I purchased this for my niece. I liked this little book, it reminded me of a book I had when I was a child, the idea was similar, it was a book that was also used as a toy. I enjoyed the story that my mum had to read …

Scream at the Sky (by Carlton Stowers)
A cold, manipulative killer would have evaded judgment and punishment, if not for the determination of a district attorney, critical analysis of an investigator and the progress of forensic science.
Five vicious murders which spanned over a period of a year or …

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 …

I recently finished this book written for young adults. It is a short text with a length that is appropriate to young adults and those that are all grown up. While I am well over the age of a young adult, I definitely enjoyed the book. I liked the …

Do you aspire to be a millionaire? If yes, then this book is a must-read for you. I simply love this book. I was given this book at a business course I took a few years ago. It was a best book I’ve ever read.
The One-Minute Millionaire reveal …

Jane Eyre is a wonderful book written by the talented author Charlotte Bronte. This book is about a shy, homely looking girl who endures many hardships and heartbreaks throughout her life but seems to overcome each one with a tremendous amount of honesty, courage and hope. This book is …

I am a big fan of the TV show House in which Laurie stars as Gregory House a somewhat snide and critical yet brilliant doctor. That being said I was very hesitant to read this novel because I was afraid that it would not be all that good …

It’s hard to follow up a work that has been so well-received with another smash hit. That, however, was exactly what Douglas Adams did when he wrote The Restaurant at the End of the Universe—”the sequel to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe.
In the sequel, more randomness ensues as …

This book is a collections of short stories about what a special, powerful and even magical influence horses can have on our lives. Featured in this book famous horses such as Seabiscuit, Ruffian, and Funny Cide as well as everyday horses like yours who have …

Genre - Teenage Fiction
This book is basically all about a “teenage-spy-in-training-who-falls-in-love-with-the-cutest-most-normal-boy-in-town”. You get the idea.
So, first things first, I liked it. Catchy Title, Girl in the lead, Totally Cool Gadgets, Cute, Awesome Boys.. What’s not to like? I, specifically, love the latter.
Cammie, the girl lead I was talking …

While shopping at Barnes and Noble, my husband handed me a book that just made me laugh. The title alone was enough to give me the giggles. The Ultimate Cat Treats Cookbook. Homemade Goodies for Finicky Felines. It was written by Liza Palika and published by Howell Book Houser …

Minor spoilers in this review:
City of Fallen Angels is the fourth book in the Mortal Instruments series. This book picks up where City of Glass left off after the war against Valentine, who was defeated. Clary has begun to train as a Shadowhunter and she is finally dating Jace. …

Deep Storm is a suspense/science fiction novel written by Lincoln Child. It takes place aboard and under a drilling platform in the middle of the ocean. The confined space with no outside access adds to the suspense and drama.
Peter Crane is called to diagnose various medical problems that have …

The book is a story about Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. He was born without a body odor but his sense of smell indeed extraordinary. He was able to differentiate all the smell. From a renowned expert perfume, he inherited the art to mix various oil and herbs. However Grenouille’s genious is …

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 …

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk is about a med school dropout who enjoys faking choking in restaurants in order to form relationships with his rescuers, manipulating them for money.
This is just one of many twisted themes in this novel. If you’ve never read a book by Chuck Palahniuk, you may …

I picked up this book because I’d enjoyed a few books by the same author. The Fault in Our Stars and Looking for Alaska were both books I enjoyed, so I thought I should try this book out too. The plot didn’t interest me much at all, but I …

It’s been awhile since I read a book purely for fun so I approached Loren D. Estleman’s “Sudden Country” with eager anticipation. I was not disappointed.
“Sudden Country” is a short western (182 pages) set in the last decade of the nineteenth century. The main character is David Grayle. …

I was looking for something different to read last weekend and happened to come across an older book written by Frank R. Stockton, called “Buccaneers and Pirates of our Coast.”
Figuring this was some sort of history book and because I’ve always had some interest in pirate legends, I figured …

I wasn’t able to finish reading this book. I gave up in the middle of Cosette after realizing that I wasn’t even halfway through. I even skipped the part where the author just droned on and on about the Battle of Waterloo. I can only fervently hope that there …

ANE’s Smart Kid Series Best of Nursery Rhymes 1 is a very good book for playschool children.This book has 23 nursery rhymes.Each and every poem comes with pictorial representations. The book starts with the Prayer poem that teaches children how to pray god and ends up with a sweet …

“Aaaarrgghh! Spider!” is a children’s story by Lydia Monks published in 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. This is a really cute and funny story that little kids should absolutely love!
The story begins with a cute little spider telling the reader that she is lonely. She lives in …

I’ve never been a huge Dark Romance fan, I’d only read a couple and they were very light in the darkness department, but Tarryn Fisher is a name that stands out a lot in this particular genre. I read a trilogy from her before, which I loved, but when I …

Another one of Julie Garwood’s historical novels, Lady Madelyne is at the center of an English court feud. Angered by Louddon’s terrible acts toward his family, he plans his revenge. Sweetly stubborn, Lady Madelyne saves Baron Wexton when her half-brother Louddon cowardly ties him to a pole …

The Color Purple is a book which I think should be read in schools across anywhere. The contents are good and the author is Alice Walker. I didn’t know that there was a movie on this story as well. At first, I went to read this …

