Books Reviews
The Hunt by Allison Brennan
“The Hunt” is a thriller written by Allison Brennan. A serial killer is kidnapping, torturing, and hunting young women in the Montana mountains.
Miranda Moore is the only person to survive this madman, yet she did not see his face. Miranda vows to hunt down The Butcher. …
The South Beach Diet
I have these 2 books, which I personally bought at the bookstore, because I love both of them so much. These 2 books get 2 thumbs up from me, each having their own concept of writing and genres.
The first book is The South Beach Diet, The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, …
Gossip Girl series
The Gossip Girl series of eight books takes a group of hot, hip New York teens through their senior year of high school at prestigious private schools. From posh parties to winter break in the Caribbean, you can read all of the fabulous details. The books don’t …
“Misery” by Stephen King
Paul Sheldon is a writer who has established his name by writing popular novels about the adventures of a 19th century woman named Misery Chastain. The Misery series has thousands of readers and brings a lot of money, but Paul hates it and he hates the heroine who is, …
Wuthering Heights
How can you not love Catherine and Heathcliff? I read this book about every other year in the fall. It is kind of a hard read because of the dialogue of a few of the characters but it is such a comfort I just keep coming back to it. …
Jawahar Book Store Delhi
Jawahar Book Centre is one of the best book stores in Delhi. I am enjoying the services of this book store for the last one year. I am a voracious reader and read plethora of books on different subjects. I always prefer to buy books from this book store …
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
I have read the book ‘The power of now’. The author of this book is Eckhart Tolle. The author tells us that the present moment is very important. The past and future are not important because you can change neither the past nor the future. This is the book …
Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude by Fabrizio Poli
Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude is a self-help book with a difference - it’s easy to read, easy to take in and is written with a sense of humour!
As a normally positive person I’d lost my way in life after a series of personal disasters. A friend gave me …
Leonard Cohen: You’re Our Man’ by Jack Locke book
I am a huge Leonard Cohen fan; I like his music, his poetry and anything else he decides to do. His talent is endless and, in my opinion, ageless. I heard about a book launch party at a book store in Calgary, Alberta, for a book which is a …
Life of Pi novel
—˜Life of Pi’ is a fictional novel written by a fantastic writer —˜Yann Martell’ who is praised by many people. The protagonist Piscine “Pi” Monitor Patel, an Indian boy from Pond cherry who explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. The main theme of the story …
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. …
Behold, No Cavities! A Visit to the Dentist by Sarah Wilson book
Any kid who likes SpongeBob will enjoy reading this book. The illustrations are very colorful and look like the characters do on the TV show.
This book starts out with SpongeBob being excited about his dental appointment that day. His best friend Patrick stops by to see SpongeBob …
A Seperate Peace
A Seperate Peace by John Knowles is a very sad book in a lot of ways because of how there is a war going on and a kid dies. I enjoyed reading A Seperate Peace more than any book I have read so far. The book starts out about …
City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare book
City of Lost Souls is the fifth book in the Mortal Instruments series. At the end of the previous book (City of Fallen Angels), we find out that Jace and Jonathan/Sebastian have become mysteriously tied. Desperate to find Jace, Clary turns her group of friends into a search party. …
Out of Boneville - Jeff Smith
Out of Boneville is a cartoon by Jeff Smith. The series has received several prices, among them 10 Eisner awards. Fone Bone and his cousins Phoncible P. “Phoney” Bone and Smiley Bone are thrown out of Boneville. They are all white, bald caricatures whose main characteristic is their big …
The Beermat Entrepreneur by Mike Southon and Chris West
What do you do with a great business idea? Don’t just sit on it. Do something about it. I like The Beermat Entrepreneur because it is so inspiring and there are many valuable lessons to learn from it.
It teaches you how to transform your business idea into …
Portrait of a Killer book
(Patricia Cornwell, published by Berkeley Books, 2003)
An interesting exploration into the mystery of Jack the Ripper, this story provides a background of the man who had struck fear in the heart of London in the 1900s.
I had been very intrigued by this killer, having read so many stories, fact …
Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Recently, I got Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey as a Christmas gift. Having heard good things about it, I sat down to read. The novel has a rather hard-to-get-used-to writing style at first, but you get the hang of it soon enough.
The novel concerns Phedre no Delaunay, an anguisette …
The MacLarens by Margaret MacLaren book
This Is a book titled “The MacLarens” by Margaret MacLaren of MacLaren.This book tells the history from the ancient times till today of the Clan MacLaren/MacLaurin.The Clan has now branches all over the world including Australia/America Canada and Scotland.The Clans original heartland is in Balquhidder in Perthshire Scotland,the Clan …
Stephen Kings “The Shining” book
I’ve been a long time fan of Stephen King, his books and movie adaptations. He has proven himself to be an author with staying power, but, for many readers, myself included, “The Shining” will forever be the story that launched my permanent interest in his writing career.
“The Shining” caught …
Going La La by Alexandra Potter book
I picked up this book-’Going La La’ by Alexandra Potter- at a book sale recently and have just finished reading it.
