About 2 years ago, when I was in the U.S getting married, I visited a Costco and was browsing through the book section. Now, before I got married, about all I could do was boil water. I couldnt cook if my life depended on it. (Anyways, back to the …

I think everyone needs self-help books at times, and I have this book that I would like to recommend to everyone out there. It�s called Getting Things Done, written by David Allen.
On the front cover page of this book, you have the mantra �The Art of Stress-Free Productivity� …

For those of you who are constantly searching for a way to lose weight, I understand the hard times you go through. It is specifically hard for me because I am a vegetarian. I have no problems with weight, but I do have a problem with nutrition. The book …

Fire and Ice is a great book that can exite you no matter what you think about books. Erin Hunter is the best of the best when you come down to authors. Hunter can inspire kids to start reading and will help them in their time alone. This book …

The fourth book in Stephen Coonts’ Deep Black series has the National Security Agency’s covert team going somewhere that the NSA’s Deep Black has never been before, at least through the stories we have seen already, South America. Despite the continuity issues(in the previous installment it was revealed that …

Arctic Nation is the second volume in the Blacksad series written by Juan Diaz Canales and illustrated by Juanjo Guarnido. Originally penned for the French market by the Spanish duo, all five chapters of this still continuing saga have been translated for all of us English speaking comic fans.

The very …

To Love a Stranger by Adrianne Byrd is a classic love story of long-awaited love like unknowingly. That happens to the character of Madeline Stone. She is leading a very peaceful, normal and rich life as a fashion designer. She is on her way to become a …

This is a small hardcover book of thirteen short horror stories by various authors. It’s an anthology on strange, dark and unpredictable creatures - or that’s what the introduction of the book says. I think the editors went a bit too far on the strange part, as none of …

I recently read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Johnathan Foer as an assigned reading for an English course. I really enjoyed this book, possibly more than any other book I have read. It was both engaging and easy to relate to in many respects.
It is the story of …

Pistol: A Biography of Pete Maravich, is written by Mark Kriegel and there is something that I’m not sure about this book. I am not sure whether this book is official or non-official one.
I am not a basketball fan but I do have heard of Pistol …

I found the book absolutely bewitching. The writing captures imagination and is almost dreamlike in nature. The dynamic between mother, a poetess, that holds an almost hyptotic grip on her daughter’s life throughout the story and a daughter, who is the one telling the story - is alive and …

The novel entitled “Dashing Through the Snow” by Carol Higgins Clark, and I’m guessing with the help from her mother Mary Higgins Clark, was very disappointing. I couldn’t even bring myself to completing the entire book before I had to call it quits. The novel lacked interest for …

I remember a younger version of me sitting in the dark livingroom with my best friend Chad. I was watching him play the first Resident Evil Director’s Cut video game, intrigued, a little scared and in suspense the whole time. Not knowing what was going to happen as …

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 …

Multimedia and Web design by Vikas Gupta is a wonderful book for all the web creators. The authour have enough experience in the animation field to write about Multimedia. It’s definitely fantastic to see if your website contains Graphics and animation to attract the users. So …

I found this book for preteens to be quite different from Avi’s other books, although just as good. It’s a good book for kids who have siblings, or for kids who are different from their peer group.
This book is about a pair of twins who are very different from …

I think that Dean Koontz was ahead of his time in writing this book. It was originally printed in 1987 under his pseudonym ‘Leigh Nichols’. I think that a lot of writers use pseudonyms at first until they have established their’ work.
The story is set in California, as quite …

The Series of Unfortunate Events are a series of books by Lemony Snicket that are children’s books. They are a bit grim, and that grimness is probably what made me a fan of the series as well and caused me to purchase the entire series. this is …

I am a huge fan of Margaret Atwood and have read all of her books, (of course I have-I’m missreadalot). Her books are excellent and always an enjoyable read. Cat�s Eye is infused with autobiographical overtones and is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who …

Nevermore is the title of this amazing book by Kelly Creagh which is also based on some of Edgar Allan Poe’s pieces as well.
The story begins with Isobel,our protagonist, who belongs in the crowd.She is popular, hangs out with the popular kids and is dating a jock,of course this …

“Path of the Outcast” is the third and final book of the trilogy for the Eldars by Gav Thorpe, an amazing epic and at the same time almost poetic fantasy adventure , situated in a futuristic galaxy of board games Warhammer 40,000 . It appears as an ending to …

The Batman graphic Novel “Hush” Volume 1 starts out when Batman has to rescue a hostage boy from Killer Croc and after defeating Croc, chases Catwoman who stole the ransom money. While chasing her, someone cuts his Batline, causing him to plummeting down to the streets below. …

These are undoubtedly among the best books I’ve ever read. This fantasy series is planned to run for 14 books. Since the death of the original author, James Oliver Rigney Jr (under the pen name Robert Jordan) it has been continued by Brandon Sanderson. Thankfully, the new writer stays …

“Happy Thanksgiving, Emily!” is lift-the-flap children’s book by Claire Masurel and illustrated by Susan Calitri. It is a perfectly cute and harmless, slightly boring little book.
There is not much of a storyline in the book. Basically we see Emily enjoy a variety of Thanksgiving events including going to …

Point of Origin was written by Patricia Cornwell and published by Berkley Books, 1998.
The story could have been good, if not for the dreary medical and forensic jargon and unnecessary details of tedious proceedings. These do not impress; I suspect these are to fill up space for …

