If you are a fan of short stories, and in particular ones with a focus on the strange and horrific, I suggest that you make it a specific point to check out Joe Hill’s 20th Century Ghosts to satisfy such a craving.
In many ways I preferred Joe Hill’s follow-up …

This well-made Christian movie tells a story of two twin brothers, a criminal and an Episcopalian priest, who accidentally trade places. ?Oh, that beaten-to-death switched twins trick,? you might say? Well, yes, the idea is not very original ? but the rest of the movie is, and that?s the …

Grammar Smart, written and published by The Princeton Review,is an excellent and straightforward guide both for students who are baffled by grammar, and for teachers who are frustrated because their students just don’t get grammar, no matter how it is taught.
What I really like about this book, as a …

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 …

Ally Carter has never been my favorite author, but with this book, I think she may have struck a chord. It’s so different from what I’ve read in this genre, and I’ve read almost everything in here. But Carter delivers something I just haven’t seen before. In Heist Society, …

My dad brought this book from Britain, when he was on a job trip to London.
The books is awefully big, 10 thousand jokes is allot, and this fills up over 1000 pages, but what the book has in quantity it lacks in quality.
Hundreds of pages filled up with lousy …

‘Five have a mystery to solve’ is a book written by Enid Blyton and is one of the best books among the famous five adventure series. This book is quite an interesting one, full of mystery and adventure. Mrs Layman comes to tea with Julain, Dick and Anne. Actually, …

“The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury” is a novel by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonasinga that takes place in Kirkman’s post apocalyptic zombie infested “The Walking Dead” universe. It is the second book of “The Governor Trilogy”, “Rise of the Governor” being the first and “Fall of the …

I would definitely consider buying this book for any young girl in my life who was about to face the transition from elementary school to middle school. Middle School: How to Deal was written by five girls for a middle school class, so when it comes to giving …

Malgudi days is a collection of 32 short funny and witty stories. Its author as I have mentioned in the title is R K Narayanan.
The stories happen in Malgudi, an imaginary town located somewhere on the banks of Sarayu (a river in South India). Even though it is common …

I have read the book —˜Spoken English learned quickly’ written by Lynn Lundquist. This is a good and helpful book. This book is certainly of help to anybody who is interested to improve his or her fluency in English. In my case, it was certainly helpful. Throughout the book, …

This book, Better Late than Never, is the second book in the Gifted series by Marilyn Kaye. These books are for younger teens, probably girls. The book is mostly about a girl named Jenna, although it also flips to the point of view of one of her Gifted classmates, …

I was stunned when I read My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult. First because I had never heard of the book or its author. Secondly, because this was an outstanding book. So good that I’m tempted to put it in my personal list of bestbooks.
This book tells the story …

Never had I expected to be entertained by Rex Stout in this collection of three short stories, featuring Nero Wolfe and his long-suffering assistant, Archie Goodwin. No doubt Nero Wolfe was endowed with exceptional mental powers, however he seemed a most unpleasant man with …

This book, by Haruki Murakami, is such a strange thing. I have not read any of his other books but I would really like to investigate what else he has written, because even months after reading it, Kafka on the Shore still pops up in my mind in the …

Lightning (written by Dean Koontz and published by Headline Book Publishing, 1989)
This is a surprisingly compelling tale. It took me a few tries to venture beyond the first few chapters; it was quite a dreary start. After that, I did not want to put the book …

The 2007 Writer’s Market Deluxe Edition has proved to be a priceless tool for me. I am in the creative writing field (freelance), and this book has completely erased the need for me to track down freelance leads on the Internet. The most useful part for me was actually …

I love books like this; The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women: by Naomi Wolf. This is a very powerful-voice type of book and if you are a woman, you have to make it a point to read books like this. It has such …

I love Duran Duran, but I have to say that I was slightly disappointed with this book. I was expecting lots of lovely early photos of the band, and even though there are, there are also far too many pictures of people who were associated with the 1980s club …

As a woman, I could totally relate to this book; the insecurities of being married and then getting pregnant and feeling suspicious that my husband is perhaps having an affair.
That’s a bit of the summarization for this book Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella. Becky and her husband are …

Do you like dragons? If you answered no, then don’t read this review. If you answered yes, chances are you’ve already read this book, and if you haven’t, you’ll love it.
Summary: The lands of Alta and Tia are at war, and Joust tells the story of a young serf …

Busman—˜s Honeymoon (written by Dorothy L Sayers and published by Avon Books, 1968)
This would have been an amusing book; however there was too much saccharine for me. It seemed Lord Peter Wimsey turned slightly idiotic because he was on his honeymoon, after having married Harriet Vane, the …

Batman: Under The Hood Volume One by Judd Winick tells the story of Batman’s battle with the mysterious Red Hood who is killing criminals in Gotham, and who he is under the hood, is truly surprising.
This graphic novel is very well written. Judd Winick writes a good Batman …

This book, The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker, is an imaginative spin on the classic story of the frog and the golden ball - the one in which a girl is playing, drops the ball she is playing with into the well, a frog rescues it, and the frog …

This book, titled: The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything is a very good resource book for aspiring money-makers and money-spinners and just generally enough for those of us out there who wants to strike it rich or just wanting to get grip of what business …

Sorceress of Belmair is written by Bertrice Small and I apologize to all readers who feel that they have a certain interest to read this book. I find this book truly a bore. Don’t get me wrong; I love magic books and stories alike, but this one …

