I found East Tower on Amazon. Basically, it is an adventure story for 9-12 year olds (and my nephews and niece loved it!) but I started reading it and couldn’t put it down!
It’s set in the 1950’s and it left me wishing that I had lived then. The main …

I found this book in the business and marketing section of the library, but I actually picked it up because it was interesting, not because I expected to learn anything applicable to my business in it.
My Secret Life on the McJob - Lessons from Behind the Counter Guaranteed …

Laugh ‘n’ Learn Spanish by Lynn Johnston and Brenda Wegman is not just another Spanish learning book. With the help of the famous comic strip For Better or For Worse, Laugh ‘n’ Learn Spanish is exactly as the title says. If you are not familiar with the comic strip …

If you are a lover of the paranormal genre of books or are looking for something on the order of a Stephen King novel, don’t bother reading “Savannah Ghosts” by David H. Rousseau. However, if you are interested in a retelling of local legends and history that have a …

Grounds For Love is a nice, good book for the soul and written by Maureen Mackey. This book is about a romantic comedy that I could see somewhere in theaters as well. Jenny Vaugh is a very highly-spirited and independent woman and she has her own desktop …

I have read the book —˜The ghost of blackwood hall’, written by Carolyn Keene. This is one among the Nancy Drew series. I have to say this book is not interesting to read. It is a poor book and I could see certain flaws in the story. Although the …

Prepare to be surprised - this book has hidden depths! I had to read it more than once before the full power of this book hit me.
I may have purchased it whilst studying canine behaviour but the real force of the books message is that the technique described can …

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This Barnes and Nobles is fantastic location located right off the beltline which makes it super easy to get in and out of. i really like going here to pick up new book, as well as spend some time in …

Twilight is captivating yet disenchanting at the same time.
It is only captivating because it consists for a love story between a vampire and a mortal being. Growing up as a Korean-American, I can relate to it: The hardship of dating outside the common expectation.
In a romantic way, it …

Pirates of the Caribbean is one of my favorite movies and this poster book contains images from all three movies: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Dead Man’s Chest and At World’s End. There are twelve posters to be exact and they include a variety of characters. The backside …

This is, in my personal opinion, one of those wonderful children’s stories that mixes the classic and the contemporary so seamlessly that any little girl would be as captivated as I was. This is a modern version of Cinderella that is perfect for the cynical child of the …

The Golem’s Eye consists of 4 major sections outlined in 48 chapter . The story opens with a prologue that tells Gladstone when attacked Prague in 1868, when Bartimaeus had a teacher was a witch who came from Czech. Of course, this prologue is related to the conflict which …

Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW by Scott Williams
With the apparent rebirth of Extreme Championship Wrestling looming on WWE TV, Scott Williams’ book chronicling the rise and fall of ECW could never be more timely.
There are several ECW books and history DVD’s on the market these days, …

I received this book as a birthday present last year from a well meaning friend who knows I like to make my own beaded jewelry.
Now, it should be said I don’t buy a lot of books on making beaded jewelry for myself. I consider myself a pretty creative …

Monk’s hood is the third book in the series about the Benedictine monk brother Cadfael. An elderly couple comes to the abbey as paying lifelong visitors, but very soon the husband dies, poisoned by monk’s hood oil. The concoction is from Cadfael’s workshop, and when it turns out that the …

The book “Sweet Revenge” by Nora Roberts is nothing short of wonderful, just as many of her other novels are. I found it hard to put this book down and to even stop thinking of it after each chapter. It was very compelling and gave me a taste of …

Rarely do I find a series of books that appeals to more than one or two people in my household. John Flanagan’s Ranger’s Apprentice series has the honor of being enjoyed by so far three with the possibility soon of a fourth family member. While technically classified as juvenile …

Survivor tells the story of the last surviving member of a death cult. He is recording his life story into the flight recorder of a plane that he has taken over and is about to crash. He is telling the story of why he did not die with the …

‘Rich dad, Poor dad’ is a book written by Robert Kiyosaki. In this book, the author speaks about what the rich people teach their kids about money that the poor and middle class do not.
The author says that he had two fathers, a rich one and a poor one. …

This is the first book that I read by a German author and I must say it was very unique and different from anything else I have ever read. It was quite impossible to guess what would happen next due to its distinctiveness. So if you are tired of …

Ahn Junghyo’s contemporary novel “Silver Stallion” paints a vivid and powerful image of Korea (to be exact, South Korea) in a small village during the Korean War. Junghyo does not hold back any details, so younger or more squeamish readers may want to avoid this read.
No, I’m not …

I am reviewing the book, The Exorcist, written by William Peter Blatty. This book was written in 1994. Everyone knows the story of the Exorcist, probably from the hit horror film. This book follows the life of little girl, Regan. One day, Regan changes, and …

Learning how to be creative when it comes to using Philadelphia cream cheese has never been easier with the easy to follow Kraft cookbook based on everything cream cheese.
I was lucky to have found the Kraft cookbook because I was just browsing through the area in Wal-Mart where the …

Dan Brown is a great writer who seems to have tapped the right recipe for being able to create the type of story that can truly lure readers into a book. Digital Fortress is no exception. My problem with this book, and I believe it significant, is that Brown …