The book Italian For Dummies is a book that I recommend to you if you are looking to learn to speak another language, it actually does help you actually learn Italian and Spanish also. The book comes with a cd and it does a good job of breaking the …

Cardington Crescent was written by Anne Perry and published by Ballantine Books in 1988 .
Anne Perry’s historical mysteries are really fascinating, as they not only blend the suspense of murder and detection, but set in olden times, it is an eye-opener into the culture and behavior of people then.
Handsome, …

In typical Jeff Long writing style Year Zero takes an interesting, one-of-a-kind plot and presents it in a philosophical fiction novel. The novel is written in such a way as to combine a lackluster writing style with a slow moving, almost uninteresting, plot and a strange desire for the …

The books first few pages had me captured in laughter. The main character Samantha Sweeting is at a type of relation place but with her job as a top lawyer at Carter Spink she cant relax. They have a rule at the spa no cell phones or blackberrys or …

This amazing book is authored by world renowned neurosurgeon Dr.Ben Carson. I just read this book last night and I couldn’t put it down that I went to bed at 2:00am, rarely happened in my life. I just want to share how wonderful and spectacular this book to world …

There are branches of central library all over India. This review is about the central library branch in Mangalore.
Central library, Mangalore is just 15 minutes walk from the city centre. It is located on the top of light house hill road. Since this is a government library, you can …

I was strolling inside a bookstore when I saw this book, Quick and Easy Chinese Cuisine. And of course, the foods here are all Chinese recipes. I browsed it using one of their open examples and found the recipes inside. I read a few and made me …

This 3rd book of Circle of Magic Quartet, starts off not in the location of Winding Circle, but the Gold Ridge Mountains, where the 4 young mages with their teachers, traveled together with Duke Vedris IV, ruler of Emelan, (and also Sandry’s great-uncle) to help the people of the …

I have read the book —˜Science of being and art of living: Transcendental meditation’ written by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. While this book is a good, interesting read, it is not of help because transcendental meditation has to be done under the instructions of a master. Only a master will …

The Woman’s Advantage Diet by Dr. Henry Mallek discusses a diet designed for women using their own menstrual cycles. The book moves from identifying your cycle (very important here for the diet to work), introducing the diet, sample recipes and questions a woman might have to make the diet …

Lance Armstrong’s –it’s not about the bike is one of the best sports books ever published. the book is unique because the magic that we see in books like harry potter and other fictions actually is real in this book.
the book very well potrays how lance armstrong is always …

I love a good book that incorporates science and mystery into its story. David Morrell is an excellent author at this. His weaves a story that is as informative as it is thrilling. There are moments of excessive violence, but you can’t read a thriller with out, and it’s …

If you were to look at only one book on economics, I would suggest ‘Economics For Dummies’! I enjoyed it because it covers nearly every aspect of economics, extensively, and in basic terms. It’s simple, well-organized and easy to read. I like the …

Growing up Wacky Wednesday was one of my favorite books. I would go to my school’s library every week and would check it out over and over again just so I could enjoy reading it. When I was informed about my son’s school having a backwards day I knew …

Wicked Lovely is the first book in the Wicked Lovely series. Aislinn has been seeing the faeries for as long as she can remember. Her grandmother has taught her to ignore them because if the faeries know you can see them, they could hurt you. Aislinn is one of …

If you are a baby boomer, you need to read this book.
Second Acts by Stephen M. Pollan is a step-by-step guide to re-inventing your life–whatever age you are.
If you have suffered a life-changing setback or you are exploring the idea of retirement, you can use this very simple and …

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 …

Brunch is meal that is loved by many people, and I am no exception. I have utterly enjoyed the lazy Sunday mornings where I would cook for my family and enjoy a beautiful morning to mid afternoon with them. Ever since my mother purchased the Brunch Cookbook by Jennifer …

The Center of Everything is a coming of age novel by Laura Moriarty.
I found the story, while simple and to be completely honest, not that unusual - a bright girl whose parents did not marry and whose father left before she was born - to still be very absorbing. …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Fortune’s Light is a different type of Star Trek book. It is not so much a science fiction story and more of a detective and character story. The character story focuses on Commander Riker and his re-visit to a planet that he had …

While not as good as some of his other mysteries, Arthur Conan Doyle’s story, The Beetle-Hunter is still good enough to get a good review from me; in part because you are left in wonder about the mystery itself.
The story is about a medical man with an interest in …

When the young gentlewoman Emma Woodhouse sees her governess marry a nice man named Mr. Weston, she flatters herself that she has arranged this match, subtly leading the two people to become interested in each other. Inspired by this success, Emma takes up matchmaking as a hobby. She thinks …

Eric Shanower, author of the comic who came from the United States, formerly known as the creator of Oz graphic novels, intended to describe the War Troy as comics, when he listened to an audio book The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam, written by Barbara W. Thucman. …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Captains’ Honor is a novel that centers around Picard, although it is certainly not merely a story for Picard fans. In this story, the Enterprise and other Federation ship arrive to provide aid to a planet that has been devastated by the …

I’ve read a few novels by Nicholas Sparks, and while I find them to be a bit predictable - you always know how the book is going to end - and they’re often sad endings, it’s still always an enjoyable read. The characters, setting, and story always mesh well, …