Three cheers to Marvel Comics for releasing new horror tales under the old title monicker of Legion of Monsters. Marvel had a tough time resurrected their old monster line time and time again, but this time they have opted to utilize a continuing anthology which features some of …

Drive My Car is the fourth chapter of the manga, The World God Only Knows; written and illustrated by Tamiki Wakaki
In this chapter, there is a truth revealed about Mio Aoyama. Mio Aoyama acts spoiled spent her money carelessly. This angered Morida and he reminded her that his father …

The book Malice is by Danielle Steele and deals with abuse. If you can not handle reading about abuse, this book is not for you.
We meet Grace Adams who is abused when she turns 13 years old. Her mother is diagnosed with cancer and so she is …

ISBN 978-0007284146, 530 pages, cover price £7.99.
Brief synopsis
Main character, Rob Luttrell is a journalist based in London. He is an American by birth and is successful in his career. His personal life is not quite as successful, he is divorced and has a young daughter who lives with …

This book was very enjoyable.Once I started reading I couldn’t stop it is place in a time before WWII.With a man that is a lot of trouble with England.He is from St.Petersburg Russia.As the story goes he falls in love with a woman from a rich family.Her family is …

I had often seen Nicci French books in the book shop, but the book description was never anything that jumped up and grabbed me.
I was given Catch Me When I Fall as a gift a while ago. It took a few weeks before I actually picked it up …

If you are into books that can be a bit strange and on the weird side, you might want to try reading A Short History Of The Future. I read this book not so long ago and was prone to think that parts of A Short History Of The …

Written by John L Brown and Cerylle A. Moffett, this book, The Hero’s Journey: How Educators Can Transform Schools and Improve Learning is unlike any other. It cost slightly expensive but I got the lucky chance to borrow it from a friend of mine. I’m not sure …

I appreciate fiction since it elevates imagination. I personally feel imagination stimulates your mind. I wanted to read this award winning book during the first two months of its release,but never had the chance until recently.
As a reader I was captivated by Pi’s (the protagonist)survival saga stranded on a …

“Lucy at the Movies: The Complete Films of Lucille Ball” by Cindy De La Hoz is a book that I think will be of interest and enjoyment to Lucille Ball fans. It has nothing to do with the “I Love Lucy” series and instead focuses on Lucy’s movie career. …

At first, I attempted to review these books individually, but that was prohibitively difficult, since the series as a whole is pretty much one long narrative told from several points of view. So I opted instead to review the books that I’ve read so far as a unit. …

The first thing to realize about Jones’s books is that they’re actually quite hard to understand. Every time I re-read her books, I’d find out something new which I had missed before. Therefore, it is important to read her books ‘carefully’.
About Howl’s Moving Castle, I’m sure some of you …

I had been wanting this book for quite a while before I received it as a Christmas gift. It is a very nice book for a knitter, especially one who, like me, likes to have a finished product quickly.
There is a good section at the front about how to …

Strangers by Taichi Yamada is a book that I’ve read before and this is not the movie version which I’ve watched. But this is a haunting book with a rather same name, I guess.
This is a totally different story by a Japanese author and the illustration is kind of …

I was shopping around my university’s school fair for cool stuff when I came across this little stall selling books. I was looking for a low-priced book, having many other books I haven’t read yet at home. I found The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant in one of …

In university I happened to read Silas Marner by George Eliot. The book examines adoption and other themes but it is not as in depth as the feelings about adoption I got from the book.
I grew up with a strong relationship to someone who was adopted as a baby …

This Lullaby is a young adult novel written by Sarah Dessen. Sarah Dessen is one of my favorite author of all time. Her works always gives off a calm and comfortable feeling whenever you read them.
This Lullaby is a song written by the main character’s father, who wasn’t …

I used this book as one of my sources to help me complete my Caribbean Studies SBA when I was in my final year of sixth form. I found it to be very beneficial in the sense that I was doing my SBA on a topic dealing with herbal …

The 2010 First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 is here guys. It is the go to review book for the USMLE. I ordered my copy two weeks ago and gone through all the systems. I absolutely love love love this book. I was using the 2008 version …

The fact that my deceased grandmother loved The Proposal by Lori Wick made it very hard for me to review it, but I have to say that I wasn’t all that impressed. The book really could have used a little more originality (reminded me a lot of Jane Austem/Charlotte …

This is a great novel and will be of great interest to anyone interested in Woman and the Middle East. Although fictional, the feel of reality in this novel is stunning, to the point you empasise, feel and want a happy ending for the heroin, like any good …

Start Your Own Blogging Business by J.S.McDougall is one of Entrepreneur Press’ Start-Up series of small business books. I’ve always read Entrepreneur Press books with a measure of reserve, given their propensity for jumping into the latest small-business cattle drive - whatever it is!
However, Start Your own Blogging …

I am a Jude Deveraux fanatic and her book - A Knight in Shining Armor is one of the books she had written that I like best. It was actually the first book written by her that I read and it was this book that introduced me to Jude …

This book is written by Chris Gibson, a former acne sufferer and a holistic practitioner. I bought it at $50 and followed the tips in this book. I know that when it comes to acne, there are tons of products out there which range from creams to medicines to …

Fall Into Darkness is one of the older Christopher Pike books for teenagers and young adults. I first read the book when I was in junior high and I recently had the chance to read it again. The plot of the book follows a young woman named Sharon who …