This book is a cute story which is popular among children. It tells the story of a little girl named Sophie, who is abducted by the BFG, a giant.
The BFG is a friendly giant, as indicated by his name, Big Friendly Giant. The other giants, however, are not so …

Ghost Rider was a pretty schizo book when it debuted in the early 1970’s. In the 1990’s, when the book made its comeback, people laughed because they didn’t think GR was anything more than a dopey character. While the 1990’s books were cool, this 1970’s version is pretty dopey.
The …

When I was doing the course “Data Communication and Networking,” I wanted to find all the books I thought could help me understand everything that was one the course outline. That is why when I took a look in a family members bookshelf and saw the book “Using the …

Houses of History: A Critical Reader in Twentieth-Century History and Theory Anna Green and Kathleen Troup
Finally I think I understand! I?m taken a graduate level class in historiography and have read three textbooks on the subject. With each, I understand a little bit more.
This book is excellent. Unlike others …

Spirit Bound is the 5th and second to last installment of Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy Series.
I have adored every book in the series so far. However, I have mixed emotions on Spirit Bound.
Richelle’s writing stayed up to par with the other novels in the series. She is …

Escape from the Island of Aquarius, Book 2 of Frank Peretti’s Cooper Kids Adventure series, continues the story of the family-team of archeologists - Dr. Cooper and his two teenage children, Lila and Jay. This time, the Coopers set out to find a missing missionary who had been serving …

This is the third book in the series about Gil Cunningham, a young lawyer living in Glasgow around 1500. The story starts when Gil meets an old friend, the Glasgow merchant Augie Morison. When unloading one of Augie’s deliveries, they find a severed head instead of the delivery of books …

I am so looking forward to the movie version of the book, The Duchess by Amanda Foreman. I have just bought this book a few days back and I have finished reading it already. It got me HOOKED, would be the right word to sum up the reading …

Joseph Connolly’s book is fully titled “Modern First Editions: Their Value to Collectors”, which gives a pretty good idea as to the main focus of this particular reference work. The book, which has gone through several editions of its own since its initial publication in 1977, consists largely of …

This book is the first book of the Vampire Diaries by L.J Smith, the series that the television show is based upon. This book is completely different than what you see on that show. And I have to say that I really don’t like this book. Usually if I …

The Host, written by Stephenie Meyer, is a very unique book that my friend had given to me for loan recently. This is a unique book, I say because of the amazing plots that surround it.
It is as though the author cleverly plays a very futuristic, modern era …

This is a good book to help anyone when they are doing their bucket list. Just a warning, this is for people who are adventurous, not for the faint of heart. I love its suggestions, from dog-sledding in Sweden to riding a felucca down the Nile River. The pictures …

ULTIMATE SPIDERMAN #13 - HOBGOBLIN 13 is an unlucky number for the Ultimate Spiderman line.
Here is a bit of backstory, in the original Spiderman universe, in 1974, the Green Goblin’s son, Harry Osborn, became the second incarnation of the Green Goblin but he only lasted two issues.
(He did end …

UFC 60 between icon Royce Gracie and then Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes was the first MMA fight I’d ever seen. From that point on I was drawn in. I watched and read anything I could about mixed martial arts.
I read the magazines and order the fights on …

Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends by Tim and Pete Sanders is good. It has such a long title, but the title is very much necessary to me.
When a book has 2 writers, usually the writings are really cool. And …

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is an amazing book. I feel in love with this book and it’s sequels. It takes a lot to keep me interested in a book. I have never been much of a reader but Twilight captured my attention and I could not put …

The following is a review of the Book: Baltimore Noir, Edited by Laura Lippman. (Akashic Books is the publisher.)
The book is full of terrific short stories. I can tell you I could be staying in the Caribbean on a sandy beach and the book is so …

I have a cookbook idea, but the problem is that I’m not a wonderful cook. In fact, I’m a lousy cook. I borrowed this book for two reasons. First of all, I had wanted to see the feasibility of my cookbook idea. The second thing that struck me was …

I loved this book.
It builds well from the last book “Hermits Peak” and adds great tension to the life of Kevin Kerney. This is the first book in which a romantic relationship continues beyond one book. Sara Brannon attends the Command and General Staff College in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Kerney is …

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 …

This book, Out, by Natsuo Kirino, is a chilling tale. The writing makes everything seem very believable and real, and I was very absorbed in the events of the book. I actually found myself feeling angry at how one person was treated. The omniscient narrator made each character feel …

If you like engaging science fiction / fantasy written from a strong Christian perspective, check out the Orianus Creation series by D. Shane Burton. Book 1 in the series is titled Black Storm Rising. The plot is too complex to re-tell in a review, and I don’t think I …

Being a law student is no easy task. You get a few books for each subject, and each book is as thick as a dictionary. You wonder how long it’ll take to read them all, and once you started reading them, you realize they are so hard to understand …

This is the first book of a two-part miniseries and it’s titled Deadly Voyage. In here, the Wakefield twins and their friends are off to an island for a science trip, and when they’re expecting sun, swimming, and sand all the way, they get hijacked by two thugs who …

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 …

I just finished reading The Door Within. The Door Within is a fiction novel written by Wayne Thomas Batson. I bought it from Christian Book Distributors. It was marked down to $6.99. I have never heard of Wayne Thomas Batson. However, the reviews were …