Star Trek: First Contact Novelization is one that is just as good as the movie, although admittedly, there are some parts of the movie that just work so much better in terms of intensity and emotion, namely the scene that involves Picard screaming “No!” and then smashes his phaser …

Invisible Prey is a book written by John Sandford and is a good, suspense, thriller book. I was on my edge’s seat the whole time and the author really knows how to tell a good story, for I was very shocked and amazed at the great, amazing pace …

“Wicked” is a novel based on characters from “The Wizard of Oz”, primarily Glinda the Good Witch of the North and The Wicked Witch of the West. MaGuire has given the Wicked Witch a name, Elphaba Thropp, and given her and her Northern counterpart a background that includes …

Batman: R.I.P. is a graphic novel by Grant Morrison. It has Batman trying to take down an organization called the Black Glove. A man named Dr. Hurt knows everything about Batman and uses his knowledge to cause Bruce Wayne to have a mental breakdown.
Batman: R.I.P. …

This is one of the best books I ever read by the bestselling author James Patterson. It is the story of Max, a genetically modified girl who escapes from a clandestine laboratory in the wilderness of Colorado. She is then discovered and cared by Frannie O’Neill, the local vet …

When did life begin? What exactly constitutes life? What is reality? These age-old questions have been pondered and explored probably forever. Many explorations have resulted in useful insights. Galileo, Newton, Einstein and many other have provided us with priceless knowledge of the world we …

A Time to Kill is another famous novel by John Grisham. I should admit that this is a real life experience to several people. John makes me wonder about what would I have done should the same circumstances happened to me.
Carl Lee Hailey is living peacefully in Clanton. He …

Batman: As The Crow Flies is a graphic novel by Judd Winick and illustrated by Dustin Nguyen. In the story, Gotham’s criminal underworld is thrown into chaos when gangsters start going berserk and kill a lot of people. Batman has to investigate who’s behind it and a …

This book, Love is Letting Go of Fear by Gerald G. Jampolsky is very meaningful and have provided more or less the solution for me to move on in life when I feel that love is lacking in my life department. There are people that have been not so …

I read ‘Les Miserables’ when I was a teenager and I can honestly say it was one of the books that changed my life. It made me understand the value and beauty of human kindness and how a good deed could change the world around. It was the first …

“Every Friday” is a children’s book by Dan Yaccarino published in 2007. My daughter and I love Yaccarino’s books, and this is a good addition to his collection.
Pros: Yaccarino’s art style is always a bit retro, but I think he ramps it up a bit in this …

I’m actually surprised that I had never read this book before today. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult is a smooth book to read. The storyline was emotionally difficult to read, as it felt like there was definitely no right answer and no way for the story to end …

This book title, Loving Him Without Losing You by Beverly Engel (well actually part of it). The whole title is just so long. It goes something like empowering relationships or something. Loving Him Without Losing You is just the main heading title of the book. And …

Art Models 5: Life Nude Photos for the Visual Arts by Maureen Johnson and Douglas Johnson is a book which contains 1,200 poses from male and female human models. This is a resource for artists and students who would like to know more about the human anatomy and how …

North and South, I can say the best in American literature. This book will keep the history of civil wars and the memory
of Americans’ fighting for freedom, permanent. If Alexander Dumas could keep the history of France forever, North and South do that for history of USA. A great …

This book for kids, The Teacher’s Funeral, doesn’t actually seem appropriately titled, as most of the book has nothing whatsoever to do with a teacher’s funeral, unless it is a metaphor that I missed. However, there is a funeral in the book, so I guess it works.
The characters in …

These books are just one of the many, many Baby Einstein products on the market today. The Baby Einstein company is now very well known with parents as their products are great for young children. This book set is no different - both my children love these …

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 …

Black is the first book in a trilogy by Ted Dekker. (The other two books are Red and White, and I will be writing reviews for these ones as well).
Black is a Christian fantasy novel about a man named Thomas Hunter, who is a failed novelist and a twenty-five-year-old …

“The Fountainhead” was written long before the book “Atlas Shrugged ” and practically appears to be some sort of a prelude to it, but a prelude , stretched out on the wonderful scale of 800 pages.
I can now make comparisons in the works of Rand. She definitely likes the …

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 …

This book, A General Theory of Love by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini and Richard Lannon is powerful and awesome! Maybe it has got something to do with 3 authors or that love topic is just so general and diverse that one can never stop talking or best, write about …

Yell Oh Girls by Vickie Nam
This is a brilliant collection of essays by Asian-American female teenagers that should be on anyone’s bookshelf if they have even a passing interest in material written by Asian Americans or teens. What makes this book so special is the raw emotion that it …

Lady Luck is a story about two elderly sisters who live in a retirement village in two separate apartments. Martha, the older sister, is jealous of her younger sister Alice. Alice has a nicer apartment, and throughout her life, has used manipulation and cunning to always get her …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Q-in-Law is one of the few Star Trek: The Next Generation novels that feature the characters of Q and Lwaxana Troi - in the same novel, nonetheless. Both characters are associated with comedy on the television show, so it is no wonder that …