It’s about a young woman called Frankie who has everything going for her.. she has a great job, a nice flat and a gorgeous boyfriend called hugh, the …
Spellbound book
Nora Roberts is one of my favorite romance authors. I’ve read almost every book she’s ever written, and that’s saying a lot because she has a very large and formidable collection of writings. I downloaded Spellbound for my nook thinking it was book one in a series she did …
Pocket Oxford English Dictionary
I’ve bought this pocket oxford dictionary before I started online and I thought somehow this would served to be very handy for me as I go along in my journey being a freelance writer. But actually I’ve not been using it quite frequently since I am relying sometimes …
Mel Bay guitar method series
I started out with these books, on level one now I’m on level 5 and while I must admit I learned from them I must also admit they are very lackluster in providing information needed to progress in learning the art of the guitar. In book one I learned …
What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen book
What Happened to Goodbye is a stand alone novel. It follows a girl named McLean. McLean moves around a lot because her dad works as a chef, fixing up restaurants and always changes her name and personality. She decides her friends and clothing around that. So far she has …
Dead Even by Brad Meltzer
I love a good action book anytime. Dead Even is written by Brad Meltzer and cost less than $10, but the story is so good and perfect. It feels exactly like reading a novel or something. It is about Sara Tate, avery good Manhattan based assistant …
Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie - a mystery novel
Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie is, so far as I can tell, her only historical fiction novel. It is set in Ancient Egypt and follows the events that occur in one family who are dealing with the fact that their father has just brought home a …
Breaking Dawn by. Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn is the fourth and last installment of the Twilight Saga Series writtten by the now famous novelist Stephenie Meyer.Just like the first four books,the story revolves around the vampire Edward Cullen and the love of his life, the human Bella Swan.
The Story:
In this book,Bella and Edward are …
Atonement by Ian McEwan
After seeing the previews for Atonement the movie I was excited to read the book. I always read the book before seeing the movie because 99% of the time the book is better. I was sadly disappointed with Atonement the book by Ian McEwan. I was …
Love and the Single Heiress
Love and the Single Heiress, written by Jacquie D’Alessandro is a historical romance plus mystery surrounding the book and the novel itself. The writer is a real talent and the unique plot into this book has really given me a ‘eh, why haven’t I think of such a plot …
The mystery of the fire dragon book
I have read the book —˜The mystery of the fire dragon’ written by Carolyn Keene. This book is one among the Nancy Drew series. This is an interesting book. The story line is excellent and the plot is very thrilling. The style in which the book has been written …
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami Book
Fans of Haruki Murakami will be delighted to learn another side of him by reading this non-fiction book. As the title indicates, this book which Murakami calls his memoir talks a great deal about another of his passion in addition to writing novels, and that is, running. The book …
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown book
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 …
Beauty’s Punishment by Anne Rice (book)
I am usually not a very big fan of erotic novels, as many of my young female friends have been since they were in their early teens. In the one or two times I’ve read them, I’ve found that they’ve made me slightly embarrassed especially if other people found …
Keep on Vibrating manga by Jiro Matsumoto
Titles can really be misleading, Jiro Matsumoto proves that on probably one of the deepest manga I read, Keep on Vibrating. The title seems to be a sex-hungry type of manga but it isn’t just senseless sex and violence. The manga contains extreme amounts of sex, violence, incense, blood, …
Together But Something Missing by Ben Renshaw
Together But Something Missing by Ben Renshaw is written by a speaker that loves to give inspirational speeches. I think he has given a pretty concise views and opinions on how to improve relationships and stuff to the next deeper level, rather than keeping those just pretty stagnant and …
Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott book
I first saw Anne Lamott on a TV talkshow, wiht her dread locks and warm personality, I put this book on that mile long list in my head of books to get and, eventually, read. It was quite some time after, I was getting books to take withme …
AIRPORT, the novel by Arthur Hailey
Entirely by chance, I saw the novel AIRPORT standing lonely on a bookstore shelf and decided to read it. And as soon as I read a couple of pages, the book settled firmly into the first position of my desires, goals, and objectives for a few days.
A very worthy …
The Negotiator by Dee Henderson
The O’Malley series by Dee Henderson has an unusual premise: seven orphans who grew up together in the same foster home have decided to become siblings, taking O’Malley as their new family last name. The Negotiator, Book 1 in the series, has Kate O’Malley as the main character. Each …
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 …
Post Office, a novel by Charles Bukowski
Whether or not a “drinking culture” actually exists, its absence is bound to become noticeable. There is a particular type of excellent alcoholic among people who drink regularly, whose simplicity and carefree nature give no reason for disgust and anger to those around them.
A striking representative of dirty realism, …
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
I bought a book long time ago, the book is called “Think and Grow Rich”. It is a book by Napoleon Hill. The book mainly teaches people to think positive and think hard what we want in life.
I read the book and I learn a lot from the …
A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking is a classic. Everyone should have this book on their bookshelf. You don’t have to be a science geek to find this book fascinating and thought provoking.
If you have ever wondered why time runs forwards instead of backwards or how the …
Pillars of the Earth
This book has been seen on Oprah and has made it’s way into her book club, and it definitely deserves it.
I picked up the book shortly after I saw it on T.V. and began reading. It was a little hard to start at first but once you get going …
Tuesdays With Morrie
Tuesdays With Morrie nearly got me crying for a lot of times throughout the pages in the book itself. It is a very good story, but up till now, I wonder if this is of a true inspiration account of the author or not. The story starts with …
Every Secret Thing by Ann Tatlock book
I am reviewing the book, Every Secret Thing, written by Ann Tatlock. This book was written in 2007.
In this book, the life of a girl named Beth Gunnar is chronicled. She is an English teacher at a prep school, a prep school she once attended as a young …
The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
The book “The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle” by Hugh Lofting if one of the greatest American masterpieces—as far as literature is concerned. Its premise is very interesting, and it is a great tale for all ages.
I thought that Dr. Dolittle’s ability to speak to animals was the best …
Book Hans Fallada “Every Man Dies Alone”
Every Man Dies Alone, by Hans Fallada is a historical fiction based on the true story of Elise and Otto Hampel, who during World War II, were sentenced to death in Germany for distributing anti-Nazi postcards. It is a sad and disturbing account of the power of Hitler’s …
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