I love to travel in the Philippines even though I have lived here all my life. Being a third world country though, there are not a lot of maps and guide books written about the Philippines, especially the countryside, even though it has one of the most striking sceneries …

After I learned that Mo Yan had a Nobel Prize, I decided to read some of his books. “Frog” was an only novel I found in the nearest bookstore. Despite the fact that I don’t like epistolary style, I bought it and … I was surprised so much i …

I read this book as my hubby recommended it.It was fantastic and each page has twists and turns which made me not to keep the book inspite of my busy work schedule.The story starts with the murder of two justices–Abe and Glenn Jensen.The FBI cannot even able …

Loving Time was written by Leslie Glass and published by Bantam Books in 1996.
I had enjoyed reading the Silent Bride featuring April Woo; but in this story I find too much emphasis on Woo’s mother, a maddening harridan who took up unnecessary pages and time. I …

Keeping The Moon is a very inspirational novel to me and to other young girls. At the first chapters, I though it was boring and doesn’t really have an interesting plot but after a few chapters, the story became more and more interesting.
It is about a 15-year-old girl named …

Five Red Herrings was written by Dorothy L. Sayers in 1931.
This is not one of Dorothy Sayers’ better books; in fact, unless you enjoy reading about fishing and painting in Galloway, you would find yourself overwhelmed by the description of scenic landscapes and coloring styles employed by different painters.
Lord …

Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days #1) by Susan Ee was Published May 21st 2011 by Feral Dream.
In short its a book about Angels hell bent on destroying our modern world, street gangs rising up and ruling the day and an older sister given no choice but to …

The Real Floppy is a great little reading book for children. Based around the topic of going to the beach with friends and family, it’s something that you know your child will be likely to have an interest in.
If your child is around the ages of 6-7, it will …

“Dead to the World” is the fourth book in the Sookie Stackhouse novel series written by the popular author Charlaine Harris. I also think that it was even better than the first three novels, and even more interesting than all of them put together. This was mainly because of …

The Tree of Hands (written by Ruth Rendell and published by Arrow Books Ltd, 1994)
Benet was shattered when her two year old son, James, died. Her mother, Mopsa came to take care of her. Mopsa had a history of mental illness, and had once tried to …

Nightwing: Ties that Bind is a graphic novel by Dennis O’Niel and is about Dick Grayson retiring his Nightwing persona to live a normal life until he discovers some new information about his parents’ murders.
This story was really good, Dennis O’Neil’s writing is solid and he’s an …

I’m not sure if I really liked this book. The idea was clever, and I found the characters interesting, but the ex-boyfriend was a little bit too much and made the experience of re-reading the book rather uncomfortable. I felt as if the book was more about the main …

The Great Hunt is the second installment of the Wheel of Time series. Robert Jordan masterfully weaves his tale as the intrepid heroes and heroines continue to learn more of the chaotic world in which they’ve been born. The Great Hunt continues seamlessly into the pattern of The Wheel …

Only the Good Spy Young is the fourth book in the Gallagher Girls series. In this book, Cammie finds herself in trouble and constantly under protection from the Circle of Cavan, who are after her. However, Cammie soon meets Joe Solomon who is now on the run after being …

Sometimes an author really shakes up his reader’s expectations. This is what happened to me when I started “The Sorcerer of the North,” book five in The Ranger’s Apprentice series by Australian novelist John Flanagan. Flanagan’s first four books in the series had Will training under Halt to become …

A new manga I’m reading now is called Faster than a Kiss by Tanaka Meca. As always, after seeing that there aren’t any updates yet of the other shoujo manga I have been reading, I resorted to surfing thenet and finding other shoujo manga suggestions by other people so …

This book is really funny. The title speaks for itself and it features Jessica Wakefield wanting to practice voodoo and she tests it out on her brother Steven. She makes a doll that looks just like her brother, chants some spells, does some poking on the doll using a …

I received two books as a gift from a friend, and one of them was The Undomestic Goddess, by Sophie Kinsella. The book only took me two days to read because I enjoyed it so much, I couldn’t put it down. This book and the other book …

Dean Koontz’s “Velocity” is a fast-pacing marvellously written thriller full of unexpected twists and surprising situations. Although the book is five hundred pages long, it’s possible to read it in no more than one or two days. The suspense is skillfully built from the very first pages, when Bill …

‘You can’t scare me!’ is a book written by R.L. Stine. This is a horror story and quite interesting to read. There is a girl whose name is Courtney. She is quite popular girl. Now there are four kids who are mischievous, two boys and two girls. These kids …

This is the 25th Discworld novel, and while it’s not based on my favourite Pratchett characters, William de Worde is hilarious.
This story is, of course, set on Discworld, in AnkhMorpork, Pratchett’s wonderful self created world. William de Worde must solve a mystery, all while starting up a newspaper. …

The Sins of the Fathers - written by Lawrence Block, published by Avon Books in 1991.
This is the first book of the Matt Scudder series I seem to be reading his books in no particular sequence. I was already hooked on this character, as I had …

Tower of Destruction, by Keith Martin, is a fairly late entry in the long-running Fighting Fantasy series of solo gamebooks, having first been published in 1991 and coming in at number 46 in the original Puffin sequence. It is not one I would consider a classic, and nor does …

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 …