The author of The Last Song is Nicholas Sparks and he has written many books before this one. Many of his books have been turned into major motion pictures. I picked up this book one day when I took a trip to Barnes & Nobles and thought I would …

I recently purchased the book “Children’s Writer’s Word Book” 2nd edition by Alijandra Mogilner & Tayopa Mogilner. This is a very helpful book for anyone who writes children’s stories. The authors have devised a thesaurus that assigns approximate grade levels to words. The book is searchable by …

Night-Night, Baby! is a book about bedtime, something which children can easily relate to. Published by Silver Dolphin Books, it is a book highly recommended for babies 6-18 months old. It is also part of the Amazing Baby series of books.
Since it is a board book, it can easily …

The Author has a series of books involving a psychologist, Alan Gregory and his wife Lauren and good friend Sam Purdy ( a police detective. The books should be read in order as the subplots with these characters are a major part of what makes me continue to read …

This review does not contain any spoilers.
Christopher Paolini has become one of the most literate writers of our time. With an exceptional vocabulary and outstanding imagery, he has come a long way for a beginning career in writing. His previous two books, Eragon and Eldest, had many …

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 …

“Overboard!” is a children’s story written by Sarah Weeks and illustrated by Sam Williams. It was published by Harcourt Books in 2006. There is not much story to speak of, but the book does remind you of the silly things toddlers (even rabbit toddlers) do as they …

This is definitely a memorable story that I have read, and it is called The Days of Summer, written by Jill Barnett. This story consist of 3 generations of families, which are intertwined by fate and linked automatically. It tells about an oil magnate, Victor Banning, who …

‘Understanding philosophy’ is a book written by James K. Feibleman. Feibleman writes in this book the explanation of philosophy and a history of its major figures and their ideas. He traces the theories of all the important philosophers from the beginnings of greek philosophers through the era of religious …

No matter how many times I re-read this book, the same giddy feeling of finishing a happy ending book bubbles up inside my system. Whitney, My Love surely hits the right spots for making the hopeless romantic really feel hopeless. I mean, it made it more challenging …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Masks is an intriguing novel that offers a storyline that is pretty unique. This is one of the few instances in Star Trek where we see an example of Starfleet going undercover. In the case of this novel, the characters go undercover by …

This university term would be my first time doing Financial Accounts, or any other business subject. Therefore, at the beginning of the term I found myself very anxious about doing the subject, since I was unsure if I would need a background in the subject to be able to …

I am an avid fan of paranormal romances that include some action and intrigue. Ms Sands definitely has not disappointmed me with this series of books. This book is one of a whole serious of books about the Argeneau family who are all vampires that have …

‘Five go off in a caravan’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This is not so interesting book and is rather dry. The children go off in two caravans for a long journey. They meet a friend, Nobby. Nobby is very friendly to them. Nobby is a circus-boy …

Dead Certain by Mariah Stewart is a very thrilling book that I love to read. This is like a sequel or some sort, and if you have read before this, you would know that the story main persona, Amanda has had a very bad encounter with a stalker before. …

This week I read the extraordinary novel Plain Truth Jodi Picoult and was astonished once again by her ability to completely enthrall me with her wonderful style of storytelling. I’m a huge fan of her and have read every book she’s written that I can get my hands on …

This is a book that I recently picked up at someone’s suggestion. I have been feeling like I should become a better wife to my husband and am finally becoming familiar with the term Helpmeet. I wanted to learn how to become a better complement and helper to my …

Fourteen year old Trixie Belden an amateur detective lives in Sleepyside near the Hudson River in New York. This story entails the strange happenings at the Lisgard house where Fay Franklin lives. Fay Franklin just moved to Sleepyside, when she hears stories about Lisgard house being huanted but she …

Bluffer’s Guide is a series of humorous books teaching people how to bluff about different topics. As I love playing pranks and getting my fortune told, my friend thought that it was a good idea to give me The Bluffer’s Guide to Astrology & Fortune Telling by Alexander …

‘Too good to leave, too bad to stay’ is a book written by Mira Kirshenbaum. This book is about how maintain a successful relationship in married life. The author has explained well about the various problems that occur in a relationship, how the partners quarrel with each other for …

Before my brother started using this atlas in high school, it was initially mine, and even now that we’ve both graduated from there for some time, I still find myself referring back to it since I think that it’s a great altas; Google or no Google.
This edition was …

Skelter (by Michael R Perry)
Manson and fiends like him continue to attract believers and admirers long after they are dead or locked away from society. As it is, the story exploited on the probability of Manson’s supporters perpetuating his name and fame through acts of comparable, …

I’ve always been a fan of the Goosebumps Series. I’ve read them since i was a small child. the Give Yourself Goosebumps Series is a branch off of the original Goosebumps Series, which allows one to have an adventure right at home! This is one of the main reasons …

The Borders Books in Colleyville (5615 Colleyville Blvd) is a welcome addition to the area. I find that in most cases, this Borders has better prices than Barnes and Noble as well as a better selection. The magazine section of Borders is much larger than any of the other …

I received the first book in the Twilight Saga for Christmas and, due to having nothing else to read, decided I would power through it, thinking it had to be horrible as I don’t normally like anything involving vampires, immortals or much supernatural stuff. However, I made it only …