinson’s book “Secrets of the Vine” with the heart of a skeptic. I am happy to say, that at least …

The Alchemist

‘The Alchemist’ is a magical fable about fulfilling your dream. Full of optimism, it’s a story told very well by author Paulo Coelho.
‘The Alchemist’ is the story of Santiago, an Andalusian Shepherd boy who gets repeated dreams of an hidden treasure awaiting him at the Egyptian pyramids. He yearns …

Reba: My Story book

In her own words, Reba McEntire shares the very memories that have shaped and inspired her life as well as her music. Reba also personally selected more than 140 family photos to share with her fans in this book.
Reba shares with us the values that she is very …

Hourou Musuko manga by Shimura Takako

I don’t really feel any urge to read a manga once I saw that the current chapters that are scanlated are already but Hourou Musuko is different. When I get to saw the manga, it was already at chapter 72 and still haven’t finish scanlating. I tried to read …

The Ranger`s Apprentice: Book 2: The Burning Bridge by John Flanagan

Ranger’s Apprentice: Book 2: The Burning Bridge is the second book in the Ranger’s Apprentice series. Will, Horace and Gilan go to the country of Celtica and discover something is terribly wrong while Halt accompanies Alyss on a diplomatic mission.
This book was even better than the previous book, …

New Boy by Julian Houston

This is a young adult novel about a young black man during the days of segregation, who enrolls in a boarding school up north - a school where he’s the first black student.
I stumbled on this book at the library and couldn’t put it down. It deals with …

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

My friend loaned me Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill. And really this book gives me the creep after I’ve finished reading it and while reading it too.
The character Jude sorts of surf the net and he nonsensically bought a ghost and thought that it’s going to be …

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

All about book’s contains were adopted from many theorist and practicer, even the mainframe of the book was taken from ancient culture, specialy from eastern world. I have to conclusion that Rhonda Byrne was just a collector, or most worst she have conspirated with those writers.
But in the end …

Sherlock Holmes : A Slight Trick of Mind Pengarang

There are many writers who try to take advantage of the fame name Sherlock Holmes for his own glory and not to remember Sherlock Holmes. Sherlockian, fans of Sherlock Holmes, The detective wanted to act again, then they will make a detective story that remains based on the character …

Turquoise Girl by Aimee & David Thurlo

“Turquoise Girl” is the thirteenth book in the Ella Clah series written by Aimee & David Thurlo. For those who haven’t read any of the preceding twelve books, Elah Clah is a special investigator for the Navaho Indian Tribe near Shiprock, New Mexico. In “Turquoise Girl” Valerie Tso, a …

Wormwood by G.P. Taylor

I recently finished reading Wormwood. Wormwood is a book written by G.P. Taylor. I really like Christian fiction novels. However, Wormwood left me feeling uneasy.
Wormwood is about people living in London in 1756. It is a battle between good and evil. The …

No One But You by Michelle Monkou

No One But You is a book by Michelle Monkou and I love the cover of this book pretty much. This novel starts out in a college setting and there are two characters in the story; naming Jackson Thomas and Sarafina Lovell. There is something truly charming about …

Random House Webster’s Dictionary Fourth Edition

Being someone who’s first language is not English, I definitely need a dictionary and a thesaurus. I am fond of writing articles so I should use words the write way as I construct sentences with good grammar. I am also fond of watching English films. Honestly, it helps me …

Kingdom Come Graphic Novel

Kingdom Come is a DC Comics’ Elseworlds graphic novel by Mark Waid and illustrated by Alex Ross. It tells the story of a Pastor named Norman McCay who is friends with the Sandman at the end of his life. The Sandman dies and leaves his
ability to see …

The Master Executioner by Loren D. Estleman

“The Master Executioner” is, naturally, a story about Oscar Stone, a man who stumbles into the career of executioner. During the American Civil War Stone was a private with the Union Army. In the course of his duties he was forced to witness the lynching of five men, two …

Play With Us book

Play With Us is the very first book (labelled as book 1a) in the classic Ladybird Key Words Reading Scheme, which for many years was extremely popular in both schools and homes in the United Kingdom. It was first published as long ago as 1964, but continued to be …

Graeme Hick Benefit Year 1999 commemorative book

The Graeme Hick Benefit Year 1999 commemorative book is, to be perfectly honest, not something that anyone other than a die-hard cricket fan would be likely to be all that interested in reading, and in truth its truly avid readership is probably confined to supporters of Worcestershire County Cricket …

Your Pregnancy Week By Week By Curtis & Schuler

This is the best book for first time moms-to-be. Your Pregnancy Week By Week was the first pregnancy book I bought when I got pregnant with my first. This is a very helpful book which provides informations about the happenings as well as the growth, health, nutrition …

Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale

This book title, Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale gave a lot of insights on what perhaps goes in the minds of different artists at any given time. The time set is not in this modern era, but rather a time long before us.
An artist has …

Richard Bachman Rage by Stephen King

Rage is a novel written by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, published in 1977 this book is about a troubled high school senior who takes a gun to school. While negotiating with police Charlie starts a therapy session and forces his classmates to tell their deepest secrets, …

Memoirs of a Geisha (Book Version)

I think that book fans all over the world would most probably have read Memoirs of a Geisha ever before. I had before, and that was years back, when this book was just released and was really ‘hot on the market’.
My friend was like talking about it …

Comic Loveless

DC Comics’ Vertigo line has released a new and incredibly dark western comic called Loveless, about a southern man, Loveless, and his wife trying to find peace and harmony in the reconstruction era.
Western comics were the rage fifty years ago, but they have become almost extinct in recent years …

Sex by Henry Stanton

I was bored the other evening so I was looking through my bookshelves for something a bit different. That’s when I came across the 1922 book by Henry Stanton entitled “Sex.”
Considering the book was advertising itself as offering information on a subject that people refused to talk about, I …

Tahoe Silence by Todd Borg

Tahoe Silence is a novel about a young deaf-mute girl who is kidnapped. The girl and her brother are in the backyard of her home when motorcycles approach and the brother is knocked unconscious. When he awakens, his sister is gone. She is unable to speak and can communicate …

Oh, The Places You’ll Go! By Dr. Seuss

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 …

The Book Thief, a novel by Markus Zusak

Now I can’t even remember how long ago I read a book as emotionally heavy as this one. Children in the War, children during the war, children who lost their parents, starving children - all this is significantly better to live through and scroll through in your head.
If …

Peeper by Loren D Estleman

Peeper was written by Loren D Estleman and published by Bantam Books, 1990.
A funny book, not comical but queer; as this is a story written about a slob - not only in appearance but in character. Ralph Poteet, an unsuccessful detective, had been demoted to the …

Where Eagles Dare - Alistair Mclean

Set in the second World War scenario, this is a gripping novel of an assorted team of British and American forces to free an American General captured in the Fort Adler. From the beginning, the novel takes us through the scenic beauty of the alpine ranges in Germany to …

Paper Fish by Tina DeRosa

Immigrant families tend to move into communities where people with a background similar to their own will surround them. The reason behind this is the idea that these communities will protect them from the harsh realities of prejudice found in mainstream America. Although immigrants settle into these neighborhoods with …

Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman

This is a wonderful book for kids aged 9 and up. It is a bit confusing, because a lot happens while at the same time, it doesn’t really feel like a lot is happening, and the main character’s family is really difficult to figure out. The main character’s parents …

The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson

This is for me the worst of the James Patterson YA novels i have read. I finished the Maximum Ride series, which I immensely enjoyed. I thought that Daniel X would be similar, but I was wrong. The book started out on a very fuzzy note. …

The I Love Lucy Guide to Life

“The I Love Lucy Guide to Life” is not one of my favorite books on the series. The reason is it really does not accomplish what it claims to do. “I Love Lucy” was a comedy, first and foremost. The lines were crafted to be humorous. I do not …

Gregory McGuires Novel “Son of a Witch”

This novel is the second book by Gregory McGuire, which takes place directly after “Wicked”. And while that first book gave a new an interesting light to the story of Oz and the Wicked Witch of the West, sparking the inspiration for the play, this second novel, “Son of …

A new earth by Eckhart Tolle

‘A new earth’ is a book written by Eckhart Tolle. In this book, Tolle says that all human beings have the power to make a difference on earth. We can create a new earth. Tolle provides the guidance and tips to move beyond ourselves in order to make this …

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

‘The Joy Luck Club’ by Amy Tan is a truly mesmorizing novel about the relationship between mother and daughter. With sixteen- that’s right, sixteen!- tales spanning three generations, ‘The Joy Luck Club’ will entertain and captivate from beginning to end!
The book is broken up into sections based on the …

The Tales of Beedle The Bard

The Tales of Beedle The Bard is a really fantastic book written and illustrated by J.K. Rowling, and published by Bloomsbury. The book costs £6.99 from most major bookstores, and £1.61 from the sale is donated to Rowling’s own charity, The Children’s High Level Group (CHLG). The book is …

Wither, by Lauren DeStefano book

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 …

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

After watching the movie “The Notebook” and listening to many women sing praises over Nicholas Sparks’ work, I decided to read The Notebook and see what all the fuss was about. Acquiring a copy was simple enough. My mother has two or three of his works in her bookshelf. …

Chica, Chica 1-2-3

The other day, my daughter brought home a book from the school library (she brings home two a week) and told me it was one she has been wanting to check out for some time. I can only assume that’s because it was a book that was read in …

Choa Chu Kang Community Library

Recently I went to a nearby library to apply for a library card for my daughter. It was a weekday afternoon, so it was not as crowded as the weekends. I went to the counter and told the librarian that I would like to register my daughter as a …

The sisterhood of the traveling pants

The sisterhood of the traveling pants is a book about how four girls are united from birth by their mothers because their mothers were friends before they were born. After the girls were born their mothers broke apart and one of them died. That’s when the girls began as …

Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

This book, a “chic lit” is about a financial journalist named Rebecca Bloomwood who struggles with her day to day living because of her being a shopaholic. The Irony of it is that she gives advices on how to save money, and yet she can’t control her natural urges …

Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl

I’m a big fan of Roald Dahl’s writing and Quentin Blake’s illustrations. Roald Dahl has written many funny children’s books such as The BFG, The Twits, James and the Giant Peach, The Witches, and Charlie and the Chocolate factory.
Rovolting Rhymes is a compilation of six nursery tales including Cinderella, …

The Uprooted by S.I Bhyrappa

Bhyrappa knits the story around that kind of principle of era of Mahabharata, an Indian Cult Clasic, helps the fact that you nod by any means and is not possible, - all qualities dual characteristic the problem which you think, and justify his/her behavior of thing and the raw on-target …

A Plague of Secrets by John Lescroat : a novel

A Plague of Secrets is a legal thriller by popular legal thriller writer John Lescroat. I have to admit that even though I read a great deal, I had never read a legal thriller before. A Plague of Secrets was a great introduction. The story opened …

 
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